just for posterity, i have to record that last week honda terminated my placement with them with no warning, after nine months of killing myself working for them. the moral of the story is, when you find out one of your supervisors is prejudiced against you, cut your losses and hit the road. gah.

well i've been in RI for the past week chilling with my mom, catching up on nine months of visits crammed into 48 hours or less, so that's been really nice. i fell down the stairs this morning, which wasn't so nice, but hey, it's been a while since i hurt myself doing something stupid, so i figure i was due for one, lol.

one day till i get oimizza, rinlage and douxquemiel descending on me for the weekend, not to mention all the usual suspects. i'm quite excited, i gotta say. it's been a long time since i had a birthday party.... and my track record with them means there'll probably be some really great pictures going up on facebook come monday morning. XD

y hlo thar livejournal.

so, i've been busy. lol. but i wanted first to make sure i said thanks to everyone who recced and/or linked me music -- i've been having a ton of fun with all of it, and i really appreciate all of it. cobra starship is totally my new favorite thing ever, omg. <3333333333

so much has happened except there's not really anything to tell. oimizza is coming to visit me this weekend, and i couldn't be more excited. it's been a hell of a long time since i've seen her, and while 48 hours is hardly long enough, it's a good tide-over til i can manage a visit to chicago (or drag her out here again). my life has actually been running pretty fucking smoothly these past few weeks-- working some strange hours aside, honestly, i was so right about the money making up for any 'meh' feelings i might have had about any part of the job. it is so nice to have a schedule, to come home every wednesday and have a check on the table, to know that after i get caught up with my bills, no one is going to have to reproach me or hound me or have a Talk with me about money for a long long time-- as long as i keep working here, at least.

media news.... been reading a lot. hour-long lunch breaks are good for that.

• mistress of the art of death by ariana franklin and a poisoned season by tasha alexander -- both period mysteries, both excellent. probably liked the alexander one better, but it's so much easier to make a busy plot in the victorian era than in the middle ages-- society breeds mystery, even if the whodunit is just wondering who took your glove.


• the talisman, finally-- also excellent, though definitely weaker than if sai king had just written it himself. wolf annoyed the crap out of me-- linaeloisetook was so right, he is hagrid, and i don't care if it makes me a bad person but hagrid annoys me too most of the time, lol. but i loved richard, and jack is deeply awesome, obviously a jake chambers twinner/archetype....


• going postal by terry pratchett - not finished with this yet, but obviously it is also deeply awesome. i feel like i ought to go back and read some of the pratchett that comes between mort and the stuff he's written lately -- when i was in high school i read that and the one that's a phantom of the opera spoof, and was like meh, pratchett, he's okay but nothing great -- but NOW it's like whoa, the man is using fantasy and ridiculous humor to make social commentary and ponder questions of philosophy. amazing.

i've also picked back up with the sopranos and am reminded of why i love that fucking show so much. it's really deep and not very uplifting, but god it's like crack. and it never ceases to amaze me that the deeply italian new jersey family reminds me so hardcore of my father's deeply irish long island family, in so many ways. aaaaaaaaalso saw 'becoming jane' and am enthralled. it's rare that one's two biggest celebrity crushes get put into one movie; even rarer, i think, that said movie is GOOD. which this was, very very good. i hope JM and AH act together again; they had amazing chemistry. yummmmmmmmm.

randomly, i really miss home. i haven't been to my mom's house in months-- probably the longest stint of me not going home since this time last year. i hate that; it's so funny that i used to really not like living with mom, but her house is like an instant recharge to me. it's like when my '06 friends were still at mhc and i'd go visit, or when the girls still lived in the apartment on 3rd street.... i didn't want to leave when sunday came, and the "real" world seemed duller than the place i'd just left. of course the comparison is different when talking about your mom's house than when talking about OpCA's House of Debauchery...... ;)

ok.... definitely time to feed myself. nom nom nom nom nom.............

1. this morning i cut up an apple, heated it up in the microwave, and dumped the pieces and a shitton of honey over 3 maple cinnamon toaster waffles. best breakfast EVER, yo.

2. so this weekend i went back to RI and returned with my godmother's car! :D the jetta was just making too many weird noises and it needed to go to the shop, so mom let me drive the little red subaru back instead! it's so cute, it has a hatchback which i love, no cd player but the radio antenna works fantastically and i have my discman hooked up to the tapedeck, so... yay car that works!! :D

3. i NEED a motherfucking job. this trying to live on $80 a week is NOT working out. for the record, that job interview i was so psyched about, it ended up the job is basically traveling insurance sales, which is like a major DO NOT WANT. usually9_15 did that for a huge chunk of the winter and spring and was miserable essentially the entire time, so... no. but now i need to find other gainful employment. which is not as easy as it sounds. :(

4. i also got 2 carpets this weekend, and they have totally transformed my room from looking like a bohemian halfway house to actually looking like a bedroom. (let's review : floors = mallard green, cracks between boards = ginormouse.) >>;;;) and not only do the carpets match each other, they match my duvet cover, which is amazing.

5. this was going to be a 10 list but i have to leave for work so it's just going to be 5. i love my cat. i know this is something that does not even remotely affect any of you, but i just really have to say, i love her. i love having an animal in my room, i love that she's cuddly and snuggly, and especially the way i've been feeling lately i have so needed pet therapy. ceilidh, you are totally right, it's SO helpful. :D also yesterday she crawled under the blankets on my bed and just spent several hours hanging out in her own little cave. hee. clearly this is a cat that takes after me. XD

ok..... off to work now. blah. see y'all later.

so, kurt vonnegut is dead. i can't pretend this is a big crisis for me, as i've only ever appreciated him in a passing way (not that i dislike his work at all, just that i haven't read enough to really call myself a fan) but it does make me think about passing and leaving your mark on things. as i muse so often these days; what am i here for? what am i doing with my life and how am i going to find something to do with it that feels productive yet not enslaving? linds was saying the other day how she really wants to see me make time to write more, and i agree. i really did like my job at honda, but wow, did i not have *any* time to myself, like ever. i'm looking forward to having a job with more flexible hours... i also realized i *like* working early, being done early. i even like getting up early when it's part of my routine like that. i like seeing the sun come up, or just being able to go out and taste the day when it's still new.

anyway. that's my random thought for today. been going through bsg with sekala and wow, i missed this show. i can't wait to start on s3... i've seen enough of it to know what happens, and basically spoiled myself for the rest (and have watched the finale, i couldn't resist) but i am *so* jazzed to actually watch all of it. i'm also feeling the urge to icon some stuff, probably bsg but maybe some other things too... i'd like to do an abc set for sex and the city, or maybe just a set all done in similar styles, i can't decide. in any case it's SO time for a new lj layout.... i had the frigging penguins up till today, and the bsg layout i had before that was up for almost a year, if not more than. i reeeeeeeeally need something new to look at. i have a few ideas in mind, so we'll see how that pans... depends on my inspiration i guess, i'll have to look at the pictures and think about colours. this is all clearly fascinating to my friendslist and not just me babbling into the nearest blank text box that presents itself.

i'm sitting in this tiny coffee shop in southern RI waiting for my mom to get out of surgery (minor thing on her knee but it means i'm playing nursemaid for 2 days, woohoo). i just noticed the clock on her laptop is still on non-daylight savings time. good job, mom. also the sign on the wall says "children are a blessing and a joy to behold. please be holding yours while you are in our shop." veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery clever. >>;;;;;

overall my life is very good right now. i'm excited about this. aside from the fact that i only have a little bit of money and have dropped to a job that will essentially only make me enough to live on and not enough to pay bills with, i feel really good about things. why is it that it seems i can either work enough to pay my bills, or be happy with my day to day life? i just need to accept that i am going to be poor for a while, work a job i enjoy, and finish my novel while i do it. that really just needs to be my plan. and i think i can do it. i was planning to have the ms done by christmas, but life interrupted that way beforehand... now i kind of feel like i might be in a good enough headspace to pick it back up again. i certainly have collected enough of a library of books about writing that i shouldn't be too strapped for inspiration and/or exercises to get me thinking. we'll see how that goes... keep your fingers crossed for me. :)

housekeeping things :

as of now, anyone who has/had my address in northampton, if you were planning on sending me things (presents, we likes presents, precious) don't send them to that address. i won't be there for more than another few days, and i would like to actually get things that are sent to me. if you have/had my old address in RI, use that, and my mom will hang onto whatever you send till i come home for thanksgiving. if you don't have my RI address and want it, drop me a comment and/or an email.

netflix friends! i need more people to rec stuff to, and more people to rec stuff to me! skycancrack[at]gmail.com is the email my netflix is attached to, so friend me, bitchez. :D

speaking of RI - i will be going home for thanksgiving, most likely from wednesday night to sunday morning. i'd love to see anyone who's going to be in the area, even just for coffee or something. lindsay is coming with me, but i can leave her at home for an hour if i need to. ;) meggs, becca, lauren, bueller, just let me know where you're going to be and when, and i'll make something work. [/tim gunn]

also, i'm looking for work. anyone who knows anyone in need of writing done, whether it's letters or resumes or bios or whatever-- i do good work and i'm not too pricey. i've done a lot of correspondence, grant application letters and that kind of thing, and i'm pretty much desperate for extra money, so if anyone has anything to toss my way, that'd be awesome. :)

i think that's about it. i'll be afk for the next few days, as my work schedule won't really afford me much time to be at the library, but i'll be at my phone if anyone needs me.
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going through back entries and tagging things-- some funny quotes i found.

28 october: almost one year ago, wtf mate. from sam, re: my russian history paper:

proletariat *(sq. root [sickle + 1/2 large cow]) + cube root (guns in Russia - number of grains of rice found in 72,439 bowls) = revolution ^2
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04 december: remembering-- firehairboy: "mm, doesn't nothing taste great?" Chimerical Muse: ...you asshat

12 december: OMFF HHG I AM NFO FUCKING DRUNKG RIGHT NOW.

21 december: during writing the infamous hasidism paper, p0ets0ul and gloriouselysium and i got a little punchy...

emily: i see what wiki says that the "democratization" of judaism was attractive
emily: becuase it meant that ordinary people didn't have to go lie on spikes to be holy

rica: what is the point of this paper again? other than giving larry fine soemthing to jerk off to as he reads his book over and over again

steph: as;lkfjal;dskgj;lawejgaergkkkkkkkk
steph: my head's just like making that noise at me
steph: it's all "why you gotta be awake, just fucking sleep" and i'm all "think up a paper about the hasids, motherfucker"

22 january: jeebus, what better way to cheer myself up than to have a little booze and a little guy pearce and a little college genre. [[also, the entry title is "she's not doing it cus she's worried about bitches."]]

09 february: nothing says responsibility like getting well and truly cocked.



i'm kind of sad now. but hooray, it is lunchtime. god, i wish i knew more people in this area. fandommers who live in/around rhode island, speak to me. x___x

also: harry potter and the unforgivable curses: norm-conformation, inconsistency and the rule of law in the wizarding world. awesome little essay.

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home again, home again, jiggity jig.




still not sure how i feel about this. i thought when i woke up today that the next time i wake up i'll be in my bed in my mother's house. there are good things about this and bad things, and i'm just not sure which there will be more of.

at least i'll have my cats. :)

pix i took of various friends on the 26th and 27th. <3333

( here we come a wassailing...Collapse )


i have a feeling i'm going to be posting a lot of post-drunk pix because of this thing. :)

i just opened my green backpack and inside, it still smells like the beach. though it's been four months, nearly five, since i was at the beach and i've used it since then, it still carries the coconutty sandy salty home smell of the beach. there's even a tube of sunscreen from bath & body works [doesn't work, i still roast like a lobster >_< ] and an empty bag from pretzels at the bottom... it makes me think of those days i love better than any others, just lying on my stomach baking with a good book and the sound of the waves and the people all around me, the lazy heat and the feeling that time has slowed down just so i can enjoy this day.....

it may be winter, but i'm still soooo glad to be going home.
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