lady_sarai

So today was a pretty darn nice Saturday, if quiet. Quiet is good!

Went and bought a present for the Bridal Shower I'm going to tomorrow--in Winthrop, which might be two hours away. I've never been there before, I have no idea how far it is. Ugh.

It occurs to me, that after Steph has her wedding in June, I will have attended a wedding every year since 2004.

Seriously. Let's run down my wedding history (and known future):

-August 2002, Maid of Honor.
-October 2004, guest (former roommate).
-August 2005, bridesmaid (best wedding EVER).
-October 2006, guest (blown out tire--Millinockett wedding).
-June 2007, bridesmaid-to-be (last roommate).
-Summer 2008, guest (so far as I know).

( A little venting about 6 weddings in as many years. )


On another note, I will be RIDICULOUSLY busy for the next few months. ZOMG.

The weekends of May:

This weekend--Steph's bridal shower.
Next weekend--Mother's Day.
Weekend after--zoe_chan's birthday!! (Not that I have plans, but this is how I mark time in May.)
Weekend after--Mom's birthday, and Memorial Day.
Memorial Day week--I start long-term subbing for fifth grade, YAY! (Which means fulltime teaching again.)

June!

One of those first two weekends, I have to come see you, aradiachiba, and take you up on the offer to alter my dress. =D Plus, the three of us need a weekend, since our Writing Weekend fell through. Also, zoe_chan has Batman/Superman episodes I need to see, yes?

June 16th--Steph's wedding

June 23rd--LEAVE FOR NORWAY!!!!!!!!!! ZOMG IT IS ALMOST HERE! *flail*

( A small amount of flailing over the impending trip... )


In the midst of this craziness, it looks like we will be house hunting because everyone agrees Mom's arthritis has gotten to the point where she needs a one-story home. And instead of going for something two-story with a first-floor bedroom, we acknowledge the fact that my brother and I will move out one day and go for a ranch--or a condo. She's hoping for a condo, and my aunt is ON US to start looking NOW.

Pardon me while I freak out at THAT idea. Throw moving into this mix?

Oh, and one can NEVER forget the EVER LOOMING job search of necessary doooooom. >_<

Expect some frantic lj posts.

That, and I want to finish my fic of implausible science and soul-searching before I leave for Norway, but likely won't have MUCH time once teaching starts so... I should be writing that now instead of this post.

Huh.

Edit: Oh! Also!!! Today was Free Comic Book Day and I ♥ it. Immensely. I got JLA 0, and bought the new Buffy while I was at it. I am very much enjoying Buffy season 8, I must confess.

I don't think it's possible to have a bad day when comics--especially FREE comics--are involved.

Now I need to go write something or xenokattz will yell at me and beat me with rum when she returns. Although, rum? Never BAD.

I'm not f-locking this because Katharine, I love you and I miss you. Everyone should know what a wonderful and special person you were and that I have been blessed to have you for a friend, even if it wasn't for long enough.

Katharine's obituary

( For my own sake, when the link eventually expires. )

( I'm sort of a mess right now, and I'm cutting this for use of the term 'wallow' in a non-sarcastic way. )

Unrelated, the girls are better than the boys on AI, and Randy and Simon must be having PMS.

Now, that all being said, I'm really just in need of some cheering up, and I expect that tomorrow this will especially be the case.

So! Help me out?

Leave me shiny happy bright things (or even not so shiny-happy-bright things) to come home to tomorrow night.

Also, if anyone knows where I can grab up some DC fics--particularly Dick Grayson and Roy Harper (OMG, ROY, how did you steal my heart so?)--point me? Or point me to people who know? ;) As my flist (as awesome as you are) is not so DC related, I won't ask you for Dick/Roy pr0n, even if I kind of want it. ;)

(And I have no idea when I'll be home, but if anything bad happens on Grey's Anatomy, it might BREAK ME. In a not good way.)

Link me, write me, comment-fic me. Show me something silly or happy, or even not-so-happy if it's in a fandom I like.

Go ahead and have a comment-war and break my LJ, even if I'm not here to participate. That'd be fun to come home to.

So, um, make me smile, please? At this point, in this mood, I am not above begging.

I ♥ my flist!

ETA: I was doing laundry and my mother nagged me about the dryer stopping and I groaned and she said "I know, I know, I'm the dryer nazi." I think she wins with that comment--it sent me into gigglefits until I cried.

So, today is my birthday! =D

(As if I hadn't been bouncing around broadcasting that all week... =P Oops.)

Anyway, when I finally made it to the computer this morning, I had birthday messages waiting for me on AIM from zoe_chan, aradiachiba and arnica (who also wrote me a story!), then alphabet26 had posted a birthday message on her LJ and later author_by_night wished me happy birthday, too. I feel very loved and I thank all of you!! =D

Came home tonight and my friend Tina? Had IMed me while I was gone. >_<

( A bit of frustration being aired... )

But! Onto happier things.

( Family stuff... )

( Anyone who has met my grandmother should not be surprised to hear that she went to Finishing School... )

It's just fun to picture my grandmother in a ball gown, dancing around in a ballroom as big as her house, sometime in the 1920s, in a small town in the middle of Norway.

=D

I signed up for the HP queenathon. O_O I was seduced by the Queen music! Not my fault! But... dude, I got an awesome song. =D (It always makes me think Mighty Ducks, but that's beyond the point.) Now I'd *really* better write my femgenficathon story!

I have had a very nice birthday, and I'm irked at Tina for ruining the lovely warm and fuzzy feeling I was having, but. She's not the most important thing in my life. Like arnica said earlier, I'm just too soft-hearted for my own good. Ah, well. My aunt called to play "Happy Birthday" on her piano for me. =D Private piano concerto all the way from San Diego to Maine.

( Cut for excessive whining about OMG TEH PAIN!!! )

♥ my flist. Ignore my whining rambling.

So, reading Trickster's Queen and I come across this gem:

"...it could loop itself around the back of Aly's ear and dangle its head by her eardrum."

I laughed out loud.

I would want nothing dangling by my earDRUM, thankyouverymuch. >_<

How did that slip by?

Also, my away message begins "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya..."

I'm sure you know the rest of it. If you don't, perhaps you're like my friend who IMed me saying:

"wait, whos inigo and didn't you say your dad had a heart attack?!?!"

.....

That repeated thumping you hear? That'd be my head hitting the wall.


And it's Memorial Day weekend. June is THURSDAY. O_o Where did May go?

My brother gives me headaches. Seriously. How can he push every button I have?

For instance. He's driving, leaving O'Donal's Nursery. He goes to turn left. Mom says "It might be better to turn right." I add, "Yeah, then you can take the back roads and avoid downtown. It's faster, anyway."

What does he do? Turns left. >_< We got caught in traffic. And the other nursery was closed when we got there 10 minutes past 5. >_< (The nursery Mom and I wanted to go to in the first place, but my brother said 'no, the other one's better' except for how it wasn't.)

ANYWAY. And all this Memorial Day stuff and beautiful, summery weather makes me think of my dad and my grandfather and I miss them. And there's my seriousness for tonight.

But....

Hanging by her *earDRUM*?!?!

It's Spring!! =D

It's 60 degrees PLUS out there. God, I love the spring. Although it IS when all the skinny girls come out in their sluttiest outfits and lie on blankets "tanning." ::rolls eyes:: We're in Maine, girls. It's not THAT warm, and you won't get THAT tan.

Job searches are SCARY and I DON'T enjoy them. As a btb.

Oh, I went and talked to the freshmen about student teaching, with two other girls I had seminar with last semester. It was a blast. We talked the entire period. Heh! I'm sure half of them were bored to tears but we had fun. And Becky gave us presents! Not just any presents... Dark Chocolate Ghirardelli squares! My little PMS heart skipped a beat. =D

...Oh, I found two job openings I think I REALLY might want. Oh. That's all I'm saying now, for fear of jinxing. Oh. Meepage.

It's a gorgeous day.

Also, I came back around 9:30, took a nap and... set my alarm for 10:30 PM. Which did not help me when I woke up at *12:20*... AFTER my class WAS OVER. >_< Well. All we were doing was watching a film, BUT. Oops! Ah well, I must have needed it.

I love that when I walked to class this afternoon, my sweatshirt was too hot. I LOVE this weather. Oh, spring! =D

Goegraphy Bee tomorrow! Set-up tonight. Wee!

Yeah. Seriously. Major glee of the bouncing around in my chair variety.

First of all, again, OMGLEIKWOAHTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU to whomever gave me a paid account. For a YEAR. ::flails:: I don't quite know what to do with myself. =D Thank you! (Please let me know! I *know* it's anonymous for a reason, but... I want to say thank you!)

That COMPLETELY made my evening when I returned from film class, checked my email and found an email from LJ telling me. Dude. We watched "Blind Shaft," which is a Chinese movie about two men who go around getting jobs in mines with people who are desperate for work, and then they pretend that this third person is related to them... and then they kill him, and take compensation money from the mine so the mine can avoid government intrusion. .... Yes, *highly* cheerful movie. =P So this was very nice to come home to!

Dude.

( A little ditty about my day/week... except I'm not singing it, because you don't want to hear that. )


Yeah, so that was a lot longer and more detailed than I planned. But! Now you know. ;)

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Ung. The nap helped for roughly an hour. By the time I went to dinner and got my soup and sat down, I wondered if I had the energy to *eat* it.

I'm whining and bored, but so tired I can hardly stand it.

Can't focus on a thing. Brain is addled.

Can't even cough properly, as it hurts.

So much with the whining. >.< Sorry.

...why does my fandom suck? Really. Theanna, don't bother your nightly check. That wreckage is painful to witness.

Someone would write me Mark fic to make me feel better. ;)

...Speaking of, you know what might be a nice change? Roger taking care of Mark for once. Seriously. Yes, we all know Roger will die and Mark will be there for him. ::sigh:: If even half those fics didn't paint them as OMGLEIKWOAHMARKANDROGEROTPFOREVER!!!! ::cough:: Yes, done now. I mean, lord, even a Mark-has-the-flu/cold/strep can get horridly screwed up. Seriously, people!!!

Erg.

I should get my nalgene bottle of apple juice stealthily stolen from the dining hall and lie down in bed until Steph returns from yoga and she, Tina and I watch a movie. And I probably fall asleep.

Right, so it's cold. IN the room. (This never happens. We have the heater on and can SMELL the heat, but not feel it. This is odd.)

Also, am dead tired and this will not change. Ugh.

And my internet is spastic and won't keep me on AIM. Hmph, fine then.

Katharine has two male friends coming up this weekend and asked Steph and I if they could sleep in our beds. O.o Uh.... say what?! First of all, neither Steph or I will be here. Second of all, holy bed issues, Batman! Third of all, we don't know these boys and have never met them. Fourth of all, Katharine is mad at us. Last I checked she was being immature and not talking to me, so wtf? Seriously. And fifth of all, they have a FUTON. IN THEIR ROOM. ?!

And now how do Steph and say "Dear gods, NO!" to her when we're already in a rocky place with her. Erg. And how do you say no to something like that without coming across as a total bitch?

But how do you even ASK something like that?! Seriously. It's our BEDS. And our room, which we would then have to leave UNLOCKED all weekend. Uh, not likely, I rather like my possessions.

Urg.


And my to-do list just keeps growing and I'd love to freeze time. >.<

-Read a 30 page essay for my Toni Morrison class at 11 TODAY so I can lead a discussion on it. Or sound like I've read it.

-Read The Canterbury Tales for class TODAY at 2:20. Just in case we get a random quiz, as we keep being threatened. >.<

-Read The Assistant by Bernard Malamud. Currently on page 16. Need to read to the end (pg. 246) by TOMORROW at 11 am.

-Write a "talk" about Morris Bober and his relationship with his daughter, Helen, as well as his contributions to the novel. Need ~2 pages of notes to hand in. Talk to be given TOMORROW at 11 am.

-Write a 6 (not 5) page paper on a Toni Morrison book we've read for WEDNESDAY at 11. Meet with professor about it and turn in said paper by Friday at 5 pm.



THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY! And I'm already sleep deprived, and feeling like I'm coming down with the plague. (Would not be surprising. Everyone else has it. Urgh.)

At least after Wednesday I can sleep?

My mentor teacher just called me! =D I miss her.

She wants me to find 5 UMF students to help keep score at the Maine Geography Bee in March, because she wants to "save" me for the finals, because-and I quote: "I want you to do the finals because I need to know the person scoring that can handle it. And I want to keep you on reserve just in case anything comes up during the other rounds."

=D Squee! And every so often I feel about 5 again, because a little pat on the head does wonders for me. Cue Sally Field-"She likes me! She really likes me!"

I knew she did, but the reaction is there just the same. As is the bounciness and the joy I felt when I heard her voice. I didn't know I missed her as much as I do.

Sigh. I knew I missed the kids...

Who apparently also miss me, especially one girl. Who managed to trick my mentor into giving her my email and so now has me on MSN messenger and talks to me all the time. I don't always get to talk to HER, since I'm never at the computer when she is, but... it's nice. And apparently when I *do* talk to her, she goes into school and tells everyone she can make listen to her about it.

I feel so cool. I'm the cool teacher. Dude. I mean, I remember hanging all over my 6th grade teacher and *her* intern? Dude. Was all over her. LOVED her.

...I AM her!! Or was. Sigh.

BUT!! I will be a chaperone on their field trip this June! ::dances::




I think I'll end here with a minor complaint. OW. Theanna, I think my back is having sympathy pains. Right shoulder blade, eh? >.< All tight and ow. As is my lower back, but THAT is related to something I can't do anything about, save, you know, early menopause.

So, gonna curl up and whine now. Oo, wine would be nice. Too bad we have none. And we're an of-age room! We could have all the alcohol we wanted and could FLAUNT it and nobody could touch us!!

......

Yeah, welcome to the land of procrastination. I am its Queen.

Although! I went through all my syllabi and wrote down every assignment for the whole semester in my planner!! And then I HIGHLIGHTED it! I color-coordinated!

...yet somehow I still think I will fall behind and pull all nighters in futile attempts to save my eternal academic soul.



Ah well!

Dinner is a Chinese Festive Meal tonight. GAG me. I've got to talk the girls out of that... Now, REAL chinese food... yum. School chinese? NO.



And I wrote a fic! I just need to go over it and title it and have it checked out. =D ::bounces::

Now I should go read.

Also, I HATE my world film class, but it's too late to add/drop without jumping through hoops so I'll have to suck it up. The movie wasn't terrible, but the rest of the class is. Guh. Stupid pretentious film prof. Who made me buy at $50 book that's smaller than some of my Literature novels.


Gotta love it.

I cleaned off my car today and the doors opened! And the engine started! I count my blessings. AND I listened to music on headphones while doing it, and I should so remember to do that more often. Made crossing campus MUCH nicer.

And despite wanting to curl into the fetal position, I have been roped into going to a step aerobic class tonight at 7:15 with the girls. Why are we suddenly gym groupies? This seems so random and different. Not that I'm complaining, I doubt I'd go if it were just me. But. Out of nowhere this semester. And closing my window, the air is FREEZING.

Edit: Oh, crap. Totally forgot I was silly enough to sign up for omniocular's January challenge, which means I have to write something about Ernie MacMillan and the Fat Friar by, oh, Tuesday. And get it beta'd and posted and sent. O.o Riiiight.

I need to find my Harry Potter place again, and I wonder how bad it would be if that fic wound up being more about Cedric than my 2 given characters? >.< Probably not the point.