All faith is gone in humanity.

Basically, over the past few months or so, my faith in humanity has declined at an astonishing rate. Finally, it hit rock bottom. In my eyes, humans officially suck. I include myself in this group, being human of course, and having severe moments of fucktardism. But Christ on a bike, I'm not the only one being a fuckup.

• Idletard.com: If you don't hate middle-aged American Idol fanatics who have long lost grip on reality already, you sure as hell will now.
• A girl (name withheld) with whom I used to be best friends with in elementary and middle school, sent me a Myspace message out of the blue to call me, among other things, a "butch dyke" because I had apparently said something not-so flattering about her. In all honesty, I don't even remember thinking about her since I left high school. So I figure, it's some shit from high school that this chick is bringing up. But no, I apparently said this about a month ago. I'm thinking, "Who the hell have I even talked to that she talks to? No one." So bitch is crazy. And I laugh. Yet I have to wonder, why is it that she was so bothered by the idea of me saying something when we haven't spoken to each other in years? Hell, if it'd been the other way around I probably would have forgotten it within the hour. I was done caring what other people thought or said about me quite some time ago. If you live life constantly concerned about what other people think of you and fighting unnecessary battles, you're never going to get anywhere in life.
• SecuROM. This shit royally fucked up my computer, part of the reason why I haven't been online as much. EA Games maintains that this shit isn't malware, yet TWO of my anti-malware programs caught it as a rootkit. Shit started screwing up my CD and DVD drives, my anti-virus, and even caused some memory leakage. Furthermore, Sony, the company who makes SecuROM, got into trouble a few years back because they were putting anti-piracy software that fucked up computers on music CDs. I had to send several CDs back to them so they could be replaced. So I've been buying EA's games, mostly Sim games, since the mid 90s and what I get for my years of support and money is a nearly ruined computer? Fuck you, Maxis. The bitch of it all is that SecuROM is hacked as easily as any other anti-piracy software, and with pirated games you don't get malware shit on your computer. So EA Games can suck my ass, I'm pirating games from now on. ARR.
• Youtube comments. Seriously, have you ever tried to read them? It's like jamming an icepick into your urethra whilst having lemon juice squeezed into your eyes. I've never seen such idiocy nor raping of the English language in one place. What is it about the Internet that turns so many people into total fucktards?
• This dumbass kid. Or, Darwinism at its finest. At 17 years old, he should've known better than to scale 2 safety fences for a fucking hat. The funniest part for me, morbidly of course, is the fact that my friends and I have an ongoing joke using the phrase, "Oops, I forgot my hat." This is said when we say goodbye, but are still present 5 minutes later and/or had to come back for some reason. Thus, when this first hit the press, my inbox was filled with links to the above and "FORGOT MY HAT." Morbid humor. Always grand.
• The fact that someone felt this needed to be studied. I hate the prejudice, racism, sexism and homophobia that still proliferates in the world. People are people, and when people get over petty differences and trying to label everyone things could be much better.

Rant over. I need to sleep.

Long ass week.

So much to say!

Tuesday, my favorite band, The Receiving End of Sirens, broke up. I'm still in a state of shock and depression. Bitches were my anti-anxiety and anti-depressants when I needed them the most. I feel like their music was such a big part of my life, especially the last half of high school when I was really going downhill mentally, and while I was learning to deal with my anxiety problems. So while I'll still love them in whatever they do next, it feels sort of like a chapter of my life is over.

Wednesday, VFTW lost our awesome pick, Amanda Overmeyer. She seemed happy about it though, which is why I wasn't too upset. Plus I know she'll be fine with whatever she decides to do. However, American Idol totally blows now. Best season ever my ass.

I found out today that LiveJournal users are striking for some ridiculously retarded reasons. It reminds me once again of why I got rid of my LJ and the ridiculously stupid drama that the users create. "OH NOES I'M REMOVING U FROM MAH FRIENDS LIST BC U DON'T UPDATE ENOUGH." Seriously, I had that happen at least three times before I decided "screw all of them." Now they're all up in arms because of a technical difficulty ("oh noes I can't have 'slashfic' as one of my interests, PROTEST") and because they decided to get rid of basic accounts, which if I remember correctly were the free accounts without banner ads. Seriously though, LJ users are some of the biggest drama-llamas I've ever seen in my life.

People protested outside of my class last night, which was a lecture about Margaret Sanger, the woman who advocated birth control. These crazy douchebag Christian fundies tried to say that Sanger was a racist. The speaker completely shot down all of their statements, showing how most of the statements they were using were taken completely out of context or simply completely fabricated, and it was beautiful and completely epic. I lol'd so hard. After the lectures they allow the audience to ask questions, and the protestors had nothing to say. Absolutely hilarious.

I met my room mate for next year today and it's definitely going to work out really well. We like a lot of the same things and agree on pretty much everything, so it's going to be a fun year. I was a bit worried at first, but now I think it's pretty fantastic. So yay for that.

MST3K has really brought out the bad movie lover in me, so I'm on a quest to watch some of the most awful movies ever made. The hardest part is finding free copies of them online so I don't have to pay for that shit! Just a few of the movies I need to see: The Blob, Plan 9 From Outer Space, and Starcrash. Starcrash basically because apparently it has David Hasslehoff IN SPACE. Like, holy shit. That has to be absolutely amazing.

So I just got caught up on LOST and holy shit, the Jin/Sun episode made me cry so hard. I partially blame PMS, but goddamn what a sad episode. Tore my ass up. It was beautifully done though, and I seriously loved it. That one and the Michael episode restored my love of this show, which you have to admit kind of went downhill in season 3. I'm glad it's picking back up and once again reminding me of how much I love this show and why I was so obsessive over it during the first 2 seasons.

I've decided that I need to order pizza online. LOL. I'm on my period and I really feel like just relaxing this weekend, as this week has been very long and very stressful for me. And I want to try out the online ordering, and I haven't consumed an entire pizza by myself in a long time. It's a good feeling. Haha.

Anyway. I really need to lay down, or something. Cramps really suck. I'm also going to watch some movies tonight, as my roommate is home this week for Easter. Violent movies can now commence! Later.

I am having a shitty day.

So it's rainy and nasty outside, and I used to have 2 umbrellas. One got stolen at the dining hall, and another was snapped by a mean gust one wind. Therefore I trek to the bookstore this morning to pay TWENTY FUCKING DOLLARS FOR A GODDAMN UMBRELLA THAT FUCKING BREAKS 4 HOURS LATER.

I AM STEAMED.

I'm going back tomorrow and getting them to give me a new one or give me my money back. Goddamn thing broke when I was simply closing it! I mean, what the fuck?!

I guess I'm more pissed about my old one being stolen a couple of weeks ago, because that thing was awesome. And now I just have shittastic overpriced bullshit umbrellas that are broken. Ugh. I need to go to Target this weekend and get a new one.

And...I still forget I have a blog.

So Valentine's Day is coming soon, which means old memories will be brought up. Ugh. You know how there are times that you forget 50 weeks out of the year, but then for about two weeks it hangs on you like a damn monkey on a tree? Yeah, that's my life right now. Not going into details, though.

Still playing on Vote for the Worst. I finally got a t-shirt too, but my timing was maybe not the best with all the election stuff happening now, haha. It's been sort of annoying trying to explain to people what VFTW really is.

Speaking of election shit, Bill Clinton visited my college today to campaign for his cyborg wife. I had the option of skipping class and going, but I really fucking hate Hillary. Bill, didn't mind too much. But her, GOD I hate her. Also, there's a cutie in my Greek class and I like my eye candy. So screw the Clintons, I'm waiting for Obama.

Also, Crysis is a fantastic game. I bought a new video card simply for that game. That's how much I love it.

Saturday night I went to this place in Maryland called Glen Echo with my swing dance club. It was a fucking blast, but my legs still ache. Hey, you try dancing in heels for 4 hours straight. However, my legs will look great if I continue such a workout. Basically in swing dancing, as the female, you are thrown all over the dance floor and have to stay on your feet and, if your lead sucks ass, figure out what the hell your partner is doing. Some of the guys were really fucking good, and for some odd reason the Asian men in particular. Dudes know how to get their swing on. On the way back we got coffee and chips, and listened to the Beatles. I can't wait to go again, it was so fucking awesome. I'm such a swing nerd, LOL.

Anyway, my typing is probably annoying my room mate who is trying to sleep, haha, so I'd better get off here. Adios.

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Now playing: Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother
via FoxyTunes

I'm not dead!

Yeah so I completely forgot I have a blog until this morning. Go me. Unfortunately I have nothing exciting to report, other than I'm done with final exams and I never have to see Computer Science again! LOVE IT. So anyway, I'm going to meme-spam. Because I've been home for 8 hours and I'm already bored to death, and I can't decide which MST3K to watch. So until then...

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Looking for payday loans?

This cracked me up when I saw it on the first page of Digg. I HAD to take the quiz.

You Were Nice This Year

You Were 35% Naughty, 65% Nice Okay, so you weren't *entirely* nice this year But Santa doesn't expect a modern girl to be perfect You were good enough - and you'll be rewarded for it

Were You a Naughty Girl or Nice Girl this Year?

You Should Be a Social Worker

You are deeply caring and empathetic. You are able to take on other people's problems as if they were your own. Sensitive and intuitive, you understand human emotions well. Helping others gives you the most joy in life. You feel like it's your purpose in life. You do best when you: - Have a lot of responsibility - Greatly impact someone's life with your work You would also be a good philanthropist or stay at home parent.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

Works for me, I want to be a stay at home mom.

Yeah whatever. LOL. Hopefully this break will be very relaxing and stress free. I've already broken the towel rod in the bathroom twice, and I'm hoping that's not a sign.

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Now playing: Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
via FoxyTunes

Radiohead fucking kicks ass.

So, my fandom for Radiohead increases everytime I listen to them now. I just got their new album (and yes I did buy it, giving them 7 U.S. dollars, although I would've given them more if I knew it would be this fucking gnarly) and I love it. Seriously, it's fantastic. I encourage everyone to buy it, or at least download it for free because it's amazing.

Someone on Digg.com gave this astoundingly awesome comment about Radiohead:

This is how I interpret Radiohead's albums and what they've meant with each release.

Pablo Honey - "Hello. We're Radiohead. This song is called Creep"
The Bends - "FUCK OFF, critics. We're not a one hit wonder, assholes. This album proves we're a million times better than that yet-to-come faggot Chris Martin"
Ok Computer - "FUCK OFF, mainstream rock. We're going to produce an electro-computerized-guitar-rock album that blows your fucking mind and sets off the alternative craze for generations to come."
Kid A - "FUCK OFF, commercial success and radio/mtv outlets. We're sick and tired of being so damn glamorized that this album will be so experimental and radio-unfriendly that we're hoping to shed off a bulk of our bullshit fans, and yet it will still kick major fucking ass."
Amensiac - (same as "Kid A" but part 2)
Hail to the Thief - "FUCK OFF, George Bush for stealing the elections. And fuck you if you thought we didn't have it in us to produce a more commercially sound album, again."
In Rainbows - "FUCK OFF, RIAA! This album kicks insane amounts of ass and you will not make a penny off of it, you dirty money-hording grimy lil' bastards."

And THAT, my friends, is why I have so much damn respect for Radiohead.

Pretty much sums up my feelings as well.

Anyway, I only have one class tomorrow, but I need to read a bit before then. Fall break is on Friday, and I'm stoked to go home and play with my gecko. Later.

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Now playing: Radiohead - House Of Cards
via FoxyTunes

Memes make me feel good.

You Scored an A

You got 10/10 questions correct. It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors. If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs. As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they're only human. And it's humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes.

The It's Its There Their They're Quiz

So I'm a grammar nazi. Bite me! Both of my parents were teachers, so it comes naturally.

Your Halloween Costume Should Be

A Bumble Bee

What Should You Be For Halloween?

Except that I'm going as a football player. 48 37 8 HUT HUT HUUUUUTTTT!

What Your Favorite Color Pink Says About You:

Blissful --- Content --- Romantic Idealistic --- Expressive --- Artistic Funny --- Quirky --- Individualistic

What Does Your Favorite Color Say About You?

You Are 16% Emo

You're the furthest thing from emo. Sensitivity is not something you exactly cultivate... and you can't imagine weeping over song lyrics.

Are You Emo?

But I HAVE wept over song lyrics...many a time. Stupid BlogThings.

You Are a Smart American

You know a lot about US history, and you're opinions are probably well informed. Congratulations on bucking stereotypes. Now go show some foreigners how smart Americans can be.

Are You a Dumb American?

I'm also a History major. LOL.

Anyway. It's Family Weekend here at the university so I'm just waiting for my parents to come. I'm fucking hungry and I hope they take me out to lunch. Haha. Yay for blogs to kill time with.
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Now playing: Alexisonfire - Mailbox Arson
via FoxyTunes

My friends suck.

So. My personal life just took a turn for the shitastic.

Okay, so keeping people's names private, let's have Girl A and Girl B, and Guy. Guy and Girl A dated for quite some time. Guy dumped Girl A over the summer, for reasons she didn't understand, and has been upset over for a while now. She was finally starting to move on when it comes out that Guy cheated on Girl A with Girl B a week before he dumped her, and he and Girl B have been dating secretly ever since. Shit hit the fan yesterday when Girl A saw Guy rub Girl B's leg at dinner, and then she asked someone else after she'd left, and it was confirmed.

Right now I'm just pissed at the whole lot of them, and at those who are taking sides. It is not our battle to fight. I'm just annoyed because I've been in Girl A's place, and it seriously sucks balls, so I'm naturally going to be more sympathetic toward her, but I'm trying my best not to take sides. I'm just disgusted at everyone because those of us trying to remain neutral are stuck in a bad place, and those parties involved need to act like their fucking age and talk this shit out, because all it's doing is ruining the peace and calm that we've always had. We're fucking 19 and 20 years old, not 9 and 10 years old. Why can't we discuss things like the adults we are, figure this shit out like human beings so that we can get on with life? Is that so fucking hard to ask for? Apparently to the people I know, yes.

So yeah. I'm just a wreck right now because I'm sick as a dog, my period is particularly obnoxious this month (Tuesday I had cramps so bad I couldn't move), and I have multiple exams in my classes. I really didn't need this now. None of us did. And neither Jeff Buckley nor MST3K is making me feel better. Red alert, call in the troops...

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Now playing: Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin
via FoxyTunes

Oh, God...

So I just found out a couple of minutes ago that my best friend Tara was in a car accident last night. Apparently she was also flown to UVA Medical Center, which translates to, "she was really fucked up." Now I feel like I'm on the verge of a panic attack.

When I got the voicemail from Alissa this morning somehow I knew it had to do with Tara. Maybe because we're so close. Seriously, Tara's like my blood, my twin, and if anything happens to her I feel like I'll lose my other half.

Basically now it's just a waiting game, and trying to find people who know anything. I don't know a lot of the kids she hangs out with in the hometown, and apparently there were some others in the car too. Edits as news comes...

EDIT: Okay, so Alissa found out that Tara's in ICU. Since she's not family, she can't find out much more than that. She called the waiting room to see if Tara's parents were there yet and they weren't. I also got a hold of my Dad and he said he's going to try to find out what he can.

EDIT2: Tara's going to be fine, thank God or whomever you believe in. She broke her neck and fucked up her arm pretty badly, but she'll be coming back to the Burg on Monday. She'll have to go through multiple surgeries, but at least she's alive.

First week back

First of all, Angels in the Outfield is on TV right now and I used to watch this movie religiously when I was younger. I'm having serious nostalgia right now, but kind of laughing at how bad the special effects are and some of the lines are just cheesy as fuck. But I still fucking love this movie. It also begs the question, whatever happened to Christopher Lloyd?!

Anyway, the first week of classes are going well. I was mostly worried about my Ancient Greek class but I'm actually picking it up pretty quickly. I do have a speaking intensive class, and I was freaked out about that because I'm shy and whatever. But actually I talk in that class because no one else does and I just get fed up with the awkward silences. LOL. So yeah, I have a good feeling about this year and I think I'll definitely give my GPA a nice boost as long as I stay on top of things.

My roomie's cool too. She's RA so there are times when she disappears for a while so I get to play honorary RA. LOL. We like a lot of the same things and our roommate agreement contract was a breeze. So basically I have no complaints about anything as of now, and I'm quite happy about that.

Let's also talk about how Blockbuster's 3 movies for $20 deal kicks vast amounts of ass. I bought The Illusionist, The Departed, and Children of Men. Basically, I am quite happy and I probably am satiated in the movie department for 2007. Unless you count MST3K as movies. In that case I won't be satiated until I have all 10 seasons. LOL.

Anyway. I told some of the girls that I'd go visit them this afternoon so I'll try to pull myself away from my beloved Angels in the Outfield and be social or something. Hahaha.

Um, ouch?

So something bit my foot about 5 times last night. Seriously, what the fuck? Once is enough, maybe twice if you really hate me. But five freaking times on the same foot? Oh, great, and there's one on my other foot too. I am not tasty or nutritious! Stop trying to eat me! Probably a spider. Ew. (PROTIP: Tinnerz has arachnophobia.)

ANYWAY. This summer I've been reading a lot. So it's time for book reviews! Da da da DAAAA!

Jeffrey Eugenides: Middlesex
Okay, this book is the perfect book to read when I'm PMSing. It has love, family, self-discovery, everything a hormonal lady such as myself could want. It tells the story of the Stephanides family, narrated by Cal, who is a hermaphrodite and used to be known as Callie. It covers three generations of the family and explains how he came to be who he is now, and it's just absolutely beautiful. I was crying, laughing, scared, surprised...I think I went through every human emotion while reading this book. No wonder it won a Pulitzer Prize, it's fucking amazing. Easily one of the best books I've ever read, and quite possibly my new favorite.

Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner
Another new favorite. It's about Amir, an Afghani who grew up wealthy, and his friendship with his servant, Hassan. The story, told over a quarter century, is so powerful that after I finished reading I could only sit there, staring at the wall and thinking to myself, "Motherfucker that was a good ass book." And I don't think that very often. I expected the political aspect of this book to get preachy (with the Taliban and the invading Russian forces and whatnot) but I was pleasantly surprised that it took a backseat to the real story, that of an undying friendship and redemption. Fucking excellent book.

Anyway.

I fixed an old laptop this week, GO ME. I fixed it really ghetto-like with scotch tape and cursing, but fixed it is. Basically I just wanted to get my SimCity 3000 disc out of it and read some of the hilarious Harry Potter fan fiction I had stored on there. It's awesomely bad. However, no one else will ever see that shit, because its just embarrassing. My stories are much better nowadays. Mostly because it's not Harry Potter fan fic. LOL. I can forgive myself though, I was only about 13.

Let's also talk about how Jeff Buckley is God. Call me blasphemous if you please, but Mr. Buckley was fucking awesome. How can you deny the brilliance of "So Real" or "Lover, You Should've Come Over" or "Grace" or his version of "Hallelujiah?" YOU CAN'T. BECAUSE HE'S GOD. If he were still alive today I'd be a total fantard. Hell, he'd probably rule over the known universe. He's that great.

Anyway. I'm going to finish eating my artery-clogging meal from Wendy's and play with people on VFTW. Adios.

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Now playing: Jeff Buckley - Je n'en connais pas la fin
via FoxyTunes

Holy God I'm a nerd.

YES! Live long and prosper, motherfuckers. Just because I know the symbol for Manganese, sometimes do homework on Fridays, and know my current IP address doesn't mean I'm a nerd. /denial
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Now playing: Jeff Buckley - Alligator Wine
via FoxyTunes

New TREOS CD!!!!!!!

So...I got back from my tax-free shopping (THANKS, VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE!) yesterday to find that I had a package sitting on my desk. What was it? The brand new CD by The Receiving End of Sirens, my favorite band EVAR, three whole days before it actually is released. SCORE. So here is my review, and feel free to listen on their Myspace, since they put the whole album up there.

The Receiving End of Sirens: The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Well, I must first state that I have an emotional attachment to their first album, Between the Heart and the Synapse, because it is my musical Xanax. So it's hard to live up to that, and I'm not sure at the moment that I like this one as much as BTHATS. Regardless, it's a solid album, and sorta reminds me of Circa Survive and Saosin. They still have that TREOS sound, but it's only vaguely there, probably because Casey left and has his own band (The Dear Hunter) now. I think at the moment I'm still expecting to hear Casey's voice somewhere, but I just have to listen to TDH now. :( Anyway, I do like the sequencing on this album a lot. Also they use glockenspiels. Like, holy shit. Fuck the cowbell, MOAR GLOCKENSPIEL. Favorite songs so far are "Swallow People Whole," "The Salesman, The Husband, The Lover," "Saturnus" (which I had on my iPod and used to know as "Hemi"), "Wanderers," "The Heir of Empty Breath," and "Pale Blue Dot." Okay, so that's most of the album. So fuck it, I like this shit. LOL. GO BUY IT NOW. Or when it comes out on Tuesday.

And now, photographic love of this CD. Please ignore the Leopard Gecko who refused to move out of the way because he is a camera hog and for some reason likes TREOS.




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Now playing: Alexisonfire - A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles
via FoxyTunes

Quite possibly the best statement on Lindsay Lohan

From PerezHilton.com:

“When Mrs. Lohan stops partying with her child, then I’ll have an ounce of respect for her. I don’t care if her parents are both crummy – you cannot blame your parents anymore. She’s not a kid. Lindsay, get it together, America will forgive you but you gotta do something positive with your life. I hope she does okay but at a certain point, there’s so many bigger problems in the world than Lindsay Lohan. I hope she gets her head out of her nice, cute little rear end and finds a life for herself. She’s very talented, and a special little actress but there are so many people out there who’d trade positions with her in a heartbeat and use it better than she is.”

And guess who said that?

No really, guess.

ROB FUCKING SCHNEIDER.

I SHIT YOU NOT.

Who knew he was actually quite intelligent and has the balls to say what everyone wants to but doesn't, and manages to say it so eloquently that he doesn't look like a douchebag? Fucking outstanding, Mr. Schneider. Now if you put as much into your movies as you did in this paragraph, I'd actually watch them. 10,000 bonus points.

I'm really fucking bored.

So I'm posting memes. Because I can. :)

You Are 16% Girly

Um... you're a guy, right? If not, you're the most boyish girl in the world. And for you, that's probably the ultimate compliment.

How Girly Are You?

Your Ideal Pet is a Cat

You're both aloof, introverted, and moody. And your friends secretly wish that you were declawed!

What's Your Ideal Pet?

I resent that, BlogThings. *shakes fist*

You Are 68% A Child of the 90s

Wassup!?! You remember the 90s like they were yesterday. And you're ready to open up a can of whoop-ass on any other decade.

Are You a Child of an 90s?

Speaking of the 90s, my Furby is still sitting on top of my stereo. LOL.

That's enough for now. I'm going to see what's on TV and make myself some tea. Night.

Moar music reviews!

Bittorrent has been running madly this summer, and now I bring new music reviews! WOO.

Mika: Life In Cartoon Motion
I consider myself to be pretty open when it comes to music. I mean, let's take a gander at my iTunes library: I have everything from Tupac to The Fall of Troy to Kelly Clarkson to Igor Stravinsky. I cover it all, pretty much. So I figured, "Hey, this Mika guy sure is getting a lot of attention. Let's check it out." That decision was probably one of the worst in my life. Honestly, about 10 minutes into the album I wanted to throw myself into traffic. I like happy music, but not this fucking happy. My God, it was horrible. The best way I can convey the horrific sounds I experienced is by mentioning the fact that I had to switch quickly to The Receiving End of Sirens, which as I have mentioned before, is my anti-panic attack drug. Even the mere thought of this shit makes me feel nauseated. So I'm going to move on. If you want to try to listen to that shit, go ahead, but be warned. Mika should be sued for damages.

Portugal. The Man: Church Mouth
Ahhhhh...good music. Portugal The Man is one of those bands I wish I'd discovered sooner. I mean, damn, they're good. I compare it to waking up in the morning and finding that your significant other has made you breakfast in bed. Then you win the lottery. Then a chocolate truck overturns in front of your house and you get all the free chocolate you want. Then you have amazing sex with your significant other. THAT IS WHAT IT IS LIKE LISTENING TO THIS BAND. I can't even chose a favorite song because I've had it on repeat and I don't even know what each song is. I keep on saying, "DAMN this song is AWWWWSUMMM" but I think I'm said that about every song. LOL. So just buy it dammit.


And uh...yeah that's it. LOL. I wish I were less boring.

More badassery on a stick.

Well, the funeral was like I'd expected, sad, and a bit strange. My grandmother has Alzheimer's and hadn't been able to recognize my grandfather for quite some time. She suddenly recognized him at the viewing. That pretty much tore my insides up. On the other hand, I got to see some family I hadn't seen in ages, and that was nice. I also got to play with my cousin Tristan, who will be 6 tomorrow and who's a riot.

But now it is time for me to gloat some more about how fucking awesome I am with knitting. Check this shit out:

I mean, am I awesome or what? It's kinda tacky, but it's my tacky blanket goddammit. Special thanks goes to Wikipedia for teaching me how to crochet, LOL.

So I've been hearing that the new Harry Potter movie sucks ass. So I dunno whether to go see it or just wait until it comes out on DVD. Might be the latter. I want to see Transformers as well. I mean, Optimus Prime, dammit. You can't get any cooler than him. Unless you're Chuck Norris, but that goes without saying.

Anyway. I'd better be off. I've got other things to attend to.

This blog is rated R.

Mingle² - Online Dating

This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

• hell (4x)
• shit (2x)
• shitty (1x)

LOL. This is great. My life is pretty rated R though, hahaha.

My grandfather died this morning so my life is a bit hectic right now. I'll be going out of town, probably tomorrow. I'm not really sad though, probably because my grandfather's health has been declining for some time now. He'd been in and out of the hospital for a month and so it was just a matter of time. It'll be nice to get out of H'burg but it would've been nicer if I could've gone for a happier reason.

I promised knitting shit so I'm gonna post stuff. There I go with the cursing again, hahaha.


That there is my at-the-moment-strapless handbag. It didn't take me too long to make, probably only a couple of weeks, and that was because it was during the school year and I had other stuff to do. It was made using US size 7 needles. I alternated 10 rows of navy and 8 rows of white. The difference is because the white was a different weight than the navy, so I had to compromise in order to get the stripes as even as possible. I think it looks pretty good though. One day I'll actually make a strap so it can be functional, lol.



Ahh, my awesome-ass Slytherin scarf. I wanted to make one ever since I started knitting, and I was happy with how well it turned out. Using my trusty US size 7 needles (can you tell they're my favorite?) I whipped this shit up in about a week and a half. I have to finish weaving in the ends, but I should have that finished in no time. And then I'll wear it to the Harry Potter movie on July 11. \O/ Score, man.

At some point I'll figure out how to crochet my knitted squares together and my tacky technicolor blanket will be done, and I can boast about how much ass I kick. LOL. Anyway. I gotta go find out what's going on with the family and finish converting my MST3K to my iPod. Hells yes.

Summer is borrringggg.

The stuff from the last entry has cleared up a bit. It got worse before it got better but...I guess that's how things go in life sometimes.

Basically all I'm doing at the moment is listening to some iTunes and waiting for the videos of this week's Canadian Idol to go online. CI is so shittastic, it's amazing. In case anyone cares, this person uploads every episode of CI and posts it here. Be warned, it's addicting. Plus me and the other Worsters of Vote for the Worst have to decide who's the worst.

In other news, I've been downloading a shitton of MST3K torrents this summer. Basically because there's nothing better to do. And I love me some MST3K. Anyone who doesn't fails at life and I cannot be associated with failures of life. :)

And I know I need to post pictures and possibly instructions of my knitting projects, and I shall do that at some point. I'm just awfully fucking lazy.

I have this continual feeling that something's missing this week, and I figured out why just a few minutes ago: no PostSecret this week. I am a PostSecret whore, seriously. I love that site, and I also have one of the books. But this week, a comments section was added and there were no new secrets. It leads me to think that it's some sort of experiment, especially since some of the secrets were a bit controversial as well. The comments section is quite interesting at the moment; it seems that the longer it goes with no new secrets, the more people are just posting their own secrets and interacting with each other. It's fascinating, like a psychology experiment or something. I might head over there in a few minutes and post a secret of my own. The problem would be, "Which one?!" :)

Anyway. Yet another boring post from me. Once school starts again I promise I won't be so dull. Haha.

Jesus.

And by saying Jesus I mean, "Jesus keep me out of trouble." Because my Dad is getting on my last fucking nerves.

So, last night, as we were preparing to settle down for dinner, my mom and I were discussing how during the summer I'm hardly ever hungry. My dad takes the opportunity to say, "You should teach your mother that." Now, this doesn't seem too bad out of context, but you have to understand the situation in my household: My mother has been battling weight issues (and depression) for years. My dad, being the wonderful piece of work he is, has to remind my mom of her weight constantly. It is a tender subject for her, but he has to make comments about it pretty much every chance he gets.

So after over 18 years of it, I'm tired of him being so disrespectful to my mother. I tell him to stop making cheap shots on her. This erupts into an entire fight, in which my dad can't understand why my mother and I are so "oversensitive" and why what he's been saying to her is so wrong. Seriously. It's getting to be emotional abuse. You just don't pick on someone relentlessly about something like that. He wouldn't do it to his coworkers or anything like that, so why is he doing it to the woman he's been married to for 30 fucking years?!

I took my plate and ate my dinner in my room, mostly because if I stayed back there I was going to lob my plate in his face. Later, he came to give a half-assed apology and then said, "I don't like people telling me to shut up." Well, I don't like you, but I have to deal with you. o_O

Today, I'm still reeling from it. Just a few minutes ago, he acted like it's my fault the whole incident happened, like I'm just supposed to sit back and go, "Oh, it's normal for my father to pretty much abuse my mother with words! Pass the bread, please!" I've done that for too long. Honestly, he sat back there and told me that "If something's wrong you should say something to people before it explodes." Well, motherfucker, I fucking did you son-of-a-bitch. If there's one vital lesson I've learned at college, it's to fight as soon as I see something I think is wrong. And I'm sure as hell not going to let someone take cheap shots at the woman who lugged me around for 9 months before bringing me into this world.