First of all, a funny video response to that racist UCLA girl from the other day. The chorus KILLS me as does this line: 'It's alright, Alexandra. I know you know nothing about tsunamis. I just want to make sure you know that it's not a type of sushi.' ♥

And here's an awesome video of Saturn using real pictures and not CGI.

I hung out with my friend today. Thankfully not until later in the afternoon so I could sleep in a bit. I read some of Fragile Things while she had her MRI. It was nice to get out though and I felt hungry enough to eat and enjoy some really good Chinese food. I also got a cupcake/cake holder/carrier thingy so I can transport my goodies a lot more easily now. Next thing I get will be a stand mixer because it would make my life a little easier and I could finally make my own frosting! Too bad they cost so much. At least it'll be something of an investment towards my future. I resisted buying nail polish at Sephora though so yay me ;)

I got a letter from the unemployment people and I have a phone interview scheduled for the 28th of this month. I hate that crap. I just feel all awkward talking on the phone and even though I'm not lying about anything, I still feel guilty for some reason. I'm just trying for the hell of it while I look around and look into maybe school. I'm not expecting anything really.

I don't really have any plans for tomorrow, or today I guess. I don't drink but my friends do so that kind of rules out a lot. I need to clean my room, paint my nails, I don't know. Friday I'm going out though. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's movie, Paul, comes out and I'm seeing it even if I have to go alone. Which I will be. Sunday though we're supposed to see my friend because her birthday is today but she's busy.

Oh! Does anyone have the audiobook of Good Omens that they could upload to Megaupload for me? I'm still kind of scared of Mediafire.

I'm offering icons over at help_japan. Click the picture for my thread/offer :)



I'm also planning on going to Jtown tomorrow and picking up some candy and treats to make a little package to auction off. I'll post a link to that later.

The news about Japan just keeps getting worse D:

[9:54 p.m. ET, 11:54 a.m. Tokyo] A meltdown may have occurred at at least one nuclear power reactor in Japan, the country's chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said Sunday.

He also said that authorities are concerned over the possibility of another meltdown at a second reactor.

Also a good place for news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12724953

Videos like the one below are so mind boggling. You can see the ground swaying back and forth and the water underneath coming through. You can hear the waves on what used to be solid land.



If you are able, give what you can to places like:

* Red Cross
* help_japan (I'm thinking of offering icons or something. I always feel weird, like my stuff isn't worth money, but I'd like to help anyway I can)
* Lady Gaga has Japan Earthquake Relief Wristbands. They're only $5 and "Little Monsters, show your support for Japan with this "We Pray For Japan" wristband! Choose your price to add an additional donation with your wristband. All proceeds go directly to Japan relief efforts."
* Groupon
* Japan Society (which also has links on how to find and contact people in Japan)

( Cookie says... )

PS Can I just say that I kinda love hipster!Ariel ♥
http://jezebel.com/#!5757911/the-hipster-the-little-mermaid-is-part-of-your-world/gallery/1

Stolen from a couple people on my list - ( Fandom Year in Review )

PS: Here are pictures my dad took of the eclipse.

HOLIDAY LOVE MEME

If you've put your name on there, link me so I can give y'all some love <3

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Today I went downtown with my sister and stepmother. We had lunch and then went to a live performance of 'Hairspray' which I enjoyed a lot. After the play I got a churro. That alone makes it a day worth living ;D

Ok, so I'm feeling a little better now. Still anxious/nervous, but better. I have a tendency to overreact and get stuck inside my head. It's not a pretty place to be sometimes ;) But I went out with a friend, we got food, I bought 2 tops from Old Navy (which I feel guilty about now and I'm going to return at least one of them), and we talked for a bit. I've also watched Community and now I'll watch Never Mind the Buzzcocks and then some Merlin and just not think about things right now. I'll deal with things tomorrow and just one step at a time.

In other news:

* My son is gay. Or he’s not. I don’t care. He is still my son. And he is 5. And I am his mother. And if you have a problem with anything mentioned above, I don’t want to know you.

* Newest favorite Merlin vid (and ear candy). I'm not sure why, but I'm back into Merlin big time. I don't know if I'm just excited it's back or it's filling the space left by DW, or now Sherlock, but I'm loving it.

I feel like there's more, but I'm tired and my brain is all over the place at the best of times ;)

ETA: Noel and Jedward on NMTB was EXACTLY what I needed right now. They make 'Dappy look like Stephen Fry' LOL

So I don't know what is going on, but I'm in a damn good mood right now. I had to get up early today for a doctor's appointment, but it went well. I wasn't happy with the doctor I had chosen before so I had to look up another in the same area that took my insurance and was accepting new patients. Knowing nothing about who I was getting, I picked a name and made an appointment. I wish I had done that ages ago (you know, since I won't have a job or insurance in about a week). My previous doctor didn't really listen to what I was telling him and I felt like he was very dismissive. New doctor listened, took me seriously, I had blood drawn and tomorrow morning I have to call to set up an ultrasound. Unfortunately if there IS something, I won't have enough time to really do anything about it, but at least I can know one way or another? I don't know, but I definitely like this doctor A LOT better.

I listened to a new podfic on the way to the hospital. Had time to finish it and everything! Great story by messageredacted and great reading by pandarus. After the appointment (they took my blooooood), my mom was actually able to pick me up and drop me off at work saving me time and money (didn't have to wait/pay for bus). I got Quinos for lunch but still had time to kill so I went into Spirit (the Halloween store) and bought a fake black rose, a creepy laughing pumpkin keychain, and these awesome earrings.

Work was whatever.

Come home to all new Community (ABED. All caps.), It's Always Sunny, Sh*t My Dad Says (which I still haven't watched an episode of), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (NOEL!), and A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (new to me). AND I find out that The Hobbit is a go and Martin Freeman is officially going to be Bilbo Baggins!!♥!!

Finally: ♥

‎So the last couple of days have been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me. Mostly down though. So more like a plummeting emotional elevator? I don't have the energy to go into it now, but at the moment, things are... okay.

Got a new manager at work though and I'm a little anxious. Only worked with her once so far. She seems alright, but I just don't really know. We'll see how it plays out I guess.

White Collar was wonderful. Loved the ending (and the bit right before, especially). Not happy it's time for the midseason finale already though. Psych was hilarious. Shawn being a fanboy was adorable.

Merlin's starting up again soon. I look forward to the insanity ;)

And I'm currently enjoying Grandma's House. Normally I wouldn't really be into this sort of stuff - I get TERRIBLE second-hand embarrassment - but I love Simon Amstell. I love that he can't really act and he looks like he's going to bust out laughing at any moment. It's all just part of his charm. ( Here are a couple of my favorite quotes from the first episode. )

And in fandom collision news, in an interview with Benedict Cumberbatch (my brother actually asked me if that was his real name) here, he was asked who his favorite actors/actresses were and he responded:

Stephen Dillane, Mark Rylance, Simon Russell Beale, Eddie Redmayne, James McAvoy, Casey Affleck, Ryan Gosling, Jimmie Stewart, Adrian Scarborough, Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Rod Steiger, Steve McQueen, Martin Sheen, Alison Janney, Sissey Spacek, Meryl Streep, Nancy Carroll, Juliette Binoche, Maggie Gylenhall, Amy Adams. There is an infinitely bigger list... God I hate lists!

Obviously I did the bolding there ;) But yeah. I don't know. That made me really happy. I 'know' that Ryan is a wonderful actor. I've seen it. And he was nominated for an Academy Award ffs. But I still see him as Sean Hanlon/Young Hercules. Either way, I'm proud of him.

And I'm proud of Toma! He is no longer considered a Jr. and now has his very own page ♥

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And for what it's worth: I won't be crossposting anything of mine or anyone else's to FB or Twitter. And while I doubt anyone would want to crosspost anything I've said, I'd rather you didn't. Right then. That's enough of that.

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Finally, come and join sherlockland!

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Holy crap, Matt and Karen are freakin' gorgeous.

And in other good news, I might be promoted to co-manager and my boss's vacation isn't until July, so there should be no problems with me going on my trip. I'm still going to start looking elsewhere, but it's nice to know think I'll have a job for a little while longer at least.