Andraste101's Journal
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Monday, July 21, 2003
10:24AM - Vicodin + Phenergan + Motrin =
48 hours of absolutely. no. fucking. sleep. If my yawns get any bigger I'm going to swallow my own goddamn head. On the bright side, my laundry's done and my basement is clean. I'd probably be in major pain, too, but the Vicodin is doing a masterly job of covering it up.
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
1:24AM - Icon Making is Like Crack
I so don't need another obsession at this point. Summer is here and Sarah is home all day (that is when we're not *out* all day going to swim lessons, shopping, haunting yard sales and the like). So I really need another distraction like I need another hole in my head.
Icons
This is what I've been doing when I was supposed to be doing other things today, like laundry and cleaning the house. I had way more fun doing this. :-)
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
4:07PM - My Way or the Highway
What the hell is up with some people? I really wanted a LiveJournal, so I found a community that gave them out to people who asked. An hour later I had myself an LJ. (Way faster than I expected since I saw people on there who had been waiting for a day or more and still had no answer.) What I didn't know however, was that these LJ nazi's expect you to update immediately, and apparently often, not to mention they have to *like* the content of the lj, or they'll simply take it back and give it to someone else.
Which is exactly what happened. I made one entry (thanking the chick who gave me the code) and then a couple of days later went to update, and after three tries and not getting it to post, I gave up and posted in this journal. Got really busy with RL and the man and the child and didn't update anything.
*Finally* got some time today to sit down and I go over to my LJ and *someone else has it now*. What the hell is up with that? I went to the codewhores site and in the last week they have come up with some of the stupidest rules to get a code that I've ever seen. You have to agree to keep certain info in the userinfo, give the sobbiest story you can to get a code and practically promise your first-born.
Are these codes that big a deal? I got this JournalFen code from a site that was giving them away if you left a simple request. No big, ya know? No one has come in here policing my journal to make sure I'm updating daily or only posting fandom-related stuff. The girl who answered my request for a JF code hasn't threatened to give it to someone else if I don't honor her in my userinfo and swear to keep it there forever and ever, amen. (Not that anyone at codewhores said they would take back my lj if I didn't update in a certain amount of time. She just simply took it back and gave it to someone else without any warning.)
Deep breath. Okay, I'm better now. Pissed me off no end, but hey, the codes were theirs, so if they want to be total bitches about it I guess that's their right. I guess I just don't understand why they put so many conditions on it. Do they get only so many codes before they run out? Whatever. I guess if I want a LiveJournal that bad I can pay for the damn thing, but I think I'll stick with JournalFen. They seem to be very accepting.
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
11:07PM - WTF?
Watching the local 11pm news and apparently a 7 year old kid goes into a little supermarket and buys some bubble gum with little prizes in them and finds stickers depicting a guy in a white hood and robe with a couple of crosses painted on the robe (at least it looked like they were on his robe). No way you could confuse this with anything but the KKK.
The *hell?*
Apparently this kid (bi-racial) lives in a racially mixed neighborhood. Can you imagine if he didn't know what that sticker signified and actually wore it to the playground or something?
And that's not all there was, either. A reporter went into the store and bought a bunch of the gum and along with another KKK sticker they found one with a lizard that was being stabbed by a knife and one that was too sexually explicit to be shown on tv.
And this stuff is being marketed to children. Un-fucking-believable.
1:52PM - Misc.
1. Watched 'Keen Eddie' again tonight and it occurs to me that since I like the show so much it's probably not going to last past this season. Depressing. Plus, browsing thru other people's journals I noticed that the camera work isn't going over very well and it's one of the things I like most about the show. That, and the overall quirkiness of it has completely pulled me in, therefore it's doomed.
2. Am I the only person on the planet who *doesn't* watch these stupid reality shows? (and I don't mean 'American Idol', since you have to have actual talent to make it) I mean the ones where the participants prove how conceited, selfish and embarrassingly stupid they are and are completely ignorant of the fact. The ones, who if they had an LJ would wind up on http://ljdrama.org/ or http://www.journalfen.net/community/fan
3. I bought a really cool scented candle yesterday that's making the whole house smell like I've been baking bread all day. Smells wonderful but it makes my stomach growl since I haven't eaten yet today. I should probably go do something about that...
Friday, June 6, 2003
9:46PM - Coma Bound
Took the spawn to her dress rehearsal today so they could get a practice in before the dance recital tomorrow. OMG they were so cute! All these little four and five year olds dressed in their bright, canary-yellow costumes with yellow bows in their hair and on their shoes, and white gloves on their little hands... and not one of them did the same dance moves as the person next to them. I don't think I've ever seen anything cuter or more diabetic-coma inducing in my life.
Where, oh *where* is the girl who swore she hated kids, was *never* going to have them and laughed at all those morons who said "It's different when they're yours."? Oh, yeah. She was taking 71 pictures of her kid who was on stage for less than six minutes.
Thursday, June 5, 2003
3:32PM - Feeling rather smug
*Gorgeous* cover on next weeks TV Guide; Mariska (greatest haircut ever) Hargitay and Christopher Meloni of SVU. I'm such a geeky fangirl I actually bought a copy from the store because my address label covered too much on my copy.
It's the article that has me squeeing and scaring the cat, though, and I quote: "...Goren sometimes reeks of ham, CI is a mix of Columbo, Sherlock Holmes and armchair Freud as the master detective plays elaborate psychological mind games." *and* "...B.D. Wong's smug phychiatrist on SVU, Elisabeth Rohm's monotonous cipher of a prosecutor on L&O..."
Just. Yes. Is it goofy to feel vindicated by a critic at TV Guide? LOL I never agree with these opinionated idiots, but I think *this* one is a certifiable fucking genius, yes I do.
Now I'm bummed. I thought I was watching the Trading Spaces where Doug paints a fireplace in defiance of strict orders from the homeowners not to touch it. (This one and the ep where Hildy turns someone's living room into her version of the Big Top are two of my all-time favorite reactions.) But it turns out to be a different one. Damn. Of course, Paige more than makes up for any sucky episode.
BTW, am I the only one who thinks Doug and Ty were separated at birth?
Edited to Add: It *is* the episode I thought it was where Doug's creation made the lady cry. Aww. Poor lady. You shouldn't agree to do a show that is known for it's, um, off-center designers.
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
4:32PM - Getting sucked in...
...to another fandom. Again. "Keen Eddie" this time, and damnit, FOX had better not cancel it before it has time to draw an audience the way it did with "Firefly". I'm almost afraid to get attached to this show because it has all the marks of being smart, funny, interesting, and did I say smart? FOX doesn't have a very good track record with shows that don't cater to the lowest common denominator.
In other news I finally caught Horatio Hornblower: The Duel. So is this the first movie after the mini-series, or is it a part of the mini-series itself, just not all of it? I've tried searching google, but none of the sites I checked were very clear on the subject. Definitely interested to find the rest of the series. Haven't been to a video store in over a year, but maybe I'll have to break down and go if A&E isn't planning to show more.
Mmmm. There's a new story by Dira Sudis at the Due South archive
http://www.squidge.org/dsa/archive/8/re
called 'Relax'. I thought she was a new author, but she's got a couple of short stories on the archive as well. I wish DS had more active writers like this one. Great Fraser voice without going over the top with eighty dollar words, and beautiful Ray voice without dumbing him down. I have got to feedback this writer, but I never know what to say other than I liked it. Writers are always saying how they want more than that, but I rarely have the time to fb, much less do it thoughtfully and drawn out.
Saturday, May 31, 2003
1:52PM - Boomerang!
Happiness is sitting with the spawn on Saturday afternoon watching Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in The Barber of Seville. God. Between the hilarity, the violence, the total gayness and the music I'm in heaven.
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
11:44PM - All Finale'd Out
So far it's been ER, Malcolm, Buffy, Smallville, Law & Order: CI, Law & Order: SVU, and the original L&O.
ER: I don't care if the critics hate this show and think Noah Wyle is 'bland'. I can't say that I've been bowled over this season, but I can't say I was disappointed either. What *I* hate is the promo announcer calling every goddamn episode "The reason you started watching ER in the first place." Gah.
Malcolm in the Middle: I think this is the first time in my life that I actually looked forward to the birth of a sitcom baby (otherwise known as the Last Gasp of a Dying Series Plot Device). I can't remember the last time I've laughed so much and thanked my lucky stars that my kid was fairly quiet as a baby. At least compared to the one on this show. Heh.
Buffy: Everyone who didn't like this can go jump in the lake. I was heartbroken to see Anya die, but I thought it was a nice wrap-up to one of the best shows ever. Maybe I'm okay with it ending the way it did since I was never overly-invested in this show. Buffy was one of the first shows I read fanfic in, but for some reason never really found what I was looking for. Maybe that was because I never thought I had to "fix" this show in my head the way I did with other shows. I always thought Buffy was pretty damn great the way it was written. And the truth is, other than Spike, none of the characters jumped out at me and screamed 'Slash me, I'm a slutpuppy.' For someone who looks at *everything* nowadays with slash-tinted glasses, I was oddly and unaccountably accepting of all the canon pairings. Way unusual. I have higher hopes for Angel, now that Spike is moving in with Wes, Gunn, and the broody one himself.
Smallville: All I can say is that Lex better be okay. *snurfle* Poor baby. Clark can kiss my ass and Chloe needs a lesson in friendship. Or maybe the writers do. And I guess I'm the only person in creation that doesn't like Lionel *or* the dude who plays him.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: I'm really trying to like this particular incarnation but I'm having a rough go of it. It just doesn't get any easier to watch Vincent D's poor-man imitation of Columbo. There's no real police work being done here since Goren seems to know everything right out of the gate. This pains me greatly, what with being the L&O ho that I am. I wish they'd come up with ten more spin-offs. Just don't offer Vincent a part in any of them.
Law & Order: SVU: If it weren't for the way they write B.D. Wong's character, I wouldn't have one bad thing to say about this show.
Law & Order: All I can say is thank god Elizabeth Rohm is OUT OUT OUT! She's so wooden in her scenes they got an elm tree to double for her. Two seasons was enough. Bring back Angie Harmon. Me like the pretty.
So all in all it's been pretty good watching for the end of the season. Nothing spectacular, but nothing to really bitch about either, which is awfully unusual since if there's one thing I do well and often, it's bitch. Maybe it's the Effexor finally kicking in.
The world can only hope.
Thursday, April 24, 2003
1:12AM - RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES!!!!
I remember way back in the day when you didn't have to look for the letters following Law & Order to find out which one you were watching. Way, way back when they came up with original stories that kept you glued to see how it would end because, you know, it wasn't *RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES!!!!*
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
11:46PM - I have a song stuck in my head...
"...My name is Michael, I got a nickel, I got a nickel shiny and new. I'm gonna buy me all kinds of candy. That's what I'm gonna do." And it's driving me nuts. I hated this song when I was five and I'm not any more fond of it now. I have no clue why this song popped into my head today, but I feel like I need a chemical flush to feel clean again.
Otherwise, the day went well in spite of my pessimistic attitude that it would suck donkey dongs. Among the goodies was the 8 Mile DVD. One of these days I will examine my attraction to this man, but not today. Today I will wallow and smile fatuously and enjoy me some Marshall.
The child gave me a windchime that she picked out because "it was the only one that didn't make me a headache". Good enough for me. It's loud but not annoying and it sounds kind of pretty through the open window. It won't be open for much longer though, it's supposed to get down in the low 30's tonight. *30's* for god's sake. It was 80 degrees this afternoon. Someone explain this to me.
But today was *gorgeous.* Threw the frisbee for the Aussie while the child rode around the yard on her bike. Watched some old Due South tapes and generally loafed. Went to my mom's for dinner and she made steak and lobster.
"..."
Yeah. My reaction too. I *love* my mom.
1:29AM - Birth and Taxes
"So, when's your birthday?"
"April 15."
"Oooohh." (said with much distaste and wrinkling of nose like they smell stinky old-lady feet) "That's income tax day, you know."
"So I heard."
"I had to pay this year. I'm waiting til the last second to send it out. I hate that day."
"I guess that means no present."
"Your birthday sucks."
"Yes. Yes, it does."
I am officially 36 years old. And after raking this big ass lawn for the last four days, I'm feeling every goddamn hour of those years. Every minute, even. I have a big ol' blister on my thumb and little dots of blood all over my face and arms from cutting back a forest of blackberry bushes.
But on the happier side, my hair color came out great even if it did come out of a box, and Smallville is new this week. (Unfortunately, I have to wait until Wednesday since the WB shares channel space with PAX, I think.) And just now I got done watching the Vinster in The Fast and the Furious on free Starz. Booya.
Channel surfing just now and I've come across Highlander on TNN. I think it's almost done, but it looks like it might be the very first episode. This is cool. I never saw it when it was aired originally and it seems like a lot of my favorite authors wrote a *lot* of Highlander fiction back in the day. If I can remember to watch maybe I'll see the allure. I like the Duncan guy okay, but I never saw the appeal of Methos. Of course, I've only ever seen him in the last Highlander movie, so I'm willing to wait for him to show up on the show to pass judgment. I love discovering a fandom with a huge archive. The Sentinel just never bit me the way it did so many others.
Monday, April 14, 2003
11:50PM - Pimpin' Central
Wheee! I just successfully dragged someone over to Journalfen on my very first try to keep me company in my little corner. So exciting. But she doesn't show up on my friends page, dammit, and I have no idea why since I show up on hers. I so have the magic touch when it comes to computers.
Sunday, April 13, 2003
11:52PM - Law & Order: SVU on USA
I *love* SVU, but I swear to god B.D. Wong's character is enough to make me want to hurt someone. His profiles are always on target and so eerily insightful I get the feeling the writers put him there just to explain anything too confusing for the slower folks in the audience to grasp. Wong's a good enough actor that I'm willing to forgive him for annoying the hell out of me but it's getting harder and harder to do.
Saturday, April 12, 2003
10:30PM - Cherry Popping
So! I have a journal. So. Heh. Now all I need to do is get a life so that I have something worthwhile to yak about in it.
Things like this are always easier said than done. But, dammit, I turn 36 in three fucking days and I think it's about time I did something purely selfish, so this journal is my present to me. (Though many thanks are owed to ereshkigal for the code for this journal)
I'm actually terrified to write in this thing. I'm not an extrovert by any stretch of the imagination, but for me, talking has always been my preferred mode of communication. Being bitchy and sarcastic verbally is one thing - my friends know me so it's okay - but the written word has always found a way to come back and bite me in the ass, even when I truly mean no harm. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if I bite my tongue or stick out my fat butt for munching on.
10:16PM - Testing
Never had a journal before and I know fuckall about HTML and coding, so god only knows if I'm going to get anything at all to work for me.