So the second after I made that last entry, my life went crazy. I've fallen behind on everything, it feels like. Everything's fine--it just seems that my priorities have changed.

I love you, Livejournal. I'm sorry for the intense neglect <3

I just checked my info, I'd've expected way more of you to defriend me--I'm glad you haven't!

I'm seriously two weeks behind Supernatural. WHAT. I never thought this would've happened.

I don't have much to say in this entry, just that I'm alive, and I miss everyone and I'm sorry! I don't want to go on official hiatus but you should all pretty much assume that I am. Between school and my personal life, my livejournal has fallen off the wagon. But how is everyone? Tell me!

I've been MIA for 10 days... does that count as an unannounced mini-hiatus? >.>

Well, it was accidental. On the 4th, I moved back to school. I feel like I can breathe easier now that I'm back :) On the 8th, I started work, and haven't stopped until tonight (the 11th, technically). I can't believe I haven't had time for LJ and LJ updates considering I feel like I've done nothing except lay around, but hey. It's the way it went. I've finished the first 5 seasons of The Office :) so now I'm only 10? 11? away from being completely and totally done! Jim + Pam FOREVER!

Anyways, I can't wait for SPN's return, but in the meantime I've been keeping myself busy.

Work has been pretty manageable, as there has been an hours cut based on the winter season being poor for frozen yogurt sales. I'm lucky to still have a job, so I can't complain...plus, as much as I like money, I like my sanity too. Fewer hours is easier for my life :) Classes start the 20th, and I'm working every day of the weekend + five-day-class week for a week and a half. I'm sure I'll make it out alive but I'm going to request a different work schedule next month, I'm pretty sure.

Interesting story of the night: at Red Mango, this guy comes in pretty often... he tends to talk to my co-worker about video games, and I'm not a gamer so I'm never really involved in the conversation. Tonight, he started talking about movies, so I started listening and participating in the conversation. He revealed that he spent ten years in the movie business, so it was then revealed that I am a film major and he gave me SO MUCH helpful advice! It was really amazing and it made me so happy...I literally took notes about all of the things he told me. Who knows what will come of it, but it was just ridiculously enlightening to hear how to go about doing what seems to be impossible. I feel sometimes like I have this sadly unachievable dream but this guy made me feel like what I want is attainable, as long as I work at it. It was hardly anything, but it made me feel awesome. :)

Also, I just read 150+ entries back in my friends list...so even though I've been quiet, I read up! I'm sorry guys :( Major fail on my part. Hopefully it won't happen again, but school does start soon :/

Sadly, my mother has deemed 8 PM the end of our Office marathon. We just watched the fourth season premiere, which is a total of 51 episodes in about a week! Not too shabby, I am pretty pleased. If this was a sole-marathoning venture, it would've gone much faster. However, due to the confines, I am pleased with these numbers.

I am still sick, but it's just a cold. I shouldn't be complaining.

I had a brief thought I would try to update every day this year, but if these ten sentences are the mass of my entries, maybe I'll just consolidate them weekly, hmm? :)

Woke up sick in the New Year.

Figures. :(

Merry Christmas, friends list :) (and you know, whatnot)

Dear George:

No man is a failure who has friends.

Thanks for the wings.

Love, Clarence

I am finally done with finals! By this afternoon, I'll be on a train home for two weeks to enjoy the holidays and the company of my family--of whom I've seen only three days out of 100+. I'm excited, but it's also embarrassing how sad I am to leave the little bubble of my dorm. I always experience this feeling where if I go home, I feel like college never happened, or that it's hard to remember. I don't like it XP

For Christmas from my roomies, I got TICKETS TO HAIR <333 which I am so excited about, and this lovely jewelry holder shaped like a mannequin with a beautiful dress on. Pretty good holiday so far, y/y?

:D I got THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER

THIS BEAUTY

THE NOISE IT MAKES IS THE SOUND OF SEX

I also got personalized cupcakes, J2 and SPN made an appearance. Don't worry, I took pictures with ^^ THAT FREAKING LOVELY ^^ and I will post them soon :)

AND last night I saw Ragtime which made me remember, yet again, that it is one of my all-time favorite shows. <3 And my mom visited me, which was great, even though it made me weirdly sad.

Right now we're making Nutter Butter truffles and Red Velvet cake balls :x we're fattening BUT IT'S MY BIRTHDAY SO WHO CARES

and omg familiardevil bb thank you so much for the virtual gift! I love you!

To all who celebrate: Happy Thanksgiving, friends list!

I am thankful for you, my darlings :)

Technically it's only been Thanksgiving for three hours and twenty minutes (read: why am I still up) but I hope you're enjoying it anyway. I got back from work at around midnight and proceeded to dance around the empty apartment by myself... I also had a mini fashion show to decide what I'm going to wear tomorrowlater today. I'm excited to see my family! As I've only seen them for two days out of eighty-four! Shit, that's a weird number.

Happy holidays everyone, well wishes!

Friends... I have a question.



You've all seen this picture by now, yes?



IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?!

Discuss.

ETA: Also, did I just miss something? Is this common knowledge?

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of ANY pairing/character of their choosing (of ANY fandom) from me (with a prompt, if it pleases you to give me one). In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.

They're not gonna be that awesome, but hey, it's practice, right?

So I performed my worst-ever paper-procrastination attempt. Actually, that's a lie, because it wasn't the worst--but I think it was the worst performance, you can say. Meaning it will suck and I will seriously kiss the ground my professor walks on if I am lucky enough to get a B-.

BUT. That is said and done with and I'd rather not think about it. Instead I'd like to focus on the following things:
a) New Supernatural tonight!
-> potentially going to a blackout DJ mixer party thing at my school tonight? Hmm.
b) Work tomorrow, well. We don't really have to focus on that.
c) Volunteering in Chinatown at a Halloween party for kids tomorrow.
d) Finishing my ~*COSTUME*~
e) HALLO FREAKING WEEN OMG PARADE AWESOMENESS GIDDY FUN I'M SO JOYOUS

Flist, what are your Halloween plans? I want to hear every detail.

This is my pro and con list of the day so far:

Pro:
I CAN STAY IN MY DORM BUILDING OVER WINTER BREAK
I.E. KEEP MY JOB
HALLELUJAH
At first they told us it was closed, but apparently they lied. I am enthralled.

Con:
I'm an idiot and haven't bought books for 2+ of my classes yet. I've been doing fine without it in one class but in the other one, we have a discussion to present on Monday and I told my group members I would have a hard copy of an outline of one of the chapters by 4 PM today. It's 11 AM and I've yet to buy the book. Sigh. After I hit 'post to ano_resan' I think I'm gonna walk down to the bookstore and blow 80 dollars on the stupid thing XP

(To clarify, the reason why I didn't buy the books was because I didn't have sufficient funds to do so. Oh, how I love being a broke college student.)

I only woke up 45 minutes ago, so other pros and cons are still minimal.

Oh, who am I kidding-
Other Con:
No new SPN tonight! *weeps* Oh well, maybe I can finally catch up on Flash Forward (is it one word? Two?) and watch yesterday's Glee...and like sixty million episodes of How I Met Your Mother. Maybe this is why the TV Gods give us repeats.

Question for my flist: give me a good SPN/J2 fanfiction to read? Please? :D You know you want tooo.

*ad plays on TV, familiar man is in it*
K: Wow, that guy looks like...
Me: Who?
K: Wait. *starts typing on the computer*
Me: What are you doing?
K: I'm gonna check first and see if I'm right.
Me: I hate you! Just tell me.
K: No.
Me: I'm gonna kill you, just tell me.
K: You wouldn't, you'd miss me too much.
Me: ...I'd keep your body around so I could talk to you, but nope. Death.
K: Welp, I'm freaked out.

I need to work on the fact that I threaten death way too often to be taken seriously anymore. Not that I want people to think I'm serious when I threaten death, but. >.>

I have a new layout/header! I changed it about seventeen times last night but finally settled on this one. Layout is NOT by me, header is. Hooray!

Now I'm off to class. Then dinnertime, then banner-making, then work, then paper-writing, then sleep, then class. Then I have a break. Then more class. Ugh. :)

Currently on my break at work. Bored enough to be updating from my phone. I'm sitting in Starbucks enjoying a lovely pumpkin spice latte. The girl next to me is talking on the phone to someone named Dean. My imagination makes this very exciting. Work is slow and boring and FREEZING. Dean just showed up. He's not worthy of the name, in my opinion. It is so cold outside I almost want to cry. It's way too early to be this cold. My phone has an intense lag going on... Gonna let the baby rest. Only two and a half hours left!

"This is Julianna Whimbles who is our baby-eating nurse. This was another thing that Sera Gamble and I talked about--how many frontiers can we get to? Well, we should, after four seasons of the show, I think it's time to move right on to nun-murdering and baby-eating! I think that's the only place left for Supernatural to go."
-Eric Kripke

XD

I just posted this on my Twitter... instead of typing it up again, I'm just gonna reiterate it here.

So, story time.
13 minutes ago from web

Moments ago, an alarm in our room went off. Arielle was cooking dinner, so we assumed it was the fire alarm.
13 minutes ago from web

I proceeded to go downstairs and tell the front desk that the fire alarm was going off but that it wasn't an emergency.
13 minutes ago from web

They proceeded to tell ME that I was wrong, because they would see if the fire alarm was going off, and it wasn't.
13 minutes ago from web

I said, well, something is beeping. A security guard came up and told us it was the carbon monoxide detector that was going off.
12 minutes ago from web

She told us we would have to push the button on the alarm (which, note, is on the ceiling) in order to turn it off.
12 minutes ago from web

She then disappeared, leaving us to attempt to hit the buttons with the Swiffer mop we had in our bathroom.
11 minutes ago from web

Literally seconds later, the actual fire alarm goes off. We now have dual high pitched, beeping tones in our apartment.
11 minutes ago from web

The security guard returns. An RA appears. Thankfully, soon after, the fire alarm goes off. The CM detector is still going strong.
11 minutes ago from web

All four of us have tried to hit the button with the Swiffer mop. It is deemed useless.
10 minutes ago from web

The beautiful RA whose name I do not know is tall enough to stand on the chair and reach the alarm. He's pushing buttons. Nothing happens.
10 minutes ago from web

The security guard's now going off about how she's gonna hafta get another security guard to come to our building, and how he won't be happy
8 minutes ago from web

Finally, like the noise of angels, the alarm stops.
8 minutes ago from web

The security guard leaves by telling us the air conditioner probably releases carbon monoxide. Wow, awesome.
7 minutes ago from web

In conclusion: Dinner better be fucking good.
7 minutes ago from web

-_-

Shit like this happens all the time. I'd blame it on the alarm but I think I might also blame it on a particular roommate. None of us set off the fire alarm anymore. Ah well, I don't want to point fingers or blame. Plus the carbon monoxide? Who knows what that shit is. I'll let you know if I pass out anytime soon. Or, maybe I won't. In theory I will. :)

Now I'm off to buy myself some dinner. It will be delicious, I'm sure. Hopefully a more lively update after SUPERNATURAL tonight! :D

Officially caught up on Glee, happy to say. I can finally download the music from the past two weeks now!

Also, Supernatural? I LOVE YOU SHOW <3 Even though you are obsessed with breaking the fourth wall. I still giggle a lot. That's all I'm gonna say.

Two of my three roommates went home this weekend, and at first I was pretty excited to be here without them even though I was a little nervous that it'd mean I'd be here alone...then I talked to my Dad/Mom on the phone today and they somehow convinced me to go home. So I'm going home Friday in the morning, coming back Saturday night after my brother's football game. I get to help out with the throwing of a football pasta party though-- 35 varsity football players running around my house eating pasta is something I am enthralled to see. No sarcasm intended. Plus, diet aside, I'll be able to nab some leftovers.

Yesterday I made a homemade pizza for the first time, and although I'm not sure how crazy my roommate and her boyfriend were about it, I loved ittt. A little bit of sauce, ground up turkey meat, shredded string cheese (hey, we didn't have anything else!), spinach, summer squash and goat cheese. Roommate's boyfriend kept ranting about who puts goat cheese on pizza but I am TELLING you, it's delicious. I thought it was so good. :)

Okay, so I started this last night and now it is morning i.e. 9:50 AM and I wanted to be on a train by 11:15 and I am still not showered, so let's see how this happens, yeah? Have a lovely weekend all, I hope mine ends up okay XP

I haven't updated in a long time >.>

I suck at commenting on my friends list this week, but I promise you I'm reading them! I feel like I am behind on everything. But I'm trying.

Life's felt pretty jam packed for the past week or so. I went to New Paltz, and it was great fun. I got really drunk. I had Sparks for the first time, of which I cannot actually tell if I enjoyed or not... but it was certainly effective. I completely ignored my diet but I am proud to say that as of Sunday I am really, 100% officially back on it.

I am in love, by the way. Thought it'd be nice to let you know. I have this co-worker that I am mildly obsessed with. We played hangman behind the counter last night, and on Wednesday we are ordering Thai food together on our breaks. It is like a fake work date. Except I think he has a girlfriend, and he's way too beautiful to even be interested in me, but that doesn't stop me from officially being crazy about him (as it never does until months later I get so emo and frustrated about it all that I confess my love in a friendship-ending fight and nothing is ever the same again[--sad but true, this has happened on more than one occasion]) but I'm willing to hold out till then.

Other than that my life has been predictable. I have a lot of things I think I should be doing that I'm just, y'know, not. In a week from tomorrow I am seeing Regina Spektor!! Which gives life some oom pah pah.

I watched 5x04 on Saturday night when I got off of work. It was so good but so heart-breaking and confusing! I like peed myself with all of the wincest-y Sam and Dean goodness. I am so excited for 5x05. I still need to catch up on two weeks of How I Met Your Mother, one week of Glee and one week of Flash Forward. Sad fact is I'm working Wednesdays all month (with the exception of the Regina concert, but, you know, Regina concert) so Glee must be postponed. Happy fact is I'm not working any Thursday nights *knock on wood* so Supernatural is a go :D

I'm in class now so I feel as though I should stop updating. Something about trying to have morals and that I'm paying for this class, or, you know. Something.

Here is a meme that I am making up for my own interested sake.

Friends! I would love you if you commented with links to the following:
1) Your favorite J2 fanfiction.
-> I would accept two links, one for a one-shot and one for an epically long fic of epic. If you wanted.
2) Your favorite Sam/Dean fanfiction.
-> Again, I would accept two links depending on the length of the fic.
3) A fanfiction of either J2 or Sam/Dean nature that you would recommend to someone who had never read fanfiction before.
4) A fanfiction that you wish you wrote (can be any fandom).

I am curious because a) I love fanfiction and b) my RL friend (did you see that guys? I said REAL LIFE FRIEND) is starting to read fanfiction (O_o I know, I can't believe it either) and I am interested to hear what you guys all say! Pretty please? You know you love digging up links to your favorite works of fanfiction :D

Job stress has about leveled out, I'm proud to say. I've been coming home with gaps of skin on my fingers missing (damn you, lack of fruit-cutting skills) and the smell of yogurt clinging to my nostrils (not actually enjoyable, I assure you) but I've been adapting a bit better and as long as I'm not working with one particular shift supervisor I tend to be pretty calm. I think. I worked a whole seven hours today, and only started feeling like it was seven hours once I hit Hour 6. Plus the girl after me was late so I stayed 15 minutes extra (and she hadn't even showed up yet) XP but hey, it's money right?

WHICH I GOT, BTW. I forgot to mention that. Payday was yesterday. WHOOPAH.

I think I'm going to visit my friend at New Paltz this weekend :x which I was intensely unsure about doing about six hours ago, but she called me today and we talked on my break and I changed my mind and I think it's going to be fun. So, I think I am going to go (good thing for that paycheck).

--I may or may not have started writing this entry upwards of six hours ago... we ended up taking the Metro-North (which I've never done) to Fordham (where I've never been) to see a sketch comedy show of the cousin of my roommate's friend. It was really fun actually :) And I got to run through Grand Central station, which is something I've always wanted to do. *crosses off bucket list*

In the meantime, two batches of baked ziti are in the oven and I am already drooling. I've never made it before but I am confident in my first attempt. I cannot wait to eat it. I do not care that it is 12:30 AM.

Anyways, I loved Free to Be You and Me, as I expected to, and I'm not currently coherent enough for a full review...but please keep in mind that I was peeing my pants for I think at least 37 of the 42 minutes. And crying for the other 4. Oh, SPN, how you destroy me run my life.

Now that I've officially joined the many who work as well as attend college, I get what it means to feel like you're busy all the time. I worked six hours Friday, Sunday and Monday, which isn't that much, but it was a lot for a weekend... thankfully I don't have to work again till Saturday, and my boss said my schedule might slow down in the upcoming weeks. However, since about Thursday, I feel like I've been running on close to empty.

There are still things I need to do that I haven't done, why do I suck SO FREAKING MUCH

That italicized statement is intended to make it clear to everyone that I have commitments to that I REALLY AM TRYING and I KNOW THAT I SUCK and I've been bringing my computer to school so in between classes I can attempt to get shit done. I'm so sorry, I can apologize all I want but it doesn't make it better but what I'm trying to say, in essence, is that I recognize I still have a lot to do--I'm not ignoring it (not intentionally anyway). Blah blah blah, I suck.

It's 12:51 AM, I have class at 10:10 AM and I AM FREAKING STARVING. I suppose a pint of rice at 3:45 is not sufficient dinner. Who knew? I'm so hungryyy. I am going to remain strong and not eat... but shit I want to.

In other news, I haven't even THOUGHT about school in so long. I feel like it's my last priority, isn't that the tiniest bit fucked up? I've only bought the books for two out of five of my classes, and I only have 200 dollars to spend on the next three books...newsflash, that's not possible. Thankfully, as you have read, I have a job, but my paycheck Friday is only going to be about 150 and I'm not even sure if that's enough. I HATE BUYING BOOKS. Maybe I'll just make time for myself (HA) and try to go to the library to read shit (HA) instead of buying the book (this is the only part of this sentence that I'll stick to).

This whole job thing is taking up my thoughts pretty much 24/7. I've discovered I can become a very nervous person, especially in a new setting i.e. a new job, so I get kind of discombobulated and say stupid shit and can't count cash drawers correctly and stutter when I answer questions and what the fuck. Around people I'm comfortable with, I can rant and rave and tell stories and make people laugh like the rest of them. WHY CAN'T I JUST GET OVER MY STUPID NERVES, I seriously feel like a bumbling idiot 95% of the time! Thankfully today's shift wasn't as bad, it was really chill as it was just me and the shift supervisor, but even then I'm not myself. Like, I hate that what I am portraying (and this goes beyond work really, I kind of mean in any situation in my life) is not who I think I am. I hate it. I just want to get over this whole training and forgetting shit and stumbling over myself (OMG HOW DID I LEAVE THIS UNTIL THIS PART OF THE ENTRY--today at work I literally turned on a faucet in my apron. I can't actually figure out what words to use to accurately describe what happened. The faucet was on and I accidentally leaned under it and IT POURED IN BETWEEN MY APRON AND MY SHIRT FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS UNTIL I NOTICED THE RUNNING WATER HITTING THE FLOOR. My whole shirt, leg, apron and shoe were sufficiently SOAKED. WHY AM I SUCH A SPAZ? I BASICALLY BATHED MYSELF) and get to the place where I am comfortable with the job and I know what to do and how to do it and how not to get fired. I am confident that I can get there, I'm just not confident in my ability to get there quickly.

Anyway it's 1 and I have class at 10, as previously stated, and if I want to get 8 hours of sleep (which I do) for the first time in about a week (which I haven't) I need to go to sleep now. I'm sure my brain will be racing and I'll be unable to sleep (as has happened the past four nights in a row) so it's a fruitless attempt, but hey, I'm trying.

Sorry that this became one huge crazed frenetic capitalized and bolded rant about work and my stress O_o TL;DR--I forget how stressful life can be.

Friends, what is going on in your life? Please tell me and distract from my crazy.