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Livejournal.com has been really iffy with me in the last few days. I know some of you guys have talked about backing your LJs up-- what programs do you use and how do I go about doing that?
Speaking of LJ, my paid account expires soon, like December 1 soon. I want to change my layout into something like, black, white, red and floral (like my room), before the account changes back into more limited settings, but I am out of ideas. Grr. Help?
Want to know a bit of awesome? You can bake peanut butter cookies with only 3 ingredients. That's right: 1 egg, 1c sugar, and 1c peanut butter is all a girl needs to be happy in this world. (Just mix them all together, put dollops on a cookie sheet, bake on 350-375F for ~10min, and voila!)
Live near Chicago/somewhere in the Midwest? Have no plans for the second weekend of December? Come watch Were the World Mine with fellow slashers! Sign up post and details are over here.
Thanksgiving dragging you students down? Here's a fairly helpful article on The College Students' Guide to a Happy Thanksgiving. Am going to see if it works. :|

So the Terminus bug has sort of stayed, and tomorrow I'm going on a road trip with

alaana_fair,

dramedy, and

scarlet_malfoy to

mijan and

fiona_fawkes' for a fandom slumber party. Of the Midwest variety. Oh, fandom. ♥

acidpop25's post on Gossip Girl 2x10 basically echoes everything I wanted to say, so, you know. I'm copying her post and putting it here. :|

( Hear, hear! )

( All I Want for Christmas Is... )

This week's episode is not as awesome as I had hoped it'd be, but that's because they're laying off C/B. And, you know, Chuck in general. Tragic. There's always next week!

Looks like they're passing Prop 8. 52.1% of vote with 94.6% precincts reporting..

He was right when he said things will not change overnight. And they didn't. Prop 8 passed. There's still an uphill battle.

But you know, we're probably still just getting there.

I hope.

I am not an American citizen. I am not able to vote for your presidents, or donate to your candidates' campaigns, but I am glad that at least somehow, I am able to witness a turning point in your history, because somehow, I hope, this is a turning point in all of our history.

Grant Park was amazing, and insane, and kind of murderous-- I went with a friend and we arrived at 6pm, working our way through masses of people (Did you see my hand waving on CNN, flist?) until we finally saw the metal detectors that meant we were nearly there, and when we broke into open space we found-- yes, even more people.

We watched CNN while we waited for Barack Obama to appear, and I am sure the rest of the world was tuned in as well, but the vibe in Grant Park was electric. Every time a state was called in favour of Obama everyone cheered and broke into spontaneous chanting.

They called Pennsylvania first, far too early in the race, enough to cause drama, so I've heard. McCain was winning in Texas, but surprisingly, not by much. CNN was turning Star Wars on us, and we waited with bated breath. Wolf Blitzer was excited about calling one state, but we knew it was Ohio. Then NPR called Virginia, just a few minutes before precincts were scheduled to close in the West Coast.

At 10:00:01, CNN called the election, and Grant Park went wild. They quieted to hear McCain speak, booed when he mentioned Palin, but when Obama came onstage and addressed everyone-- well, that was the high point of the night. And man, that speech will be written about, studied, remembered, in the years to come.

So yes, America, you can. Yes, in fact, you did.

And yes, I was there.

Nearly forget to print the all-important ticket needed.
Leave work early to give self time to be at the event.
Arrive home to discard bag and stuff.
Wear rubber shoes.
Set LJ up so you can text updates. :|

So, uh. I might get slightly annoying. I promise to only update if something REALLY awesome happens, like if there's a stampede or something. So you know you were in my thoughts. ♥ :| But yes. Whatever. I am off to witness American history in the making! ('Cause, you know, it's also the world at stake here! Maybe. :|)

Three guesses who's going to the Election Night rally tomorrow (which, can I say again, is right across my friggin' apartment), and the first two don't count.

AND! PS. Have you voted? Are you a size medium female? I'm giving out this shirt to someone like you! I'll decide on the winners (randomly) when I get the shirt. :| :D

PPS. Stores giving out freebies on Election Day:

Starbucks - free tall drip coffee
Dunkin Donuts
Ben and Jerry's

Tis massively belated, but in my defense, I was at my cousin's partaking (for the first time) in that Western tradition called Trick-or-Treating. It was by a lucky stroke of Fate that my nephews and niece did not like chocolate, so, uh, I came home with a stash of my own. :| Anyway! As tagged by

onlysayitonce:

a. People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.
b. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you. (if you want)

( Meme Here )

Tagging: Um.

ccharlotte,

thethirdbar,

boho,

jetsam_porridge,

idroppedarice,

wirepatch,

brianne, and

perculious. You don't have to, though.

WTF, Heroes, WTF.

I am giving away this shirt to one person on my flist.

It is from 200 Nipples, a site that sells only 100 designs of a shirt ever (and prices them each from $1 to $100-- I got this for $26), and as their description goes:

This is for the people who think, “It’s my own spit in that ocean, dammit, and if you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain. I’m headed for the polls!”

Yes, it is free. Yes, it is random. Yes, I'm shipping it for free, too. No, I wasn't asked to do this by anyone else. ~~It's a slow day in the office, I got bored.~~ And yes, there are strings attached:

You must comment with an election-themed haiku;
You should be female (as the shirt has been ordered for the female figure);
Keep in mind the shirt was bought in size medium;
You've got to be an American citizen (unless there's a way you can spin this so it's ironic that you're wearing a shirt despite not being American);
You should have actually voted for this election (and prove it, too, unless you're the ironic non-American)

This shirt ships out on November 12, so I'll leave this post open for whoever wants to comment til then.

This seems to have been like, a really crappy week for a lot of you guys, since I feel like all the comments I've left have all been cuddles-- which I don't even think are helping, and honestly, if I knew what would actually work, I'd do it in a heartbeat. :\ This is the best I could come up with, and I hope that if you're feeling a bit down, this helps, even just a little bit. ♥♥♥

Idontknow. :| Babies are cute, okay?

Gale Harold was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash and is currently in intensive care at LA County and USC Medical Center.

And perhaps I wouldn't be as worried or as concerned, but there's this bloody rule of threes and these days it's seemed as though there's been nothing but bad news, and. It's Gale.

Bah.

I love these two shows. It's probably not right, but The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are my CNN and BBC. :| And I am also watching the debates, I guess, but they're not as iconable. :|

Tonight I went to a reading of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman in Downers Grove, which is about forty minutes away by train. I wish I'd taken better pictures, but my camera is quite crappy without zoom (even though I was sat at, like. The second row.) and as I was holding a venti decaf to warm me up, I wasn't able to take a photo of the theater where the reading took place.

But it was amazing. Neil Gaiman isn't quite the rock star he is in these parts (his visit to Manila was still pretty awesome by any standard-- everyone was pumped and excited and man, there were so many people) but perhaps the fact that we were in a large formal theater may have reined people in a bit.

He really is an amazing person to see and hear in person. The chapter he read us was fantastic (also, you must hear him read, I know the videos of his readings are out there somewhere), and I am thoroughly enjoying The Graveyard Book (2/3 of the way done, lol) and highly recommend it to all. (I wish I could point out specific things, but I am tired and about ready to sleep.)

Now I know my last few posts have been frantic panic about school and projects and not having enough time for everything, and I still don't have enough time for things, but. I would not have missed this for anything. It kind of puts things into a bit of perspective-- these are the things I'll remember always, that I'll always relish having experienced, and screw papers and presentations-- I'm never going to tell those stories to my grandchildren. :|

PS: I don't actually mean the text in the icon. :| It was the only decent icon of him around, minus the wording, lol.

It's so close and yet so far...

I've never hated a class this fucking much. I can't even be bothered to try anymore. I just can't.

When you see this, post another Supernatural quote in your LJ. Let's see how long this can go on.

Dean Winchester: I'm not gonna die in a hospital where the nurses aren't even hot.

I don't even watch the show, and now. Dean sounds really really funny. :|

From

squishstoy:

Really, America? Are you really gonna vote for this man?

*CRIES*

Guys guys guys. Why are Google ads in my RL-email account leading me to sites like this??

Current Mood: distressed

GAH. GAH. GAH. How much do I FREAKIN' LOVE THIS SHOW?

( Incoherent rambling this way. )

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