For those of you who read My Life Is Average, skip this post. For those of you who don't, GO DO IT.
Today my boyfriend set up an account on a game site. He decided to be funny and set his password as "penis". The message that popped up said "Sorry, your password isn't long enough". I laughed. He didn't. MLIA.
Today, another student and I were attempting to back out of our parking spaces at the same time. Rather than wait our turns, we played rock-paper-scissors through the windows to decide who went first. I won. MLIA.
Earlier this morning, I was teaching my mom the appropriate time to say, "That's what she said". Later we were eating some really hot chilli when my brother said that it was too hot. My dad said, "You're not beneath blowing it". My mom then yells, "SHE SAID THAT!! SHE SAID THAT!" and then turns to me to tell me that she's a quick study. She had no idea why I had fallen out of my chair and was laughing so hard. MLIA
Today, I attended a co-worker's wedding. A little boy who looked about 6 was coming down the aisle and he took two steps, stopped, and turned to the crowd (alternating between bride's side and groom's side), put his hands up like claws, and roared. Step, step, ROAR, step step, ROAR, all the way down the aisle. The crowd was near tears from laughing so hard by the time he reached the pulpit. The little boy, however, was getting more and more distressed from all the laughing and was almost crying. When asked what he was doing, he sniffed and said, "I was being the Ring Bear." MLIA
Yesterday, I had read a MLIA about someone putting gummy bears in water and having them grow. My mom told me that this didn't work, and I shouldn't waste my time. Guess who woke up to a bathtub filled with big gummy bears, complete with a sign telling her not to disturb the bears, or they will attack. She made an album on facebook as an apology for not believing me. MLIA
Today, my friend and I were swimming, when I screamed, "SHARK!" and pointed. My friend screamed and jumped out of the water. We were swimming in her pool, and live 600 miles from the ocean. MLIA
- Mood:
giggly - Music:Metallica on Guitar Hero >_
It's almost Thanksgiving! :D Yeeahhhh, favorite holiday. <3 I'm so excited, omg. Fooooood.
So I've decided to go on a diet/exercise plan thingy. I made a Powerpoint... :D I love Powerpoint. But yeah, I'm going to try really hard to take off this weight and get healthy and stuff. Here's hoping.
School is nearly over! :DDDD The 10th is my last day of exams. The last T/Th class is the 3rd, and the last M/W class is the 7th. Then exams for a few days and I am DONE. YEAH. No more Public Speaking! Yaayyy.
I have a paper to write on poetry, due the 7th. I have a poetry test on the 7th. I have a theatre test sometime next week, I think. I have a Powerpoint due this Sunday, the 29th. I have a Computer final on the 8th, a Theatre and English final on the 9th, and a speech to give on the 10th. Whew. And I still have to finish NaNo. Ugh.
I made a lot of progress last night, but not so much tonight. Tonight I made the Powerpoint of my health plan. -_- Still okay, I guess, but I could have used all those words in my NaNo. These too, actually. XD
The POINT is, that since Christmas is coming up and all, I have some links to share. I added new stuff to my Etsy and lowered the prices as a Christmas sale, and my dad is having a sale on his Etsy. I set it up for him, he's selling his music and comedy CDs.
Here's my Etsy again: http://www.etsy.com/shop/erisedrhapsodic
Here's my dad's: http://www.etsy.com/shop/bobbyshropshire
You can listen to his music here: http://www.myspace.com/bobbyshropshire
Become a fan on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Bobby-Sh
It would mean a lot to me and to him if you guys would check it out and pass the links on to anyone you think might be interested. Merci!
- Mood:
sleepy - Music:Fallout 3 on the TV
Dear god. I want to rip my eyes out. O_O
On a happier note, though, peopleofwalmart.com and mylifeisaverage.com are really great time wasters! I'm only 30000 words behind on NaNo, I'm good. :D
- Mood:
kinda grossed out - Music:Semi-Charmed Life -- Third Eye Blind
Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed an estimated $26.3 million playing in 3,514 midnight engagements Friday, breaking the 12 a.m. show record of $22.2 million set in July by Warner's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?! Next November, I'm buying like, fifteen tickets. :D We've got to beat them, guys! We have to re-set the record!
School is almost over! We've got like, five class periods left. It's exciting. I'm ready for a break, and kind of excited for next semester. So yeah. Things. I've got an essay to write, a Powerpoint to do, and a speech to give, then a couple of exams and I'm done.
THANKSGIVING OMG. And Christmas is soon! :D I can't wait! I haven't been this into the holidays in a while, but this year I'm really excited. ^_^
I have nothing else to say, really. I'm gonna go watch this week's Glee. :D GLEE!
- Mood:
weird - Music:The Soup
I still haven't had any luck on the job front... and I still don't have my car, so I can't even go looking. Gah. And I just KNOW my car is going to be towed, which will be like, $100 or more, which I don't have... and then I'd have to get it fixed... I'm tired of always having the same freakin' problems.
What is wrong with my life? Why am I always stuck in these situations? It's always "I have to find a job," "I have to get my car fixed." It's never "I'm going to DC for a week," or "I got a new car" or "Yay, I just got a $400 paycheck!" I don't mean to complain all the time, but seriously. This gets old really fast.
Sorry guys, I just feel really bad right now. Everyone's going to conventions and concerts and London and DC, and I'm stuck here alone, jobless, and poor. It sucks. I at least usually am able to drive places, but now I'm kind of stuck in the apartment all day. I'm going crazy.
And I'm not even working on NaNo. I should do that instead of whining on LJ. Sorry.
- Mood:
sad - Music:iCarly
- Mood:
accomplished - Music:Fallout 3 played by James
Yeah, so. Things have been happening. I actually spent some time with my friends this weekend, and it was lovely. I miss them so much, and I kind of miss high school for that reason. It's nice to catch up with people. <3
NaNo is not going so well this year. I've started 3 times, and am finally up to 2000 words on the final attempt. -_- It's going to suck. But whatevs. I decided to turn last year's NaNo into a trilogy, and am actually kind of excited about that. :D So, there's that. But I'm going to stick it out - I am determined to have 50,000 words by Dec 1.
Let's see... oh! My car has died once more. He wouldn't start when I went to leave the mall on Saturday, and so I left him and went back to try again, 'cause he does that sometimes. But he won't start. So he's still there. And I don't know what to do. It sucks. :(
I put in some applications at some places. I've decided I have to be a waitress at some point in my life, and why not now? So I'm going to try that. I'm terrified. But it's gonna happen.
I've also decided that Zooey Deschanel is my new idol. She is just too adorable to be alive.Um. Yeah. That's pretty much it, I guess. :D Goodnight people!
- Mood:
busy - Music:James playing guitar and Cash Cab!
New layout and Glee moodtheme, woot. I don't know why I felt the need to change it at 4:30 in the morning, but there you go.
My kitten is adorable.
- Mood: accomplished
- Music:Glee in my head, Fallout 3 on the TV
- Mood:
nostalgic - Music:TV
Any people here want to participate in a long-distance book exchange? Basically you will get a letter from me with a person's name on the back. You will send that person one book, make six copies (or however many you feel like but it's supposed to be six) of the letter and put my name on the back, and send them out. Those people will then send me one book each, make six copies and put YOUR name on the back and send it out. Get it? If everyone does six it should mean you get 36 books in return for mailing one. If you do more, obviously you'll get more. I figured I'd do as many as there were people interested - my mom is the one I'll be putting on the back, so she will just give me any books she doesn't want. XD I WILL HAVE ALL THE BOOKS MUAHAHAHAH
Anyway, if you're interested, leave your address and let me know. Comments are, of course, screen-ed.
- Mood:
happy - I had pizza! - Music:James is playing the Star Spangled Banner for some reason
I started this year's a little while ago... It took me a long time to think of what to write about, but after wasting some time on the NaNo site and a bit of writing crap, I found it. I think it's going to be fun. :D And so it begins again, my NaNo friends. Although I think maxvinyl is the the only one who is doing it this year.
Last night was kind of fun. I didn't really dress up - I went to Chili's as a gypsy, but that's it - but Bridget was a scary nurse thing from Silent Hill, and it was pretty awesome. :D Everyone was a fan. James, Bridget, Alex and I went to Chili's for food, then Crazy J's/Drinks! was doing this huge concert thingy, but when we got there it was winding down and it was pretty lame. So we went to Broadway to see my other sister and her people, and it was kinda fun. Then we just came back here and watched some Dollhouse and went to bed. Beh.
I'm sad that Halloween is already over... I always feel like I wasted the holiday, because I don't party, I don't go to clubs, I don't really do much that people in my age group do... and all of my costumes are home-made, so no one gets it. But whatevs. Thanksgiving is soon! :D I LOVE Thanksgiving. It's my favorite. And then Christmastime! I love Christmastime too. So weeeee.
Also! Today is day 5 with no soda! At all! I'm totally doing it this time. I'm really proud of myself. And I've been trying to eat a little healthier and eventually will be doing more exercise... I'm pleased. It's going pretty well.
So yeah. Back to novelling, I suppose, so I have a significant word count for the website. :D
- Mood:
excited - Music:CSI
GRRAAHHH COLLEGE
I'm still trying to figure out my classes for next semester, because Bio was screwing everything up and would have made it impossible to get a job, and everything is so frickin' difficult. -_- Stupid college. So my schedule now looks like this:
Mon/Wed - 12:30 to 1:50 - English 202 American Literature
Tues/Thurs - 12:20 to 2:20 - French 101 (ON A DIFFERENT CAMPUS UGH LAME)
And that's it for on campus stuff - I'm also doing Poli Sci and Sociology online. So I'm going to have to take Math 102 and Bio 101 this summer so I have enough hours to keep my financial aid, and then I'll have to take Math 110 and Bio 102 next fall so I can frickin' graduate. Stupid. And the worst part is this is a stupid Tech school so I still have two years of real college to do in order to be worth anything.
School is stupid. I'm tired of it. I was excited for my English classes, but I'm having to take them out of order, so it's kinda lame. I hope they're still good though. And I've taken French so it should be easy, and I'm looking forward to refamiliarizing myself with it. I dunno. Beh.
I have got to find a job, omg. This sucks so much, how it's like a constant thing that I need to find a job. I don't know what's wrong with me and employment, but we don't seem to mesh well. But I'm running out of money and have bills to pay. Rassafrassin'... -_- I hate this.
I miss LiveJournal. And other stuff. I don't know what my life has become.
Tomorrow is James' and my 2 year anniversary. ^^; I'm happy. I love him a lot. Too bad we're not doing anything for Halloween.
- Mood:
annoyed - Music:Somebody to Love - Glee
School this semester is okay... English is silly, Theatre is kind of fun, Computer is easy and ridic, and Speech is stupid and boring. But my grades have been okay and it's nearly over! Oh college.
Today in Theatre we watched this little movie thing about the Tonys and the process of making a show and running it on Broadway and all the trouble and stuff that happens... and it made me tear up, no lie. I want to move to NYC and be part of musical theatre. I want to do stuff. I love theatre and musicals and I so want to see one on Broadway... and I want to be there. In New York. I want to know what it's like.
I don't know, I'm feeling weird lately. Like I want to move, to CA or NY or somewhere, and like I want to be done with college and ready for a career... but I actually like being in school. I don't know. I just need something.
Bridget and Alex are moving out, I guess. They haven't been back for their stuff, but they say they're leaving. Bridget and I got into a big fight on Saturday, because of a lot of things but mostly because she's unfairly cruel to me a lot of the time, and I don't feel like I deserve it. There were some other things not related to her that made me over-react, but still, she just said some things and did some things that really hurt me and she does it all the time, and I just cannot handle it right now. I am at a breaking point anyway, what with this depression and anxiety and all these stupid things that are happening... and I just can't. So I guess they're leaving.
I feel like there's a lot of tension in our household. Cat and Britt almost always seem annoyed at me and James, and often we're annoyed at them. It's mostly because of the kitchen. We never really talk about it, but there have been emails and LJ stuffs and everyone knows that everyone is annoyed. It's uncomfortable to live like this, and it's too stressful being so angry about things all the time... but I don't know how to fix it. James and I have been putting our dishes in the dishwasher and keeping them out of the sink so that Cat and Britt are only washing their own dishes, and I keep pulling rancid food out of the fridge and cleaning that out, and throwing away boxes of cereal with half a bowl's worth left in them that's all stale, and I've organized all of the food cabinets and labeled all of the kitchen, but I don't know. It's just... blah.
James and I have been together for two years on Halloween. :D It's happymaking. I love him so much. He's so perfect and wonderful and sweet and I want to be with him forever and ever. <3
- Mood:
gloomy - Music:CSI
I'm giving up.
- Mood:
dead
I feel very disconnected from LJ, along with everything else in my life. I feel like no one reads this anymore, and like none of my friends update... I know that's not true, 'cause I still read everyone's posts, but I don't know. I just feel lonely.
I feel lonely everywhere. At school, I'm alone unless it's a class with James. I have no friends, I feel like I'm the only person at my intellectual level (like in English), and I just walk around feeling weird and sad and lonely. I don't hang out with my friends anymore, I'm not sure why. But I don't. I don't feel like doing anything ever. I don't hang out with my roomies either, except like, a few times we go get food, or the once in a while when we watch a movie or play a game. It's sad, and everyone's mad at me because of it, but I just... can't work up the motivation to do anything. Like literally anything.
Everything just feels so pointless. I want to do all these things, but at the same time, I just don't see the point. Why bother trying to save the world? No one deserves it. Everyone is mean and petty and stupid. Why bother being a feminist or a vegetarian or whatever, because it's all futile and ridiculous. Nothing ever changes, and I don't even know what I believe anymore.
People annoy me a lot. I feel bad, because it's often people I love, but eventually the rage just builds up throughout the day - the people in English class, the stupid people who can't drive, the things that James says that accidentally make me mad, and then someone in our house leaves a pot of food on the stove - and then I just lose it. I don't know. I'm angrier than I used to be, I think.
I'm sadder, too. I've been so depressed lately, so lethargic and miserable and I just want to cry all the time. I don't do the things I like, I don't even read or write anymore... I just sit around and watch TV because that's all I have the energy for. I don't know what to do, I don't have money for therapy or a doctor, and I don't even know what's wrong. I don't know who I am anymore, or what I want, or what I like... I don't know anything.
Sorry for this, guys. I'm just feeling really bad, and I don't know how else to channel it. I feel like a bad girlfriend, a bad roomie, a bad sister/daughter, a bad friend... I just feel generally anti-Erin right now. I don't know. Sorry.
- Mood:
depressed - Music:Family Guy
Raaah, stupid computer. Instead of a real update, here's a massive picture post I've been meaning to do for a while. Included are the epic water balloon fight, my roomies and our pets, zombies, and a bunch of other random nonsense. :D Peruse at your whimsy!
Sorry for flooding your flists, but I CANNOT MAKE THIS CUT WORK. I am sorry, everyone.
Raaah, stupid computer. Instead of a real update, here's a massive picture post I've been meaning to do for a while. Included are the epic water balloon fight, my roomies and our pets, zombies, and a bunch of other random nonsense. :D Peruse at your whimsy!
Sorry for flooding your flists, but I CANNOT MAKE THIS CUT WORK. I am sorry, everyone.
</div>All right, so that's pretty much it. This took me forever and ever. I hope you all enjoyed it.
( Stuff that happened )</div></div>
( Stuff that happened )</div>
My baby Swarley... we thought he was a he, but really he was a girl. He was the kitten we had for three weeks and then he got all sick. :( He was so little. <3
Pretty baby.
This is our little Dr. Simon Tam. He is a monster. This is him when he was a little baby.
FACE
This is Britt's puppy Angel. She is 7 years old, and she has a bone on her head. :D
Simon is mean to Angel and she hates him, but this was the one time they were cute and cuddly and nice together. <3 Isn't it sweet?
Simon sleeps a lot and it's cute. I tucked him in one time.
He likes sinks and the bathtub... it's weird.
He also likes to make forts.
Oh god no Alex is a zombie!! Ohhh gooodddd.
Oh no, my head's come off!
My mommy on her birthday! We went to El Cerro Grande and she got a funny hat. :D
Then Bridget stole the hat. :D
Then I wore it and posed. Those are Bridget's pointy hands.
Alex in a hat, oooh ooh ooh, Alex in a hat, yeaaahhh.
We had a picnic a few days ago!
There were horrible birds.
But pretty scenery and trees and whatnot.
And a turtle! :D He was a cool guy.
Pretty.
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I AM SORRY EVERYONE BUT I AM GIVING UP T
- Mood:
blah - Music:House Hunters
I cleaned my room yesterday 'cause we had an inspection today, and duuuude. It looks so awesome. I am so proud of myself. :D It's so clean! And it makes me feel double awesome because my sister is always saying she's cleaning her room, and she's lived in her apartment for 6 months and it STILL isn't clean, and she had the same inspection and everything, so I am better.
And I wrote a scene for my zombie musical! :D I'm so pleased. It's a rough draft, but still! PROGRESS. YEAH.
HEY GUYS. I want to do that pictures of things in my life thingy, so you should tell me what you'd like to see. I has five roomies, a kitten, a puppy, a neighborhood, many books and movies, a collection of shoes, and many more things! I want to play, so everyone suggest something. :D
'Kay bye.
- Mood:
tired - Music:The Daily Show
I totally suck at making decisions of any kind, and I have a couple of assignments I need to pick a topic for. So, darling Internets friends, I come to you asking for help. Here's what I need:
Visual Aid Speech - 4 to 6 minutes, must be some sort of informative (can be how to do something, OR something personal about me or whatevs - basically, the audience needs to walk away knowing something, anything, they didn't before), cannot be a recipe or about any social issues (racism, abortion, whatever), and MOST IMPORTANT - I can't look anything up. It has to be all from my head, stuff I already know, and I have to do my own visual aid. -_- It sucks. ANY suggestions are welcome, please.
Character Analysis Essay - I just need to pick a character from one of these short stories, but I can't decide:
I Stand Here Ironing
Teenage Wasteland
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Sister Godzilla
Cathedral
A&P
The Storm
Battle Royal
The Things They Carried
Yellow Wallpaper
The Lottery
You could just pick a story, help me narrow it down, or if you have a suggestion for a character that would be great. I just can't make decisions.
And finally, I have a scene for Theatre due on Wednesday. It has to be twoish minutes, no more than fourish, and can be any topic, any amount of characters 2-10... basically anything goes. I just... can't think of what to write about. I thought of funny stuff my friends and I do/say, interesting things that happened to me, stuff like that, but I don't know... it has to be performed by the class, and that scares me.
If anyone can help me with any of these stupid decisions, it would be awesome. I can do the work, I just can't pick the topics! >_<
- Mood:
distressed - Music:How I Met Your Mother
My English class is like a goldmine of these stories, it's awesome. Well, and it sucks, but whatevs.
Once upon a time, we had an essay due on Wednesday, as in two days from now. This one girl did hers over the weekend, which is great, doing it in advance and all, but was not necessary. The teacher agreed to push the due date back to the 12th, giving us another week. Girl was all like "OMG I totes did mine over the weekend! I like, totally had other stuff I could, like, be doing, but like, I totally did mine already! This like totally sucks omg." And I told her she was the only person who wasn't a slacker and she could be proud of that, but she was like "Well, *huffy sigh* I don't get any extra points for that, DO I?" And she complained about it for the next hour. She was all "this is ridiculous" and folding her arms and shaking her head, and basically I just wanted to choke her right to death. When you do stuff in advance and then the due date is pushed back, it's annoying, yeah, but not annoying enough to put on that kind of show about it. Jesus. Just relax for a week and chill, homes.
Anyway. That's about it. I'm in Computer and just wanted to share that story. People frickin' piss me off sometimes. A lot of the time.
- Mood:
cranky - Music:typey typey sounds
God, everybody sucks. It's ridiculous. Have you guys noticed that?
My English class - we're doing presentations about short stories and stuff, and today the group that went did "The Things They Carried" and it's about the Vietnam war and all, and we were discussing the draft and how we'd feel if that happened to us. Some girl was all like "WELL I TOTALLY THINK IF YOU DON'T F
I'm going to be the only one getting an A in that class.
And this one girl is like, disgustingly fat, and she wears tiny little tops and short skirts and shows WAY too much cleavage, and it's gross and I hate her. And today her group was trying to figure out where to meet and she was all like "OMG LET'S MEET AT MCDONALDS <3 <3 <3" and I laughed. A lot.
Bah, computer class.
- Mood: annoyed
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