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Dear Anonymous Person Who Just Gifted Me With 12 Months Paid Account Time + Extra Userpics,

I LOVE YOU.

Love, Me

P.S. Who are you?

Bah. I've been needing to update for a while, but first I was Finals!Girl, followed Recluse!Girl alternating with Sleeping!Girl, then TVegetable!Girl, and now my brain is fried from four hours of a deadly boring class to get my TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission) Server Certification so I can (hopefully) get a job as a bartender and make more than minimum wage. Yay. Therefore, I give you some little lists rather than complete sentences.

( Things I miss about New York )

( Things I don't miss about New York )

( Things I missed about being home in Texas )

( Things I did not miss about being home in Texas )

More on everything later. I'm tired.

Look! This wonderful girl madcircleskills customized this icon for me just because I randomly asked and she's so nice! Isn't it pretty? And, for those of you who have met me, devastatingly true?

*admires*

I give you Skating Cowboys.

That is all.

What am I doing instead of writing my paper? I'm translating Spanish Romantic poetry. About pirates. *sigh* At least I'm having a fairly good time of it. I love this piece; the chorus gets stuck in my head, although sometimes I forget the third line of the stanza and drive myself nuts. "Que es mi barco mi tesoro..." If anyone wants, I was toying with the idea of recording myself reciting the poem, and I could send it to you. So, you know, you hear what it really should sound like in all its original glory, even if you don't really know what it's saying. Oh, and as a note: my translations are pretty literal; I don't try to futz around with things to evoke the same rhythm or rhyme pattern--I think you lose enough through translation as it is. If you want rhyme and rhythm, read the original and then look at the translation to understand the meaning behind the language barrier. Or, you know, ask me to read it for you. Enjoy!


( The original Spanish version )

( My English translation )

P.S. Let me know if you see any errors.

ETA: I giggle every time I get an email about student government elections, because the use of the acronym for the Student Government Association makes the subject line read "SGA Elections." *g*

( My Crappy Day )

So, I was going through some files on my computer and found all these things I've written in Notepad while offline and forgotten to post until now. Most of the later things are like, a sentence. The cuts are mostly for organizational purposes, not actually length.

( iTunes Meme )

( A scar story )

( Meet Virginia and Georgia )

( The End of the World )

( This may be out of date... )

( The Dying Gaul )

( Doctor Who obsession (warning:**spoilers**) )

( Gryla, Snape, and Christmas lights )

( The Day of Coincidences (not actually yesterday) )

( Babbling about Due South written late last night )

On a last note, I just came from hanging out with Lydia and Julia and Christie down the hall. It's Julia's birthday today, and at midnight Lydia led a contingent of friends into the bathroom where she was taking a shower and surprised her with cake and song. They have the cutest video footage of it ever. I came too late for the shower part, but I think I got the better end of the bargain: toasting to Julia's health in Ukrainian ("Nah zdo-rrov-yah"; Lydia has Ukrainian heritage) with a shot of vodka, helping them eat the cake, and hanging out with Lydia, Christie, and Julia and talking about Eastern Europe (Christie is the daughter of diplomats and has lived in Serbia and Poland and Rome and Belgrade). My day has gotten significantly better.

A fabulous moment in time: last night I was walking down 50th towards my partyhelping job on 48th and 1st Ave. There I was, standing on the corner of 50th and Park Ave, and what do I see? The exterior shot of the Sports Night "office building." Just...there. And the shadows were exactly the same as they always are in that shot, and the angle was identical, and I was ridiculously happy about it all.

You know what's sick? I'm sitting here trying to write my damn English paper, thinking about Beauty and the Beast because that's what the stupid paragraph's about, and my mind is suddenly off thinking about Brokeback Mountain or "Doctor Who" or "Due South," and without even trying, I've composed whole essays in my head, arguing against a point in one of the BM reviews I read, or explaining why exactly Rose and the Doctor's relationship is so compelling, or analyzing the motivations of Benton Fraser. And then my mind wavers back into place in front of the computer screen and I wonder why the fuck I have so much to say about those fictional characters and the relevance they have to me and to society, but can't write the same about the fictional characters in fairy tales if my life (okay, grade) depends on it. Also, none of these musings are in Chinese, which sucks, since I have to present a monologue tomorrow, and it would be great if I could blurt out stuff in Chinese as easily as it come out in my head. Where's the TARDIS when you need it (her?)?

Okay, so maybe not Pride & Prejudice, giant inflatable dinosaurs, and the scandalous use of Andy Warhol stickers like I promised. But soon!

My goodness, I am sooo hungry. They don't start serving brunch at Hewitt until 11 on the weekends, which is just evil, especially considering that I haven't eaten a proper meal since 9:30 yesterday. In fact...I don't think I've eaten *anything* since breakfast on Friday. Hmm. Anyway, I'll be stopping in the middle of writing this to go stuff my face, which will be excellent.

This week was awful. I'd somehow managed to get my sleeping schedule so out of whack that I was sleeping when everyone else was awake, and awake when everyone else was asleep. And I had craploads of work to do that I just kept avoiding and putting off by procrastinating and reading fic and LJ-ing. It was not fun. But I've fixed it now (I hope). After finishing my Women's & Gender Studies project and turning it in barely under the wire of the 4pm deadline, I came back here and stumbled my way through a couple of hours of awakeness talking to Eva and Emily/Bethany/Kacie (because really, they are so often like one person; you know it's true, Bethany), and some to Paola and Inga and Leigh and Andre. I crashed around 6 or so, and slept through until 4:30 this morning. I couldn't go back to sleep, so I computered for a while. I felt like I *should* go back to sleep, though, so I laid down but didn't actually fall asleep. At around 7 I gave up and started reading The Will of the Empress again, finished it, took a shower, and am now doing this while waiting for the dining hall to open. Speaking of which...*runs off to eat*

Sorry to anyone who's already seen this, but I had to share with some of the people on my flist. Ganked from geekwriter143. It makes me think of a Firefly quote. Points to anyone who can guess which one.

By the way, looking back over some of my posts, I realize I don't really know how to make it so a link to a person's LJ appears the right way. You know, with the little person next to the name and all bolded correctly. How does this work? Where did everyone learn how to do this? *is confused* Friends, country(wo)men, lend me your knowledge!

Well, that almost made sense.

Another link: for those of you who have never been to Meg's Boyfriend of the Week, you're missing out. The gimmick: every week (hah, not really that often) Meg picks a new boyfriend and does a write-up on him. Generally, this involves rambling commentary that never fails to get a laugh, random personal anecdotes, some kind of biographical information, and a review of some of the movies/TV shows/etc. the person has been in (since most are actors). She is hilarious, people. At the end of the entry, she assigns a "MacGyver Score Factor" (since he is the Boyfriend against whom all others are compared), accompanied by a usually-ridiculous explanation. Plus, she has great taste. For example, she recently featured the entire male cast of Serenity. Other former Boyfriends include a range from Colin Firth to Josh Holloway to "Sock Puppet" (seriously, read this one), from John Hannah to Johnny Depp to the mascot of her local Minor League Baseball team. Meg also has a big soft spot for geeks and underdogs, as can be seen in her current Boyfriend. I mean, she featured Kevin Weisman! Marshall from Alias! She rocks! Go check her out if you never have.

My roommate found a Spanish HP fansite the other day. Mad Eye Moody=Ojo Loco Moody. Hee.

Why does Neil Gaiman rock so hard?

http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive/Simcity2000.asp

You know, looking back at my post on April 26th, I do believe I made a few erroneous selections on that last posting. Then again, I didn't know who Gary Dourdan was at the time, since CSI has been a recent thing for me. I can't believe that neither George Eads or Eric Szmanda aren't on that list, though. Total gyp. I know I would rather do Nick than Warrick (it's all about the attitude; Warrick is just a bit too angst-angst-angst; Nick and Greg have his intensity and levity). As for the actors...well, I wouldn't say no. Also, I believe I can forgive myself for not remembering that Josh Charles and Peter Krause are the names of lovely actors who play the equally lovely Casey McCall and Dan Rydell on Sports Night. Silly Lindsey.