Yo! So guess what! Jaymee and I are here, together, in San Francisco! Woooooooot!

Much love to the Apple Store for the free use of this lovely Internet Access.

We must go leave our mark on the city. Already we've been feeding homeless people with leftover chicken pesto wraps from the Castro and stale movie popcorn. Oh, and Jaymee generously offered NOT to let someone steal her wallet on the MUNI. Obvious mugging FTL! (She is intact, and politely asked if the guy saw her wallet.)

Fandom love FTW.

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Somehow I have some backdoor virus on my computer that's making it impossible to do anything.  Me posting on LJ right now is a miracle in and of itself.  I system restored back to June 4 2009 so I'm hoping that will help.  But I couldn't entirely get rid of the thing because I have no idea how to find or delete the files... I know what they're named but not how to find them or get rid of them.  So anyway, yay.

Despite the fact that the words 'backdoor virus' make me giggle, this thing is a real piece of work.  Has anyone had to deal with something called "System Security 2009" before?  It acts like it's an anti-virus program, scans through all my files, then just completely freezes everything up and won't let me do anything.  It has all these pop-ups and it's so annoying!  If you've ever had to deal with this and know how to fix it, your help would be greatly appreciated!

That is, assuming I'll ever be able to check my e-mail again... I have no idea what'll happen after I restart my computer.  :/

Check out an amazing new reviews blog... reviews written by yours truly and some other amazingly incredible pop culture connoisseurs! 

Humble Opinions Blog!!!

W00t!!!

p.s. anyone interested in writing/editing articles, let me know ya'll!  auds8605@msn.com

p.p.s. since I suck at HTML, can anyone tell me how to do a cut in a blogger post?  I hate the icky-ness of long-ass articles, on the front page and would love to shorten them into snippets with a cut.  Thanks!

I know I don't have the greatest track record of being an active LJ member, but I'd like to change that.  I think that one of the things that would keep me coming back to LJ would be involvement in a community that wasn't strictly HP-related.  And one of my favorite things to do is to write little reviews in my head of movies, books, music, etc. These never really get shared with other people, so I'd like to change that.

Would anyone be interested in helping me form a review community here on LJ?  My idea is to keep it loose, informal, and fun, but to take the reviews themselves seriously and submit to high journalistic standards. (Ha.  What an oxy-moron these days... journalistic standards) 

We could have different entries and reviewers each week for music, television, film, books, even theater or other forms of art and entertainment.  If there is a certain show you watch every week and are hoping to spark a discussion about, to analyze, and to enjoy with others, this would be the place to do so.  If you see a movie you really love and want to sit down and delve more deeply into your thoughts about it, this would be a great place to share those thoughts and hopefully inspire others to see the movie and share their thoughts as well.  We wouldn't have to be comprehensive and stay on top of every single new thing that comes out -- if you just watched a movie that's two or so years old (or more) and don't think a lot of people have seen it and want to motivate them to do so (or not to do so), you could use this community as an outlet.

I'd be looking for someone willing to put in just a few hours each week, nothing too crazy, to organize and edit posts and perhaps moderate comments.  And of course I'd share in those responsibilities as well.  Then, contributers could e-mail us in advance with their pitches -- say a weekly review of Lost, or of a brand-new series coming up, or of an awards show or a blockbuster movie or a debut album.  I'd be looking for a regular music contributor and a regular movie contributor but apart from that, it'd be pretty much free-flow and spontaneous.

I'm really serious about this, but I'm hoping it'll be more than I can take on by myself, so if anyone is seriously interested, please let me know!  Either comment here or e-mail me at auds8605@msn.com.  

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Oh, and does anyone know where I can get my hands on the music from the movie "Into the Wild?"  I just watched it and wow.  It's really effected me in a totally emotional way.  I can't get that movie out of my head, and that music just fit so perfectly with the story. 

I'm thinking first review!!!  :)

You know those mornings when you wake up and instantly you just KNOW that it's going to be a loooooong day?  Today is one of those days.

In what will go down in the annals of history as a What The F#$k Were We Thinking move, we decided to spend Jen's last night in Florida getting completely trashed.  I did 9 shots... I have no idea how many Jen did. 

We went to bed at about 12:30 a.m. because we had to get up early -- like 4:30 a.m. -- to get Jen to her plane on time.

Fine and all, except I'm still a little drunk (nothing a tall glass of ice water and two Bayer can't fix) and Jen (poor Jen!) ended up praying to the porcelin gods for about an hour in the middle of the night. 

We've got to leave in, erm, 23 minutes if we have any chance of making her plane on time.  Which doesn't explain why I'm sitting on LJ right now... I guess I'm recording this WTF moment for posterity.  (Almost wrote prosterity.  Hey-yo.)

After I get back from Tampa I have just a few hours to clean the bathroom and get cleaned up myself before I work from 2:30-10:30 tonight.  Then I turn around and work again tomorrow morning at 7 a.m.

Wow.  Smooth move, Audrey!

I hope everyone has a much better Sunday than I will. 

Plus, I'm putting Jen on a plane which means my week of hang-out time is over!  Sad! 

(And I really do not mind cleaning up the puke -- I owed her one from the first time we EVER hung otu together and I got shwasted and ended up begging her to call 911 or call my mom.)

Guys!  This is a fun rant for me.  I tried to rant to my mom about this earlier but she was like twitter-wha?  So I'll do it here because I know most of you (unless you're hiding under a big, big, big rock) know what Twitter is and some of you even -- gasp! of! horror! -- even use it.

Twitter is annoying!!! 

( sorry to all those of you who use and enjoy this... this... thing. )
Anyway, that's my rant on Twitter.  Thanks for reading!

I now banish that word from my sight and from my ears henceforth.

No, I won't hold my breath -- I'm sure there will be a plug for someone's Twitter feed on the 11 o'clock news or something.  Ah, joy.

1) Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. 

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I was having a horrible day at my new job and hating everything and I got home and checked my e-mail and found this:

"Hi Audrey,
Best subject line I've read in a long time!!
I am currently taking a hiatus and not really signing new clients, but I'd love to see a sample in case I feel it's appropriate for another agent at Manus.
Can you email me the first 50 pages?
All Best,
Stephanie"

OHHHHHHHH
EMMMMMMM
GEEEEEEEE

An agent wants 50 pages of a book I HAVEN'T EVEN WRITTEN YET!!!

Unbelievable... life is crazy.  I sent some e-mails out on a whim and look what happened!  Even if it never gets published, just the IDEA that someone is interested makes me CRAZY HAPPY.  :DDDDD

*SQUEE*

WAS SO AMAZING TONIGHT I WANT TO HUG JIM AND STANLEY WAS HILARIOUS AND SO WAS ANGELA'S CAT GOING THROUGH THE CEILING IT WAS THE BEST EVER.

the end.

Is that Patrick Dempsey's voice narrating State Farm commercials?  It sure sounds like his smooth, sexy voice.  Oh, Dempsey.  *sighs*

I just finished reading the third book in the Twilight series.  I'm going to get seriously shunned for saying this, esepcially with how amazingly pro-Twilight and yay!Twilight my flist has been over the past year, but... really?  Really?  I don't think these books are for me. 

( gripes with twilight... skip if you want to, i totally understand! )

Usually I'm not so full of hatred and bile, but when I decide I don't like something I can think of a thousand reasons why.  Ugh, I probably seem so annoying right now.  I am sincerely glad that ya'll like the books though.  If they give you something to read and think about and write about then that is totally awesome.  That is what books are for!  My taste doesn't have to match everyone else's exactly.  I just think I expected more out of the books after all the great things I kept hearing about them.   But that's okay... I think I'll be busy enough reading all the freaking political textbooks I have to read this semester.  Maybe I'll get back to plot-driven books over winter break!  Hopefully will...

Anyway, yeah. 

Did everyone see Barack's speech tonight?  A-mazing.  He is such an awesome speaker.  It was fantastic.  :)

I'm trying to post more but it's not working.  I'm not sure you want me to anyway, I'm always tired and grouchy and busy and yet have basically nothing going on in my life outside of work and now school.  Bo-ring.  :)  And I'm up past my bedtime, since I have to open all weekend.  Hooray!

Well, I'm putting my old tired grouchy self to bed.  Talk to you next week? 

Shannon -- queenb23more -- has a birthday today! 

I love you, my dear, and I hope you have a fantastic birthday!  You are awesome and you deserve all the best things in life.  :)

Hey guys!!! I thought I'd put my LJ contacts to work to figure out a leeetle mystery.

At Portus there was an artist named Katie who put some art up for auction. One of her portraits, "Luna's Dream," OR "Dream Luna" (can't remember) went for about $400. It was beautiful. Well, a friend would like to commission some art from her but doesn't know her online name, and has been searching but can't find her. Does anyone know who this is?

Gosh, I'd be so embarassed if you're on my flist, Katie. I swear the whole time I was at Portus I had the feeling I was standing in a room full of people I'd rubbed elbows with online.

How's life, flist?

I'm doing well, I'm in Michigan so that makes me happy, but I'm going home tomorrow so that makes me sad. Oh, and I'm communicating with Charlie from Portus, who is made of win and is so amazing and I'm pretty much incredibly infatuated with him. :)

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***hugs*** until I talk to all of you again! I get internet and cable installed on Aug 1 so after that I'll be moved in and online much more! *hears crickets and a weak 'woo' from the corner* I know, I know, whoopdy-do. Still love you guys though.

I ♥ Current and SuperNews! :)

More neurotic than anything, natch.


My Personality

Neuroticism	63
Extraversion	34
Openness to Experience	61
Agreeableness	32
Conscientiousness	41

You very rarely feel depressed and are usually in a good frame of mind, however you feel strong cravings and urges that you have difficulty resisting. You tend to prefer short-term pleasures and rewards over long-term consequences. You lead a leisurely and relaxed life. You would prefer to sit back and smell the roses than indulge in high energy activities. You prefer facts over fantasy and are more interested in what is happening in the real word. You are willing to take credit for good things that you do but you don't often talk yourself up much, however you are not adverse to confrontation and will sometimes even intimidate others to get your own way. You are well-organized and like to live according to routines and schedules. Often you will keep lists and make plans.

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The first few lines are true, but I don't think I've ever intentionally intimidated anyone to get my own way. Believe me. *stares intimidatingly*

Anyway, I need to go to sleep but I can't.

I guess I'll read some fic... and perhaps will have some recs for yous tomorrow!

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!

She's Fucking Obama 

After waiting, fingers-crossed, ears alerted to any sound that might resemble a phone ring, for two days, it seems that Darren still doesn't have a straight yes-or-no answer about The Job.  He got unanimous approval from everyone he interviewed with, including the panel of tough executives, but after reviewing all the candidates, the two top H.R. execs (who he didn't meet with, incidentally) decided that they needed to do a more comprehensive search for other candidates, "just to be fair."  Which is very discouraging... I mean, if Darren is the best candidate out of all the people who applied, then he should get the job; if he's the best candidate but doesn't meet the requirements they're looking for, then it sounds like they're just looking for someone better, which is stink-assy.  

Anyway, I'm pooped.  I'm tired of waiting!!!  In my head I've already moved to Florida, and if he doesn't get the job I might just fucking do it anyway.  Or I might apply for some environmental internships in California or Colorado (my two favorite states, ecology- and climate-wise).  

BUH.

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Ew, the Gatorade "G2" Fruit Punch tastes like cough syrup.  *gags*

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My Political Philosophy class is awesome. I'm learning a LOT.  Most of it's about philosophy, but a lot of it is about how I operate as a student.  I took an introductory philo class as a Truman requirement, and all of it kind of flew over my head -- it was a presentation-style lecture course and I'd never really heard or cared about the dead old dudes we were studying.  But this class is smaller, it's more discussion-based and the professor is the shizz.  The content is more applicable to politics (der, it's Political Philosophy) and it is interesting to read these philosophers whose opinions and writings had so much effect on politics and world events.  

About myself I've learned that I'm very easily influenced by new ideas, if they are espoused in a passionate and well-written and effective manner.  Last week I was a consequentialist, now I'm a transcendentalist and possibly an anarchist.  These philosophies, by definition, can't really co-exist in the same person, but it's hilarious how much I agree with each philosopher we've been studying -- or perhaps, certain aspects of their philosophies.  Perhaps I'm not completely converted to subscribe fully to any one of these idealisms, but they certainly have opened up new ways for me to think about politics and society. 

Philosophy isn't really my thing in the political sphere, but I'm glad I'm in this class because I can really see its value in the larger scheme of things.  Plus, the writing of some of these authors (today we read Thoreau and Emma Goldman) just kicks ass, and it's fun to be able to put my literary analysis skills to work in a politics class.

So no worries, I'm not really an anarchist... but I have learned that anarchism isn't as horrible as we all think of it, and that Emma Goldman basically kicks ass.  :D

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Okay, now I'm going to do two memes and then write my English paper and watch Top Chef.  :)  

The ten fictional characters I'd do in a heartbeat:


Got this fromvnfan, it's a dialect meme.  Interesting to see everyone's answers!!!


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If you happen to talk to me this evening, be forwarned:  I am being a gruff, grouchy beeyatch.  I loves you all, and I'll be honest with you too.

Gracie!  Write the gen fic, dammit!  You can do it.

Anyone else who needs honest advice, just hit me up -- I'm in a "tell you how I really feel" mood right now.  :)

**hugs**

That's one of my favorite Beatles songs! Yay! :D

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There are ants in my apartment. Oh noez! I'm notttt too happy about that.

Also, yesterday I called my doctor's office to confirm open office hours to get a blood test for my thyroid medicine, and the nurse told me they were Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-11:30. Today I showed up and a different nurse pointed to the sign that said Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8-11:30. Ye-ah. I was pissed!!! I stayed home an extra night and ended up missing class because I had to go to the hospital and wait for an hour to get my blood test.

Rawr.

BUTTTT on the bright side, it's April. And it's 6:33 p.m. and it's still light outside. The grass is green and I get paid on Friday and I just went grocery shopping and I have plot bunnies!!!

:)

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