For my New Years resolution this year, I am going to be one of those "fifty books" people! It was suggested to me by yoroshiqueen and I am going to GO FOR THE GOLD. I'll keep track of my progress in this post, which will stay at the top of my LJ until the beginning of next year - that way, I can see how much I'm failing my resolution every step of the year! ♥


In progress: 1
Completed: 4/50

( The books and the count: Summaries, thoughts, and page-tracking. )

Dooooooon't wanna gooooooo to worrrrrrrk~ *flail* *as Kreacher* Kimli WON'T serve Staples! WON'T! WON'T! WON'T!

(Harry Potter tonight! Who's excited? I know I am!)

SOOOOO. I told everyone I went to bed, including absolutely everyone I was talking to, including two of the people I would never lie about getting offline to (Andy and Jasie! [everyone else, forgive me, it's not personal]) and yet, I don't intend to actually go to bed.

I want to write a livejournal update. You know, that thing I don't do very often anymore...

8D Things are going really well for me. I'm becoming happier, and as this goes on, more and more keeps happening in my favor. For instance, everyone I couldn't fucking stand at Staples is now gone. Now there's just one toolbag who is slightly more than mildly annoying, but that's it.

And also, my darling baby Lulu just hopped into bed with me to cuddle. ;3; I love my darling baby Lulu! Even if he is mildly retarded, he's my little boy and I loves him so. My favorite thing ever is that he loves holding hands, and how just a second ago, I was typing one-handed because the other was occupied with his little kitten paw.

His health is doing better~ His poopies are still pretty rank, but he's a good boy and he's troopin' on through it. As he grows older, too, the shape of his face becomes more handsome.

I rearranged my bedroom, and now my bedside dresser has space to be.... AT MY BEDSIDE. A concept of concepts, I know. My coworker Dana taught me how to build a desktop (which is SURPRISINGLY easy, and alarmingly, I found that I already knew how, I just didn't feel confident enough before). Being in possession of a computer that requires a desk inspired me to remove the desk from my bedroom so that I can turn it into a workstation for the three of us. Papers and shit, yeah? Anyway, the hideous snakeskin atrocity is now in the kitchen, doubling the amount of space in my room. I haven't cleaned my shit up yet, but with the stuff moved around, I'm confident that everything can now have a space. I might even buy a new bookshelf for placed to put shit (read: books).

Started rereading HP:HBP today! Should finish it by Tuesday night if I don't spend too much time cleaning my room. Am going to a midnight showing downtown~ (For the record, because it's relevant to me as I type this: My cat is so fucking weird.) Am then going to another showing on Friday night at Crossgates. Pretty excited about it! I haven't done anything Harry Potter-related in so long. Not since 2007? Isn't that when the OOTP movie came out? After the seventh book was released, right? They were both around the same time, 'cause they were both while I was working in TOT on my CP...

Speaking of TOT and Disney World! I'm going down in October with salukfan for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, where she and her friends have gotten a High School Musical group together. Guess who's gonna be Troy? Awww yeah >D

My cat's attacking my Believe dog - a stuffed animal that I've been sleeping with since I got it in ~2002. It's very funny to watch.

I got a haircut!

And also, I started talking to a girl. 8D She messaged me on OKCupid (okay shut up yes I joined a dating site - also: I don't know why I feel so self-conscious about it since a lot of you guys do it too XD) and we've been chatting on AIM a lot. And we've even been RPing! Also, she has a LJ and we friended each other, so she's probably reading this. 8DDDDD *thumbs up*

Beeeeeen listening to Matchbox 20, Goo Goo Dolls and Barenaked Ladies constantly. I'm not stuck in the 90's, wut?

Okay, nighty nights time~ For real real this time, not for play play.

violeteyedhair: WHY CAN'T I STOP TALKING IN CAPS
yoroshiqueen: BECAUSE CAPS ARE FUCKING AWESOME THAT'S WHY
yoroshiqueen: NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE ONE TO STOP BEING AWESOME.
violeteyedhair: YOU HAVE A VERY VALID POINT
violeteyedhair: AND INDEED, I AM INCAPABLE OF STOPPING AWESOME
yoroshiqueen: MAYBE IF I TAKE THE BLOW FIRST IT'LL BE EASIER FOR YOU TO FOLLOW.
yoroshiqueen: YOU KNOW.
violeteyedhair: I AM ONLY ABLE TO EXCEED.
yoroshiqueen: PEER PRESSURE.
violeteyedhair: DDDD: YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ME THOUGH WOULD YOU?
yoroshiqueen: NO. XDDD
yoroshiqueen: BUT REMEMBER THAT I HOLD THAT POWER.


Damn, she's good.

Ahhhh |D My favorite day of the year~

Thommy J~ Mr. Adams~ Franklin, my man! And last-lee but not least-lee, Richard Henry Lee!

You men, and many more, are the reason we celebrate today. ♥ Thank you for your steadfast dedication to the ideals you believed in. You gave us Americans an identity, and even if many of us have lost sight of the image you first had, we're struggling to regain sight of the path you set for us.

We'll get better, my loves! On a day like today, we unite to celebrate what you gave us, and we will never forget!

(re: Hamilton icon:
Hamilton was just as much an American as Jefferson, even if they hated each other! In fact, he was the very image of an American - a young scholar in New York, come from over seas? A bastard, ultimately orphaned, child, rising from nothing to become quite a big something? *ADORE*)

The roomies and I started watching s-CRY-ed last night~ I seriously haven't watched it since high school, and I totally forgot how amazing it is. And how much I totally love Cougar. *_* Tachibana's also freaking adorable.

Honestly, aside from Mullet Man, it's another anime where I don't hate a single character. Even the three main females! Of ourse I like Kanami most of all, but...

And goodness, the euphemisms in this anime. I got most of them in high school, but I was still pretty innocent then - believe me, I get them now. >)

I can't wait for school to start. I'm so sick of going nowhere but Staples and home. I can't wait to actually have to think, because in all honesty, the books I've been reading aren't that challenging. Good! But not challenging. (Which reminds me that now I REALLY have to update my 50-books post.)

Also: I've got awfully bad cramps, but no period flow. This means that when it hits me, it's gonna be so bad I can't remain standing. x.x I hope I don't get it while I'm at work... How mortifying would it be to tell my MALE managers, "Yeah, I have to go home, my period flow is too heavy for me to work"? fml.

GETTING A HAIRCUT TUESDAY. Will have short hair.

I got to ride a segway yesterday. A woman came into Staples riding one, and while I was back in office supplies, I asked if I could help her find anything. She said "no thank you" and we both turned away from each other, but I turned back and was like, "Is that thing hard to drive?" 'Cause you figure with it only have the two wheels and it's purely a balance thing...

She said that it's not even something you have to think about - that it comes as a second nature. She told me that when she gets off the segway to try out some chairs, she can let me test it if I like.

SWEET.

So she let me try it. It really is purely a balance thing. If you're okay standing up, then you're okay to ride it. Only problem is, you can't be self-conscious about getting your balance right, or else it gets all WHOOOOOOSH on you, either forward or backward, and you can't stop.

The woman riding it was very nice, too. Apparently she uses it instead of a wheelchair because standing keeps the muscles in her legs active. When she tried to get back onto the segway, I actually had to help her lift her leg because it was too high a step for her to make on her own though, so she said she'll probably be transferring to a wheelchair soon.

Also yesterday, I bought a skirt! And a cute scarf to wear around my waist. And I'm turning into a girl, and I have absolutely no problem with this.

I made my schedule today! It was actually a pretty long day since registration was at the end of orientation which started at 9:30 and ended ~4. SO BORING.

And I made a friend. A Korean girl named Gloria. And I desperately hope she's a lesbian, 'cause fuckin' hell - she's 18 and transferring to MCLA as a sophomore, only because all of her credits didn't transfer. If that's not damn sexy, I don't know what is. And anyway, she had short hair and wore a skirt. And we talked about sci-fi and the environment. And she's a film major. And we're taking an English core class together.

So she's gotta be a homo, right?

Anyway, the classes I signed up for:

History of Ideas
Mathematics for Liberal Arts (read: Math for People Who Don't Do Math, as Nikki put it.)
College Writing II
Experiments in Creative Writing

I might add Italian (if I can get a spot) and Tai Chi during add/drop week at the beginning of the semester.

Also:

Kimli Pan: I'm majoring in writing and minoring in philosophy.
Kimli Pan: I'm going far.
indigoparadox: I don't know how to come back to that.
indigoparadox: That's, like,
indigoparadox: Its own comeback.

I don't know if I'm going for the minor in philosophy yet - it's not official. But I'm contemplating it.

Anyway, that's that! I'm so glad that come September, Staples isn't going to be my life anymore. I can't wait for summer to end. XD;

I did a writing exercise today~ I'm begging for you guys to read it over and tell me what you think, because this aspect of my writing is something I've been working on for a very long time. I updated __aftertoday with it here, and I explained there what I'm looking for in terms of help with it.

I am not looking for help on grammar, spelling and conventions. That was not the focus of this piece, and I am not looking to make it "publishable". I am purely looking to improve on one single skill: Show it, don't tell it.

I miss cosplay. I miss cons. I miss fandom. I miss the friends.

;o; I feel so disconnected from the way I used to be with friends and the way I used to participate in my own personal interests... I've become so boring, and not in a good way.

I am actively making the choice to be late today!

I decided to take the bus since it's raining. It gets me to work about 5 minutes late, which normally wouldn't be a problem, except that they need me there so that they can get into the store to open. Oh, well...

I pretty much got the job at Movie Gallery, I'm just waiting for a call back from the manager.

I bought myself a weekly planner~! I am going to try and become more organized, which would make me at least a little more reliable.

Hungry! So very hungry. So I'm going to get something to eat.


uh oh... my pb account has been inactive. will I get my shit back? we'll see...
edit: THE ANSWER IS YES~ Just had to log in.

I know mommies are prone to thinking their babies are the best, but my baby truly is. ;3; Every morning when I wake up, he's in my bed with me, being all cuddles. And then when I get in the shower, he sits on top of the toilet and patiently waits for me the whole time. (I take long showers.) Today I had my towel just kinda thrown on the seat, and he felt asleep curled up on my towel while he was waiting for me. ;o; I leave the door open a crack, too, so it's not like he waits 'cause I shut him in there...

( He's so good~ )

Other than that - I got my acceptance letter! And I am not part-time. I am a full-time student in the fall, and my orientation is on the 24th. I get to make my schedule then.

Also, I have an interview at Movie Gallery today. My manager was confused when I asked for my lunch at a specific time so I could go to my interview, because he said if I want the money and the hours he'll give me the keys and make my position official. XD But I said it's just for the summer, and that once school starts, I'll quit. And he seemed to understand that - he thought that getting and saving up some extra money since I'll be working less during school is a really good idea.

Hmmm... other than thaaaat. Both of my remaining grandparents are sick... My nonny is having problems with her eyes, and my gramma's liver/remaining lung isn't looking too good. The good news is: Nonny's can be fixed. The bad news: Gramma's condition is pretty bad, it seems. She's going in to reconfirm everything in a week or so, I think.

I'm writing! And I don't feel stiff! And I'm enjoying it!

Things really have gotten better, eh? 8DDD

I realize I don't often talk about what's going on with me anymore until I reach a breaking point where I'm desperate for somewhere to talk about it. Things are a little better than lukewarm right now (I think actually it could be described as "going well"), but they were a little rocky for a while.

( School: Will be attending in the fall! )

( Work: Got a raise today for my one-year review! )

( Kittens! )

When working with the public, no matter what the job is, a certain mentality is required to be able to handle the multitude of absolutely moronic situations the worker is forced to not only witness but be a part of. Day in and day out, the worker is constantly exposed to raw stupidity, causing them to build a tolerance - but this is not a good thing. It numbs us to stupidity. It creates a lower standard.

That is why it is important for us, as the workers forced to interact with such depravity, to relentlessly mock, criticize and, most importantly, judge all the idiots whose tasks we fulfill.

salukfan? You win the award for best retard customer impersonation by someone who is not a retard customer.

SalukFan: "I uh, want one of them things that will put those there staples into the paper for me."
Kimli Pan: "A stapler?"
SalukFan: "Nah, that don't sound like it."
Kimli Pan: "Perhaps a letter opener, then? It may not put staples in the paper, but it'll slit your wrists quite nicely."
SalukFan: "My wife's been suggestin' that fer years! I'll take one!"
SalukFan: "You woeman are so smurt."

Zac Efron as Prince Zuko.

y/y?

I don't feel like walking to work! ;o; The rain is coming down in BUCKETS! Why is life so hard?!

In lighter news, I didn't shower today 'cause I already knew I was going to get soaked. 8D How brilliant am I? yaaaaaaay grease nfufufu

pffffffff dooo nooot waaaant

Maybe I'll sing in it. :|

Our poor babies got their little kitten eyes infected. ): I think the vet said it was probably an upper-respiratory infection or something, but anyway, we got this ointment that has to go directly into their eyes three times a day and they hate it (understandably). Poor little guys...

Otherwise, they're doing well, though. The vet gave them the medicine they need for their ear mites and worms, and as far as that goes, they're doing perfectly well.

I've got a looooong work day today! At time and a half! Which means lots of monies! That's right, suckaz - while you're all out SPENDING your money on these alleged Memorial Day "sales" (expensive items become not-AS-expensive items), I'll be MAKIN' mad ca$h. Check it, motherfucker. :|

(Psst: Soldiers. Thank you for serving and dying for our country.)