Lol, Have a good day.
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Temper: 
amused
amusedMelody: Goyte- Somebody That I Used to Know
enter the garden
A Garden for my Memories
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16 April 2012 @ 10:20 pm
Lol, Have a good day.
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03 April 2012 @ 03:18 pm
Just finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy and feel the need to review or, at least, talk about it for the benefit of the great anonymous internet. Lol, actually I just need to release all these thoughts before I can put this great adventure behind me. I've been so caught up reading it, so absolutely entranced, that the world hardly felt real whenever I tore away from Panem momentarily for reasons of utmost necessity (lol such as eating occasionally or using the restroom). And having now completed the entire series, even in such a short time frame, events from earlier in the story arc feels like they occurred literally YEARS ago to me. I feel like I've actually taken that journey with Katniss physically, and everything before that-- my life, my mundane routine-- is something so far away. Like a distant memory. Honestly, it was the most exciting read I've had since Harry Potter. But I know I will come down from this high fairly soon, quite likely before the end of the week, and even so it can't take away from the fact that it felt so good to be thrilled by something again.... to take part in some wonder, you know?
Before I start, I know I don't use this journal very much anymore and it's not just because of Facebook. Truly I have nothing of merit to note these days, and for me EL Jay has always been a place for substance. So forgive me if some email notification is dragging you back to this virtual ghost town. Please note that some spoilers may apply in proceeding. If you've not yet read the trilogy, in its entirety, I implore you to do so beforehand.
( Sorry this is such a long one, I didn't expect to ramble so much. )
Before I start, I know I don't use this journal very much anymore and it's not just because of Facebook. Truly I have nothing of merit to note these days, and for me EL Jay has always been a place for substance. So forgive me if some email notification is dragging you back to this virtual ghost town. Please note that some spoilers may apply in proceeding. If you've not yet read the trilogy, in its entirety, I implore you to do so beforehand.
( Sorry this is such a long one, I didn't expect to ramble so much. )
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Temper: 
relieved
relievedMelody: Fun - We Are Young
23 September 2011 @ 10:26 pm
I'll let you know right now that this is not a very important post. at all.
Just feel like I need a place to release all this pent-up energy and excitiement.
I've been watching................ Dr. Who. So. Much. Who.
Perhaps an Anglophile with access to BBCAmerica isn't such a good thing.
It's becoming the latest obsession in my now inactive and monotonous existence.
It's wonderful, though. I'm finally getting caught up with the storyline and the gaps are being filled.
I still haven't watched much of the Rose episodes, but I never liked her much so it doesn't bother me.
Currently I'm in season 4, the Donna episodes. and I LOVE it! These are the most exciting episodes so far!
I can't wait for the next episode! This show is the only reason I get up sometimes.
I know that sounds pathetic but really it's not. It's fun to have something new to be excited about.
Okay, so it's not eactly a new obsession, but now I've finally got the time to sit and watch it.
It's the bright spot of my day, and I'm glad for the distraction it brings. :)
Honestly, having BBCAmerica is making me eager to travel to England sometime soon.
It's reignited this desire. I almost feel homesick for England, and I've never even been there!! hahaha lol.
But I will make it one day. And maybe even meet some of my favorite celebrities.
It's all nonsense right now. I'm just rambling.
What I really needed was just a place to get all my fangirliness out.
I'm exploding with eagerness right now.
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Just feel like I need a place to release all this pent-up energy and excitiement.
I've been watching................ Dr. Who. So. Much. Who.
Perhaps an Anglophile with access to BBCAmerica isn't such a good thing.
It's becoming the latest obsession in my now inactive and monotonous existence.
It's wonderful, though. I'm finally getting caught up with the storyline and the gaps are being filled.
I still haven't watched much of the Rose episodes, but I never liked her much so it doesn't bother me.
Currently I'm in season 4, the Donna episodes. and I LOVE it! These are the most exciting episodes so far!
I can't wait for the next episode! This show is the only reason I get up sometimes.
I know that sounds pathetic but really it's not. It's fun to have something new to be excited about.
Okay, so it's not eactly a new obsession, but now I've finally got the time to sit and watch it.
It's the bright spot of my day, and I'm glad for the distraction it brings. :)
Honestly, having BBCAmerica is making me eager to travel to England sometime soon.
It's reignited this desire. I almost feel homesick for England, and I've never even been there!! hahaha lol.
But I will make it one day. And maybe even meet some of my favorite celebrities.
It's all nonsense right now. I'm just rambling.
What I really needed was just a place to get all my fangirliness out.
I'm exploding with eagerness right now.
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Temper: 
geeky
geeky18 August 2011 @ 12:05 am
I'm an alumna now!
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Temper: 
cheerful
cheerfulMelody: Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
24 July 2011 @ 07:42 pm
I'm so pumped! Anticipation building!
Also changed my desktop in celebration:
There's still a ways to go before it premieres, [mid-2012], but I'm so excited for it!
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There's still a ways to go before it premieres, [mid-2012], but I'm so excited for it!
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Temper: 
excited
excitedMelody: Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
19 July 2011 @ 06:56 am
Just a quick post to recap the past few days. Gotta keep El Jay alive.
[This has kinda been the most exciting week I've had a long time].
1. So I saw the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Ahmazing! Totally made up for part 1, not that the first part was bad, it was just too slow. This one was exciting and kinda got back the breathless quality of the book that was missing the first part. Not as emotionally taxing as the book, I'll grant you that, but you can never really capture the true impact of a book on film anyways. It's as good a try as any, though! Plus, Neville totally handled his shit like a boss! I've even read one comparison of him as "Chuck Norris-typehero [badass]!" LOL
2. Graduation is coming up pretty quick; I'm still nervous about leaving the safety of post-secondary education but now I'm also starting to look forward to it. I kind of just want to be done with the deadlines and tediousness of academia mostly, but a part of me is optimistic of my future... even if I haven't sorted all that out yet. I'm kind of going to miss my Night Staff job though. In the past couple of months since I've become a Supervisor, I've made so many new friends and have grown strangely attached to them and the job. More so than I ever thought I would. I think this experience may be one of the few I will take away from here; this was my "college life."
3. Just found these BEAUTIFUL renditions of historically accurate Disney princesses:
I need to own all of them; immediately! shoomlah.bigcartel.com/category/historic
4. Also, I was pretty excited to receive an AH!mazing Gir bag in the mail a few days ago. It's awesome! especially because it's autographed in the back by Rikki Simmons (voice actor for Gir)! Thanks so much![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=3)
atom0001, I really love it. :D
That's it, for now. I'll update if my life gets any more exciting in the coming weeks.
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[This has kinda been the most exciting week I've had a long time].
1. So I saw the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Ahmazing! Totally made up for part 1, not that the first part was bad, it was just too slow. This one was exciting and kinda got back the breathless quality of the book that was missing the first part. Not as emotionally taxing as the book, I'll grant you that, but you can never really capture the true impact of a book on film anyways. It's as good a try as any, though! Plus, Neville totally handled his shit like a boss! I've even read one comparison of him as "Chuck Norris-type
2. Graduation is coming up pretty quick; I'm still nervous about leaving the safety of post-secondary education but now I'm also starting to look forward to it. I kind of just want to be done with the deadlines and tediousness of academia mostly, but a part of me is optimistic of my future... even if I haven't sorted all that out yet. I'm kind of going to miss my Night Staff job though. In the past couple of months since I've become a Supervisor, I've made so many new friends and have grown strangely attached to them and the job. More so than I ever thought I would. I think this experience may be one of the few I will take away from here; this was my "college life."
3. Just found these BEAUTIFUL renditions of historically accurate Disney princesses:
I need to own all of them; immediately! shoomlah.bigcartel.com/category/historic
4. Also, I was pretty excited to receive an AH!mazing Gir bag in the mail a few days ago. It's awesome! especially because it's autographed in the back by Rikki Simmons (voice actor for Gir)! Thanks so much
atom0001, I really love it. :DThat's it, for now. I'll update if my life gets any more exciting in the coming weeks.
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Temper: 
calm
calmMelody: Pandora
14 May 2011 @ 02:57 pm
This happened a little while ago but I forgot to mention it here;
I sprained my ankle pretty badly some nights ago.
Bad enough to require crutches and a boot/cast monstrosity.
The ankle doesn't really hurt anymore and it feels like it's
healing up nicely, but there is some ugly bruising around it.
The crutches are a bitch though.
They are kind of painful to use (esp. if adverse to exercise)
and a completely exhausting form of locomotion.
I can barely go a couple of yards without needing to rest.
I dread going back to class.
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I sprained my ankle pretty badly some nights ago.
Bad enough to require crutches and a boot/cast monstrosity.
The ankle doesn't really hurt anymore and it feels like it's
healing up nicely, but there is some ugly bruising around it.
The crutches are a bitch though.
They are kind of painful to use (esp. if adverse to exercise)
and a completely exhausting form of locomotion.
I can barely go a couple of yards without needing to rest.
I dread going back to class.
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Temper: 
exanimate
exanimateMelody: *silence*
06 May 2011 @ 02:47 am
I've been spending a lot of time agonizing over where to go next... in life. I dunno what it is but I just keep flip-flopping between different possible career paths. And it's made all the more difficult by the fact that I haven't exactly figured out what I want to do yet.
Recently, I've thought about moving away from what I thought would be my rock-solid future in journalism. It's occurred to me that to have to constantly write to a deadline will quickly grow tiresome and essentially become a lifetime of homework. Not what I'm looking forward to. Plus, I've never turned in anything on time so that wouldn't exactly be an ideal situation. Therefore I readjusted. Mayhaps a life in publishing instead might not be too bad. Although, I have heard that the field is highly competitive; for that, I might as well tough it out in the fashion industry. The question I have to ask myself is what do I want to do, what would I enjoy doing daily? I know I want to stay close to the fashion field but I guess I just don't want to write about it. I think I'd actually really enjoy styling fashion editorials instead. Or working for a PR Agency, planning events. But it's hard getting into these avenues as they are mostly freelance or based on reputation. [Even photography might be fun but there's still the same problem]. Also, in that case, it would be beneficial to go to some fashion/trade school for the appropriate training. And having to search for all the proper companies and employers is just exhausting me. I don't even want to think about this anymore. I wish I could just skip to the part where I'm a successful adult.
And it's frustrating because I really wish I had spent some of my time in college doing something proactive or preparing for the real world in some way, which I suppose I never really believed would ever come. All those wasted summers could have been spent completing internships, exploring different jobs, and networking. Even while at school I should have joined all those extracurricular clubs I had wanted to. But who could possibly find the time? I swear, I don't know how those super students do it.
*sigh*
I do know the kind of lifestyle I envision myself living, the problem seems to be that I don't know the way to get there. I want the busy, exciting, perhaps even a little glamorous life in the city, among high profile people. I don't even want to be rich. I just want to be around the kind of people who share my same passions. I want celebrity without the celebrity. Of course, It doesn't help that I've been watching a lot of Sex and the City lately. That's kind of exactly what I want. (LoL) Not the sexual drama, but that sort of very networked lifestyle. They know a lot of people and cross a lot of industry boundaries, which is perfect for me and my indecisive nature. I'm interested in everything. I want to do everything.
Which leads me right back to journalism. It's the only way I can think of to get my foot in the door. And the easiest; job placement in competitive fields is just simpler as a graduate, I believe. I think if I just go into the magazine writing program at NYU I can get a job with an established publication, maybe meet people and transition into styling and event planning, or travel writing, or anything. With the connection I could possibly make, I might even make it into acting or modeling. Something fun. I just need to figure out that first step to take. *SadPanda*
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Recently, I've thought about moving away from what I thought would be my rock-solid future in journalism. It's occurred to me that to have to constantly write to a deadline will quickly grow tiresome and essentially become a lifetime of homework. Not what I'm looking forward to. Plus, I've never turned in anything on time so that wouldn't exactly be an ideal situation. Therefore I readjusted. Mayhaps a life in publishing instead might not be too bad. Although, I have heard that the field is highly competitive; for that, I might as well tough it out in the fashion industry. The question I have to ask myself is what do I want to do, what would I enjoy doing daily? I know I want to stay close to the fashion field but I guess I just don't want to write about it. I think I'd actually really enjoy styling fashion editorials instead. Or working for a PR Agency, planning events. But it's hard getting into these avenues as they are mostly freelance or based on reputation. [Even photography might be fun but there's still the same problem]. Also, in that case, it would be beneficial to go to some fashion/trade school for the appropriate training. And having to search for all the proper companies and employers is just exhausting me. I don't even want to think about this anymore. I wish I could just skip to the part where I'm a successful adult.
And it's frustrating because I really wish I had spent some of my time in college doing something proactive or preparing for the real world in some way, which I suppose I never really believed would ever come. All those wasted summers could have been spent completing internships, exploring different jobs, and networking. Even while at school I should have joined all those extracurricular clubs I had wanted to. But who could possibly find the time? I swear, I don't know how those super students do it.
*sigh*
I do know the kind of lifestyle I envision myself living, the problem seems to be that I don't know the way to get there. I want the busy, exciting, perhaps even a little glamorous life in the city, among high profile people. I don't even want to be rich. I just want to be around the kind of people who share my same passions. I want celebrity without the celebrity. Of course, It doesn't help that I've been watching a lot of Sex and the City lately. That's kind of exactly what I want. (LoL) Not the sexual drama, but that sort of very networked lifestyle. They know a lot of people and cross a lot of industry boundaries, which is perfect for me and my indecisive nature. I'm interested in everything. I want to do everything.
Which leads me right back to journalism. It's the only way I can think of to get my foot in the door. And the easiest; job placement in competitive fields is just simpler as a graduate, I believe. I think if I just go into the magazine writing program at NYU I can get a job with an established publication, maybe meet people and transition into styling and event planning, or travel writing, or anything. With the connection I could possibly make, I might even make it into acting or modeling. Something fun. I just need to figure out that first step to take. *SadPanda*
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Temper: 
frustrated
frustratedMelody: Evanescence - Sweet Sacrifice
01 May 2011 @ 03:11 pm
Home for a week. Wish it was longer.
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Temper: 
surprisingly jetlagged.
surprisingly jetlagged.Melody: Evanescence - Lithium
27 April 2011 @ 08:04 pm
Dear forlorn lovesick girls,
If you're having to play 'he loves me...... he loves me not...'
chances are he loves you not.
chances are he loves you not.
Sincerely, reality check.
(http://dearblankpleaseblank.com/permalin
Temper: amused
amusedMelody: *silence*
