Swear to God I didn't do it.

I am so sorry you guys. I had a Gilbert Blythe dream last night and now I'm re-obsessed with Anne of Green Gables. I spent two hours this morning trolling YouTube for fanvids. SEND HELP.


THIS ONE MAKES ME LIKE THE CONTINUING STORY. I DID NOT THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE.

And this. WHY. WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY. Stop it, Kevin Sullivan. STOP IT. Go bastardize Emily of New Moon or something. JEEZ.

Today was a good day. Apparently some cute guy checked me out/flirted with me today at work. However, I had no idea because I'm clueless like that. He bought a gift card, and after he left my boss was like "That guy was totally checking you out." And I made this face 0_0 She said she saw him looking at me and he noticed her looking at him (looking at me). She said she was telling me in her head "Look up. Smile." But like I said, I'm clueless in that area. When I helped him out though, I did notice that he was kind of cute. And then at Starbucks, after work, the lady taking my order called me 'beautiful' which made me :)

Also, I got out of work 2 hours earlier than originally scheduled; I had a delicious meal with my boss; I have a peppermint mocha from Starbucks; the company who owns the store I work at gave everyone a $20 VISA gift card; we're closing earlier than planned on Christmas Eve; it's almost Christmas; my dad, stepmom, and sister are coming over for Christmas Eve dinner and we're going to be watching their dog, Willy, while they're in DC (xmas to new years); I have Monday off (after having worked 7 days in a row this week); I have new Merlin and Never Mind the Buzzcocks to watch; I finally finished One Fine Day and I absolutely loved it; I'm going to be getting a new phone soon (which is good because the other day mine did some weird countdown thing and then turned itself off); I finally named my laptop Nakatsu; and there's more, but I'm too hyped up on caffeine and sugar to think properly.

If you guys really want to get me something, #1 on my Christmas list:


Also, I just sent out my Christmas cards. I've been a little distracted by RL, and I'm sorry if you get them after Christmas. But if you asked for one, you're getting one!

(i'm just basically redoing last night's post, but with gusto!)

Me: MOM THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE APARTMENT NEXT TO ME BUT I'M OKAY!!!!
Mom: oh. did you manage to save your new keyboard?
Me: ...
Mom: I guess not?
Me: MOTHER, THERE ARE FLAMES AND EXPLODING WINDOWS! SHOWERS OF GLASS! MY FLOOR IS ENGULFED IN SMOKE! I AM CALLING TO TELL YOU THAT I AM ALIVE!
Mom: well, i was just asking!

I'm really kind of freaked out still. My apartment was undamaged, but the fire was literally right next door to me, across the hall, and in addition to that apartment being completely toasted, the apartments around and below it were both destroyed. and i don't even have water damage from the sprinklers.

the creepy thing is that about 2 months ago i started getting a really strong feeling about getting renters' insurance in case of fire. i'm the most careless person in the world, and have been renting for the last 10 years without needing/wanting renters' insurance. this was a really urgent feeling, though. which, okay, the fire didn't even affect my apartment, but IT SERIOUSLY WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR and i am so amazingly lucky, and i'm even luckier to know that i would have had protection for the damage.

please, you guys, if you live in an apartment, get renters' insurance. it's really painless to do and it only costs like ten bucks a month, but it will save you so much worry and stress in the event of an actual fire, which i now know is scary enough on its own.


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i also wanted to elaborate on my fic rec from last night* because there've been very few Harry/Draco fics lately that I've enjoyed as much as this one. "Draco Malfoy's Travelling Theatre of the Strange and Spectacular" is an eyebrow-raising title, but it's also a quirky & oddball one, which fits the spirit of this fic to a tee.

This fic is completely charming and utterly hysterical, and also extremely, extremely hot. harry and ginny trying to inject sparks back into their love life is completely laugh-out-loud hilarious, and there is nothing more essentially harry/draco in the entire world than this:

"Blimey," said Malfoy, laughing. "You're terrible at sex."

Harry punched Malfoy in the face.

LOVE. Also i just need to emphasize again that the h/d is SMOKING HOT, and it's been a long time since i've been this enjoyably convinced that harry and draco can't keep their hands off one another forever and ever and ever.

oh, h/d, you are the ship of my heart.


*not the least because the author is getting a bit of a shabby treatment from ungracious commenters, and that kind of thing gets me very riled up and crusadery, as you all know; so please review this one if you can, and spread a little holiday gift exchange cheer. ♥

1. The apartment next to mine caught on fire tonight and destroyed three other apartments around and below it. No one was hurt and my apt. was miraculously untouched but HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS. It was such a close call.

2. THIS H/D FIC IS AWESOME AND YOU SHOULD READ IT RIGHT NOW.

It is rare for something to go viral at work, but this has been on every computer today.



It's a Russian lady "painting" pictures in sand. It's oddly mesmerizing.

On an unrelated note I licked 157 Christmas card envelopes this morning. YEAH, YOU READ THAT RIGHT. My tongue is sore and I have a papercut above my lip.

Just wandered downstairs between Friday Night Lights episodes to find the house oddly empty. Poked my head into where my sister was watching tv to ask where everyone had disappeared to, and was informed that, somewhere between an hour and two hours ago, my mum got a call from the hospital to say that her potassium levels were 'very high' and that she should come in right now. Like, tv-still-on, glass-of-wine-and-half-smoked-cigarette-still-on-the-table right now.

Er?

(She's not answering her phone, which isn't exactly helpful - but I am fairly confident that this is because my grandmother is probably custodian of her handbag while tests and whatnot are being run. And I'm not sure my grandmother would even know which side of a mobile phone to speak into, never mind the bleeping and the flashing and the pressing of buttons.)

My lovely and local Magestic Theater just emailed me to say that they have GREAT BIG SEA playing on Saint Patrick's Day. *GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* I'm so totally going!!! OMGYAY!!!!

The winchestmidwest registration is now open. I had a chance to sit down with my sister this weekend to start updating the website. We missed a couple of things so we'll get catch those in our second go-around.

I'm really excited!! This very well might be our last chance to get together as a group and talk about our hopes and dreams for the show while it's still on-air. We have some really cool panels and events up our sleeve and are pulling out all the stops. I hope you join us! :)

Taking a break from, uh, sucking at LJ to pass along the word: according to a recent changelog, LJ intends to implement a mandatory binary male/female gender field during account creation, removing the option for 'Unspecified'. If this makes you go "L;SEKFJSLDAHFSFUJFJFS!", as it rightly should, follow the link above to find out what you can do.

Lily (my cat): *jumps onto the table where my Nativity scene is displayed*
Me: Get down!
Lily: *bats at Baby Jesus until He falls off table*
Me: LILY!
Lily: *jumps off table and pounces on Baby Jesus*
Me: Leave Baby Jesus alone! You are going to Kitty Hell!!
Tara (on phone): Maybe she doesn't like spoilers!! She didn't know there was going to be a baby in the manager! She thought they were just partying in a barn!!

We just drew names for our "Year-End Non-Denominational Gift-Giving Exchange" and I got Becky. JOY. I'm actually thinking of getting her something for her dogs (she runs the local chapter of the Boxer rescue and is currently fostering three dogs). I was actually hoping to get Laura so I could buy her a book about how to be a good manager. *ba da bum*

I've had a semi-crush on Gong Yoo ever since I saw him in Coffee Prince and now that I'm watching One Fine Day (thank you, Crunchyroll) that crush is coming back pretty hard. It'd be one thing if I just found him attractive (which I do, especially when he smiles), but he plays the best romantic leads ever. Granted I'm saying this after having only watched him in 1 series and 4 episodes of another series, but still. Watching him act like he's in love for about 5 seconds and I already want to marry him and have his children *facepalm*



( Mini Gong Yoo picspam )

It has become a warped sort of holiday tradition to start caroling with all your FListers. As usual, this is all caffienekitty's fault.

"Jingle Bell Rock"

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NOW IT IS YOUR TURN. Post your own voice in your journal, here are the lyrics for you to interpret as you will. And the most important part - HAVE FUN. This isn't an audition for Glee, just have fun and belt it out. Singing is good for the soul. :)

I want to see your Christmas tree/Menorah/Festivus Pole!!

( Here are mine! )

I showed you mine, now I want to see yours!

Dude. I've mentioned a few times on this LJ how much I loved cindy_pon's Silver Phoenix. Here's a link to my Amazon review.

Apparently Amazon has put the hardback version (which is gorgeous) on sale here for just $7!. And i'm not a fan of amazon, but i am a huge giant fan of Cindy Pon, and I love this book!!!!! So please please please go buy it!!!!!

OH HECK COMMENT HERE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE COPY!!! gosh it's only seven bucks I MIGHT AS WELL. I'll draw 3 winners next Fri. along with the ones from the FNL giveaway, which you should also enter for love.

seriously, i love this book. it's kickass postmodern YA feminism meets fabulous textured Chinese folklore and Cindy Pon's wonderful imagination. I love it. You will too.

I'm going to finally stop being lazy and start getting those Christmas cards out, so there's still some time if you want one ^_^

It seems like things are really shitty for people right now. Let me just take a second to give you all a big, virtual hug - *HUG*

Things are quite shitty in my neck of the woods as well, and I'll admit that I've been sort of wallowing in self pity lately. There are a lot of worries with work (as in, I don't know how much longer I'll be working there), I have less money in my account than I've had since I started working (the holidays will do that), stress at home, and just your basic depression. I don't know. I'm still mostly enjoying things, but I don't feel like I have enough energy to share my joy/love. Hell, lately I haven't even been talking much IRL. A happy spacemonkeyluvn is one who doesn't/won't shut up, and I've barely been talking to friends or anybody.

Things that are happy-making:

* I got my first Christmas card yesterday. Thank you, arathesane!!

* ( Another pictures of the Toma/Pi hug, and from a different angle. Toma just looks so happy. )

* This picture taken by Dave Brown (aka Bollo) - 'Lazy lights. Genius'

* NSFW yet still somehow adorable Boondock Saints Q&A in which Norm gets teased for never talking, Sean is a dork and takes pictures of the crowd to show his mother, and they call Billy Connolly but get his voicemail. Oh, and I really want to know if the donut story is true or not.

* Community, especially the tags at the end of the episodes. Abed&Troy are too adorkable for words.

* Adam Lambert's 'For Your Entertainment'

* This Mighty Boosh photoshoot, though I wish they didn't have watermarks :(

* These boys: Kevin looks like a normal boy, Joe looks special (and why that hair cut?), and Nick looks a little possessed there. Bless.



There's probably more but I'm too cold, tired, and meh to think any more. Time for a shower, sleep, and then the dreaded work day. *le sigh*

Dear Glee,

You're right. My life would suck without you.

Love,
Me.

That was one fulfilling hour of television. CRIPES. Amber Riley can blow the ROOF off.