Things that have happened in my life as of late:

+Basically moved back to Nashville, and thank God, because the Murf is the Pits and boy, I really hates it. I went back into town on February 1st for the Reidiversary Party and this is only the third time I've been back to the house since then. I stayed at the Responsibility Center for its last month of occupancy and then I moved with Reid and Caitlin to their sweet new apartment. I sleep on a mattress in their living room, and Becca usually sleeps on the couch. It's pretty swell.
    Plus, after I've worked for a while, paid off my debts and saved up a bit and all that, Becca and I are thinking about rooming together, which I think will be the greatest. We get along really well, we have pretty similar taste, and I think we'd make a quite cheerful little household. I don't want to live alone, it would be way too depressing to come home to an empty apartment every night, so this will be great. Hopefully we can find somewhere not too devastatingly expensive in West End Park, near Reid and Caitlin and everything in our lives.

+Have not one but two new jobs, like J-O-B jobs. I work at Bruegger's Bagels with Caitlin on the weekends, although the manager, Angie, said that she's going to put us on full time as soon as she can thin out the employee roster a bit, and that'll be sweet. We'll be making mad money. Caitlin doesn't like it there as much as I do, but I like it plenty. It'll be more exciting when the Vandy kids are all back, and by exciting, I mean mad busy.
    I also work at the Green Hills Regal Cinema 16, which is kind of hellish but pretty much worth it, since they give me loads of hours and I of course get to see free movies. I've already seen Juno, In Bruges, and Be Kind Rewind, and I think I'm going to use my free in on movies to my advantage and start writing reviews. There's no reason not to. There are some super bitchy customers, but I suppose that's to be expected of rich Green Hills housewives.
    I cannot wait for these paychecks. They will 100% make it all worth it.

+Watched the entire first season of "The O.C." with Caitlin and sometimes Becca and Daniel as well, it's amazing, in a really terrible overly dramatic sort of way. It's like a train wreck. It's awful, but I can't look away. It feels so good to watch it. And to talk at it, which I think entertains Caitlin half the time and the other half annoys the blue shit out of her. But it's so good to jibe at. And I'm just waiting for the day when I get to watch Marissa Cooper die. Uh, glorious.
    And on a TV note: Christian won "Project Runway" and even though he's kind of an annoying little queen, he deserved it and I was so psyched that Rami didn't win, because his designs were crap and his colors were awful and Christian was better in almost every way. That's two PRs in a row where my favorite has won, so...? Season 5? Yeah, I've got your number.

+Discovered that Chubbs is the best DJ of all time, and that dancing is possibly the most fulfilling thing I can do. I love to dance my ass off like a fool. It rules. Chubbs was a finalist in a DJ spin-off hosted by the Nashville Scene at Play last Friday (the 29th, I think?) and even though I was dead tired and still a little sick with the flu, and had to get up at six the next day to work my first shift at Bruegger's, we went to support him. The other DJs were good, but then Chubbs (who goes by DJ Keno when he's working) came on, and he was just phenomenal. The competition literally didn't stand a chance. His mixes are all so good, and he was playing stuff that was really hard, super heavy beats and such, and everyone in the entire club was on the floor dancing. People who didn't even know him personally like we did were starting up chants of "Keno! Keno! Keno!" and singing at the top of their lungs when they knew the words and clapping when he started up a clap and just generally jumping around and being crazy. I got a total stitch in my side from dancing so hard, but I endured through his 25 minute set, even though I was practically dead on my feet, because it was that good. Plus, part of the judging process was crowd participation, and so we had to dance to show our support. Chubbs was obviously having the time of his life, and it was awesome.
    Afterwards, we were like, "Chubbs, you're the man!" and he replied, all euphoric and out of breath, "That felt like blowing a virgin load. It felt like I'd been waiting my whole life to do that, just now. I was like, 'Yeah, man, go ahead, take off that shirt! Let it all hang out!' I had a total boner, and I didn't give a shit!" We had to go, so we didn't stay for the announcement of the winner, but he called us later, and he totally won! He's going to DJ at a huge music event in Miami called Ultra, this weekend, I think, and if I wasn't already going to Chicago I would love to be there. Justice is DJing there too, I want to go so bad! But of course there's no way, but it would be the greatest.
    When I become rich and famous, I want to hire Chubbs to follow me around everywhere with his turntables and some big speakers all rigged up on a Segway, and he can DJ my life. The end.

+I'm going to Chicago this weekend for Ratricks and I'm pretty sure it's going to be sweet, especially since Mr. Lovelace will be attending as well, and everyone gets to meet him. I think it's going to be a lot of fun. I guess I'll post more about it after it happens.

There's more stuff, but I'm tired now, and I still have more laundry to do, so I'd better sign off.

I thought it'd be easiest if I put my Christmas Wish List on my livejournal, with lots of choices, obviously not expecting to receive anything close to all of them, but with enough variety so that anyone who might maybe want to get me something would have an idea of what to get.

big stuff options (parents, this would be for you)
1. a new iPod (white, 30G or higher) (I'm running out of room on mine, and the lithium battery's probably about to eat it)
2. Guitar Hero 2 (pack with guitar controller, as I don't have one) (so sue me, I like it)
3. external hard drive
4. computer speakers

medium stuff options
1. "The New Doctor Who" seasons 1 and/or 2
2. "Queer as Folk" seasons 1 and/or 3
3. Karaoke Revolution (any except Party, which I already have, or Country or American Idol, which both would obviously suck)
4. Katamari Damacy (I have We Heart Katamari already, and I would love to have Beautiful Katamai, but it's on SuXBox 360 and I neither own nor particularly want one)
5. "Scrubs", any season after 3
6. Superbad Unrated & Extended Edition
7. Knocked Up Unrated & Extended Edition
8. Daywatch Unrated
9. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (can you believe I've never seen this?(!))
10. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, and/or Dexter in the Dark, all by Jeff Lindsay, although I would like to read them in order.
11. Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
12. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD

smaller stuff options
1. alcohol! (I have the craving for Bailey's these days, but I also like Amaretto and Dr. McGillicuddy's vanilla liquer, thanks to Mike, and plenty of other things. I am kinda girly about it and I do tend to prefer them sweet)
2. candy! (NOT sugar free pref., and I'm not the world's biggest fan of chocolate all the time, I do like gummi sharks and octopi, Chupa Cups, Japanese candy, just in general more sugary and light than rich and heavy)
3. octopi in general
4. Target gift card(s) (the best, really)
5. gift certificate to a stationery store (I would ask for just stationery, but I'm so picky, I'd like to choose for myself)
6. David Bowie stuff (not so much music as merchandise)

So, there you have it. Just thought I'd make it easier, mostly for the parents, since they sometimes seem to need a little hint. (^hint.)

I've dressed up A LOT, but I guess these are my best attempts. In chronological order:


A picture of Dethklok for comparison.

This is us as Dethklok from "Metalocalypse" for Hypericon III (June 2007); I'm William MurderfaceMurderface Murderface, a.k.a. Murderface, at the far right. The hardest thing here was definitely the props, although I can't take any credit for those. Fibi (Pickles the Drummer, just to the left of me) made the Gibson Explorer in Becca (Skwisgar Skwisgelf, far left) and the Dethphone out of papier mache, and they nearly drove her crazy. Elizabeth (Toki Wartooth, second from the left) made my diamond studded codpiece, also out of papier mache, and studded it herself with rhinestones. She also helped me cut down a huge afro into the trapezoid shape of Murderface's hair. We all bound down our chests, and some of us had felt facial hair or extra makeup. I guess the hardest part of this was... I had to be Murderface all day?




A picture of Emma Frost for comparison.

Fibi wanted to be X-Men characters for the first day of Hypericon 3, and Emma's costume was the only one that didn't look too much like unmitigated whorehell (although most of Emma's costumes do) that we could conceivably scrape together for me in the one night that we had before the con; I am, of course, Emma Frost a.k.a. the White Queen, pictured at the far left. (Elizabeth was the Doctor from "The New Doctor Who" (tenth incarnation as portrayed by David Tennant) and Fibi was Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris. Fibi's costume in particular was really awesome and she put a lot of work into it.) The white trench coat was a Clinique lab coat Fibi had from somewhere that she cut the sleeves off of and sewed; Fibi made the X-buckle on the belt out of cardboard; we found white yoga pants; I already owned the go-go boots. The hardest part of this costume was definitely the shirt. As one can see from the comparison picture, Emma's shirt forms an "x" over her breasts and torso, so I had to alter a white t-shirt and use some of the scraps to make the collar as well. I'm not much of a sewer, and it was my first time really using a sewing machine or working with t-shirt fabric, so I didn't know there was a certain way to do it so that the hem stayed even. All of my seams look like they were made by someone in a drunken rush. I was in a rush. I was mournfully not under the influence of any substance but adrenaline as I powered through the wee hours of the morning like a ferret trying to perform an emergency lobotomy with a sautering iron. But I think I ended up looking pretty good.




A picture of Chii and Freya for comparison.

I was Chii from the Clamp manga "Chobits" for MTAC Go! (fifth annual Middle Tennessee Anime Convention) in April 2005. The dress was one that Fibi got off the internet, and it was really nice for the purpose, and I already had the shoes and socks, bought a french maid kit for the accessories. The hardest parts of this costume were the wig and the ears. The wig was super long and needed bangs, which we cut a little too short, so they stuck up funny, and then we had to put those spools of pink yarn over the front tresses and secure them somehow, which was a pain in the ass. The ears we made from craft foam and heart shaped brackets, and since I always seem to forget to do something clever like go to the internet for help to see if anyone has already done something like the project I am then attempting and would therefore have useful tips, I just played it by ear and experimented until we got these. Kudos to Elizabeth and Rose, they helped a lot with those, as I remember. I've seen better Chii costumes since, but mine was definitely the best out of the three Chiis that were at that con. (OMG that sounds so lame and petty... but it was true.




A picture of Tyler Durden for comparison.

I was Tyler Durden from Fight Club senior year for Halloween (2004); Fibi was the Narrator and Katie was Marla Singer. Most of our clothes weren't so hard to get, as the red leather jacket lent to me by Alex Jenkins (female), and Tyler Durden already looks as though he only shops at Goodwill and stores that cater to male strippers. We once again bound down our chests with ace bandages, so that kind of sucked all day, but it was still pretty sweet. Fibi printed out about twenty of Tyler's business cards for the Paper Street Soap Company and tied them to bars of pink Dove soap with twine and put them all in a briefcase for me to carry around. We also had baseball bats and fake cigarettes (we were in school). The hardest part was the wigs, seeing as mine was a hillbilly mega mullet like David Spade's in Joe Dirt and Fibi's was some sort of weird 80s hair band-esque thing, so we had to cut them both to shape and style them a bit. I wished that Fibi's had been a better wig, cause hers does look a little weird, but mine turned out awesome. We also made Fibi look beaten up and made latex kiss scars for the back of our hands, although you can't really see those in any of the pictures. All in all though, I think Tyler Durden might have been my personal best. Fibi said that it was disconcerting sitting next to me in class, because she'd glance over at me and think I was a tiny Brad Pitt.




A picture of Jules Winnfield for comparison.

I think this was the first time that Fibi and I dressed up for something together, and also the first time we cross dressed. This is Jules Winnfield (me) and Vincent Vega (Fibi) from Pulp Fiction, and we did this for Switch Day (students dress as teachers and vise versa, boys dress as girls and vise versa, etc.) for Spirit Week spring semester junior year (2004). We just found black men's suits at the thrift store, bound down our breasts for the first time, and drew his silly facial hair on me with black eyeliner pencil. This was the first afro I bought for costuming (I have two afro wigs, I just realized, which is kind of bizarre for a young white girl), but I didn't really cut it down enough for it to be just right. Fibi taped a bunch of flashlights inside of that briefcase so that when one opened it a glowing light shone onto one's face, but the flashlights didn't have a very high wattage and so the effect wasn't quite the same. But it was still pretty badass.


There are a bunch of others, like Princess Leia Organa from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (midnight premier of Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith), Will Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean (Tennessee Renaissance Fair Pirate Weekend, May 2006), Inara Serra from "Firefly" (Hypericon 2, June 2006), Dean Venture from "The Venture Bros." ("The Venture Bros." Season 2 premier party), Janet Weiss from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Little Morals Cast performance, Halloween 2006), Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (midnight premier of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 11 July, 2007), school-age Sirius Black from Harry Potter (midnight release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 21 July, 2007), and Malcolm Reynolds from "Firefly" (University of Wisconsin at Madison's first annual Geek Kon, 6 October, 2007). They're all pretty good, but usually someone else in the group either put more work into it or just had a more impressive final product, or they were just sort of thrown together.

Suffice it to say, I'm kind of a little girl who still likes to play dress up. Except that when I grew up, I discovered that most of the cool people to cosplay as were male. Go figure.

So, I haven't posted since June, but then again, there hasn't been too much going on in my life. AT ALL. Which means that nothing has changed.

Just watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Brent. He liked it; I was glad.

Also just took a shower, and it felt great.

That's it.

The End.

I'm not sure I need to say anything.

okay, so you guys already know about my pirate eye:


It's not my favorite thing about me, but it's not the worst, either. It can be kind of cute when it's not in the extreme, as seen here, and at least it's distinctive.

But I was kind of disgusted to have it when I found out that I share this quirk with someone we all know and... um... love...? hate...? ignore...? are annoyed by?

Who is it?

You guessed it!



I think I'm going to go vom now.

So we saw the house yesterday, and it is a-mazing. It's enormous, we were walking through it with Carmel, the owner, and it just. Kept. Going. They've recently renovated the place, too, so it's super nice and clean. The two full bathrooms are large and immaculate. There's hardwood floors, the washer and dryer in the unit, and the kitchen is really, really nice, there's two entrances, and two different rooms that can serve as the living room, and the location's so great... I want to move in right now.

There's two other groups applying for it, so we've got to get our applications and references in superquick. Carmel said they'll probably be deciding early next week. Even if just one of us has our applications and such in, I think that might be enough. Parker and maybe Daniel are going to live with us there as well, and that will lower each of our rent significantly with the five of us splitting it. Oh, I want it so, so bad. I will be so sad if we don't get this place.

We watched Smokin' Aces this morning, and it was a little bit disappointing. I was expecting way more action. The action that was there wasn't too bad, but still, I wanted it to be like, non-stop, as exciting as all the previews were making it out to be. And Ben Affleck has the best role of his career in this movie.

I guess that's about all there is to report. I need to get off my ass and out of Nashville, as I have a bunch of errands to run and things to do in the Murf.

Ta, bitches.