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Wednesday, December 26th, 2012 02:59 am
evila_elf: (Sherlock with violin2)
Hope everyone had a great Christmas/Holiday.

I have a handful of little things to babble about, so thought I would toss them all together in one post. Maybe you'll find something interesting here? lol

--I was just reading a blog entry about what books the blogger couldn't finish reading. And she gave this quote:
To my mind, the true sign of a great work of nonfiction is its uselessness; it should enthrall even when it has no practical application or even relevance to one’s own life and problems.
This. So much. Many times I have found myself nose deep in a nonfiction book about a subject I have no interest in, but the way it was written made me unable to put it down for long.

--I spent about 6 hours in the kitchen making brownie cookies (thin and crunchy and yummy) and two batches of cinnamon swirl bread for coworkers and any friends I happen to run into during the next few days.

--Congrats all on the world not ending :) I had to work early the next day, so I couldn't stay up for the countdown (was supposed to 'end' at 3:11 pacific time). I went to bed about 2:30 and had a hard time going to sleep. Just about when I started drifting off (around 3am I think), the septic alarm went off and scared the shit out of me. It is right by the bedrooms in the back of the house and the noise sounds like the deep warnings on a submarine (Beeeeepppp Beeeeeeepppp Beeeeeeepppp). So that was a jump start I didn't need.

--The next day, we had a 'celebrating surviving the end of the world' party where we read some stories we wrote. I read some of my NaNo novel, which was about the end of the world. I started out by saying that I lost motivation with it because if we see 2013, then the novel would be redundant. And if the world ended...there was no point in stressing through November lol. So screwed either way!

--I saw The Hobbit again on Sunday. This time in 2D. It was just as good the second time as it was the first. And I think I enjoyed it even a little more. 2D was way better than the 3D, sad to say. Anything involving the birds was awesome in 3D, and that was all I missed. It was such a busy movie that making the foreground pop out at you completely buried the background.

--There was a spider in the bathroom (they always end up there), and it was running across the ceiling. I cautiously went to sit on the toilet, thinking it was funny looking as it ran across the ceiling overhead....then all of a sudden it dropped straight down at me. I fell off the toilet to get away from it *sigh* (which scared it back up to the ceiling).

--You know how there is no such thing as too much candy? Yes there is and I think I have reached that point. Uugh.

--I've been writing a fic where Sherlock has been blinded and, out of curiosity, I decided to see how long I have been working on it. 11 months. *winces* Though it is about 14k words so far and I finally know where I am going with it. Been sharing it to several critique/writing groups, and needing to submit part of it every few weeks has been my motivation for writing any of it, so cheers for Critique Groups :D

--I am so excited for the new Star Trek movie that I'm trying to limit thinking about it. May!!! Uugh! *whimper*

--I signed up for Reddit Gifts Exchange and got an adorable blue kitty bracelet....But I also got something else - a kitty keychain. Did anyone here send it to me? As far as I know with RedditGifts, you only exchange one thing. This had no note and came from Hong Kong. On the address, it had my name, then c/o evila_elf, which is exactly what the first Gift had said and the reason why I think it came from there.
No sender name either, just address. So confused!

--I am addicted to a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game) called Shaiya. The chat system is annoying and very hard to read, so I've not really played with anyone yet, but the quests are like endless and there are so many different levels of worlds. Took about a day to download it, but worth it so far :D


...I think that mostly covers things :)

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Sunday, August 8th, 2010 12:41 pm
evila_elf: (Default)
Saw this quote. So true:
"If we all keep our god(s) to ourselves, we'll all live longer."

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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 03:19 pm
evila_elf: (House--Animated Odd Couple)
Damn, still rich text mode.

Got a bunch of stuff to babble about :-)

Sorry about no new clips of RSL reading 'Applewhites.' YSI is being a pain and I can't get anything uploaded.
Also I need to type up a review of the House finale..

On my last Sunday until the fall (couple weeks ago), I was poking though a book. I have a habit of randomly grabbing books off shelves--quite often I end up grabbing something that is damaged or has papers stuffed in them. Anyways, the book I grabbed was called 'That Book of Perfectly Useless Information' I was flipping though the beginning of it where there were tons of quotes from celebrities about various subjects. I Got to page 6, skimming along quote about fathers when this caught my eye:
Hugh Laurie:
"I looked up to my father too much to really open up my heart to him. We were almost formal. I did not tell him I loved him. All I can do is hope he would have known."
No idea if that has been put up anywhere, but I love the quote! And, it is probably the only time Hugh is mentioned in the book, and I turn practically right to it! (No celeb. index in the back to check)

Last week I went though a phase of going to bed at about 5 am. So wierd to go to bed as it was getting light and the birds were chirping!! If I could get up whenever I wanted to, I would love to be able to go to bed at that time every night!
But, I got in trouble 2 days ago and now have a 2am curfew *grumbles*

I had an odd RSL dream several nights ago.
I was doing something on a computer for a TV station. I think I was supposed to be feeding actors interview lines or something. RSL was the actor and I somehow managed to screw up, so the interview ended early. My thought: "The fan are going to kill me!!!" *panic*
I think RSL felt sorry for me because he gave me a little hug, hehe. Not much, but I will take what I can get!!

Been raining the last few days, so I don't have to water any of Mom's damn plants! *happy dance* 
She had been saying that she was going to cut down on plants when we were moving...now she has more than ever!
And my plum tree has one plum on it this year. It looks so lonely lol

Gotta leave for work in a half hour or so. 20 minutes earlier than I need to leave, but I like to get there early so I can read or write in the staff room. I can always read and write here, but it is fun to write in a different setting...and to try to keep the smut hidden as coworkers wander by!

Coulda swore I had more to say....
...oh well...I can always make another post :-)

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