Delicious

Yesterday I hung out with a good friend of mine who I hadn't seen in a while. Separate colleges, busy schedules sort of thing. We did an early Christmas exchange; I gave her a coloring book of intricate Chinese designs (hope she likes it) and she gave me the best tasting stuff on the face of the Earth.

THIS
TEA
IS
DELICIOUS


I'm turning into an even bigger tea drinker lately since I have no money to spare for Starbucks and it's just plain nice to smell. Chai is my absolute favorite kind of tea and Gypsy's stuff is pure bliss. Just by opening the can is like shwoom! Fresh burst of spicy heaven...

I guess it's found at Safeway and conveniently enough, I live by everything but a Safeway. I shall make do. I will travel to the ends of the Earth to get more of this stuff if I have to! I'm rambling now. What I guess I'm trying to say is, thank you so much, friend! You are the greatest person in the world and I love you!

It's Been a While

Time goes by and I still have nothing interesting to post. :[
My first quarter ended with less than a bang (more like a squeak). College is out for the winter and I'm sitting toasty at home slightly depressed, despite the holiday spirit. I need more eggnog.

I also need more music, but I'm broke so this is gonna be another reminder playlist post for me. With an actual playlist!

Other titles I couldn't find links to:
I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles
Azur et Asmar
Lights Out - We Fell to Earth

NaNoWriMo

It's currently the last week of October and Halloween is well on its way (I'm so excited about my costume). Usually I hate skipping over this holiday, goddamn you early Christmas specials, but November is also an important month to think about and not just because of the grub.

The National Novel Writing Month is coming. 50,000 words in thirty days and I'm gonna do it! Which will be very interesting since my last work was only 23,000 something words and that took me well over four months to do. At the same time though, I was attending school everyday and had a slightly larger social life and of course all the angst a teenager can carry. I do not miss high school at all.

I have a plot all set in mind and I'm very excited about it. It's going to be a lot darker than my last one. No happy ending for dead children for you. I can't wait to really get started! Let's just hope I can get 'er dun in time.

Wild Thang

I saw it! I saw it! And Jesus, I cried at it (just a little bit)! This is definitely going on my list of movies that invoke emotion in me. You should know, this is a very prestigious list. There are very few films that make it on there:

1. Amelie
2. Where the Wild Things Are
3. What Dreams May Come

See what I mean?

It hit all the right tender spots. All the emotions I felt when I was little and still feel now, like Carol's desire to keep his friends together in one happy haven, his stress when things don't go as planned and he feels his friends are slipping away, and Alexander's feeling ignored and unimportant all the time. You don't know how bad I wanted to give that goat a hug. I found out there's an underlying reason for that too. Alexander's voice actor was Paul Dano, Dwanye from Little Miss Sunshine. That one melt down scene in the car made me love that guy.

But back to the Wild Things, Spike Jonze was the best man for the job. He turned a childhood favorite into a masterpiece and in some ways it almost felt like a more (I hate this word) mature version of the book. It's like the story (I hate these words too) grew up with us. It had so much depth with Max's emotions (Max Records for a first time nine year old actor did an amazing job) along with each of the Wild Things. I loved the way they conversed. It sounded exactly like how I used to talk on the play ground. "I have a shield that'll block all sadness," and such.

The moral of the story was more insinuated than just flat out said, something that most children's movies will do. It gave it a softer sort of feel, I think, and wasn't thrown in your face at all. You just came to realize it for yourself. And speaking of soft, the music! I've been listening to Karen O and the Kids - Hideaway all day. The soundtrack is a lullaby practically, with some rough edginess here and there.

There was maybe one or two scenes that were a little freaky (i.e. Carol gets reaaaallly mad), but nothing to really worry over. The movie is rated PG for a reason, but what I can't stand is people trying to discourage others from watching it. It's not this horribly terrifying thing that'll scare your kids to death. You're not taking them to Saw, for Chirst's sake, and it's not a Disney movie. Yes, there will be lots of roars and rambunctious behavior, but isn't that part of the fun of being a kid?

Anyway, I don't want to focus on the controversy. It was a great movie and I would (and will) gladly see it again soon. By the way, the stomach never looked more cozier.

Playlists and Posters

In a fit of stress and angst after a particularly horrible few days, I went on a spontaneous adventure today. Wandering around the wet cold streets of downtown Seattle will clear anyone's mind, especially if you make a pit stop at the closest Starbucks and Le Panier in Pike Place. I highly recommend getting a la framboise, just cause raspberries are my favorite kind of pick me up. The windows were open today and there's nothing as comfy as getting stared at by a huge group of old tourists while you eat. It's cool though.

I tried to hunt down the Soap Box, but ended up at the comic store in the basement instead. Bought myself a lovely Hendrix poster with the last of my money and now I have a new goal/obsession in mind. My walls have been bare for too long. I'm gonna decorate them with all sorts of junk. Besides, just that one poster up there looks lonely.

Also, I've been finding more and more music I want to buy that I can't find to download (illegally) anywhere. There's always torrents, but my computer's been kinda slow lately so I don't want to fuck it up anymore. Gotta make a list so I won't forget:

I Need a Man to Love - Janis Joplin
Damned - Wendy o Williams and the Plasmatics
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack
Your Friends are Gone - Circa Survive
Meet me in Montauk - Circa Survive
The Knife - Grizzly Bear (don't give me shit about them being hipster crap. I like em)
A Long Time Gone - Crosby, Stills, & Nash

First Can of Whoopass

Ahhh! I wanna rip my stomach out! Just a few days ago I turned in a horribly stressful essay (different from the one mentioned before) online after fighting with it for over a week. I had a hell of a time trying to research for it and put it all together. After I think I've done an okay job and I THOUGHT I met the 1000 word requirement (which was the knife in my belly) I submit it only to learn, NO! It's not long enough! Read the fine print next time, ya fool!

I've got till Friday midnight to resubmit it with a 10% reduction. Fuck me in the ass. All that stress that had left me over the blissful weekend has come back in full force. I don't want to fight with it again!

...But I also don't want to fail the class.

I just need help on what more to add since I think I covered all the topics really thoroughly. *sigh* I'll get someone to read it tomorrow. I hope the rest of my essays aren't like this. I should've never taken this class online. It's threatening me with ulcers.

[/just needed a rant]

Never Not Procrastinate

It gives you horrible anxiety if you don't. English class has been a bore for too long. Let me turn in what I thought was due a week ago, goddamnit. I'm gonna lose it!

Etsy has been trying to eat its way into my sadly poor pocket book lately. I want chokers and really badly. I've already run into two that I'm really considering buying as soon as I get some cash on my card. One pretty little hemp one and a key pendant from Coraline.

Do I need these items?
Absolutely not.

Do I care?
Not right now.

There are more lucrative things I wish to spend my money on currently. Halloween is on it's way and I know exactly what I want to do:



Hell yes.

Only problem is it's hard to find a good corset-like top to match my ratty skirt. I'm not about to go buy a sixty dollar dress at a costume only to shred it up. I don't have that kind of money (if I did, I'd abuse it horribly). I also need shells... and lots of them...