Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

( Christmas trees tickle my fancy. =) )

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

( The most recent picture of me that exists, from a few months ago )

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Yeah, I actually don't have one of those, nor do I have any way of obtaining one. So instead, I'll take my roomie Sarah's advice.

( lulz. )

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy( stockings! )

Our stockings. :) I would have posted one of the tree, but we decided not to until we had decorated it.

Eventually I'll get some Christmas icons. (I'll also start tagging my posts again. Damn it.)

So Sarah and I decided to put up our Christmas tree today. We have no lights, no tinsel, and only two or three ornaments; but we did it. And it was way, WAY more amusing than it should have been. Mainly because of what we started when we were sorting the different color/letter-coded stems to attach the branches to the core of the tree.

"Here, you hand 'em to me and I'll sort them by color and letter."

"Here's a D."

"B, or D? D. Okay, Sarah, You should tell me what they stand for, like, D as in David, or--"

"Here's a C, for uhh...cock."

"Cock?! Dude, there's a CAT right there and the first word in your head is cock?"

From there, the B's were boobs, the C's were cocks, the D's were dicks, and the F's were fucks. Which led to such statements as...

"Hold on, I've got another Dick in my hand."

"Dude, I don't like feeling the--" (referring to the branches)
"The Cocks?"

"Dude, you have four Boobs, I only have two. We've gotta split 'em evenly."
"Sorry, I'm hogging all the Boobs!"

That, combined with things intended to sound innocent, like, "Make sure you get it all the way into the hole," "I can't tell if it's in all the way!" and "Damn it, it's too loose!" and we were in stitches the entire evening.

Yep. Now that we're college students, we are independent, mature young adults.

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
( picturesss! )

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

YOUR MOM TICKLES MY FANCY. lulz.

Anywhoozle...what tickles my fancy, that isn't already on this list? How about...my favorite web sites?

http://www.mylifeisaverage.com - "average" stories that make ya giggle

http://www.livejournal.com (I think you all know that)

http://www.icanhascheezburger.com
http://www.punditkitchen.com

http://explosm.net (I love Cyanide & Happiness comics.)

...I don't have that many favorite web sites that everyone and their brother hasn't already heard of. So how about this: How about YOU recommend ME some good new places to waste my time?

On another note, life is full of drama. =/ Blahhhh.

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

A new favorite. "Will saying 'yes' get you in trouble at times? Will saying 'yes' lead you to doing some foolish things? Yes it will. But don't be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow. Saying 'yes' leads to knowledge. 'Yes' is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say 'yes.'"

On a random note, my father and my grandmother are talking about race, illegal immigration, and how our president is a Muslim. I want to verbally bitchslap both of them, and I'm biting my tongue only because it's Thanksgiving and I'd rather not have the Drama Llama over for dinner.

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

( four large-ish pictures for four FANFUCKINGTABULOUS books )

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

( This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. )

Also, I kind of forgot one of my FAVORITE SONGS on Day One, and then forgot to mention it on Day Two when I had meant to, so here you are.

Maybe I'm just reading too much into everything because I'm running on two hours of sleep. But it's been an odd day.

For starters, BECAUSE I'm running on so little sleep. For no apparent reason, I was unable to fall asleep until almost 5:00 this morning, despite having gone to bed around 1am last night. Up at 7:00am to make sure I actually attended my morning class for the first time in weeks. Good thing I did too, or I wouldn't have learned it was being cancelled on Wednesday and I would have gotten up an hour early for nothing that day.

Anyway, the weirdness kinda started in the evening, at my Honors class. We had a guest speaker from the LGBT Resources Center on campus, who talked to the class about some of the issues of "heterosexual privilege," some of the benefits denied to gay/lesbian couples, and giving the students a general better understanding of the LGBT community, kind of helping them past that awkwardness that can sometimes come with discussing the issue.

What's weird about this is, those who know me well know I've been pretty comfortable with my sexual orientation for a few years now. After my dad's second big freak-out, the whole schpiel of "all bisexual means is you'll fuck anyone" and "you're just going to be the dyke daughter from now on" and threatening to tell my grandmother who is the ONE PERSON I don't want to find out (there's already enough drama llama on my mom's side of the family, if grandma knew that she may very well disown the whole family), and a bunch of other hurtful words said...I kind of thickened my skin. Dad didn't talk to me for a couple weeks, and in that time, I thought, fuck it. If I can handle THIS, I can handle anyone's attitude. They can't control me. I won't let them make me feel ashamed.

And yet, throughout the first half of the presentation, I was afraid to say a word. ( Read more... )
Anyway, the other bit of news tonight...

I just found out my brother (who is in the Marines) is going to be deployed. Not for another year, but still. I don't know where he's going exactly, and I don't know the exact dates...but all I know is, it'll be my first Christmas without my big brother (unless he's deployed at the very end of the month). And...I'm worried.

My brother and I have never been especially close. But it would be impossible for me to disregard him because of that. ( Read more... )


Anywho, this has been a much, MUCH longer entry than I had expected. I'm sorry. I guess I just needed to rant a bit. Kudos to anyone who made it through all of that.

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy



Okay, that second one's not my FAVORITE, per se...but it's up there.

To be fair, the entire LotR series and a fuckton of 007 movies SHOULD be here too. But I don't remember which 007 movies were my favorites, as I haven't watched any in years. And LotR is a given for anyone who knows me.

And my darling friend Sandy mentioned this to me and, despite not having completed the LAST multi-day meme I did, I'm going to do this. And then attempt the other one again on some other occasion.

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

I'm sure some of these will be difficult for me...but I'm going to go for it anyway.

Day one: My favorite song. I have many, so I'll post a few of them.


Hokay. I think that's about enough...there are a lot more though. xD You know I suck at making decisions...

Sarah and I were sitting at our kitchen table doodling random shit, and I drew a sun in sunglasses and Sarah commented on what a stupid concept that is. So to make it right, I sketched--and, today, re-did in the Paint program--this beauty.



Only at 1:00am is this funny.

But I still find myself quite proud of it.

TOPFIVEMEME
Ask me to list my top five of anything! Top Five Songs? Top Five On Screen Kisses? Top Five Movies? Top Five Comic Books? Top Five Favorite Fictional Characters? Top Five Books? Top Five Music Videos? Top Five Web Sites? Top Five OTP's? Nothing is off limits! Ask for as many lists as you want.

Yeah. Katie's bored. And I haven't done a meme in a while.

Dear  roughly 52% of Maine,

FUCK YOU AND ROT IN HELL FOR ALL OF ETERNITY. KTHXBAI.

Really?! REALLY?! You are one of the most liberal states in the COUNTRY and even YOU can't recognize BASIC FUCKING EQUALITY. What the ever-loving FUCK?!

What IS it with people?

Can someone PLEASE explain to me why a straight person should feel so goddamn threatened by a relationship that will never affect them?! Can someone tell me why we have to overturn laws that have finally given people rights they've been waiting for all their lives, that they never should have had to wait for to begin with, that they should have been fucking given because they're human beings who deserve the right to marry who they love, just when those rights are finally within reach?

FUCK YOU.

Fuck you and the high horse you rode in on, that you can't seem to get off of. You arrogant, elitist, ignorant, self-righteous, insufferable cocksucking pricks.

Lil' bit of happy, lil' bit of  misery.

This has been the WEEK. FROM. HELL.

Saturday night/Sunday morning, I got into my first relationship in three years, sending me in a whirlwind of what-the-fuckery.

Monday, I spent ALL DAY between classes, appointments, and working hours I wasn't even scheduled for. I spent a grand total of an hour and a half at my apartment all day long. Only to come home and get really bad news about the health of someone I care about, and THEN find out really bad news about my new relationship.

Tuesday, just school and work. But I was so exhausted from Monday still that they were both unbearable.

Wednesday, my new relationship ended. Already.

Thursday...Well, see Tuesday.

Friday, I started coughing up a lung. I haven't stopped coughing since.

Saturday night, something good FINALLY happened...which I'll get to in a moment...

And then today, I wake up with a fever that just keeps getting higher, a cough that's worse than ever, aches all over my body, and just...fjdksafjdks;fja. Feeling like hell.

Not a very good week, sir. No, not at all.

BUT. I did get a cute guy's number for the first time ever. And the bonus? Said cute guy was dressed as Mario. YUS. Doing concessions at the movie theater, and I picked his line just for the Mario-ness.

Me: I now have the Super Mario Bros. theme song stuck in my head, thanks to you.
Him: Alright! *high five*
Me: *laughs* Old school Nintendo FOR THE WIN!
Him: Did...Did you just say that? Did you just say for the win?! Dude. I love you. We should hang out sometime.
Me: Haha. Yeah, okay.
Him: No, I'm serious! Do you know how hard it is to find the right brand of nerd around here? Do you live in St. Cloud?
Me: Yeah... *probably about fifty shades of red*
Him: Hold on, let me get a pen, I'll give you my number. We should definitely meet up sometime.

Moral of the story? Being a nerd PAYS OFF.

Normally this would be the part where I wander off to play some Mario Bros., 'cause I reeeeaaally want to...but I'm not going to contaminate Sarah's Super Nintendo with my germs. =(

My tongue is armed with so many daggers, but I'll keep them in my mouth and let them slice my gums. The blood tastes as bitter as my thoughts. I won't go back again.

But you could at least act like this was a tough decision. Like you almost, almost regret it.

~~~

Looks like I'm changing my Facebook status back to "single." Complications came up in his life that made him change his mind, I guess. I don't blame him--he does have legitimate reasons. But that doesn't mean I'm happy about it. Just when I'm FINALLY comfortable with--even, dare I say, optimistic about--the prospect of a relationship...

I don't look forward to trying to explain this to the seventy people who were so eager to hear details of my new beau.

I wish I was less logical.

I wish I was more naive.

I wish I fell in love too easily.

I wish I was reckless.

I wish I was willing to make baseless optimistic promises.

I wish I could take some of the burden for myself.

~

There are so many things beyond my realm of control that I would give anything to change, to fix, to something. My mind feels weird right now. Like it's shutting down entirely, but still whirling in its complex patterns. I'm having a hard time getting my head around life right now.

Dear Ex New Boyfriend,

Wow. I can't believe we got back together.

I can't even get my mind around the fact that I have a boyfriend, let alone that it's a guy I dated three years ago and never thought I'd really even be close to again. I changed my Facebook relationship status to "in a relationship" and couldn't bring myself to click "save changes" at first because it just felt WEIRD.

You're lucky you're adorable, you know that?

(And intellectual, and passionate, and sarcastic, and god DAMN it you know how to fuck with my head and I love that more than I'll ever admit to you.)

Jeez. This weekend did not turn out how I had anticipated. And to think I was that close to calling the whole thing off, and saying it isn't going to work.

Just one thing. You do realize you probably still aren't going to be getting laid anytime soon, right? Especially if we don't see each other often. It'll be a while before I'm totally comfortable with you.

I just...I can't get my head around this. You're my boyfriend. 

Erm...again.

Deeply confused,
Me

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So life is going a little unlike I would normally expect.

On a random note, I CAN HAZ EGG NOG.