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So, ok, you all know that MASSIVE SNOW ARMAGEDDON THAT IS TERRORIZING THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION OF THE US?
Guess who's in the middle of it. :-(
Our internet was OK Friday, and then completely knocked out Saturday and Sunday. I'm slightly surprised that we have internet right now, so I'm taking the time to do whatever the fuck I can online in case the internets go away again. :-(
Mom Update: IT'S NOT CANCER! They took half her thyroid out on the 29th, and I was lucky enough to get the day off from classes to be there with my little sister and my family. Final lab reports came back last Wednesday, and the lump on it-the reason for the surgery-is NOT cancerous. She had her first day back at work today, and all is well. She's a little tired, of course, but she was well enough on Friday to squee with me via phone over Absolute Justice. Of course, her squee was over characters she recognized from childhood...mine was over the sight of Michael Shanks in some EXTREMELY TIGHT leather pants.
Me Update: I'm still good. Still battling my moving-out-roommate, but everyone had a rare moment of togetherness yesterday when we found out that school was cancelled today. Another moment of togetherness is predicted for later tonight when they discover that school's cancelled for the rest of the week. If I had any Bailey's left, I would totally get drunkypants this week. Alas, I traded my Bailey's for a McDonalds' breakfast Sunday morning. Thanks, other roommate on the other side of the apartment! Enjoy the Bailey's. :-D
Random Shenanigans
And now, the most fearsome of all LJ updates...
Random Wankage!
Red Army: Mother Nature hates me. She hates me so fucking much. Because of the storm, Rite Aid is closed, which means I can't get my birth control, which I'm on to help the bad symptoms that happen when the RA marches in. On top of that, I now have to wait AN ENTIRE FUCKING MONTH before I can start the pills again...which means next RA is going to most likely be HORRIFYING.
Representative John Murtha: On top of everything else, Pennsylvania Representative John Murtha died today. He has the distinction of being the first combat veteran of Vietnam to be elected to office, served 36 years in the US House of Representative, and did more for the state of Pennsylvania than anyone in Washington will ever really know about. However, his death only warranted 5 second announcements of the occurance and a shot of the flags being lowered to half-staff on MSNBC. I understand that when Teddy Kennedy died, it warranted more coverage, because his was expected and he did a lot of good for the country. Understand that I am not trying to take anything away from the coverage of Kennedy's death. I respected Teddy Kennedy as much as anyone. I just feel that with all the good Murtha did in the 36 years he served Pennsylvania, his death requires more than just a few 5 second announcements. He was just as important as Ted Kennedy, even though he was in the House of Representatives. If you're in the national government, serve your people for a long time and are well-loved and well-respected by the people you serve AND members of the opposite party? You deserve not to have coverage of your death pre-empted by Conrad Murray and Charlie fucking Sheen, who has been arrested probably as many years as you've been in office anyways. I said on Twitter that I would take on anybody who wanted to talk shit about Murtha now that he's gone, and I'm fucking serious. He was representative of my district for YEARS before PA did some redistricting mojo, so I know my shit. BRING IT THE FUCK ON. (Note: Anger may or may not be caused by the raging hormones caused by Random Wankage Point #1. You have been warned.)
Internet Fail: OH GODS I'VE BEEN LIVING THE LAST TWO DAYS WITHOUT INTERNET! This has been TERRIBLE, not only because I couldn't get on any of my games or anything, but because I was depending on my school email to tell me when everything would be up and running again and generally what the fuck else was going on with the campus.
Food Fail: Until yesterday, when Campy's started delivering again, I was down to cans of soup. This has been remedied by the fact that Campy's Pizza is now delivering. Since we're due for another rager tomorrow, I'm probably going to order from them again, just to stock up on food and caffeine. The shuttle to campus is running again, but I was outside to take the garbage out today, and once was enough thank you very much. I'm not waiting in that freezing-ass cold shit.
Headphone Fail: Minor wankage compared to everything else, but I've been without a pair of working headphones since Thursday night. My headphones died shortly after DJ Roomba on Parks and Recreation did. This isn't really as bad as I thought it would be, because my alarm clock has a docking station for my iPod, and I've figured out which volume I need to keep it at to prevent my roommates from bitching at me. Still, I'd LIKE to have working headphones again. Maybe will venture out to Rite Aid tomorrow if it's open to get crappy headphones to tide me over until I can get me some Skullcandy headphones at the school store.
Well, that seems to be about it for now. I'll sign off in manner of one of my favorite professors, Dr. Griffin.
Questions, Comments, Complaints, General Bitches? Leave it in the comments section. If my internet doesn't failcake again, I'll make sure to reply!
Guess who's in the middle of it. :-(
Our internet was OK Friday, and then completely knocked out Saturday and Sunday. I'm slightly surprised that we have internet right now, so I'm taking the time to do whatever the fuck I can online in case the internets go away again. :-(
Mom Update: IT'S NOT CANCER! They took half her thyroid out on the 29th, and I was lucky enough to get the day off from classes to be there with my little sister and my family. Final lab reports came back last Wednesday, and the lump on it-the reason for the surgery-is NOT cancerous. She had her first day back at work today, and all is well. She's a little tired, of course, but she was well enough on Friday to squee with me via phone over Absolute Justice. Of course, her squee was over characters she recognized from childhood...mine was over the sight of Michael Shanks in some EXTREMELY TIGHT leather pants.
Me Update: I'm still good. Still battling my moving-out-roommate, but everyone had a rare moment of togetherness yesterday when we found out that school was cancelled today. Another moment of togetherness is predicted for later tonight when they discover that school's cancelled for the rest of the week. If I had any Bailey's left, I would totally get drunkypants this week. Alas, I traded my Bailey's for a McDonalds' breakfast Sunday morning. Thanks, other roommate on the other side of the apartment! Enjoy the Bailey's. :-D
Random Shenanigans
- Belated happy birthday to the handsome devil on the lower left-hand corner of my LJ layout! David Selby turned 69 the other day. Yes, I told my mom, and yes, we both giggled.
- Taylor Lautner is legal sometime this week, so three cheers for my team, Team Goddamn I Wish Taylor Lautner Wasn't Underage. We can officially merge with "Team Goddamn I Would So Hit It Just Because It's Pretty" on Sunday.
- Thanks to Smallville on Friday, I now remember how hot Justin Hartley and Tom Welling are. However, Smallville and I are still broken up. I could be persuaded into the occasional one-night stand if they have any more Justice Society of America episodes, because I support ANYTHING that gets Michael Shanks into extremely tight leather pants.
- On a related note, February 5th is now International Dodgy Pants Day, commemorating the premiere of Absolute Justice, in which the extremely tight leather pants were worn for the first time. However, this day can be celebrated any way you want. I celebrated by watching Absolute Justice and prior to that, an episode of The A-Team. Because without the dodgy pants worn by Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz, the Dodgy!Shanksie!Pants would never have existed. Respect your dodgy pants-wearing elders, goddamnit.
- On another related note, while playing The Sims 2 on Saturday, I made a Sim that kinda looks like Dirk Benedict. In the sci-fi themed neighborhood. The only problem with that being the aforementioned Sim looks more like Face than Starbuck. Oopsie.
- On a final related note, I really think I need The A-Team on DVD. It's just too damned entertaining for me NOT to own it on DVD. Maybe I can convince Mom to buy it for me if I make the Dean's List this semester, or try really really hard to make the Dean's List. It's how I got All Creatures Great & Small.
- If I get any spare money at some point, I am totally buying Kitchen Confidential on DVD. Those of you who know of my recently rekindled Bradley Cooper fangirling (Was a major Alias fan and actually wanted to marry someone like Will when I was in high school) will be amused to know that the reason I got into that show when it premiered was Nicholas Brendon and NOT Bradley Cooper. *waves seasons 1 & 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the air* Zeppo Love! :-D
- Oh, I'm still taking questions for that meme. The link, in case you have something you want to ask, is here: http://collegeanna19.livejournal.com/123248.html
And now, the most fearsome of all LJ updates...
Random Wankage!
Red Army: Mother Nature hates me. She hates me so fucking much. Because of the storm, Rite Aid is closed, which means I can't get my birth control, which I'm on to help the bad symptoms that happen when the RA marches in. On top of that, I now have to wait AN ENTIRE FUCKING MONTH before I can start the pills again...which means next RA is going to most likely be HORRIFYING.
Representative John Murtha: On top of everything else, Pennsylvania Representative John Murtha died today. He has the distinction of being the first combat veteran of Vietnam to be elected to office, served 36 years in the US House of Representative, and did more for the state of Pennsylvania than anyone in Washington will ever really know about. However, his death only warranted 5 second announcements of the occurance and a shot of the flags being lowered to half-staff on MSNBC. I understand that when Teddy Kennedy died, it warranted more coverage, because his was expected and he did a lot of good for the country. Understand that I am not trying to take anything away from the coverage of Kennedy's death. I respected Teddy Kennedy as much as anyone. I just feel that with all the good Murtha did in the 36 years he served Pennsylvania, his death requires more than just a few 5 second announcements. He was just as important as Ted Kennedy, even though he was in the House of Representatives. If you're in the national government, serve your people for a long time and are well-loved and well-respected by the people you serve AND members of the opposite party? You deserve not to have coverage of your death pre-empted by Conrad Murray and Charlie fucking Sheen, who has been arrested probably as many years as you've been in office anyways. I said on Twitter that I would take on anybody who wanted to talk shit about Murtha now that he's gone, and I'm fucking serious. He was representative of my district for YEARS before PA did some redistricting mojo, so I know my shit. BRING IT THE FUCK ON. (Note: Anger may or may not be caused by the raging hormones caused by Random Wankage Point #1. You have been warned.)
Internet Fail: OH GODS I'VE BEEN LIVING THE LAST TWO DAYS WITHOUT INTERNET! This has been TERRIBLE, not only because I couldn't get on any of my games or anything, but because I was depending on my school email to tell me when everything would be up and running again and generally what the fuck else was going on with the campus.
Food Fail: Until yesterday, when Campy's started delivering again, I was down to cans of soup. This has been remedied by the fact that Campy's Pizza is now delivering. Since we're due for another rager tomorrow, I'm probably going to order from them again, just to stock up on food and caffeine. The shuttle to campus is running again, but I was outside to take the garbage out today, and once was enough thank you very much. I'm not waiting in that freezing-ass cold shit.
Headphone Fail: Minor wankage compared to everything else, but I've been without a pair of working headphones since Thursday night. My headphones died shortly after DJ Roomba on Parks and Recreation did. This isn't really as bad as I thought it would be, because my alarm clock has a docking station for my iPod, and I've figured out which volume I need to keep it at to prevent my roommates from bitching at me. Still, I'd LIKE to have working headphones again. Maybe will venture out to Rite Aid tomorrow if it's open to get crappy headphones to tide me over until I can get me some Skullcandy headphones at the school store.
Well, that seems to be about it for now. I'll sign off in manner of one of my favorite professors, Dr. Griffin.
Questions, Comments, Complaints, General Bitches? Leave it in the comments section. If my internet doesn't failcake again, I'll make sure to reply!