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01. I've written ten pages about Wonder Woman - the creator of which is a really fascinating person fyi - and though the topic was way more interesting than I thought it was going to be, I'm a little bored. TOO. MUCH. HOMEWORK. I have to do this big design project by Tuesday afternoon and it's kind of eating my brain and every once of creativity I have. Ugh. Hate finals week. Is it Thursday at one yet?
02. I caved and renewed my paid account. *sigh* I really shouldn't have, I know. I don't have the money to waste. There are more important things that I need to buy/pay for. Blah blah blah. I'm getting really sick of being responsible. Plus, I literally haven't spend a dime since I came back after Thanksgiving. My bank account has not changed in almost two weeks. I've had an LJ account for five years, twenty dollars every twelve months is a small price to pay for a bit of sanity. (I hate that I still feel a little guilty.) Speaking of being broke... I know, I know. STFU Hider, you just bought a paid account, way to be on top of things! I'M JUST SO SICK OF LIFE AND MONEY AND IT DOESN'T HELP THAT FINALS ARE THIS WEEK TOO AND I MAY HAVE TO MOVE WITH ONLY 24 HOURS NOTICE. *sigh* Basically it comes down to this:
I have just enough money saved to pay for my tuition and housing next semester. Columbia is a great school and I love it here, but their housing is ridiculously overpriced. It's convenient, spacious, and pretty nice, but too expensive. So I'm in the process of attempting to get out of my housing contract. I had to petition the board, write a letter explaining my situation, beg, exaggerate, and pray frequently. I should know by the end of next week whether they're going to let me.
The situation is that currently, as some of you may know, my mother has been living alone (which she hates) in our house in Indiana while working the job she's had since we moved there. Toe couldn't find work in Indiana because of the shithole economy so he found work in Madison, where he was living rent-free with a buddy. With both of their salaries, they can still afford to pay our Indiana house payment. Now, though, the work has run out for him and we're all faced with a decision. Toe can move back to Indiana and live with my mom, where he won't be ale to find a job and they won't be able to afford the house payment. Or he can take a job he was offered in Chicago but because we'd have to pay for him to live in a crappy apartment, they still wouldn't be able to afford the house payment. Since I live in campus housing currently, he can't stay with me for more than three nights at a time.
My solution is this. If I can get out of housing penalty-free (which is a big if), then I'm going to get a tiny studio or one-bedroom in Boystown (one of Chicago's neighborhoods) and pay for the rent with the money I had saved to pay for the dorm. Not only will this save me hundreds of dollars a month, but Toe can live with me and, when my mom finds a job in Chicago, she can move in to. My social life will be even more non-existent, we'll all be on top of each other, very cramped and I'm just not looking forward to the arrangement, but we'll be together and we've been through worse. Hopefully we won't have to do it for more than a year. When the house in Indiana sells, they can move out and get their own place and I can get a roommate. Or, at the very least, we'll be able to get a two-bedroom place.
So basically what I need is for all of you guys to cross your fingers, toes, and every appendage you got. Pray for my family if you're into that sort of thing, or just send good vibes our way. We really need for my petition to get approved.
03. I want. Real bad. I also need. Aimee and Jesse on the same cover?! I bet there's cute stuff inside too. Anyone found scans anywhere? Or live in Austin and want to scope it out for me? *bats eyelashes* Yeah, I didn't think so. *pouts* I being broke.
04. Ugly Betty 3x10
• Cristina's only seven months along?! WTF. Time passes slow in the Ugly Betty-verse. My God.
• For the record, I love Daniel and Molly. They're really cute and I think she's really good for him. Go them. Forget Connor, who I like but who is obviously not right for her. I do think him and Wilehmeia would be a better fit and he brings out the best less evil in her.
• I also love Claire Meade's all-knowing look when she witnesses flustered!Molly and excited!Daniel. Their scene was just all around great.
• In fact, the character dynamics in this episode were so spot on and full of awesome. Amanda and Betty are great together. I like that Amanda makes Betty losen up and Betty straightens out Amanda a bit.
• Cristina and Wilehmenia are just amusing as hell. As much as I love the bonding scenes between Betty and Daniel or Marc and Amanda, it's nice to see unlikely characters bonding too sometimes. (Plus, Cristina's face when Wilehmenia said 'unfortunately' Connor hadn't gone for it was priceless. Her mouth was a perfect o. Plus, her hair was great in this episode. Those little buns are adorable.
05. Chuck 3x09
• I personally feel like this was one of the weakest episodes of this season, which (so far) has been really great. I always appreciate some Casey back story but this one was kind of poorly executed, despite Marcus Dixon popping up as a bad ass sensei. (If there's one thing this show does well, it's fandom collisions. Arrested Development, The OC, and now Alias. Though I'm sure I'm forgetting more.)
• HOWEVER the episode gets major bonus points for the one-liners. I was thoroughly amused by Casey's metaphor skills when he smarted off to Sarah that "this from the agent that can't keep her chocolate out of Bartowski's peanut butter." It was really unexpected.
• Chuck's 'escape' from the fro-yo place was unrealistic, the fact that they acknowledged it's unbelievability with a MacGuyver reference makes it okay.
• The cake is taken yet again by Adam Baldwin, who used a Serenity line!!! During the final fight, Casey told Chuck "You are damaging my calm." In Serenity, Jayne acknowledges his River!hate by saying "She is startin' to damage my calm." It's small, yes, but it still made me happy.
02. I caved and renewed my paid account. *sigh* I really shouldn't have, I know. I don't have the money to waste. There are more important things that I need to buy/pay for. Blah blah blah. I'm getting really sick of being responsible. Plus, I literally haven't spend a dime since I came back after Thanksgiving. My bank account has not changed in almost two weeks. I've had an LJ account for five years, twenty dollars every twelve months is a small price to pay for a bit of sanity. (I hate that I still feel a little guilty.) Speaking of being broke... I know, I know. STFU Hider, you just bought a paid account, way to be on top of things! I'M JUST SO SICK OF LIFE AND MONEY AND IT DOESN'T HELP THAT FINALS ARE THIS WEEK TOO AND I MAY HAVE TO MOVE WITH ONLY 24 HOURS NOTICE. *sigh* Basically it comes down to this:
I have just enough money saved to pay for my tuition and housing next semester. Columbia is a great school and I love it here, but their housing is ridiculously overpriced. It's convenient, spacious, and pretty nice, but too expensive. So I'm in the process of attempting to get out of my housing contract. I had to petition the board, write a letter explaining my situation, beg, exaggerate, and pray frequently. I should know by the end of next week whether they're going to let me.
The situation is that currently, as some of you may know, my mother has been living alone (which she hates) in our house in Indiana while working the job she's had since we moved there. Toe couldn't find work in Indiana because of the shithole economy so he found work in Madison, where he was living rent-free with a buddy. With both of their salaries, they can still afford to pay our Indiana house payment. Now, though, the work has run out for him and we're all faced with a decision. Toe can move back to Indiana and live with my mom, where he won't be ale to find a job and they won't be able to afford the house payment. Or he can take a job he was offered in Chicago but because we'd have to pay for him to live in a crappy apartment, they still wouldn't be able to afford the house payment. Since I live in campus housing currently, he can't stay with me for more than three nights at a time.
My solution is this. If I can get out of housing penalty-free (which is a big if), then I'm going to get a tiny studio or one-bedroom in Boystown (one of Chicago's neighborhoods) and pay for the rent with the money I had saved to pay for the dorm. Not only will this save me hundreds of dollars a month, but Toe can live with me and, when my mom finds a job in Chicago, she can move in to. My social life will be even more non-existent, we'll all be on top of each other, very cramped and I'm just not looking forward to the arrangement, but we'll be together and we've been through worse. Hopefully we won't have to do it for more than a year. When the house in Indiana sells, they can move out and get their own place and I can get a roommate. Or, at the very least, we'll be able to get a two-bedroom place.
So basically what I need is for all of you guys to cross your fingers, toes, and every appendage you got. Pray for my family if you're into that sort of thing, or just send good vibes our way. We really need for my petition to get approved.
03. I want. Real bad. I also need. Aimee and Jesse on the same cover?! I bet there's cute stuff inside too. Anyone found scans anywhere? Or live in Austin and want to scope it out for me? *bats eyelashes* Yeah, I didn't think so. *pouts* I being broke.
04. Ugly Betty 3x10
• Cristina's only seven months along?! WTF. Time passes slow in the Ugly Betty-verse. My God.
• For the record, I love Daniel and Molly. They're really cute and I think she's really good for him. Go them. Forget Connor, who I like but who is obviously not right for her. I do think him and Wilehmeia would be a better fit and he brings out the best less evil in her.
• I also love Claire Meade's all-knowing look when she witnesses flustered!Molly and excited!Daniel. Their scene was just all around great.
• In fact, the character dynamics in this episode were so spot on and full of awesome. Amanda and Betty are great together. I like that Amanda makes Betty losen up and Betty straightens out Amanda a bit.
• Cristina and Wilehmenia are just amusing as hell. As much as I love the bonding scenes between Betty and Daniel or Marc and Amanda, it's nice to see unlikely characters bonding too sometimes. (Plus, Cristina's face when Wilehmenia said 'unfortunately' Connor hadn't gone for it was priceless. Her mouth was a perfect o. Plus, her hair was great in this episode. Those little buns are adorable.
05. Chuck 3x09
• I personally feel like this was one of the weakest episodes of this season, which (so far) has been really great. I always appreciate some Casey back story but this one was kind of poorly executed, despite Marcus Dixon popping up as a bad ass sensei. (If there's one thing this show does well, it's fandom collisions. Arrested Development, The OC, and now Alias. Though I'm sure I'm forgetting more.)
• HOWEVER the episode gets major bonus points for the one-liners. I was thoroughly amused by Casey's metaphor skills when he smarted off to Sarah that "this from the agent that can't keep her chocolate out of Bartowski's peanut butter." It was really unexpected.
• Chuck's 'escape' from the fro-yo place was unrealistic, the fact that they acknowledged it's unbelievability with a MacGuyver reference makes it okay.
• The cake is taken yet again by Adam Baldwin, who used a Serenity line!!! During the final fight, Casey told Chuck "You are damaging my calm." In Serenity, Jayne acknowledges his River!hate by saying "She is startin' to damage my calm." It's small, yes, but it still made me happy.