massive update about massively important things like ice cream sweaters

[nicefinalbeam]

I accidentally deleted my dreamwidth layout, then I accidentally imported all my livejournal entries to dreamwidth twice making duplicates of everything and a mess of my journal, and then I typed all that as the beginning of this entry as a way to blame my lack of updates on something slightly inconvenient rather than the fact that I've been simultaneously busy and lazy. DAMN YOU, RANDOM ACTS OF DREAMWIDTH (Ilu, really).

I hope there are people out there still reading my entries and waiting to hear from me again. I hope there are people out there still writing so I can reconnect with you! I'm going to go through my LJ and DW flists this weekend and do some major catch-up. The friends I've made over the past 10 years (WOWOWOW) are truly important to me, even if it seems like I've been a very shitty online friend for 2012. ♥

Here is a list of random things that have happened in the month since my last status update.

HAPPENINGS of nicefinalbeam's life

-- Uncle passed away unexpectedly just before Superstorm Sandy, which made a mess of trying to get to a funeral because he lived in New Jersey. I want to get that part out of the way first so that we can move on to happier things because that stress and sadness is over now. ♥

-- I am apparently terrified of all insects, as when a perfectly innocent ladybug appeared out of NOWHERE in my bedroom and landed on my thumb, I screamed as if in serious danger. At least when it disappeared and reappeared on MY FACE at three o'clock in the morning, I did the decent thing and carefully escorted it outside. Maybe it was trying to tell me something.

-- ZE ELECTION. I was happy about it, nothing else to say on that aspect of things. What I really want to say is that Santa Claus was one of WV's candidates until October 31st, when he withdrew - which I assume is because shit gets real around this time for him. EVEN HALLMARK HAD HALF ITS STORE DONE UP FOR CHRISTMAS BEFORE HALLOWEEN. What the actual hell, I like ghosts! I'm going to make Halloween Cards a ~thing~

-- Been very, very busy at work! Things are going really great on that front I think. More and more I'm able to take initiative and do things that make me feel satisfied and not just like the implementer of everyone else's ideas. Social Media and Technology Specialist has such a nice ring to it, right? :D Commute is long, but the area is beautiful, so I can't complain.

-- TEXT MESSAGES I SENT ON NOV.14th (and all of them to tangiblewhimsy)

• I love sweaters on pets but I am a girl in that way and many ways including my literal gender
  
• Yesterday I bought ice cream and it was past its expiration date and freezer burned. I must make up for this today even though it is cold outside
  
• Who sells ice cream like that I should seriously get my money back but whatever lol
  
• If not for the melting I might even put a sweater on my ice cream
  
• I wouldn't even be the cliche single girl trying to replace a boyfriend with it I just think it would be really nice for me
  
• Sky is pretty world is pretty Nino spot is pretty over and out
  
• I am doing pelvic thrusts to Face Down while other cars look at me like I'm crazy this is all traffic is good for
  
• Sorry for the delay in responding a new road opened down the mountain and I was driving and screaming like I was on a roller coaster
  

-- I included that last bit because that's a typical day in the life. Except then I go home and watch too much television, including but not limited to 2 new additions of a random BBC period drama "The Paradise" (though it just ended in a very strange fashion) and "Happy Endings".

-- PRE-ORDERED ARAFES after many complications and near-tears moments. Honestly, I was worried it wasn't going to happen after CDJapan told me I couldn't use PayPal because I already existed in their system, then they wouldn't take my password, then I had to trick CDJapan by changing my PayPal email so they wouldn't recognize me anymore. PRE-ORDER BY STEALTH. But it was very much worth the 20 million page refreshes, and I apologize to anyone following me on twitter who had to witness my slow emotional destruction/rebuild.

-- I think I might literally pee my pants when the Lucky Seven special airs because can we talk about the brilliance of a Kimi wa Petto near reunion with Eita, Jun, and Satomi and also how fabulous Jun looks with his hair and his leather jacket and also MOAR BROMANCE PLZ and um... LUCKY SEVEN!!11!!1

That's all for now because I'm pretty sure that just took my entire lunch hour. OOPS. ♥

PS: A HOLIDAY CARD POST IS COMING. I want to send them! Be on the lookout for that, and also please link me to yours. :D