Today, I:

1. Qualified for the National Merit Scholarship. Um, yay?

2. GOT U2 TICKETS OMG. *HYPERVENTILATES, FLAILS, PASSES OUT FROM FANGIRLINESS*

Yes, today is officially epic. ^______^

When you're in the process of tearing down your life -- in my case, being forced to organize or dispose of most of the things in my room in preparation for putting the house on the market -- there's drama, anger and more general upset than you can shake a stick at. Rather than throw a(nother) fit, I took a breath, put on U2's Pop CD, and started ( Read more... )

+ How many of you guys watch Clone Wars, out of curiosity? Anyway, I've been following it for a little while, and decided to join this one capslock comm for it on my other journal. I'm beginning to think that was a mistake. While, yes, I appreciate the hilarity of slash, awkward lines and Obi-Wan/Ventress madness, the whole "let's sexualize Anakin' ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be working right now. I have days of studying left to do for finals and the SAT, and I'm trying to write an essay on Tolkien that could get me to England for two weeks this summer ( Read more... )

Today was mildly disappointing -- passed my murderous Physics midterm with a B, but came home expecting to get the new U2 single on iTunes only to find that it'll be out today next month. At least it'll be a perfectly-timed birthday present, then.

At any rate, have a meme!

( Road Trippin'. )

So I bought the U2 Popmart concert DVD yesterday, and came to this conclusion:

You know a band is something special when, even bedecked in the most rediculous outfits you've ever seen, accompanied by an astronomically trippy lights display and emerging from a giant mirrorball lemon-spaceship, they still manage to make you tear up a little over the ( Read more... )

Guys, I need music recommendations ( Read more... )

 Dear U2: Thank you for being amazing in every way, shape and form. You are made of win, and I totally adore you. You're kinda my surrogate muses. Oh, and also, from the fragments I've heard, your new album sounds like it's gonna be hardcore-awesome. I love you.

Dear Internet: Thank you for providing me with fuel for this fan-madness in the form of ( Read more... )