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I am very upset with Maine still. Sigh. OBVIOUSLY not for the 48% that voted to keep gay marriage. THey all rock and I love them very much. Everyone else, INCLUDING the people who didn't vote at all for silly reasons (having to work or something practical are okay reasons, although it would've been nice if they voted anyway), sucks. SUCKS. Sigh. |
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I swear Maine. If I go to bed and I wake up and found out you disappointed me. I will be PISSED. |
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Well this is more consistent then the last few times I've posted, right? I think one of the hardest things about my posting here is not remembering what I did last. So after my family friend died, I heard that a friend from Bard died as well. He and I were not very close but he was very close with my BFF Andi, they dated for like two years, and it was emotional for all the Bardians I knew. He was 24, died of a drug overdose. Very sad. I have a lot of reviews to do this week. I'm still somewhat behind. I've been reading Denis Leary's "Why We Suck" and while he makes me laugh, he's so obnoxious sometimes I have to put it down. Yawn. I have two Wii games and a DS game to get through, plus two other books. At least I'm keeping myself busy in this unemployment, right? My friend Mike lets me go as a guest to his movie reviews, and I went to Fantastic Mr. Fox today. It was soooo freaking funny. I didn't expect that, but Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl together ... well that is just genius. Tomorrow we're seeing 2012. I'm very excited. To pass the time I did give in to join back up with RP. I know, I know, I stopped for a good reason, but that was because of work and I have no work right now. So I tried out TPC, but I don't know if I like it so far. No one is friendly and everyone's very into themselves. Maybe the guild life just isn't for me anymore. We'll see. Then I joined Halo's HP Journal group, which has so far been really fun. I'm not used to journal play only, but I like it. Plus it's early HP so it doesn't matter I'm not the biggest HP fan. So yay. It's been a fun outlet so far. And it's nice to talk to Halo a bit more again. She is kind of where RP started for me, even if I had been playing for years before that, because she and OCS was the first place I stayed put and belonged at. Once I get all my reviews done this week I'm hoping to start inFamous on the PS3, I've had it here for awhile but haven't gotten around to starting it. I decided to wait on Assassin's Creed and ask for it as a Christmas gift. A few other games will be the same way so I can really save my money the next few months. Need. Job. Okay! So quicker update this time. Yay! Hugs! |
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I know it's been awhile. I honestly updated my RvB blog frequently and then forget to cross-post it here, but I'm going to try to start doing that for real. To be honest I'm not in a much different position than the last time I updated. I AM healthier, which is exciting. I still have my moments of unease but the major illness seems to have passed. They still have no explanation for what happened to me. Yay. I think we're leaning toward this genetic condition however because my grandfather had the same thing happen to him. Undiagnosed as well. And this isn't the first time for me. So voila. I guess we'll never know. I'm just relieved it is gone. I am still unemployed, but keeping busy with my frequent freelancing. I honestly write so much these days that I don't have much free time to complain about. I'm applying to everything I see but ... the world sucks right now. Everyone keeps assuring me it should go in an upswing soon, but I'm just crossing my fingers. I'm just doing my best and I'll take something stupid if I have to when my unemployment runs out. So this week I had an exciting and then an awful thing happen. The exciting was that I went to TVGuide to meet with the editor-in-chief and managing editor. I knew the EiC, friend of a friend, and she had me talk to the ME too. It was a good meeting and they both promised to keep an eye out for any friends that are looking for new employees, and to keep me in mind if anything pops up for them. Hey, having two high powered people who know me = good. Then I found out that someone close to my family, Mary Jo Taylor, died. She's been battling cancer for 8 years and it has gotten devastatingly worse lately, so I keep trying to find it in me to be glad her pain is over. But it's hit me hard; for a long time she was like a second mother to me, and I feel awful that I haven't seen her as much as I should have, knowing she was sick. Her memorial is next week, I believe, so I plan to go home for it. I don't know how long. It's gotten me in a funk. I haven't really left the house since I heard and I've just been wandering around my apartment aimlessly, cleaning. I'll snap out of it as soon as I can, but for now it's just ... I guess normal that I'm grieving? Oh I saw in the last entry I talked about that guy I was dating. Yes, was. No longer dating. It just didn't work out. I gave it a chance but I just wasn't that into him in the end, and I wish him well. My therapist tells me it is totally sane for me to be a basketcase right now and not want to worry about dating on top of it. I am so focused and anxious about getting a job and a life again; stressing about boys on top of that is basically asking for me to put a gun in my mouth. Just too much. So for now I am back and settled in my happily single life. It's a relief, to be honest. Other than that ... things have been pretty chill. Still have good friends here in NYC and good friends everywhere. Family is pretty good. Amy is kicking ass at her new job. I get Uncharted 2 on Tuesday which is very exciting for me. I've been doing book reviews for a place called Blogcritics and I've really enjoyed it! I'm reading one now called The Dolphin People. It's ... unique. Okay so I'm going to try to cross-post more frequently from RvB. I suck. Hugs! |
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So yeah hi everyone. Things have been pretty awful for me lately but I'm trying to bounce back from it. I've had an illness for four months that no doctor seems able to diagnose. It has made my life rather difficult, although it is better at the moment than it used to be. We're still trying to figure it out, but my body feels like a pincushion since I've had all manners of medical tests, and I'm still suffering from it. Who knows! I AM going to Comic Con on Wednesday despite this because I am trying to not let it run my life. I'm so tired of being sick and insular lately, so I've tried to go out regularly. It's been doing well so far, actually. I've been writing a lot more for Starpulse and you can read the bigger articles I write on my posted blog, waftingcurtains.wordpress.com. I just copy the articles there, it's chill. I've been dating a new guy. His name is Ryan and he is a lawyer here in NYC. As usual it is bringing up all my shackles and terror is back in my life, but I am determined to make the best of this regardless. He is a very good guy and seems to genuinely think I'm awesome, so I'm trying to fight my defensive nature. We'll see how that turns out. Still unemployed, but unemployment did kick in so I have enough to pay rent and my bills which is a real relief. I've been saving money like a crazy person and that means I have a nice cushion for if I get into any scraps. Honestly despite some pretty awful days, I'm doing okay. I'm trying to keep my chin up and keep pushing myself to be better and look for better things. Here's hoping it pays off in the end. I hope you're all doing well. |
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So I haven't updated in awhile. Work was crazy and then it was bad and then we were all fired because the economy and drama and then it was back and then it was gone and then I told them to fuck off. So I'm currently unemployed in NYC which is as scary as it sounds, but I'm doing my best to keep a stiff upper lip about it and fight the good fight. I'm just lucky I have a supportive family behind me, at least. Other than that, Star Trek was awesome, I'm glad Dollhouse was renewed, and LOST IS THE BEST SHOW EVER. Honestly those are my only updates, because the rest of my time is spent obsessing over getting a job. So yeah. I hope you all are doing much better than me! |
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The Oscars weren't too bad! I think Jackman did a fine job, and I liked his musical number. I laughed out loud at The Reader skit. I haven't seen the reader! Hee. Overall much better than the last like ... five years. It went up slightly in viewership. YAY FOR HEATH LEDGER HAPPY HAPPY ME. So work is insane as always. I'm barely done with half of my stuff. So tired. I asked them to hire another editor and they said no, but I'm going to keep pushing. I can't take doing twice the work as everyone else and getting paid less. IT's just crazy. Amy had to go out of town so I'm at her apartment now with the dog. It's only four blocks from work. That's kind of awesome. I got back in touch with Chelsea from the Marvel RP group; it's been awhile and I read her LJ, but I went ahead and said hi tonight. I'm so bad at keeping in touch with people and I always regret it. For those of you who don't have my new IM, it's KiwiboxChelsea. It's my work IM so I might be slow sometimes, but I'd love to hear from all of you. Especially those who I haven't heard from in awhile!!! <3 |
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People can be so baffling sometimes. Not really, because one of the weirdest things is I almost always understand people. I get it. I get why they do stupid or mean things, but... ugh. Anyway. People baffle me. This makes no sense, which is fine, because I'm not about to explain myself anytime soon! Things are going well! Honestly I can't complain. I have a job that I love and the chance to write for a living, which I never thought I'd really do. I was invited to go home last weekend just for a day at Waynflete and talk to the students about what I did after school. Apparently they consider me a 'success,' which was both awesome and a little unnerving. I was very nervous at first, but I relaxed somewhat. It was an exhausting few days though, because I went there and came right back. Plus then comic con and CES and ... ugh. LOL. I have to chill out! So the job is awesome. Sure there are things that I have to fight about, like getting someone to take one of my sections and the video person to actually do his freaking job, but overall it's really a dream. I love it. I have a great group of friends, including my newest and dearest gang that Shar introduced me to. I haven't really gotten a chance to hang with them lately because I've been back and forth, but I hope to see them next week fo shu. Lis might be one of the coolest gals I've met since Shar, and the others are just damn awesome. Then all my Bardians are here and I'm trying to get the Fleters to hang out too. It's just ... well it's a great environment for me. Good job, good people. Love life is still zip, which is good because honestly I don't think I could handle it. I'm having a hard enough time balancing friends and work. When I'm ready for it, hopefully I'll have my chance, but for now I'm glad not to have an added burden. Today I am going to brunch and a movie with Adam G. then watching the Oscars for work. Emilia was here this weekend and I missed her unfortunately. Hopefully next time? I was dog sitting Ashby and she got sick all Friday. I'm glad I stayed in, because I had to constantly bring her out and leaving her would've meant gross stuff all over my floor and clothing when I got back. She's doing okay now, I wonder what it was? I've been playing Halo Wars. It kicked my ass in the seventh mission. Damnit. I have to defeat it. The Sims 3 will be coming out for Mac, which made me so happy I did a little dance. =D Okay off to brunch! Cheers!
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sleeeeeep. I have laundry and grocery shopping to do and need to sleep and not go crazy and do work and blah blah blah. ::Sleeps:: Watching all the shows I missed last week. <333 |
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Finally i took off scans_daily. I enjoyed them, but honestly it was more trouble than it was worth. In a few minutes I'm heading off for a screening of Phoebe in Wonderland, and then I'm done for the day. I suppose that any day I get to go to two free movies and otherwise lounge around on a Friday is a good work day. I got 5 things ready to go for next week, and the rest will come up when I get a chance. I think I'm somewhat ahead for next issue, which is kind of exciting. So I got the Coraline Wii game today and practically did a little dance around the office. I did the same thing for SimAnimals, which has turned out to be both awesome and kind of annoying. I'm very addicted to it, but the tasks are much harder than I actually expected. They're like 'build these trees' and I'm like, okay, but then the animals eat the young trees and like devour the whole forest. So annoying. IGN gave SimAnimals a 5, which just made me roll my eyes. I don't always agree with IGN on their grades, but I'm not surprised they get snobbish about the Sim games. A lot of 'hardcore' gamers do. Although to be perfectly fair to IGN, they admit that the game itself was fine, it's just the animation and the bugs in it that make the problem. Which I agree with completely. I've run into several bugs and problems myself, but I think the overall entertainment value deserves higher than a 5. Grumble grumble. A few movies I actually want to see are coming out this week. Coraline of course, Push, and yes, even He's Just Not That Into You. I'll admit I liked that book. So sue me. I'm feeling pretty tired and icky today, so I think I'm going to the screening and then home. Tomorrow I believe we'll be playing Mahjong. Sunday Amy wants my company for dinner. Then of course work as usual. Yawn. Next week is Comic con. I have a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot of stuff to do that weekend, both work and fun related, and like 4 house guests. Lord save me. <3 |
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Talking to Lis and adding Misha on here reminded me that I haven't been updating. So here I am. Um. Updating. Things are pretty much the same as always. Job is awesome, but very stressful and time consuming. I went to Las Vegas for CES, and you can watch me be a fucking jedi here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR8uBtKt I watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona over the weekend and was not enamored with it. I can't see how that movie was considered a comedy at all. There is nothing funny about it. I found it rather bland and uninspired, but then I've never liked any of Woody Allen's stuff. We have started a Mahjong club, and I won seven times on Friday. That luck will only last me a day, mind you, and from here on out I will never win again. Lis, Jhordan and I decided last night while at a Saki bar to make an animation club so we can watch animes and animated movies together and be total geeks. I love my friends. Today I get to spend with my darling Andi, and this is the best news of all! I haven't seen her in forever. I better get cleaning a little bit; my place is like a tornado hit it. Or maybe write. Ugh. Too much work, I can't think about it! |
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Here's my interview with Paula Abdul = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iRG3cVV Wahoo. =D Shit I forgot to sent out my rent check. ::runs:: <33333 Hope you all are ready for an awesome year! I joined twitter - mustbethursday |
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Well hello there livejournal. How are you? Christmas has come and gone. I went back to Maine. Long week of getting up at bloody dawn and going to bed at 8 pm. Exhausting. Lots of people and family and drama and laughter and a mess. My family will also be here in NYC for New Years so it ain't over yet. Sharon's coming up for New Year's so I'm going to go out with her and the friends she hooked me up with. They're all awesome and I can't believe that Shar and I will be spending a New Year's together! It's so amazing. When I think about how we first met online, at eleven years old, and now here we are still as close as can be, it's pretty miraculous. And awesome. :) Work work work so much work to do. Always always always. Sigh. It's my own fault, I pile all this on myself and then slowly get an ulcer over it, but ... I'm ambitious. I like my site to be the best it can be, my sections at least. I think they're doing pretty well too. This week was horrible but it was because I only had two days to get it together. I edited everything available and finished one of y freelancing pieces. I'm going to cross my fingers to get three work articles done and one for Starpulse before the end of the night. That's my ambition. Christmas swag = Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along DVD which is the best thing ever and you all need to buy it. So yeah, my mom got me a Coach bag. I'm not into designer stuff but it looks quirky and nice and it fits my stuff, so why not. Today it was 54 degrees out. I had ice cream outside. For real. WTF. SHIT I FORGOT SWAYZE'S BIRTHDAY I AM HORRIBLE SHITSHITSHIT gotta call him. Oh man. I suck. |
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I LIVE! So how's it going? Things are alright here. I went to a high school party the other night with some of my classmates and it went rather peacefully. It was nice to see everyone again. We all get along much better now that it is not high school, ahhahah, unsurprising. I went to work the next day at 11 am, watched The Day the Earth Stood Still, and then left early. I love Friday's at work. Today I have to go see Doubt and I'm having lunch with Henry. Then I have to come back here and grocery shop and clean up. I have company coming on Wednesday so I'm hoping to straighten up and then do serious cleaning the day before. Tomorrow I have lunch with Sharon's friends/my new friends. They really rock and I'm glad she hooked us all up. I need to put real clothes on now and go outside. Brrrrr. So things are great. The website is doing great. I have a lot more help now freelancer wise and I'm getting two interns so huzzah. LOST STARTS IN JANUARY GUYS OMG YAY. Prince of Persia is my new obsession. Only I can't find those damn light seeds enough to open new levels. Grumble grumble. I hope you are all doing very well! |
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Funny or Die has a funny new video with Neil Patrick Harris, John C. Reilly, and many others regarding Prop 8. Hee. |
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Dr. Horrible will be out for DVD in December! You can find it on Amazon now. OMG. So happy. =D My family was here since Wednesday, and we ran about the city like crazy people. I didn't get any time to sleep, and of course on the day that I can, I'm awake and watching Jurassic Park instead. I got three articles done already; I'm hoping to get another three done by the end of the day if possible. More would be awesome. I'm sure I'll get exhausted in a few hours, and take a little nap. Hopefully. Maybe. Things are doing well. All I do is work work work, but it's all fun work work work so I don't mind. It is a little exhausting, but c'est la vie. Fun fun fun. We're trying to revamp the website and make it better, since if you have taken a look,, you'll see it is in the middle ages still. Save me. Ugh. Well we'll see if we can push it forward. I got more Entertainment freelancers so hopefully work will be less insane. That's basically all I have to say. I don't update because there's not much to say other than: writing 20-30 articles per week. Playing games. Seeing movies. Stressed. Fun. work work work. Sometimes see other people. Work. I saw Wall-E for the first time. That was awesome. Mirror's Edge is a fantastic game, if really hard. I hate Twilight with every fiber of my being. Still. Ignoring it saved me pain for so long, but now it is everywhere and I want to cut my eyes out to spare myself. LOST IS BACK IN JANUARY! AHHHHHHH! Hope you all are very well. |
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Here's something funny you may like. My co-workers and I played Guitar Hero World Tour together at my house and we made a video out of it. I think it's pretty adorable. http://www.kiwibox.com/article/3813 Check it out! |
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WATCH THIS VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX40RsSL It's hilarious actually. "I can do anything, I was in a boy band!" Oh, and I'm doing great. Love you. |
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My first issue of Kiwibox.com came out today! This is the first issue that it was all me editing and writing and putting the site together. So pleeeeeeease take a look at the site and join if you can and love it and be happy with me! Kiwibox.com! It's awesome. |
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So my first week of work is over, and I have to say it is the best job ever. I'm in charge of TV, Movies and Video Games. I got to hire my own freelancers, and now that I've contacted everyone on my list, we've started covering some really great stuff. I am doing my first on-camera spot today, and I'm a little nervous! So the job is great and that's basically my life right now. My sister and I had a mini-fight the other day about her boyfriend, but I hope we'll be okay. I don't think they're right for one another, and she's trying to force me to change my mind. It's not that I even dislike the guy! Ugh. I'm taking care of her dog for the weekend. The past few weekends I've been going out and doing stuff, so this one I'm actually going to chill out a little. I have to clean my house and do the dishes and maybe some laundry, and write like a billion things. So lots to do, lots to do. Hope you all are doing well. KIWIBOX.COM. Go to it. Love it! I'll do a more in depth thing about my job someday, right now i'm still in "EEEE" mode. |
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