.:reflections of twilight:.

Tonight is a new season of Lost!! Don't forget to tune in! Right, kawaiiayu? ^__^

And I swear I saw someone who could've been you twin driving behind me on my way home from work on Tuesday, secondlina. Same hairstyle, glasses, facial features. I almost had to do a double take...

Due to an inordinate amount of people trying to watch the Inauguration yesterday at work, The Big Cheese sent out an e-mail kindly informing us that yes, Big Brother is STILL watching us and that they're going to be even MORE diligent. Joy. Seeing as how I surf the internet all the time at work (not while I'm working, obviously. Just at lunch and at the end of the day when I'm finished in order to pass the time), this could be a little tricky for me. But, since I don't go to porn sites, gambling sites, streaming videos, download a bunch of crap and all that, I think I'll be pretty OK. I'm not going to flagrantly wave it around announcing it to the world, but I'm not gonna COMPLETELY stop either. FIGHT THE SYSTEM!

Mom had the car today since she had to go to Indiatlantic for work today. It's across the river toward the beach, which is just a few miles away from our regular job sites. So I came into work early and left late since my car still is on the fritz. Mom tried working on it yesterday with this leak sealer stuff, but it didn't work. DDDD: I have to drop her off there on Friday and then pick her up. I hope I don't get lost due to my horrid sense of direction.

Mom's sink that was plugged up (due to the stopper not working properly) was fixed today as well as the leak, but it wasn't fixed... properly. Now the water comes out of the faucet sideways. Mom was pissed. "This was why I wanted to be here when they fixed it!!! These dipshits have NO IDEA what they're doing!!!!"

Well, I need to go and take my shower so I can get settled in for "Lostenday" hosted by cleolinda. Ciao!

Birthdays Today: Jack Nicklaus
Golf
b: 1940 -

Well, here I am, on my bed at the Holiday Inn!!! Wheeee! I'm going global now, baybeh!

Anyhow, last night we went to se PotC 3 (more on that in a bit) and we didn't get home until about 2 in the morning, which was kinda weird. Plus, it was on a "work night" so I felt like a bit of a rebel there!

We started off today a bit later than we had anticipated. Instead of arriving about 1:00, we got here closer to 3:00. Traffic was a major factor in this. But the garden where the wedding is being held is absolutely beautiful! I can see why weddings are held there. I'd want to get married there. I'm playing the CD with the music and the sound system is in the garden shed, which is off to the side of where the ceremony is being held. So mom and I are on walkie-talkies and we're gonna signal each other so that I can come out to see the ceremony itself.

Saturday afternoon and Sunday we're going to Busch Gardens, so that'll be fun. I kinda wish I had someone to ride the roller coasters with since mom dislikes them. It's more fun to ride them with someone. Not gonna stop me from doin' it though.


( PotC 3 )


( Lost )

Word of the Day: serried
Pronunciation: /SER-eed/
adj : crowded or pressed together, especially in rows

Argh! I've spent most of the day yesterday trying to find my Social Security card only to discover it's probably in storage somewhere. Apparently I need it for my W-2 form for my soon-to-be job. Since I've memorized my SSN ever since I was in college and you're not supposed to carry it with you for risk of identity theft, I don't keep track of it (though I probably should). I mean, if it's just the number they need, I can just give it to them, but they probably need it for their records or something. I contacted my former employer via e-mail (and will phone again soon). Hopefully I haven't screwed myself.

And I was able to get my background to show up again. Finally.


*thinks* Well, I think that's about it. Watched Lost last night. Was bewildered through most of it. It has the tendency to do that to me.

Trivia of the day: In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.<--D'wah?

Usually I don't talk about fandom stuff until the last, but I got to thinking about this recently. flamika has said she was rereading volumes 1-7 and she was making observations on what she's read so far. Now, she's a Shinogu fan (nothing wrong with that, I happen to like him myself), whereas I'm a Ryoki fan. Now a lot of people don't like Ryoki. It's perfectly understandable since when we first meet him, he's a major jerk. However, as you go through the series, you discover many different layers to him and more on his backgroud and to why he is the way he is and the way he changes over the course of the series.

For instance, a lot of readers seem to want Hatsumi to end up with Shinogu. I can understand why, He's a really sweet guy whereas Ryoki just seems to be an asshole. But the thing with Shinogu is, he wants to do so much for Hatsumi. Almost too much. In doing so, he'd prevent her in many ways from being able to do things for herself. He wants to protect and shelter her and while that can be good, too much can be detrimental, especially to someone like Hatsumi. Ryoki almost forces her to actively think for herself and learn to eventually stand up for herself and the decisions she makes.

People always say that Ryoki doesn't treat Hatsumi like he should. While that's true, the thing is... he doesn't know how to. I mean, look at his family life. His father is absent the majority of the time and has actually told him that he doesn't care for him as much as he does someone else. His mother smothers him and only cares about his grades and the status they give him (and her by association). So he hasn't had a lot of examples to live by. He's said he doesn't care about his parents mostly because they really don't care about him. So it baffles him as to why Hatsumi cares so much about hers. She's had a good family life, especially in comparison to Ryoki. Ryoki's family may be rich and important, but they don't care about each other. Hatsumi's family (while working class) actually care about and love each other. Through his relationship with Hatsumi, he begins to actually care about someone. Hell, even love someone. This is a foreign feeling for him and he doesn't know how to handle it. So he reacts the only way he knows how. However, we do se an eventual softening of him. I mean, it's not instantanious. It happens gradually and for the most part, Ryoki is who he is. But the change is there.


Sorry about the rambling. I guess I sometimes feel the need to defend Ryoki sometimes. Especially since most people tend to not look beyond the surface. And hello! Psychology student here! Don't even get me started on Azusa...

Anyway...

( television blathering under here. mostly lost and the amazing race. )

Yesterday I watched the "Weapons of Class Destruction" episode of 'Veronica Mars.' And I had no idea Jonathan Taylor Thomas was in that episode as the Fed guy! Whoa! And, of course, I saw... The Kiss. And I squeed like the good LoVe fangirl I am.

Today I have to try and put some of my clothes away. I can put away what I can, but I need hangars and stuff for a bunch of stuff and my winter clothes are gonna be stored in one of theose vacuum bags... once we get them. I'm also doing laundry.

I have an idea for a wallpaper actually. Maybe a couple. I think 'Star Wars' and possibly MARS. Hmmmm, I'll have to see how my creative juices are flowing...

Trivia of the day: The first U.S. patent for an animal was issued to geneticists at Harvard University in 1988. The animal--called an oncomouse--is a genetically engineered mouse that is highly susceptible to breast cancer.

Mom's home today because she took a few days off to spend with my aunt from up North. I may have mentioned this on yesterday's post, I don't remember. Anyway, she has to leave in a few hours because she's going with my other aunt and my grandmother to pick her up. I also have to remember to upload the images I have on my camera so I can have a clear memory stick for while she's down here.

I want to try and find some of my old posts from CLASP and save more of them on disks. I've been doing it periodically and I need to remember where I last left off. I also need to go to the ones I have on disk and edit some of those in the dialogue colors I use. I do it that way to differentiate between the speakers. I also need to work more on my Pip/Seras story. I think I may have the basic premise down, now I just need to write it out. If I ever land the role of Arisa, I hope my muse doesn't become so fickle on me.

I also need to watch the episode of 'Veronica Mars' I taped last night. I was busy watching 'Lost.' Speaking of which, I feel so bad for Charlie, losing the trust of the girl he has a crush on... It was never mentioned if a new episode was going to be on next week or not. The previews just said, "Coming up on 'Lost' " so that kind of leaves it ambiguous.

I'm going to try not to get scared off by the DAP because I want to download some MST3K episodes, but I'm not 100% sure on how to do it. I guess I'm a bit of a techni-phobe.

I got the newest issue of 'Shojo Beat' yesterday and read it. I'm not gonna do summaries at the moment because I'm too lazy. Probably later on...

And my subject line quote for today, as was yesterday, comes from 'Everwood.' A show I wish would return instead of 'Beauty and the Geek.'

Trivia of the day: Teddy Roosevelt found his favorite dog, Skip, wandering around the Grand Canyon. While Roosevelt had many dogs, Skip was the only one permitted to sleep in the presidential bed.