1. I really do have the most ridiculous dreams ever. This weekend I had a dream that Danny and I saw Betty White walking down the street next to someone dressed exactly like Lloyd Dobbler from Say Anything. We asked her about it and it turned out that she had gotten really drunk and called a John Cusack Look-Alike agency and hired a look-alike to show up and sing "Never Gonna Give You Up" to her. She also hired Chaka Khan to film it and make a music video of it. And then the music video commenced.

Yup. That's what my brain comes up with when I sleep.

2. I really want to apply for this job that is, sadly, an hour and a half commute, only because of this line in the description: "If foul language would offend you then you should think about this position before applying". FUCK YEAH!

3. Um, that's about it. Life is good, though I still don't have a job/money. I had a great birthday. We have an awesome friend visiting this weekend and I'm looking forward to it. I've been watching lots of Dead Like me and still re-playing Dragon Age. After Dragon Age I'm gonna play Fallout. And that's about it since I last updated.

1. Daniel got me addicted to Echo Bazaar. Now I wish my phone had better Internet access (I'm not even complaining, I only pay $40 and have unlimited texts and calls and can check my email pretty easily, but that's about it) so I could use the site while on the train or sitting on the couch or whatever. Anyway, if any of y'all are on there or join let me know!

2. My weekend was really good. We went to the Notre Dame game on Saturday, had lots of really good food and good company and just generally had a fun time. Also, I started reading Hearts in Atlantis on Saturday night and tore through it, finishing it yesterday evening. I mostly only enjoyed the first and last story, though I didn't dislike the other two. Now I'm reading Bag of Bones, which I'm enjoying so far. Still, I miss reading about Roland and especially Jake, who was my favorite character. I'm also not sure how I feel about Ron Howard doing the Dark Tower on both film and TV. I'm pretty sure he's not the best choice for it.

3. This month is going to continue to be interesting. Things coming up: job interview this week, my birthday on the 21st, a party (I think) this weekend, and next month both an awesome friend and my Dad will be visiting.

4. Though I gotta say, I'm having a little bit of that "oh god, am I going to turn 28 and not even have a job?" feeling. Stupid economy.

5. That's about it for updates!

1. Daniel and I had an excellent weekend. We stayed at a fancy hotel downtown for free and had lots of good food (especially Cajun food last night) and went to see Inception, which I loved. We also lazed around the hotel and did some shopping, and I got some new shirts and a really comfy pair of jeans as an early birthday present.

2. The kittens are back at the shelter and it's a bit sad to not have them running around the apartment. We're both a tiny bit allergic so we did some major cleaning and dusting yesterday to clear away the dander and dust they kicked up. We also cleaned out our closet and donated three boxes of clothes, and later will be donating five boxes of books that we no longer want. We're also selling a number of them, so if you're interesting check out our Amazon Storefront.

3. Next weekend we're going with part of Daniel's family down to Notre Dame to spend the weekend and go to a game. I'm excited. We were there last year and there was lots of good food, a nice hotel room with a glorious spa tub that I spend most of a day in, and good company. And another nice break from the job searching/futzing on the Internet/TV-watching/book-reading daily routine of being jobless.

4. Speaking of reading I finished The Dark Tower series. The last book made me cry several times, and now when we go to the library I'm going to pick up some of the other novels with connections to it. Anyway, it feels kind of weird to read almost anything else after spending a whole month reading one series of books.

5. I am finally down to being 100% broke and it feels crappy. I have doctor's appointments a lot this month (now that I finally have good insurance), so I'm going to keep having to ask for cash for train rides and co-pays and it feels pretty awful. Hopefully my food stamps will be renewed for a year so food doesn't have to be a big concern, and then hopefully I'll find a job soon. Or at least a gig of some sort to make some extra cash. It's not like we're in dire straits right now, I just hate not being able to contribute, and I hate having to ask for "allowances" even more.

Daniel and I are fostering two adorable kittens until this coming Friday! We'd foster them for a little longer, but we're having our awesome free fancy hotel stay on Friday and Saturday and we don't want to leave them alone. The names the shelter gave them are Miss Marple and Pickadilly, but we've been calling them Madam and Dilla.

Anyway, they spent most of yesterday hiding behind our couch, but gradually got over being scared and started scampering around the house. Dilla was really shy and wouldn't be touched, but this morning decided to make friends and ran up purring and meowing for pets. They're both super cute and it's nice having them around the apartment, even if it's only for a little while.

Pictures! Madam/Miss Marple:



And this is Dilla/Pickadilly:

1. Internet things that are making me happy, and therefore I must share:

I don't know why this one made me laugh so hard I had to go into the kitchen and close the door so I wouldn't wake Danny up, but it did:



And this one I couldn't stop watching:



2. I'm still in the midst of reading the entire Dark Tower series. I'm about 3/4 through the second to last book, and the last book is pretty long. I'm enjoying them a lot, though now I need to make myself a list of more cheery things to read after I'm done, because damn I'll need a break after all that. At this point I've spent pretty much the entire month reading them, and I probably won't finish until late next week. Sadly the only new books I have right now are a collection of Shirley Jackson stories and "Stitches: A Memoir". Believe me, neither are uplifting or lighthearted.

3. Next weekend is when Danny and I get to stay at a fancy hotel for free! I can't wait. It's gonna be fantastic and a nice mini-vacation for us.

4. I am sore all over lately. I have a pinched nerve near my right hip, I slept funny on my right shoulder/side of my neck so it has a kind of constant dull ache, and I messed my wrist up somehow. Pity me!

5. I always feel like when I update my life sounds super-boring, but really it's pretty fantastic. Except for the not having a job part.

1. New hairdo:





2. We started a second D&D campaign yesterday, which should be fun. I'm playing a Deva cleric who died while on the brink of enlightenment. And is pissed about it. I gotta say, it's going to be weird going back and forth between one campaign where we're epic level and one where we're super low-level again. Having 22 HP is weird/sad.

3. Danny and I are continuing to watch several episodes of Oz on most days, so we're on the second episode of season 3 now. I miss you, Magical Adebisi Hat! It's been long enough since I last watched the show that I've forgotten most of the main plot surprises (which is good) and it means every once in awhile I get the relief of knowing I've got one less horrifically violent scene to watch (which is also good).

4. 9 more days of VISTA left (yay!) which means only one paycheck left (boo!). But still: no more VISTA soon. And eventually a job that will inevitably pay better than this one! In between, some time to sleep in and play video games and job search and watch bad TV. And job search some more.

5. I'm reading The Dark Tower series for the first time. I'm about 60 pages into the third book and the second one made me afraid of lobsters.

6. And, my new favorite .gif:

1. Daniel got me this fantastic gift today. It's a replica of an Ankh-Morpork City Watch medal, and I both want to wear it all the time and also put it in a glass case so no one can ever touch it but so I can show it off whenever I want. I'm going to wear it this week though, even if no one I see has an idea what it means, because it just makes me that happy. Here's what it looks like:



2. I was going to do a big image update showing off my new glasses and hairdo, but apparently Virgin Mobile has some issues right now so I can't upload cameraphone pictures. I will soon, though!

3. I can't think of other updates, life is just generally good.

Things are still going well. There's not much new here. Let's see, lately we:

1. Finished watching the entirety of Criminal Minds, so we're all caught up for when the new season starts. In fact we watched an entire season over the weekend, because we're ridiculous. Also, if you follow the show and are on Twitter, you should follow the hash tag #savetheCMladies, because they are cutting back hours for both A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster and that sucks.

2. Went to Louisville as I mentioned in my last entry. It was really fun! We had good food, really good beer, and hung out with good friends. We spent all of the Sunday before we left in Daniel's mom's pool, which was excellent (although I ended up getting a weird sunburn and my swimsuit apparently gets stained in chlorine, so now I need to figure out a good way to dye it a darker color that won't stain).

3. Got some used video games for super-cheap, so now we can actually start using my DS more often. We got a Castlevania game, Children of Mana and Hotel Dusk. I also haven't played Oblivion in a long while and we haven't played Marvel Ultimate Alliance in ages because our third player has been out of town, so there will be lots of gaming in the coming weeks I bet. Which is a very good thing.

Other than that, life has just been good as usual. Plus I only have two months left at my current job, which is fantastic.