So, I'm a lazy ass and still haven't downloaded my pictures to my computer from the past epic week of birthday celebrating. It will happen.
For now? I am trying to not flip out because I'm totally emotional and overwhelmed. Almost everyone from school is leaving for the summer, and we still don't know who's invited back and who's not, and my s.o. and sister went home, and I'm stressing about finding a job and well... It's a little overwhelming. So, today while talking to my mom on the phone and laughing and getting it all off my chest, I started to cry. I hung up and really cried. Now? I'm distracting myself as much as possible, because really? This picture about sums up how life makes me feel:
ahahaha! Okay, that's an exaggeration... sort of... It's also just really cute and makes me giggle.
SO! In the realm of distraction? I'm reading books, and actually have time to! I read Beautiful Creatures Wednesday, finished it Thursday morning. That was fun, dramatic, teen angsty, and actually pretty captivating. I'm definitely going to read the rest of the series to see what happens. Now? I'm reading A Memory of Light, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. I am really excited for this one, since I started properly reading the series a little over a year and a half ago? ... Something like that. Either way, I'd read all the other books and I had to wait a little over a year to get to read this last one, and it is going to be satisfying. I can't even imagine the people who started following the series when the first book was first published in 1990. That is one hell of an epic journey to take with a book series. That would be 23 years of reading and waiting on this story to unfold. In that sense, I am actually grateful to have come to the series so late. That way I'm not as tortured. hahaha!
Another form of distraction is watching stuff, like TV shows I got behind on, and starting to catch up on some anime watching! Currently I'm watching a pretty recent series called Michiko to Hatchin.
It's got a really fun style to it and I'm liking the characters so far. It should be fun to see how it unfolds!
Tomorrow I am going to Barnes and Noble to spend my birthday gift card. Huzzah! I love going to book stores of any sort. I went to a really cool little indie one with my sister and s.o. when they were in town. It's called Small World Books and it's on the boardwalk in Venice.
It was a really cool little shop, and they have all these awesome little reviews or recommendations from employees all around the store. I got a couple of books there with birthday money. So it will be a very happy book filled birthday for me! ^_^
Hope everyone else is swell! I'm going to go watch some more Michiko e Hatchin and read and zonk out cuddling Giuseppe, my awesome teddy bear. haha! Besos!
For now? I am trying to not flip out because I'm totally emotional and overwhelmed. Almost everyone from school is leaving for the summer, and we still don't know who's invited back and who's not, and my s.o. and sister went home, and I'm stressing about finding a job and well... It's a little overwhelming. So, today while talking to my mom on the phone and laughing and getting it all off my chest, I started to cry. I hung up and really cried. Now? I'm distracting myself as much as possible, because really? This picture about sums up how life makes me feel:
ahahaha! Okay, that's an exaggeration... sort of... It's also just really cute and makes me giggle.
SO! In the realm of distraction? I'm reading books, and actually have time to! I read Beautiful Creatures Wednesday, finished it Thursday morning. That was fun, dramatic, teen angsty, and actually pretty captivating. I'm definitely going to read the rest of the series to see what happens. Now? I'm reading A Memory of Light, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. I am really excited for this one, since I started properly reading the series a little over a year and a half ago? ... Something like that. Either way, I'd read all the other books and I had to wait a little over a year to get to read this last one, and it is going to be satisfying. I can't even imagine the people who started following the series when the first book was first published in 1990. That is one hell of an epic journey to take with a book series. That would be 23 years of reading and waiting on this story to unfold. In that sense, I am actually grateful to have come to the series so late. That way I'm not as tortured. hahaha!
Another form of distraction is watching stuff, like TV shows I got behind on, and starting to catch up on some anime watching! Currently I'm watching a pretty recent series called Michiko to Hatchin.
It's got a really fun style to it and I'm liking the characters so far. It should be fun to see how it unfolds!
Tomorrow I am going to Barnes and Noble to spend my birthday gift card. Huzzah! I love going to book stores of any sort. I went to a really cool little indie one with my sister and s.o. when they were in town. It's called Small World Books and it's on the boardwalk in Venice.
It was a really cool little shop, and they have all these awesome little reviews or recommendations from employees all around the store. I got a couple of books there with birthday money. So it will be a very happy book filled birthday for me! ^_^
Hope everyone else is swell! I'm going to go watch some more Michiko e Hatchin and read and zonk out cuddling Giuseppe, my awesome teddy bear. haha! Besos!
My heart is aching today with the news of what has happened in Boston. My prayers and blessings are with all those who were there and who have loved ones who were there. I can't even imagine. There are some glimmers of light in all the dark, though. The incredible number of people running to help in the aftermath of the chaos, and the outpouring of love and support from people everywhere. Then, I saw this statement from Patton Oswalt, and thought it just about says it all:
"Boston. Fucking horrible.
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.'
But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.
But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.
But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'"
"Boston. Fucking horrible.
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.'
But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.
But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.
But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'"
