swim through the fires to stay in this world

Sick.

Other people already gone, so I didn't call in.

Distracting comments would be so appreciated.

When I went to bed two hours ago, I couldn't help but notice that my throat was scratchy, so I told some cold medication.

Two hours of restless not!sleep later, I finally drag myself to full consciousness to understand that my throat is swollen and hurts and it's hard to swallow, my right gland is swollen, I feel hot and headachy.

Three days ago, my coworker went home sick two days in a row with what I'm pretty sure are where exactly symptoms, only worse.

No, no, no. I don't want to be sick. I took more drugs and I'm hoping that I'll wake up and feel just fine and dandy tomorrow morning.

Ugh, it's been so long since I've been sick and everyone around my got sick and I really, really, really did not want to join them.

qualapec, but sure to disinfect everything I touched at your house and like, warn your mom, please?



I'm going to go back to sleep (hopefully) and pray to the merciless universe that I wake up tomorrow completely fine.

Reasons I Don't Want To Watch The Hobbit movies, a list:

• I have no need to watch that dude from Sherlock or hear the voice of that other dude from Sherlock, ever.


• the director is asking me to, theoretically, spend $40.00 and nine hours of my life to watch the movie adaptation of a children's book that I could read, unabridged, in about eighty minutes.


• They fugled up Lee Pace.


• They fugled up Richard Armitage


• They did not do a great job with Lily Evangaline's wig - I don't think that weird auburn color does her any favors.

• Today is so fucking fired. With extremem prejudice.


• Also, if you have a Scott* McCall!submissive rec list with multiple pairings and NOT ONE Allison/Scott fic, you're doing it wrong. Or fandom is.


• Also, fuck everything.

*I swear to god, I literally almost wrote 'Scott Argent' right there. I had to pause and REALLY THINK to remember his surname.

I am realizing that I may have to buy ONE day planner to keep track of things from August-December and then bite the bullet and buy a January-to-January day planner like a functional adult.

Did I mention that literally the only things in my fridge right now are vodka, diet soda, eggs, three slices of bread, and assorted condiments? Because that is all that is in there.

3,000+ words and counting, and Mr. Gold and Belle have still not going to the part with the fingering.

I swear to god, if I were writing ANY pairing involving Regina, this wouldn't be happening.

What is my life.

Also, if my cat does not stop meowing for no reason, I'm going to throw him off the balcony. Seriously.

Okay, so you know how I wanted to see the US Girl With The Dragon Tattoo with my friends, my sort-of boyfriend, and his friends in lieu of going to a party? That didn't work out.

First of all, my friends weren't able to make it. (These things happen.) Then, before I even left the the house, I was like, 'wow, I would really rather stay home and play with my internet friends than go out.' Because I was stressed about getting to the theater in time, plus getting gas, I left as soon as I could, planning on having a nice chunk of time before the movie started to finish reading a book I was really enjoying. Well, thank god I left early, because I absolutely needed that time to spend a half an hour circling around the general proximity of the theater before I could actually find it.

Then it turns out that the majority of sort-of-boyfriend's friends couldn't make it, leaving this one guy who I don't know very well, but all signs point towards asshole.

And then I actually watched the movie. To be honest, I don't know how good the movie is on its own merits - my overwhelming impression was that everything this movie did well, the original Swedish version did better, and without being OH MY FUCKING GOD SO RIDICULOUSLY LONG (I may have seriously considered take a 'bathroom break' and reading in the lobby).( more bitching )Seriously, I need to watch Casino Royal now to get the taste of his character out of my mouth. Flist, if you desire a Daniel Craig fix (and you know you do), just rewatch the Bond movies - you'll be happier in the long run. I'm bemoaning the fact that neither Casino Royale nor Quantum of Solace is available via netflix streaming.

THEN it turns out that my sort-of-boyfriend got a ride with his probably-an-asshole friend, who's like, 'are you coming to C's party?' (C is a mutal friend of me, my sort-of-boyfriend, and probably-an-asshole.)

And I go, '...yes?' because even though my plans for dragging my sort-of-boyfriend off to my flat for adult pursuits has been completely blown (without going into details - we live far enough apart that not having individual transpo is a bit of a big deal), I still wanted to make out with his face before the evening was over.

So I get to C's party and she isn't even there. It's just me, sort-of-boyfriend, and a bunch of C's other friends who I don't know at all. Since I hadn't had a chance to give sort-of-boyfriend his Christmas present yet, I asked him out to my car, we made out for a while, and then I came home.

Way to end with a whimper, 2011.

I spent most of today (minus watching TVD, which was obviously the high point) struggling through and reconciling my very first utility bill (which I had to ask my landlord to send me four times).

Then I took a nap because this entire week (including the three days I spent camping) my body has wanted a ridiculous amount of sleep. Like, 9+ hours. WHY DO YOU NEED THAT MUCH SLEEP BODY? I HAVE SHIT TO DO!

And the rest of my evening is going to be full of more boring adult things like paying bills and e-mailing my extended family. Admittedly, I will be going out with a friend tomorrow night but seriously? Is this what a Friday night in my twenties is supposed to look like?

My elderly, demented cat managed to keep both my mother and I awake for hours this evening/early, early morning. Which is just cruel considering that I have to get up extra early TODAY to hand off my mother's car to the people who just bought it.

And then I have to go to work.

So here's where I need your help, flist. Please comment on this post so that I have a reason to open my bleary eyes for longer than it takes to turn off my alarm clock. I figure if I wake up to some comments, I'll read them, semi-wake up, and manage to stumble to the shower.

Things that I'm loving right now/random topics of conversation:

The Middleman.

Books.

Sweet potatoes.

Luna bars.

Texts from last night.

Zombie apocalypses.

Money.

The fact that I work on Valentine's Day.

Legend of the Seeker.

Kahlan/Richard.

Icons.

Katniss Everdeen.

 Legend of the Seeker is cancelled.

My show! With the badass ladies being badass! Badass ladies with agency who like each other! Hot, dumb heroes who dig how badass the badass ladies protecting him are! Australian accents! My show!

(And even as I speak, I admit a part of me is glad that this show is ending before it can suck.)

But SHOW!