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December 2011

I’m rewriting/finishing the novel that I started during NaNoWriMo last year, and I keep stumbling across notes like “[Will need to insert some road time here. Currently too tired to do anything except transcribe, and my lazy ass skipped ahead here.]”

Oh, Past Kendra.  Why must you leave tasks like this to Future Kendra?  She does not appreciate it.

Dec 30, 20112 notes
#Writing

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    ladykia replied to your photo: THIS COVER IS AMAZING.

new book or no?

I own a copy of it already, I just happened upon that one whilst wandering the store on my break.  My copy does not have an illustration of Neil Gaiman lounging around on it.
Dec 29, 20112 notes
#ladykia #Neil Gaiman #Fragile Things

Watching Relative Values, and there is so much awesome between Colin Firth and Stephen Fry that I think I may explode.

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Dec 29, 20114 notes
#Relative Values #Colin Firth #Stephen Fry
Dec 29, 20119 notes
#Neil Gaiman #Fragile Things

IT IS SO FUCKING COLD IN THIS APARTMENT.

Dec 29, 2011
#SEND HOT THINGS IMMEDIATELY

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    lemdi replied to your photo: It’s so purple! Also, ignore everything my hair is…

what do you tell them to do when you get a haircut?

I cut it myself rather than going to the salon — and honestly, I just chop at it until it looks and feels right to me.  It needs a trim very badly, though, to get it back in line.  I think the first time I got it cut (which I did do in a salon) I asked for a pixie, but she left it a lot longer than I wear it now.

Dec 29, 20113 notes
#lemdi #Hair
Dec 29, 2011145,524 notes
#DYING #Malificent #Dick in a Box
Dec 28, 201113 notes
#Nyx #Castle #Lipstick #Cosmetics
Dec 28, 20118 notes
#Nyx #Castle #Perfect shade for my skintone. #And also perfect in other ways. #Cosmetics #Lipstick
Mme Samwise:

I can’t answer messages privately on my phone, and I don’t want to publish your ask, SO:

I feel like Beauty Queens is one of those books I’ll like once I get past whatever it is that’s blocking me now (though part of what’s blocking me is the main character). I do that fairly often — definitely did it with A Game of Thrones. So we’ll see. I’m not giving it up as lost for me yet.

Also, I am off tomorrow so yes for meeting up.

Dec 28, 2011

No, YOU’RE yelling aloud at fictional characters.

Dec 27, 2011
#STOP TALKING TO MISS MOORE GODDAMNIT

I am staying up to finish this book because I want to confirm that I am right about who the villain is. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

Dec 27, 20113 notes
#Rebel Angels #Libba Bray #THEY ARE SO STUPID #THEY KEEP TELLING THE VILLAIN ALL OF THEIR PLANS AND ACTIONS #JUST LEARN TO STFU GUYS
“Her skin is creamy perfection and her gaze manages to be both kind and pensive, as if she’s staring off into the sunset while also thinking of bandaging the skinned knees of crying children. I do not know how to accomplish such a look.” —Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
Dec 27, 20113 notes
#Quote Love #Rebel Angels #Libba Bray
Took me half an hour to drive the two miles to work.

IT IS MADNESS OUT THERE.

Dec 26, 20111 note
Dec 25, 201137 notes
#Beauty and the Beast #Belle #Art
Dec 25, 20115 notes
#Christmas #Cthulhu #Krampus
Dec 25, 2011560 notes
#Just me then? #Books #Christmas #Tree
Aaaand 'tis the season for Facebook to explode with people forgetting the actual origins of our late December celebrations.

It’s not that I mind that people celebrate traditions that came later.  Celebrate what connects with you and what makes you happy!

I just mind the endless “Remember that CHRIST is the reason for CHRISTmas” posts. 

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Dec 25, 2011
#I've been so excited about Yule and Christmas this year! #But nothing kills that faster than people getting militant over whatever they celebrate. #It may not help that I'm feeling a bit sad and lonely tonight. #I've never spent a Christmas Eve away from family.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Ella Fitzgerald

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas // Ella Fitzgerald

Dec 25, 201165 notes
#Ella Fitzgerald #Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

More and More
by Margaret Atwood

More and more frequently the edges
of me dissolve and I become
a wish to assimilate the world, including
you, if possible through the skin
like a cool plant’s tricks with oxygen
and live by a harmless green burning.

I would not consume
you or ever
finish, you would still be there
surrounding me, complete
as the air.

Unfortunately I don’t have leaves.
Instead I have eyes
and teeth and other non-green
things which rule out osmosis.

So be careful, I mean it,
I give you fair warning:

This kind of hunger draws
everything into its own
space; nor can we
talk it all over, have a calm
rational discussion.

There is no reason for this, only
a starved dog’s logic about bones.

Dec 24, 20113 notes
#Margaret Atwood #More and More #Poetry
Dec 24, 20116 notes
#Nail Polish #Pure Ice All Night Long #Wet n' Wild Kaleidoscope
I want to post pictures of what I just did.

But I caaaan’t because it’s a surprise!

As soon as it is possible to do so without spoiling anything, though, pictures will be posted.  It was super fun.

Dec 24, 20111 note
#This has been a cryptic and pointless update from your local Queen of the Undead.

If there’s one thing that retail makes glaringly apparent, it’s how utterly self-involved and self-important people can be.

Dec 24, 20114 notes
#Retail
Yeah, random angry customer on the phone, I'm totally going to yell at the main office people for you about our ebook coupon policy.

It’s not like I make minimum wage or anything.

Dec 24, 2011
#Retail
“Babies are monsters of narcissism who believe there has never been another human being in the history of the world and who also believe deep down in their tiny little baby souls that you exist solely for the purpose of attending to their needs.” —John Green (via cupcakeshappenhere)

This is now going to be my response when people ask why I don’t want kids.

Dec 24, 2011414 notes
I really needed time with friends tonight.

Although poor Edman got my I-haven’t-actually-talked-to-another-human-being-outside-of-work-in-forever—and-also-it’s-Shark-Week-and-now-everything-is-spilling-out-randomly-and-in-a-way-that-doesn’t-even-make-sense-to-me word vomit.

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Dec 24, 20116 notes

I may or may not be slightly extremely addicted to Nyx’s Chloe.

IT’S SO PRETTY AND PINK.

Dec 23, 2011
#Makeup #Lipstick #Nyx #Chloe Pink
“when things break, it’s not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again, it’s because a little piece gets lost — the two remaining ends couldn’t fit together even if they wanted to. the whole shape has changed.” —Will Grayson, Will Grayson (David Levithan’s Will)
Dec 23, 201133 notes
#Will Grayson #Will Grayson #David Levithan #Quote Love
“i sit down on the curb. i close my eyes. and i scream. if my whole world is going to crash down around me, then i am going to make the sound of the crashing. i want to scream until all my bones break.” —Will Grayson, Will Grayson (David Levithan’s Will)
Dec 22, 20118 notes
#Will Grayson #Will Grayson #David Levithan
I've forsaken my Yuletide book to read Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

It’s always vaguely surprising how much I connect with John Green’s writing and characters — even the ones that are absolutely nothing like me — but John’s Will Grayson actually is quite a bit like me, and it’s even more strange.  I am feeling so many feelings about this character right now.  

(For those who haven’t read it, the book follows two Will Graysons — one written by John Green, the other by David Levithan.)

Dec 22, 20112 notes
#John Green #David Levithan #Will Grayson #Will Grayson
Also watching Lost in Austen.

Because I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH.

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Dec 22, 201116 notes
#Yule #Lost in Austen #I am a slightly nontraditional Yule celebrator.
Dec 22, 20112 notes
Dec 22, 201133 notes
#Yule #LOVE THIS!
Things did not quite go to plan today.

But I did get my most important errand done (dropping my Chegg rental off at UPS), and I also picked up Terry Pratchett’s Wintersmith (I wanted Hogfather, but they didn’t have a copy) and some eggnog for my EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PLANS tonight.

So I’m going to do a little habitat unfucking and then make Black Bean & Salsa Soup for dinner.  Then it is tree-lighting, soup-eating, eggnog-drinking, book-reading time!

Also, the fact that it has been raining all day makes me very happy.  It’s very accurate symbolism for what today represents for me.  No matter what happens tomorrow or the next day, today I feel joyful and new and full of hope.

Dec 22, 2011
#Yule #Plans
Dec 22, 2011102,371 notes
#Marilyn Munroe #Ella Fitzgerald #I love both of them so much.

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    thesarcasmstore replied to your post:     thesarcasmstore replied to your post: I just…

WAIT DID YOU FINISH IT? OH MY GOD. WHAT DID YOU THINK? THE ENDING. THE ENDING!!!!!!

OH MY GOD I CAN’T BELIEVE I DIDN’T TELL YOU I FINISHED IT.  I FINISHED IT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF STARTING IT!

AND I KNOW!  AND I LOVE HOW THE ENTIRE TIME SHE’S REFLECTING ABOUT HOW UNHEALTHY AND UNEQUAL THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS, BUT THEN SHE’S LIKE “FUCK IT, I’LL STAY WITH HIM FOREVER ANYWAY.”  BUT YES.  THE ENTIRE ENDING WAS JUST…I DON’T EVEN HAVE WORDS.  LIKE, EVERY TIME I THOUGHT IT COULDN’T GET MORE OUTLANDISH SHE WAS LIKE “WAIT!  IT GETS BETTER!” 

I KIND OF WANT TO READ THE ONE THAT CAME BEFORE IT NOW.  EVEN THOUGH I THINK WE WERE QUOTED MOST OF IT IN METALLIC LOVE. 

I KNOW ALL OF THIS PROBABLY SHOULDN’T BE IN ALL CAPS, BUT I FELT ALL-CAPSY WHEN WRITING IT.  THAT IS JUST THE EFFECT THAT METALLIC LOVE HAS ON ME.

Dec 21, 20111 note
#thesarcasmstore #Metallic Love #IN ALL CAPS

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    thesarcasmstore replied to your post: I just ate half a bag of honey mustard pretzels, and I really wish I had some cookie dough in the house.

Are you guys coming over Friday? Cause H will have food ready, and I’m thinking about making chocolate butter cookies with sprinkles.

YES.  I think Edman told you I get off work at 7?  But after that we are there.  I’m really excited!

I shall also be returning Metallic Love and the rest of your tupperware.  You may want to send me a text or something tomorrow to remind me, though.  I am so very very forgetful.

Dec 21, 20111 note
#thesarcasmstore #FRIENDS #YAY
Dec 21, 20112,130 notes
#Card #Birthday #Twilight #EDWARD IS WATCHING YOU. #HE KNOWS YOUR BIRTHDAY BECAUSE HE LEAFED THROUGH YOUR PLANNER WHILST YOU WERE SLEEPING.
I just ate half a bag of honey mustard pretzels, and I really wish I had some cookie dough in the house.

Oh, Shark Week.  The things you make my body do.

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Dec 21, 20112 notes
#Shark Week #I would also accept cherry pie.
Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice, and I'm EXTREMELY EXCITED that I'm off work for it.

I’m going to spend the day unfucking my habitat and taking care of some responsibilities that have been put off over the past two weeks (groceries, laundry, etc.) so that I can make my home a happier and more relaxing place.  Once it gets dark, I’m going to light the tree and some incense and settle down to read a Christmas/Yule themed book with some spiked eggnog.

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Dec 21, 2011
#Winter Solstice
Dec 21, 2011182,210 notes
#Carlton Banks #The Carlton #Fresh Prince #Childhood
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thesarcasmstore:

britta-it:

annaetc:

To put your minds at ease, let it be known that I have read Dealing with Dragons many times. I didn’t want to bring home any (re)reads this time around, since I’m trying to read more new-to-me books.

But let it be known that Steph has not read Dealing with Dragons. Is this a big deal? I keep finding new books I wish I’d put on my wish list for Christmas.

Yes.  You need to read them.  YOU NEED TO READ THEM.

Oh my gods.  That was the series I discovered right after I finished destroying all the Nancy Drew and Oz books as a kid.  In other words, they were VERY IMPORTANT.  They were the books that really got me into fantasy.  READ THEM IMMEDIATELY.

Dec 21, 20118 notes
#Dealing with Dragons #Patricia Wrede
I think I'm forgetting what it's like to be around people who aren't coworkers or customers.

I mean, I need the hours, but damn.  By the time I get off work I just want to curl up on my couch and not do anything.

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Dec 20, 2011
#Work #Retail

Surprise Shark Week is the worst.

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Dec 20, 2011
#Shark Week #Don't mind me. #I'm just going to go die now.

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    tsuginojibun replied to your post: New most hated retail thing:

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT THAT IS SO MUCH MORE WORK THAN JUST TAKING THE TIME TO PICK ONE THING!? Sorry for the allcaps, I am in an annoyed place right now.

I HAVE NO IDEA.  Like, if they hadn’t told me that’s what they did, I never would have thought people actually did that.  I would have just assumed they changed their mind, and you know, that happens and that’s fine.  And they returned the items within two or three hours of purchasing them.  They didn’t even take a day to decide or anything.  

And I’m pretty sure all caps is warranted in this situation.

Dec 20, 20114 notes
#Retail #tsuginojibun
New most hated retail thing:

When people buy several similar items in order to decide which they want and then return the unwanted ones later the same day.

Dec 20, 2011
Dec 19, 2011110 notes
#Fairy Tales #Truth #Love
I am craving Sonic SO MUCH right now.

I haven’t even eaten at a Sonic in 6 months.  

What even is this.

(It may be because I didn’t have time to go grocery shopping before work today, so my food supply is looking a little forlorn.  I’ve also only had a bagel and a pretzel today.  It’s about to be another round of leftover mac & cheese.  I REGRET NOTHING.)

Dec 19, 20115 notes
#I want a Blast -- Oreo or Sugar Cookie. #And a hamburger with mustard. #And fries. #It's both delicious and terrible.
Dec 19, 20117 notes
#Work #Mountains

The time NOT to get a call from work asking you to come in early is when insomnia kept you up til 5 in the morning.

But I said yes, so here I am anyway.

Dec 19, 20112 notes
#Work #Retail
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