Excitable things.
Oct. 22nd, 2009 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizwontcryI am again kind of bummed out this morning because this time, my dad hung up on me last night. It was kind of deserved but really, when is it not, as I may borrow a phrase from my favorite co-worker, a bummer to be hung up on? My first instinct was to call my mom and ask her what I should do about it, but ever since I hung up on her, I've been trying to talk to her less and depend on my big girl pants more. It's all kind of bummery, really.
So here is a list of things I'm excited about. I know you're...excited.
- I am going to Vegas in 13 days. Now, I don't think I've ever really mentioned how much I love Vegas here. I love it, okay? I love the excitement I get when I first land or drive into it, the lights from the strip, the feeling that anything could happen, I could win a million dollars on the slot machines and be rich forever. I do not have this same excitement when I leave, though. No, when I leave, I usually feel like killing myself so I don't ever feel that terrible about losing all my money ever again. But still! Entering Vegas is still pretty awesome. And I haven't been in 2 years, so I miss it terribly. I'm staying at the Hard Rock, where I have stayed before. I just like it. It's all rock & roll, and I dig it.
I'm going to see Bette Midler while I'm there. I've seen her once already, in November of 1999. She made me and my mom both laugh and cry hysterically. I think I've been completely fascinated by her since I saw Beaches when it first came out. In 1988. In fact, I'm pretty sure she was the first celebrity I was ever really infatuated with. I don't know, she's just made of awesome.
Here is my favorite song from Beaches, one that is actually in her act and I can't wait to hear again:
- I am also excited to take my second trip to Utah this year. The main reasons for my excitement are two-fold. One is to see Utah in the Fall, which will be new for me. I usually only see it during the summer or during Christmas. I want to see fall colors, damn it! My second reason is my mom's dogs. Tonto! And Lion! Tonto is in love with me, my mom can't even say my name around him because he goes crazy; he goes to the door and wags his tail and is generally sad when I don't come walking in. He likes to sleep with me in my bed, which is a challenge because he's a hundred pound black lab. Tonto Bobonto!
- I just discovered, after being on LJ for 5 years, what that Rich Text tab is for in the entry box. I also, if you happened to see this entry that was up for 5 seconds, saw how it could be major fail. Oops.
- Also, since I have no idea how to make a new layout and I can't seem to convince anyone to do it for me, I sucked it up, went into the code for this one and changed some of the colors. It's not brand new but at least it's different. I can dig it.
- The GN'R tour. I don't anticipate ever going to Canada or Japan to see these shows, but just the fact that it's happening and I will get daily Axl happenings and maybe someday Axl will come to Dallas (he hasn't been here since 1991, and I didn't get to go that show because my parents were so very cruel not to let a 12-year-old girl go unaccompanied to a GN'R concert) and I can see him in all his glory. That would be a good day. Here is a tiny video to promote the tour, which made me excited in the pants:
- I have an idea for a new CSI fic. It's GSR (what a shock) and it's pre-Vegas, and it would be multi-chaptered and not a one-shot. I've never done much pre-Vegas before and I want to get up in there and explore what really happened in San Francisco. However, my beta for a story I haven't updated in a year really wants me to finish it. I do too, I hate unfinished business. But I totally lost my mojo on it. It deserves to be finished, though. Bah.
- Speaking of writing, I am quite excited for Nanowrimo. It will be my eighth year to participate. I lost twice, but I've won five! So that's awesome. This will be my millionth "look at me, I'm a rockstar" kind of story, because that's always the easiest to write for some reason. It's my thing. I'm cool with it. I'll be in Utah for the first part of November and there is usually a good deal of down time, so I think that will help get me ahead in the first week. Hopefully.
- I'm kinda excited about that which is TV, as well. I kinda dig Puck/Rachel on Glee, they're both in love with people they can't apparently have. Also Sue is now offically the awesomest ever. Ooh, and the Vampire Diaries! Shit just got real on that particular show. I really, really like Mercy and encourage all of you to check it out. Also? I am soooo addicted to General Hospital, I can't even deal with it. I'm really into Dominic/Lulu now and hope they get to have a love connection before the whole "Dominic is Sonny's son" thing turns into something very, very bad.
- What I'm excited about this week is the fact that somehow I have managed to find motivation to stop eating like my life depended on it. I haven't had a Dr. Pepper since Sunday! I've mixed in salads. I haven't had fast food, except for bagels in the morning but that has really been my one extravagance. Last night, I worked out and then came home and made a salad for dinner. I even put steak in it! Pretty much, that has never ever happened. I do not eat salads for dinner. But I did, and I felt good about it. Of course, I also made some cookies and ate a good deal of raw cookie dough, but hey, we're getting there. I feel better and I know in a week or two, I'll look better. I hope to keep this going because it's about time. Way past time, in fact, but at least I am still capable of doing something about it.
- Tell me something you're excited about, F-list. Really. I wanna know.
Rock on.
So here is a list of things I'm excited about. I know you're...excited.
- I am going to Vegas in 13 days. Now, I don't think I've ever really mentioned how much I love Vegas here. I love it, okay? I love the excitement I get when I first land or drive into it, the lights from the strip, the feeling that anything could happen, I could win a million dollars on the slot machines and be rich forever. I do not have this same excitement when I leave, though. No, when I leave, I usually feel like killing myself so I don't ever feel that terrible about losing all my money ever again. But still! Entering Vegas is still pretty awesome. And I haven't been in 2 years, so I miss it terribly. I'm staying at the Hard Rock, where I have stayed before. I just like it. It's all rock & roll, and I dig it.
I'm going to see Bette Midler while I'm there. I've seen her once already, in November of 1999. She made me and my mom both laugh and cry hysterically. I think I've been completely fascinated by her since I saw Beaches when it first came out. In 1988. In fact, I'm pretty sure she was the first celebrity I was ever really infatuated with. I don't know, she's just made of awesome.
Here is my favorite song from Beaches, one that is actually in her act and I can't wait to hear again:
- I am also excited to take my second trip to Utah this year. The main reasons for my excitement are two-fold. One is to see Utah in the Fall, which will be new for me. I usually only see it during the summer or during Christmas. I want to see fall colors, damn it! My second reason is my mom's dogs. Tonto! And Lion! Tonto is in love with me, my mom can't even say my name around him because he goes crazy; he goes to the door and wags his tail and is generally sad when I don't come walking in. He likes to sleep with me in my bed, which is a challenge because he's a hundred pound black lab. Tonto Bobonto!
- I just discovered, after being on LJ for 5 years, what that Rich Text tab is for in the entry box. I also, if you happened to see this entry that was up for 5 seconds, saw how it could be major fail. Oops.
- Also, since I have no idea how to make a new layout and I can't seem to convince anyone to do it for me, I sucked it up, went into the code for this one and changed some of the colors. It's not brand new but at least it's different. I can dig it.
- The GN'R tour. I don't anticipate ever going to Canada or Japan to see these shows, but just the fact that it's happening and I will get daily Axl happenings and maybe someday Axl will come to Dallas (he hasn't been here since 1991, and I didn't get to go that show because my parents were so very cruel not to let a 12-year-old girl go unaccompanied to a GN'R concert) and I can see him in all his glory. That would be a good day. Here is a tiny video to promote the tour, which made me excited in the pants:
- I have an idea for a new CSI fic. It's GSR (what a shock) and it's pre-Vegas, and it would be multi-chaptered and not a one-shot. I've never done much pre-Vegas before and I want to get up in there and explore what really happened in San Francisco. However, my beta for a story I haven't updated in a year really wants me to finish it. I do too, I hate unfinished business. But I totally lost my mojo on it. It deserves to be finished, though. Bah.
- Speaking of writing, I am quite excited for Nanowrimo. It will be my eighth year to participate. I lost twice, but I've won five! So that's awesome. This will be my millionth "look at me, I'm a rockstar" kind of story, because that's always the easiest to write for some reason. It's my thing. I'm cool with it. I'll be in Utah for the first part of November and there is usually a good deal of down time, so I think that will help get me ahead in the first week. Hopefully.
- I'm kinda excited about that which is TV, as well. I kinda dig Puck/Rachel on Glee, they're both in love with people they can't apparently have. Also Sue is now offically the awesomest ever. Ooh, and the Vampire Diaries! Shit just got real on that particular show. I really, really like Mercy and encourage all of you to check it out. Also? I am soooo addicted to General Hospital, I can't even deal with it. I'm really into Dominic/Lulu now and hope they get to have a love connection before the whole "Dominic is Sonny's son" thing turns into something very, very bad.
- What I'm excited about this week is the fact that somehow I have managed to find motivation to stop eating like my life depended on it. I haven't had a Dr. Pepper since Sunday! I've mixed in salads. I haven't had fast food, except for bagels in the morning but that has really been my one extravagance. Last night, I worked out and then came home and made a salad for dinner. I even put steak in it! Pretty much, that has never ever happened. I do not eat salads for dinner. But I did, and I felt good about it. Of course, I also made some cookies and ate a good deal of raw cookie dough, but hey, we're getting there. I feel better and I know in a week or two, I'll look better. I hope to keep this going because it's about time. Way past time, in fact, but at least I am still capable of doing something about it.
- Tell me something you're excited about, F-list. Really. I wanna know.
Rock on.
