you can't do that with a tiffany lamp!

went to see DMC again. brain mutinied on me, now wants to write and/or 'ship J/W. dumb brain. were you just NOT PAYING ATTENTION FOR THE PAST TWO-POINT-FIVE YEARS?!?

despite the sound of brain-shot rolling across brain-decks, refuse to abandon OTP; have applied liberal amounts of Vanilla Hazelnut Tea and also Chicken with Peanut Sauce and am now ficcing, boo-yah.

take that, you disloyal cortex...es.

sorry for the spam, but I didn't want to stick this on my last post due to Spoiler Courtesy Protocol and all that.

I'm very seriously making plans about the purchase of an iPod. however, I am a PC baby and therefore wary, both of Apple's tech support and Apple's prices. will an iPod (standard 30- or 60-GB model) be a device of the sort that survives? I've heard testimonials both good and discouraging, in the past. and while I have money to spend, I definitely don't have money to throw around, and do not wish to invest in a finicky critter. I want something that will serve me well and for at least a couple years.

please to advise?

going to the midnight showing of Dead Man's Chest was definitely one of the better decisions I've made in my lifetime. as threatened, I attended in full costume, from my very Sparrowish brown tricorne down to the tip-toes of my fabulous pirate boots. accompanying me were Pidge and i_puddleglum, the latter in a lovely lavender top with matching Piratey Bandana and wielding an 100% authentic plastic toy cutlass. I should have taken pictures, but we haven't a clue where the camera is.

( AVAST YE! there be spoilers lurking beneath this here LJ cut. )


so, um... is it next July yet?
no, wait. I want to play with this one :D *looking forward to the year ahead*



[ETA: ok looking at my mood icon just made me *whimper*. OH, JAMIE! ;A; ]

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discuss at your leisure.

in other news, I've discovered that one of my favorite things to do when I'm in a sour/unsociable/simply non-interactive mood is to give my mother utterly zilch response when she goes off on one of her "pet cause" spiels, and see how long it takes her to notice. frequently, she never does.

(actually, I probably should have listened to that one; it was about historical Anglicanism & Roman Catholicism and sounded rather interesting)

because for some reason all my vid bugs get me while I'm working at the hotel.

Actually Reasonably Serious Vid - Batman Begins, "Runaway Train"
Totally Crack Liek OMGWTF Vid - Pirates of the Caribbean (Sparrington), "Waterloo" I um. so much crack.

I'm uploading my work mix, because it is that awesome. I'll either be putting it up later tonight, or tomorrow after I wake up from crashing and sleeping a ton (tomorrow's my day off).


and I STILL have no idea, AT ALL, where I'm taking this JulNoWriMo thing.

I'd been planning to write a "so it's peak convention/concertgoing/vacationing season and here's a primer on how to not abuse the housekeeping staff at your hotel of choice" post, but this article from the 2006 General Convention says the most important stuff pretty well: From Columbus: "Justice, Respect and a Living Wage" resolution aimed at hotel workers

and, you know, all that other shit like "please don't clip your toenails all over the place" and "if you shave over the sink, try to get the fur in the sink" and "if you smoke even in the bathroom I'll hunt you down and *fucking kill you*" and just generally be considerate. because yes, you're paying good money for the use of that room, but so are the people after you, and we don't have a lot of time to get it ready for them, so have as much fun as you want but please don't totally trash the place. those keycard envelopes say "valued guest" for a reason -- while it's our job to treat you as a guest and we'll gladly do it, we also hope and presume you will behave as one. preferably.

mum brought home her monitor-projector from work so we had family Voyager night on the big living room window shade, and I just have to say for anyone who has yet to pick up on this that I still have the most mahoosive crush on that show, on Captain Janeway, on Seven, oh and again on Janeway. and her coffee addiction, lolz.

sleep now, must be alert (i.e. caffeinated) extra-early tomorrow morning :)
(I promise I will answer all backlogged comments tomorrow before and after work. but right now sleep is definitely imperative)

ok you guys tomorrow had better be the best day in the history of ever for me, because today was another one of those which sucked like none other.

e.g. -- work wasn't too intense, except that someone randomly quit so I got three rooms added to my list, oh and also a couple of my co-workers decided to start gay-bashing. that is to say, we were discussing the etymology/historical usage of such words as prick and fuck, and then one woman (we'll call her J.) chipped in that "oh, gay isn't even originally a bad word" at which point coworker 2 (let's say, L.) came back instantly with "gay isn't a bad word at all" and I added my agreement BUT WAIT NO. L. continued to say that gay really only means "happy", as far as she's concerned, and she doesn't call homosexuals gay, she calls them fags or faggots. which made me pop my head out of the doorway of the bathroom I was cleaning and say "isn't that in reference to burning homosexuals?" (which I know it actually isn't, see here, but it was the quickest most dramatic least complex response and the point is her response: "well, if the shoe fits..."

I was already edgy after a full day's work and a late check-out, so I very very nearly exploded, and instead settled for heading off to do a room on my own and slam the pillows around as I made the bed.


since sexual orientation is included in WI's antidiscrimination employment laws, I'll keep an eye on this issue (though I won't make a stink just yet). because the fact is that while I don't yet feel threatened/uncomfortable enough to bring it up, if that ever does become an issue I do have the right to a non-threatening work environment. chances are she probably didn't know precisely what she was saying or to whom, so I won't be a drama queen about it :)

so I've been bouncing this idea around in my head for a little while and I guess I may as well toss it out there.

after so much freaking fun was had with the BoP group chat viewing things, I'm thinking, how would doing that somewhat regularly and with other movies be? i.e., a Cillian movie club ... comm. thing. pick a movie; give people time to beg, borrow, buy, steal, or share it; set up a chat and have a blast; do it all again next time? eh, or I may be insane. but I think it would be fun!

so what do you my fantabulous f'listers think? am I completely off the wall here? or would you / other people be up for it?