you can't do that with a tiffany lamp!

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?

so, today was a busy busy day. went malling with the fantabulous silverjet747; saw The Breakup. OH MY GOODNESS VINCE VAUGHN, YOU ARE SO FUNNY. also oh my goodness Nat, I love you. I hope Seamus is ok ;_;

then I came home and mum mugged me and we did some carpet-cleaning voodoo on the van. that was fun ... UM NOT. and THEN we watched some John Cleese Sherlock Holmes The-End-Of-Civilization-As-We-Know-It movie, and THAT was fun. ish. yanno. and I played a mess of the BB GAMEUUUBE!! game, at which I continue to suck, but which still amuses me greatly.

I AM BATMAN! FEAR MY SPANDEXY WRATH!


er, yes, I am rather insane at the moment. what tipped you off?

hugs and kisses,
mel

(p.s. __dtrain, you know that whole ships-passing-in-the-night thing that was going on all of today? so not cool. I'm sorry)

"Hey Mel? Is it soda first, or icecream?"
-Vivs, on the topic of root beer floats

the girl is adorable, but sometimes I have to wonder how she'll ever survive.

she discovered 94.1 Madison WJJO while waiting in the van for me to return from nosing around BA, though (I wanted to give the librarian flowers, as she's retiring and I love her), so that was fun. even if she did ditch my Gershwin CD for it :[ (p.s. "Lullaby for Strings" is love)

speaking of CDs, the_automatik, I got your MP3 mix in the mail today! haven't cracked into it just yet, but I shall very soon.



...whoah. the dog just materialized from amidst the to-be-folded laundry on my bed. wtf? I didn't even know he was in here.

Pidge and I watched Sunburn this evening (which DVD worked perfectly, thank you bagelmuffin_luv!), and it was very happy-making. I find, unfortunately, that the movies I've seen for Cillian have been rather hit-or-miss as to my enjoyment, but this one's definitely a hit. and a quote from the boy upon seeing the title menu: "oh, it's a movie about a boy in a pink shirt ... wait. haven't we seen this one before?" *giggle* -- of course I'm also obliged to mention how TWILIGHT ZONE it was seeing Davin in (adorably hopeless) drag and just thinking, "well, practice makes perfect?" all in all, a very fun, very cute movie, sweet but not too sweet, just the way I like them. yay!

switching gears, here's a quick something for my girl __dtrain who had a bit of an unsatisfactory day (though it's clearing up, so consider this fashionably late). ( picture )
yes, those are my little monkey toes poking out from the cuffs of my uniform bottoms.

aand, Pidge wants me to watch Craig Ferguson with him, but I need to go to BED NOW! because there's work tomorrow >.<;

so I was just talking to my brother about going to the grocery store for soda and I said oh there was some other reason I was planning to go... oh! I need sausages (for this risotto recipe).

and he immediately replied with "sausages! sausages! stay where you are!" in a perfect impression of little Laurence Feely in his Dalek game.

♥ that kid (Pidge) can be a total dumbass, but I love him.


p.s. bagelmuffin_luv! I got the dvd! finally :S it got to school on may 24, and they forwarded it here. WOOT! (the doodle is ADORABLE. *loff*)


I don't care WHAT you say, BoP fandom is THE MOST FABULOUS.

so I was sitting here, checking my e-mail and thinking, "wow, my ponytail feels really weird."

and then I realized I don't have a ponytail.

*grin*


in other news, it would appear that my mother has learned to make a decent pot of coffee. this may in fact be a fluke, but ... it'd be nice if it were the general way of things now.