you can't do that with a tiffany lamp!

Another meme survey quiz thing! Hey, I don't do them often, so you know it's gotta be good. Ish.

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1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down Type what it says:
"Miles sighed envy of his host. Administrator Vorsoisson[...]" [technically line 5, but line 4 was less fun.]

2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
The wall, painted like a savannah. With palm trees. And coconuts.

3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Smallvi-- NO, HOUSE! Forgot about that.

4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is:
10:30

5: Now look at the clock; what is the actual time?( having thoroughly given up on bolding, the answer and the rest of the questions: )

Naptime Now.

[02:52] GarnetPalomino: I am going to fill out this meme and probably be the GIRLIEST ONE on my ENTIRE GODDAMN FLIST
[02:53] GarnetPalomino: and you know what? I will be proud of it. muah.

( I keep four pounds of makeup in a grey-green metal toolbox. AND I USE IT ON BOYS. )

[15:11] meletor_et_al: recency is not a word, is it.
[15:11] meletor_et_al: BLARGLE!
[15:11] i_puddleglum: what is "recency" supposed to mean?
[15:11] meletor_et_al: recent... ness?
[15:11] i_puddleglum: I know what "recently" means...
[15:12] i_puddleglum: it should be
[15:12] meletor_et_al: there's got to be a word that means the same thing that I'm just missing
[15:12] meletor_et_al: because the concept is right there in my head
[15:12] meletor_et_al: in the way that it only is if there's a word for it
[15:13] i_puddleglum: strange... even though English has the largest vocabulary of any language in the world, and there are not nearly enough words to express certain things
[15:13] i_puddleglum: we should change that
[15:14] meletor_et_al: WHOAH brainwarp thesaurus entry
[15:14] meletor_et_al: Main Entry: early
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beginning
Synonyms: aboriginal, ancient, antecedent, antediluvian, antiquated, brand-new, budding, early bird, fresh, initial, maiden, new, original, preceding, premier, prevenient, previous, primal, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, prior, pristine, proleptical, raw, recent, undeveloped, virgin, young
Antonyms: conclusive, latter, modern, recent
[15:14] meletor_et_al: what is wrong with this picture?
[15:14] i_puddleglum: it's alphabetized
[15:14] meletor_et_al: ...no not that
[15:15] i_puddleglum: there is not a word that expresses what you want to say?
[15:15] meletor_et_al: how about the fact that "recent" is a SYNONYM and an ANTONYM
[15:15] meletor_et_al: BOTH
[15:15] i_puddleglum: o.O
[15:15] meletor_et_al: WTF, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GET OFF THE CRACK.


...and you know, I still can't pin down the word I'm looking for. suggestions?

[ETA: recency is a word, just not the word I think it should be. DAMMIT.]

.::runs around in happy circles::.
Breakfast on Pluto opens January 6 at the Downer in Milwaukee!!!!!




and that is all.
carry on.

our one christmas present:
mum's eye is doing much better! yay!

now I watch (LimeWired) cartoons / play MarioParty with the kid / write either of two Christmas fics or Pygmalion, while mum and da serve at the EMT dinner until 4ish. should also do problem-solving for an ovenless Christmas dinner.

happy holidays!

I feel... quite awful. sore throat, headache, and I think I have a minor fever. travel really takes a lot out of me, health-wise. last night was rather dramatic despite my best efforts, I really have to get in touch with the hotel, and locked-up-hiding-in-my-room(-that-is-actually-my-mother's-office) is working very well so far.

I should toss down some small bits of writing. and/or finish the vid.


all I want for Christmas is to take Pidge back to school with me.

So I...

my shoulders hurt. so cramped. from hauling luggage and hauling ass. and my father's insane and I should have requested a briefing on the new Family Dynamics Code before trying to defuse him, but... I didn't. currently on my mother's computer, because my father won't let my laptop on the network and I'm not sure when he'll finally be willing to. I may be heading to the library and feeding off their wi-fi every so often, however inconvenient that may be.

so no, mum's not the crazy one this time. at least, not with me... but I haven't let myself talk seriously with her so it's easier. and now that I've got that venting out of the way--

Pidge and I spent the afternoon watching Return of the Joker (thank you so much obi_wansgirl), and I realized/considered a lot of things that are probably going to get me back into writing "Pygmalion" so that's very good. In fact it's looking like, without consistent internets, I'm going to have a nice amount of writing time so yay. and also vidding (I'm hoping to get that done soon like tonight or tomorrow). and iconning, which I shall be doing busily and constantly and multitaskishly. though people with non-holiday requests will probably not get their icons before the 25.

cookies, by the way, will not be going out before christmas and I didn't realize until now that I might want to tell people this. it's not in the way my mind works for me to pin christmas gifts or christmas anything down to a deadline.

my flist is at skip=something awful, so ehm. I'll be playing catchup for a while.

and I hurt.
this family thing is not easy.

if anyone wants to get in touch with me, phone or text message please. it's in my userinfo.

much love,
Mel

film noirs?
films noir?
films noirseses..es...eses?

I should know this.
I probably do.

MEL, you are a LOSER with NO LEARNING CURVE *headdesk*

this is a promise I'm making to myself that I will put together a vid just for the Little Dude (a.k.a. wee!Bruce from Batman Begins). hopefully, being assured of this, I will now be able to go back and not keep smooshing inordinate amounts of Little Dude footage into the Bjorkvid, excepting where they are necessary and/or fitting. because there is a certain point at which it just begins to look silly.

right then.

Yes, December 16, 230 years since our beloved Jane's birth.


So look, I'm going so use this as an excuse to (finally, after months of collection!) share with you:
( A Great Big Dirty Online Resource List! )