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Uploaded my trip photos if anyone's interested:

www.flickr.com/photos/patty_and_amy

I had dreams about Godzilla all last night. It was WEIRD and really scary. It was, like, national emergency levels and people were evacuating and Godzilla was smashing buildings up and eating people. I can not fathom why this was in my brain, lol.

Also, I now have Blue Oyster Cult stuck in my head...

I'm usually not a huge fan of gory creature-feature movies, but on the recommendation of one of my regulars I watched one today that I ended up REALLY liking:



They did a lot of the quick-cut stuff, which made the gore a little easier to handle while adding a sort of frenetic panic to it. Well done.

Nothing new on, well, any front. Leaving for my trip in about two weeks though! I'm super excited, not just to travel but to be away from the hell dimension called 'work' for a while.

SOMEONE HAS TO SEE 'DRAG ME TO HELL' WITH ME :-( :-( :-(

Today at work I had to hand-count all of the ice cream, and at one point I had to try and get a box out from underneath the inner shelves (doesn't make sense without a visual, whatevs). As I was leaning over to try and get to it, I knocked my head against the edge of the cooler. Didn't really hurt, just startled me and made me swear under my breath.

This was about 5 hours ago, and at the moment I have a HUGE knot on my head where I hit it, it is clearly visible, and hurts even when I don't touch it - which I keep doing, of course, because I'm totally that person who, like, pushes on a bruise to see if it still hurts. Anyway, I'm not too worried, except that Angela was all "Hope you don't pull a Natasha Richardson!", which was a)MEAN and b)more insensitive than she normally is, lol. I'm more worried about it looking awful.

Hawaiian Day at work tomorrow (why? I don't know); I will perhaps post pictures, depending on how cute I look. :-)


Cute boy continues to come into the store, I continue to turn into a retard.

P.S. I think all of my shows are done for the season. I hate summer :-( Does anyone watch Grey's Anatomy? Did the thing with George BLOW YOUR DAMN MIND?

HELLO INTERNET I AM BACK!!!

My computer imploded a little bit ago, and then when we got a new one the internet wouldn't work, and THEN for whatever reason it didn't let me sign in to LJ. But I am here now! Miss me?

P.S. I've only had this computer for a couple of days but I've already decided that Vista is kind of annoying. I also spent about half an hour debating over whether or not I could afford a Mac. I could not :-(

Anyway. Anything new and/or exciting going on??

A TON, but most notably the entire soundtracks to 'Grease' and 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' I think I will remember those lyrics for the rest of my life, I have heard them so many times.

P.S. Man, this "List 5" thing on Facebook is TROUBLE. I can't stop!

I have done two large loads of laundry today, and yet I still have a full clothes hamper. WTF. This makes me a sad Amy, because, as I have said many times before, I HATE HATE HATE doing laundry.

Every now and again, usually while getting ready for work, I stop and think about how much time and money I (and many other females) put into looking "natural." You know, putting on make-up to look like I'm wearing none at all, doing my hair so that it looks like I just got out of bed. It just suddenly hits me as how ridiculous it really is, you know? Because really, when I get up in the morning I am a hot mess. My non-make-up face is all dark circles and uneven skin tone, and there's almost always a sleep line down one side of my face. My hair is usually sticking up in a retarded cowlick in the back but flat in the front and, depending on how much product I used the day before (texturizer and hairspray for that messy look), possibly kind of gross. It is not pretty.

Although I do look really cute in pajamas. So there's that, I guess.

I have a near-debilitating crush on a boy who comes into the store. It's terrible. What really sucks (what ALWAYS sucks) is that I used to be fine around him. I thought he was cute, but it was no big deal. Then we got to chatting when he would come in and I started to realize how awesome he is, and then BAM!. My brain now wants no part of it, and shuts down immediately so all I can do is blush and say awkward things. LOL, it's so bad, really. Then there's always the fact that you tell yourself you're going to look like an idiot, so of course you look even more like an idiot than you originally would have, you know? *sigh* Oh, brain.

I've been mainlining Sarah Dessen books recently. Remember how I was feeling all nostalgic and talking about my first love and all that? It made me really want to read some YA novels (shut up, sometimes they're good), so I dug up my copy of 'Someone Like You', and since then i have read, like, 3 and a half of her books in a week. Wednesday it was pouring, so I just curled up on my couch, snuggled with my blanket, and read the entire day. It was glorious. It was, seriously, the best day I've had in a very long time.

For some reason this all came out very stilted, but whatevs. I hadn't updated in a while, so I figured I would. Or whatever. Bye.

Oh, and Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the mommies on my FL!!!!!!

Woo! Glarkware is back, providing me with T-shirts with obscure references to my favorite TV shows. Y'all have seen my "Robin Sparkles Mall Tour" shirt, my newest one is:



Oh, how I ♥ it. Do you know what it's from?

I'm also considering buying a 'Der Waffle Haus' shirt from someone on CafePress, but it's kind of expensive.

I don't know if any of you are as excited about the new 'Sherlock Holmes' movie as I am, but here is some new info and pictures and stuff anyway.

According to USA Today, they're trying to bring the movie down to a PG-13 rating. Thus, very little bad language and outright violence. As far as this goes, I'll have to agree with Dustin over at Pajiba:

I don’t want family friendly, goddamnit. I want blood. I want Sherlock to shoot someone in the face and say, “Elementary.” I want full-on doublebacking, coke snorting, and a hardcore murder mystery. I don’t want a family friendly Sherlock Holmes. Damnit.

Mostly this is just because it's a Guy Ritchie film, and the idea of Guy Ritche making anything PG-13 is a hard one for my brain to process. However, someone pointed out that 'The Dark Knight' was PG-13 and still managed to be pretty dark, and it'll be interesting to see if Ritchie can write a decent script without the words "fuck" or "cunt" (and he can probably sneak some of the British counterparts in there too, right? The MPAA has a tendency not to catch that stuff), so I haven't given up hope.

( Also, the pictures look fairly promising )

What perfect timing for this Writer's Block, because today is my 8th LJ anniversary!

HOORAY!!!!

( Let's see, May of 2001... )

So that's it. Me, 8 years ago.

My tummy is sick but I have used up my allowance of swine flu references this week. :-( :-( :-(

Proof that I need to do laundry: the shirt I am wearing right now has Santa Claus on it.

Work today was lame, mostly just because I really didn't want to be there (when do I ever?). Oh, and that weekend I was supposed to have off? Gone. I have to work Sunday now. Booooo. Realistically I can use the money, though.

I'm thinking about starting the library science program. Has anyone worked in that field or know anyone who does? Send them my direction if they're willing to talk to me about it.

My mom finalized her divorce today, so I'm off to eat junk food and drink lots of Stella Artois in celebration.

What I thought were allergies actually turned out to be a nasty little cold. Tricky bugger.

Somehow, though, I managed to get the weekend off. I have to help Josalyn move on Saturday for a few hours, but after that it's all self-prescribed rest and fluids. I do love when I have an excuse to just sort of lay around and watch movies, lol.

My mom keeps talking about how she needs a massage, so I'm thinking about booking one for her for Mother's Day. Has anyone ever had a hot stone massage? She's always talked about getting one. I think in general I might spoil her this year. It's been a rough one for her, with the divorce (my dad [well, my dad's lawyer, I guess] is being kind of a prick), and Chewie, and going back and forth on having to sell the house, and the cutbacks at the school. She deserves a day to just...not have to think about all that.

Anyway, I have to get some sleep.

Ah yes, now I remember why I don't love spring.

*SNEEZE*

I haven't really been able to get into the newest season of 'Rescue Me' - I think it's just been too long, honestly. I probably should have watched the first four seasons again before starting this one. Anyway, there is one reason that I am very very glad that it's back on the air, and that is its bad-ass Von Bondies theme song:



It's perfect.

For those who are interested, the increase in medication really seems to be working. I'm just generally feeling happier, and the times when I do get sad or upset, I'm able to handle it a little better. Except for work. I seem to hate it more now than I did before, lol. Maybe it's because now I'm willing to believe that I'm better than a job like that? I don't know.

It also has gotten rid of some of my lethargy. While in general I'm most content to just hang out and watch a movie or read a book, I have been a little more active and a little more willing to be outside. Like, today I was watching 'Dead Like Me' and I thought "You know, I could go walk on the treadmill and still be able to watch this." So I did a mile on the treadmill. And the other day I took the bus to go get my hair done (pictures forthcoming, whenever my computer decides to stop being a bitch), and by the time it was finished I had missed the bus back. I could wait 20 minutes for the next one, but instead I decided to walk the mile and a half home, because it was all sunny and I had my mp3 player and nowhere to be. It was really, really nice.

So, all in all it appears to be a success. I still have some stuff to work out, but it's definitely progress.


Also, regarding Dead Like Me, Rube is awesome:

Man. Naps are awesome.

I had an altogether great day today, plus it was gorgeous outside and I don't have to work again until Sunday. *sigh (of contentment)*

And now I have cupcakes.

It was a typical rambling post. Talking about Lor and Mikie (oh, Mikie) who would both be staples in my journal for a while. Mentioning that I was reading Chelsea Horror Hotel by DeeDee Ramone, which I didn't care for, I guess (eventually I ended up giving it to Joey [oh, Joey]). Also my nerves for 'Once Upon A Mattress' (I played Winnifred!), which I thought I was going to suck at but I actually turned out to be AWESOME* thankyouverymuch.




*I am more humble than this, really, lol.

I'm feeling much better today. I'm not exactly running marathons, but I've gone from "Unnnngggghhh" to just plain old sleepy, which is several steps up. It could have something to do with the fact that I slept really really well last night. Clean sheets + clean pajamas + clean Amy = heaven.

When I did wake up, I had about three text messages on my phone from my boss, bitching because of the way the store looked in the morning and the fact that the "open" sign was left on, which meant that some guy was pounding on the window at 7:30 in the morning or something. Yeah, the thing is - I didn't close last night. I didn't work at all last night, which she should know because, well, she was there and I wasn't. I was not pleased, although luckily the messages didn't wake me up (which proves how hard I was sleeping, since my phone is about a foot and a half away from my head), because that would have been full-blown pissed off.

Off to watch more 'Dead Like Me.' Obviously.