So I was at FC this year, Thursday through Sunday, and I must say, I had a lot of fun. Got to hang out with some cool peeps (yay  schizowolf,  teh,  brokenfox,  keto ), met some new cool peeps (yay  bl00dr4g0n ), and was in a few awesome B&W Polaroid photos (yay  amtrack88, go check them out).

The only thing that I regret is that my love wasn't there. But he and I will be at Califur, and hopefully FC2010, so yay  seregei.

Woooo! I gots me some Rock Band 2!

Too bad I still have a slight cold, so I can't sing. D: Oh well, still got the guitar and drums to have fun with.

So yeah, I'm totally sick. My body is a wonderland... of mucus. It sucks. I was going to go visit friends for new years, but now I'm stuck home, dripping gross stuff.

I need tissues, blowing my nose with toilet paper has caused blood to appear in my mucus.

So I decided I'll give a bit more detailed account of my weekend.

Let's start with Friday night. I had to work until midnight, and rather than falling asleep for three hours and then getting up, I decided to just stay up. At around 3:45 am, Saturday, my ride arrived, and after meeting a caravan at Wal-Mart, we were off at about 4am. Now, since I wasn't driving, you'd think the first thing I'd do is sleep, but I actually had a hard time sleeping in the car (normally I'm fine with it, but not this time), I must have been too excited, as I was never able to sleep for much more than a half hour at a time.

The drive was long. Around ten or eleven hours. We made a few stops, mostly for gas, but then at around noon, we stopped in Williams, AZ for lunch at a neat little 50s-style diner called "Twisters". Good burgers. From just before Williams to just after Flagstaff, the ground was covered in snow (fortunately the road was not). It was very pretty.

Just before 4pm, local time, we pulled into Chinle, AZ. We pulled into the hotel that most of the group (a church group passing out presents) was staying at. There in the lobby, waiting for me, was my sweetheart, my love,  seregei

We fell into a big hug (I would have kissed him right there, but I didn't exactly want to out myself in front of church people). After a little bit, when all the checking in was done, and I had transfered my stuff to seregei's (very beat-up but interesting) car, he and I drove over to the local church to wait for the rest of the group to arrive to unload the presents. While we were waiting, seregei was sitting in the car and I was leaning against it. I leaned down and stole a kiss, to his delight and surprise.

After unloading all the presents (seregei was very helpful, as he always is), the group reconvened for dinner at the hotel restaurant. There was a parade that evening, but seregei and I opted to leave before that, and so we took off for his house, thirty miles north (which is really not that far on the reservation). It was night time and quite dark, so I wasn't able to make out much of the landscape.

Upon arriving at his place, I unloaded my things into his sister's house (there's a main family house and then several smaller ones for his older siblings, and the sister in question lives in Phoenix now). Seregei gave me a tour of the main house, and then we waited for his mom to get home so that I could meet her. It was a brief introduction, but enough to apparently make a good impression on her.

His sister's house was heated by a wood stove, so sometimes it would get cold, but for the most part we were able to keep the house fairly warm. After meeting his mom, we returned to the smaller house, and we had a night that can best be described as magnificent.

The next morning, our plans changed a bit. At first we were going to have to ride back to Chinle with his mom, and she wanted to leave before I would be done with the things I had to do. But then she changed her mind, and decided to stay home, let seregei sell stuff at the flea market for her, and so everything worked out just fine.

After all my obligations were taken care of, I met him at the flea market, and we stayed there selling stuff for about another half hour. We got lunch at Subway, and then we headed back to his place. Once there, we had some alone time at his sister's house, and then went back to the main house. Seregei prepared dinner while I watched a little tv (which I rarely do anymore). Dinner was chicken legs baked in bbq sauce, rice with chicken gravy, and some corn. It was yummy. =9

We retreated to his sisters house again, and spent the evening putting my music onto his laptop, which was a lot of fun. We were up until midnight doing that, which was probably to late to be up, considering the early morning we had.

Yes, the church group was leaving at 7am, so in order to get there in time, seregei and I had to be up around 5:30 and leave around 6:20. We made it, though, and I hugged him goodbye. Ten hours later, I was home, and starting to feel lonely. (A little side note that show's seregei's sweet thoughtfulness: about ten minutes before I got home, I got a call from him, wanting to know if I made it home okay. He just melts my heart sometimes.)

And that's my detailed report. Feel free to ask questions.

So I just got back from the best weekend I've ever had (and I mean that 100% honestly). I was in Arizona, and I got to stay with my dear sweetheart,  seregei . I really can't even begin to describe how much I enjoyed being with him. It just feels natural, if that makes any sense. Nothing we did felt forced or put on. I just love it.

But yes, sad. Because I'm home now, and "home" is almost 700 miles away from my love. =( *sigh* Oh well, I have all these wonderful memories to treasure. =3

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/28/bl.....nce/index.html

A man is getting trampled to death, and people still can't get in the store fast enough to buy useless shit. Goddammit.

Dancing his ass off around the world, that's where: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfK.....amp;amp;fmt=22

I dunno what it is, but something about this video is incredibly heartwarming for me. =3

Watch Sherman Alexie trade barbs with Stephen Colbert. It's hilarious:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-co.....sherman-alexie

"Well, we forgive you for smallpox." Just brilliant. XD

http://www.politico.com/news/storie.....008/14805.html

Oh Sarah Palin, you and your folksy ways.

Related fan-made music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9p2.....eature=related

Edit: This Palin supporter went shopping too: http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/.....inshirttx0.jpg

So, in a bit of sad news,  amtrack88 and I have gone our separate ways, though we'll still remain friends. In light of that,  seregei and I are now a couple (even though some people thought that we were a long time ago <_< ). <3

In other news, Seventh Day Adventists are opposing Prop 8, on the grounds of keeping church and state separate. Check it out: http://adventistsagainstprop8.org

So about an hour or so ago, the whole neighborhood filled with smoke, and it smelled like pot. Like, really reeked, and ended up seeping into the house.

Thankfully it's gone now, but it was really strange. We had to light candles to get the smell out.

So Sarah Palin gave an interview with Katie Couric, and manage to babble out a bunch of talking points that hardly made sense. Observe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQY5.....eature=related

She honestly sounds like she has no idea what she's talking about. This concerns me.

Here's the actual interview, just to show that yes, she really said that: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=npUMUASwaec

Sarah Palin: http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/.....icpalinzb1.jpg

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/th.....ns_debate.html

Looks like he already won the debate that has yet to occur. Either he's psychic or he's invented time travel.

http://www.kget.com/entertainment/e.....c-9c2ae1e970b5

=( Don LaFontaine passed away. You know who he is, trust me. Ever seen a movie trailer of the "IN A WORLD..." variety? That's Don LaFontaine.

So hey, check this song out, 'cause it's awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g__n.....eature=related

So I buy Paste Magazine (I should really subscribe, but I'm lazy), and it has a CD sampler every month, which is constantly introducing me to great music.

That's where I heard Janelle Monàe, and it friggin' blew me away. Gutsy young woman (only 23!) is releasing a concept album for her debut.

Edit: Oh, and check this band out too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awTaN_1gQk4 Cloud Cult is awesome.

In other news, I start school tomorrow. Whee. (Seriously, I've been so bored out of school that I'm actually really happy to be going back.)

So this week I've heard both Coldplay's new album, Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends, and the Offspring's new album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.

Viva la Vida is pretty good. Certainly much better than X&Y, which just struck me as overly sappy.

Rise and Fall was enjoyable. I've only recently started listening to the Offspring in any serious way, but I enjoyed the album.

I would recommend both of them if you are a fan of the bands.

Weezer's new album doesn't suck. I like it quite a bit. I picked up the deluxe edition for bonus tracks and a nifty booklet that has commentary on most of the songs. The bonus tracks are pretty sweet, too, with my favorite being "King".

Check it out.

It doesn't feel that different from 21, to be perfectly honest.

So Califur has come and gone, and while I had a really good time for the most part, I'm not terribly sad that it's over.

What I am rather bummed about, though, is that  seregei left today. He's taking a bus to Phoenix where he'll work for the summer before going back to school in the fall. I had such a great time with him, and now I'm not sure when I'll get to see him again (though I'm making damn sure it won't be as long as it was last time). Plus, after having someone around all week, being alone seems accentuated.

Ah well, I've got good friends around here (including a wonderful boyfriend), so I'll just have to get out and hang with them more.

And i just cant hide it. <_<

Anyway, next week is going to be awesome. On Sunday,  seregei is coming into town to stay with me for the week. Unfortunately due to budget restraints, most of what we'll do will involve either watching movies or wandering around the Los Angeles area not buying things. But, Califur is next week, and we're going to that along with my boyfriend. We're gonna have a clown-car hotel room, but I'm still really looking forward to it anyway.

Normally I'd put in a "Say hi if you're at the con and see me," but Seregei is the only person who really reads my journals anyway. Which makes me wonder why I'm writing this. XD

After hearing the first single from Weezer's upcoming album, "Pork and Beans", I'm pleased. It's nice and catchy. Though the title makes me hungry.

www.weezer.com if you want to hear it.

Please leave a one-word comment that you think best describes me. It can only be one word. No more.

Then copy & paste this in your journal so that I may leave a word about you.

I anticipate three words. Probably less.

Whee.

1.) Put your media player of choice on shuffle.
2.) List the first fifteen songs that come up (skipping titles like "Fugue in D Minor") and add "in my pants" to the end.
3.) Bold the ones that actually made you LOL.

1. Sattalite in my pants
2. Cockroach in my pants
3. Woke Up With Wood in my pants
4. Delirium Trigger in my pants
5. Right Here Right Now in my pants
6. Somebody Told Me in my pants
7. House of Memories in my pants
8. Super Mario Bros. in my pants
9. The Future in my pants
10. All Your Reasons in my pants
11. Big Time in my pants
12. O.K. With My Decay in my pants
13. I Ran (So Far Away) in my pants
14. In The Drink in my pants
15. Selfish Man in my pants

Bonus: What Should I Be Singing in my pants

I broke the rules because I'm that badass.

I just received three dozen cookies in the mail.

D:
D:
:D

Tasty.

A late Valentine's gift from my dad and stepmom. They come from this place: http://www.cherylandco.com/

And they are sooooooo good.

I haven't been excited for a game for a long time, but after seeing some gameplay videos and hearing some of the music that's going to be included in Super Smash Bros Brawl, I'm actually really excited for it.

Especially because of the music, I mean just listen to it: http://youtube.com/profile_videos?u.....er&amp;p=r

Some highlights:

SMW Castle (With some bits of SMB3 fortress)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2BeZ_EQrkEw

Scrapbrain (hell yeah, the original)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zlZh3fumugk

Fight Against Team Galaxy (the best part about Team Galaxy was their fight music)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hzwELKtGSHI

Battleship Halberd and King DeDeDe's Theme (Kirby music is awesome)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vNlwr_VpTwE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=34QL_NyYHy8

Space Armada (holy crap, I forgot about this song)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=t9emlSdPFHI

Anyway, I'll stop the nerdgasm now.