Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies...why do I not own it?!

The best thing that happened to me today was Lane Bryant had a $20 off $40 coupon online and I used it, along with their ongoing special, to buy lots o' underwear! Hooray! I don't know about you, but getting 6 new pairs of fancy undies for $26 is enough to turn any day into awesomesauce. 

It's the little things...

Stolen from the awesome annearchy:

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For some reason I am reading like four books at once, which was fine when I was young and sharp but now I'm just confused and grumpy. Also, my attention span keeps getting shorter and shorter as I get older and older. Verrah scary.

I felt like posting, but I really had nothing to say. So, yeah. Here's what I came up with...


Things I Am SO Ready For

1. The muthafuckin' weekend
2. Taking JP to see Esther's Follies Friday night (which also means hanging out in Austin, woo woo!)
3. Visiting the Kid and his wife in about 6 weeks (San Diego, here I come!)


Things I Am SO Over

1. Eating healthy (so. difficult. especially after a whole year of eating crap. delicious crap.)
2. Work. Do not get me started - it's just depressing.
3. Getting my finances in order (I know it's important, but boring!)

I am listening to Nelson's (Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection. I approve of their use of parenthesis.

In a charming mood today, so that's nice. I want to buy lots of things! Clothes, mainly. No reason. Just want to throw some money away, I guess. LOL! I should be working out, but rumor has it that we are going out for doughnuts later...

Le sigh.

Small poetry is sometimes the best poetry.

Haiku

we are sudden stars
you and i exploding in
our blue black skins

--Sonia Sanchez

Green Day was awesome!!! They all looked and sounded fantastic. I think I had forgotten how much I love their music. And hearing them live and listening to how effing great they sound after all these years just made me so happy. Of course, the usual happened - got stepped on (go steel toes!), got beer poured on me, I elbowed a couple of dicks, and screamed in the beer-pourer's ear until he moved away from me. : )

I am so very tired from jumping and dancing around for two and a half hours in Dr. Martens...totally feeling my age here. I had a general admission ticket, so I slammed two beers and waded into the crowd. I felt bad, but laughed so hard when they came out and Billie Joe yelled, "Everyone on your feet, this isn't fucking Coldplay!" My only complaint is he said "San Antonio" like 80 times throughout the night. But it got everyone riled up, so you know. Good on him.

I was pretty close, too! How close? When the pyrotechnics went off, I could feel the heat on my face and when Billie Joe used his super-soaker on the audience, I got wet! Woohoo! Unfortunately, there was a no camera policy (which is stupid because everyone - except me - had an iPhone or similar and was taking way better pictures and video than my camera would have! Re. Tarded.

Billie Joe loves  interacting with the crowds, pulling people on the stage, making everyone yell, running up and down the aisles, and even mooning us (I can never unsee that white ass...). It was too bad people were such weenies. I mean, he was trying to get people to come up and sing and these people would be jumping up and down and screaming and once he pulled them up, it was like they were frozen, whispering into the microphone and looking like deer in the headlights. He asked one woman to stage dive and she ran to the edge of the stage, wussied out, and kind of fell over. Ho. Hum. Also, there were lots and lots of kids in the audience. Like 10-year-olds. I find that...strange.

At the very end, they released a shitload of confetti/ticker tapes (?) into the audience and I felt like I had won something. Seriously, though, I was picking that stuff out of my bra all the way home. But they sang Time of Your Life as their final encore and it just made me so happy and nostalgic and glad that after being DENIED by the infamous burrito run of '94, I was finally able to see Green Day.

Oh, yeah - Franz Ferdinand was great, too, but they played for barely 30 minutes. WTH?!

I am freakin' exhausted by the work week. Tuesday was a bad, bad day. But life goes on and all that jazz. Today was considerably better since I didn't have to go in and give a tour, fix a problem or test something, which is what I have been doing recently on my days off to the delight of my bank account and to the detriment of my peace of mind.

In cool news, the crab apple tree in my backyard is blooming like crazy with little white flowers! Also, I bought one of these AeroGardens at Target for 75% off. I also bought the herb, green bean, and salad green seeds to go with it. Hooray for teeny tiny indoor gardens! I think these are so cool; I have wanted one since I first saw it. So sci-fi and classroom projecty. I know, it's weird but I am so excited!

In real news, somewhere deep inside my brain, I have been hyperventilating constantly at the thought of picking a career/master's program/making any kind of decision really. It's always there: when I'm happy or emo. When I'm wasting time in front of the computer or when I'm just trying to keep my head above water. I've studied up on lots of different job options and plenty of different degrees. I find myself disappointed in a lot of the "online, working person's masters degrees." They seem kind of fake. Maybe that is a misconception I have, but...yeah.

So I still don't know. But I am approaching a decision (yeesh). I just really need to make the right choice because I already fucked this up once before and now I have a house and bills and JP and the kitties to think of. I can't fuck up again or it might hurt us all. Mmmm, so deliciously melodramatic and emo...

I am drunk and it is glorious.

Fin.

I have been doing "hit and runs" on LJ and a couple of other sites. But there is no time, OMG! What the Hell people? When did I become one of those old people lamenting that "old time is still a-flying"?

Le boohoo.

But on to the good news. George Michael concert was FAB-U-LOUS!!! He put on a Hell of a show, with band mounted on three tiers, lots of pretty pretty graphics, and dancing. Lord, how there was dancing! I think I sat through three songs, tops. Most of the auditorium was up and shaking their money-makers. Every where I looked, there were people in the aisles dancing and yelling and singing along. Totally awesome. He sang old stuff and new stuff and best of all, he sang my favorite song!!! Hooray! He was in great voice and honestly, I don't know how he still moves like he does, but dude had ENERGY.

The trip itself was hilarious. Basically, it was Nay-nay, Danny, and myself, all taking the piss out of each other. Sure, sometimes it was tedious and Nay-nay can be difficult on trips, but I've known this couple for the better part of 20 years and the humor and memories will always win over anything else. We went to the Kemah Boardwalk, which is basically Landry's idea of an amusement park (a few rides, some old-fashioned shops, and about 7 seafood restaurants with strangely similar menus). It was nice and I even had an embarrassing Idol/David Cook moment. They played his treacly Time of My Life song on the radio blasting throughout the park and I basically grabbed Nay-nay's arm and squealed. Because I am sad. And there is no hope for me. Fly, you fools!

Anyway, we ate lots of seafood and wandered around the Galleria in Houston (tres swanky), and some guy tried to sell us $10 knockoff concert t-shirts outside the Toyota Center when we were leaving. All in all, a good weekend!

Work is, unfortunately, still work. But my boss is gone this week and next, so I might actually get some stuff done! wOOt!

Things That Are Not Yay!

1. My eyes burn from, I dunno, tiredness? They burn!
2. I missed an auction for one of my favorite Lupin images on Mandarake (autographed, no less). Fehhhhhh.
3. I shouldn't be spending that money anyway. Bad, BAD Melly!
4. No iTunes for you!!! *see #3*

Things That ARE Yay!

1. I went to see OotP again and hello! I forgot about how smokin' hot Alan Rickman looks in his fitted black coat. Yummeh.
2. My sister got us free tickets to Stardust and it looks totally righteous! Can't wait...
3. wonderelf 's box of curry is made of yay! And thank you for the Hello Kitty gashapon container! You remembered! *loves you*
4. This weekend I will buy Deathly Hallows and read it so I can freakin' look at all the spoilers! The suspense. Is. Killing. Me.

And, yeah, that's about right (the incomprehensible part, lol):

Your Score: Linear B

You scored

You are Linear B. Even those who can follow you think you're all Greek to them. Which, after all, is true - Linear B being the first known text for written Greek. To most people, you're incomprehensible. But what do you care? You're tough, hard, long-enduring and have greater nobility than most. Naturally, you don't admit to borrowing extensively from your brother Linear A.

Link: The Which Ancient Language Are You Test written by imipak on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test