Thank you, everyone, for the birthday wishes! :D It was really sweet.

Last night, I had ice cream and cake and sort of face planted into bed after a long day at work. Actual birthday celebrations happened on Sunday, where people were kind of enough to come over, eat loads of cake with me, and watch Die Hard. Bless the xbox because NO ONE ELSE has it streaming. WTF?! It's fucking DIE HARD.

There might be more things last this week/weekend, either Total Recall or the Expendables 2. In short, BOOM BOOM. :D?

I am excited for Dragon*Con later this month. I may not be prepared AT ALL, cosplay-wise, but I am so freaking excited for the vacation and seeing friends at Nerd Vegas. I just need some time AWAY. Work is always insane this time of year.

Right now, my assistant is gone on vacation for the week, which is FINE BY ME. You need to get away this time of year. That means, though, that the rest of my office freaks the fuck out. "BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS THING?!" I already did that weeks ago. "HOW DID YOU KNOW TO DO THAT?!" Because we do it every year, and I plan ahead? We could do that as an office, if you like! I can make a schedule! Not so much, fyi. I have to keep explaining that, no, I am not overwhelmed. I am fine, thanks. It's busy but fine. "ARE YOU SURE? LET ME MICROMANAGE YOU SOME MORE FROM AFAR." No, I'm good, thanks. I'm going to be busy doing work now.

Parents say insane things to me right now. It's still so much better than years past, but still. You have to take a breath and tell yourself that you will have a delicious chocolate cookie later for not losing your temper at the parent crying about losing their most precious baby and can't I tell them this thing that is totally not something I can tell anyone except the actual student. And then I'm an asshole for not telling them things they know they should not be asking. Had to walk a kid through who to contact so that no information can go to their parents because she was afraid they would try to apply for classes for her. Poor thing. That is just too much. Let go, moms and dads! Let go!!

Have a new work computer! I AM IN THIS CENTURY!! I didn't think my work was that effected by the bad tech that I had been working with, but I have since realized that was just me thinking on the bright side of things. Huge fucking difference. HUGE.

I thought Windows 7 would be a little bit more of a learning curve since it has been XP or Mac OS for me for yeaaars. Nope, not hard. Though, the interface is sometimes stupid. Whatever, FASTER WORKING COMPUTER, AAAAAAH!!

Also, they gave me itunes. MY COMPUTER NO LONGER LOCKS UP ON PANDORA. I can listen to international radio stations again! DIFFERENT MUSIC, OMG. It is like a mind fuck. Seriously. I feel like I'm in a P.K. Dick novel and soon, I will start feeling bugs crawling out my eyes and really, I'm on the moon. With Steve.

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I always have a few songs that I listen to on repeat for a month or two. This is how I roll. This normally involves some crazy boyband, pop act, or Wonky Pop eurotrash because I get goofy and candy coated earworms. Not this time! It's the good stuff!

JD McPherson - North Side Gal



So sad I missed him by a week in Boston. So catching him next time he swings through this way. Love his sound: bought the whole album, stuck him in my playlists next to Elvis.


What's that? Song bomb? WMOOOOOMCH! :D