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...I haven't updated in more than a month. Whoops. I don't know, I'm just lacking the energy to do much of anything online these days. Haven't even read much fic recently. Haven't drawn at all. Haven't posted the cleaned-up version of the drawing/sketch I did for Porn Battle. Haven't posted pictures of some of my latest fannish amigurumi (one of the few fannish things I AM still doing, largely because it's relaxing and I can do it in front of the TV while working my way through Fringe and True Blood. And then I have new things to cuddle because I'm actually a 5-year-old child.). Basically haven't participated in fandom at all...

Meh, I don't know what's wrong with me. Part of it might just be that I'm tragically starting to drift a bit from my main fandom (but am clinging desperately onto it still because I am not ready to leave it behind and also I really wanted to go to RCW 139 next year but if I'm no longer interested enough... :( I really wish I could have gone last summer, or that it had run this summer as well. We'll see, though - at this moment I still really want to go, but not sure how I'll feel in a year.)

Anyway, I'm trying to hype myself up about fandom in general and get back into the swing of things, but it's hard. Mostly I'm just lazy. Well, and fairly busy. Work's slowing way down now, but I've started taking Taekwondo again so that occupies every Monday and Wednesday night. And other nights I'm just lazy and end up sitting on the couch watching TV and crocheting. ^^ Or, in the past week, obesessively resarching hotels and activities in Honolulu for jedinic and my upcoming trip there. You'd think I'd be tired of researching hotels after spending my days at work doing that... but it's kind of addicting and time-consuming because there are SO many choices and I was trying to find something that'd fit what we need. Times like these I rather wish I sold international travel because a. I'd have resources besides Google and Trip Advisor to help me, and b. I'd get industry discounts. As it is, I only get industry discounts if I travel within Canada. ^^

But okay, today I have all day to fuck around and do nothing, so I'm going to at least try to post some stuff and maybe work on some old drawings. And also go out at some point, because Vancouver's decided to give a last burst of summer for today and I want to make the most of it.

Okay, next couple of posts will have actual fannish content, I promise - not just me bitching about my own lack of inspiration and energy for fandom. ^^ Just wish I knew how to get it back... I still love fandom, but sometimes it just tires me out, especially the wank in the bigger fandoms. I need to stick with nice small happy fandoms. :)

NEW YORK SENATE APPROVES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

THEY DID IT. FUCK YEAH.

(I'm still always scared when I hear this kind of news that it will be taken away at any point... but am going to be optimistic!)

I'm thinking back to late 2008/early 2009 when I started writing a Keith/Anderson fic where same-sex marriage got legalized and they got married... I had some really sappy/stupid fantasy stories in my head, too, where they'd come out and get engaged on-air while covering the news about the legalization, or something. Yeah. Good times. :)

WOOO! Finally! We didn't suck! We actually won! Yay Vancouver!! God it must be nuts downtown.. wonder how it's comparing to what I heard of last Saturday. The shots of downtown on the television were amazing- more people than at the Olympics, it seemed like. Watched the game with cerulean_pulsar at my place then wandered around enjoying the much smaller level of craziness in North Van - lots of excitement and car honking and yelling, but not that many people on the whole. Most people are prob still downtown and will be until, like, 1am. ^^

Anyway, WE CAN DO THIS THING! HELL YEAH! We are THIS CLOSE. I'm torn between wanting them to win on Monday and wanting it to go to game 7 because really, it'd be awesome if they could win here in Vancouver on Wednesday. (and wtf's with going to Boston for Monday then back here for Wednesday? That seems like an excessive amount of travelling...). I'm not sure this city could handle the stress of game 7... I'm just imagining the entire city calling in to work sick on Thursday morning if we win. Or if we lose, really. XD

Okay, some White Collar thoughts (didn't want them in the other post in case people wanted to comment on the rest of the post and didn't want to accidentally be spoiled)

( White Collar s3 premiere! )

This is being recced everywhere, but it really is lovely... I don't know a lot of the sources (actually, I barely recognize any, which is rather embarrassing!) but it's still fantastic and inspiring and beautiful and very well done. Great song, great clips, and really quite moving, especially the last shot. Yay for awesome women in space.

http://charmax.livejournal.com/136419.html vid by charmax

Go, watch, comment, rec. :)

FUCK YEAH.

(also thank god it's over, there's only so much hockey I can take and this game was never-ending)

Listening to the cheers outside... it must be pretty crazy downtown.

Saw Pirates 4 tonight with flamebyrd, her husband, and a group of local fans... consensus? Lots of fun hanging around chatting with everyone, punctuated by a little over two hours of boredom. ( Not really any spoilers I don't think, but still... )

Okay, enough complaining. :) I had lots of fun hanging out with everyone, at least.

Random other things:

- I saw Thor a couple of weeks ago. Infinitely better than Pirates, and I greatly enjoyed it. Lots of fun, and lots of eyecandy. ;

- Watched the SV finale last week. I stopped watching in s7 so I read some summaries to catch up. Strange coming back after 3 seasons, because so much has changed, but I still enjoyed it. Nice to see Clark and Lex one last time, and I totally lost it and started crying at the end because. Oh. LEX. We knew it was your destiny and we saw it in flashforwards years ago, but to actually see it happen... :( And then the music and Clark in the costume, and oh. I do rather miss that show.

- not sure what to say about the SPN finale... I liked it well enough. Am as freaked about the ending as everyone, but am hoping it will be resolved satisfactorily and am reasonably confident that it's the *spoilers* making *spoiler* act that way. ;)

- Speaking of SPN, I made a Castiel doll! After 6.20 I felt like I'd need one to hug in the finale, so I made one and mostly finished him in time for Friday. Got the wings on with velcro just yesterday, though, and still want to add some details to his trenchcoat. Will post pictures at some point.

- Work's ok. Busy. Evidently a lot busier than last year at this time, which makes me feel better about being behind in what needs to be done but still stressed about getting it done on time. Sigh. Kinda don't actually have time for a long weekend, though it's nice! Went up to Bowen last night. Tomorrow is hanging out at home, maybe drawing (I have several dS things I want to work on, most of them porny XD), and cleaning the house. Wooo. Livin' it up!

Huh. Evidently I have basically no Pirates icons. What the hell was I using that summer I was in the fandom? o.o This will have to do, then. Sums up my feelings about the movie quite well.

Ohgodohgodohgod FUCK ME GODAMMIT. I'm freaking the fuck out because I can't find the tickets for Stars on Ice on Friday. And I was so FUCKING STUPID that I bought them at the actual Ticketmaster downtown, not online. Used a credit card at least, and they're reserved seats, so they SHOULD be replaceable, but stupid Ticketmaster's website is useless and just says “maybe”. What the FUCK I DON’T GET IT. Where could they BE? They should be on my desk, or at least in my bag. WIsh I could call Ticketmaster, but it’s 11:20pm so it’s not like they’ll be open. And I had planned to be in bed an hour ago because I really need to start getting more sleep, and now I’m wired as fuck and won’t be able to sleep.

Fuuuuck. This isn’t happening. They MUST be replaceable. I bought them on my credit card and I have a receipt, so I presume they have a record of it. God that’s the last time I ever buy tickets in person not online. So stupid.

Well now that I can legally talk about election results *eyeroll*... ugh. Not surprising I guess, but ugh. Here's hoping he doesn't get a majority. NDP as the opposition will be interesting, though. :)

And yay for #tweethteresults for letting me know the results ahead of time, depressing though they are. :) You can't stop the signal! (tbh, I mostly just wanted to make this post as an excuse to say that). The whole media blackout thing is ridiculous, and not really enforcable anymore..
*looks back at TV* Wow the NDP have got a lot of seats. o.o Pretty cool. I've never seen the BQ get that few seats. ^^ Or the Liberals for that matter... still got some time to wait until we get to my ridings (the one I actually voted in, and the one I grew up in/technically live in again and should probably have voted in). Fingers crossed! They both went Conservative in the last election.

According the CBC the record number of seats the NDP ever got in the past was 43. They're at 83 now and counting... certainly a change. :)

And now, let's just pray the Conservatives don't get a majority... not that I really want yet another minority government (and the inevitable election in another 2 years), but I really don't want that man in complete charge of my country. o.o

Huh. So, evidently I'm not going to get to see Thor in a decent theatre. Or the final HP movie. Or any other movie I've been looking forward to... for awhile there at least a few decent theatres in Vancouver would have the 2D versions of movies, but if the currently available showtimes for Thor are any indication? That ain't happening anymore. Not one fucking theatre in the entire Lower Mainland is showing Thor in 2D, or at least if they are then their showtimes aren't up yet for next Friday. All the big theatres/Silvercities/etc are 3D only. So is the little local cinema 2 minutes from my apartment. Guess I'm shit out of luck, along with another 10% of the population... this really really sucks. I thought for sure it'd be in 2D somewhere. Here's praying that HP7 will be.

In the meantime, as soon as my benefits kick in (5 more weeks) I'm going to make an appointment with the eye doctor... I suppose it's finally time to see if I can do something to fix my lazy eye/evident lack of proper depth perception so I can actually see movies in the future. (I tried this test and totally couldn't do it... no wonder I found it hard to judge distances between cars when I briefly drove 8-odd years ago, heh).

And in other news, I owe $500 to CPP because I was partially self-employed last year and wasn't paying tax/making CPP contributions directly off of what I was making. So much for hoping I wouldn't owe anything/would maybe get a refund because of write offs and school tuition... guess I technically don't owe any tax, anyway. And this is still my money, I just... won't see it until I retire. ^^; Oh well. Thank god I have a job now.

...okay yeah, sorry, I'm feeling sorry for myself and have been in a bad mood for 2 days. Am pms-ing all over the place, or at least that's my excuse. Should have seen me at work yesterday, I was feeling twitchy and irritable and stressed and it wasn't until the afternoon that it finally occurred to me why that probably was. ^^; (people making last minute bookings didn't help - trying to get confirmations back from hotels and tour companys back east for stuff next week, and they're all "it's confirmed!" and I'm all "it's almost 5pm your time on Friday and all I need is an email saying what you just told me because I can't confirm it over the phone! Jesus it's not that hard to write an email!" and gaaaaah.)

*ventvent* Yeah. And drawing class this morning mostly just stressed me out because I've had no inspiration or energy to draw for weeks, and drawing still lifes really really bores me. We do figures for the second half of the class, anyway, which I much prefer.

...wow this is pathetic. I'm gonna go watch the new ep of DW now... that should help. ^^;

Oh, and happy birthday Paul Gross! Totally didn't realize until quettalinde told me. I'm a bad fan... 52 and still lookin' good. :)