we got all night

My friending meme, the one I just sort of threw together and launched at you guys, is still going pretty strong! As is this one. GO. FRIEND. BE MERRY.

AND HELLO TO ALL MY NEW FRIENDS FROM BOTH OF THOSE MEMES! I promise not to scare you away... right away, anyway. XD

There is this sticky post that may help you get to know me/add me elsewhere and next entry I'll do some sort of "get to know me" meme that'll help, too.


It's New Year's Eve and I had plans for the first time in my life but since everyone in my house is sick with this super-flu thing I figured I'm needed at home. I think I'm finally catching the virus though, because I'm achy and my throat hurts. :/ My sister's working though, so there will be a lot of music happening in here. Just me and the dogs, OH YEAHHHHH.


AH 2010 I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. 2009 was so awesome and I was sad to see it go. But 2010 was the year of screenwriting! playwriting! creative writing! stage managing! DC! drunky times! concerts (outside and in)! Boston (♥)! Gay Bars! Quidditch! television production! charity events! I'm getting a little misty just thinking of it, not even going to lie.

When it came to the media challenge of the year, I failed miserably with the movies and worst with the games (;_;) this year, but reading-wise... is up to your interpretation. I went hardcore on manga and I... read a lot of the NYTimes on my phone? I'M SMART, TRUST ME. Also, I sort of... forgot about the movies after a while. I was so busy I went back and looked through my Miso account for some round-about dates on the last few months. So that may not be as accurate as last year's. Whoops?

( 2010 meme-y thing cobbled together from various ones I saw floating around )

Also, Britney Spears' new song is coming out on the 7th and I'd like to think that's my birthday present from the music world this year.

And from the tech world this post, specifically the part where he says MORE LIVE DIGGNATIONS!!! I WAS SO SAD THAT 2010 WAS THE LAST OF THEM. I'm so behind on that podcast but now I know there is still more to come!

ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. I HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY AND I'LL SEE YOU ALL ON THE FLIPSIDE!

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Lia

Last night I was out of my mind with boredom. I think my instant gratification disease is attacking again. There's so many things I want to do but all of them take more time than I'm willing to spend on a single thing. I want entertainment right here, right now. Eventually I gave up just wasting time and ended up-- at 4am, mind you-- making a background for Twitter, re-doing my LJ layout and staring at my Twitter pic wondering whether I should change it, too. I had a few dreams but they're all jumbled right now since everyone kept waking me up about every five minutes and I don't know which dream was which.

Something is wrong with the world when Downey and Hugh Jackman receive stars on the Walk of Fame in the same year. I don't know what the criteria is, but is Hugh Jackman really that deserving so soon? As far as I can tell he's only been around since 2000. I awww'd about Macy and Huffman getting stars the same year. And lol @ Tinkerbell and the Village People.

I don't know why I was so late to the party but this (seemingly) dead fic-a-thon is pretty interesting to go through. I feel odd with films like Zodiac, Good Night, Good Luck and Fur which are about real people. You'd think it'd be like RPF and that it wouldn't be weird to me because I don't mind RPF, but just the idea of there being fics about these movies is weirding me out. Especially Fur since that in itself was an AU fanfic on celluloid. I wonder how Arbus's family feels about that movie. My views on fan fiction have changed lately, anyway. I'm more interested in anything that's not slash. And my flist being what it is, that is very hard to find! Not that I'm frustrated by it, it's just an amusing fact.

Now that I'm reminded of other creepy subject matter, I was having a conversation with my dad the other day about the CGI in The Incredible Hulk and I mentioned the uncanny valley and had to explain the theory to him. We started talking about how it's creepy when animals show signs of intelligence like when you go to the zoo and the gorillas wave or wink at you or when you're trying to squash a roach and it plays dead so you leave it alone. And I figure that the reason humans find humanoid robots and animals so creepy is because we have a superiority complex. Dad mentioned this Nat Geo program we watched in March about how gorillas have faster memory than humans and I said that that's not creepy because we assume it's a necessary skill for whatever they do in the wild. Kind of how squirrels always remember where they put their nuts but I can't remember my password for GMail when my notifier conks out on me. It's the same way we are amazed and not scared by birds or platypi. But when animals show signs of genius at human levels-- like the roach that tried hiding under a glass container so I wouldn't send him to his maker-- it's weird because we think, "Wait, we're supposed to be the ultimate beings here, not you. How does a mouse, a simple rodent outsmart me, a human!" And I think that's part of the reason why that beach scene in Planet of the Apes is so scary because it's like evolution denied us what we're supposed to be. Does that make sense?

Anyway, My Boys is about to start, I need to load up The Sims 2 and I'm looking into other simulation/strategy games. I'm thinking about getting Black & White or the latest Civilization since I loved the demo so much on my old computer. There also needs to be a new bar-tending simulator. I missed my chance to own Last Call back then as well. Anyone play any of these god games? I really want Spore as well, but that's not shocking news.

( Random Diggnation-related videos )

Lia

YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS. LOOK.

IT'S TUESDAY. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FLAIL ABOUT TOTALLY RAD COMING OUT AT 7PM, NOT KEVIN ROSE BEING AWESOME DAY. STEALING ALEX'S THUNDER IS NOT COOL. BUT YOU GUYS, JUNE. I DON'T EVEN CARE ANYMORE IF KEVIN ROSE NEVER COMES HERE. JUST ANYONE FROM DIGG WOULD SUFFICE.

I'M ALSO DOING adayinmylife TODAY, SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE ANYTHING FROM MY SCHOOL, LET ME KNOW. I'M GOING TO BE HERE UNTIL 9:30PM, ANYWAY.

ALSO, IF ANYONE WANTS TO BUDDY UP WITH ME NEXT MONDAY FOR THE MEETUP.COM'S DIGGNATION SCREENING, LET ME KNOW. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE SINCE IT'S RELEVANT TO THIS POST.

flimbugg, LAST NIGHT WAS AWESOME, THANK YOU FOR THE HOOKUP. MY CAMERA IS HORRIBLE WITH CONCERT SHOTS, APPARENTLY. BUT I DID GET SOME GOOD VIDEO THOUGH, SO I'LL SEND YOU THE STUFF TONIGHT. AND I KINDA LOST CHRISTINA'S BOSS HALF WAY THROUGH THE NIGHT? SO UH, I HOPE THEY'RE NOT MAD AT ME.

LIA

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Lia

So last night I had this dream where Diggnation was live in the Irish Rogue and somehow James Roday was there. What. I don't know either. It was one of those flash-in-the-pan dreams, but I remember Alex and Kevin sitting near the windows in the corner of the room, James Roday in a teal polo (wtf?) and me wearing a Systm shirt. Now, if I could remember what beer they were drinking, I'd go stock up and buy a Systm shirt just to make it come true. How do they go from California to Japan and London and not NY? And no one knows what the hell I'm talking about. Moving on.

You know what? I think besides James Roday, Kevin Rose is the best well-rounded guy in my opinion. Yeah, that makes sense. Now, if Roday was a Mac geek or Kevin wrote a book then maybe they'd be competing more roughly. But right now they're kinda in different pools of love or what have you. SORRY, REALLY MOVING ON NOW.

I love mashups, man. I think the first one I heard was "The Real Slim Shady" to the backing track of "Oops! I Did It Again!" But this one? BOGGLES MY MIND. Because they actually altered the woman on "In The Closet" to sort of sound like Britney. Insanity. And skills. But mostly me being impressed and jealous. There's also this one, but as much as AC/DC kicks ass I like both songs separate.

And even though I don't own an iPhone, I would really like if Shapeshifter would WORK WITH ME so I can turn my computer into a iPhone rip-off, like I'm planning to do with my cell.

Psych, I don't want you to leave meeeeeeeee. *sobs* But it's on. Watch it, y'all.

Lia

Yes, I don't work tomorrow. Yeah, I've got guides and fics and sims to post.

But what do I have today?

( MEMESS )

I caused a back-up of clients at work today. It took all I had to not cry in front of everyone. Plus every time I wrote out a zero on a gift card I put a loop in it, Red-Phantom style. And I have my sister saying "Dude" now.

I may hate Kevin Pereira, but I love his "It Came from Ebay" segment, and I can't find a YouTube video of that echo. And I just got nostalgic for G4. Dr. Tran! Haha, the sole reason (besides Happy Tree Friends, DUH) that I watched Happy Tree Friends and Friends.

Lia