So it's been FOREVER since I last posted. Stuff happens, life goes on. I was thinking the other day about stuff that I miss. LJ was one of them. Making icons for LJ was another, but I'm not entirely sure I want to get back into that. I'd have to relearn photoshop and that just doesn't sound like fun at the moment.

I decided to try to keep track of all the new books I read this year. And new movies I see. I have one of each already. Going for a goal of 100 books. No goal for movies. I see plenty of those anyway.

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I'm pretty sure I can make the 100 book mark. I do like to read. :D

So yeah. Hey guys. Been a while. Everyone been doing good? That's nice.

Anyway. It's been 22 weeks since I last posted. Sad to say, nothing much has been happening. Just working and playing WoW.

Let's see. What have I done lately?
- I removed my eyebrow ring. It was migrating, the bastard.
- I found out I weigh about 20 lbs less than I thought I did. That was nice. Probably gained it all back though.
- Hit lvl 70 with my main toon - Niamh - on WoW
- Killed my lovely 30GB Creative Zen:Vision M mp3 player. Dropped it in the toilet. XD
- Bought an extremely lovely 80GB iPod Classic. Totally love it.
- Bought a new computer. An Acer Aspire M5100. It's pretty.
- Bought The X-Files: The Ultimate Collection. I love The X-Files.
- Caught up on Boston Legal. Excellent show. Well not entirely caught up. Just the first 3 seasons.

That's about it, besides the occasional movie going. Went to see and today. Meh. Horton was kinda funny. Doomsday was blah. It was really weird, and normally I like weird. It was too much.

Thinking of moving my main alt on WoW - Braiinns - to the server Lyn is on or to my main server, Hellscream. I can't decide. I'll flip a coin tomorrow. It'll cost me $25 bucks to do it, but the server she's on now is just terrible.

Can't think of much else. Just wanted to say howdy. I'll try to post more often if I can think of anything interesting to say.

So. Since I'm so incredibly tired of my life, I'm gonna make some changes. Not major ones, mind you. I'm gonna dye my hair - have 3 blond streaks - 2 in the very front and one underneath in the back. The one in the back will be dyed pink this weekend. Tomorrow I will be going to Jackson with my brother and getting my eyebrow pierced. Good times. I'm so excited and terrifed.

Now it's time for TV talk. :D
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So yeah. I watch a LOT of tv. I've even started watching How I Met Your Mother on tvlinks. I also watch Dirty Jobs all the time. Love me some Mike Rowe. :D

Been playing WoW less lately. Or it just seems like it because I only play for short periods of time. I do have paid time until December. :D I'd go play it now, but I'm sitting at the dinner table and this computer is making my hands sweat. lmao

Bought a laptop tonight. It was almost exactly the same as the one I wanted at Best Buy, but $100 cheaper at Circuit City. AND I get a $50 rebate. Speaking of which, I should send that in. Soon. I'm so totally broke, it's not even funny. I think I barely have 10 bucks left in my acct.

Anyway. It's a HP Pavilion 6000 series. Has 2GB RAM, 160GB HD, NVIDIA graphics card, and Windows Vista (which is already about to drive me nuts with all the pop-up warnings...).

So yeah. EXCITED!

Installing WoW on it now. It's like the first thing I'm doing on it. LMAO. Taking forever though. AND I can't log into my acct on WoW on this computer for some reason. Won't go past Authenticating. :(

Now I just have to buy some accessories. Like a mouse. This touchpad is for the birds. I want a scrolly wheel! What do you guys think about those cooling pads? Should I get one?

YAY WoW is finished installing. Now to install The Burning Crusade. :D I'm way too addicted to this game.

Also, my Blood Elf, Niamh, on the Hellscream server hit lvl 20 last night during an instance! YAY!
Another YAY - my resolution on the lappy is 1280x800, so that means I can use pretty premade UIs! *boogies*

YAY again! Hee.

Just a question, really.

I'm looking to buy a laptop in the next month or so (once I've saved up enough) and I need suggestions on good ones/brands. I plan on doing all my stuff on there - internet, WoW, icon-making, maybe even the Sims, so yeah. What's a good, not-very-expensive laptop? I'd rather find one I could buy locally, like at Best Buy or something.

Also, I haven't read any of my f-list since like Friday. And I won't read any of it until I've finished with . Hopefully it won't be too much longer. I have a feeling I'll be going like skip=200.

In WoW news, I've been playing like constantly. I have a blood elf paladin in the Hellscream realm and 3 other characters on Mok'Nathal. I've been neglecting my Mok'Nathal characters. Love my Blood Elf. :D

Get this. Yesterday, we were going to go see that Chuck and Larry movie in Clinton. We get there and a lady comes up to the truck and tells us that the theater is closed. There's a sign up that said "Closed until further notice" and there was a cop inside. Still don't know what happened. Or if it's open yet. That just sucks. I hope it's not permanent. It's the closest movie theater! It already sucks that we have to drive 30 minutes just to watch a movie. It'd suck even more if we had to add 15-30 minutes to that to get to the other theaters.

Anyway. LAPTOPS! Please. :D

So. I haven't really been doing anything besides working and playing WoW. I haven't even played the Sims since I upgraded the RAM in this computer. LMAO. WoW is like taking over everything. I foresee spending zillions of $$$ on that game. It's very fun though. I have a lvl 15 Undead Warlock and a lvl 7 Tauren Druid. After I get the EP, I'll try playing an Alliance character. :D

Saw OotP Thursday. Was better than the last couple of movies. Needed more Snape though. You can never have too much Snape. In other HP news, I'm kinda "blah" over the release of the last book. It's weird - for the last one, I was all like YAY HARRY POTTER!!. Now I'm just like okay.... I do want to avoid spoilers though.

Back to WoW - I'm looking for some groovy UI mods. I've tried a couple, but they're not what I'm looking for. There are a couple of screenshots that I've seen that are totally awesome, but they don't list what mods are used. :(

Anyway. Sorry I haven't made any icons lately. See 1st paragraph. One of these days, I'll sit down and catch up. I think I have 4 DW eps left to icon. I really need to get that done. Too bad it's not as much fun as WoW. It'd be done by now. :P

That's all.

So. Here's another boring update from my boring life.

Went to see and . Both were really good summer popcorn movies. :D Gonna go see Harry Potter Saturday. I HATE having to wait until Saturday to go to the movies. :(

In other news, I've been working on upgrading my computer. Just ordered a 1GB memory chip from newegg.com. Next up, I'll be buying a new USB card - for the 2.0. Need that before I buy a lovely 320GB external HD. :D Hopefully, once all that is done, I'll be able to install and play all of my Sims expansion packs without dreadful lag. Working does have it's perks. :D

In other gaming news, I bought Final Fantasy XII for the PS2. It's one of those games that will make me dizzy if I play it too long though. :( I'll try to play it more after I get the walkthrough book thing.

I'm also going to start playing World of Warcraft (as soon as I install the new memory chip). It's all twocorpses's fault :P. So YAY for new obsessions! I'm due for another one, I suppose. I don't play the Sims all that much anymore. Or Neopets. I just log on to do the rays, play Food Club and buy stocks.

In geek news, David Hewlett's movie A Dog's Breakfast is up for download on both iTunes and Amazon Unbox for like $15. I haven't decided if I want to buy it now, or wait until September for the DVD. I really am eager to watch it though. It looks incredibly funny. I might download it this weekend. It'll give me something fun to do Sunday. :D

And I think that's it for now. Gonna poke around on newegg.com and then go to bed.

Still working. Almost full time now.

Get this. I've only been working there since the 1st, right? I've already gotten a key to one of the stores that I'll be working at/closing. I'm also getting paid more than the other girl that works with me there. She's been there for a year and is only getting $5.50/hour. I've been there like 3 weeks and make $8/hour. She was a bit ticked when they gave me the key instead of her. But like I said, I'm older (she's like 17!) and more experienced. He trusts me for some reason.

Anyway. The job itself isn't so bad - now that I'm at a different store, anyway. There's like jack to do there. I just sit on my ass and watch tv, read, do crossword puzzles, and sporadically wait on customers for 6.5 hours a day. :D

Let's see. What else have I missed? Oh. Went to see last weekend. It was blah. Funnier than the first, which isn't saying much. Planning on seeing Saturday! :D It doesn't look too bad.

Haven't been reading as much lately. Haven't been doing much of anything I really really like doing lately. Except playing the Sims. I should probably be making icons instead. I'm very behind on my Doctor Who icons! I hate that the job and the babysitting are preventing me from doing all the fun stuff I used to do.

Also, check out this post by twocorpses. :D *is excited*

That is all. Sleepy time is nigh.

Heroes = Best Show EVER.

That is all.

EDIT: Dude. This icon - 's coloring reminds me of this yummy ice cream called Take the Cake. How weird is that?

Today has been a shitty day. Want to know why? Too bad. I'm gonna tell you anyway.

First off, I wake up with a HUGE cold sore and a back ache. Damn herpes. My lip was so swollen, it stuck out farther than my nose!

Then some family stuff happened. Same old stupid shit.

Then comes dinner time. I put on some spaghetti. Burnt it. I had no clue you could burn spaghetti.

Put on some more water for mac & cheese. (I was running out of time - needed something quick). When I went to open the bag of shells, I ripped it open and they went flying everywhere.

I put the food on the table and when I sat down, my elbow hit the spoon that was in the bowl and mac 'n' cheese went everywhere.

I decided to give up then - took a pain pill for my back (which never worked!) and watched tv.

And made icons. :D I figured the world needed more Sylar icons. :D

I have a few more books & movies to list, but I'm way too lazy for that right now. I just hope I'll remember them for the next post. Sleepy-time is nigh.