The day has come... my beloved QWERTY keyboard/flips-two-ways-phone has become really hard to use, and not just for an hour or so like it used to. After two straight frustrating days, I decided to either fix it or ditch it -- and no one wants to touch the thing. The Verizon guy sent me to a "you break/we fix" store and THEY wouldn't even touch it. And he said it was "like spy equipment or something" -- lol. Two people in the store did look at it wistfully, saying it was such a great phone...

...Back in the day, of course. It still IS! Or was, until very recently. Sooooooooo I finally got a (very basic) smartphone -- merry Christmas to me! -- and the guy said "welcome to 2018, almost '19." I said "more like 2010, you mean?" I've had that thing since 2009! I can't actually DROP this new one and still expect it to work *gasp!* My friend's boyfriend says he can retrieve everything off of it, too, which would be more than the Verizon guys can do. We'll see. Next up... a car from this millennium? Noooooooooo

Merry Christmas to everyone :D ♥ ♥ ♥

ETA:
Here, have an 80stastic Christmas video! Poor George. Every year the same thing happens to him, and he keeps saying this time will be different... hope springs eternal!

The kid in the Taco Bell drive-thru asked, quite politely/apologetically, if I was 55.

>.>

At least I still get carded at grocery stores? Sssshhhh yes I know they only do it because they HAVE to

I can't believe it's been 20 years since Titanic. The James Cameron version, that is. I was soooo obsessed with this movie, omg. I saw it some obscene # of times in the theater... like 18 or 19 I think? (it helped that it was playing for 8 months... that doesn't happen with movies anymore!) And I had this log I kept of the date, time, and place where I saw each one, and whom I saw it with -- most of the time I was alone, but anyone I knew who wanted to go see it, I would go with. Then when I got the dvd I recorded those viewings, too. Unfortunately, this log is on a floppy disk and I can't access it anymore. It's no longer accurate, either, because I've watched the dvd since then. I think I printed out an early version, but damned if I know where I put it! I'm a paper hoarder; I have boxes and bins full of stuff like that.

I remember how excited I was when a friend presented me with the script. I suppose he found it on the internet somewhere, but that was all brand new to me back then -- I DO know where that is, because I put it in a nice binder :) It almost makes me want to reactivate my Facebook just long enough to thank him for that and see if he's like "wtf?" or if he remembers. ....almost, but naaaahhhhh.

The sad thing is, when I read about how it's returning to theatres... and to one fairly close to me... I feel like I don't even want to go see it. That I can just watch the dvd if I want to (and I haven't even watched it in years). I wish I was that same girl of 20 years ago. Even at the time, I was "too old" for such obsession and everyone thought I would outgrow that behavior... HA! Little did they know. Fangirl for life!

R.I.P. my beloved Snickers... the kitties don't use their journal anymore, but it's still a nice place for memorializing. Only two of the original five remain.


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I bought this book on lucid dreaming recently. The chapters are short and I'm trying to read one per day at bedtime... most nights. Last night, I actually read something else. I wasn't sure I wanted to try to lucid-dream, because the only time I've managed to come close to becoming lucid in a dream (since starting to read the book), I woke up panicked, as if I'd just had a nightmare, and I kinda wanted a decent night's sleep before starting a long Monday at work.

That just happened again -- the nightmare feeling -- only I got a little closer this time. In my dream, I realized I was dreaming. It felt a little like being in a video game... there was this weird old-school-but-emoji-like animated thing in front of me, I can't even describe it (although I know I could draw it). I was like "NOW WHAT DO I DO"... and I looked around, still dreaming, everything was dark... I saw what appeared to be a little TV screen with a baseball game on it. It also had a video-game like quality. As I looked at it, it got bigger, kinda like it was inviting me to walk up to it and... somehow go inside. So I did. I stepped inside, everything was suddenly life-size, and I heard a voice... someone was telling me he was going to pass me "the torch." Someone -- a man, I assume, although I couldn't see him -- handed me this flaming stick. A torch.

And I woke up gasping for air feeling like I'd just had a nightmare.

WTF? Am I afraid of what's lurking in my subconscious and that's why this keeps happening? I'm almost scared to find out that's true by continuing to read the book :/ And I wasn't even TRYING last night, unlike other recent nights. Is that like the people who try and try to get pregnant and as soon as they adopt, it happens? Hee.

I blame this whole thing on dancingdragon3, cuz a couple months ago I mentioned my "dreams LJ" to her, which I hadn't thought about in years, and just thinking about resurrecting it got me thinking about dreaming again, and when I saw the book I snatched it up, and here I am, wide awake and freaked out at 4am. (LOL yep, all your fault!)

#mylivejournal #lj18 #happybirthday

Since all the cool kids are doing it!

Dang. And I've barely used this thing since 2012 so you could shave 5 years off to make the commenting look even more impressive, lol.

Watching this 7-minute vid made me cry (well, okay, it was the Carrie Fisher part). After getting texts/pics all weekend from a friend who was there (how obnoxious, right? lol), and just seeing the atmosphere in general in this video... siiiiiigggghhhh I have to go to the next one. If my enthusiasm wanes, I'll just watch this again and I bet it will come back in a jiffy.

If the 2019 SWC is in Anaheim, I'm so there! I hope to go to Orlando if it's there again, but Cali would be way more convenient -- and shouldn't they take turns?

~May the Force be with you... always~

...is this thing on?

Ha.

Soooooooo I see that many of my friends have stopped posting at some point in the 4 years I've been away.  I hope some of you are still lurking, though?  :D?

I haven't really been "away," just not over in this neck of the woods.  I think I want to wander through these woods again... make new friends, find new communities, perhaps update my icons so they're not all time warp-y (hmmm.....nahhh, I like a lot of 'em still).  I'm not sure how often I'll be posting, but I do know I won't be oversharing like I used to!

Anyone seen Beauty & the Beast?  I saw it for the second time yesterday -- we accidentally went to the sing-along version.  I even sang most of the songs -- there were only four people in the theatre, lol I imagine it's a little more lively when you have kids in there.  Fun random fact -- the "lumy" in my name comes from Lumiere, the candelabra.  It was actually a legit, albeit short-lived, RL nickname before I ever used it as an internet handle.

Everyone have a great holiday weekend!

Today I completed my first painting in... oh, 13-14 years, somewhere in there. Wanna see it? I think it looks better in person, though not TOO close up...

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It's hanging over my piano -- I used a level but for some reason it looks slightly crooked. Maybe it's just me. Anyhoo ~ it took me 2 sessions, about 5-6 hours total painting time. The paint is acrylic, my favorite kind because it's very forgiving and I do mess up sometimes. I'm pleased with how it came out.

Just got sorted today... yay Hufflepuff! If it wasn't Hufflepuff or Slytherin I was going to give that hat a serious talking-to.

I am GhostNimbus28630 if you want to add me. I will add everyone and their mother; however, I make no promises to keep everyone's names straight :D

If anyone wonders how Jeremy's visit went... in a word, it was AWESOME. The only problem is now I miss him like crazy. Sigh.

Here, have some memes! It's been a while!

This week's thefridayfive is about goals:

1. We are a third of the way through this year. How are those New Years Resolutions coming along? I didn't really make any, but the only goal I had at the beginning of the year was completely shot by the end of the first month. Thanks, Jeremy!

2. Have your goals for the year changed? YES.

3. When working on personal achievements, do you do better when left alone, or do you need a support network of friends/family? I feel like I'm supposed to say I need a support network, but... hmm. I tend to keep things to myself to avoid public failure; I flog myself for failure more than anyone else probably would anyway. Having people nag or judge me doesn't tend to motivate me.

4. Who is your best personal airbag? Me, myself, and I!

5. What song or quote do you think best describes you right now? I will let the next meme decide that:

Music meme stolen from ladyhadhafang, who posted it nearly a month ago... yup, that's how I roll, very sloooooooooowly. I love music memes, especially now that I have an awesome iTunes collection again :D

According to my shuffle...

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Out of the hundreds of artists available to shuffle amongst, I find it odd that there are two repeats up there. That's happened previously when I've shuffled, too. What gives, iTunes?

I wasn't going to bother posting my little concert synopsis this time, I know most of you aren't that into it, but I do actually like to look back on these at times, so this one's for me!

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E-cookies to anyone who knows why I posted with this icon!

Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.

mmailliw gave me:
Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker, Arizona, fandoms, cats, evil, cougar

1) Darth Vader: I think it's cool that I was afraid of him as a kid (especially when he chopped Luke's hand off in ESB, omg) and then when I grew up I just wanted to give him a hug! The end of ROTJ gets me every time. And ahhhhhhhhh I'm still lusting after this, especially since the CD part of my alarm became unreliable to the point of not being able to wake up to the soundtrack every morning :(

2) Anakin Skywalker: My favorite character! Most of my Star Wars merch is Anakin-related. I named my cat after him (and that was before RotS came out, even!) I love that he started (and ended, sadly) as a slave, and all the set-up for the fall we know is coming, Palpatine's master manipulation of him... he's so passionate and heroic and beautifully flawed.

3) Arizona: It's cold right now! Temps in the 70s! Expected to be 82 on Sunday :) Hehe, yeah, this is the perfect time of year to live here. I actually don't mind being outside now! I'm used to the heat -- the record, as far as I know, is 122. Usually it doesn't get above 110-115 (43.33 - 46.11 for you Celsius types). I've lived here since I was 4 years old. I believed we moved out here because there were no schools in New Jersey; actually, my parents just didn't want me to have to change schools so they timed it before I started school. Hee. Hard to imagine living anywhere else.

4) Fandoms: Star Wars and Harry Potter are my main two, though lately I haven't devoted much time to either. Been busy with other stuff >.> and a lot of the people who used to really be into them with me seem to be pulling away (or long ago pulled away) as well. That said... PALPAKIN IS STILL THE BEST PAIRING EVAR. I've also dabbled in Queer As Folk, Heroes, Lost, Firefly... maybe some others I've forgotten...

5) Cats: I have three, officially! Anakin, Snickers, and Gryffin. Unofficially, there's also Sangha, Kumal, Cassie, and the one I used to call Shelby who now seems to be Shel-shel because I swear Shelby is NOT a male name, in spite of certain people's insistence that it can be. My cats are my kids! I don't really want to have so many hanging around all the time but I CAN'T not feed them... I can't do it!

6) Evil: Haha, is this the random bit? Or because of Slytherin secondary? (We all know that Slytherins are EVIL. It's canon. *snicker*) I should probably babble about how sexy fictitious evil is or something but meh. Not feeling it. My default printer/copier/scanner machine at work is evil! It pissed me off today and made me slam its compartments and stuff. Yes, it made me. I am an abuser blaming my victim! Yes, I am the evil one. People think I'm so nice but that's what I want them to think...

7) Cougar: LOL. Yeah so I play the cougar part sometimes, but I'm really not one -- I'm not aggressive enough, for one thing. And for the record, the youngest guy I've gone out with was NOT quite young enough by a mere 2 years for the cougar definition to fit, and I realized he was too young for me (after the fact, unfortunately)... and I once accidentally went on a date with a guy 30 years older than me. Don't ask me how I didn't know it was a date until the end - I'm an idiot? Okay, that one doesn't count, but I did crush on a guy 18 years older than me at one point. See? I'm equal opportunity. Age is just a number! People's life experiences count more towards making a good match.

Oops, I didn't do this at all in 2011! But I was curious... naturally Nam is still on top! No one else is anal enough! Now I remember why I stopped doing this - the top 10 never changes and half those people don't even talk to me anymore, booooo!

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2012 keeps getting better and better!
*happy sigh*

I think this is the first year I haven't seen anyone else on my f-list do this! It's my favorite recurring meme.

Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2011. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review". (and Wendy rules dictate that meme entries get skipped for this)

January: For the past few weeks or so there's been this mysterious ticking noise... coming from the biological clock that I swore was dead, like, seven years ago.

February: I might get to go to Texas for work!

March: I guess when a friend gets married and doesn't even bother to tell you, they're really not much of a friend anymore, huh.

April: I missed the Arcade Fire concert this week because I was my brother's Plan B, and Plan A did not flake out.

May: Many changes at work, some of the not good variety.

June: My glee from my last post was short-lived.

July: I'm not quite ready to get back into the swing of things here yet.

August: I... like Twilight now.

September: [No entries]

October: OH YEAH BABY SNAKES ON A PLAAAAAAAAAAAAANE

November: The disturbance in the Force I felt last week was unfounded, yay!

December: My whine-of-the-week for work is about Moving.

Happy New Year, everyone!

A week or so ago a coworker asked me if I knew of any kitties that needed a home because she was thinking about adding one to her household.

Me? Know of kitties in need of a home? Where would she get such an idea? Of course I told her no >.>

Today I was in a random conversation that a random person overheard and she ended up asking me if I wanted to take HER cat because the dogs are making the poor thing miserable and she and her husband had decided to give up the cat.

I decided to hook these two people up and whaddaya know, kitty has a new home and it's NOT with me!

I cried. But then, that could be because I've been emotional since attending a funeral for a co-worker this afternoon. People do seem to drop dead more often around the holidays, don't they? It was the most gospel-y funeral I've ever been to.

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I still want to read the books but I'm getting more and more curious about The Hunger Games. I'm only on Prisoner of Azkaban in my re-reading of Harry Potter so by the time I move on to anything else, both of those will probably be long over, but that's how I roll :) I guess I could break my little rule about only reading one fannish series at a time...

I better get to bed, I have a guy coming out to fix the desktop computer possibly as early as 8am tomorrow. Pretty much nothing works correctly on it now except the Sims but that's unplayable because the darn thing restarts itself randomly whenever it wants. Then tomorrow afternoon I'll be going to a Christmas show with K and her family, that should be a much more fun way to spend time in a church!

If you'd like a holiday card from me, please leave your name and address on this post. I won't reply/unscreen, but feel free to PM or email me instead if you'd like. Cards will be holiday-themed unless you tell me you'd prefer non-holiday. I plan to send these out early in December.

Outside of the USA? No problem!

Happy Holidays!

I embarrassed myself as a child on a regular basis, which probably led to me becoming the inhibited self-preserving specimen I am today! Oh let's see, a toss up between the day I had to go pee SO BAD that I had an accident while we were doing jumping jacks in gym class (and pee ran down my leg... I remember this day as everyone being ushered out of the room as the room flooded with pee... no joke, I can still picture the ocean of pee in my memory! Clearly I couldn't have peed that much so my imagination must have taken over when someone drew attention to my predicament) ... or perhaps the day I tripped on the sidewalk walking down the street to my friend's birthday party, right in front of her house, my dress flew up and everyone saw my underwear and laughed at me, I turned around and ran home... or maybe when I was a little older, middle school, being forced to do a debate in which I was the person fielding questions from the other team and I had absolutely no clue as to how to prepare, and my answers consisted of "um, I dunno" and it went on FOREVER and I wanted to switch schools after that but my parents wouldn't let me... LOL.

Fast forward about 10 years from that, and it was the day I had utterly convinced myself that I could get my jerkface boyfriend back if only I TOLD him everything I was FEEEEEELING and how AMAZING he is... he agreed to meet me and hear me out, and he let me go on and on basically begging him to take me back, promising to change, all that shiz... for him to just coldly tell me it was too late, he was in love with the whore he left me for. Okay, maybe this one should win "most humiliating day"!

OH YEAH BABY SNAKES ON A PLAAAAAAAAAAAAANE - BACK TO MILWAUKEE! BWAHAHAHA!

YES I AM ABUSING CAPSLOCK EVEN THOUGH LIKE TWO PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

SO EXCITED!