insert pretentious title here.

2:22am: groan
ok, so I'm pulling my last all nighter of my undergrad education, parked upstairs in the computer lab working on my last two finals. And I have to say, in a place that is supposed to be a beacon of light and reason in this cold and ignorant world, there are some stupid, stupid humans that matriculate here.
or, to phrase this post differently,
If I have to listen to one more 20 year old babble vapidly about how shitty it is they have to write a 3 page paper, or how only the korean girls in the class are going to get a's, or how they only date arrogant guys, even though they don't really like them, I will scream.
stupid, stupid humans.

7:26pm: *happy dance*
I'm done. the first draft and the demo are complete.

if you wanna read it, let me know.

I'm gonna go to sleep now.

6:33pm: truckin' along
ok, so it's going. (the musical, that is.)
got a little spot on the ole' myspace up, so if you want to check out the progress (and listen to my shitty, shitty voice attempt a power-ballad), check it out.4

(edit: oooh...two new songs. sweet.)
myspace.com/threechordopera

3:10am: *groan*
I have less than a week to finish my grand-masterwork of my undergraduate education (aka, my lil' punk musical), and I just can't get myself to finish it. I've always had a bitch of a time staying on track at all times, but this is one time I really can't fuck around and talk my way out of it.
*sigh*
so I've sequestered myself in my apartment for the next week, emerging only to go to class, the audio suite where I signed up to record, and the store for more "provisions" (re: meat and junk food).
It's been two days here, and I already have cabin fever.
Let's see if I can pull this off.

in other news, I just discovered that vh1 classic replays pop up video late at night. so more distractions.

6:50pm: random stuff
1.) I got laid off. no more funderpaying job at the record store anymore. I filled out my unemployment shit online today, which was much less of a pain in the ass than I thought it would be. That rite of passage is out of the way. Now it's time to get a big kid job.

After I finish the play.

2.) There's a pretty bitchin' show tonight at sin-e that I think I'm gonna go to. It's part of the CMJ thon/fest/travaganza, and it features...

Favorite Sons
120 Days
Black Lips
Panthers
Stephen Broadsky's Octave Museum (yeah!!)
&
Khylst

If anyone wants to go, show's at 8, it's 10 bucks, and it's at sin-e (as previously stated).

3.) Meme!

What American accent do you have? Your Result: Boston You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine.
The West
The Midland
North Central
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The Inland North
The South
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

that is all.

12:49pm: 1000 thank yous to terrence for giving me the heads up.
anyone down? (dot, I'm looking directly at you.)

Andrew W.K. has been invited to give a live, in-person lecture at New York University, located in Manhattan, New York City.

The lecture is on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006, at 6:30PM.

Eisner and Lubin Auditorium
NYU Kimmel Center 4th Floor
60 Washington Square South
Room 707
212-998-4984

There will also be an extensive audience Q&A session.

Tickets are only $3.00! 18+ only, due to NYU's rules.

Sweet.

9:06pm: this one's for lexi & nate. I miss you.

Which member of the Deadly Viper Assasination Squad are you? O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth) You're one of the deadliest women in the world and you're not afraid of power.

Click Here to Take This Quiz Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.

2:00am: wow.
people for the eating of tasty animals are at it again.
gay sheep.
the meme must be spread.

11:50am: hey folks.
so I have an idea. not gonna tell you what it is, suffice to say it is my first totally legal idea in a great while.
but I need everyone's mailing address.
you don't have to post it on LJ, but if you want in, I need your address.
it's not a chain letter, pyramid scheme, or anything remotely nefarious.
I promise.
if you don't want to post it, e-mail it to me.
meff.leonard@gmail.com

It is important that you guys to send me your address.

(specifically anji, dawn, and lexi.)

thanks.

4:20pm: once again, someone stole my idea.
perhaps I shouldn't talk so much.

2:14am: this is too good of a meme not to share.

You're the perfect combo of sassy and sweet.
Those who like you have well refined tastes

You Are Lemon Meringue Pie

4:15am: attention humans.
So I have a task for all you fine folk.
I need you all to give me a list of cool band names.
not bands that already exist, mind you. names for bands that have yet to exist.
I am not asking you to name my band, so don't think I'm tryin' to snag your cool band name.
I need a huge list of prospective bands names for a play that I'm working on.
there's a whole scene involving the three main characters arguing over what their band name should be.
can 'ya help me?

(and yes, I remember the scene like this from pcu. It's different. and I don't think I'll be able to come up with as great a band name as oedipus and the mama's boys.)

4:49pm: I covet no longer...
...for I now have an ipod. the one material object I have contemplated beating up a child to steal has now become mine through slightly more legal channels.
and best of all?
it was practically free.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/consumer_electronics/stats/ipod.html (mypod!)
now that I have no more lingering desires for material goods, I can finally attain the inner peace.
(thanks, pinteresque!)

1:20am: more definitions
keeping on a general theme developing on my lj, here are some more definitions of "meff".
(courtesy of "How Will You Be Defined in the Dictionary?")

meff
(adjective):
1.) Smelling like turnips at all times.
2.) Having the same texture/consistency of butter.
(noun):
1.) A poltergeist sent back in time to change the course of history forever
2.) A human transformer (Robot in disguise)

4:21am: damn you, anji.
now the world will know how un-cool I really am.

Rules: First player of this "game" starts with the topic of "Five Guilty Pleasures" & tags five others who must write an lj entry about their five guilty pleasures as well as state this rule. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged & list their names.

Five Guilty Pleasures

1)Duran Duran-There's no explanation. I can even sing along to their dreadful 90's releases and have a good time.

2)Pro Wrestling-Don't ask. I don't know. I may feed you some bullshit about pro-wrestling being a uniquely american artform, or that it is the most basic stripped down version of theater and yet is very much the embodiment of Wagner's idea of the complete art work, but really it's just fun as hell.

3)Bush's sixteen stone- yeah fake british grunge! It's not good, but it's leaps and bounds over fake american grunge. Added bonus to Gavin for marrying Gwen, ensuring that if/when they procreate, the future will be a pretty place indeed. Thems are some good genes.

4)early 90's dance/club hits-I can sing along to a good chunk of them. You may have witnessed this recently. ce-ce peniston forever!

5)law & order:special victims unit- A typical viewing of mine goes something like this:

meff (to herself): guess I'll just watch law & order.
watches the episode until the first commercial break
meff: Oh man, I've seen this one. Like, 4 times. martin short's the serial killer.
goes to pick up the remote, then realizes there's nothing else on
meff: meh.
continues watching the episode.

I'm convinced I've only seen like, 5 episodes of SVU, but I've seen them all at least 70 times. SVU gets put in the guilty pleasure column because of the over-the-top nature of the crimes featured. In the 5 episodes I've seen, 4 of them involved child molesting/murder. the other one featured the rape of a nun.

tag! you're it!
dottieneurotic, alteredstatesof, beindigoe dragoe2000, and dreamgirld23

8:27pm: scouse slang and meat.
I just learned that in Scouser slang (folks from Liverpool and other Mersey area towns) that my name (Meff. duh.) means a tramp/bum/loser.
Hm.

In other news...
Who says Dykes and Hot Dogs don't mix?
I (that's meff) in association with D.E.M.T. (that's Dykes Eat Meat Too) cordially invite you to the first-ever D.E.M.T. Weenie Roast. There's gonna be free hot dogs, good people, and a screening/discussion of Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter, a touching little film about the Son of God and lesbian vampires. All are welcome to attend, and carnivores are encouraged.

Details?
When: Jan. 31st @ 6:00 pm
Where: Cafe on 11th, 65 W11th St. (bet. 5th & 6th ave.) NYC
Hope to see you there!

2:04am: more celebrity crap
ok, 2nd day @ tower.
1st real day @ work.
some dude with a boston accent and a red ski cap pulled down comes up to the register and asks where the hip-hop section is.
my first reaction was, "yeah! boston accent!"
my second was, "wait a minute, this dude looks familiar. Is it marky mark?"
it wasn't. so I direct him to the hip hop section and continue doing my job.
a little later, he comes back. I ring him up, give the pretentious record store clerk "thumbs up" to one of his purchases, and crack some jokes about robots and stealing cds. we share a laugh, 'cause that's how I rock customer service, and then he gives me his credit card.
and it was matt damon.
so I finish the purchase, wish him a good day, and he leaves the store.
I then turn to the next customer and exclaim, "That was mother fuckin' matt damon!"
she squealed with glee.
I later let the word slip to some old queen who went from being quite cold to bubbly and talkative, begging me to show him the credit card receipt.
so all in all, an interesting 1st real day @ work.

1:05am: "we might be able to overthrow capitalism by dancing to a few good songs"
had my first day at work today.
today was also the day korn did their in-store signing.
jonathan davis and I talked about his cool sneakers while I put away cds.
for such an angsty front man, he's quite the polite nerdy guy.
too bad his band sucks balls.

1:02pm: no trial in geneva?

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Friday I committed genocide... Sorry about that, anarchodandyist (-5000 points). In September I put money in queeninertia's expired parking meter (14 points). In October I had a shoot-out with rival gang lords on the 5 near LA (-76 points). In July I bought porn for alschneider (-10 points). In March barefootcellist and I robbed a bank (-50 points). Overall, I've been naughty (-5122 points). For Christmas I deserve a lump of coal! Sincerely, meff

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damn, I fucked up big this year.
though I don't know if "sorry about that" really makes up for the genocide.

1:25pm: I found a room.
thank you to all those who let me crash on their couches.
now i just have to worry about moving my stuff in. (In three locations in the greater NYC area!)

10:53pm: So Nellie McKay is doing a show Dec. 6th @ Makor.
I love Nellie McKay. You should too. She's amazing.
Anyone up for goin' up there? There was a second show at the Mercury Lounge, but it's sold out.
Never heard her? Check out Get Away From Me.
Dig her and are in the NY area?
Contact me.

8:14pm: sarah underwood just told me I was her spirit animal.
nice.

1:15pm: no direction home.
So I thought I had a room.
then legal crap exploded all over me.
see, I didn't know renting a cheap room was going to be such a hassle. But it went from me having the place ("you can move in tonight, if you want"), to having to pay three months rent, a key deposit, and whatever the rest of the month is going to be. And apparently I have to pass an interview with the renter of the apartment. Not the roommates, mind you.
If you cannot tell judging by my tone, this was sprung on me at the last minute, after it was generally agreed that everything was groovy.
These also wouldn't be problems if I actually had three months rent.
Since I do not, I am more than a bit skeptical about this situation.
I have been having dreams involving me as an 85 year old woman sleeping on some 20 year old kid's couch.
So, I reach out to you.
Anyone have anything? Rooms? Leads? Anything?
Seriously, I'll sleep in a broom closet at this point.
Helps: Rooms, Leads, Sublets, Sheds in the back yards, Poker shacks in the woods. Any sort of building that can even remotely be used for housing.
Hinders: "I'm sorry, blah blah blahs", "Good lucks", etc. While encouragement is fun, empty encouragement tends to grate a body after a while. Ditto craigslist posts. I'm already on top of those.
I need a place ASAP, and I do have some money.
Let me know what you have.
Meff

4:36pm: I have previously made the statement that Meltdown is, quite possibly, the greatest action movie ever.

I may have been too hasty in that decision, because Roadhouse may just take the cake.

It's that damned good.

-Meff

2:40pm: yo nerds
specifically buffy nerds. check this out...
I don't know if you'd heard about this, but Amber Benson and Chris Golden are signing GHOSTS OF ALBION at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble tomorrow evening (Friday) from 6:30 on. Please spread the word, especially among the Buffy fans--we'd love for this to be a huge event! And I hope we'll see you there!

The B&N is at 267 7th Avenue, very near the F train and not far from several others. The phone number is 718-832-9066.
(thanks to nyc_for_free!)

that's right cats and kittens, Amber Benson aka Tara, the Buffy patron saint of earthy-crunchy hippie pothead dykes is gonna be mere minutes from where I'm staying.
Anyone down?

(PS-If you haven't voted, check out the Gay-off. But, 'ya know, don't let my previous mention of Buffy effect your voting.)

(pps-I've noticed alot in this gay-off that people have used my perceived masculinity as proof for being more gay. This doesn't make sense. If I really am a dude like everyone is saying I am, then my liking of the female of the species would be more "straight" than anything. Or maybe I'm just really "queer", since I'm a bio girl who acts/thinks/dresses like a 14 year old boy. But those two factors do not add up to "gay". Now owning a rainbow lamp, like a certain someone else that is involved in the gay-off? that adds up to gay.)