1. I cannot believe no one spoiled This is the End for me. Guys, this movie. I laughcried love.

2. I was so remiss, I only just today bought BSB's new album. Love it, mostly, especially "one I phone call" although I don't think that anything can top their album Unbreakable.

Speaking of my babies, I have a kitten! Her name is Judas, because she is the instrument of betrayal for my 8 year old cat Clark.
I will post a picture once I figure out my technology.

Dudes.

First Joseph Gordon Levitt grows up nice and pretty, and now thanks to my roommate's sudden obsession with Bones, I have discovered John Francis Daley has as well.

On that note, dear Bones fandom:

Please love Dr. Sweets more and write a million stories about him.

Thaaaaaaaanks!

Seriously, I started watching white collar maybe some time last week, and now I am almost through season two and hopelessly immersed in fanfic already. The gen stuff is where it is at, but I also am pretty sold on neal/el/peter as an ot3.

One of the best things about this show (besides everything neal does, besides the amazing matt bomer) is Diana. She kicks ass, doesn't need damsel saving (that's more neal, and only sometimes), she's a gay poc, and she is interesting and I just want to know everything about her.

This show. I can't even express my feelings, but there are many

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I am in the last year of what I generously refer to as my youth. I know it is probably super tacky to be so depressed about aging, but I blame corporate america/the patriarchy.

29, I can't even handle it. In fact, I so can't handle it, I have apparently taken to self mutilation in my sleep. I have a corneal abrasion, and best guess I rubbed my eyes too much in my sleep or something. Yay, this last year of youth is going so well. They say eyesight is the first to go though, well...that or hearing.

Anneka, Bri, and Nat thanks for the bday wishes!! Are we Disneylanding?



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We're in the process of trying to find a new place to live, mostly because the place we are currently in is full of, you know, MICE. and also the part where heating it costs an arm and a leg and setting a child on fire in some kind of archaic ritual, mostly because the fire actually brings WARMTH.

Also, in my current neighborhood, crime is a bit of an issue. Last year my roommate Angela was for reals attacked by a CHILD GANG. What the hell even IS THAT. We have a wannabe arsonist running around trying to set people's houses/cars/debris on fire. I am not honestly sure if (s)he is trying to perform a public service by giving people the warmth we all so desperately crave or what, but so far the only successful attempt resulted in a burning car. This happens to be Oregon, so most fires just kind of smoulder wetly. Except forest fires in the summer, of course.

Anyway, found an awesome duplex only apparently the owner lives like two blocks away and pets are anathema to him. Sooooo, my whole lying-my-face-off plan is destined to get complicated and possibly a little evict-y in my future. Alas.

Also, rediscovered Cookleta. Apparently I am going through some kind of reverse-order greatest hits of fandom thing right now and I've made it back there. Anyone have any recs? Anything post 2009 I almost certainly have not read, but anything prior I almost certainly have.

I have spent hours today reading about yuletide wank... I don't even participate in yuletide... or read the fic, because turns out I am mostly into popular fandoms (or too popular for yuletide anyway), but somehow the drama always sucks me in.

My stupid tattoo is itching up a storm and it is taking every ounce of willpower that I possess to keep from scratching it. Since I have poor impulse control, this means I am failing miserably at that task, but oh well, hopefully I won't end up horribly scarred for life at the end of this healing process.

Mouse in the house! My cat brought me this little guy, alive but scared and maybe injured. He cling to the side of my bed in trauma (ew but also so endearingly pathetic) so I put him in a tupperware and cried for like twenty minutes out of sympathy. Then I manned up and put him in the backyard and he was gone by morning. Here is hoping he was okay.

In happier news, I have half of my tattoo complete:




The other half will be in january because the holidays are too busy.

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All of it, except "Toddlers and Tiaras" because that show is hilarious and horrifying all at the same time, but I enjoy reality tv and there's no denying that I will watch the shit out of that show if it is available to me on Netflix.

But seriously, call me Dana Scully, because these days I don't believe until you've shown me definitive proof ... at least as far as God/spirits/souls/ghosts/demons/etc etc etc goes.

CHECK IT:



Here is the recipe: clickity click click boom

turned out perfectly! I made my own buttermilk because it is easy and then used scallions from my CSA and Rogue River Blue Cheese and just make sure you don't overmix and it is PERFECTION.

Also made marinara:





No useful recipe link - basically, boil/skin tomatoes in about a minute or so, blend all except for two, simmer diced carrots, peppers, onion, garlic until fragrant, toss in the blend plus some red wine and dried oregano, wait a bit, chop up a bunch of fresh basil and the last two tomatoes, throw that in... simmer until it looks good... if you want it thicker, squeeze out more tomato juice beforehand or if too late, add in tomato paste as needed. salt pepper.... uh, parsley if you're into that... maybe other herbs. Go crazy, it's delicious. Oh some lemon juice is good too, just like a quarter of a lemon.

Anyway, there is no way I am saving money or time doing these projects, but they are delicious delicious projects all the same and I know the provenance of more of my food that way and it seems healthy for both the body and soul, so YAY :)

I realize the program is going through a revamp, but oh holy jesus fuck, this is frustrating. I can't break my links into categories at the moment which means like ninety percent of the value of delicious is gone, as I mostly use it for quick access to whatever I am looking for.

In other news, today is CSA day and I am feeling the pressure as I still have a huge stack of onions and parsley that I haven't touched. I also made apple cider two days ago, which actually means I made like 16 oz of cider and a huge batch of applesauce.

Off to dl supernatural and get started watching this season!



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Except only in a literal sense, for that is in my job description.

I think I have a caffeine headache.or possibly I just need sugar.

Also school starts up again today and I am decidedly uninterested, mostly due to the headache/general malaise.

I am making kombucha at home and I have joined a csa (community supported agriculture). Labors of my fruits (and veg) have produced this, among other things:


Also clark says hi:

I finally watched season five of dexter and I loved it, lumen was awesome despite my shock over the addition of Julia Stiles. I feel like it was a good progression from where we left off with Rita. I also appreciated Aster's arc.

Really getting excited for the upcoming 2012, as all the crazies will be out and raving. I also can't wait to see if anything happens or if people making predictions just look like dumbfucks. Either way, fun times.



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Turns out that year living with Krista and drinking butterscotch/Kahlua/Irish Cream concoctions regularly has resulted in butterscotch tasting exactly like alcohol to me.

:((((((((((((((

This means my batch of oatmeal cinnamon butterscotch cookies taste terrible. to me. I am hoping no one else will join me in my UNENDING DESPAIR. I was considering for a whole 30 seconds making a fresh batch tomorrow after work, but honestly I can't stand the idea of the oven being on AGAIN. It is freaking 76 degrees right now and it's almost 10:30 pm. In my house, I am pretty sure it is over 80++++ thanks to both the way these stupid houses keep heat in (only in the summer of course) and the oven.

Anyway. Also, these mosquitoes are eating me alive this year. GUYS IN PDX: SINCE WHEN DO WE GET MOSQUITOES???? I mean, there was that one time when we were having freak weather patterns, but WHAT IS THE EXCUSE THIS MONTH?

IN GARDENING NEWZZZZZ:
my stupid blackberries aren't doing well. wtf. they grow on people's lawns regardless of said people's desire that they do so. but I plant them in fresh happy soil and water them and they FREAK OUT.

:((((((((((((((((

So I have been doing an x files rewatch with my roommate. It is basically amazingly fun and also we made t-shirts. I will have to remember to put up pictures soon.

Anyway, right now we are on season six about to start the first Dreamland episode. We finished BSG back in march (her virgin tour, my second time), so x files was next on the list.

now thanks to delicious, I get to find the quality x files fanfic my life has been missing. I spent my youth going through ff.net and gossamer.org which has a few diamonds in the rough (namely Wintersong and dawson e rambo) but there is also a lot of suck, so delicious is a boon.

Anyway, totally happy, got an A in Differential Equations, enjoying my 6 week break before class starts up again, yay best show in existence FOR ALL TIME (x files), etc.

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THE BAD:
Olivia Wilde

THE AMAZING:
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE.

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One of these days I will upload all of the footage I took of NKOTBSB in the Staples Center/Tacoma Dome and you will rejoice.

In that future day, you are welcome.

Tomorrow is when I get to see britney spears: pop queen

Not to brag but three days after that I am going to see NKOTBSB in LA, and then fourth of Julying it in Vegas and then I will fly up to Seattle for more NKOTBSB, as I apparently just can't get enough.

Long story short the next week and a half are going to rock, followed by a whole lot of suck when I attempt to catch up on all the Differential Equations class I will have missed.

Worth. It.

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To sum up:
So my work is sending me to Palm Springs for a Pacific Coast Reproductive Conference.

I am going to Palm Springs to learn more about sperm.

I don't even know.

In other news, I have a new roommate, there is a dude I am trying to deflect from pursuing me, and I get to see ke$ha in september. Britney is going on tour soon and I MUST GET TICKETS.

Oh and I saw a dead body in the river a few weeks ago and had to report it.

And I am throwing a Passion Party in a few weeks (on good friday, oops) which should be interesting.

I had the best bday ever on friday and I didn't even get drunk... This must mean I am getting super old :(

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Dear inception fandom,

Where the fuck are the bodyswap fics?

Seriously, how is it that in fandom after fandom I must ask this question? This is a staple! This is beans and rice, a complete protein!

We are in a world of dreams, literally, so I am pretty sure anything goes!

Freakin A,
Kim

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I DON'T KNOW IF MY FRIEND MADE THIS OR JUST FOUND IT AND POSTED IT TO MY FB WALL, BUT EITHER WAY THIS IS THE COOLEST THING IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSEEEEEEE

KE$HA CONCERT KICKED OFF IN P-TOWN, OREGON

AND I REAPED THE FUCKING BENEFITS, YA'LL.

sadly, this means all the video hasn't posted yet, and my shitty camera-video isn't worth the effort of uploading and posting, SO ETA ON THAT SHIT.

but what should be know (SPOILER ALERT):

1. First of all, she had the coolest outfits EVER. started off with LIGHTBEAM GLASSES and eventually she brought out a GUN GUITAR and also a GUN GLITTER EXPODEY and also a glitter skeleton suit thing? and there was a plethora of neon right at the end. OH AND AMERICA OUTFITS. AND THONGS.

2. She did sing DINOSAUR and there were dudes dressed as skeletons with WALKERS (and using them as dance props) and also a dude with a dinosaur head on. I WAS ENTHRALLED.

3. She also did "Grow a Pear" and there was a dude in a pear outfit. and then a dude in a cock & balls outfit. I pretty much discovered my new PERSONAL JESUS today. HER NAME IS KE$HA.

4. Everyone at that concert was drunk and/or stoned and/or on other things. IT WAS AMAZING. I people watched in between songs, because it was hilarious and gross all at the same time. Portland loves Ke$ha so much that we sang ALL OF TIK-TOK and WE R WHO WE R at her at the end. I had such a good time, I would like to find my way to the Seattle one. And others. WHO WANTS TO GO WTIH MEEEEEEEEEEE

5. I have already forgotten all the other cool things, for there were many

6. OH YEAH, she did the Cannibal song and basically strapped a dude to a giant wooden X and then "tore off" body parts and eventually his heart that she proceeded to eat and smear "blood" all over her face with, leaving behind his skeleton.

Seriously, if I hadn't already read about how she is kind of gross and will puke in your closet, I'd marry this bitch. She is my heerrrooooo.

Since the last pic looked so shitty, I thought I would test out the issues by uploading another camera photo and see if the shittyness is a fluke, so random pic of cylon raider from the seattle EMP's BSG exhibit:

Listen, the complications that arise when one attempts to upload a phone picture to one's lj using that same phone are LEGION. Nonetheless, I have managed it. BEHOLD:



This is the view from my work office from... I think yesterday afternoon, out maybe it was monday, I cannot recall.

Double rainbow, all the way!

ETA: ugh, discovery: poor photo quality when uploaded in such a fashion... Out perhaps it is a shitty phone camera... Or both :/

THAT DAY IS TODAY, MY FRIENDS AND ENEMIES AND FRENEMIES

Today my friend Lou and I made Battlestar Galactica (BSG) t-shirts. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS.

Granted, they are technically only half done, because we have to wait for the paint to dry, but then! OH HO THEN. SOON THESE MASTERPIECES SHALL BE COMPLETE. and then we will wear them while we watch BSG (today I gently cuddled mine while watching BSG instead, as I waited for the paint to dry).

Oh my God, no one even cares, but I almost started describing them LOVINGLY to all of you. Okay, I'm going to hold back most of what I want to say, except that you should all know it has "FRAK CYLONS" across the front bottom and then "SO SAY WE ALL" on the back bottom.

Also there are plans in the works for matching panties. The ass part will say "OH MY GODS"

WHAT IS LIFE

WHAT IS *MY* LIFE

WHY AM I MOSTLY JUST THRILLED INSTEAD OF EMBARRASSED ABOUT THIS

WHY DID I INSIST ON PAINTING THE PRESIDENT'S SYMBOL JUST SO I CAN WEAR THIS STUPID SHIRT WHEN I PLAY THE BOARD GAME IN THE FUTURE AND THUS GIVE MYSELF AN EXCUSE TO DEMAND THE PRESIDENCY AT ALL TIMES?????

so, ultimately, today is the day I have given up any attempt at normalcy in any respect of the word and I just embrace the fact that I'm probably going to die WEARING THIS SHIRT AND PANTY SET, and seriously, if I don't die in that attire, I am making my wishes known now: bury me in it. Actually since I am going to be buried in pieces, PUT ME IN THE OUTFIT AND THEN CHOP ME IN PIECES (POSTMORTEM, YA'LL, NOT PRE) IT'S COOL.

So I went to the Portland Cello Project concert back in December with greensounds, but we went up to Seattle's Triple Door to see them, instead of in Portland, just because of timing issues. They played Kanye West's All of the Lights there, but they also played it at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, and here is that performance (IT IS BADASS, AS THEY ALWAYS ARE BITCHEEESSSSSS):



And then I was reading my flist for the first time in what feels like a billion years and xenokattz had this lovely rendition of "Smooth Criminal" as played by cellists up (and as she pointed out, these bros looks like Dean Winchester vs. Remy LeBeau... or the rich man's Sam Winchester, if you prefer, or IDK, Edward Cullen vs. a dude? WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU.)



Oh and also!!!

More PCP, only with one of my favorite local groups, Typhoon, who is "up-and-coming" top 10 according to amazon or some shit... I heard that somewhere anyway. I heart them, is the point: