cock bite

For some reason I've let my annoying little brother talk me into watching Rooster Teeth & now I'm completely immersed. It's been a slow climb. Now I'm trying to watch all the video podcasts and listen to all the audio ones. I dusted off the old ipod and downloaded the first 25 ones to listen on my commute to work. It is the greatest idea I've EVER had. I wish I had come to this realization sooner because I feel so much happier in the mornings and afternoons. All the chuckles.

Tonight I've watched 2 full video podcasts and I'm on the 3rd. Between the end of the 2nd and the 3rd, I went to the kitchen to get some snackage and I was just thinking, "man, if I was on the podcast, I would eat all kinda snacks and Gus would get so pissed because of the munching. I guess that's why they never eat anything on the podcast." And keep in mind that I'm not watching them in order and I'm picking them at random by the thumbnails. I picked the 3rd one because it had balloons. AND THEN I come back to my room and Burnie's making pancakes. Weird goddamn coincidence.

Video Podcast #205

Burnie's my favorite.

This fucking thing.

This fucking thing. I can't believe I did this fucking thing. I picked a font. I picked another font so that I could put a certain T and G on their name because I know the person who I'm making this for likes a certain kind of T and G. I traced the letters 3 different times until I figured out the best way to get it on the rug. Then I cut out the letters with an exacto knife. Then I mixed this blue paint with a white paint to get the right color. Then I peeled off the stencil.




Then I realized I misspelled their name.


And I can't believe I did that because I know exactly how to spell it. Now I have a new rug that has a name on it that's not mine. Actually I think I'm going to see if there are any Gililands in the phonebook and I'm going to mail it to them.

okay

I spoke too soon. I got into that art history class.

Oh wonderful

I just looked at my grades from last semester because I'm one of those people who puts it off. But now I kind of regret it because my art history teacher gave me a C. I really didn't think I did that bad in that class & I'm kind of wondering why I made such a crappy score. It's always the classes you're confident in that you do the worst in. The same teacher that taught that class, teaches the other half of art history that I need and it became full before I realized I needed it and I was hoping she would let me into that class, but now I have low hopes about it. I can always take it next semester, but it just would work out better if I took it this semester.
I hate college so much.



Shows to remember to watch:
Almost Human (Fox)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Enlisted (Fox)
Resurrection (ABC)
Super Fun Night (ABC)

Cam Rellim Chronicles

I just totally realized what Cam Rellim means & I've been saying "Camp Rellam Chronicles" for so long. It's Mac Miller. Backwards. Shit.

I'm still obsessed with Mac Miller, by the way.


LOOK AT MY NEW FAVORITE SHOW

http://www.mtv.com/videos/mac-miller-and-the-most-dope-family-ep-101-man-of-next-year/1702668/playlist.jhtml

Hairs

Recently I decided that I should have different hair. I really wanted to try pink, but that didn't work out so I settled on purple.

My family has been busting my metaphorical balls about it, but I haven't really gotten any negative reaction from the public. Except for this sign holding guy under the parkway rolled his eyes at me, but I think that was just because I wouldn't give him any money to get him where he wanted to go.

The receptionist ladies at my ob/gyn said they liked my funky hair. That's really all anybody has said. Which is okay.

I really like what Louise had to say about fun hair on her post about her pink ombre. 

"It's hair. It's stuff that grows out of your head and can be cut on a whim. You can do anything you like with it and you aren't too anything to not allow it. Whether you are fat, thin, short, tall, fashionable, young, old, obsessed with stamp collecting, do what makes you happy. Don't judge people on their choices and don't stifle your own in fear of theirs, be glad of what you have been given and enjoy it. Appreciate it, not everyone has the luxury of hair to play with. Be thankful. "

She's intelligent and lovely.

I'm not sure what it will look like when all the purple's all faded... hopefully not too gross. Also, I haven't thought too far ahead about what I'll do with my hair once that's happened. It's a weird struggle because I don't want to let it all grow out because I have a huge gray patch at the front of my hairline that grows in very fast and I'm not ready to embrace it. (I'm only 21!) 

So I might try that pixie cut I've always wanted...

Wil Wheaton and Redditgifts

It is currently 1:25pm and this is the current state of things.

Goodness at the upvotes.

HEY GUESS WHAT. A REALLY COOL THING JUST HAPPENED.
I signed up for RedditGifts sometime last year after a friend told me that they were opening a yarn exchange and he knew that I was a knitter so I might enjoy that. I totally signed up right away and I was hooked. I've done 7 or 8 so far and they've all turned out amazingly well, except for getting shafted once, but that wasn't even that bad because it's all about giving anyway.
So one of the recent exchanges was a Star Trek exchange. I really debated about signing up for that one because I felt like I'm not that much of a fan to be participating in a Star Trek themed thing. Then, I thought, I do know someone who is a huge Star Trek fan!

So I signed up and put this in the info box for the exchange, "I'm signing up for this for my uncle. He's a huge fan. He really likes the original series of Star Trek, cheesy graphics and all. He's a man's man so maybe send something manly. You're the best. I already know you'll do a great job."

I got an anonymous message from my match on the 5th.

 Certainly I was excited because the person mentioned getting my uncle's gift from a convention, but I can tell you that my mind did not go to Wil Wheaton AT ALL when I read this message. I just thought, sweet, maybe this person is sacrificing their autograph that they got from an actor to give away. That would've been pretty amazing. To give some background on why I responded, "I'm so sorry! I bet you got a nasty email from Reddit!" I said that because just a few days before, I had selected that I did not receive the gift and usually when you do that Reddit will send an email to your match saying 'You better ship your thing OR ELSE.'

On Saturday, Jess, MJ, and I got together at my G&P's before we headed to Trussville to the bowling alley and I can't remember why we started talking about it, but I somehow convinced them to sign up for RedditGifts. Later on that night, after bowling and we were headed home, I noticed I had a missed call from Xander so I called him back. He was like, "Hey, you got a package from RedditGifts." I said, "Yeah, I know, I was expecting one. That's the one for Bryan." Then he was like, "You'll never believe what the return address says." Then he texted me a picture and I was all OMG SOMUCH ASDNFCAOWERGWHAT? Jess & MJ were in the car and I had to explain why I kept saying NUH UH. I told them about the gift for their dad and that the return address said Wil Wheaton. They were like, "Who?" Even after all this, they still probably don't know who he is.. haha. So them being who they are, they wanted me to call Xander back and have him open up the present. I told them I wanted to wait for Bryan to open it. They convinced me because I'm a pushover and because they're persistant. So I called my brother back and asked him to VERY CAREFULLY open the package and take a few pictures so we could see what was inside. He called me right back presumably because he was excited to announce what was inside. At this point, I was very skeptical about the realness of the whole thing. The letter though... the letter felt really real. So I decided that it must be.

I went back to G&P's that night and I couldn't sleep at all.  I was a weird kind of nervous that had a lot to do with celebrities who are also really nice people. The next day I was supposed to get up and go with my family to see Fried Green Tomatoes at the Alabama Theatre, but while lying awake, I devised a plan to meet up with my dad about halfway between my actual house and my grandparents house so I could pick up the package and let Bryan open it that same day. It was an excellent plan.

Everything went to according to plan and I gave Bryan the gift and Jess and MJ pretty much told him what was inside before he opened it because they're bad at secrets. G&P, Linda, & Cason were also there during the unveiling. There was some confusion from the people who weren't in the know, (G&P), but Bryan was really surprised and happy. That was the best part.

I posted the gift to Redditgifts at about 4:30p on Monday afternoon and I also posted it to facebook at the same time.

Mom commented almost immediately and Jess, too. Another one of my friends is a pretty big Star Trek fan so that was cool that she commented.

Then I noticed that RedditGifts promoted my thing!

And about that same time, Wil Wheaton commented on my post!

Which is hella rad. What is also rad is the amazingly sweet and nice comments that people keep leaving about Wil and my uncle Bryan.

I'm just so delighted. I tried not to fangirl too much on the RedditGifts post. I'm not totally clueless and I figured that it would get a little bit popular. Which, by my book, it definitely has.

I figured I could save that fangirling for this blog. Also, I fibbed a little on the RedditGifts post just because I was trying to be succinct. I've noticed that sometimes people go off on a tangent and that it sometimes is boring.


I keep wanting to send @wilw a tweet, but I just don't know what to say. Typing out a long post on reddit is one thing, because it's kind of impersonal. A tweet is like... direct. He could actually like, reply and stuff. And plus, I don't want to inflate his ego too much.

But seriously, he typed my name like 4 times. He maybe even said it out loud once! I mean, there's no way for me to know that, but STILL. COOL.



I've got to remember to give that friend of mine who referred me to RedditGifts a big old hug.




A new thing that happened today(6/12/13):

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *DEAD*

Picture Heavy

The thing about reading good books at work is the crys. I've been answering the phones at the front desk this week, which is not what I usually do, and people don't come by that often, but it's awkward when someone walks through and says hello and my eyes are watery and when I respond my voice cracks.
In case you were wondering, I'm reading All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin. So much good.

Anyway, I'm going to pause the reading/crying to post some pictures. I went home for two weeks at the end of May and spent some time with my long lost friends and a little too much time, for my taste, with my little bro. All in all, had a fabulous time. And I've got pictures to prove it!

Rosh with our graduation present for Justin

My beautiful redheaded best friend. I wish I done a better job of getting together with her while I was home for so long. :/ 

This photo features a few of my favorite things.

Luke, my new gigantic friend!!!

A bunch of us went to the Nook and had a grand ole time. Claire & I each had a Raspberry Lambic. Super delicious. Jeff was there! :) He's my fav.

Hot air balloonz and fireworkz

George(cat from above) had kittens and this is Wash. We hope he won't meet an untimely demise like his namesake.

This happened!!! And I was undoubtedly excited about it.

This dude. :)

Lookin' fresh at Lowe Mill

Hello world.

Congraduations

“There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained by giving them to someone else.”   General Peyton C. March

Witnessed my best friend walk across the stage and graduate from a very important part of her life. I can genuinely say that I'm thrilled for her. Wavering on the verge of jealousy. In a good way though.

I check facebook incessantly and over the past month my friends have been annoyingly talkative about their impending life change of ending the beast that is college. And every single time I scroll past I'm mentally vomiting on them. But with Rosh's graduation, I'm truly happy. Not even the slightest bit queasy. 



Something that will never ever ever ever happen again: Sitting in Roshni's UAB dorm living area.

International

As a self-proclaimed anglophile, (I haven't been like, diagnosed or anything), I keep coming across this thing that happens to me. I don't know if it's just my personality or if it's something that Americans who consume massive amounts of culture from across the pond do or what. I don't do this when I watch "The Jersey Shore." Okay that's a terrible example because I've never watched the Jersey Shore. It didn't happen to me when I watched Fargo. But when I watch something where a person has an accent from the UK, my thoughts become like their accent. I wouldn't dare let a peep of it come out of my mouth though. I'm pretty sure that's frowned upon. Although, having a Southern accent, I totally don't mind people trying to do a southern accent at me. So I don't know, maybe it's just the social connotation that's weird.
Here are some people who have accents very different from my own and I thoroughly enjoy watching them:
Hi, it's me, Jimmy. How are ya?
Liam Dryden
Caspar Lee
Thomas Rees - Kaye
Jack Harries & sometimes Finn
Alfie
Louise

Pants on fire

I went home this past weekend and stayed a few days and while I was there I discovered that the second season of Upstairs Downstairs is on Prime so I was watching a few episodes and my dad pipes up, "Are you watching that Dalton Abbey?"

Recently, everyone's favorite question for me is, how much longer do you have left? Truthfully, I don't know because I haven't actually calculated how many classes I have left. I should really figure that out. But since I'm a liar, I've been telling people that I have 3 semesters left. Wouldn't that be nice if it were less than that?

TO DO LIST:

Frozen Strawberry Peach Margarita

Serves 4 (Or 1 person, 4 times)

Ingredients:

15-10  frozen strawberries
2 peaches,  peeled and chopped
4 ounces tequila
1 cup crushed ice
12 ounces sparkling water

Directions:

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Friday. My second favorite F word.

I'm obsessed with this video. Besides the fact that Mac Miller is adorable as shit, there's this part in the video where he's taking out the trash and there's this blue door that takes him to this other place. Like the Tardis. I mean, I think he's referencing his blue slide park and not Dr Who, but still. I like it.

Also, I love that line in the song where he's like "I ain't no hipster, but Girl, I can make your hips stir." I just want to date somebody that's that clever.

Television

I'm about to fully endorse

http://www.irfanview.com/   ||||||It's fo' free!||||||

I've been using this for seems like forever for just basic photo editing and viewing and I just now found out that it batch renames photos! It's the best thing I've discovered all year. I'm trying to organize all my shit so I can find things without having to go one by one and I was thinking I would have to download a whole new program and learn how to use it to batch rename. Turns out I already had what I needed all along.
This site is what I used to figure out how to rename through Irfanview.

I have to admit though, I hate the name of this stupid program because I always misspell it on the first try.

Day 31:

The last song you heard in public

Daylight - Maroon 5

I can't remember if Daylight was the last song in their set, but it was close to last. I went to this concert on the 26th! It was pretty darn good.

Day 30:

Your favourite song at this time last year

Cough Syrup - Young the Giant

Day 29:

A song from your childhood

Two Princes - Spin Doctors

Chris Barron is really, really cool. He tweeted me once! I was embarrassing, but it's all I've got. And he follows me on twitter. Badass.

Day 28:

A song that makes you feel guilty

Meat is Murder - Morrissey

Day 27:

A song that you wish you could play

Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake

I want to be able to whip it out at parties.

Money

So nobody is allowed to say that money can't buy you friends. Did anybody even say that in the first place? Anyway, I have proof that you totally can buy friends.

This is the highest award for this kickstarter & to me it's saying, hey if you want to pay for a third of the goal for this project then we can hang out, and maybe even be bros.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the dude that is behind this kickstarter and I would definitely buy his friendship if I had an extra $10000.

-->>Confluence

Day 26:

A song that you can play on any instrument

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Day 25:

A song that makes you laugh

Default - Django Django

"It's like a nipple" - Xander

Day 24:

A song that you want to play at your funeral

It's Nice To Be Alive - Ball Park Music

Day 23:

A song that you want to play at your wedding

Love Interruption - Jack White 

Day 22:

A song that you listen to you when you're sad

Day 21:

A song that you listen to when you're happy

Safety Torch - Tobuscus

Tobuscus animated adventures are so so so awesome. Watch them. Here.

Day 20:

A song that you listen to when you're angry

Jude Law and a Semester Abroad - Brand New

Day 19:

A song from your favorite album

Brick by Boring Brick - Paramore

There's not a song from this album that I don't love.

Day 18:

A song that you wish you heard on the radio

Felicia Day could straight up run the world.

Day 17:

A song that you hear often on the radio

Thrift Shop - Macklemore

I do not like this song... yet. But i'm sure it'll grow on me. Video is good tho.

Day 16:

A song that you used to love but now hate

Super Bass - Nicki Minaj

I find these kids very annoying.

Day 15:

A song that describes you

I'm Awesome - Spose

Day 14:

A song that no one would expect you to love

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Maybe it's not that surprising that I love this song, seeing as how I'm from Alabama and all. BUT maybe it is.

Day 13:

A song that is a guilty pleasure

One Time - Justin Bieber

I know it's cool to hate Justin Bieber, but remember when he was this pesky kid singing about love. Now he's weird. I love this song though.


EDIT:
March 14, 2013 3:31PM

There's no way of knowing that this is actually Justin Bieber posting. If it is though, he seems like somebody I could be bros with.


On the topic of guilty pleasures:
I certainly do not feel guilty for liking Justin Bieber's songs because I don't give a fuck. "Who cares?"
Reiterated by the Rock God Dave Grohl HERE. It's a speech he gave at SXSW and he is a brilliant man. I forget sometimes how much of a badass he is. He talks about guilty pleasure at about 40:00 in the video.

Day 12:

A song from a band you hate

Sorry, I just hate NIN.

Day 11:

A song from your favourite band

Stubborn Love - The Lumineers

Alright so I have 2 favorite bands and I've already posted so many Walk the Moon songs. Here's one from the brilliant Lumineers.

Day 10:

A song that makes you fall asleep

Blanket for a Sail

Way out on the ocean
Far beyond the seven seas
There's a tiny little boat
Faith is keeping her afloat
And a tiny little skipper with his worn and tattered coat
You see the law of the ocean
Says you shall never fail
Use your heart as a rudder
Faith as a compass
And a blanket for a sail
Sleep for the weary
Dreams for us all
Rest your head on a pillow
And I'll tell you a tale
Use your heart as a blanket
And a blanket for a sail

I always loved hearing my mom sing this to me. She sang it in a really peaceful way that made me want to fall asleep, not in an omg this is so boring I'm falling asleep kind of way. She heard it from a CD of rock stars singing lullabies, but the guy who sings this doesn't sing it right. Only mom.

Day 09:

A song that you can dance to

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend

The dancing looks like this...

Olan Rogers

Day 08:

A song that you know all the words to

Semi-Charmed Kind Of Life - Third Eye Blind

This was the first song that I consciously learned all the words to. I remember printing off the lyrics and listening to this song on repeat on my portable cd player. My parents were concerned because this song had some risqué subject matter, but I honestly had no idea what Teb was talking about. I was like in the 4th grade or something. I just really liked how fast the lyrics were and I loved to annoy my parents with the do do do do do do do do's.
And yes, I still know all the words.

Day 07:

A song that reminds you of a certain event

Sink, Florida, Sink - Against Me!

Battle of the Bands. Must've been my junior year. I don't know if one of the bands played this song or if I remember this song because AK listened to it a lot and some of his friends were in the battle of the bands thing and we went to watch them play. Either way.

Day 06:

A song that reminds you of somewhere

I thought of a better one.

You Know How I Do - Taking Back Sunday

This one reminds me of a place that's not really a place anymore because a couple years ago it was paved over. The cotton field from my back yard.

Day 05:

A song that reminds you of someone

Youth of the Nation - P.O.D.

I remember listening to the radio a lot as a kid. This song was on the radio constantly in the early 2000's. Alexander was pretty young. Less than 5. He used to always sing random stuff. Usually it was a song that he'd made up on his own. Sometimes though, he would sing this song. He would sing "B. O. B. O. Kids of the nation!" It was always really funny because I, being the highly intelligent older sister that I was, knew that he was totally butchering the lyrics. Also, he kept saying B.O. Body odor was hilarious when I was in elementary school. Good times.

Fun fact that I learned while researching the title of this song (it seems a lot of people thought it was kids of the nation), P.O.D. is a Christian metal band. Huh.

Day 04:

A song that makes you sad

Hello, I'm in Delaware - City & Colour

Sad and slow. Reminds me of old friends and times past. Dallas Green's voice is so haunting.

Day 03:

A song that makes you happy

Quesadilla - Walk the Moon

If I'm not careful, this whole thing is just going to be Walk the Moon songs. This song is the first song from the CD & it reminds me of the concert MJ & I went to. I had the best time at that concert.

Day 02:

Your least favourite song

Breezeblocks - AltJ

They've started playing this song on Alt Nation all the time & it drives me crazy. I don't know what it is about it exactly, but I just can't get into it.

Day 01:

Your favourite song

Anna Sun - Walk the Moon

No surprise here.

31 Days of Songs

So one day I checked my email and I got one that said in the subject line [chantilly lace] New comment on clutch. I didn't even bother to look at the sender because automatically I was like "Yay! Rosh commented!" Turns out, it was a lovely blogger that found me through pinterest! She's really awesome & nice! Go to her, here. But then come back here and pay attention to this thing I'm doing.
She posted a 30 day song challenge in January/February and it looks really fun so I'm going to try. Also, she's from Ireland and there's "u's" in her "favorite's." I love that.



Day 01: Your favourite song
Day 02: Your least favourite song
Day 03: A song that makes you happy
Day 04: A song that makes you sad
Day 05: A song that reminds you of someone
Day 06: A song that reminds of you of somewhere
Day 07: A song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 08: A song that you know all the words to
Day 09: A song that you can dance to
Day 10: A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11: A song from your favourite band
Day 12: A song from a band you hate
Day 13: A song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14: A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15: A song that describes you
Day 16: A song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17: A song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18: A song that you wish you heard on the radio
Day 19: A song from your favorite album
Day 20: A song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21: A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22: A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23: A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24: A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25: A song that makes you laugh
Day 26: A song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27: A song that you wish you could play
Day 28: A song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29: A song from your childhood
Day 30: Your favourite song at this time last year

Added bonus because there're 31 days in March
Day 31: The last song you heard in public

JSU artists

Just fudged a knit stitch & immediately thought "Shit, control z." Didn't work, unfortunately.

Today after class, I walked around the art building and looked at all the art. The printmaking class made these pieces that were mostly animals joined with other animals and they were okay, but this one piece was different. I am in love. I wish I deciphered the signature so I could be friends with this person. I'm really bummed about the quality of the photos I took. They turned out really janky for some reason, but still. Still awesome.

The title was the best part.