entirely ruined her disposition with books

+ I have decided that there are three elements you can add to any story to automatically improve it: spies, spaceships, and/or apocalypses (bonus points if you add all three!). This insight brought to you by me currently casting my ridiculous kpop band in a spy au.

+ Flipping channels on the radio on the way to work this morning, I stumbled across a station that was playing a game called (yes, really!) SHADES OF BIEBER. Where they made a very reluctant co-host read aloud passages and then had people call in and guess whether they were quotes from 50 Shades of Grey or Justin Bieber songs. I CAN'T. I guess that book really has gone mainstream, which is a terrifying prospect.

+ I am waaaaay behind on Game of Thrones, but I'm enjoying all the badass Sansa graphics that keep popping up on my tumblr dash. For some reason, I can't work up the desire to actually watch the show at the moment? I'll catch up eventually.

+ I am frankly shocked that Cardiff has not burned to the ground after they let Matt Smith carry the Olympic torch. Shocked.

+ I have fallen down the hole into kpop fandom. I apologize, y'all. I'll try to refrain from spamming the heck out of you. But, y'all, I'm pretty sure the second season of Sesame Player is the greatest thing to ever happen to me. Just sayin'.

+ The internet has such a way of making me feel old. Someone posted a mix of songs from 2004 and labeled it as songs from middle school. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that people who were in middle school in 2004 were on the internet. 2004 was the beginning of my senior year of high school. I feel old on tumblr. And then I come over here to lj and I have much older, insanely wonderful friends and perspective is restored.

+ My daddy and I showed my mama and lil sis Inglourious Basterds on Friday night. I was so pleased that they loved it. Favoritest of movies!

+ One of my baby cousins is getting married this weekend, so FAMILY TIME looms. Good thing I like my family. It's gonna be crazy.

+ It is so hot outside, y'all. I refuse to complain because I complain whenever it gets cold and I do definitely prefer hot to cold. But it's really hot. And May.

+ I have been searching for a dress to wear and have come up with nothing. It's amazing to me: I got to the mall and there are thousands and thousands of dresses (malls make me a little ill, between all the people and the consumerism) and there is nothing that I want to buy. The stuff I like looks bad on me. Everything else is ugh. I hate shopping. Hate it.

+ Sunday was Pentecost, and our sermon was amazing and all about the work of the Holy Spirit in restoring the world, and it inspired me to reread some Madeleine L'Engle and dive into her exploration of the idea of the whole world being a sacrament and expect some quotes to pop up here and there. I love it when church moves me so deeply that I cry.

+ What's going on with y'all?

+ I have decided that there are three elements you can add to any story to automatically improve it: spies, spaceships, and/or apocalypses (bonus points if you add all three!). This insight brought to you by me currently casting my ridiculous kpop band in a spy au.

+ Flipping channels on the radio on the way to work this morning, I stumbled across a station that was playing a game called (yes, really!) SHADES OF BIEBER. Where they made a very reluctant co-host read aloud passages and then had people call in and guess whether they were quotes from 50 Shades of Grey or Justin Bieber songs. I CAN'T. I guess that book really has gone mainstream, which is a terrifying prospect.

+ I am waaaaay behind on Game of Thrones, but I'm enjoying all the badass Sansa graphics that keep popping up on my tumblr dash. For some reason, I can't work up the desire to actually watch the show at the moment? I'll catch up eventually.

+ I am frankly shocked that Cardiff has not burned to the ground after they let Matt Smith carry the Olympic torch. Shocked.

+ I have fallen down the hole into kpop fandom. I apologize, y'all. I'll try to refrain from spamming the heck out of you. But, y'all, I'm pretty sure the second season of Sesame Player is the greatest thing to ever happen to me. Just sayin'.

+ The internet has such a way of making me feel old. Someone posted a mix of songs from 2004 and labeled it as songs from middle school. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that people who were in middle school in 2004 were on the internet. 2004 was the beginning of my senior year of high school. I feel old on tumblr. And then I come over here to lj and I have much older, insanely wonderful friends and perspective is restored.

+ My daddy and I showed my mama and lil sis Inglourious Basterds on Friday night. I was so pleased that they loved it. Favoritest of movies!

+ One of my baby cousins is getting married this weekend, so FAMILY TIME looms. Good thing I like my family. It's gonna be crazy.

+ It is so hot outside, y'all. I refuse to complain because I complain whenever it gets cold and I do definitely prefer hot to cold. But it's really hot. And May.

+ I have been searching for a dress to wear and have come up with nothing. It's amazing to me: I got to the mall and there are thousands and thousands of dresses (malls make me a little ill, between all the people and the consumerism) and there is nothing that I want to buy. The stuff I like looks bad on me. Everything else is ugh. I hate shopping. Hate it.

+ Sunday was Pentecost, and our sermon was amazing and all about the work of the Holy Spirit in restoring the world, and it inspired me to reread some Madeleine L'Engle and dive into her exploration of the idea of the whole world being a sacrament and expect some quotes to pop up here and there. I love it when church moves me so deeply that I cry.

+ What's going on with y'all?

+ Being Human is most definitely an entirely different show now, and I can’t decide whether it’s going to be AMAZING or a hot mess. I trust Whithouse more than I do 95% of showrunners, but we’ll just have to see. I’m definitely giving it a chance because A) Annie is still the best ever, especially now that Mitchell’s gone [don’t miss you, babe!], B) Michael Socha’s sad, sad eyebrows give me feelings, and C) there’s some crazy world-building stuff going on that could potentially be awesome. So we’ll see.

+ I’m thinking of giving up tumblr for Lent. Mostly because the very idea of doing so makes me want to scream, so I know that it’s something good to give up. I could give up chocolate or something without thinking about it, but that’s not the point. Plus, tumblr takes up a significant portion of my life that could (honestly) be better employed. So we’ll see. Maybe that will happen.

+ I just got a canvas to paint something for over my parents’ bed, and I’m super excited about it. I haven’t painted since high school, but I miss it loads. I’m mostly worried I have lost ALL ability, but I guess we’ll see. If I’m not horrified by the result, I’ll take a picture and show y’all. Now I just have to buy some oils (UUUUUUGH WHY SO EXPENSIVE).

+ It’s allegedly going to get cold again. Since we’ve been enjoying a nice stretch of 65 degree days, I am petrified with fear at the idea of it dipping back below 50. NOT OKAY. Winter is stupid.

+ I’ve been, like, immersing myself in all things Nerdfighteria the past week or so, and I had forgotten how much I enjoy the Green brothers. And it occurred to me that I still haven’t read any of John Green’s books, because as we all know, I don’t really read Here and Now books? If it’s about contemporary America and doesn’t have loads of supernatural elements, I’m usually not that interested in reading it. But I have put a hold on The Fault in Our Stars at the library, so I will be reading it once I get ahold of it. I feel it is my duty as a Nerdfighter, you know.

+ It really annoys me that I never know whether a new episode of my shows will be on in a given week. It’s frustrating as anything. Because I never know whether I’ve missed an episode or whether there wasn’t a new one this week or what. They should quit with this “sometimes we air it, sometimes we don’t” thing and just do it in blocks. Take a break in the winter or whatever, sure. BUT AIR THINGS CONSISTENTLY OMG THIS IS SO ANNOYING TO ME.

+ Obviously, my life isn't terribly exciting at the moment. If yours is, tell me about it.

For deird1, snickfic, ladyofthelog and anyone else who is interested:

The name of the book is Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture by Adam S. McHugh. I've added it to my list.

His website is here. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but it looks interesting.