The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Jun. 28th, 2008 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalSo I got to play Mah Jongg last night! These Americans play by such strange rules. I definitely felt overwhelmed since it was my first time playing with people... overwhelmed and very lost. This 2008 card thingy is weird- the nice, young, Jewish ladies seemed confused about how I could possibly play without it, but that wasn't covered in the books and tutorials I did, or the online version I played. I don't really like it much, but maybe I'll come to like it the more practice I get. I have a special "American" book one of the people gave me, so I'll look through that. But I had fun, even though I was overwhelmed. It was really neat to finally play it with people. I'm glad my friend invited me over to give it a go.
While I was gone last night, my DVR failed to tape DOCTOR WHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cries* No clue when it will repeat- could be months! I'm just about to start watching season 4, but it kills me to know I won't be able to watch the whole thing at once. If anyone, um, knows of some way to get a hold of the lovely episode that aired last night... please let me know (you can e-mail me). I'm such an idiot for not realizing my DVR was full and not checking before I left to go out on the town.
I tried to finish the Green Mile last night. Got to the end of the disc and then, suddenly, "insert disc 2". ACK! I don't have disc 2! I guess I must have forgotten to add it to my Blockbuster queue, thinking it was just special features or whatever. So now I have to wait for disc 2 in order to finish the movie.
Got my VISA bill in the mail today. Doesn't include the $400 of car insurance I put on it yesterday, thankfully, but it's still more than I'd like. 99% of the bill is dentist appointments (and, oh yeah, I've got another one of those on Thursday) so it's not like it's out of control spending. But I'd really like to buy a condo once I pay off my student loan. If I do, money will be very tight. So I'm sort of in a "have fun while I can now" mood. Which sort of depresses me. Wish I made more money at my job. I LOVE my job. I just wish I made more money and could afford things like homes and cars (mine's on its last legs).
I think I'm going to go see Caspian in theaters again tomorrow. I really liked it and I want to see it again in theaters. I'm hoping it'll come to the cheep little university theater by my work (at which point I'll probably go see it once a week or more) but I can't count on it going there and I'll be sad if I missed a chance to see it a second time because I was banking on getting cheep ticket instead. So... I'm going to see it again tomorrow, just in case.
I was going to go to the Smithsonian Folk Life festival on the Mall today with family, but by the time I got back from volunteering at the library, I was utterly exhausted and my head hurt and I was SO hot that I decided to skip it. I feel bad about that, but what can you do? I napped for about 3 hours, at which point I woke up to my head hurting worse. It's starting to get a little better now, 3 hours later.
Oh, and I bought tickets to go see Harry & the Potters on Monday! It's going to be a tight fit, since I get off work at 5:30, have to get to the mechanics and pay for/pick up my car (I HOPE it passes inspection!!!), and then get to the place before 7. There are three other bands, but I want to get there with enough time to get a bite to eat and meet up with the other Harry Potter meetup group members who are getting there at 6. I'm kind of excited. My first WRock concert!!!
I'm also probably going to the Washington DC JumpCon in August. Adrian Paul and Peter Wingfield will be there. I'm kind of confused about what actually goes on at a JumpCon- if it's all just meals and autograph sessions or if there are actual fannish events and panels and things, which are what I like most about cons. Paying admission just to stand around with a bunch of people seems strange to me. But, then, I'm an introvert and don't like standing around with lots of people in any circumstance. I need to get working on my bag of fannish patches and buttons in the meantime.
Actually, there's a HECK of a lot I need to get working on. Like my Remus/Sirius Fuh-Q-Fest story! I got an extension (thank goodness) but I need to: start it, finish it, edit it, find a betareader, make edits, submit it. AND I need to start working on my Neville fic that's due July 20. I don't really have any idea what to write for that, either, except that I want it set when he's 20. Or maybe right before his 20th birthday? And I want to make some icons to go along with the story, for fun.
While I was gone last night, my DVR failed to tape DOCTOR WHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cries* No clue when it will repeat- could be months! I'm just about to start watching season 4, but it kills me to know I won't be able to watch the whole thing at once. If anyone, um, knows of some way to get a hold of the lovely episode that aired last night... please let me know (you can e-mail me). I'm such an idiot for not realizing my DVR was full and not checking before I left to go out on the town.
I tried to finish the Green Mile last night. Got to the end of the disc and then, suddenly, "insert disc 2". ACK! I don't have disc 2! I guess I must have forgotten to add it to my Blockbuster queue, thinking it was just special features or whatever. So now I have to wait for disc 2 in order to finish the movie.
Got my VISA bill in the mail today. Doesn't include the $400 of car insurance I put on it yesterday, thankfully, but it's still more than I'd like. 99% of the bill is dentist appointments (and, oh yeah, I've got another one of those on Thursday) so it's not like it's out of control spending. But I'd really like to buy a condo once I pay off my student loan. If I do, money will be very tight. So I'm sort of in a "have fun while I can now" mood. Which sort of depresses me. Wish I made more money at my job. I LOVE my job. I just wish I made more money and could afford things like homes and cars (mine's on its last legs).
I think I'm going to go see Caspian in theaters again tomorrow. I really liked it and I want to see it again in theaters. I'm hoping it'll come to the cheep little university theater by my work (at which point I'll probably go see it once a week or more) but I can't count on it going there and I'll be sad if I missed a chance to see it a second time because I was banking on getting cheep ticket instead. So... I'm going to see it again tomorrow, just in case.
I was going to go to the Smithsonian Folk Life festival on the Mall today with family, but by the time I got back from volunteering at the library, I was utterly exhausted and my head hurt and I was SO hot that I decided to skip it. I feel bad about that, but what can you do? I napped for about 3 hours, at which point I woke up to my head hurting worse. It's starting to get a little better now, 3 hours later.
Oh, and I bought tickets to go see Harry & the Potters on Monday! It's going to be a tight fit, since I get off work at 5:30, have to get to the mechanics and pay for/pick up my car (I HOPE it passes inspection!!!), and then get to the place before 7. There are three other bands, but I want to get there with enough time to get a bite to eat and meet up with the other Harry Potter meetup group members who are getting there at 6. I'm kind of excited. My first WRock concert!!!
I'm also probably going to the Washington DC JumpCon in August. Adrian Paul and Peter Wingfield will be there. I'm kind of confused about what actually goes on at a JumpCon- if it's all just meals and autograph sessions or if there are actual fannish events and panels and things, which are what I like most about cons. Paying admission just to stand around with a bunch of people seems strange to me. But, then, I'm an introvert and don't like standing around with lots of people in any circumstance. I need to get working on my bag of fannish patches and buttons in the meantime.
Actually, there's a HECK of a lot I need to get working on. Like my Remus/Sirius Fuh-Q-Fest story! I got an extension (thank goodness) but I need to: start it, finish it, edit it, find a betareader, make edits, submit it. AND I need to start working on my Neville fic that's due July 20. I don't really have any idea what to write for that, either, except that I want it set when he's 20. Or maybe right before his 20th birthday? And I want to make some icons to go along with the story, for fun.
Re: Link for Doctor Who
Date: 2008-06-29 12:43 pm (UTC)I haven't the willpower to take your advice on waiting to watch ep 12 though. I'm currently obtaining the episode via torrent, and I'm going to watch it as soon as I'm done. Cliffies are evil, but so is accidentally getting more spoiled for events of ep 12 while I wait.
*impatiently watches download progress*