cali | (no subject)

So everyone's excited about fandom stuff this weekend and I'm sure at least half of you are avoiding lj for Harry Potter related reasons. I'm somewhat ashamed to admit that I haven't even preordered the book. I'm probably going to go pick up a copy tonight, but only if I don't end up being horribly busy. I'm supposed to go see Desert City Soundtrack and The Rum Diary tonight (yay, emo?) Also setting up for the artshow I'm putting on tomorrow night.

All of the NSYNC sightings at CFTC are making me horribly jealous. I would love to be there squeeing along side everyone. I'm definitely settling for squeeing in front of my computer instead. I added Chris to my myspace page and he added me back. It's sorta weird, but kinda cool too.

I've been reading a weird amount of Star Wars fanfic lately. Of the Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan variety. I like the AU possibilities for the Star Wars universe. But wtf is up with all the slave stories? unwanted/unequal/forced sex? really not my thing. Also I just started a book one of my friend's lent me called Miss Misery it's by a new author named Andy Greenwald. It's an advanced reader copy (my friend works in a bookstore) of a novel about New York City, hipsters, emo, and blogging (specifically lj). My friend liked it and lent it to me last night. I picked it up an hour or two ago and I'm already at 150 pages. I'll probably try to finish it before the new Harry Potter. A reveiwer described it as an "emo fight club" and you know what? It sort of is. The writing is engaging and modern without being overly pretentious and it's got that Chuck Palahniuk sort of endginess to it. I think it's going to be published next January, I should remember to remind y'all about it then, eh?

Here's the third episode of Ewan McGregor's trip around the world.

[ ~~Ewan McGregor - The Long Way Round - Episode 3~~ ] -- avi, 350mb

Also, do any of you have avi version of episodes 1-3 and 5-8 of this season's Queer As Folk? I've got 4 and 9-13 but I'm missing the rest :(

Lastly: in regard to my last, drunken post, I am still terribly prod of my self for getting this boy's number. I have actually known him, in a vague sense, since we were little. I swam on the same swimm team as him. And then in High School he was two (or three) years older and significantly cooler than I was as a lowly freshmen (as in this guy was like, the guy everyone had a crush on) but he still said hi to me when we saw each other. And he's back from college or something now, and is going to be going to grad school. And yeah, this is way boring so long story short: I definitely wanna make out with him.

Okay, really the last thing (sorry if you're all tired of this meme, but I'm really curious):
[Poll #533322]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

This book, I think I shall need to read it when it comes out. As for sorting you, i had to have a think on this. You are very sweet, which made me think Hufflepuff, you are also v smart and giving, my brain almost said Gryffindor, but I wasn't having any of that and decided you would have to be a Ravenclaw.

It's a very cool book. With mentions of a bunch of bands that I have actually heard of, which is somewhat gratifying really. It's not often that I read something like this, that makes me want to download all of the bands mentioned.

I think I'd put myself in Ravenclaw, too. I'd hate to be a Gryffindor, I think. And I'm not nearly devious enough to be Slytherin.

Thank you for the Ewan goodness!

You're welcome! I hope you're enjoying it :D

I'll mail you a DVD of QAF this weekend. Thank God you're on a Mac since nobody can seem to view my DVD burns. Let's hope you fare better. :)-

Seriously? You are the best! Thank you! (do you have my San Francisco address?)

I do. :)-

I ciuld've helped you out with some QaF avis, but I see help is already on its way. Which is good, because I have no idea how to get the avis to you. Techno dork.

Hmmm, everyone else has voted you Ravenclaw. Although that was my second vote, I stand by my nomination of Gryffindor.

Hee! I'm a nearly unanimous Ravenclaw, now! Very cool.