for the first time in years, I didn't renew my paid account. I'm not too upset about it; it's not like I really took advantage of many of the options anyway.

that's what I thought - until I attempted to leave a comment and realized I don't have a million icons anymore. hasn't LJ offered us the option of just buying extra icons yet, instead of the whole paid account package?

in other news, this semester is kicking my ass in so many awful ways. I have NO FREE TIME EVER.

also, I WILL BE IN SICILY FOR FIVE MONTHS COME JANUARY.

just watched episode one of fma: brotherhood. can't say i'm all that impressed. it was actually pretty disappointing. i'll give it another episode or two to try and win me over.

i know some of y'all are watching it. tell me some good things!

i have been tearing through the FMA manga. SO GOOD. SO FREAKIN' GOOD. ♥

( ch 94 spoiler )

in other news, we're moving house on monday, so this past month has been nothing but going to work, packing, and catching what little sleep i can. sorry for not getting back to some people in any semblance of a timely fashion! (EREE! i've had an IM from you sitting open for like, a week now I'M SORRY I DON'T DESERVE YOUR LOVE)

stolen from explicate:

name (a) character(s) and I'll tell you three (or more) facts about them from my own personal headcanon.

such a perfect meme for me. I make up so much shit for almost everything I read/watch/what have you.

in other news, we are officially moving out of our condo and into a real, honest-to-goodness house come the end of august. while I am excited to have my own yard (finally! no more crazy neighbors and dog poop and screaming children right in my face I HAVE ONLY BEEN WAITING TEN YEARS FOR THIS), I hate packing with such a vengeful passion and am tired of there being half full boxes everywhere.

after like, two years of unnecessary and unexplainable stalling (i have no excuse), i finally signed up for netflix!

REC ME SOME MOVIES PEOPLE.

in other news, this job has completely turned me into an old lady. it's only midnight, and i'm so ready to hit the sack already. dammit, first they take my option of sleeping late, now they've taken my ability to keep my eyes open past twelve am. :(

so it would appear that the new kitten was not properly weaned at all, which means he goes right for my face when we're cuddling and does his damndest to suckle.

i'm tired of waking up at five in the morning with a cat attached to my eyelid.

my dog died today. we knew he probably wasn't going to make it through this summer - he was nearly thirteen, old for a small dog, and he had cancer - and the weirdest thing about it was that in the shower this afternoon, i thought that the reason my mother had called me earlier might have been she wanted me to pick something up on my way home from work or... that Louie had died. go figure.

i just. i didn't get to say goodbye. my grandfather went alone to the vet this morning, when Lou took a turn for the worst, and i didn't get to be there for him at all. that dog was his best friend. hell, according to every report i ever wrote in elementary school, that dog was my best friend, too.

bye, bud. love you.


Louie
August 1, 1996 - June 12, 2009

Um. We may have gone out today with the intention of just looking at kittens, and we might have brought one home with us.

BUT HOW COULD WE RESIST THIS FACE?

MAY I PRESENT, ERNIE STEMPLEBERG

This raises our household feline population to Obscene.

Stolen from a bunch of people on the flist, because I like talking about myself!

I think I can safely say I'll answer mostly anything.

eree linked me to an article about new douchefaggery concerning the avatar movie.

the white dude they cast for sokka said "I think it’s one of those things where I pull my hair up, shave the sides, and I definitely need a tan. It’s one of those things where, hopefully, the audience will suspend disbelief a little bit.”

also, i am not pleased with how zuko turned out.

WTF, THEY'RE RUINING EVERYTHING.