Finally home from four awesome days in New Orleans. It was EPIC and I loved (almost) every second of it. A full report is coming tomorrow but some quick points:

1. We flew first class. It was awesome.
2. I sat behind Roland Burris on the flight back. Did not manage to get myself arrested.
3.Drunk middle aged white men need to learn to keep their hands to themselves, or at least off me.
4. I LOVE NOLA.
5. I will never allow pictures of myself in a swimsuit to ever be taken again, no matter how fucking cute my suit it.
6. I iz fat.
7. You can eat food so good it almost makes you want to cry.
8. Vomitting off the side of boats is the new hot tourism activity.
9. Alligators don't mind marshmallows.
10. I should always plan my vacation when there will be conventions in town full of hot brown menfolk in the same town.
11. My hotel was AMAZING.
12. I did not do as much eating as I thought I would.
13. When someone hands you something called a Hand Grenade, the last thing you should do is drink it.
14. NOLA is still overwhelmingly NOT recovered from Katrina.
15. NOLA accents are fucking awesomesauce.
16. Rooftop pools for the win!
17. Hurricanes are good and good for you.
18. Cafe du Monde lives up to the hype.
19. Bourbon Street is...Bourbon Street.
20. I need to go on more vacations.

But for now? I need some effing sleep!

What I'm feeling exhausted

( My thoughts below )

just my $.02

What I'm feeling artistic Tags: harry potter

Tomorrow I am (finally) going to an orthopedic surgeon to have my hip checked out.

I can't wait.

This pain sh*t has to stop.

Bah. I wanted to fill up one of my mp3 players with a bunch of video to keep me entertained on the trip. I decided on Leverage and Better Off Ted, with Dexter S3 thrown in if I get ambitious. My rationale for the last one is because if, against all odds, I hate the first two, I have something I know I like available. I spent most of Thursday night, last night, and today resizing all the avi files for the first two so they'd all fit. (350mb becomes 100mb, 175 mb becomes 50mb. I'm doing the 550mb Dexters in 150mb.)

I plugged in the 8gig Sandisk (e280), and there was something wrong with the "MTP device". Troubleshooting said try a different USB port, try a different connection cord, try a different computer. I tried the first two, with no luck, and then tried a different computer with a different mp3 player. I'm going to get the stuff on the player I know works and then try the one that's being a beeeyotch.

I got my old laptop to recognize the 4gig e260. So, in my excitement, I added all the files I'd already resized to the job queue. Which was dumb. Now I'll be sitting with this for at least another two hours. (24 files, 1.9 gig, I'm 58% done.)

I'm still on the old laptop, because I had to download the media converter. All my buttons are in a different place! I kept entering ` in an AIM session because I was trying to Alt+Tab and Alt wasn't where it should be.

Did I mention I'm working tomorrow? I think I last worked a Sunday in...uh...2006-ish. And my shift is earlier than usual, even? And then I did a shift switch with my morning buddy, so I'll be at work still earlier on Monday. (9am tomorry, 7:30am Monday.) Perhaps I'll bring the laptop so I can get Dexter done.

But, even with the Sunday shift, it's still only a three-day work week. =) I'm sure I'll appreciate the extra hours when I get my post-vacay paycheck.

Edit: WTFFFFF, it's resizing the files when it converts them! I'm out of room with five episodes left.

What I'm singing TV - Dave Tags: ipod, work

Why I love David Yates:

"If we can get an ounce of empathy for Draco by the end of the film, I’ll consider my job done."

From another awesome Tom interview.

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Killed. Me. Dead.

I loved it. I think they did an amazing job with streamlining the material and of course I'm disappointed with some of the omissions, but still was just overwhelmed with how wonderful it was.

Need coffee. I've been up for nearly 3 hours, have already had a cup of tea, but I am craving coffee very badly. I'm not sleepy or anything, I just have a hankering.

I just read the loveliest interview with Tom Felton (ok, it was a tad cheesy, but I'm more smitten then ever right now, so I'm pretty easy to please). It's here if anyone is interested. He loves Gossip Girl how adorable is that? Ok, now I sound 12, so I'm going to stop.

On that note, I think I'm going to head out and see HPB again today. I should really clean, or do something productive, but whatever.

Is anyone watching Royal Pains? If so, thoughts?

Torchwood fans. RUN, do not walk, to read this. The most perfect post-COE fic I've read. To quote the summary:

In which Gwen, Lois and Johnson run a slightly shambling Torchwood out of Gwen's spare room. Rhys makes everyone cheese on toast.

(Reposted via spicedrum)

If anyone wants to know about the DVD release of Star Trek, just go here. There's tons of info about what special features will be on what versions, etc. taraljc, if you want to get your Gaila on, it looks like you'll have to get yourself a Blu-Ray player.

Tags: movies

Anyone want to go see Phoenix with me on Wednesday, Sept. 23? Tickets are $20 at the Riviera.

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Saw Julie & Julia last night and enjoyed it. ( Cut for basic plot spoilers. )

Anyway, good movie, good laughs, good performances. That said, I'd recommend not going to this film on an empty stomach, as it will make you hungry. We saw it at a movie theater/restaurant where we were served dinner while we watched. That's the way to see this film. Even if you're just having a burger and not vichyssoise, it'll get you through better than just a tub of popcorn. This movie is total food porn.

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Yesterday was a bad day. I spent a lot of my workday trying to hold it together, though I did have a breakdown in the bathroom. (Hey, you're allowed to cry at work when someone dies.) I'm just still blown away that George is gone. He was only 29. That's just too young. I've never lost a friend before, especially not someone younger than me. It just scares me. He was too young to go. It's not fair. I can't even begin to imagine how his parents and Nat are doing. I just saw her two months ago when we went out to Palm Springs, and now I'll be seeing her again when I go downstate for the funeral. This isn't how it's supposed to be. I know I'm going to be a wreck when I see her. Losing a sibling, especially your only sibling, must be so hard. Poor Nat...

What I'm feeling contemplative Tags: friends, movies, music

Isn't this ALWAYS the way? I think I'm good for catching up and then I get hit with other things. But at least the "other thing" was rather exciting this time: I'm working on putting together my first class. I'll be teaching Consumer Behavior both semesters next year and get to decide every element of the class from the chosen textbook to the syllabus design. Exciting! Also exceedingly terrifying!

In any event, it has been quite an experience contacting the publishers to get sample copies of their textbooks. I wrote to one company asking for a single edition of a the most popular CB textbook. Two hours later the area representative replied to me and said she was putting together a package of multiple textbooks, case study books, workbooks, and anything else I might find useful. Glancing at their website that's something like $600 (retail) worth of goods being expressed to me for free.

And then I heard from the other publishers doing much the same.

Huh! Quite the experience.

Dreamwidth Stuff

Hey look, a bold header to get your attention!

1. I'll be using my Dreamwidth account to post only art stuff. If that's all you care about, there's a RSS feed button over there to conveniently use. Handy! HAY GUYZ IT'S AN ART ACCOUNT


2. I have two Dreamwidth invites if anyone would like one. Just leave a comment with your email. (I've screened comments on this post because of this, so no one needs to feel iffy about posting their email out in the open.)

What I'm singing Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name | Powered by Last.fm Tags: life

iFMagazine has part 1 of a 2-part interview with el jefe, pimping the SDCC table read, The Middleman: The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse graphic novel, and dvds. Slightly spoiler-y, but entirely awesome.

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