ARGH!!! I fucking HATE OC Transpo!!!

( Pointless ranting, feel free to skip... )


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Speaking of homicide, OMFG why didn't any of you tell me how mind-blowingly awesome "Dexter" is?!?

I mean seriously. It's absolutely incredible!

I checked out this vid by xandra_ptv (which is GORGEOUS and amazing but if you haven't watched the show you might want to hold off on the vid until after you've watched the show, because it is pretty damned spoilery) and was so intrigued I looked for the show online and was watching the pilot within minutes.

Wow. I've never been as INSTANTLY hooked on a show before as I was with this. I watched all 12 episodes within 48 hours. SO good! Seriously, if you haven't seen it yet, check it out ASAP, you won't be disappointed (but you might want to stay away if you are bothered by the sight of blood, because it can get pretty heavy on the gore at times).

OK. WTF. Seriously.

I come home from work tonight excited about watching the SEASON PREMIERE (that would be EPISODE 3.01!!!) of Grey's Anatomy that I recorded from CTV. So I fire up the ole DVR and start watching the episode thinking...hmm...we're kinda jumping into the middle of things, there's no resolution of anything from the season finale, it's almost like they've skipped ahead and haven't shown anyone really dealing with the whole aftermath of Denny's death and such.

But I watch the ep anyway, it was enjoyable for what it was. But then I find out after the fact that CTV AIRED THE WRONG FUCKING EPISODE!!! They showed episode 3.02!!!!!!

WTF, CTV???!!!

*stabs things*

So now I have to go find the ACTUAL season premiere and download it...motherfuckers...

ETA: OK, crisis averted. I have now downloaded the premiere and will be watching it within minutes! \o/!

Even though it's 5:13 AM (!!!) and I should be going to bed but I CAN'T because this show pwns me far too much and I can't just leave it on my computer un-watched!

ETA 2: Oh, IZZIE! *cries buckets*


I swear, it's been like the day of TV betraying me at every turn. I thought that msn.com was going to have the premiere of SPN available for download, as I'd read that, like, everywhere, but it's nowhere to be found on the site (unless it's there and I'm just an idiot and can't find it). Also my DVR just DIDN'T tape a couple of other shows I had set it to record tonight. Like I looked in my "scheduled recordings" after the fact and it showed them there, but just didn't bother ACTUALLY recording them when they were on!

This better be an isolated incident, DVR, because if you do this to me with SPN next week I'm gonna have to choke a bitch.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Fuck.

Figures. As soon as someone is nice enough to rec my vids my goddamned website goes down.

*rage*

It wouldn't have gone down if my hosting provider had TOLD me they were changing my billing from once a month to once every three months meaning I didn't pay enough off my credit card to pay the full balance!

ARGH! I think it might be time to look into a new hosting provider.

I have to leave the house like NOW (so I'll have time to go to Best Buy to get the SPN DVDs before work) so I don't have time to reupload all of my vids to sendspace/yousendit right now. So I'm uploading "I Woke Up in a Car" and "Drive" (as that's all I have time to do right now). The other four vids will be uploaded by 1AM so if you're here via the rec and want to see my vids, please come back later.


ETA: OK, nevermind. I guess I DO have time to upload all of my SPN vids to temp hosts now as pumpkin_dude forgot to give me the check for his half of the rent before he left for work and now I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN MY GODDAMNED BANK ACCOUNT TO GET THE #@$(*#&$(&^#@$^ SUPERNATURAL DVDS!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I have to go to work, which I already know is going to suck because the day after a holiday is ALWAYS busy as fuck, and I won't even have the SPN DVDs to look forward to when I get home!

*cries*

I hate customers.

Really. I cannot fucking stand any of them.

There was some stupid UFC boxing thing on Pay-Per-View tonight, meaning we had an INSANE amount of calls in queue, all of them angry boxing fans.

UGH!

I swear, they're like animals, only meaner.

"MUST WATCH FIGHT NOW!!! FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT!!!"

One guy just started SCREAMING at me like I killed his family or something, just losing his fucking mind, calling me every name in the book. Shook me up so badly I actually had to bum a cigarette off one of my co-workers just to calm down (I don't even smoke and I don't exactly want to start but sometimes it's the only thing that helps, you know? It was either smoke or cry).

What possesses a person to act like that? There's no reason to verbally abuse a complete stranger (especially someone who did nothing to actually CAUSE the problem in the first place) just because you missed five minutes of some silly boxing match. Especially when you expect me to actually HELP you! Cause being called a stupid fucking bitch 20 times in as many sentences REALLY motivates me to want to resolve your problem quickly and efficiently. *rolls eyes*

Ugh, I hope he gets hit by a fucking bus.

Haaaaaaaaate...

AUGH!!!

I hate the government and their stupid $&#*(@& rules!

I'm applying for a passport so I don't get hassled crossing the border to go to winchestercon (I don't have a driver's liscense and I'm absolutely TERRIFIED they'll find some stupid reason to not let me cross and I'll miss all the fangirling!). I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning for the express purpose of having my doctor sign the application for me.

So I'm filling out the application, making sure my handwriting is uber-neat and all the information is 100% correct, but then I go to sign it and I accidentally let my signature touch the little blue border around the signature box ever-so-slightly.

Of course, since it's a government form and they have nine billion USELESS rules to make everybody's life difficult, the signature touching the border even the *tiniest* bit makes the WHOLE application null and void.

*fumes*

So now I have to get up even earlier, go to the post office to pick up YET ANOTHER application, and fill it out before I get to my doctor's office (which means I'll be filling it out on the bus--and my handwriting's bad enough as it is). It's now after 4, and I have to get up at like 8 AM in order to make the appointment (then I have to go to work right afterwards until FUCKING MIDNIGHT!).

On top of that, I can't even BRING the passport application to the passport office tomorrow anyway as I don't have 2 references yet, because I'm so incredibly lame that I only know one person who can vouch for me.

Someone just fucking kill me.

I had the worst shift EVER yesterday. Like, so bad, I actually had to have a cigarette after work just to calm the fuck down. And I never smoke cigarettes. This was the closest I've ever come to just slamming my headset down and walking out of the call center.

Most of my customers were raving lunatics, but my last customer of the night was especially irritating. He's one of those guys who talks to you like you're a child because he thinks everything you say is wrong, when actually HE's the one who is unable to grasp simple concepts like if you go over your allotted minutes on your cellphone you actually have to PAY for them!

He insisted that I explain every single charge on his 45 page bill then proceeded to argue about every single one of them. *stabs repeatedly with blunt objects* After almost an hour of this shit he finally asked for a supervisor so I didn't have to deal with him anymore. I swear, if I could kill people with just the power of my mind, there would be one less asshole in the world.

Anyway, I'm in a MUCH better mood today. The sun is shining, I'm not at work, I'm currently blasting music and singing along loudly in the hopes that pumpkin_dudewill drag his ass out of bed sometime soon.

I watched the movie "Waiting" a few days ago. A lot of it was pretty gross, but I still laughed my ass off. I love watching movies where people in the service industry fuck with customers. Because customers? They fucking SUCK! If you've seen the movie, the really angry chick? Is so an exaggerated version of how I am at work.  Super sunny and happy with the customers, but raging and swearing like a sailor between calls or whenever the customers are on hold. I have a mute button, and I use it. 

This is how my calls generally go: 

(syrupy-sweet voice) "Oh, you want me to go through all 4000 calls on your bill and re-calculate everything to make sure our computers didn't make a mistake? Sure! I'd be happy to help you with that..." *mute* "OMG I HATE YOU AND I HOPE YOU DIE!!!" *un-mute* "Let's get started, shall we?"

Finally mailed off my payment for winchestercon!!! *flails around excitedly* Seriously, you guys, it is October yet? IS IT!!!??? 

That reminds me, I need to book my vacation now to make sure I actually get the time off. Which also means work will essentially be PAYING me to go down to Nashville and squee with my fellow fangirls :-)

Oh, and starting next week they're finally giving me a more normal work schedule (meaning I'm not working until FUCKING MIDNIGHT anymore), so I will actually have time to devote to fannish things again. Thank GOD! *clutches fandom*

It took me forever to realize that I accidentally had comments disabled on my last post. *is lame*


I love SPN fandom. I really really do. I don't check my flist for like two days, I come back to find that someone started a huge SPN hate thread, and within about a day pretty much the entire fandom has collectively gotten over it (well, most people were never really "under" it to begin with) and moved on to discussing other, more important things. Like the new HOTASS pics of Jensen ;-)

*snuggles fandom*


So I have less than a week of training left before they drag me kicking and screaming back to the phones. Fucking customers... I'm already plotting my escape. Apparently there will be lots of opportunities for promotions on this new contract, so I'm going to get in on that if I can. At this point I don't particularly care what they have me doing, hell, I don't even care much about a pay raise (though that would certainly be nice), just OMG get me OFF the fucking phones! I'm already working myself into a panic at the mere thought of dealing with asshat customers again.

My friend Jo sent me this video and it captures the complete and utter ridiculousness of my job pretty much perfectly. I get this exact same call at least 50 times every single day. *headdesk*


Anyway, here are some random pictures of my dog being adorable because, well, he makes me smile:




( and a few more... )

I'm feeling very odd right now, all sick and panicky for no particular reason. I honestly can't tell if I'm feeling sick because I'm panicky or I'm feeling panicky because I'm sick.

*breathes*


I'm in this weird, overly emotional headspace for the past few days, I think a lot of it is because I've been spending entirely too much time by myself. I just don't deal well with being completely in my own head for extended periods of time. pumpkin_dude and I continue to be on completely opposite shifts at work, so I see him less than a half an hour every day. So yeah, that totally fucking sucks. Thankfully we have the long weekend coming up so I can finally spend some actual time with him.


I'm really sorry that I haven't been commenting on your journals in the past little while, I'm going to at least make the attempt to catch up with everything in the next couple of days. Either that or I'll just say "fuck it" and just read the past few days, considering it will take me like 12 solid hours to actually read thru everything that's been posted since last week. I know there are a bunch of comments I haven't responded to and I really need to feedback a few vids and fics. Again, I am sorry. Stupid internet-related guilt.

I annoy myself sometimes. Anytime I'm away from LJ for a few days and I know my flist is at like skip=1000 or more I tend to get intimidated and instead of trying to catch up with my flist while it's still at an even slightly manageable size, I wind up just avoiding it entirely for several more days because it's just too overwhelming. Then it like doubles in size and becomes even MORE unwieldy. Yeah, work taking away my LJ access? Ruining my life. For serious.


The main reason why I haven't been around in the past week and a half is that I suddenly had an insanely strong muse attack last weekend. I haven't had this much of a NEED to make a vid in...well, ever. I mean, it's not the most brilliant or complex vid I've ever done, and weirdly enough it's not even set to one of the six songs on my SPN vid list that I vowed to finish during the hiatus. I just found this song and my muse basically grabbed me by the throat and said "OMG! VID THIS RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!!!"

So yeah, I had hoped to finish it in just a couple of days, but sadly that hasn't been possible. I've been working on it FOREVER and I still have about 1/3rd of it left to go. I kept having timing problems as the song has an uneven beat and for awhile I couldn't quite figure out exactly where to cut and things like that. But I think I've finally got it worked out now, I just need to actually FINISH the fucker. Hopefully it turns out OK. I have this fear that it will wind up being one of those vids that only really makes sense to me. I'm not able to look at it objectively so I really won't know if it will make sense to anyone else until it's already done. I just know that I HAVE to finish it.


Blah, anyway. I'm getting moved to a new contract at work which means four whole weeks of paid training. Four weeks without having to deal with ANY asshat customers! *dances* It almost feels like a frigging vacation. It's boring as hell, but give me boring lessons over screaming fuckwads any day.


And on to some TV related things because I haven't posted about ANY shows in almost two weeks! I'm the worst fangirl ever.

( Grey's Anatomy )


( American Idol )


( Veronica Mars )


Speaking of new seasons of CW shows...waiting for the 18th to hear if SPN is renewed is giving me a fucking ulcer. Because I know I flat out will not be able to handle it if that show gets canceled. I know it's pretty much a sure thing at this point, but I just can't relax until it's officially renewed.


K, I'm going to shut up now because this is officially the longest, most disjointed post ever.

OK, does anyone else laugh at that tampon commercial where they're singing the line "It's an ordinary day!" while some chick is jackhammering? Like any day that you're JACKHAMMERING (while having your period) can be called "ordinary"? WTF? [/random]


Sweet jeebus, I intended to read my flist yesterday night but then LJ went all fucky, so I had to catch up tonight and skip=660! *boggles* It took me literally all fucking night. And that's a filtered view with only a few comms!


OK, this? Is hilarious! It's Elijah Wood getting Punk'd. Poor boy looks like he's about to burst into tears!


Haven't seen tonight's "Lost" yet, I'm waiting for pumpkin_dude to get home. Just from scanning over my flist (and thank you to everyone who was kind enough to spoiler cut) apparently something really shocking happens. So I'm mildly intrigued. It's kinda sad that last year I held my breath all week waiting for a new "Lost" ep to air, while this year the most excitement I can muster is "mildly intrigued". And that's only occasionally. I can't seem to give up on it for some reason. *shrugs* I'm giving it until the finale to really grab me again, but if it doesn't, I really might just stop watching it next year. *sigh*


Anyway, on to a show that I still love with all of my heart:

( Veronica Mars )

OMG, you guys, less than 24 hours until the finale of SPN! *hyperventilates*

Dear Customers,

I realize that you all decided, collectively, to have a big bowl of STUPID for breakfast this morning, but could you just do me a small favor and

STFU!!!


Thank you!
ringwench


For serious, you guys, I'm starting to feel like whatshisname from "Office Space". You know when he's talking to the hypnotist and saying that every day his job just gets worse and worse which, therefore, makes every single day the worst day of his life? Yeah, it's kinda like that. *stabs things*

OK, I need to update my LJ layout liek whoa. ( Cut for length, as you all know how I tend to ramble... )

Blah, oh and of course, TV related junk:

( Grey's Anatomy )



"The L-Word":


I don't talk about this show nearly enough, but honestly, after "Supernatural", this is probably the show I look forward to watching the most right now. It's just so fucking awesome ALL the time and I love it and all of the characters so damned much!

( Spoilers for 3x10 )


And, to finish this insanely long post on a completely random note:

The Biggest Tool of the Week Award goes to...Issac Hayes!

Who is quitting South Park because they made fun of Scientology! What the fuck is it with Scientologists? Do they surgically remove your sense of humor as soon as you join or something? You'd think people who base their religion around worshiping space aliens would know how to take a joke, but apparently not. *shrugs*

Had to leave work a little bit early today as I was about *thisclose* to literally crying with frustration at the unfathomable amount of STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES I've been dealing with All. Fucking. Day.

( Seriously, the stupid, it's mind boggling. )

Well, the day's off to a great start. My ride was supposed to pick me up at 7:30 this morning. I, unfourtunately, woke up at 7:37. Great. I managed to make it to work by 8:05, which was insanity, but still, I hate waking up and being immediately thrust into panic mode. It's just not a nice way to start the day.

Then, while I was on the bus, I thought to check my purse for the appointment card from my doctor's office. I was under the impression that I had an appointment for the 17th. Turns out it was actually for the 7th...

*facepalm*



And now for a totally random SPN poll. I know this is old news, but I saw the ep and this scene in particular referenced by several people in the past couple of days and I'm interested in hearing what everyone's opinion is on this:

Poll #673568 Dean: Dark secret or no?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22

Why do you think Dean's eyes were bleeding at the end of "Bloody Mary"?

I'm in the option one camp. Now that's not to say that Dean definitely DOESN'T have a deep dark secret (because I'm sure he has at least a couple), but I really don't think that was what the writers were trying to convey with that scene.

I think if the reason his eyes were bleeding was due to a secret he was keeping, they would have mentioned something about it, like have Sam question him about it or SOMETHING. Dean made such a big deal about Sam telling him his secret, I don't think Dean would have kept something big from Sam if he thought his life might be in danger because of it.

Now I definitely could be wrong, but I firmly believe that anyone in the room with Mary once she escaped her mirror was fair game to be hurt by her power, and that is the only reason Dean's eyes were bleeding.

I started off my day by being trapped in an elevator for nearly an hour.

The really annoying thing is that I'd actually managed to get ready and leave my apartment with plenty of time to spare to get the bus and make it to work on time. Then the elevator inexplicably decided to trap me inside while it took me from the ground floor to the 18th floor over and over and over again without stopping or opening the doors!

I screamed for help and pounded on the door for about 20 minutes before anyone even figured out I was in there. Then it took them over a half an hour to actually stop the elevator and get me out. I wasn't claustrophobic before, but I am now!

Once I was outside, I noticed the bus I needed to take was just starting to very slowly pull away from the stop, so I ran up to the doors and motioned for the driver to let me on. He just looked at me, shook his head, then drove off.

So thanks to his asshattery I had to stand out in the freezing cold for twenty minutes waiting for the next bus to show up, making me even MORE late for work!

I should have just stayed in bed this morning.

AASDHKJSFDJSHLKFDHLEIIOUADSJKLSDF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

( SUPERNATURAL!!! )

The new Supernatural spoilers that mrscutedean found have filled me with a squee so great I may never recover!

( Spoilers )


On a much more irritating note: WTF, UPN?!

I wait MONTHS for a new Veronica Mars episode only to find that the channel I watch it on is preempting it for fucking BASKETBALL?! Basketball? Really, does anyone give a shit about basketball? I want my fucking SHOW dammit! Over a month of hiatus and the day it comes back they decide to show FUCKING BASKETBALL instead???

*fumes*

Oh, and this is great. This is just perfect. Guess when they're going to be showing the episode. No really, guess. I'll give you a hint, it's the absolute MOST inconvenient time possible (yes, even more inconvenient than VM's usual timeslot against Lost and Bones).

You know when they're showing it? Next TUESDAY AT 9 PM!!! The same goddamned time "Supernatural" is on! WTF, UPN, WTF? I mean, I suppose I can just download the fucker off bittorrent, but that means I won't get to see it until at least Friday. I've been looking forward to watching it tonight for weeks!

ARGH!


Man, I totally didn't want to get sucked into watching American Idol, but I was bored and started watching it last night and I fear I might be hooked.

I'm calling it right now and I just want it on record so if/when it actually happens I can point to this post and say "Look! I was right!":

The girl who sang the Billie Holliday song on last night's show (her name is Paris something--the one with the famous grandmother) is going to win the entire competition! Mark my words. MARK THEM!

Blargh, I have twenty minutes left of work then two days off! Woot! pumpkin_dude and I decided we're going to head down to Cornwall tomorrow to visit tweyelite.

I haven't seen her since fucking OCTOBER, so YAY! See you tomorrow, chickie!

This whole WB/UPN merge dealie is freaking me out a whole lot more than it should be a little bit.

I swear, if they don't keep "Supernatural" on the schedule for next season, I will have no choice but to hunt down the people responsible and make them pay for depriving us of the pretty.

Who's with me?

*nervouses*

Don't they realize I NEED my Winchester boys!

Quick, someone say something reassuring...

LESS THAN TWO HOURS UNTIL SUPERNATURAL!!!!

YAY!!!

*spazzes out*

It is still 900 billion degrees below zero outside. I missed the bus by *thismuch* after work so I had to wait in the freezing cold for almost a half an hour for the next one. I literally froze my face off. Thanks a lot, bus driver who passed my stop TEN FUCKING MINUTES EARLIER THAN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO! Now I have no face! I hope you're pleased with yourself.

It wouldn't have been so bad had the city not decided that the dead of winter would be the BEST possible time to inexplicably remove the bus shelter from my stop. Seriously, WTF?

*freezes*

Bah, whatever, nothing can kill my good mood today! I've finished my work week (two days off! Woo!), I'm getting my shiny new video camera tomorrow (*geeks out*), and, most importantly, it's almost time for the pretty!!!

Eeeeeee!!!

There is a full moon tonight, right? That's the only way to explain the sheer hell that has been my work day.

Every single person I've spoken to today has been a RAGING asshole!

( Some highlights of my day... )

I hate people. But I only have fifteen minutes left on my shift so just a couple more calls and I can get out of here. Well, until tomorrow anyway. *grumble*