*violently flings self back into fandom*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!! ZOMG I've missed you guys so much (and I'm so sorry about missing EVERYTHING for the past few months, if I ever go away like that again I give you all permission to pester the hell out of me until I get back on LJ, dammit)!!!

( SPN 2x11 -- Playthings episode reactions...with screencaps ;-) )

K, so that kinda turned into more of a picspam than a review, but whatever, it's all good (I might do a better review later, you know, using actual WORDS, but I might not).

Man, I REALLY need to get vidding. I am just DYING to do a Wincest vid. Because seriously, how have I NOT done a Wincest vid yet? I have a couple of songs, but they've been on my "must vid" playlist forever and I'm having trouble making them work. I'd happily listen any suggestions you guys may have.

I'm planning on re-watching all of the season 2 eps in the next few days so I can jot down all of the viddable scenes. Once I've done that I'll post at least a little blurb about all the eps I missed commenting on. Because even though I haven't been posting, I really and truly HAVE been enjoying the season thus far.

I also really need to post about OTHER shows I've been enjoying this season (mainly HEROES! EEE!) but this post has gotten long enough as it is.


Oh, and I FINALLY uploaded my winchestercon pics! Here they are! They aren't labeled or anything, I'll probably get to that later. And if any of you find any pics of yourself that you want removed from the gallery just let me know and I'll take them offline (but just know there are some pretty darned horrible pics of me in there). I still haven't tackled getting the video from my video camera on to the computer, but perhaps there are some things that would be better off NOT being on the internet ;-)


Now, if you'll excuse me, I have about 3 months worth of spnnewsletter to read... *hyperventilates*

And I'll post a bit later about what the hell has been going on with me in RL, but for now, fandom is MUCH more fun.

Just a really really quick post to say that I'M BACK from winchestercon!

I had an absolute blast and I miss all of my girls already :-(

I need to upload my Wincon premiere vid and I have about 30 people I need to friend. I'll be catching up on the flist tomorrow (because, day off! Woo!) and posting my con report, with pictures, and possibly video if I can figure out how to get it encoded. And if I decide I want people to actually SEE things on the video...like my drunken karaoke performance... *ahem*

I will be posting my thoughts on tonight's episode later once I've watched it a second time, but ZOMG that last scene killed me DEAD! It's like they're looking into the collective brain of all of the fangirls and showing us EXACTLY what we want (so everyone concentrate really hard and maybe we'll get a Dean/Sam bodyswap episode)!!! Every week it just gets better and better!

*happy sigh*

I love my show so hard.

I'm off to winchestercon!!!!!!!!

*essplodes*

I'm leaving in about 10 minutes (!!!) and I'll be back on the 18th.

I'm going to take lots and lots of pictures/videos and I'll voice post whenever I can!

To everyone going, I can't WAIT to see you all there! And to everyone not going, I'll miss you all terribly!

(And I promise I'll stop being such a flake when it comes to commenting once I get back, things have just been REALLY hectic lately.)

( This show will always and forever OWN MY SOUL!!! )


( And a couple of things about the Veronica Mars season 3 premiere... )



In other news, I'm (yet again...*sigh*) hopelessly behind on the flist. But...BUT...wait for it...*drum roll*...I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED MY WINCON VID!!! YAY!!! *dances around* Well, OK, I still have a little bit of tweaking to do, but I'm essentially DONE! I am SO happy! And I finished it, like, DAYS before I thought I would, too! Craziness!

Four more days of work and then road-tripping and fangirling and EEEEEEE!!! You guys, I can barely even contain myself I'm so fucking excited. I can't believe Wincon is almost here! This time next week we'll be in NASHVILLE!!! *essplodes*

I'm HOPELESSLY behind on comments and my flist because MY WINCON VID IS EATING MY BRAIN ZOMG!!! Also? Spending over an hour going frame-by-frame through the whole Dean-torture scene from the end of "Devil's Trap" just about broke me.

I'm going to make an attempt to get caught up on the flist tomorrow after work.

But I just HAD to poke my head out long enough to squee about "Heroes"!

Seriously, if you missed it? Download it. NOW!

( OMFG this show is SO FRIGGING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!eleven!!!1!11111!!! )


I was going to watch the premiere of "Veronica Mars" on msn.com today but apparently the content is only viewable in the US. Well fuck you too, MSN! In hindsight it's probably a very good thing that SPN didn't premiere early because I would have been VERY disappointed indeed if I missed out on that.


Have to go to work tomorrow. Blech. I can't believe my weekend is already over and that I didn't finish my goddamned vid yet (I'm telling you, I'm probably still going to be working on this fucker in the car on the way to Wincon!)! Today was the only day I really had to work on it as yesterday I went shopping with my mother for many many hours. Though I did get an uber-cute haircut, spiffy new shoes, and a t-shirt with the words "Bown-Chicka-Bown-Bown" on it, so it's not like it was a complete waste of a day ;-)


And finally, a couple of random things pertaining to winchestercon:

1) exsequar and apocalypsos, I called the hotel and the room is now reserved under my name, just so you know.

2) quietdiscerning, did you get my email(s)?

3) SIXTEEN MORE DAYS ZOMG!!!

I'm in an absolutely fantabulous mood today!

*bounces excitedly*

Just finished off my six-day work week with an eleven hour shift during which, to my great surprise, I didn't have even ONE sucky customer! In fact I had a disproportionate number of really NICE customers! *boggles*

And now? FOUR DAY WEEKEND, BABY! pumpkin_dude, coincidentally, ALSO wound up with a four day weekend, so YAY!

*boogies*


Also, and this is even BETTER news, not only did I get my shiny-new-not-rejected-by-the-stupid-assed-government passport today(!!!), yesterday my mom called to tell me that my grandparents, for no particular reason other than the fact that they are completely AWESOME, decided to give me FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to pay for my trip to winchestercon!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nashville, here I come!!!

I was SO stressed out about not getting my passport in time or not having enough money for the con (especially with my bank screwing me over and work short-shifting me), but now that stress is COMPLETELY lifted and the only thing I have to worry about con-wise is whether or not I'll get my vid done in time! Now I can just look forward to the roadtrip and the fangirling and the AWESOME that will be WINCON!!!


So yeah, my four day weekend will mainly be spent vidding like a mad vidding thing. So if you see me commenting or posting or anything please feel free to say "Why are you not VIDDING, woman?! Go! Vid! Now!"

K, just went thru 6 days worth of flist entries at breakneck speed. I now have a blister on my scrolling finger...

Anyway, HI!

Spent the past few days marathoning SPN and typing up SEVENTY-FIVE PAGES (!!!) of notes detailing every single viddable scene.

Yeah, I'm insane.

But, I now have a nice reference to look at when I'm outlining my vids so that I can actually, you know, PLAN my vids and not spend countless hours scanning through episodes and wasting valuable editing time. If I ever get around to actually categorizing the scenes and putting the notes into any sort of format that can be read and understood by people other than me I will definitely share it with all of my fellow SPN vidders/graphic makers.

I'm helping estrella30 organize the vidshow for winchestercon (YAY!) so I really REALLY need to get my ass in gear and actually FINISH the vid I hope to premiere at the con (so if I suddenly disappear from LJ for days at a time you'll know why).

I'm SO excited about this vid you guys, seriously. ( Cut for vid babble... )


It's been discussed to death by everyone in the past few days but since I haven't been on LJ I haven't had a chance to comment on it yet. How frigging awesome are the new SPN promo pics? I mean really.

The pic of Jared and Jensen leaning against the wall while *thisclose* to each other made my panties explode, for serious. They're practically BEGGING us to slash them.

I think I need to make myself a shiny new wallpaper :-)


I really need to post about the SPN DVD extras and my thoughts on some S2 spoilers, but since I know I'll end up typing up a fucking NOVEL about both of these things I think I'll save them for another day.


Oh, and everyone go check out wistful_fever's new J-Squared vid, "Bohemian Like You", because it's MADE OF AWESOME!


ZOMG ONE MORE MONTH UNTIL WINCON!!! *combusts*

Went to the passport office today to drop off my application. Thankfully they didn't find any silly nitpicky reason to reject it, and they say I should have it by September 15th (and thanks again for vouching for me, qwantz! You're a lifesaver!).


Was feeling particularly domestic today and had some overripe bananas lying around (I always end up buying too many because I forget that one can only eat so many bananas during the 1-2 day span where they're at the perfect stage of ripeness) so I made some chocolate chip banana bread...YUM!


I'm currently in the process of figuring out Sony Vegas. It's a little bit daunting, but I've been playing around with it for awhile and I *think* I have a handle on the basics (and OMG it's SO fucking COOL!).

I'm going to be working on vidlets for the next few days (or more) to try to hone my skills a bit before I start in on the vid that I hope to premiere at winchestercon (which is almost 100% planned out right now, so it'll just be a matter of getting the clips from the DVDs and actually putting them together into a vid).


Ugh. I need a new job liek whoa. Seriously, the stress is getting to me hard core. Like it's my day off today and I can't even enjoy it because I know I have to go in to work tomorrow and I won't have another day off until next Thursday.

*frets*

I can't handle this shit anymore. I'm having daily, work-related panic attacks both at work and at home. Not cool at ALL. I'm already on like three different medications for my anxiety but they just aren't helping any more. I think I might have to look into temporary stress leave or something.

Ultimately, I would rather just get a different job, but it's really hard to find one that:

a) pays at least as much as I'm making now.
b) does not require bilingualism (which about 80% of jobs in this city do).
c) involves little to no dealing with the general public (because customers SUCK SO MUCH OMG!).
d) has benefits comparable to my current job.

Yeah, this is not going to be easy.

*overdramatic sigh*


Also, OMG did you guys see the new SPN promo???

EEEEEEEEE!!!!

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*

OK, so last night's SPN killed me. By the end of it I was shaking, crying, and generally freaking RIGHT THE FUCK OUT!

I'm going to watch it again with pumpkin_dude in a few minutes, so I'll post with more thoughts at that time because right now all of the events of the ep are jumbling together in my head and I'm not capable of thinking much other than OMGWTFKRIPKE!!!

( But just a couple of little spoilery details... )

Also SPN related, but on a much more happy and squeeful note, winchestercon is all nice and (almost) planned and actually POSSIBLE for me to get to now without bankrupting myself! The wonderful and awesome sylph_ironlight and quietdiscerning are allowing exsequar and me to tag along with them!

ROAD TRIP! WOO!!! It's so awesome and so appropriate that we will be ROAD TRIPPING to a SPN con!

Note to self: Bring mullet rock ;-)

I'll be rooming with exsequar (yay! *twirls* We're going to have SO much fun!), apocalypsos, and crediniaeth (and I don't know either of you all that well right now, but I can't wait to hang out!). I can't believe this is actually happening! *squishes everyone*

Chatted online for HOURS last night, squeeing about the ep and making con plans (*flails around a bit more*). I fully intended to watch "Devil's Trap" again last night with pumpkin_dude when he got home. I told him "I'll be off the computer in 10 minutes!" as soon as he got in the door at 11:30, but wound up chatting for another two and a half hours. Whoops! *is exhausted*

OK, I'm already EXPLODING with SPN squee and the finale hasn't even aired yet!

First there's this: Supernatural on DVD!!! So we have a release date for that (September 5th), which is awesome on it's own, but the features are making me squee even more. "A Day in the Life of Jared and Jensen" (sorry...brain just melted a little bit there), ep commentaries, and a GAG REEL!!! *explodes*

Probably the best news out of all of this, though, is the fact that the DVD contains a sneak peak at season two!!!

That's right, SEASON TWO!!! I know that doesn't make it 100% official (May 18th, get here already!) but it makes it pretty damn close. This sounds really lame and stupid but there were actual tears of joy when I read that. This show owns my soul to an absolutely ridiculous degree.

Hey, are any of you going to winchestercon? I am in need of a roomie (or roomies). I was going to comment in the roomie finder post in the comm but thought I'd ask here first to see if any of you might want to room with me. *bats eyelashes* Because you know I love you guys bunches and would be so happy to hang out with any of you in person :-)

*basks in SPN love*

Dudes...an hour and a half!!!