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I woke up to a frozen world and the news that there was an ice storm last night. Will winter ever end? I was going to go outside today, but never mind.

My writing has slowed down a bit as I've discovered that I need to plot, since this is way longer than I expected. But that's good. I need to practice plotting.

Acting classes don't start up again until January, so I have time to catch up on other things. Although some of those things now include for homework for said classes. I have to write a monologue about an object, and I'm really tempted to make it about my ace ring. I also need to create a character voice and write up some lines for them. For some reason, all I can think of that poor snake from The Adventure of the Speckled Band, all locked away in a safe.

I'm also looking forward to not going to bed at midnight once a week. My theater class ends at 10pm. Add an hour to go home, then more to eat and calm down from the post-class buzz. That was last night, so my brain is not quite functional today. I might just read the day away.

Food-wise, at least. My grandmother made arroz con leche last night, which is sweet rice goodness with cinnamon on top. Then today, she made turkey and potato tacos, rice with tomato sauce, lentils, and now she's making fish. Mmm. I shall try not to inhale all the arrow con leche and the lentils like last time, but it might be a close call.

I've finally managed to calm down about the The Hobbit trailer being out after two days of bouncing around everywhere, but OMG Galadriel! OMG Thorin! OMG Bilbo! OMG Gandalf! OMG we're going to have Middle Earth Christmas again! OMG!!!

Alright, maybe I haven't calmed down that much. The thing is, Tolkienverse was my first huge obsession and fandom. It's what dragged me from writing one short story a year because I didn't think I was any good to becoming a regular writer. I'd read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in 8th grade, but after FOTR came out, I read every single book there was, as well as spent a disgusting amount of money on merchandise. My Witchking sword is still hanging in the living room. My grandfather is quite proud of it now. I've missed the fandom these last few years. The fact that the wonderful Martin Freeman is Bilbo makes it so much sweeter.

Also, I have a Dreamwidth account, if anyone is interested, though at the moment I'm only using it for the Grimm kinkmeme. Kinkmemes are first priority, you know?

My evening so far:

--started a fic I should not be writing

--wasted 40 minutes on Texts from Xavier Academy

--started lighter fic I maybe should be working on

--told friend to buy Deadwood (he asked)

--started watching U-571 as research/way to avoid being productive

--went back to Texts from Xavier Academy while watching movie. Seriously, these macros are the best thing ever.

--wished Harry Potter was out already

I want to sleep! But I sleep and I sleep and I'm still tired! Stupid sickness.

So what am I doing? Writing my novel? Reading those books that need reading? Being in any way productive? Nooo. I'm watching Sherlock again and reading fic. So irresponsible. I'll never learn.

Because American football puts me to sleep. And now I just rememebered that the World Cup is this summer and I started bouncing in my chair. Whoohoo!

So today's meme commandment is Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy. Therefore, I've concoted a picspam of things Ive already posted before, but that are still fun.

( Milo! )
( Demotivation! )
( More Milo plus Adrian! )
( Even more Milo holding a bag no one is looking at! )
( Zapata! )
( The awesome Salma Hayek! )
( The scrumptious David Anders! )
( Peter's feminine side! )
( Milo snuggling Chewie! )

In other news, the snowfall of the century (or something like that) is set to fall on the night that I absolutely have to drive up to Chicago. Swell. Weather, I hate you. So much. I really, really want to go outside to take pictures, but it's really cold and I still don't have the right gloves.

I am slowly working on my screenplay and when I say slowly, I mean that the muse has run off to Hawaii and by screenplay I mean that I'm brainstorming in novel draft format, because it makes my life easier. Plus I'm finally catching up with more Mexican history, since the screenplay is set in Mexico during the 1890s and it was a nice excuse.

I watched The United States of Tara. Awesome. And it's so refreshing to see a show geared around a female character. There aren't a lot of those. It's well written, the characters are interesting, the gay character isn't struggling with his identity or his family, and the alters are completely kooky.

Oh, and I found a doll's head in a drawer. I do not know.

Either I'm too depressed to write or I'm too cheery and bouncy. Ahhh!!

Anyway... I went out yesterday! Twice! And grotesquely overpaid for food, but I went out! And had sushi. Umm. Sushi. Everyone is finished with the semester by Wednesday, so then the fun and doings can really begin. I missed being out of the house. And Avatar comes out on Thursday. I've had an obsession with this movie since I saw the trailer. I know why, but the reason's a little... weird. My mind works in mysterious ways.

Fifteen minutes away to my aunt's retirement party, but the point is: I got out of the house! And I saw people! And people saw me! And tomorrow I will get out of the house again! And the day after that! Booyah! Tomorrow is coat shopping and a makeup party. I never wear wakeup, but my cousin's hosting it, so cool. Then Sunday is birthday party (I cannot believe my nephew is 20 already) and the concert. Hee hee hee! I may buy the Star Wars soundtracks afterwards.

1. Watching Avatar: The Last Airbender because it's funny and cute. As a consequence, all the images in my head are animated now, which is irksome.

2. Trying not to slash two people from the above series, because woah these people are young.

2. Wondering why I'm not catching up with Fullmetal Alchemist episodes instead though I'm woefully behind.

3. Looking through Marie Brozova's art gallery and beating myself over the fact that I didn't stop at her shop in Prague even though I was right there a street away (although I did get ten postcards of hers when I stumbled upon her in a nearby city). But man. This woman's stuff is amazing. I haven't found drawings I loved this much in a long time.

4. Watching the trailer for Avatar way too many times.

5. Wishing these darn would go away and let me see the sky again. Even when it's sunny, it's grey. I can't take it anymore!

Oh, and I bought tickets for PR. I leave in two weeks. It was only $303, people.

Today's breakfast time: 2:30
Lunchtime:7:30. PM. I don't care if it was already dark. It was the second meal of the day, so I'm calling it lunch.

I made myself a deadline to finish a fic and within a determined word count for the first time ever. Basically because it's for an anthology whose submission deadline is Nov. 30, so I have to hurry. I've got a fun idea going, so we'll see how that goes.

Heroes is tomorrow. We'll see how that goes, too. I'm a little worried after last week's episode. And right after I'd stopped worrying, too.