PEOPLE! bratanimus (whose birthday was yesterday- hope it was special, hon!), benchilada (whose birthday is today- hope it's awesome), Sofia Alexia Smith (born yesterday to my cousin Stan and his wife Sandy), family, and friends.

THINGS! The usual- a great apartment, and stuff I can't talk about because I don't want to jinx them (three letters, starts with "j"), over a year behind the wheel of the Cullenmobile, and... other... stuff?

OTHER... THINGS! Health (a 4th diagnosis that seems to have been spot on, because my first PT session was FABULOUS).
NOTE: There are no sparkles, because my sparkle source has mysteriously disappeared. If anyone has sparkles, share? Plz? I miss them.

SUNDANCE CALLED. This is the volunteer gig for the film festival in January (Went this year? Saw Rusty?)- I emailed to apply in August and didn't hear anything back so I wrote a very aggressive "HAIYOUGUISECALLMEPLZ?" email and... they called.

Calling them back in 45 minutes (have a deadline and... HOLY CRAP.).

Your luck, I NEED IT.

1.) And, just as soon as the trend caught steam, proof that it is coming to an end: "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead"? SRSLY?

*scampers off to read the copy of "P&P&Z" that her dad gave her for her birthday*

2.) Taylor Swift is Bella Swan in... FIRELIGHT (starts with a beer commercial, so lower the volume- trust me):


3.) Random, but I find it strange that the new Volvo ads featuring New Moon clips are all about the "understated elegance" and beauty of a Volvo, and features clips of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart cut to look like they are a romance for all time. Did they read the books? Rly? Because the books I read featured a weak-willed protagonist and her stalker-y boyfriend. Just sayin'.

Think Smeyer knew what she was doing when she first put the word "Volvo" in her books?

Honestly. Have seen clip a million times and yet do not remember MICHAEL SHEEN TALKING. Why does my moodtheme not come with "awed" or "mesmerized"? WHY?!



Not ashamed to say I'm looking forward to this movie now. The effects are really damn good, and experience has shown that good effects will cover up bad acting (*koff*KSTEW*koff*) any day.

Okay, I had to laugh- #whatdarkiessay was a trending topic on Twitter recently and it's apparently something that is funny if you're in South Africa, but OF COURSE people are taking offense. Personally, I followed it for a bit, realized it was NOT someone being a racist asshole (at least not intentionally) and then shrugged.

Fave comment: Relax my fellow Americans. Remember that EVERYTHING doesn't originate in our country. (Tweeted by "yur_highn3ss", a user with a profile pic featuring a young black woman.)

I mean really- is it guilt that makes us all crazy about this kind of stuff? My dad told me these wonderful stories about my great great aunt and her servants (whom she treated like family) and I'm literally afraid to tell them to anyone- or even try and get them published, though they'd make awesome kids' books, because I think the wank would be overwhelming.

But then if Twitter (and fandom) has taught us anything, at all it's that wank is everywhere. AMIRITE?

ETA:
dguy621 RT @adrianhopkins: RT @studentactivism Black South African tweeters trended #thingsdarkiessay. In SA "darkies" is similar to 'black folks'

ETA2: New TT on Twitter is #thingswhitiesay.

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