Can you tell what I spent most of the middle of last night watching* (after I came home from my party still lookin’ like a rock star, and a little drunk like one, too)? Happy Halloween, internets!**
*Sarah Jessica Parker used to be so awesome, you guys.
**I start NaNoWriMo tomorrow, so this might be the last blog post you see from me for a while. But then again, I might actually start blogging more. Who knows.
Did you guys know that I was supposed to be born on April Fool’s Day*? That explains a lot, huh. I think it’s also important to note that as of today, I am officially free and clear to get another speeding ticket. Two years ago today I was pulled over by some jackhole cop on my way to work, which totally gave me a point on my license. On top of that, he called me a ‘stupid college kid’ to a passerby, which was rude first of all, and second, I hadn’t been a ‘stupid college kid’ in over four months. Asshole.
With the exception of two years ago, I’ve always liked April Fool’s Day, and I enjoy a good joke in theory if not in practice (I kind of suck at them). Google is in on the joke, as usual. And since I’m too lazy to go looking for other examples, you should tell me about other sites doing crazy things, or crazy pranks you’re planning on playing today (or that have been played on you). And while you’re all having fun, I have to give a presentation in my cultural studies class and then come home to nap and make up for the three hours of sleep I got preparing for the stupid thing, all so that I can be refreshed for the first new episode of Bones we’ve had since February. And that is not a joke.
*Happy birthday to Fred and George Weasley. RIP Fred.
[Note: Due to alcohol and rib-related incidents also involving chocolate chip cookies and an early donning of stretchy-waisted pants, I am posting this twelve hours later than I wanted to. So, just pretend it's still March 14th or whatever.]
As much as I’ve been trying to deny that today is my birthday and that I’m now only five years away from being thirty, today is indeed my birthday and I am now indeed only five years away from being thirty. So, in “celebration,” I’ve compiled a list of twenty-five things — five away from being thirty — that I will love beyond reason, and will love forever and ever until I’m dead. In no particular order:
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1. Ender’s Game & Speaker For the Dead
“I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven’t seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they’re absolutely stupid.”
“Once you know what people really want, you can’t hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can’t hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart.”
“It’s the dream of every living creature. The desire that is the very root of life itself: to grow until all the space you can see is part of you, under your control. It’s the desire for greatness.”
