I go out walking after midnight
Feb. 23rd, 2011 01:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maypirateSo it's 1:30 and I tried to go to bed like two hours ago but I couldn't fall asleep and I'm wondering if I've hit some kind of post-tired awake-groove or if the tea latte I had almost seven hours ago is to blame. Which is not acceptable, because I am Amber Sleepsanywhere, who once fell asleep after consuming a latte with four shots of espresso at Otakon. Dammit.
I've been seeing posts talking about "Ship Olympics" or![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
st_reboot or whatever it's called so I went and looked at the comm and then wibbled for a while about how "not sure if want" because on the one hand, deadlines and prompts tend to go badly for me and considering the state of my creativity now, I think it would be incredibly stressful and make me feel terrible. But on the other hand...more kikipups Kirk/Sulu and the chance to meet and greet other people of that persuasion and REPRESENT. But then we go back to that first hand and I know it's a terrible idea, so basically it's ended up being me staring at the comm thinking about eating my own hands.
I've started stockpiling memes, since I can't seem to turn my brain off, so I took this one on...me and the passage of time, I guess, from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inugrlrayn:
TEN YEARS AGO I
1. Started dating the person I would continue to be with for the next seven years.
2. Graduated from high school and proceeded on to Oberlin College.
3. Had my first real bout of depression, although I didn't know it at the time.
4. Met Rebecca, and through her, most of the people who would define my college experience, then two weeks later traveled 300 miles on a bus with them to see a Weezer concert.
5. Lived away from home for the first time, and outside of Wisconsin for the first time since I was cognizant.
FIVE YEARS AGO I
1. Had been working at Four Star for less than a year and thought it was the greatest job anyone could ever ask for.
2. Was utterly enamored with FMA and spent hours and most evenings until very early in the morning talking to people I'd met in the fandom and writing a million fics.
3. Applied to grad schools and got into one of them twice.
4. Went to Japan for what would be the last time in many years (I haven't been back yet).
5. Drove myself andmonkeybobert to Virginia so I could go to grad school, and my fate unfurled.
TWO YEARS AGO I
1. Was starting to realize that I needed to get out of Four Star, but didn't know how to do it or where to go.
2. Joined OkStupid on whim because ofjou, and proceeded to meet the guy who would eventually become my boyfriend.
3. Got involved with Star Trek, which no one saw coming, least of all me.
4. Sold buttons at Otakon for the first time - it didn't go so well.
5. Was the maid-of-honor (more or less) atcaffeaffogato's wedding.
ONE YEAR AGO I
1. Celebrated one year with that crazy guy from OkStupid.
2. Became even more certain that I needed to leave Four Star and continued to drag my feet like a jerk.
3. Trickedjou into moving to Wisconsin (although she'll tell you it was her own decision).
4. Watched the Oscars and was lamely butthurt that "Public Enemies" wasn't nominated for anything.
5. Went to Nashville for the first time.
YESTERDAY I
1. Went to work
2. Went to Yoga
3. Called Megan
4. Ate some macaroni and cheese
5. Didn't do the dishes and instead started reading "John Dies at the End" which is compelling and yet perplexing.
TODAY I
1. Got to work an hour early to no adulation
2. Watched another protest parade up State Street
3. Convincedinfinityduck that I desperately needed pizza
4. Went to Starbinx withinfinityduck and did some job searching, ultimately applying for a job I'd been toying with for a year.
5. Thought falling asleep would be easy.
TOMORROW I WILL
1. Go to work wow!!
2. Try to convince myself to go to the gym
3. Probably be really damn tired
4. Perhaps go over to my parents' house to steal food and do laundry (and now my mother is forewarned)
5. Change the piggy fleece
FIVE THINGS I CANT LIVE WITHOUT
1. My friends and family
2. Guinea pigs
3. My computer and, ideally, the interwebs
4. MST3K and X-Files
5. Books
FIVE THINGS I WOULD BUY WITH $1,000
1. Sadly, I'd really just pay bills
2. More of the books I always want and never get around to reading
3. Plane tickets to exciting places
4. Another pair of addidas
5. Dinner at a really awesome restaurant
FIVE BAD HABITS I HAVE
1. Not getting my dishes done even though it drives me crazy to see my kitchen in such a state
2. Really sucking at emailing/calling people back
3. Not putting away my laundry
4. Going out for a soda or coffee shop drink during work just so I can spend like 5 minutes away from the madness.
5. Not getting up early enough to get to work early so I could leave early.
FIVE SHOWS I LIKE (that are on tv now)
1. Mad Men
2. The Closer
3. ....X-FILES IS ALWAYS ON IN MY HOUSE WUT
4. SAME WITH MST3K
5. I don't have channels on my TV, that costs money.
FIVE PLACES I'VE LIVED
1. Poughkeepsie, NY
2. Madison, WI
3. Oberlin, OH
4. Kyoto, Japan
5. Williamsburg, VA
Nicky was being a giant fluffy staring machine in the corner of the cage and I went over to pet her and now I feel bad for disturbing her. I'm gonna go eat some saltines.
I've been seeing posts talking about "Ship Olympics" or
st_reboot or whatever it's called so I went and looked at the comm and then wibbled for a while about how "not sure if want" because on the one hand, deadlines and prompts tend to go badly for me and considering the state of my creativity now, I think it would be incredibly stressful and make me feel terrible. But on the other hand...more I've started stockpiling memes, since I can't seem to turn my brain off, so I took this one on...me and the passage of time, I guess, from
inugrlrayn:TEN YEARS AGO I
1. Started dating the person I would continue to be with for the next seven years.
2. Graduated from high school and proceeded on to Oberlin College.
3. Had my first real bout of depression, although I didn't know it at the time.
4. Met Rebecca, and through her, most of the people who would define my college experience, then two weeks later traveled 300 miles on a bus with them to see a Weezer concert.
5. Lived away from home for the first time, and outside of Wisconsin for the first time since I was cognizant.
FIVE YEARS AGO I
1. Had been working at Four Star for less than a year and thought it was the greatest job anyone could ever ask for.
2. Was utterly enamored with FMA and spent hours and most evenings until very early in the morning talking to people I'd met in the fandom and writing a million fics.
3. Applied to grad schools and got into one of them twice.
4. Went to Japan for what would be the last time in many years (I haven't been back yet).
5. Drove myself and
monkeybobert to Virginia so I could go to grad school, and my fate unfurled. TWO YEARS AGO I
1. Was starting to realize that I needed to get out of Four Star, but didn't know how to do it or where to go.
2. Joined OkStupid on whim because of
jou, and proceeded to meet the guy who would eventually become my boyfriend.3. Got involved with Star Trek, which no one saw coming, least of all me.
4. Sold buttons at Otakon for the first time - it didn't go so well.
5. Was the maid-of-honor (more or less) at
caffeaffogato's wedding. ONE YEAR AGO I
1. Celebrated one year with that crazy guy from OkStupid.
2. Became even more certain that I needed to leave Four Star and continued to drag my feet like a jerk.
3. Tricked
jou into moving to Wisconsin (although she'll tell you it was her own decision).4. Watched the Oscars and was lamely butthurt that "Public Enemies" wasn't nominated for anything.
5. Went to Nashville for the first time.
YESTERDAY I
1. Went to work
2. Went to Yoga
3. Called Megan
4. Ate some macaroni and cheese
5. Didn't do the dishes and instead started reading "John Dies at the End" which is compelling and yet perplexing.
TODAY I
1. Got to work an hour early to no adulation
2. Watched another protest parade up State Street
3. Convinced
infinityduck that I desperately needed pizza4. Went to Starbinx with
infinityduck and did some job searching, ultimately applying for a job I'd been toying with for a year.5. Thought falling asleep would be easy.
TOMORROW I WILL
1. Go to work wow!!
2. Try to convince myself to go to the gym
3. Probably be really damn tired
4. Perhaps go over to my parents' house to steal food and do laundry (and now my mother is forewarned)
5. Change the piggy fleece
FIVE THINGS I CANT LIVE WITHOUT
1. My friends and family
2. Guinea pigs
3. My computer and, ideally, the interwebs
4. MST3K and X-Files
5. Books
FIVE THINGS I WOULD BUY WITH $1,000
1. Sadly, I'd really just pay bills
2. More of the books I always want and never get around to reading
3. Plane tickets to exciting places
4. Another pair of addidas
5. Dinner at a really awesome restaurant
FIVE BAD HABITS I HAVE
1. Not getting my dishes done even though it drives me crazy to see my kitchen in such a state
2. Really sucking at emailing/calling people back
3. Not putting away my laundry
4. Going out for a soda or coffee shop drink during work just so I can spend like 5 minutes away from the madness.
5. Not getting up early enough to get to work early so I could leave early.
FIVE SHOWS I LIKE (that are on tv now)
1. Mad Men
2. The Closer
3. ....X-FILES IS ALWAYS ON IN MY HOUSE WUT
4. SAME WITH MST3K
5. I don't have channels on my TV, that costs money.
FIVE PLACES I'VE LIVED
1. Poughkeepsie, NY
2. Madison, WI
3. Oberlin, OH
4. Kyoto, Japan
5. Williamsburg, VA
Nicky was being a giant fluffy staring machine in the corner of the cage and I went over to pet her and now I feel bad for disturbing her. I'm gonna go eat some saltines.
