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May. 9th, 2010 09:12 am
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I feel like I'm (badly) paraphrasing either Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle here, but...you know how when an addict's easy access to his/her substance of choice becomes hindered said addict suddenly develops MacGuvyer-like powers of ingenuity? So if, say, crack was only available on the moon all of a sudden there'd be a LOT of very dedicated twitching astrophysics-in-training? My internet's been on the fritz since Tuesday, and I've been patching it together ever since with bubblegum, a paper clip, and my tears. I'd wanted to post an update a couple of days ago, but connectivity in the house has been sporadic at best. But, hey!, my mad haphazard finagling seems to have worked. Some, anyway. Internetz! I love you!

*ahem* Right then.

[livejournal.com profile] paradise_city is a wonderful enabler and gifted me with my OTP of milk and cookies! Milk/cookies is totally making my profile page a better place! (It should be obvious that I'm tweaking off of my internet access at this point.)

I got to hang out with LJ friends new and old this week. [livejournal.com profile] atraxia came up to visit and I met with her and [livejournal.com profile] sternel for dinner on Thursday. In the middle of Friday's utter insanity at work I got to spend part of my lunch hour with the lovely [livejournal.com profile] anoel where we waxed fannish about everything and anything.

Friday evening bro and I went to see Iron Man 2. LOVED IT. Yes, there were dropped plot lines and teasers, yes, parts of the story seemed only to set up for the upcoming Avengers movie, and yes, Don Cheadle somehow managed to get out-acted by Scarlett Johansson (!), but Robert Downey Jr. was hilarious and the movie was a bundle of fun wrapped in explosions. It's a typical summer movie: leave your logic at the door and you'll be right as rain.

Now I'm all bouncy because I'm counting down to my birthday cruise. As of today we're thirty days out. The experience is probably going to be nutso because of all the family that's accompanying me, but at least I'll get a breather from work craziness for a couple of days. And I'll hit three decades; I should get, like, a watch or something.

At the moment I've taken a break from The History of White People and have started Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels. I'd been looking for something as engrossing as Mike Carey's Felix Castor series while perusing the sci-fi/fantasy section. Angels has as slow of a beginning as Devil You Know and that's styming my progress, but I do hope things pick up a bit.

Lastly, a request: please give me some recommendations for workout music. Need some more tunes for my 'pod.

Date: 2010-05-09 09:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paradise-city.livejournal.com
Everybody needs milk and cookies!

In terms of workout music, I use a lot of mashups, emo pop (My Chemical Romance, Cobra Starship, Fall Out Boy), and random 90s stuff. Also, Maroon 5's pretty good for working out if Adam Levine's whining doesn't bother you.

A couple of people have been asking about workout music on my flist lately. Maybe a workout music sharing post is in order.

Date: 2010-05-11 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fredericks.livejournal.com
Maybe a workout music sharing post is in order.
Sounds like a good idea.

I listen to FOB and MCR as well. Haven't gotten into Cobra Starship yet, but I suppose it's inevitable. Maroon 5? Novel, might give it a listen. I need a lot of upbeat tunes for the cardio jamming. At the moment Adam Lambert is, like, on infinite repeat when I'm in the zone.

Date: 2010-05-10 02:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darker-one.livejournal.com
I took my mom to see Iron Man 2 today for as part of her mother's day present, and we both loved it too! I was concerned, given all the lukewarm ratings, but I truly enjoyed myself through the entire movie.

Date: 2010-05-11 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fredericks.livejournal.com
I thought it would be horrible after the reviews as well, but I laughed a lot. Enjoyment is all I'm after when going to see a film, definitely. :)

Date: 2010-05-10 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] atraxia.livejournal.com
as for workout music - totally going to download some songs that are listed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAuy28yejI0

Date: 2010-05-10 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] atraxia.livejournal.com
ohhh even though the above link lists all the songs uses - audio is diabled. try this one if you want to watch/listen to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2DLNLTTjvM&feature=related

totally need to download #96 right now. lol.

Date: 2010-05-11 01:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fredericks.livejournal.com
I like how the nice folks in the comment section left song titles and artists. I'll have to get some of them as well. Thanks for the link. :)

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