To Do:

- write something srsly
- order Topatoco stuff
- new identity??
- review site
- Japanese practice
- what_the_fruk contest
- start new book (it is too late for us Wind-up Bird I need to ease back into the reading groove)

Fic ideas/WIP

- "Come with me and I'll find you something far more interesting."
- How do you solve a problem like Nazi Germany
- Is that treachery and deceit in your pocket or are you just happy to see me
- Oh wow America it looks like someone set fire to your house
- Original, drowning
- Lomarah
- Stupid codewords for sex
- You're the cute one, you know

Why can't I watch an episode of Star Trek without thinking, "Spock wants to make out with Kirk so bad, it is patently obvious." It is never "Kirk and Spock should make out" or "Kirk wants to make out with Spock" or "Kirk and Spock are definitely knocking boots right now," but just an unwavering certainty that Spock is incredibly turned on by Kirk and controls it with logic and cold showers and platonic friendship. Of all the options, why is this my head-canon?

I blame the new movie, and that scene where new!Kirk cheats on the Kobayashi Maru and new!Spock just looks like he can't decide whether to get Kirk kicked out of the academy or stride into the simulator and smooch his brains out before he can even get out of the captain's chair. "Logically, his lips should taste like apple right now," he thinks to himself, "I should test this hypothesis."

In other news how does the Vulcan end up being the most emotive character on the show. Mmmmmmm subtle understated facial expressions ♥

Oh and uh today in Star Trek, someone's been brushing up on their Robert Louis Stevenson, sickbay doubles as a liquor store, and Spock tries not to be a little turned on at highly innapropriate moments.

So I was going to put my notice in for the ninth, but then I spent $50 on comic books so I put it in for the sixteenth instead, haha. But guys, they had Color! COLOR!! I nearly shit myself, I didn't even know it was licensed!!!! I am sure the ladies and perhaps gents at Zetsuai did their level best, but the editing was kind of crude and I am looking forward to reading a version where the first four chapters aren't just mostly a greyish blob.

Maybe it is the rose-colored haze of my bittersweet youth talking, but Color is a BL manga that has always stood out to me as one of the sweeter, more touching ones I have ever read. It was written in this transitionary period, after the angsty shoujo experimentation of the early to mid-nineties, but before the generic fluffy overflow rut of the early double aught's. It isn't fraught with angst and resistance, nor is it undermined by big woobie eyes and date rape with nary a straight man in sight. It's just a couple of guys who fall in love, and sometimes it is great and sometimes it is complicated. Their future is uncertain, but they're happy in the now. It's just got this very toned-down quality to it when compared to its emotive predecessors and the cookie-cutter fluff that followed, full of pointless jealousy and frustrating mixed-messages and arbitrary guidelines. It walks this line where relationships can be complicated and maybe even impossible to sustain, but still pretty okay, still satisfying.

I also got Ring Finger #4 (typical fluff, but fun) and Eroica #14 (atypical cold war shenangians, also fun). These are also very good choices.

Today on Star Trek, Spock has unlogics for people, Sulu fences shirtless, and Kirk ruins a beautiful moment, what else is new.

It was my mom's birthday today! It was much easier to shop for her now that she has a hobby besides watching TV all the dang time. Went to Kelly O'Bryans, I had some special, chicken topped with spinach, but there was not nearly enough spinach so I was disappointed :/ Oh well.

Why is there a penchant for my WoW acquaintances to lick me, weird guys totally weird.

Started reading Demon in a Bottle, pretty great so far, Tony is a rocking 70's man and there was some Namor, I love that guy, he is the manliest prince of Atlantis ever. Tony's love interest is foxy but kind of irritating, I guess you cannot have your cake and eat it too.

I love that Kirk beats Spock at chess.

When did the world configure such that my brother can call me lame for not joining his LAN party?

Almost finished Essential Avengers #1, Wanda is really growing on me, she has the best superpower. Also digging Steve more and more, STEEEEEEEVE Y SO SEXAY. I guess I am saying, second gen Avengers is pretty okay once you get over the lack of Thor's manilness and Steve/Tony moments and Jan's sassiness. They are a different kind of Avengers with their own unique dynamic! And that's just fine.

I have just realized that most of my life plans and aspirations assume that I remain single, and some are in fact greatly hindered if I find myself to the contrary.

Trying to decide if this is kind of sad or pretty awesome, leaning towards the latter though.

Okay somewhere between Radio Free Albemuth, Star Trek, WoW lore, and Blade II I realized I may be beginning a new Sci-fi/Fantasy cycle. I have not had one in awhile, being mostly consumed by classic lit and... "weird" lit, for lack of a better term, though I suppose post-modern may be apt in most cases.

Anyway, perhaps I will finally work on one of my sci-fi/fantasy projects. I have three four! They all require more work than I will probably ever be willing to do, but who knows.

So instead of reading The Counte of Monte Cristo and watch the Star Trek movies, I bought some Philip K Dick and watched Hamlet 2.

Th-that's kind of close?

Today on Star Trek: History is pretty optimistic, the Captain's Log is more important than breathing, and Kirk makes a decision that is definitely going to bite him in the ass ca. 2285.

Have realized that, of the WoW characters I've developed backstories for, only one is not a miserable tale of woe and angst. That is, uh, pretty disproportionate.

( these were longer than expected, beware of me playing fast and loose with lore )

Man it is past midnight and I haven't done a damn thing today.

PS here is a weird conversation I had with my brother this afternoon:

[TV]

FILLMORE: [about hot chocolate] What about the hot carob?
VALLEJO: It comes from trees, Fillmore. Let's go.

ME: So does cocoa, though.
BRO: And coffee. And cinnamon!
ME: Does coffee come from trees or from bushes?
BRO: Trees I think.
ME: Tea comes from bushes.
BRO: Yup.

I cannot attest to its accuracy yet because I've just started using it, but guys, of all the online cycle trackers I have browsed through Mon.thly.info is the classiest one I've come across. The design is really clean and simple, and the calendar is pretty intuitive. A+! Now lets see if it makes some accurate predictions after a few months of data.

Today on Star Trek, Kirk makes me crave KFC, McCoy and Sulu get high on life, and Spock decides never to let Kirk borrow his iPod.

Three days off oh my goodness. If the call display says Arbys I am not picking up.

Bernie brought in his baby today :D Pretty cute little dude, gotta say. He was kind of boring (sleeping) but then Tanya picked up his... seat/carrier/thingie, and he flailed his arms kind of wildly, and it was hilarious.

Think I have decided to just change the name of my writing journal and leave this one as is, nom-de-plume it up. I'm too sentimental to leave this journal and too cheap to buy a rename token.

The results of the poll indicate that I should read the Count of Monte Cristo whilst watching the Star Trek movies. Multitasking.

chojo_87 and dark_duobat got me some alcoholic Tony Stark, yaaaaaaaay that is the best instance of Tony Stark I know ♥

Some dudes came in to hose down the fry hoods, I think one of them was hitting on me, it was awkward.

what_the_fruk hit 500 memebers ♥

Okay so I am putting The Windup Bird Chronicle back on hold because apparently I am having too much trouble easing back into the reading groove to manage it on something with a time limit. So, gonna try and work through some books I bought and never got around to reading; hopefully before the end of the summer I can finally finally FINALLY find out how that bastard ends.

Anyway. I have too many books to pick from so help me decide D:

Poll #1426254
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

What book should I read next???

If there is anything awesome I should keep an eye out for tell me, I buy books like they are candy, the only reason I do not own the elusive Windup Bird Chronicle is because I cannot find one.

LIKE EVERY OTHER CUSTOMER TODAY: So how does this Pick 4 thing work?
ME: You... you pick four things? From the sign? The sign that says 'Pick 4'?

Today one of the girls stole cookie, a sandwich, and some onion rings. I gave her a ride home. POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT KEEP STICKING IT TO THE MAN :')

The other girl who was supposed to be on today did not show up for her shift, on the first day of a new promo, WHAT WHAT WHAAAAAAT GODDAMN. She did not show up Sunday, either, 90% sure she is just not coming back.

If they ask me to cover her shifts I am telling them exactly where to stick it, it is not a good place.

Man anyone who cares enough to become general manager of a fast food joint has to be fucked, it is the only explanation.

ROB: Hi it's actually me, you know we can't say we're closed until the lights are all off :D
ME: Half your staff spends most of their waking hours baked out of their skulls get off my fucking back.

^^^^^^ha I wish^^^^^^

That is one thing I like about most of the people I work with: they know exactly how important our stupid-ass job is in the grand scheme of things.

PS, finally read Ouran #12, ahhhhhhhh Kyouya ♥ Also, man, I kinda wrote the Kaoru/Hikaru thing three years ago. CLEARLY A PROPHET WHERE IS MY WACKY CHURCH KTHX

Got to instance with my buddy Venyel today, it was a great time :D He is my favorite, it is no secret.

rosederwuste offered up some wicked sweet doujinshi as a prize for what_the_fruk's next contest, I am so stoooooooooked ♥ Man it is too bad that me entering my own contests would be a conflict of interest because damn, Unconditional Surrender looks like the hottest thing D: Guess I am going to spend the rest of my life scouring yahoo Japan for it.

Thinking of changing the name here, should I token or just migrate, I am not sure. There is a lot of history on this journal, but also a lot of embarassment, so I am conflicted. Maybe it would be easiest not to bother, yes that is a winning attitude right there. Maybe I'll just make a new life for myself on Dreamwidth, ha ha.

Doing a pretty intense wikipedia chain tonight. Things I have learned:

- People thought Paul McCartney died and was replaced by a very convincing look-alike ha ha what
- As of 1980 Australia still specifically punished criminals to hard labor
- Dingos really do eat babies
- Ladies who have had their babies eaten by dingos are suspiciously eager to talk about it
- So Good is made by Seventh-Day Adventists!
- So are Corn Flakes kinda??? Man! Adventists!
- Kids can be cruel when your random prophet guy miscalculates the second coming of Jesus, COME ON THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE 1800'S KIDS

Yeah I spent a lot of time with the Adventist article *sha-rug*

Oh Christianity, I kind of like that you make a new church whenever some random dude tells you you're doing it wrong.

Today in Star Trek: Kirk discovers the joy of culottes, Spock gets accused of mutiny, and a lot of kinda gay shit happens. It was the series finale! I started watching less than a month ago, though, so I still have the first two seasons to enjoy. They are doing sorta highlight episodes next week and then starting from the beginning the week after.

hahahaha

Winston also recalled many amusing anecdotes that took place during the shooting. For example, William Shatner flubbed the line, "Spock, give it up. Come back to the Enterprise family. All charges will be dropped. And the madness that overcame all of us on Camus II will fade and be forgotten." Instead, he blurted out, "Spock, it's always been you, you know it's always been you. Say you love me too."

Oh goodness Memory Alpha let this be true, ilu Shatner ♥

Day off tomorrow, then four days of wacky shifts, then three days off! I am looking forward to having a job one day where I get a normal dang schedule, or one I make up myself (the best option).

Man I browsed through my old entries to find the title of this book I read once, but all it served to do was remind me what an awful fanbrat I used to be, and also that I miss o_r_i_n D:

Anyway I have discovered Goodreads, it is pretty okay.

ETA: It also reminded me that I have always dealt with difficult things by shoving them in a box, wrapping it up in duct tape, and kicking it into the river. This is probably one of the reasons I am so emotionally stunted when it comes to difficult situations, but it is the easiest way. I can remember the bad things, but it's like they happened to someone else, a long time ago. Maybe it's not the healthiest way to live, but I like this world where it feels like bad things have never happened to me.

Happy Birthday, Canada! There are a lot of pretty rad places in the world but I am glad you're the one I ended up with, you are just right.