To all who know what Skittles is...Bacon is an equivalent! ;D

So I figured I'd post a little bit since I have a little bit to post about! Yaaay!

( In which I ramble...such a shock, I know! )


Okie donkie, now that I've rambled on about nothing imparticular, I'm gonna head off and probably have a good ol' time catching up with my Tweeps, who I have selfishly ignored today. ;P

~Pip

So over the course of about a week, I was able to get two really cool videos of some of the weather around here. Finally managed to get the posted online so you guys could enjoy the awesome! (And of course there's always the lovely 'commentary' I give on things in my videos!)


This first one is from July 2nd, and it's of the continuous lightning that was out over Baton Rouge, 40 miles away:




And this other is from this past Monday. I was in the box and it seemed this little storm snuck up on me:



Hope you guys enjoyed the awesomepops stormy weather and my always lovely commentary!


~Pip

*cough* Well....um....what do you guys think??

Yeah, I don't think I even need to answer this question.

Thanks to Solutions' Twitter Feed, have just found out Michael will be moderating the Burn Notice Panel at the San Diego Comic Con!!!

You can read about it HERE.

How cool is that?? I mean...clearly Victor was a rather loved character for being such an evil (well, MISUNDERSTOOD) and twisted villain! Oh, how I'd love to be there to see that panel. Really...that would be such awesomepops! Of course I am going to Chicago and Dragon*Con, so I think I should feel pretty lucky with what I'm getting already. BUT SERIOUSLY...if anyone's going to this, please, please, please provide video/pic prettehs!! (I'm sure there will be many about, but it would be cool if one of you guys happened to be attending Comic Con!)

Again, credit for this goes to sg1_solutions ' feed over on TWITTER.

~Pip


EDIT: Of course, sg1_solutions  gets this up in a post RIGHT before me. Yeah, that is why I love them! XD

Alrighty, so when I went to fill out my housing app. back in January, I had yet to fill out my FAFSA. Still had yet to do it by the time I got my assignment, so my invoice said I didn't qualify for Financial Aid Deferment. Got the FAFSA filled out, got my awards (or got the proof that I'll be getting the awards come fall/spring), so figured a simple email to them after they sent out the 'pay your fee' reminder would get it taken care of (has done it in the past, so why worry about it not working in the past).


Ohhhhh no. I was wrong! Sent the email, and got a reply saying I have to FAX proof of my awards showing I will have enough to cover both the housing fee AND tuition. This was about two weeks before the original 'payment' was due. Of course I went on the vacay and didn't have time to print out the info and fax it to them...figured it would be okay if it was a little late. I wouldn't be the only person doing it I'm sure.


So I went on my webmail today, saw another 'pay your fee' email...and this one says if I don't have the info/proof faxed in by Tuesday, I will lose my assignment to Ragans and be placed wherever there's space...this could mean Kellum. Yeah, HELL NO, I'm not moving back in that craphole! Jumped on getting the information printed. Am having problems getting the printer/computer to print the pages correctly, so I simply copied and pasted the awards proof into a Word doc, along with a screen capture of the same page. Printed it out and figured out how to fax something using Madre's shiny printer/copier/fax machine.


Except, of course, it seems that the frelling FSU housing department is telling EVERYONE they need to fax in their respective information, so the fucking LINE is busy!!! I can't get my damn information to fax all because a bunch of freshmen and 'can't do it myself, need mommy and daddy' kids are getting their parents to do it from work and are clogging up the fucking line! And it's PISSING ME OFF like nobody would believe!!

I've now tried to fax it five times, without any result. It always tells me the line is busy. I will KEEP trying until Burn Notice comes on tonight. If by then it hasn't gone through, I will be emailing them ONCE AGAIN about this bullshit. I REFUSE to lose my NICE place in Ragans b/c of all of this.


STUPID FUCKING SCHOOL BULLCRAP! GAAAAH!

~Pip

So I'm sure everyone has already seen this over on sg1_solutions , but seeing as it pertains to NCIS aaaaand Michael (in a way), I figured I'd repost it:


Go HERE to make suggestions about who we'd like to see guest star on NCIS.


I have said numerous times (not here on LJ, but out loud and to people like taraleesg1 ) that Michael would be ABSOLUTELY perfect on NCIS!!! I've been waiting anxiously for it to miraculously happen!


And I know this doesn't mean it WILL happen, but it's cool to show that we'd like to see him there! (especially since The Eastmans didn't get picked up...would call CBS bastards, but they also run NCIS, so yeah...no bitching at this particular time!) Of course you don't HAVE to suggest JUST Michael (or even him at all), but I figured as many of us are Shanks fans AND NCIS fans, there'd be no problem in making that suggestion!

(Also, I'm sure the NCIS PTB have seen him on Burn Notice at this point in time - that HAS to carry some weight, right?!)

~Pip

OOOOOOOMMMMMMMGGGGG!!!!


Finally, FINALLY - after years of waiting and hoping that they'd see the light of day, we have gotten what we've asked for!!! Several pages of NOTHING buy SG-1 bloopers!!! *DANCES*


Go HERE on MSOL to find a link to them. I was going to provide the direct link to the page, but it seems the site doesn't want to cooperate for me anymore. I'm hoping it's just me it's giving problems to (I've already watched all the bloopers posted, so it's no big deal that I can't access the site at the moment) so everyone can experience the massive *SNIRK*age that we've all been waiting for!


What a way to celebrate Daniel Jackson's birthday! One HELL of a gift if you ask me.

(And of course, Happy Birthday again to our all time favorite Archaeologist. Seriously, he makes archaeology hot like nobody but Indiana Jones has known!)


~Pip

Al is arguably the BEST part of Sahara! XD

Alrighty, have gone and double checked my DVDs and am pretty sure I have all that I need to add to the list written down...so here is the DVD list, update finally!

I've listed everything here (and of course, this list doesn't take into account Madre's DVD collection downstairs back home), and I have no shame in admitting the movies I own because if I did, I would never have bought them. (And yes, the Power Rangers movies were proud and exciting purchases, thank you very much!)

Edit: I've gone back and added *'s next to all the movies I have the OSTs for, just because I could! XP

( Le DVDs + )

 

My big post for tonight was going to be an update of my DVD list, but I realized just  now going back to the last post of it that I haven't updated it since April. This makes me think I need to go back and make absolutely sure I have everything for this new update. I'd hate to miss one and post the whole damn list (which is a bit of a hassle since it's getting bigger w/ each post) again.

So my big update for the night won't be happening.

In other news, the filler project for the Victor sketch is shifting/taking new form - in a good direction. The more I try and work out how to make a specific project work just right, the better the vision of it gets. Now I just have to make sure I have the right materials. My biggest concern, though, is it's not going to be appreciated like I hope (not by you guys, but by...others, let's say). After all the pondering, hassle, and frustration going into it, I just hope it will be received well. And that I can do it like I'm envisioning it.

No, haven't tested out the pool yet. Maybe tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then definitely Tuesday.

Have decided I must hunt down all my favorite kiddie movies on DVD. I got All Dogs Go to Heaven yesterday at Wally World. Watched it today and still enjoyed it as much as I ever did (and it STILL made me cry)! I was watching Balto on vacay and realized i needed that on DVD. Still hell bent on getting 'The Brave Little Toaster', and also remembered today 'We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story.' I know I can get 'Fern Gully' at Wally World. That might be my next DVD purchase there. But yeah..this is a new goal of mine. Is there something I'm missing here? (I already have Anastasia, btw).

Oh, just curious - which of my many fic series would you guys like to see me work on next? I'm not counting 'She's Everything' in this, btw. That will definitely be the next thing finished...yeah, i know I've been saying that for so long now, but I DO mean it.

Alrighty, I really wanna make sure I have all the right materials for this project.

~Pip

To start, Happy Independence Day to all my fellow US flisters! Hope you guys had a good one!! And too all my non-US flisters, happy 4th anyways! XD

It's weird...for the first time in months, I had a day with nothing posted on it since LT took a dive. I was really hoping to get to posting yesterday, but I really didn't have much to post about to begin with. I DO need to catch up on reply to comments (apologies about that! You guys know how I get sometimes!), so I'm gonna get that knocked out after this post.


I DO have something exciting to post about today, though! (And the 4th of July, of all days. Rather awesomepops in my opinion) - WE GOT A POOL!!! *dances* It's one of those above ground ones, but it's not one of the dinky cheap ones either. It has an 18 ft. diameter and is 4 ft. deep. Smurfinator went out and bought it today...why TODAY out of the last FOUR years we've been bitching about not having a pool he decided to finally do it, idk. But I'm not complaining. I was in it already...straightening out the wrinkles in the bottom as they were starting to fill it up with water. Unfortunately, I have to work tomorrow so I won't get to enjoy it until tomorrow night, but still...OMFG. We ACTUALLY haz a pool!!! XD


The results of the video poll are in, and Stand is the definite winner. So tomorrow while I'm in the box, I'll burn a copy to send of to Creation for Chicago Con. I'm not sure how well it's gonna do, but it's better than sending nothing at all.


I think I might have given up on the Victor Sketch. You may have noticed I haven't posted an update on it in a while, and today I started to work on it some more and the inspiration/skill wouldn't come to me. I might pick it back up or just go with what I have already. But I've already started putting effort into another 'project' to take the place of the Victor sketch, so don't expect much right now for said sketch.


Oh, I have decided after a lovely conversation on twitter that I am going to be getting Mega Snake signed by Michael. And while he's signing it, I'll kindly inform him I was the one who got it at Wal-Mart....and did it with massive glee and bouncing. Yes, I know I'm an evil fangirl.


Expect some pic posts soon. I've got a handful of what I snapped in S.FL, and I've also got lots of new pretty to decorate my room with (thanks in large part to belisse ! XD), so there will be more update room pics coming too (b/c my room is a damn art project all to itself and needs updates just like any other project of mine!).


Alrighty, I've got comments to reply to, a list to update, and then the previous mentioned project (Victor sketch replacement one) to bitch over some more, so that's it for tonight.

~Pip

P.S. - The name of that book I was too lazy to get the other night is 'Adventure! Thrilling Tales of Discovery'. It's a collection of adventure tales (both fiction and non) in an Indiana Jones-esk type way...it was the Indy lettering on the cover that caught my eye to begin with. I'm excited to read it...if I ever get to it through my massive to-be-read list! *sigh*

To all in the US, 'Sins of Omission' is on right now...

'Lesser Evil' follows...

And then both are on again at 11:30 PM and 2 AM (respectively, central time for both)...

Don't miss the Victor awesomesauce if you don't have to...turn in to USA RIGHT NOW to enjoy!


~Pip

P.S. - And no more drama over LoudTwitter because...well, it's dead. As in D-E-D, dead! You will no longer have to put up with my massive twitposts!

Alrighty, since I realized I'm not gonna have enough time to make a vid for Chicago, I've decided to see what you guys think is the best choice of the ones I'm thinking about sending...they prefer something humorous, so it kinda knocks Stand out of the possible choices, but I think I'll put it in the poll anyways because it's probably my fav vid of all the ones I've made.

Please choose something, and don't just pick randomly. I would really love to know which you think is the most worthy of being entered into a Con video contest. And as soon as possible would be ideal since I really kinda need to send it out soon.

Here are the links to each vid's post:

At Universe's End

Vala's Circus

Simply Irresistable

Stand

Now, which do you think I should send?

Poll #1424045 Choose the Entry Vid
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

I think the best video choice is...

~Pip

Yes, I did watch Ghost Busters. *snirk*

We are back home now from vacay...twas fun and went by too damn fast, but I'm glad to finally be home. It's so exhausting going on vacay (like right now, I'm wicked tired and there's really no reason why I should be. Totally vacation's fault), which is ironic when you think about it. How are you expected to completely relax when you're not at home sleeping in your own bed? 

But it was good to go back HOME, as in HOME HOME. It didn't actually FEEL like vacation since I lived there for 16.5 years. Getting to see a lot of the people we know from there and knowing that people are actually missing us was nice. Here, in Louisiana, it doesn't feel like people really care...they don't really invite us anywhere or want to do things with us. Whole different story back in FL.

More of my 'vacay' goals were accomplished on Sunday. I knew the latest issue of SG magazine came out last Tuesday, so I kept going around looking for it. Of course every Borders I checked had the previous issue only. But Sunday, I was able to get into a Barnes and Noble and they had it. Also picked up the latest Scifi Magazine, which I've been meaning to get for weeks now (there is a brief interview with Michael about being on SGU, so yeah...had to get that). And of course, being the avid book addict I am, I had to check out the bargain section (which, in B&N, is always so huge and orgasmic!). Managed to get a book of 'adventure stories' for $10 (I would tell y'all the actual title, but it's upstairs and I'm being too lazy to go and get it).

Well, I was going to head over to LoudTwitter to set up automatic cuts with my twitposts (b/c I can't have a repeat of Sunday night's post...I had forgotten about it before going to bed, and then was too busy with getting back home to get on and take care of it - MAJOR APOLOGIES for that!). But alas, LT's site won't work, so I have to do the cutting manually until the site is back up. So obnoxious.

Alrighty, I think there was more, but Smurfinator jumped on the comp and now he is watching one of those annoying 'ticker channel' where all they do is talk loud and argue at each other...and the worst one of the channels at that. So now I've kinda lost the urge to post more... I do have a few other things I wanted/need to post, but their more of the individual posts type things.

~Pip

different day, different kind of shit all the time

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different day, different kind of shit all the time

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First, apologies for the back to back to back twitposts AND for the fact that I didn't get to putting last night's post behind a cut until just now. Major apologies, really!

Have one more full day left here on vacation. Part of me is sad it's gonna be over so soon, but the other part of me is glad to be going home. That's how it always goes, though. I miss my bed and my kittehs. Cannot wait to see my Sikozu!

Just got back a little bit ago from seeing the two hour commercial for toys, p.2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Like the first, it was a nice bit of action and loudness on the big screen, but you know the moment you get it on a DVD player, it's not gonna have the same wow factor. And not even 10 minutes away from the theater, I was pointing out one 'plot hole' I'd already come up with. So again, just what the first was...I do admit it was better for the fact that there was a bit more humor. Still love Bumblebee, and the Twins were seriously probably the best part of the whole movie. But yeah, exactly what I expected... (Shia, though, of course was awesomesauce. He's the main reason I saw this one)

I love how I come to FL on vacay and the few things I buy while here are things I could get back home. I've bought a hat, two dvds, and...yeah, I think that's it. I DID manage to FINALLY pick up some Coconut Butter at Whole Foods today, so that adventure is finally accomplished. That's the only big thing I knew I wanted to get while here. I did want to try and find some interesting things to send to some people, but it's looking unlikely. Maybe tomorrow something can be found.

So though I DID manage to get the video started, I ended up not having as much free time with the laptop here like I originally intended. The vid, then, is only marginally completed. And with the speed at which this laptop likes to cooperate with WMM, it's unlikely I'll get it finished in time. So I'm back to the conundrum of deciding which already made one to send. I think I might just use Simply Irresistable b/c it's fun and funny and upbeat. I'll ponder it a little bit more.

Alrighty, I think that's all for now. I'm gonna go see if I can find a fic or two to read. If not, I'm definitely gonna be getting to bed considering it is 1:32 AM. LOL!

~Pip

different day, different kind of shit all the time

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different day, different kind of shit all the time

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I'm a little too tired to recap everything in detail, and we've done so much already in the past few days that it would be hella crazy long as a full on post, so I'm gonna recap the vacay so far for everyone's reading pleasure:


- Saw more than one Denny's close to where we're staying (there's only a handful I've seen in Louisiana - the closest I know of being in NEW FRELLING ORLEANS!)
- Ch.4 CBS News!
- Things being open 24 hours/past 9 PM!
- Not having to worry about what I'm going to order for lunch.
- Saw my old house. The one I grew up in. Looks so small now!
- Went in my old neighbor's house. Also spent a lot of growing up time in there.
- Went to the bowling alley. To all who came in after the fact, we used to spend a LOT of time there!
- Got a wicked cool hat, vintage Frank Sinatra type looking one!
- Went to Classics (pool hall). Saw Lisa and Rosemary (ppls I have known for very long time).
- Beat Smurfinator at a game of pool!
- DUNKIN FUCKING DONUTS!
- 99.9 KISS COUNTRY! Y-100! BIG 105.9!!!!
- Holy crapmonkeys, checked out some of the stores on 441. (That brought back some memories!)
- THE BEEEEEEEEEEEEEACH!!!!!!
- La Bomba!! Best Spanish food around here, for sure.

There are plans to do other things, and see other people. I still need to find that damn Whole Foods store that's around here. Tomorrow, we're going to the beach with Lisa and Rosemary (the beach two days in a row! Gee, it's like I'm back in South Florida or something! XP). No idea what else will happen while here.

Okie donkie...I'm gonna go see if I can find a nice fic or two to read. Might even work on one myself.

~Pip

P.S. - Holy fuck about Michael Jackson! And Farrah Fawcet too, but it was clear she wasn't gonna be around for much longer. But MICHAEL JACKSON too!? Just...wow. That one was unexpected.

P.S. (squared) - Yes, there are pics of various things we have done so far.

P.S. (cubed) - BURN NOTICE WAS AWESOMESAUCE TONIGHT! That is all.