I am going to give this the old college try. I got the idea from jinxycat.  I am going to attempt to see 100 new (at least to me) movies in 2012.  Once I have seen them, I will add them here to this post, and include a three-word summary of how I felt about it or something that I took away from it.  Example: Midnight In Paris. personal golden ages. *rubs hands together*

( 100 Movies In 365 Days! )



I'm ALSO going to try to read 25 new books (at least ones that are new to me) in 2012. I will post them here, with a three-word description thingie, too!

( 25 Books In 365 Days! )

I got a new computer! It's got Windows 7 and it's so fast. I was using a dinosaur of a computer before. It didn't take me very long to get everything set up, either. :) I named it Kristofferson. It's got a whole Fantastic Mr. Fox theme because that's become my thing, for some reason. XD Have you seen my Tumblr lately?

LJ charged me for another year of paid membership, too, so I think I've got more icon space.

It's the little things sometimes. :)

I wrote this song about Luis because about a week ago, over AIM, I told him that I sang "I really like my boyfriend" out loud in response to something funny he had done.

I did not think I'd get so cheeky with it.



I bleeped it cos I'm a chicken.

HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE! ♥

I am 25 now, and really ridiculously happy, for the most part. Last Saturday, I hung out with Luis and the Nerdfighters in DC. We went to an art museum and hung out on the Mall and my allergies killed my eyes for a while (all good now)! Then, Luis and I went to a restaurant in Old Town and had pizza dinner with my parents. :D He has met my parents and they like him a lot. It was laid back and they didn't embarrass me. I embarrassed myself a little, but it was fun.

On Wednesday, I saw him again and we went to the Museum of the American Indian and mostly had food and talked. I'm really enjoying how we go all these places and I'm more captivated by him than by the things we should be looking at. But that's probably to be expected. I'm going to see him again on Tuesday, in his hometown, so he doesn't have to always be the one traveling further. We might watch Conan O'Brien's documentary together. :)

For my birthday, I got a lot of exciting things, including the entire Hunger Games trilogy, Beauty and the Beast on DVD, The Lion King on DVD, Rushmore on DVD - completing my Wes Anderson movie collection! (until Moonrise Kingdom comes out on DVD anyway), and The Chipmunk Adventure on DVD! I've wanted that movie for yeeeeears. I also got an iTunes gift card from Luis, so I downloaded Hank Green's Ellen Hardcastle and Danielle Ate The Sandwich's first album. And I downloaded Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under because jinxycat recommended it to me.

My cup runneth over. Now if only I could get a job.

So far, I am a big fan of 2012.

Next time I start a story, I am not going to let myself stop writing it until I finish it. Because trying to get the excitement and the inspiration back after waiting so long is hard. I want to go back and read Becoming Imaginary and finish it. I need to finish my Holocaust story, too. I has frustrate.

Next time I start a story, it's going to be handwritten into a notebook. Neil Gaiman does that. It makes doing the second draft easier cos, as you type it up, you edit and change things and reread it.

Part of me wants to take Becoming Imaginary and write it into a notebook. Like the reverse of Neil Gaiman's process.

>_< Argh.

1) I love my new phone. Let's talk about that.



2) I love Neil Gaiman. Can't get enough of him. Though Terry Pratchett wrote Good Omens with him, so I guess I have to love him somewhat too. :)

3) I just watched Marley & Me for the first time. Anyone who doesn't like Owen Wilson needs to see that movie. And Midnight In Paris. I want to hug him so badly.

I got a new phone. :D It's nothing exciting or fancy, except to me. It's a Pantec Jest 2 and it's red and my ringtone is the Ghostbusters theme. Polyphonic, cos I'm cheap, but still! I got the Super Mario Brothers theme as my alarm sound, too. XD The sounds and colors and everything are very cute.

My parents and sister got matching phones, cos it's the only kind that suits our plan. My dad will probably be cursing at it. But he asked for it!

I have another date with Luis tomorrow. :) We're going to see the cherry blossoms in DC.

ME: We're in Nerdfighterlike, aren't we?
HIM: I think so! :D
ME: You want to be my boyfriend?
HIM: Yes!


I had moments of extreme awkwardness on our date yesterday, because I'm me, but Luis is my boyfriend now. ♥ I feel kind of like Drew Barrymore in Never Been Kissed, with him. But he likes me a lot, even if I am a dork, and I like him a lot, too, so I am happy. The feelings of "why would he like me?!" aren't that overpowering, which is good. I'm a horrible judge of myself anyway.

I've been doing so much reading this year already. :D I'm proud of me. Now I'm onto Jane Lynch's Happy Endings. I finished The Graveyard Book last night. Jane Lynch is a new hero of mine, man. Not only is she deaf in her right ear like me (for the same reason as me), but she's dealt with a lot of insecurity and anxiety, not giving herself credit, like me. She's inspiring and she makes me feel better cos, if she got over it, so can I! I want to tell her this...

I just watched two episodes of Glee in a row. It was the ones with Idena Menzel and Rachel realizing she's her mom - "Dream On" and "Theatricality". I actually found them pretty enjoyable. :) That show's pretty hit or miss for me, but I am glad I gave it a chance.

It also inspired me to find the chords to a Monkees song and practice it. I'll probably include it in a video tomorrow. Luis texted and asked me if I was going to make any more videos or if I just make them for FAWM. And he asked me if I'm going to make a CD of my Wes Anderson songs.

Awwwwwwwwww!

Not sure if I'll be able to make a CD of any quality, but he kind of makes me want to try.

And of course I'm going to make more videos! :D Duh.

I just watched three episodes of The Monkees - one of them with Davy Jones' commentary. It still doesn't feel real to me. That show is so fun, silly and sweet.

Mike and Peter are still my favorites. I like the dumbest one and the smartest one. XD

Today, I mostly collected the last of my stuff from my sister's condo and hung out with her. My weekends are fairly lazy, but it's nice sometimes. I've become rather fond of going out with Luis, which makes sense.

Oh, and I started reading Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book. Creeeeepy. I think I love him.