Day 03 → Your favourite television program

Seriously? Seriously.



I could make this entire entry a bunch of clips, but ehhh, I'll save you from that. Here's just three of my favorites. :)







Keep in mind, every scene is my favorite. So that's three.

( les autres jours )


Livejournal is uckin' with our shii today so half of my icons are gone. :( I deleted one to try to make that bring it back and the uploading icons thing doesn't seem to be working. Arrrgh!

I finished my NaNoWriMo writing! The novel is far from ready to be read, but I've got over 50,000 words so I'm taking a break. XD Then I shall revise and maybe share. I'm debating whether or not I should share the rough rough rough draft, but I don't know if I could take the embarrassment. You know how that is...

But ( LOOK! )

So, obviously, I need a new insane challege. From now till the end of December, I'll be doing this meme for you. :D

Day 01 → Your favourite song

My favorite song is so easy. I've been watching FOTC since Summer of 2007 (Father's Day, to be precise. That's the day it premiered.) One of the first things I did after watching the first episode was download a bunch of their songs.

Including "Jenny".

It quickly became a beloved song to me. I quote it a lot, with lots of different people, including FOTC fans, my dad, Kathy, Twin!Tara, etc. It's special. ^_^ My journal got its title from that song. And here, for those who STILL haven't seen it, it is...



I am always Jenny. Always. Don't even try to get me to sing Jemaine's part with you. Just no. XD It'd be like trying to get me to sing Roger's part in "Rent".

( the other days to come... )

NEWS!!!

+ Flight of the Conchords have updated/made a new official website! Check it! I already added two photos of Bret to the Fan Photos section. ♥

+ I'm participating in NaNoWriMo this month I meant year, not month. Month's almost over, shorty... Here's my profile/page thinger. Check that as well! Please add me as a writing buddy if you're participating, too. We can cheer each other on. :) I'm probably not going to finish my novel in a month, but I'm gonna try to get at least 50,000 words by December! YEAH!

+ Planning to update my writing journal, itswhatido, with the story as I go, but probably chapter by chapter instead of NaNo update by update, cos that would get annoying real fast. XD

+ I fail at typing when I'm excited.

+ Tomorrow's Halloween, guys!!! Have a happy Halloween! I will be filming like crazy for my vlog on Sunday, so you'll see what I was up to. :) I hope you all have fun!

+ Speaking of, what're you going to be for 'Ween 2009?

ETA: I finally went ahead and made a new layout. :) It's rainbowy and Bret-tastic! Much like myself.

ETAA: I'm obsessed with Fringe!Bret. I admit that. Credit goes to sunnyringo because I had not seen these shots before yesterday! ♥

My computer is vibrating because Bret and Jemaine are inside it. ^_^ Making love to my ears and my harddrive.



The moon is a horny old drunkard.

I was in a kind of bad mood until I found this in my mail box. ^_^

Also, I applied to be an "Entertainment Recruiter" for the USO... which means working with the entertainment. I could meet Colbert and Conan. o_o But I'm not holding my breath and jinxing myself.

I'm the man a la moooode. Pr-Pr-Pr-President Reagan. Thatcher! Th-Th-Thatcher!

Wooooooo.

I worked on my website for hours today. And listened to a lot of Lemon Demon whilst doing it. And then I saw The Informant! with my parents. And I'm still eating Reese's Pieces.

I have been awake for about 14 hours now. My alarm went off at noon and I turned it off, planning to sleep in for thirty more minutes. I woke up again at 1:10. Oops.

The Emmys are on later in this day that it now is. I might watch them, if I'm not out and about. My dad's taping them for me on the off-chance that I'm busy doing something else. I feel like, if I stay home and watch them from pre-show to finish, nothing exciting will happen (ie: Jemaine won't win, FOTC won't win, FOTC won't even be interviewed, etc) whereas if I go out somewhere with a certain someone and come back later to find out the haps, Jemaine will have won or FOTC will have won or at least been interviewed/done something cute on the Red Carpet, etc. So I think it's better if I'm not watching. ;) That doesn't mean I won't be thinking about it.

If I end up staying home, I shall do my best not to curse them.

(Seriously, they've won awards whenever I haven't been watching. Grammys? Never watch The Grammys. Emmys? I was glued to it last year and very, bitterly disappointed that they were barely shown [though I squeed like mad when they were briefly shown chazzing out to Tom Hanks as he walked past them] the whole night. Kathy, Jamie and I watched in great anticipation and when nothing happened, our faces were like this: :( :( :( It was sad.)

Meanwhile, I can't believe I spent so long working on my website! @_@ I hope something good comes from it.

I just typed "I something good hope comes from it". I gotta go to bed now.

I watched "The Tough Brets", "Murray Takes It To The Next Level" (a title that I always hear in Bret's voice since he said it in the "Buzz" clip) and "Unnatural Love" today. ♥ I laughed a lot because I actually didn't remember everything! I'm going to try not to overplay them, so they're savoured and appreciated instead of being memorized to the point of not making me laugh anymore.

You know?

I wish I had followed that plan with Ferris Bueller's Day Off, man. I can't watch that movie anymore. I love it dearly, but... I can recite the entire thing from memory. So. Yeeah.

Here's today's vlog:



Still not sure if I'm going to keep posting these in my journal, but I know some of you like having the updates posted here. Anyone loathe seeing them on your F-list? Speak now or forever hold your peas.

Speaking of peas, Comedy Central is showing NIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS tomorrow night, starting at 10 PM EST with "One Night Stand"! Followed by Kristen Schaal's stand-up at 10:30, Eugene Mirman's at 11, Arj Barker's at 11:30 and Rhys Darby's Imagine That! stand-up special at midnight! So WATCH THOSE THINGS, PEAS!

Mmm, peas.

I'm hungry.

List your top ten on last.fm

1. Flight of the Conchords
2. The Who
3. Video Kid
4. Uni and her Ukelele
5. Barenaked Ladies
6. Donovan
7. The Beatles
8. David Bowie
9. Garfunkel & Oates
10. The Monkees


( why yes, I do all my memes at 2 in the morning... )


All of the music I listen to means something to me. I've noticed that everything comes with a story. I like that.

♥

Think there are enough tags on this entry?

Why do fans care if the person/people they're a fan of have a wife/wives? This is something that has baffled and bothered me about "fandoms" since I was in high school. Celebrities do NOT date or marry their fans. It just doesn't happen. Wanting them to be single for the rest of their lives is basically like telling them, "I want you to be alone and miserable for the rest of your life because I can't be with you". It's complete bullshit.

I quite obviously love Bret McKenzie. I think he is the most handsome, most kind, most talented, most hilarious person in the universe. I don't love anyone more than him. That being said, I see him as my FRIEND. Nothing more. He is married to the woman he loves and has loved for years, and she has proven herself to be a beautiful, loving, caring and funny person herself. Why begrudge him that?

When I've hung out with him after shows, I have treated him as a dear friend, because that's what he is to me. And he has treated me the same way. There's no awkwardness between us. Embarrassment and making a total dork of myself, but that's just how I am. XD And he laughs sweetly along with me.

I think, if you're a fan of someone, you should want them to be totally and completely happy. You shouldn't expect them to love you or do things for you just because you like them. Besides, not expecting things makes room for surprises. :)


The same goes for Jemaine. Don't expect him to respond to you. If he does, that's awesome and you should definitely do a crazy monkey dance. But if he doesn't, don't get upset or angry. The man's a busy actor with a wife and small baby. Would YOU be able to respond to everyone if you were in his shoes?


I'm not saying any of this to be mean. I just want you* to realize that you're coming off as not wanting them to be happy or normal human beings. And it's not cool. I'm protective of my friends. :P


*You being the entire FOTC fan community, not any specific person.

...While I'm at it, their names are spelt B-R-E-T and J-E-M-A-I-N-E. If you put two Ts in Bret's name or an R in Jemaine's, then I'm sorry but you're not really much of a fan. Try paying attention.

Grr.

Today's vlog pretty much describes my day.



But since I've seen the deleted scenes and outtakes now, I feel like expressing my elation.

YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
SQUEEEEEE!!!!
THE LOVE!!

♥

My sister is so glad she wasn't here to witness. So much laughter and squees and knocking over of things. I flail a lot when I see Bret laughing.

I will never love anyone as much as I love Bret.

...Sorry, future husband.




But I'm not really.

Saw Harry Potter three times. The first time, laughed and laughed. The second time, noticed lots of things I'd missed. This time, cried. W. T. F.

I feel as though I can't read any of the sites I normally look at because everyone's talking about FOTC Season 2's special features. :( I prolly won't have it till tomorrow at the earliest. I hope I get it tomorrow. It shipped today, and it only shipped from Delaware, which is really close to me. Oh please please please.

I'm so spoiled when it comes to having shows on DVD currently. First thing I'll do is watch the bonus features, of course. And then, probably, the Boosh bonus features. And then maybe alternate between watching FOTC and the Boosh all day.

Yep. This is my life.

Classic times. Crazy days.

You're judging me, aren't you?

Amazon shipped my Season 2 DVD of FOTC today...

To the wrong address.

Fail, Amazon. Ughghgh.

But the good thing is that Kathy can have it now, too. Heh.

I ordered (pre-ordered) another one just now to come HERE. So that's okay. Hopefully that will ship soon so I'll have it quickly like I was supposed to. Although, the whole thing is pretty effed up. I love that Amazon is so fast and lets you pre-order, but they've got this Price Gaurantee thing that says if the price goes down on the night of the release day, they'll give you the lowest price. Well, they shipped to me already. So I'd be re-embused the few dollars that are knocked off, if the price goes down. But...

They weren't supposed to ship already, though. It seems odd to me. I guess they're trying to get it to people on the exact release day because it's estimated to arrive tomorrow. Well, it'll ship to my school's apartment (my ex-apartment) so... Happy belated birthday, Kathy!

XD Fun.

I'm going to neglect to mention this to my parents or my sister, though, because they probably would've just told me to wait until Kathy could send it to me. Pffft. I've been waiting since January and I'm NOT WAITING ANYMORE!

Kathy might tell me to let her bring it to me. I predict our conversation will be like this:

Me: It was a mistake, but too late to cancel. So you can keep it. I know you didn't get to watch much, so now you can. And there's outtakes! Of Jemaine! You like him, right? Keep it. Merry birthday.
Kathy: Naah, you keep it. You paid for it. I would probably only watch it once.
Me: That's okay. I don't need two copies.
Kathy: But you bought it.
Me: Think of it as a gift.
Kathy: But I won't watch it much.
Me: JUST KEEP IT!!!!
Kathy: BUT IT'S YOURS!!!
Me: THIS IS REDICULOUS!!! WHY ARE WE SO GENEROUS?!
Kathy: I DON'T KNOW!

Yep, that's probably at least 85% accurate.

I just feel stupid for getting in this situation anyway. I thought pre-ordering would be easy. Leave it to me.

...If she does insist, I always could play one DVD on my tv and one on Jenn's tv and sync "Too Many Dicks" and dance around.

Hmm... s'a tempting thought.

Didn't do much of anything today. Jenn and I went to see Mom and she helped us out so we'll be more on track with our bills. Whew.

I wanted to write today, but I kept getting distracted. Luckily, my mind is a good playground for thoughts so no ideas ever really slip away.

Speaking of slip away, I sang (and whistled) "Slip Away" to Habichuela the other night and he loved it. :D He was a bit of a grumpy bastard tonight but I think it's cos his tummy's still getting used to the new hay. I hope he'll calm down soon.

Calm a llama down.

Tomorrow (actually... later today... Eek!), Kat and I are going to dinner and maybe hanging out afterwards. I'll be sad when she goes back to school because I probably won't see her again until next summer. :( Unless I nag her to visit during breaks!

That's pretty much everything. Exxxcept...

A MEME!

I was tagged by lcuddywannabe. ♥

Firstly: If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new, original question.

Secondly: Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

I tag... makebelievetree, illusionedwords, schizophrenic, jinxycat, adovesosoiled, sunnyringo, samedi_kat and athelasleaf! That doesn't mean you have to do it, though. I'll still love you.

( i dream in sepia tone )

Time to read about Atreyu's adventures in Fantastica as I fall asleep and try to dream about luckdragons for once.

Opynyon Tyme!

1. I'm excited about FOTC's I Told You I Was Freaky in October. The song list didn't surprise me (except I'm SO glad that Bret's Day ["Rambling Through The Avenues of Time"] made the cut!) but I'm pleased with the chosen songs, so it's cool.

2. I'm not a big fan of the cover of said album, though. It looks like a Donovan album, which would work if a) there were a lot of 60s-type songs (like "Prince of Parties") and/or b) the band were actually a folk band. It looks like a real folk album, which, for a comedy band, just doesn't work. Anyone who's unfamiliar with them will think they're folk and be turned off. Lots of folk haters out there. XD They should've gone for something parody-ish if they wanted to go for a folk cover. Something that looks intentionally but amusingly out of place. Like a squirrel playing ukulele.

I think a cover with an 80s feel would've been more appropriate for these songs. And it also would've been vastly different to last year's 60s-ish cover.

3. My opinion about whether or not they should do another season seems to change every day. I'd be happy if they just kept doing something together. If it's another season - as long as they take their time and have FUN with it - great! If it's another tour, extra great! At this point, I don't see them doing a movie. I'd love it if they did it (well, as long as it's good) but I don't think they'd want to make such a big leap right now. Especially since they're trying to focus on other things. A movie takes even longer to put together than a series does.

I just hope that, whatever they decide to do, they're happy.


Guess I'll pre-order their album now. Just kidding! I can't yet. Please don't make me wait till September to pre-order it, Sub Pop!

I just changed three things about my journal. I kind of want to make it like a scavenger hunt, but then there'd have to be a prize. And I'm prizeless, unless you consider my unending love and affection a prize? But you already have that! A virtual pat on the back? A badly Paint Shop Pro-ed picture? I'm pretty good at drawing cats.

Anyway, yes. Random changes be afoot on the S.S. Racist Dragon. (Pirate ships all lower their flags when I roar out my name... and a racial epithet.)

"You bloody pinko pirates! Pinko because your skin is pink! Like a pig's! Which is what you are! -is pigs!"

I stink at being racist.

We took my sister's cats to the vet today and now they all hate each other because they smell like the vet hospital. What if humans were like that? "You smell like Starbucks! Based soley on that, I hate you now!"

Kat and I played so much Wii yesterday that my right arm feels like it could fall off at any moment. I was Wii!Bret last night and I kept having to make him dance in order to win points in this Smarty Pants trivia game. Only neither I nor Bret dance like the silly Wii representation of him. But it was funny.

I feel kind of so-so about Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince. I loved the funny parts and the sweet parts, but the srs bsns parts relating to Voldey and Dumbledore kind of bored me. I don't know why because they weren't bad. They just... Maybe it was the absence of Won-Won Ron in those scenes? Ron was my favorite part because I love him.

What else has happened? Oh! I called the toy store to make sure everything's cool and Joe told me not to worry and that it might take two weeks before they know who they're hiring. He also told me that he'd call either way, so I don't have to keep sitting on the edge of my seat wondering about that. And, in the meantime, I can see if there are any other fun jobs I can try for should they decide not to hire me because they want to make me cry into my soda.

Oh yeah, and FOTC is nominated for like a bagillion Emmy's. I'm not as excited as I was last year, because the episodes that are nominated were pretty weak. I'm not going to go into the Best Actor category because I'm not really amped about that. Surprised, but not amped. Also don't think he'll win anyway.

I keep saying "amped". Must be this year's "psyched".

The only thing I'm excited about regarding that is the possibilty that, if Bret goes, he'll take Hanana and maybe possibly the baby! (I can dream.) He's not as private as Jemaine about things like his family, I've noticed, so who knows? (Please let me dream!)

Speaking of Bret and Hannah's baby..... ♥ The idea still makes me incredibly happy.

I think that's everything.

First person to find the changes to my journal can give me something to do! Be it a question to answer, a picture to take/draw or anything within reason like that! :D That's a good prize, right?

I think so, pinko!

I just sent my parents a picture of FOTC when I meant to send them a picture of Dad, Jenn and me from dinner last night.

I am awesome.

Flight of the Conchords. >_> Although, I'm sure eventually it will be my chinchilla.

And that't not a euphemism, Dirty McDirtison.


I finally got what was supposed to be my computer desk delivered to me. Only now it's going to be my nightstand because I need that more. I've been using my hamper... which is awkward. I use my lap for my laptop now and I kind of like it. It's flexible in case I have to get up quickly. I now know why it's called a "laptop". XD Just kidding.

The only problem is that I have to put the desk together and I don't want to. :P If it was a chinchilla cage, it would be fine. But it's a desk.

Doo be doo be doo.

So, I'm going to have a pretty eventful weekend. Tomorrow, I'm going to Barnes & Noble to try to apply and also get Filter with the Conchords in it. Then, I'm going to my dad's work friend's son's high school graduation party. He's a magician and I've been wanting an excuse to meet him for a long time.

I love magic.

I'm thinking of writing a novel about a magician. Maybe I actually will.

Then, on Sunday, we're doing dad stuff because it's Dads Day. ♥ You know about my dad (or you should!) so you know it will be pretty awesome. My sister and I ordered him a funny t-shirt.

Just need to get my driver's permit and then everything will be pretty good.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MONDOMONICAPETETOWNSHENDALEX!!!!

HAVE FUN, HALEYBETHANYNIKKIMEG!!!!

On the news just now, they said "Members of Parliament" and I was fully expecting them to say "Parliament Funkadelic". Heh.

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! :D

I've had my paid LJ since this day in May 2006. And I got five more icons, so I've now got a grand total of 120! So I'm in a good mood.

So far, I've been enjoying my little relaxy week. I've been alternating between Conchords clips and pictures and Mighty Boosh clips on YouTube/Adult Swim. I feel like such a dork because I've just now checked out the Mighty Boosh. It took me a while to get into it, but I'm kind of in love with Vince Noir. I see him as a sort of glam rock version of Bret. If Bret and David Bowie had a kid, it would be Vince Noir.

I cannot stop watching/listening to this:



Methinks I need to make a/some Boosh-related tags since LJ has limited tags.

I keep alternating between thinking "o god I need a job" and "viva la relaxation!" I'm not worried, for the most part. :)

I feel like I haven't updated in so long. Have you missed me? How have you been?

Bouncy bouncy, oh such a good time!

"Stilettos are a no-no" made me laugh and laugh and laugh. No idea why.