Okay, so it's been an awful long time since I've contributed anything to any fandom, let alone a new one, but I'm kinda obsessed with Suits.

SO I MADE A FANVID. It's on youtube, so hopefully nobody pulls it down anytime soon, but we'll readjust if needed.

Can anybody give me instructions on how to be in fandom these days?

Work was crazy today. I think the post-holiday rush is even worse than the pre-holiday one, but at least nobody yelled at me. Still, out of the 1,518,475 people that live in Suffolk County, I'm fairly certain that 1,400,000 walked through our doors today.

I need a drink.

I'm a little bummed that I don't have a date for New Year's Eve, and this feeling makes me mad. I have never ever been the kind of girl that needed to have a boyfriend to feel good about herself, so why am I so depressed about the fact that I don't?

(Maybe it's the 8 million couples around me, all happy and busy making doe eyes at each other. Ugh.)

Oh well. Tomorrow night I will wear the MOST AWESOME DRESS EVER. Well, okay, it's just a red swing dress, but it's so pretty and that will make me happy.

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I crave the comfort of anonymity. The internet used to be a place for me to tell all my secrets to strangers who knew everything and nothing about me all at once. Now I feel like there is too much of me out there.

If you google my name, you can't find me. I'm glad for that, because though I'm the last generation that bridges the gap (I can actually remember life before the internet) I miss the days when I could say anything online without anybody in my real life knowing (or understanding) a single word.

I miss writing out my feelings without the fear of upsetting somebody. I miss being able to say anything, and not worry that somebody at work might use it against me. And maybe that's my own fault, sharing too much with friends and coworkers over Facebook and Twitter, but honestly, that's just the way the world works, these days.

But I don't have to like it.

My attempt at a quiet re-entry, on a night where I am rather maudlin. Forgive me.

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I know, I know, long time no talk. I've been a bad blogger, but life just hasn't been that interesting for me to update.

Though. That's a lie.

I met a boy. A boy who may or may not be reading this, so we'll keep this part short. I met him the weekend before Christmas, at a Wizard Wrock show in New Jersey. His name is Steve, and it's only been a month and a half, but I dunno, I kinda like him. :-)

( Clicky for pics of him! )

In work news, I sorta got a new 'promotion' at Apple. I say it like that, because there's no raise or anything, just a little more responsibility, but a lot of new experiences, which I'm really looking forward to. I'll be mentoring new hires, and just helping with training within the store. It'll be fun.

AND. Last but not least, I'm in a Wizard Wrock band! We're called The Christmas Crackin' Daddies, and we've got a bit of a swing sound. We've yet to record a song, but we did perform at that show that I met Steve at (though he was late, and didn't see me perform.) Once we've got some music recorded, I'll post them here for you all to listen to!

I am so tired of complaining about this to everybody and their mother, but oh god, my chest burns. This rash that I've got looks like it's getting better, but it's so uncomfortable, and I think it's partially from the cream that the doc gave me. It's econazole nitrate, and some of the side effects include burning & redness of the skin. I want to stop using it very badly, but I know can't. I am going to the dermatolgist tomorrow, and I'm hoping for something better. I started spreading aloe gel on it, which is soothing for like, three minutes.

In other news, I had a glorious day off, today. I'm completely caught up on TeeVee, and I started doing a bit of cleaning! Shocking, I know.

Who's watching Flashforward? Anybody?

I had my yearly review at Apple today. It went well, even though I had a really tough year there. A few months ago, I had what we call a 'touchbase', which means that my manager and I sit down and talk about my time on the job, what's working, and what's not. Last year was a good clusterfuck for me, and my monthly showed that.

However.

As terrible as my monthly was, it kinda kicked me the ass to do better. And I did, apparently almost right away, too. So I knew my yearly was going to be a little tough, it was actually much better than I was expecting. The part talking about my strengths was glowing, and the part with my opportunities ended with "Sarah has recommitted herself to her job" which made me SO HAPPY.

There's nothing like working your butt off, and getting that acknowledgement that you needed. Also, I got a tiny raise, (4%) which is nice.

In other news, I WANT THESE: Special Edition Neil Gaiman's Smoke & Mirrors - Special Edition Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere - Lisa Snelling's Neil Gaiman Poppet (I might actually buy the last one... Also, anybody sensing a theme here? And yet I have no Neil icons... hm, this is an issue.)

WHY AM I NOT INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY SO I CAN OWN MY OWN LIBRARY?!

 Nothing Lasts Forever by Maroon 5 from It Won't Be Soon Before Long (Rating: 0)

1. I've gotten my mother into Supernatural. She's a housewife, and complains that there's nothing on TV for her to watch during the day, so I set up the DVD player in the kitchen (the TV was always too old for a DVD player before) and taught her how to use it. And then I gave her my binder of 250 DVDs, opened it up to S1 of SPN and put the first disc in.

That was last week. She just started season 4 about an hour ago. I'm very proud of her, even if she thinks it's kinda silly (which you know, it kinda is... even if the boys are v. pretty).

2. I'm OBSESSED with Friday Night Lights. It's been streaming on Netflix, and when I finished that, I had to order season 3 from Amazon right away. Apparently, if you put hot boys in uniforms, I'll like anything. Including football.

3. I have a rash. I am miserable. I'm fairly certain it's a fungus, which is SO gross, because it's all over my neck and the underside of my chin. Last week, the doctor gave me steroid pack to take, and four days later, when it didn't get any better, and in fact, got a lot worse, AND I gave it to my coworker Justine, I went back and he gave me some anti-fungal cream. I feel very. very. very. Gross.

Ugh. I really just want to whine, lol.

meme: a sharing week

Seven days of sharing; this is day two.

day one. a song.
day two. ( a picture )
day three. a book/ebook/fanfic
day four. a site
day five. a youtube clip
day six. a quote
day seven. whatever tickles your fancy

Day Two: My birthday in July 1st, right smack in the middle of the summer. For my Sweet Sixteen, I didn't have a giant party in a hall, like most girls... I had a costume party. So this picture is my and (at the time) my three best friends. We had dressed up as Spice Girls, and I was Scary Spice. It was a great party, and I loved our costumes, but this photo is vaguely bittersweet for me. Of those three girls, I'm only still friends with one of them, Sporty Spice, on the right.

Day One: the song is Running the Dark, Alone. It's by MaryBeth, and it's one of her Dr. Who/Torchwood songs, about Jack Harkness. It's utterly brilliant, and vaguly spoilery for Torchwood, but I haven't seen it yet, and I wasn't upset by the song. It's beautiful, and everybody should listen to it.

I have had an amazingly busy & fun week. I worked from Monday & Tuesday, got sick on Wednesday, so I called out of work, and ended up with 5 days off. Of which, today is the last day. It's been AMAZING. I was supposed to go down to Dragon*Con, but last minute plans fell through, so I stayed up in good ole New York instead.

BUT. There was awesome adventures anyway! My friend MaryBeth is a Wizard Rocker, or Wrocker, if you will. If are a Harry Potter fan, and you don't know what that is, you are missing out, let me tell you. She's a musican that makes music about Harry Potter, and there's a WHOLE genre of it on the internets. (Go to myspace.com/naginilove if you want to check her out, she's pretty good... ) Anyway, her friend Zoe is visiting from the UK, and she's also a Wrocker, so last Friday night, the two of them played a show in Brooklyn, which was awesome and super chill. It was Zoe first show in a long time, but she rocked it. I took some video, that I will be soon fashioning into something real to watch, I'll post it when I do.

Then we spent the rest of the week watching a TON of Dr. Who. MaryBeth recently got me into it, and OMG, I'm obessed. It's such a good show, I'm kicking myself for not watching it in the first place.

This past friday, we went to this recording studio that MaryBeth's friend John owns, and the two girls recording a joint album together, which sounds AMAZING. I can't wait for it to be finished mastering, I'm going to listen to the CD on repeat. It's half Harry Potter music, and half Dr. Who (which is called Trock [Time Lord Rock]). I also took video of that, it will be shared soon.

AND THEN, on Saturday we went to the Renn Faire. It was a day filled with sun and friends and meat on a stick and awesome. I took pictures!

( Click for pics! )


And then I spent Sunday and today recovering. It was a long couple of days, lol.

Anyway, I like this meme thing, so....

meme: a sharing week

Seven days of sharing; this is day one.

day one. a song.
day two. a picture
day three. a book/ebook/fanfic
day four. a site
day five. a youtube clip
day six. a quote
day seven. whatever tickles your fancy


Day One: the song is Running the Dark, Alone. It's by MaryBeth, and it's one of her Dr. Who/Torchwood songs, about Jack Harkness. It's utterly brilliant, and vaguly spoilery for Torchwood, but I haven't seen it yet, and I wasn't upset by the song. It's beautiful, and everybody should listen to it.