Zim in Wonderland

Pumpkin pie from scratch.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:22:23 GMT

And I totally nailed it, mind you. I love how most recipes will give you directions on how to make the filling, and then on the ingredients list, they have "pie crust." Well, guess what? I had to make that myself, too, because they don't sell them like that here. Sometime this week I think I'm gonna make another one and take it to the office. Maybe it'll cheer everyone up a little bit.

In other news, I've started watching Supernatural. I'm only 6 episodes in, and I do love it so far. But, man... Certain parts seriously freak me the fuck out because I'm pretty superstitious myself, believing in urban legends and everything... That episode about Bloody Mary gave me nightmares. That's all I'm sayin'.

1 down.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:05:35 GMT

L-O-V-E.

I didn't so much mind Elijah Wood, but Orlando Bloom still pisses me off.

Yarn biz.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:31:30 GMT

This is the one thing I loathe about knitting.

I was considering a Star Wars marathon, but I think I'm gonna start watching LOTR instead.

Mittens.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:37:15 GMT

I've finally finished the mittens, and I cannot wait to wear them.

Merion Mitts pattern here.

And as soon as I get paid (hopefully Friday), I'm getting myself a Gorillapod.

4 exclamation points, 1 entry.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:48 GMT

I've pissed my pants multiple times watching the latest episode of CASTLE! The brown coat is back! And he's considering being a space pirate for Halloween!

NATHAN FILLION, I LOVE YOU!

On a completely different note, what's up with certain shows skipping episodes? Last week there was no new Vampire Diaries. And this week there's no How I Met Your Mother or The Big Bang Theory. Do I suck at finding them, or did they just not air?

2:33am Edit: I've realized I've unintentionally lied to busem when I said I'd seen The Jane Austen Book Club because I had it confused with Becoming Jane, which I had in fact seen. Anyway... Watched it tonight and loved it. I just love Jane Austen; I can't help it.

1:02am.

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:03:35 GMT

LOVED IT.

3:42am.

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:49:47 GMT

Thanks for all the get well wishes, guys. Sally's doing better. Her fever is down, but I think her stomach and intestines are still hurting because she keeps twitching and curling up into a little ball. It's been 3 days of antibiotics and vitamins shots by now, but the vet said she should go in for 2 more days. Hopefully then she'll be her old silly self.

Anyway...

I've noticed that with all this going on, I've totally skipped out on Mursday, so here it is.

Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin
Weapon - Matthew Good
The Origin of Love - Hedwig and the Angry Inch OST
Touched - VAST
Rescue Me - The Gathering
I Adore You - Queen Adreena
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
Taste You - Auf Der Maur
When Love and Death Embrace - HIM
Northern Star - Hole
That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
Case of You - Joni Mitchell
I Miss You - Björk
Smother Me - The Used
Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
Without You I'm Nothing feat. David Bowie - Placebo
I Want You - Elvis Castello
Moon Dance - Van Morrison

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10:12pm

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:24:25 GMT

Sally Daisy has been sick, that poor little thing.

Yesterday, when I got home after work, I saw that she'd pooped on the carpet in the entrance, and it didn't look normal. So I called the vet right away, and they told me to bring her in. They gave her 2 shots, one an antibiotic, the other one supplements like vitamins and such. They also gave her a different kind of food for the next few days, and another medicine that I've been force-squeezing into her mouth twice a day. We took her in for shots today, and we have to do the same tomorrow. This entire thing is costing us (me and my sister) 150TL, which is INSANE.

If you have pets, though, be careful because the vet told us that they think this is some of a virus spreading around. If your pet gets diarrhea and has a high fever at the same time, you're better off taking them to the vet 'cos they'll need those antibiotics shots.

Wednesday night I could not sleep at all, so I was planning to go to bed right when I got home from work yesterday, but that didn't happen. First we went to the vet, then I remembered I told my friend Hakan we could do a lesson yesterday (I've been giving him English lessons for 4 weeks now). So, yeah. I'm fucking tired, but I have to be up early tomorrow, too, because we're taking Sally to the vet again for shots.

YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP FOR CHRISTMAS CARDS HERE.

Catching up...

365.39: My slippers and I are ready for winter. And Sally the Cat (as seen in the background) is looking for something to attack.

365.40: Little Sally Daisy got sick, and now we have to feed her medicine with this thing. Hopefully, she'll get better soon.

365.41: Screwed up a lot with this, so I'm gonna restart it. This yarn is so soft though that I can't wait to finish and wear them. Pattern is at pepperknit.com/blog/archives/516

6:32am

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:35:27 GMT

On January 8, Tom Hanson (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) meets Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), the new assistant to his boss (Clark Gregg).

Guess what January 8 is--

My birthday.

Oh, the little things in life.

2:03am.

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:20:08 GMT

!!!!!CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR'S CARD EXCHANGE!!!!!
Leave your name and address here (all comments are screened) OR e-mail them to me at neurotoxicdoll@gmail.com if you'd like a card from me this year. I know it's still early, but I'd like to purchase cards next month, and I'd like to know how many I'll need to get. So, go ahead if you want one. You have until the end of this month.

Turkcell's internet service for cellphones is such crap. I don't wanna talk too much shit about it yet, but it pissed me off. All I want to do is to be able to text @vtext.com addresses from my cell so I don't have to sit in front of the computer the entire time when I'm texting Kathy. I did manage to go online with my phone, but I don't wanna have to open up a page and log in to GMail for that. I don't have that kind of patience. And what I do wanna do has to be possible. I'm gonna go in tomorrow and ask them, and if it can't be done, they should just cancel my service.
Apparently, there's a church here in Istanbul--of course, there are churches; you know what I mean-- that's only open on the first of every month. My boss said all the wishes she's made there had come true, so she's taking me with her on November 1st. I used to believe that you make your own luck, but this past 2 years I've learned the hard way that sometimes, when you're unlucky, you're just unlucky and there's nothing you can do about it. And trying just hurts more. So, yeah. I'll go and light a candle and make a wish.
I wish I was good at plucking or waxing my eyebrows 'cos I hate having to pay for it, especially when I'm this broke. At least I know how to make them not look like a rain forest, right?
I wish I could go on a shopping spree, but no can do.

365.36: Knitting and watching a movie. Typical lazy Sunday evening.

365.37: This is how I work when I work from home. Movie or TV show on my laptop (right), Microsoft Work on work laptop (left) and lots of documents to read through.

365.38: Loving the gloomy autumn weather. Wish it would rain more.

9:43am

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:51:12 GMT

I pulled an all-nighter, and I don't feel tired at all, which is good. Watched two movies while knitting: Smother and Away We Go. First one I watched only because Diane Keaton's in it, and it was fun, but mehhhh. The latter I liked, but I don't see why people make a big deal out of it. Anyway...

While all this was going on, I've realized I'm turning 26 in two months. TWENTY-SIX! And what do I have to show for it? Pretty much nothing. Ugh.

Oh, and I've found out that Flickr doesn't delete anything you upload. When you have a free account, you can only access the last 200 pictures you've uploaded, but once you purchase a Pro account, all your photos come back. So I picked up my 365 Days Project where I left off.

365.35: Picking up where I left off. Showering after a sleepless night makes one end up a BA-NA-NA.

Movie #71

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:39:58 GMT

LOVED IT.

And Elijah Wood didn't piss me off like he always does. Now I'm wondering whether I should watch the Lord of the Rings movies. Yay/Nay? I'm more interested in hearing the opinions of those who've read the books and then seen the movies.

Book #36

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:13:10 GMT

Scrapbook '09 updated.

Among all the sucky books I've read this year, this was the most disappointing. Great concept, but I have a feeling most of the authors accepted to submit a story just to make the editor of the book happy, and they didn't really wanna write them. OR they don't really have any good embarrassing stories to tell, which I don't believe can be true.

P.S. Mursday post here.

Mursday Revolt #4

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:54:18 GMT

I'm late in Istanbul time, but I'm usually on Philly time, so there. This is a mix of some of the songs I listen to while walking long distances 'cos I need me some rhythm.

Tracklisting:

Grace Kelly - Mika
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Stereo Speakers - The Pink Spiders
Knock Me Off My Feet - Michael Jackson
Out of Control - She Wants Revenge
Sugar Daddy - Hedwig and the Angry Inch OST
LoveStoned - Justin Timberlake
She's Not Me - Madonna
Party Train - RuPaul Charles
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
I Like It Rough - Lady GaGa
Lat Miodej Parza (kayah) - Goran Bregovic
Faith - George Michael
Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani feat. Eve

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<33333

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:29:55 GMT

Sorry if this screws up your pages, but I'm way too excited. I wish I had a real damn copy of it instead of a pdf file.

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:37:11 GMT

I FUCKING LOVE THIS SHOW. First, I felt like the Richard Castle character was a Hank Moody rip-off, but he's even better because Nathan Fillion makes me all ticklish in the knees, and he plays poker with James Patterson.

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:51:48 GMT

Scrapbook '09 Updated.

What a piece of shit movie. I KNEW Diablo Cody just got lucky with Juno. No wonder she herself is the executive producer on this one... The name is fucking redundant and pointless, and OBVIOUSLY was chosen to attract a certain group who get it. And I just CANNOT believe Courtney Love let them use "Violet" on the soundtrack.

Oh, and Megan Fox fucking pisses me off. You can't act, and you're not Angelina Jolie no matter how hard you try, so get the fuck over it already.

Now I'm off to shower and then to Starbucks with husby.

P.S. I'm not even mentioning that the poster is a rip off of True Blood 'cos we all knew that already, yes?

Mursday Revolt #3

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:49:36 GMT

This has to be the weirdest mix ever, but here you go.

Beautiful One - Agua de Annique
Dead Womb - Death From Above 1979
Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad - Blessthefall
I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys
I Survived - The Graduate
The Difference Between Medicine and Poison Is In The Dose - Circa Survive
Black Snake Moan - Black Snake Moan OST
Fill Your Heart - David Bowie
The Man That Got Away - Ella Fitzgerald
Again, Again and Again - Blaqk Audio
Kiss the Devil - Eagles of Death Metal
Begging You - Madcon

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Grr, argh.

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:28:58 GMT

I've been super-busy at work, and I'm sure it's not cooling down any time soon. This is one of the many reasons why I've abandoned the 365 Days project.
Another reason for that is my Pro account on Flickr expires in a few days, and I can't afford to renew it. Anyone know of any other similar sites that let you upload more photos? And does anyone know if Flickr deletes things if you don't renew your Pro account? I have to save a lot of the photos if that's the case.
I've owed letters to a few of you for a while now. I've mailed them this morning. Packages, on the other hand, will have to wait until probably the end of January because I'm totally broke until I can pay off the Green Card Lottery.
I'm not doing any Christmas present exchanges this year, because, like I've said above, I can't afford it. I might be sending out cards though, depending on whether or not I can set money aside for it. I'll let you guys know.
In general, I'm really struggling financially, and work is just unbearable these days, which is why you see a lot of FML kinda messages from me lately.

In more uplifting news, here's the finished version of the knitted moustache I posted a while ago:

To the power of the cock sword!

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:14:47 GMT

I thought this would be shit, but it was FUN! It's like Shaun of the Dead of vampires. (Scrapbook 2009 updated.)
* * *
I couldn't do Mursday yesterday because I was way too busy and very exhausted at the end of the day. So hopefully next week... My life is turning to shit though, so who knows.

Yowza!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:09:34 GMT

No comment.

Tere, LJ!

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:44:42 GMT

If Flickr isn't lying, tere means hello in Estonian. Nice, right?

365.34: Knitted moustache. I'm thinking maybe I should grow a real one, no? Part of a bigger project, but photos of that shall come later when it reaches its destined owner.

I can't wait to get paid 'cos, seriously, look at my eyebrows!

And don't forget, guys... MURSDAY IS A DAY AWAY.

P.S. I think using "dirty whore" to insult someone is rather redundant. Are there whores who aren't dirty? Doesn't being a whore already contain the dirty within itself? If someone's dirty, they're dirty. But if someone's a whore, they're both dirty AND a whore. No?

Writer's Block: Most memorable concert

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:37:06 GMT

What was the most memorable concert you ever attended? What made it so magical?

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There's definitely more than one, so I'm making top 3:

HIM in Ohio with youcansingalong & seethrulingerie:
Tori Amos with Craig and Sara:
Both Projekt Revolutions of 2007 with the entire gig gang, and I'll never forget how dreamxobscene gave me the best birthday present and got us pit tickets:

Here I am.

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:59:55 GMT

365.30: I've finished this yesterday. I have a feeling I'll be wearing it all winder, considering the weather gets cold enough-- *fingers crossed*

I was going to update about going to Yalova for the Ramadan holidays, but I don't feel like it. Short version: I hate being dragged EVERYWHERE and having to interact with unnecessary people, yet that's exactly what I had to do. I was up at 8am every morning, including the day after the Emmys. For those of you who didn't know, I watched it live, which meant the red carpet started at 1am, and I have no idea when it ended, but the sun was definitely up and burning.

The suckiest part of it was that my grandmother's oldest sister's daughter is creating drama and stirring up the family YET AGAIN. Even her brother agrees she's gone bananas, but people who don't know her believe her, which is enough for it to cause a scene in Izmit, where most of our relatives live. Oh, well.

It was my mother's cousin's birthday on Sunday, so we all celebrated, which was fun. I haven't even seen my own cousins for so long that it was very good to see most of the family together (side note: my grandmother has 2 sisters and 3 brothers, so we get VERY crowded even when not everyone is there).

Still, I feel like I've OD'd on family, though, and I think once a year is enough.

P.S. You know how LJ gave Paid Accounts 3 extra days for the downtime they had? They canceled mine 3 days earlier, so I don't think I'll be paying for it again unless I feel it's necessary.

Mursday Revolt #3

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:38:51 GMT

I'm still not in the mood to make an actual entry. Of course, I haven't forgotten Mursdays though!

10 random Turkish songs I've listened to a lot this week:
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Feel cultured. Thank me later ;)