This Week
by V.E. on September 7th, 2009
filed under health, meta, personal, to do, writing
Send Katie’s chocolate to Johnny
Blue Cross NY membership
Manuscript (haha; as if one word really covers it)
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Driver’s license
Frame for 501 picture
Do something with tabs
Fanfiction
The Lace Reader
The White Horse
As Easy As Lying
Dinner with Daylin and Jonathan on Monday
Cell phone battery on Saturday morning
Mom’s closet on Sunday afternoon
Finish reading The Disappearance of Seth
Review of Seth
Cancel shoe club
Cancel TV Travel
Artbooks
Web journal
Set up doctor’s appointment
Call with Dr. Lennon on Tuesday at 1 PM
Talk to Mom about storage costs
Ask Dad about unreconciled Quicken items
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Last updated: Monday, 14 September 2009, 5:48 AM PT
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Blogathon List of Posts
by V.E. on July 25th, 2009
filed under blogathon, recap/review, to do
I’m nothing without my lists (as you’ll periodically see if you scan through my journal here, but it’s even worse with a pen and paper—the lists that never even make it to the computer screen are the worst), and I’ve decided that my second post for this Blogathon will be a list of the remaining posts I think I’ll be covering.
(Disclaimer: These may change without notice as the time to actually post draws closer. Think of this list—during the thon, at least—not as rules… but as guidelines. ^_^)
I’ll be sticking this post to the top of the page and linking each of my Blogathon posts here so that you all will be able to find each one without hassle. ^_^ I haven’t been able to come up with 46 new topics in time to post this, so it will eventually fill in as the half hours pass.
01. Welcome to Blogathon 2009!
02. Blogathon List of Posts [that's this post!]
03. Who I Am
04. Tell all the truth but tell it slant
05. Dad
06. Mom
07. Johnny
08. Bunny
09. Cleo
10. My Cause #1
11. Definitions
12. Games People Play #1
13. Covenant! On the landing above us!
14. Games People Play #2
15. Anime
16. Things I Can’t Live Without
17. Things I CAN Live Without
18. The Other Kittehs
19. Lunch time!
20. Naming in New York #1
21. Poetry
22. Love Where You Live
23. Zombie Plan
24. Half way there!
25. “Friend”
26. Dave
27. Bobby
28. Daylin
29. Yager
30. Dinner at the Duncan House
31. My Cause #2
32. Sleeping
33. Vacation to South Padre Island
34. Sickly
35. Colorguard
36. Checking in at midnight
37. What the psych ward taught me
38. If you fall back into my life
39. Tattoo ideas
40. Emoticon exchange
41. Naming in New York #2
42. My life according to Elton John
43. Much Ado About Nothing
44. Music
45. Your first dawn blinded you, left you cursing the day
46. Thanks to my sponsors!
47. Day Three hundred nine
48. OMG I made it!
As usual, I should be doing something else
by V.E. on July 18th, 2009
filed under anime/manga, entertainment, personal, school, to do, writing
I have a list of things to do today, including getting my brother up at 11:30 and walking around the house with my parents so my dad can point out things that need to be worked on while they’re at work, and—you know—my work, too. What’s happened since the last time I made a decent real-life post (sadly, more than a month ago):
1. My sister came out to New York to help me pack all my stuff. We put it into storage.
2. I was able to visit with my cousin, Jenny, and Uncle Doug for a night and the next morning before…
3. I moved out of my apartment in Brooklyn and took the Amtrak train home; I left New York City at 3:55 PM on June 30th and arrived in Los Angeles at 8:15 AM on July 3rd. You do the math.
4. I wrote a whole bunch while I was on the train (I’ll be posting the “train journal” sometime), including this, even though I wasn’t able to post it until after I had internet service again in Los Angeles.
5. I finished Kuroshitsuji (recommended!) and have now officially watched all of House, MD (five seasons). My brother practically force-fed me all of Gurren Lagann as well, so I’ve seen that, too; it was also good, if you liked Eva (by the same guy). I’m currently going through Death Note; next up is Ouran, Chrno Crusade, and Matantei Loki Ragnarok… in no particular order.
6. On July 4th, I celebrated by attending Anime Expo 2009, which was a blast. I wore my yukata and hakama since it’s like the only time I ever get to wear the outfit without feeling out of place. I bought a bunch of yaoi at Expo, of course.
7. I’ll be officially starting my internship with Etruscan Press tomorrow (it will last until late November). I’m still working on my M.A. manuscript, which will be re-presented along with all my MFA stuff for my MFA graduation next January.
8. I still don’t have work. I don’t expect that to change any time soon, in part because there is no work and in part because I’m not looking very hard at the moment. I’m living with my family right now and will deal with… stuff… as it comes along.
I’m tired. I have a lot to do and it seems like never enough time in which to do it.
Well, this worked before
by V.E. on January 26th, 2009
filed under finances, school, to do, work
Maybe it’ll work again. I need a real to do list because I keep forgetting what I’m supposed to be doing. I know that’s stupid, but still.
apply for work (30/50 completed)
—one in-person interview!
—one phone interview!
file my taxes and update my FAFSA, if necessary
make list of all the books I have here in NY
—bookshelf 1, bedroom
—bookshelf 2, bedroom
—bookshelf 3, living room
—bookshelf 4, living room, part 1
—bookshelf 4, living room, part 2
—floor, bedroom
—input all into Excel
holiday gift thank yous
edit manuscript & send out
update finances
create reading list with due dates
After all this is done, I’m allowing myself to see a movie. Maybe Valkyrie, if it’s still playing. Maybe something else, I don’t know.
Originally posted: 19 January 2009, 3:50 PM ET
TO DO before I go home
by V.E. on December 15th, 2008
filed under to do
HOME at 10:16 PM (PST), 20 December 2008!
pay rent for January
finish unpacking??
organize school work to do at home
mail out holiday_wishes
apply for work (50/50 applications done!)
write letter to Peace of Mind Self Storage canceling service
write letter to Beth/BBPC about health coverage
mail out metrostyle.com return
decide what to do with cat for the holiday
update Quicken fully
wash/dry/fold laundry
write thank yous to Yager, the Hoilands, and Sophia
meeting with Lillian on Tues. at 7 pm
pack for trip!
flight out from JFK at 4:59 pm on Sat.
I have a new idea
by V.E. on November 17th, 2008
filed under beauty, entertainment, personal, thoughts, to do
I’ve always been fascinated with the way people to things and why they do them. I’m going to—for a while—focus on the upturned collar… often callously known as the “popped collar.”
I hate popped collars. When I hear those words, I think of a drunk frat boy in a light pink polo shirt with the collar up saying things like “Bro, that’s so legit!” and trying to feel up naïve freshmen girls.
In contrast, upturned collars on jackets and coats strike me as elegant, lovely, and even classy.
So, in light of my contrasting views on the upturned collar, I started a new project over at Blogspot called The Upturned Collar. (I know—I’m a genius with names.) I’ll be posting one image per day of an upturned collar for as long as I can find unique images and I’m still interested in this idea (though I’ll probably let you all know here if the interest wanes). We’ll see how that goes.
Head on over there and let me know what you think.
On a side note, I got this idea from the song Let It Rock, by Kevin Rudolf; specifically, the first four lines read (italics mine):
I see your dirty face
High behind your collar
What is done in vain
Truth is hard to swallow
… and I was thinking that the first two lines are really beautiful, even if I’m not sure what they mean. It could be “I see your dirty face / Behind your high collar” but it’s not, so it’s lovely but confusing. It also could be “I see your dirty face / Hide behind your collar” and though that would make more sense, it’s not nearly as beautiful.
2008 resolution update
by V.E. on March 18th, 2008
filed under personal, to do, words
If you’ve been following my resolution for this year, you already know that I’ve failed thus far. I want to stop that… stop failing, that is. I fear I’ve been battling an addiction to shopping and stealing for longer than I’d like to admit. I discovered this while watching a short clip advertising heartsupport. At the beginning, a man says,
Well, if there wasn’t sexual addiction, how is it that I am 42 and I’ve been dealing with something that I started when I was 10. That’s an addiction.
and I thought to myself, Yeah, that’s me. Not the sexual part, but yes; an addiction is a long-term struggle against something that the addicted person dislikes but feels compelled to do. For heroin addicts, that means that the person doesn’t want to take heroin but something in his/her brain says “Take it” over and over and over, like a broken record. For me, I think it’s shopping. And, to a somewhat lesser extent, stealing.
According to Merriam-Webster, to be addicted to something is to “to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively”—most medical dictionaries claim that addiction occurs only with chemical substances, but I think that’s a bit narrow. I’m sure I’ve said this before, but for me it’s not about reading the books or wearing those boots, it’s just about having them—just in case I ever did want to read/wear them.
Whoa.
I just realized I’m a hoarder.
Shit. More later when I’ve wrapped my head around this. This is three (well, two and a half) problems in one: [1] shopping and [1/2] stealing, and [2] hoarding. I’m going to need a bigger (metaphorical) box.
