I'm going to give a little advice to people that have never had roommates before. And if you have had them or do have them, reading this would be a good refresher course. If you want to live peacefully with someone, I would suggest checking in with them every once in a while. Seeing if they're having a good day, if they have to wake up early for work/class the next day, you know, that sort of checking in. I do NOT suggest, on the other hand, giving no warning before having a really obnoxious party at 3am when your roommate has to wake up in less than 6 hours for work after already having a shitty day.
Let's just be real here. There is no need for roommates that say they are friends to blatantly not care about one anothers' well-being. There is also no need for them to only care about themselves.
Obviously this happened to me. I had a shitty day because I was woken up by work saying that I was late for a shift that I wasn't even aware that I had. So I got to jump out of bed, throw on clothes, and leave. No shower, no eating, just driving thirty minutes to get to work and proceed to have a mediocre day. I asked my roomie when she would be done for the day....that seems like a pretty obvious question to a girl who works every day of the week. Her response: 'Huh?' Alright, that's understandable. I didn't read her mind and know that she was off for the day. So I explained a little more thoroughly that I got off of work early and wanted to know if she wanted to see Winnie the Pooh today since we had planned that a while back. I get no response. I drive home, see that she isn't there, and text her another time without a response again. So I bring out my computer and start surfing the web like usual. I get a text saying 'come to studios. pat is here.' I honestly felt terrible because I didn't feel like hanging out. I told her that it had been a shitty day and that I wouldn't be good company. She accepted that and didn't reply. I ended up texting more with Pat about my day as well as being taunted that they were seeing my favorite show at that park. So when he got home and warned me that Bri was bringing friends over to the house, I started getting worried. I REALLY wasn't in a social mood, so I packed everything up and headed to bed. My car is still in the driveway, but my lights are off. I wake up at 3am to this HUGE PARTY of people being really loud. Honestly, if my car was home and I hadn't come home by 3am then obviously I am at the house, in my room, probably asleep. But no, they proceeded to be loud and shitty for another 2 hours before I could finally fall asleep again.
I think what pisses me off is that there was no warning from her, no respect for someone who is blatantly home, and it seems like all she cares about is herself. This isn't the first time I've been the last thought on her mind when she has a party, and I've already been getting sick of the fact that this house is disgusting and no one has privacy around here. I'm ready to leave, this is bullshit. I'd rather be crashing on Pat's couch or leaving early at this point. I don't see why people have to be so rude to roommates. It doesn't make sense to me. I can understand wanting to have a party, but come on. I'm pretty easy-going and not that hard to calm down. You just made one day of bad moods turn in to two days. And now I've lost some respect for you. If any of my alcohol is gone, I'm going to be pissed.
Current song - Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Leaky Con 2011: Lit Day
How do I even begin? I don't. I have no idea how to because I know that anything I say will be nothing compared to what I have experienced today. Wow.
I needed to blog about this tonight [and since my photos/videos are still uploading, this is a great time to do so] because I have never been so overwhelmed and happy for so long in my life. Let me just start this by saying that the Harry Potter fandom is a place that I can truly let go and know that no matter what, I will be loved. That's the kind of people that are at this Con. People that don't judge you, open their hearts to you, and genuinely care about you the second they meet you. I love it and I can't get enough of these people! I've already made at least 7 new friends from the USA, Australia, Sweden, and Norway. I can't wait to meet as many people as I can and learn more about this community of people.
Now, for Lit Day. These authors are amazing. I can't help but admire the fact that not only are they here at a conference for Harry Potter nerds, but that all of the authors write Young Adult novels for a living. They enjoy reaching out to our generation, a group of young people, and showing us different ideas and collaborations and stories that can define us later. It's so powerful and basically throughout the whole day I was sitting there in awe of these amazing people in front of me. I sat in on "How Books Saved My Sanity" and how we can all share a common love for books and reading and how it affects or is affected by social media. That was fun, but it was more like a teaser to the rest of the day. It gets much more interesting.
We then decided to talk about vampires. A lot of people came in grumbling about Twilight, but yet they still sat down and waited to hear what would be discussed....it was awesome. We did discuss Twilight and why it is or isn't good, but we also went back to Dracula, brought up some Buffy, and learned that there are tens of thousands of novels written about vampires. My favorite part of it is someone telling us a story about her friend that hated reading before she picked up the Twilight books. Now she is an avid reader, and isn't any way in to a literate, appreciative world a good thing? I really enjoyed the insight that people gave to this panel because while it gave us some playful banter it also gave us a way to look past crappy vampire stories and in to the heart of literature.
I was coerced in to attending "The Scott Westerfield Experience" by some of my new Australian friends and I can honestly say that I am very happy that I stayed for that. I have never been more intrigued by war in my life, and that's saying something since my dad is obsessed with WWII. Grabbing a girly girl princess-lover's attention with an adventure about WWI is a feat and I do believe that he has gotten me curious. It was definitely worth the hour that I spent hearing an amazing way to look at war.
We had a short lunch break [I went for Starbucks and popcorn] and I returned to the "Love and Romance" panel. I know, you're shocked that I chose that panel to attend. I loved everything about this panel because romance novels and teenage literature are almost always intertwined and yet are also fought against just as much. John Green said that reading material given in school is not for the parents, but for their children and it really struck a chord with me because being from Alabama I completely understand what it's like to have parents fight for what their children should and shouldn't read or learn about and I think that it's a little crazy. We also discussed everything from the 'clean teen' type YA novels to the 'good blow job' YA novels that give details. Overall it was a great panel to sit in on and I had a nice guest with me. Libba. Bray. That woman, ahhhh. She is so sweet and we laughed a lot at what was being said on the panel today. I said it earlier today to a friend but it's so refreshing to know that authors [and famous people, YouTubers, wrockers, etc] are just as happy and excited to be here as we are. It's so good to know that they enjoy us just as much as we enjoy them and their writing. I honestly look up to Libba and I hope that I get the chance to meet her again.
The last panel of the day that I got to see was "I Was a Teenage Author" and let me just say that I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Each author read works they had written as a child or teenager and OMG were they hilarious. Stephanie Perkins read her journal and I feel like I write similarly, but that's okay. I'm not aiming to be an author, just a blogger. I cannot believe how funny it all was.
The last part of Lit Day was a keynote with Arthur A. Levine who published the US versions of Harry Potter and many other things. He was very inspiring and it really humbled me to sit in the room with one of the people that Jo Rowling trusts. Not only that, but to have him trust us as an audience, that was amazing.
I need to sleep but here are a few quotes from the day:
On asexual relationships:
"I'm surprised I only got one 'woo' for that."
-John Green
"You only need one."
-Scott Westerfield
On sex:
"I'm not that interested in [writing] it...I think it's pretty widely covered without me."
-John Green
On writing:
"You should never compare your first draft to someone else's final draft."
-Ally Carter
On love options:
"It's not about who you should be with, it's about who you should be."
-Ally Carter
The opening festivities of the con were AMAZING. A proposal, an amazing video, small performances by Hank Green, HatP, Potter Puppet Pals, StarKid, and one more....it was all awesome.
I'm ready for Day 1 of the con!!!
Current song - Accio Deathly Hallows - Hank Green
I needed to blog about this tonight [and since my photos/videos are still uploading, this is a great time to do so] because I have never been so overwhelmed and happy for so long in my life. Let me just start this by saying that the Harry Potter fandom is a place that I can truly let go and know that no matter what, I will be loved. That's the kind of people that are at this Con. People that don't judge you, open their hearts to you, and genuinely care about you the second they meet you. I love it and I can't get enough of these people! I've already made at least 7 new friends from the USA, Australia, Sweden, and Norway. I can't wait to meet as many people as I can and learn more about this community of people.
Now, for Lit Day. These authors are amazing. I can't help but admire the fact that not only are they here at a conference for Harry Potter nerds, but that all of the authors write Young Adult novels for a living. They enjoy reaching out to our generation, a group of young people, and showing us different ideas and collaborations and stories that can define us later. It's so powerful and basically throughout the whole day I was sitting there in awe of these amazing people in front of me. I sat in on "How Books Saved My Sanity" and how we can all share a common love for books and reading and how it affects or is affected by social media. That was fun, but it was more like a teaser to the rest of the day. It gets much more interesting.
We then decided to talk about vampires. A lot of people came in grumbling about Twilight, but yet they still sat down and waited to hear what would be discussed....it was awesome. We did discuss Twilight and why it is or isn't good, but we also went back to Dracula, brought up some Buffy, and learned that there are tens of thousands of novels written about vampires. My favorite part of it is someone telling us a story about her friend that hated reading before she picked up the Twilight books. Now she is an avid reader, and isn't any way in to a literate, appreciative world a good thing? I really enjoyed the insight that people gave to this panel because while it gave us some playful banter it also gave us a way to look past crappy vampire stories and in to the heart of literature.
I was coerced in to attending "The Scott Westerfield Experience" by some of my new Australian friends and I can honestly say that I am very happy that I stayed for that. I have never been more intrigued by war in my life, and that's saying something since my dad is obsessed with WWII. Grabbing a girly girl princess-lover's attention with an adventure about WWI is a feat and I do believe that he has gotten me curious. It was definitely worth the hour that I spent hearing an amazing way to look at war.
We had a short lunch break [I went for Starbucks and popcorn] and I returned to the "Love and Romance" panel. I know, you're shocked that I chose that panel to attend. I loved everything about this panel because romance novels and teenage literature are almost always intertwined and yet are also fought against just as much. John Green said that reading material given in school is not for the parents, but for their children and it really struck a chord with me because being from Alabama I completely understand what it's like to have parents fight for what their children should and shouldn't read or learn about and I think that it's a little crazy. We also discussed everything from the 'clean teen' type YA novels to the 'good blow job' YA novels that give details. Overall it was a great panel to sit in on and I had a nice guest with me. Libba. Bray. That woman, ahhhh. She is so sweet and we laughed a lot at what was being said on the panel today. I said it earlier today to a friend but it's so refreshing to know that authors [and famous people, YouTubers, wrockers, etc] are just as happy and excited to be here as we are. It's so good to know that they enjoy us just as much as we enjoy them and their writing. I honestly look up to Libba and I hope that I get the chance to meet her again.
The last panel of the day that I got to see was "I Was a Teenage Author" and let me just say that I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Each author read works they had written as a child or teenager and OMG were they hilarious. Stephanie Perkins read her journal and I feel like I write similarly, but that's okay. I'm not aiming to be an author, just a blogger. I cannot believe how funny it all was.
The last part of Lit Day was a keynote with Arthur A. Levine who published the US versions of Harry Potter and many other things. He was very inspiring and it really humbled me to sit in the room with one of the people that Jo Rowling trusts. Not only that, but to have him trust us as an audience, that was amazing.
I need to sleep but here are a few quotes from the day:
On asexual relationships:
"I'm surprised I only got one 'woo' for that."
-John Green
"You only need one."
-Scott Westerfield
On sex:
"I'm not that interested in [writing] it...I think it's pretty widely covered without me."
-John Green
On writing:
"You should never compare your first draft to someone else's final draft."
-Ally Carter
On love options:
"It's not about who you should be with, it's about who you should be."
-Ally Carter
The opening festivities of the con were AMAZING. A proposal, an amazing video, small performances by Hank Green, HatP, Potter Puppet Pals, StarKid, and one more....it was all awesome.
I'm ready for Day 1 of the con!!!
Current song - Accio Deathly Hallows - Hank Green
Disney really is a dream come true!!
Okay, I'm writing this as my first Disney vacation of the month and my first day of LeakyCon pictures upload, so if it's short and sweet, deal with it. I'm running on low energy but I really wanted to blog tonight about one of the sweetest things I've ever seen in my life.
I think that this conference, not getting much Disney work, and the stress of playing the role of 'Tour Guide Kelly' in Orlando for the next 2 weeks is taking a toll on my emotions because I find myself on the verge of tears at very cute, but not very tear-worthy, situations. This one actually WAS tear worthy in my opinion, but I'll let you judge it for yourself.
So my cousin and her family got to Disney on Sunday and I took them [her, the husband, and their 2 girls] to Magic Kingdom for two days. These two girls are 16 months and almost 3 years old so I really wanted to make this a magical and believable vacation. We had a great first day in the park and headed back to the resort for nap time and then we met later on in the day to go to 1900 Park Fare which is a dinner with Cinderella, Prince Charming, Lady Tremaine, Anastacia, and Drizella. All 5 of the characters were so sweet and adorable with the girls and it was the first time all day I'd seen the older girl get really excited by characters.
At the end of the meal music began to play throughout the restaurant and an announcer said that it was time for a dance. I held the younger girl and we watched Cinderella and Prince Charming dance together while the stepsisters made fun and were awkward as usual. The song ended and it seemed that they would go back to meeting with the children. I looked up again and I see Prince Charming dancing with a little princess. Adorable, right? It gets better. Cinderella had chosen a dance partner too. The oldest man in the restaurant. He was so sweet, obviously having the best time he's had on vacation, and Cinderella is enjoying herself too and all I could do was tell Elliott how amazing it was, smiling my cheeks off with tears streaming down my face. Isn't that AMAZING?!
It might not sound too sweet in writing, but in person, I was melting. It was one of those nostalgic moments for me to realize that I really do work for a magical company and I know that everyone is a kid at heart, waiting to be recognized and loved.
Current song - So This is Love - Cinderella
I think that this conference, not getting much Disney work, and the stress of playing the role of 'Tour Guide Kelly' in Orlando for the next 2 weeks is taking a toll on my emotions because I find myself on the verge of tears at very cute, but not very tear-worthy, situations. This one actually WAS tear worthy in my opinion, but I'll let you judge it for yourself.
So my cousin and her family got to Disney on Sunday and I took them [her, the husband, and their 2 girls] to Magic Kingdom for two days. These two girls are 16 months and almost 3 years old so I really wanted to make this a magical and believable vacation. We had a great first day in the park and headed back to the resort for nap time and then we met later on in the day to go to 1900 Park Fare which is a dinner with Cinderella, Prince Charming, Lady Tremaine, Anastacia, and Drizella. All 5 of the characters were so sweet and adorable with the girls and it was the first time all day I'd seen the older girl get really excited by characters.
At the end of the meal music began to play throughout the restaurant and an announcer said that it was time for a dance. I held the younger girl and we watched Cinderella and Prince Charming dance together while the stepsisters made fun and were awkward as usual. The song ended and it seemed that they would go back to meeting with the children. I looked up again and I see Prince Charming dancing with a little princess. Adorable, right? It gets better. Cinderella had chosen a dance partner too. The oldest man in the restaurant. He was so sweet, obviously having the best time he's had on vacation, and Cinderella is enjoying herself too and all I could do was tell Elliott how amazing it was, smiling my cheeks off with tears streaming down my face. Isn't that AMAZING?!
It might not sound too sweet in writing, but in person, I was melting. It was one of those nostalgic moments for me to realize that I really do work for a magical company and I know that everyone is a kid at heart, waiting to be recognized and loved.
Current song - So This is Love - Cinderella
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