MintyPineapple Just saw Zombieland. I want to kill some zombies now.
myfoolishlove: @MintyPineapple Crazy! I just saw Zombieland as well
MintyPineapple: @myfoolishlove We should've seen it together. Like a date.
typesetjez: @Aleon_ See Toni, @MintyPineapple is trying to pick up @myfoolishlove. You don't need him. It's okay, I'm here for you babe.
MintyPineapple: @typesetjez I will fight you. Or you know... slap you and run away
myfoolishlove: @Mintypineapple That sounds a little bit gay...but yeah. We should have.....you queer.
typesetjez @MintyPineapple How manly of you.
MintyPineapple @typesetjez *grunts*
Aleon_ Not that I'm picking sides but out of the two of you @typesetjez is probably the more manly
typesetjez @Aleon_ "A great big muscley super big super hot man!"
MintyPineapple @Aleon_ You speak truths.
Aleon_ @typesetjez @Mintypineapple Can't I just have you both?
MintyPineapple @Aleon_ ...at the same time?
typesetjez @Aleon_ Does that mean we have to share @MintyPineapple? Because I don't think I want that. But we can take turns!
Aleon_ @typesetjez, Wait share @mintypineapple? I thought you were only interested in me!
typesetjez @Aleon_ That's exactly my point. I only want you, not a package deal
MintyPineapple @Aleon_ @typesetjez I'm not sure whether to be amused, confused, aroused, or upset right now.
typesetjez @MintyPineapple Personally I'm pretty amused
MintyPineapple @typesetjez I think I'm a weird combo of all four.
Aleon_ @Mintypineapple Hey you started it! all flirting with @myfoolishlove. @typesetjez was there for me!
MintyPineapple @Aleon_ I'm only with him for the sex, you know that.
typesetjez @Aleon_ @MintyPineapple I would never leave you for @myfoolishlove Toni, you know that.
Aleon_ @typesetjez @Mintypineapple Gee, December's gunna be awkward...
typesetjez @Aleon_ I just feel bad for @catcherofthekey...
MintyPineapple @Aleon_ Or a mass orgy of fun.
loonypants @MintyPineapple o.O
Aleon_ @loonypants You just came into the conversation didn't you?
typesetjez @loonypants @Aleon_ lol that was the most awkward point to come into the conversation, I think. XD
loonypants @Aleon_ actually no. i am just raising my eyebrow at joe.
Aleon_ @loonypants Your eyebrows will get tired.
loonypants @Aleon_ nah. i have eyebrow power!
typesetjez @loonypants @Aleon_ Don't under estimate the power of the eyebrow!
loonypants @typesetjez if i do it for long enough, it freaks people out.
typesetjez @loonypants That IS power!
loonypants @typesetjez me freaking them out usually brings out my maniacal laughter
Aleon_ @mintypineapple @typesetjez @loonypants Right, can I just say, you're all delightful weird. Thanks.
typesetjez @Aleon_ @MintyPineapple @loonypants We're getting off topic. The point is, I would make a fantastic boyfriend.
MintyPineapple @Aleon_ @typesetjez @loonypants I can lick my eyebrows... ladies.
typesetjez @MintyPineapple I'm not sure if you meant that to impress us or really creep us out.
Aleon_ @typesetjez I'm not sure HE knows.
MintyPineapple @typesetjez *slowly continues to lick eyebrows while staring at you*
typesetjez @MintyPineapple save it for @myfoolishlove

Interim
Writing the Great American Novel - MTWRF 1-4

Spring 2010
Monday
9:00-9:50 Theo 122
11:00-11:50 Eng 272: Britain/American Colonial Literature
12:30-1:20 Comm 301: Comm Theory (with Dr Mattson)
1:30-2:20 History 104: European & Western Culture

Tuesday
8:00-12:00 Work @ JC
12:30-1:50 Comm 333: Ethics of Communication
2:00-3:20 Eng 321: Advanced Writing (with Dr Dieleman, my advisor, she will be happy about this)

Wednesday
9:00-9:50 Theo 122
11:00-11:50 Eng 272: Britain/American Colonial Literature
12:30-1:20 Comm 301: Comm Theory (with Dr Mattson)
1:30-2:20 History 104: European & Western Culture
3:00-5:00ish Work @ AF

Thursday
8:00-12:00 Work @ JC
12:30-1:50 Comm 333: Ethics of Communication
2:00-3:20 Eng 321: Advanced Writing (with Dr Dieleman, my advisor, she will be happy about this)
4:00-8:00 Work @ JC

Friday
9:00-9:50 Theo 122
11:00-11:50 Eng 272: Britain/American Colonial Literature
12:30-1:20 Comm 301: Comm Theory (with Dr Mattson)
1:30-2:20 History 104: European & Western Culture
3:00-5:00ish Work @ AF

I've been posting my favourite/oddest sentences on my tumblr & I thought since I never update here, I'd share them all with you folks as well.

Chapter 1
“So, Rob Mason, what do you know about hobo-eating alligators?”

Chapter 2
She didn’t understand potatoes the way they did.
((I spend an awful lot of time talking about that silly potato))

Chapter 3
That one message, twelve lines long, had broken the strong old man.

Chapter 4
Everything was traded for safety. It was the one thing they had in abundance these days, if nothing else.

Chapter 5
“The price of convenience,” she said scornfully. “Everything is so convenient and so fast, and we lose sight of what’s really important anymore..."

Chapter 6
“Ah yes, those ever important minutes we’re saving with everything these days,” she commented. “Pretty soon we’ll have one thousand four hundred and forty of them, all to ourselves, to do whatever we wish.”

Chapter 7
“Do you remember that day?” Risty asked suddenly. She sat down in the clovers and continued staring up at the clouds.
“Which day?”
She turned her head quickly and looked him dead in the eye. “The day the sky fell.”

Chapter 8
Sometimes sharing a loss made it easier to lose, even if you had just met the person you’d be sharing with. They both needed something, and maybe the other one could help with it.

Chapter 9
It had a thermometer, barometer, seismometer, and every other kind of -ometer a man could have need for, and a screen to monitor them all from.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY lovely00lia!!! I LOVE YOU A LOT (spam part the 6th)

AND A SUPER SORRY LATE BIRTHDAY TO firejem325x (even though you got on on facebook, still sorry babe)

Presents will be at the end of the week. Or tomorrow. Whenever I have time, eek!

Today I had to explain the metric system to a client. She asked me how many ounces were in a pound, because she wanted to know how far away from the next pound she was, as according to our scale. I tried to tell her that our scale measures only in pounds, not ounces, and that the dot between the big number & the little number was called a decimal. She didn't understand and asked me how many decimal numbers were in the big number. I told her there were 10, and then it became a pound, as per the metric system. That really confused her. "That .8 is like 80% of a pound" We both gave up after that. She pretended to understand (she's not a very good actress either) & I pretended like I knew she wasn't lying.

She was at least 60. I really wonder about people sometimes.

Appropriate icon is oddly appropriate.

One of my best friends on campus is Emily, who is in my comms class. We are not allowed our computers in comms, so I realized today that even though she knows me well, she will probably never know me as well as the people who sit behind me in theology. They know the true extent of my internet addiction and the things I care about (class is in there, but below twitter & tumblr). If they have really good eyes, they know all about me & my novels.

I am that 1 in a million girl who will go crazy for cheesy pickup lines. Seriously. It was a great day in the world of Jez when Mike found that out, haha.

"There is an element called beautium, I see that you are made of it" ♥

This one my sister overheard once, and it makes me laugh. This one would not work on me, btw.
"Are those space pants, because your butt is out of this world"

Yesterday I went to the dentist...
+ My teeth are "perfect" & "awesome" and for some unknown reason this bothers queenofspades89
+ I need to get my wisdom teeth taken out, but I knew that one was coming. I call Dr. Kennedy on my way to work tonight, if I can remember.
+ On my chart my hygienist has written "a lot!" under "allergies" love her.
+ she also has a HUGE note that I am allergic to mint, y'know, because that's actually very important in a dentist office. I am so serious. I cannot tell you the number of times I've had an allergic reaction there. So, again, love her.
+ Also, it disappoints me that she can no longer call me Miss Green Shoes

Annnnnd this is me procrastinating studying for my theology test I have in 40 minutes!

IT IS FRIDAY. I have been waiting for Friday. Now I am waiting for Friday night. I can stay up late on a Friday for once (no work tomorrow, I'll be out of town) & Mike promised me Ghostbusters. This makes me happy :D
And tomorrow is SATURDAY! MICHIGAN HERE I COME! I'm gonna try to bring my computer with me, but I don't know if there will be wifi. I'll have my iPod & cell phone though, haha. Ohhh I am such an addict.

Reply to this post by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

My words from queenofspades89
Dr. Horrible
Tigger
Jamie Madrox
Twitter
Literature

This is very likely to change, probably a thousand times, before I graduate, but I had to make it for a class. Here are all the classes I need to take & when I can hopefully take them.

I picked up a double major today, with Communication Arts. I'm a full-fledged comms kid now! yay! I told Dr. M & he was so excited. He high-fived me :D

SPRING 2010
COMM 301 - COMM THEORY
COMM 333 - COMM ETHICS
COMM 280 - PRODUCTION DESIGN
ENG 280 - BRIT & US LIT FROM 1960-PRESENT
ENG 321 - ADVANCED WRITING

SUMMER 2010 - At JuCo
ENG 104 INTRO TO LIT
ENG 305 - SHAKESPEARE
COMM 234 - FILM STUDY

FALL 2010
ENG 274 - BRIT & US LIT 1789-1865
ENG 276 - BRIT LIT FROM 1860-1960
ENG 211 - LINGUISTICS
COMM 242 - MEDIA WRITING
COMM 348 - TOPICS IN MEDIA

SPRING 2011
ENG 330 - LIT OF OPPRESSION
COMM 355 - WEBCASTING PRACTICUM
ENG 303 - RHETORIC LIT & RISE OF ENGLISH
COMM 225 - ORAL INTERPRETATION
COMM 335 - VIDEO EDITING

FALL 2011
COMM 410 - SENIOR STUDY
ENG 410 - SENIOR STUDY
PE 112 - NUTRITION
PHIL 101 - PHILOSOPHY

Because mortal_sudoku started it & then loonypants copied it & the both asked me to join in. That, and it looks like fun.
( Jez's List of Things That Don't Suck )

I think maybe I'll add on to this list in the same way that Hayley G Hoover does "things that are sexy/unsexy" Because otherwise I'll never be able to stop writing on this entry.

So, I've figured out the problem of why I don't really post here anymore. It all has to do with me hating retelling stories. I've been telling my stories to Mike first, then whoever else might be interested. Or I put it up on twitter. Or tumblr. And by the time I get to LJ, I don't care as much anymore & there's no one really left to tell.

So...be happy that Mike isn't online tonight? (where IS he anyway?)
( We are all around you, even if you can't see us. Well, okay, we're not exactly invisible )

Fri 24 Sept - Jars of Clay & TFK (OMG) in Wheaton
Mon 28 Sept - Libba Bray at Anderson's (getting Great & Terrible Beauty signed for Chris!)
9 Oct - Fireflight at North Central in Naperville (with jenthepanda? I hope so!)
Tues 13 Oct - Julie Andrews!!!! At Tivoli Theatre (with Anderson's)
Sat 17 Oct - Angie Sage at Anderson's
Fri 13 Nov - Newsboys & Seventh Day Slumber at Olivet (I'd be able to go with my sister!)
Sun 15 Nov - Skillet, Hawk Nelson, Decyfer Down at the House of Blues in Chicago (COMBOWIN)


Shows:
+ In the Heights (15 Dec - 3 Jan) - Cadillac Palace
+ The Addams Family (13 Nov - 10 Jan) - Ford Oriental
+ Mamma Mia (19 Jan - 24 Jan) - Rosemont Theatre
+ The Drowsy Chaperone (6 Feb) - Paramount, Aurora

"Have fun on your get to go home day!" lol, gotta love Dominique.

About 5 minutes ago: typesetjez Um, can I just say one thing? OW.
(which Jimmy originally would not let me say, but now has allowed a small ow.)

About 3 minutes ago: OW OW OW OW OW OW OW.

Now: ...Okay. That wasn't so bad I guess. Better now. Hey, look! I can move!
Stomach pains. Not fun!

Anyway, I'm going to take it slow anyways. I had planned on that even before that random attack (why do these things happen to me?).

Things I want to do today:
+ Watch one of the westerns that Jimmy & Kim recommended to me
+ Maybe watch Coraline with Mike? Maybe on my own?
+ Read Teen Titans Year One (Joe's bday present from Mike that he is loaning me)
+ Finish reading City of Ember
+ Watch Merlin
+ Watch the rest of Little White Lie
+ Read comics from last week

Today I found out that Toni had never seen The Princess Bride and I was appalled! I went to tell Mike, who in turn told me that he had also never seen it. I was like "Okay. This ends here. We're watching it." (and after a long time of waiting for Mike & skype being stupid....) We all got in a group convo on skype & synched up our megavideos and watched it together.

AND IT WAS AWESOME.

That is quite possibly the most quotable movie of all time. AND I LOVE IT.
"My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."

Toni & Mike both also really liked it, so YAAAAAY.

And now I have an excuse to use this icon again :D

This being this whole post on LJ thing. You know why? Because my life is boring & tiring. I am really tired now. I almost fell asleep in my classes today! Kristen was nice enough to wake me up in theology--love her! Also, Dominique seems to think it is strange that I was going to tell Kristen I love her for that. I do stuff like this all the time! And she should get used to it, because I love Dominique too, even if she didn't try to keep me awake in comm or chem.

So yes, I am making friends, kinda. I hang out with Dominique sometimes in the cafeteria for lunch, but other than that, I have yet to be with anyone outside of class. Oh, except for the comm open house, which was a lot of fun! I hope I see Velvet again around campus, she was really nice.
Next Friday is the Comm field trip downtown, so I'll get to hang out with Dominique, Camille, & Jen! That'll be fun. I'm going to offer to drive all of them to the train station. I think they all live on campus & I know Jen doesn't have a car (she asked me to drive her to the village the other day, but I couldn't. Sadface.) and this will save on gas. And if they don't want to, that's fine because the station is about 1/3rd of the way to my house. But yeah, the trip down there should be a lot of fun :D

You all should go here and watch episode 1 of Monsters Anonymous, a cool webshow created by my friends Joe (rolandflakfizer) and Vince, with Ray & I doing some voice over guest star work! Whoo! So yes, you can hear me heckle people if you go to that link. Please do!

I met E. Lockhart on Wednesday. She's really nice and signed my shiny new copy of Disreputable History. And Jan at Anderson's gave me her business card so I can send her my info. I'm going to be her official teen reader for author events (like going out to dinner with them) and such, so that's really cool.

There, you got an update on my life! And good stuff too! Not me complaining about people like I thought about doing.

Jez Layman is proud of her best friend and his epic writing skillz.

Don't fret over what you didn't do, be proud for what you did.

+ got to school not just on time but EARLY. OMG.
+ Started off my day by watching part of X3 on tv while eating waffles. Yum!
+ Jammed to Chameleon Circuit on the way to school
+ Worked on my novel during my narrative class (and still paid attention! go me!)
+ Went to the BBC to drink my coke & eat my gummi butterflies (which are all gone now, sad)
+ Talked to sheismargo on skype :D
+ found out that iTunes 9 lets you share libraries with other people in the area/on your network. There are two girls on here who I want to find & tell them they are my musical soulmate. But I think they are elsewhere on campus.
Srsly, this girl had backyardigans. And "I am not an egg anymore" is the silliest song I have ever heard.

Now I must run off to theology!!

16 Sept, Weds: E. Lockhart at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, IL
24 Sept, Thurs: Michelle Zink at Borders in La Grange, IL -- I'd get to see Korianne!!
24 Sept, Thurs: Jon Scieszka & David Shannon at Anderson's -- Probably not :(
28 Sept, Mon: Libba Bray at Anderson's


Shows:
+ In the Heights (15 Dec - 3 Jan) - Cadillac Palace
+ The Addams Family (13 Nov - 10 Jan) - Ford Oriental
+ Mamma Mia (19 Jan - 24 Jan) - Rosemont Theatre
+ The Drowsy Chaperone (6 Feb) - Paramount, Aurora