I'm still not the biggest fan of twitter at the moment, you guys. It wasn't that long ago that things were different. I can't even say why.

Tumblr:
I keep putting up new writings on tumblr & people keep "liking" and reblogging them like crazy. I have gotten a few new followers who came just for my writing. That means a lot to me, guys, thank you. I don't know who you people are, but I love you. Thanks for reminding me that I can do this thing. (And if I'm being honest, I'd like to say that some day I want to make a book out of all these little things. I hope my novels do well enough in the future that I will be able to do that.)

Which brings me to the next thing... (oddly enough, copy-pasted from my tumblr)
I don’t know why I’m doing this anymore, honestly, except that I’m afraid that I wouldn’t know what else to do. It’s not for much longer, I tell myself. You can make it through all right, all you have to do is keep going. Just a little bit longer. But what then? What happens when this part of my life is over with? When I have nothing else to go on to? This was as far as my plans went, and I don’t even know if I want this anymore. What happens when the path isn’t clear? Where do we go from here?

This icon isn't very appropriate to this post, I just wanted to show it off. My first Glee! icon!

I hate facebook right now.
I love love love tumblr.
I am somewhere in between with twitter, but I still love it.
What does that make LiveJournal? Home.

Sleep until noon: Check
Spend a lot of time online: Check
Watch Elf: Check
Watch A Muppet Christmas Carol: Check
Watch my new Spongebob dvds: (no seriously, I own the 1st season now)
Get my Christmas cards finished: HAH.
Wrap presents: HAHAHAHAHAA.
Write: Check

Hey guys, check it out, I have a new layout! It uses firefly art by Kurt Halsey and lyrics from Sanctus Real's song Half Our Lives

Mia macchina é non che bene in maltempo, specialmente neve. Mi ci è voluto un ora di guidare a casa da scuola oggi. Non mi piace la neve! Ma, no lavoro oggi, grazie a CBJ.

Oggi è stata finale data di chimica laboratorio, yay!

Non ho molto da scrivere, ma io non volevo spam twitter con l'italiano. Scusi!

Gah. Ho bisogno di studiare l'italiano ancora una volta . Io non aspetto per l'Estate! Ma, non so su altre classi ancora. Probabilmente un corso di letteratura? Non lo so.

Anche, mangio la lasagne adesso! É molto bene!

Jez: It's too close for comfort
Reneé: What'd you say?
Jez: ... I was singing Disturbia
Reneé: By Rhianna?
Jez: Is there another song called Disturbia?
Reneé: Isn't there a band called Disturbia?
Jez: There's a band called Disturbed. And a movie called Disturbia.
Reneé: Oh. Well...glad to see you're up on your distur...
Jez: My disturbing pop culture references?
Reneé: Yes, that.

10:03:17 PM Mike: Yell at Shelley.
10:03:22 PM Jez: For?
10:03:38 PM Mike: Tell her Grilled Cheese with Ham, Bacon, and Tomato is something Jason Todd would DEFINITELY MAKE for Inez, when served with soup.
10:03:59 PM Mike: She's like. "Can't see Jason going in and being like "HEY GRILLED CHEESE" "
10:04:34 PM Jez: Oh. that I can totally get behind.
10:04:39 PM Mike: *highfive*
10:04:45 PM Jez: *highfive*

10:04:25 PM Jez: Dude, who doesn't like grilled cheese? Grilled cheese is like the best thing ever.
10:04:36 PM Shelley: I never said it wasn't!
10:04:43 PM Shelley: I just said Jason Todd probably wouldn't COOK one.
10:05:00 PM Jez: Why not?! ANYONE can make grilled cheese! Even Jason Todd!
10:05:12 PM Shelley: AND
10:05:17 PM Shelley: I didn't say he COULDN'T make it
10:05:25 PM Jez: If he's making a decision between grilled cheese and something else. And he's choosing something else, he's choosing wrong.
10:05:32 PM Shelley: It's for Inez
10:05:36 PM Shelley: Who
10:05:41 PM Shelley: would like grilled cheese, yeah
10:05:44 PM Shelley: but he'd have to make like
10:05:47 PM Shelley: ten of them.
10:05:52 PM Jez: Even better!
10:06:01 PM Jez: 10 grilled cheeses is like 10 times better
10:06:13 PM Jez: I would love a guy who made me grilled cheese. Inez would appreciate it
10:12:08 PM Shelley: me too, actually
10:12:13 PM Shelley: But I think Jason's going the
10:12:21 PM Shelley: "What do have readily available route"
10:12:54 PM Jez: That totally works for grilled cheese!! You only need a few ingredients!
10:13:00 PM Shelley: No
10:13:04 PM Shelley: I mean quite literally
10:13:08 PM Shelley: no cooking or microwave
10:13:24 PM Shelley: ...but we'll see
10:13:26 PM Shelley: I may still do it.
10:13:34 PM Jez: Grilled cheese is the way to a girl's heart!
10:18:23 PM Shelley: THERE
10:18:24 PM Shelley: he did it.
10:18:45 PM Jez: *happy* *accomplished*
10:19:37 PM Shelley: hahaha
10:19:39 PM Shelley: you should be.
10:19:48 PM Jez: *totally is*

10:19:14 PM Jez: Annnnnnnd success
10:19:15 PM Mike: VICTORY
10:19:19 PM Mike: *HIGHFIVE*
10:19:24 PM Jez: *HIGHFIVE*

I have one week left of fall semester! I just remembered that. Also, I just realized that I don't have exams or classes next Monday, my day off from work, so this means I can sleep ALL DAY. I am EXCITED for that!

Next week is also my last week at the store. CBJ told me I get to keep my 25% discount and that he is going to work every week to eventually guilt me back into working for him. Because yes I will still be there every week for comics. I am an addict, haha.

This weekend is Christmas at my dad's house, for my immediate family, not the Novos. It's early because Tanya's kids are spending Christmas with their dad out in Colorado. I am ready for this too, I have everyone's gifts already! I just need to wrap them.

19 days til Gaby gets here! I AM SUPER EXCITED, YO.

I just went through my pockets of my winter coat (which so badly needs to be washed, omg) and I found a Starbucks giftcard! The receipt is hard to read, but I think it has $4 on it, that's enough for a venti hot chocolate! I AM SO GOING TODAY. Today is also the day of the first snow of the season, so it's perfect timing, I think.

I'm gonna break out my winter icons now.

Not getting my hopes up. That is all.

...but that doesn't mean I can't want it. Because I do. I really, really do.

Y'know, I'm afraid to tag these sometimes?

Thing 1: I FINISHED NANOWRIMO. HELLS YEAH. I FEEL EPIC.
I was harrdcore, I was an epic writing god like Donna Noble, I wrote 50,000 words in 30 days. What now!
I also plan on finishing my novel this week if my two big school projects tomorrow don't kill me first.

Thing 2: I have 4 GoogleWave invites sitting here waiting for good homes. Do you want one? Leave a comment below.
I'll post my thoughts on it once I've had time to play around with it some more & gather more research. I'm probably going to have to read the entire Scalzi piece on it too, oy.

Normally I go shopping some time around the middle of December BUT NOT THIS YEAR! (Note/warning: I has a fever, I will be writing ALL CRAZY like)

So yesterday was "Christmas" with the Novos and I got a calendar with pictures of Italy and a weird bookmark that my dad thought was OH SO COOL but wasn't (OH WELL) and then $25 in Borders gift certificates!

Today, I worked from 6:30-2 then I went to bother chrischibigurl and we went to Wal-Mart! Where I bought stuff! Then I brought her home and went into Orland to buy more stuff! And after 14 hours of being gone, I finally made it home where I am now! EXCITING, RIGHT?!

Anyway, I have a LOT of my shopping done IN ONE DAY. I AM JUST THAT EPIC, OKAY?!

Momma - Ovenmitts! Like she asked for! Only, they don't make the kind she wants anymore.
Kayla - Footloose! (I kind of wanted this for myself)
Reneé - P.S. I Love You
Joe - 2 disc dvd set of Mouse Hunt & Paulie
Nick - Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Dad - 3 dvd set of Day After Tomorrow, I Robot, & Independence Day
Tanya - pretty necklace/earring set
Austin - Happy Feet
Victoria - Annie
Aubrey - Strawberry Shortcake memory card game
Chris - HAH. Not saying, but she'll love it
Jen - NOT SAYING but she will also love it. AND SHE WILL ACT SURPRISED.
Karina - THIS IS THE BEST EVAH. SHE WILL LOVE IT & BE LEGIT SURPRISED.
Casye - WILL ACT THE MOST SURPRISED SHE'S EVER BEEN.

People still to buy for:
Gaby
Jenny
Toni
Hilary
Joe
Mike

IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE LIST AND WE ARE EXCHANGING PRESENTS, I WOULD LIKE SOME WARNING.

Also, leave an address if I don't already have it & I WILL SEND YOU A CARD!

In that I so rarely use it & I'm just like "ah, can't you check nerdsomewriters & twitter & tumblr instead?" but I should really try to keep up over here, this is my safe place, after all.

I have been so busy with NaNo and school and work and family and drama lately, it's insane.

NaNo: I broke 35k today after forcing myself to sit at Panera for a few hours. I was at Starbucks for 30 minutes before I was going stir crazy (and had finished my hot chocolate, the size of which they got WRONG), so I went across the parking lot to Panera where I got a pop that I must have refilled 3 times (once with water though, so I'm still somewhat good). All that caffeine is making me start to crash right now. I keep thinking that Sportacus would be so disappointed in me, haha. Ohhh my brain. Anyway, I'm a few thousand behind in NaNo, but I hope to catch up between tonight & tomorrow, if I can. I am determined to finish! I've already broken my goal of doing better than before, which was 25k. I know that I can actually do this though. Let's just hope it doesn't come down right to the wire...

School: Ugh, all my big projects are due now or within the next few weeks. There is only 1 day left this week and even then I only have two classes (our break starts at 12 on Wednesday). After that I have 3 weeks left in the semester. That is so crazy to think about. I am halfway through my junior year of college. Damn, I'm old. My theology paper practically killed me yesterday, I worked on it for about 6 hours, I kid you not. I am so glad I am done with theology after this. My big chemistry presentation is due the Wednesday after break, so in about a week, and I haven't started it yet. So is the way of the Jez. Comms project is due at the end of the semester, so I still have some time on that. Huck Finn paper due the same day as my chem project, oy. La fine del semestre non é cosí divertente. Seriamente.

Work: JC is going alright, we hired a new lady who knows nothing about anything, but I'm done training her and it's Faye's problem now. I don't work any of the same days as her and Jess always works between our shifts, so I won't worry about it too much for now. She'll catch on...so long as Megan & Leslie are teaching her instead of just Faye.
As for the store, I put in my notice there. I can't keep driving 40 minutes from school just to work 2 hours. After comics I am breaking even, I think. I'll be loosing money on the deal, because I'll still be buying comics, and my discount might go down (from 25% to 10% as I'll still be a subscriber), but the time I'll be saving will be worth it. CBJ said that when summer rolls around if I still need/want a job, I'm more than welcome to come back. So, that's good, I might take him up on that, if only for the summer, because senior year is going to be hectic.

Family: Ugh, both my families expect so much from me this time of year. I only have so much time to give everyone and my dad is really pushing me lately. He's not happy about me either not coming or showing up late to "Christmas" on Friday, but he really should have told me ahead of time so I could have figured something out for work. He knows I work every Friday, so he can't really expect me to be able to show up on such short notice. Whatever.

Drama: Hah. Yeah right, so not putting that up here.

I think that's it. I'm going to go watch last week's Grey's (with SEABIRD OMGOMGOMGOMG. Sorry, but, I love them. A lot. A lot alot.) and maybe some Castle, then writewritewrite some more.

Schedule:
Monday: writewritewrite
Tuesday: work 8-12; writewritewrite; dinner with Tep & Her Mike (I actually do call him that); hanging out with Chris?
Wednesday: school 9-12; work ? - ?; writewritewrite; hanging out with Chris?
Thursday: Rockford for Thanksgiving with the cousins, writewritewriting (Yes, I will be bringing my laptop, but the no wifi will kill me)
Friday: work ? - ?; Holpuch Christmas?; writewritewriting
Saturday: work 6:30-2
Sunday: finally relax. And writewritewriting.

First, before all else, I miss you, man. What happened to us? I miss us, the people we were when we were around each other. I miss the slide in my backyard, and bubble gum cigarettes, and beanie babies, and Play-Doh, and bike school, and crazy bones. I’ve known you since we were four years old, only now, it doesn’t feel like I know you anymore. What was it about high school that drove us apart? Was it the sicknesse? Was it Michael? We’ve forgotten how to be us, and I don’t know how to fix that. I want that back, if we could. I want to knock on your door and ask you to come out to play and for us to ride our bikes to the park or around the cul-de-sac and for us to be us again. I don’t friggin care if we’re twenty now, I miss us at five, at eight, at ten, and at thirteen. I’d even settle for us at fifteen, so long as I had you again. I miss you dude, that’s all.

Love always,
Jez

justwanderlust: Alright Twitter! My next 26 tweets are going to be part of an #alphabetgame!
justwanderlust: But you probably don't care
typesetjez: Can other people join in too?
colorxinverted: Definitely, they should!
typesetjez: Even though @justwanderlust hasn't answered me yet? #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Forget @justwanderlust, this is our game now!
typesetjez: Good, because I'm having fun! #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Heck, I keep forgetting the tag. #alphabetgame
typesetjez: It's okay, I'm putting this in notepad to post on LJ later! #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: @justwanderlust should join back in! #alphabetgame
typesetjez: Karina, I don't think she can, she's tweeting from her phone now. She can't see ours! #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Lamesauce! #alphabetgame
typesetjez: Man, I know, I am so disappointed right now. #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Now where do we go from here? #alphabetgame
typesetjez: Off-topic, as always? #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Pshaw, can't we at least try to stay on topic? #alphabetgame
typestejez: Quite the opposite, we suck at staying on topic even in regular conversation! #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Really? I hadn't noticed. #alphabetgame
typesetjez: Srsly. #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Totally. #alphabetgame
typesetjez: Usually we have more CAPSLOCK though. #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Very much more CAPSLOCK indeed. #alphabetgame
typesetjez: Why is that? #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Xylophone absence? #alphabetgame
typesetjez: You're ridiculous. #alphabetgame
colorxinverted: Zenith of ridiculousness I am! #alphabetgame


I love my friends XD

Stolen from phantasm_huzzah, rose_sparrow, & queenofspades89
I can do this because I wrote 3,010 today. IN TWO HOURS. I have 300 more words until I'm caught up. I CAN SO DO THIS.
( Cut because it's LONG )

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.