Woohoo?

[memento1]

First off, I'd like to welcome my new friends - it's so exciting to have more fangirls to squee with! Why I'm taking on more friends when I can't even keep up with the ones I have is a good question. *L* Anyways, I will try!

Good news: A few days ago I payed off one of my student loans. Woo-freakin'-hoo! It was the SMALLER of my two student loans, but still, that's nice.

Bad news: Money issues still freaking me out. I need a second job by this fall or my income will be less than my expenses, and that's not even counting health insurance.

Neutral news: Have found an apartment (with a gay friend-of-a-friend who was also looking for cheap housing). It's one of the best deals I'm at all liable to find around here, so I'm taking it, but that means I have to turn down a sweet pet-sitting deal I would have had this winter (3+ months rent-free). Anyways, it's in a nice neighborhood closer to the zoo and, as I said, really freaking cheap compared to any other apartment. So, that's a relief but not really a relief at all because I still won't be able to make ends meet without another job. Gaaaaaahhhhh.

Let's move on to happier things, yes? Like, fandom! My Bones season 3 arrived and it's so shiny and happy and YAY. I immediately popped the first disk in the watch the tag scene of "Death in the Saddle". Oh, Booth's voice there makes me quiver. Heeeeee. And of course, FOX is driving me happily mad with anticipation for season 5. Lookit their teaser promos! LOOKIT!!!

*collapses in corner in fit of glee* GUYS! HE SAYS IT!! Those three sappy, silly, adorable words. This show will kill me. Or at least the wait until September 17th will. Which, BTW, is Zoo Day for the AZA Conference (The Oregon Zoo is hosting the AZA conference this year - easily the biggest zoo conference in the nation if not the world - and that's the day everyone visits the zoo), so I better get home on time. I will be in spasms of joy all day.

What else? My birthday went well - I went to a friend's house after work where we had pasta and blueberry pie, and my co-workers even got me a cake. Hee! It's a little sad that I still get so excited about birthday cake. ;) Anyways, yay!

Oh, oh, also! I discovered bloodwrites, who is a fantastic writer and has written a few great Bones novels (novellas? Anyways, really long, complicated, delicious stories). I'm in the middle of The Killer in the Classroom, which is thrilling, shippy, and set in Portland (!!), while The War in the Woods is hands-down my favorite Bones story yet. Each of the characters is so brilliantly captured, and it made me laugh and cry in equal measure. This is what I read through piles of FF.net crap hoping to find.

So, there you have it. I'm pretty much caught up on the past week of the flist, but I still feel out of the loop. How are you all doing?

Comments

[fiery-twilight.livejournal.com]

Yay for paying off loans! :D I haven't even started paying off loans yet (still in school), but I know it'll be a great feelings once I start getting them paid off. :)

OMG BONES. I totally agree with you; this show will be the death of me, I swear. I said the same thing of Doctor Who, and I'm still alive, so maybe it won't be. XD BUT STILL OMG.

Oooh, thanks for the fic recs! I've been dying for a decent Bones fic lately, so I'm totally gong to check those out! :D

[memento1.livejournal.com]

It's certainly not a good feeling when you're making payments, years away from being finished. *L*

*LOL* Of course I will die in a GOOD way. The anticipation, honestly, is the best part. HEEEEE!!

Glad to be of help! Normally I rely exclusively on recs and fic awards, but for some reason with Bones I've been back to slogging through anything I can find, hoping to stumble upon the good stuff. Do you know of any good ones?

[fiery-twilight.livejournal.com]

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I haven't even BEGUN to make payments...I'm not looking forward to it. D:

I usually find good Bones fics on www.bonesfansonline.com. :) They have excellent recs. One of my favorites on fanfiction.net is The Kissed That Missed. It's fluffy and adorable. ♥

[memento1.livejournal.com]

*L* Actually, I had found the bonesfanonline recs already and been going through them. Small world :)

[imperviousness.livejournal.com]

This will look up, monetary-wise, I'm sure! And yay you've found an apartment!

Thank goodness we have fandom to fall back on!

[imperviousness.livejournal.com]

BTW, I totally meant "Things" not "This." Ugh, sleep-deprived mind.

[memento1.livejournal.com]

I know! Although I have a tendency to use fandom as an escape from my problem instead of facing them. But darn it, it's a coping mechanism and it's working ;)

[hoshinekoyasha.livejournal.com]

Im glad bones is starting so early in September! Im sick of waiting for the summer season to be over

[memento1.livejournal.com]

I know! On the one hand this will be torture waiting, but on the other hand that really doesn't seem that far away - less than a month!

[ranee42.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I'm starting to freak out over money issues as well. :/ Good luck with yours! *hugs* I believe things will work out for us.. *nods firmly*

And yay for finding an apartment!! And for paying off a student loan! AND FOR FANGIRLING! Miss you dahling! *mwah*

[memento1.livejournal.com]

Awwww :( Well, I've been there (and am obviously STILL there), so you'll have good company and a shoulder to freak out on in your financial freak-outs. ;) And honestly, people seem surprised I am freaking out as they think I have things well in order. I am skeptical, but I also know I'm blowing things out of proportion.

I miss you toooooooooo!!! We need to fangirl sometime. *makes phone-hand signals at you*

[ranee42.livejournal.com]

It's easy to blow things out of proportion when it comes to money though. It's scary being an adult!

YES. WE MUST! It's been far too long!

And LOL, the day seeing 10.13 gets old for me is the day I've lost a part of myself.

[memento1.livejournal.com]

Hehehehehe. Is it bad that I just checked my phone and it's 10:13 and I grinned? *L* That will never, ever get old.

[wendelah1]

I have season three Bones to watch now, too.

[memento1.livejournal.com]

Haha, why? Did someone insist you watch them?

[at-midnight.livejournal.com]

I can't wait for Bones to start as well. By the way, hi, Fiona :). We used to comment on each other during Creative days. I guess I'm trying to revisit old friends. Would you like to be LJ friends again?

[memento1.livejournal.com]

Hi, Ami! Been a while. Of course I remember you. Friended. Although I have to be honest, I haven't been keeping up with my flist in months. Don't expect much ;)