Starr/Schuyler DIY Prompt Table for 10_hurt_comfort

Moving Away/Leaving	Scars	Violation	Adopt	Addiction
Mother's Day	Wheelchair	Overdose	Sick	Drunk
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Okay, while I still think soap fans are hardcore awesome, I have quickly learned they can be hardcore crazy too, lol. I've been a moderator at the SYTYCD fanfic board for around 3 YEARS, and I've never actually had to do anything modly, never had a problem there. (Granted, I suck and tend to disappear for months at a time from that board when the show's been off the air for a while, but I don't think there are any problems at those times either, lol). I recently became a mod at a Starr and Schuyler board, and within 2 WEEKS, we had Starr and Cole fans joining and trolling, posting insulting things about our couple and board members, and then, when they realized they just got banned and their posts deleted within hours when they did that, they started harassing our members through personal messages. Um, excuse you, stay the hell on your own board!

Anyway...I'm officially going to New Mexico State University, I'm signed up for orientation and sent in my housing deposit and everything. I really liked it there when I went for the tour, and an old friend goes there, so at least I'll know one person. I hope my roommate is awesome; I know all the college books warn you to be realistic and accept that you and your roommate might just tolerate each other at best, but dang it, I want us to be like cute movie best friends who meet by being each others college roomies, lol. Oh, benefit to these dorms? Suite style bathrooms, you only share with your roomie and the two people right next door to you. That's much better than a communal bathroom for the whole floor, which freaks me out. I'm a little nervous to be going out of state, all on my own, but I think it'll be good for me. My teacher gave me a really encouraging pep talk when I told him I was nervous about that, it made me feel better.

OH! I just remembered; I've been dying to get and figure out Sony Vegas for a long time now, since that's what all my favorite vidders on youtube use. I followed the directions on a certain youtube video to download the full version for free recently, and after watching a lot of tutorials and a lot of trial and error, I think I've got the hang of it! I'm definitely not great at it, but I'm happy with where I am for the first couple of weeks, and hopefully, I'll just get better with it as I go along. I'm pretty happy with the 2nd video I made using vegas, let's see if I can figure out how to embed it:


Lastly, I've decided I'm finally going to participate in one of the livejournal prompt challenges. They've always looked like fun, but I never had the time or inspiration to do one, but I have both now! I think I'm going to do 10_hurt_comfort first, I just need to decide which table of prompts I want to do first. Should be good times!

I enjoy filling out internet surveys, so I stole one from Bri ^_^

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Okay, I'm better now, psycho fit has passed! By the way I have news; yay, my brother just booked a guest starring role on Grey's Anatomy, for the 100th episode! Phase 1 of my plan to get him famous so I can ride his coattails is underway! lol, I basically rambled on here, about soaps, college, career plans, and American Idol, so a cut is definitely needed!

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I'm in insane rant mode right now; I'll probably feel bad about this tomorrow and regret it, but whatever, I don't care at the moment, I'm seeing red and shaking. This is just for myself anyway, because if I don't rant somewhere, I'm going to have an emotional breakdown and I'm going to do something bad. Ignore me, I'll have a much friendlier post up tomorrow.

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[rant] Oh my God, I friggin hate youtube these days. Yes, I'm sure Nickelback will lose it if they find it out I made a fanvid for freaking Disney couples with one of their songs, good thing you deleted it. And how does effing Dick Clark Productions figure out which videos use SYTYCD footage and which don't?!?!? I have two SYTYCD fan videos that went through and are still working fine, but I just tried to reupload two of my older ones, and they were immediately disabled, what the effing hell?[/rant]

Ugh, just had to get that out somewhere.

Oh, boy, got a year? When my friends and I start discussing this topic, we can go on for hours. Well, it seems obvious, but most importantly, he has to really and truly love me, fully and unselfishly. He also has to love himself, because as Lifehouse says "You gotta love yourself if you can ever love me" :P I want him to be secure with himself, and confident- I find confidence sexier than anything. Confidence and a good sense of humor are probably my top 2 personality traits I look for. It's killing me not to go on like usual, lol, but I'm going to stop here because the prompt isn't for every single quality you want.

Aw, Titanic was just on last night, yay! I love that Titanic airs at least once any given month, I adore that movie so much. But depending on the mood I'm in, I'm known to stop watching when Rose tells Jack she's getting off the boat with him so I can pretend that's what happened, haha, it's what I did last night. Yay for make believe happy endings! Jack and Rose are just so epic, I swoon every time I watch it, they never get old. Y'know, I remember when I was really young, I was forced to see Titanic when it came out instead of Spice World like I wanted, and I was very mad about that, but it all went away when Leo came on screen- I can't decide if it's funny or scary that I've been in love with him for almost twelve years :P Ooh, I wonder if Titanic has a novelization, I should go look! There's another random little fact about me, I love reading movie novelizations. People always seem confused when I say this and I get "But...you already saw the movie!" Ah, see, in the hands of a good writer, movie novelizations expand upon the movie and you get to see it with so much more detail, it really improves the film. For example, if you like Star Wars and you haven't read the Revenge of the Sith novelization, you MUST. Even if you didn't really like the film I think you'd enjoy the book, it's just stunning.

General Hospital talk time again! Under a cut for spoilers and length, as I bitch and moan and discuss my new couple obsession. Since the show is frustrating me so much lately, I'm only watching on and off and it's hard to catch up with soaps if you miss even just one day, so I might have a couple things wrong here.

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Well, this looked like a good one to answer! When I made this account, my biggest obsessions were Buffy and Star Wars. Summers is Buffy's last name, Skywalker Anakin and Luke's, but SummersSkywalker sounded awkward while I thought SummerSkywalker sounded pretty, so there you go. It's not what I would choose now, but I don't hate it.

Today was a pretty good day, I've been in a good mood. I did a lot of geometry, and since my teacher let me switch to the easier version of the class, I'm understanding it SO much better. I actually get it now, it doesn't just look like a foreign language and make me want to cry and give up. Oh, I got my old teacher, the one I was sad about losing at the beginning of my journal, back, I'm SO happy about that. I almost don't want to leave school, just because I'm going to miss my teachers so much, that's the downside to loving them. My mom and I got delicious ice cream, that's always a plus. Oh, speaking of my mom, she and I watched The Secret Life of Bees last night and I LOVED it. It was fantastic, so moving and wonderful. I can't get over how good Dakota Fanning is. My mom and I cried like babies while my brother made fun of us, good times.

Random, but I was just playing it, and ZOMG, I am SO BAD at computer solitaire. Wanna hear my stats? I've played 279 games and won 17 of them. I only win 6 percent of the time. How is it humanly possible to suck so much?

I'm watching Friends right now, and I just have to say how much I love this show. I've seen every episode at least ten times, and yet I'm never sick of it. It always makes me laugh and it always makes me happy, what else could I ask for? ^_^

Yay for Ugly Betty tonight, I hope it's as good as last week was. I also hope my favs make it through on AI tonight. *Fingers crossed* If Nick/Norman goes through, I'm going to scream.

Oh, holy mother of crap, I did six miles on the bike machine at the gym today, and my legs are friggin killing me now. I'm proud of myself, though! The first day we went to the gym, my legs felt like they were on fire after two minutes on that thing and I had to stop, so this is big for me. I love having TVs on the equipment- I can make myself stay on so much longer when I get wrapped up in an episode of Friends than if I were just listening to music and staring at the time. I actually felt fine after we left the gym, it wasn't until about thirty minutes ago that they started aching like crazy. But I just have to push through that! I've lost about 9 pounds, which I'm so happy about. lol, only about 35 more to go until I'm at my ideal weight. Only about 20 until I'm at a good, healthy point, though.

SQUEE, I just got the best news. Background info- my mom manages a Jamba Juice, and we live about ten minutes from Six Flags. Someone in her Jamba Juice was asking her employees if they went to Six Flags all the time, and they all, of course, gave an emphatic no (for those who don't know, it seems that most people in Cali who go to Six Flags once don't make return trips. It's disgustingly dirty there, even the janitors just throw their crap on the ground, and most of the workers seem to be bored, snotty teenagers. Six Flags is good if you just want exciting rollercoasters, not a whole, happy package like you get with Disneyland, or hell, even Universal Studios) and started talking about how much they prefer Disneyland, which of course, makes me a proud, happy gal. The fact that my mom hasn't been to Disneyland in like, 7 years came up, and her friend there, who's already been begging my mom to go with her for a while, finally broke her, so now, sometime next month, my mom, my mom's friend, me, and my brother, who has only been once, a long time ago, and did hardly any of the best attractions, are going! Yay, I can rescue my family from their Disneyland lacking lives! Like a nerd, I'm already planning. I actually have a list of the best bathrooms in the park, I'm insane.

I'm going to be having an eventful couple of weeks. I'm finally getting my ears pierced sometime next week. I had them done when I was six, but got a really bad, painful infection, and that freaked me out so much that it's the reason I'm 17 and still don't have pierced ears, lol. I figure, what are the odds of it happening again, right? How unlucky would I have to be? Then, the week after that, I should be getting my driver's permit. Well, if I pass, I'm not going to assume, we all know what happens when you do that.

Oh, I forgot American Idol and Ugly Betty talk, excuse this second post! I'll put it under a cut for spoilers, just in case!

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I'm going to end on a weird, random note- for some reason, I have developed a strange love of the state of Vermont. Don't get me wrong, I only say strange because if you ask people their favorite state or where they want to travel, Vermont's not going to come up a lot, not because I think I necessarily shouldn't like Vermont, lol. I'm not sure where this comes from. Probably because it was the setting of a really cute, funny, YA romantic comedy book I just read. (Suite Dreams by Rachel Hawthorne. Fun, quick read, I recommend it if you like YA and you like rom-com.) It just looks SO gorgeous there, and like there's so many fun outdoorsey thing to do. The people seem really friendly there too. And for some reason, I love that the things they're known best for are maple syrup and teddy bears. I was very disappointed that I didn't like any of the colleges in Vermont enough to apply, lol.

This week I downoaded and watched all the episodes of Legend of the Seeker that have aired so far, and holy crap, I'm in love with this show, it's perfect. You can be in love with a TV show, right? Why did I wait so long to watch?! The individual characters and storyline and everything are fantastic (my future husband needs to be a Richard clone both in looks and personality, and Kahlan is my freaking hero, I want to be her when I grow up, 'nuff said. Plus Zedd is awesome and hilarious), but I'm not going to lie, my biggest draw is Richard/Kahlan. OTP, those two, best.ship.ever! And I ship about 2000 couples, so that's a big deal coming from me, lol :P I am currently in my super obsessed, must collect hundreds of icons, read all fics, watch and make fanvids, and weep with anticipation for the next episode stage. What's hilarious about this is that when they first started airing promos, I rolled my eyes and said it looked dumb. Oh, how things turn out ^_^

Speaking of fanvids, I'm making my first Richard/Kahlan one to a Trading Yesterday song right now, and guh, I love this band SO much. I hate that I didn't discover them when they were still together, I really wish they were. More Than This is my favorite album of all time now. Their music is just so moving and gorgeous, and tells such a wonderful story that I can't listen to their songs without planning fanvids in my head, hee.

I'm thinking about getting contacts, because I'm kind of sick of dealing with glasses, but I'm one of those people who gets really squeamish about their eyes sometimes, so I'm not sure how this is going to work, haha. My best friend uses contacts and assures me you get used to it quickly, so next time I have an eye appointment, I might try them. I have made improvements in regard to my eye issues- back in the day, my poor eye doctor must have hated appointments with me because I always flinched, jumped, shut my eyes, or jerked my head anyway anytime he came near my eyes, lol, and now I can actually get through an appointment! My other concern is that I'm just nearsighted and don't need glasses to see close, and I don't want to have to poke at my eyes to take them out every time I read, since that's often, but I think they can make the prescription so that it won't effect my close up sight or something...? I don't know what I'm talking about, I'll ask later, heh. Wanna hear something sad? The reason I'm considering contacts for the first time in seven years is because if I get into my first choice school, Chapman, I want to try and get a job at Disneyland, and even if that doesn't happen I intend to do their college program, and either way, I really want to play a character, and I started thinking about how whether I'm a face or a fuzzy, I wouldn't be able to wear glasses but will still need to see. Oh, Disney, the things you do to me. Speaking of Disney, I really wish I could find that "It's the time Of Your Life' songs they're using in their current ad campaign.

My thoughts on tonight's American Idol and last week's Ugly Betty, cut for spoilers.
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I really wish I had a hamburger right now. I'm trying to lose weight and get in shape, and I've been really good about going to the gym every day, but I'm still battling with cravings :P I'm a really picky eater, and unfortunately, all 7 or so of the foods I'll eat happen to be things like hamburgers and pizza. I'm getting better with portion control, though!

Anyway, on another note, I hate General Hospital SFM these days. I hate it so much that I feel a rant coming on. I don't know why I torture myself by continuing to watch.

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On a brighter note, YAY for Ugly Betty tonight! I like Jesse. If they're going to make me suffer and wait for Daniel/Betty, he's a good choice for her 'for now' guy. His song in his last episode was so sweet. Molly needs to die, though, I can't stand her. "Ooh, look, she climbs trees for no reason because it makes her feel childlike! She's so brassy, she'll demand Daniel donate money and steal his chinese food while she's at it. And look, she's so klutzy that she spills it on herself, how charming! She's so quirky!" *barf* Plus, I hate when Daniel and Betty's outside relationships get in the way of their friendship- I call bullshit on Daniel staying on some island with Molly when Betty's dad is in the hospital, no way he wouldn't have been there for her.

Random, but I was just thinking that I really wish I had Boy Meets World on DVD. That is one of the funniest, most underrated shows ever. There is literally no episode of the show that didn't make me laugh hysterically and wish I had a boyfriend like Cory or a best friend like Shawn. That show makes me happy ^_^

Had geometry tutoring today, it wasn't that bad. Haha, I'm such a drama queen. I always panic and freak out over things like this, and yet they're never that bad in the end. You'd think I'd learn, but apparently not. I got into SUNY Albany, yay =) I've become a college admissions junkie, haha- now that I only have two schools left to hear from, I want to apply to more just to get the rush of waiting to hear back.

I've been trying to watch all nominated movies before the Oscars, making good progress so far. I LOVE Slumdog Millionaire, love it so much. I've watched it 4 times already. The acting, the script, the cinematography are all just perfect, nothing about it disappoints me. I want Slumdog to win, but I wish Revolutionary Road had been nominated, that's been my 2nd favorite of all the films I've watched. I'm SO disappointed Leo has basically been ignored this awards season. I've been a fan since I saw Titanic when I was six and basically fell in love with him, and I can't believe he still doesn't have an Oscar. Ugh- hopefully next movie of his he'll get one. Kate can have hers this year and he can be next :P Gosh, I love those two together- it completely melted my heart when she said she's loved him for thirteen years and he blew her kisses. I want a male BFF like that. Anyway, next movie up for me is The Wrestler.

Whee, time for an update. Talk about applying to/choosing a college and my hatred of math under the cut. Along with random American Idol talk.


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Whee, I have pretty Disney icons! I'm a huge Disney nerd, I must say. Go to Disneyland all the time, can quote every movie by heart, make Disney music videos, own Disney jewelry :P When I'm upset, nothing makes me happy like a Disney movie.

So, random thoughts: Monday is now my favorite night for television. I've been a huge HIMYM fan since the Pilot episode (and I'm proud to say, a Barney/Robin shipper since the pilot too), but I've been avoiding TBBT for a while. I started watching it this season, and I wish I had been watching it all along too! 8-9 is now my absolute favorite hour of TV, I look forward to it so much, it's pathetic. I've become such a Sheldon/Penny shipper, and if they ignore their chemistry for Leonard/Penny, I'll totally be crushed.

Oh, and of course, following those shows, I get my crackalicious OTH at 9. Good times, good times.

Hee, so, guess who's freaking PUMPED for Twilight? My friend and I are going at midnight together, and I can't wait. Also, I've gotten so obsessed with Rob/Kristen that it's quite pathetic.

I'm starting to fill out college apps. now, and it is stressing me the hell out. I'm looking forward to college, but I'm not looking forward to having to deal with financial aid and student loans, and leaving my friends, and being on my own for the first time.