Firefly fans: If you haven't already seen it, I believe this clip from last week's Castle will be relevant to your interests.



...And in the same episode, the man uses a dremel to carve a pumpkin. :D

( Galacticaaaaaaaaa )

11:19 pm ETA:( Spoilers )

Bwua! "THe College of William and Mary will open at 12:00 today. All morning classes and activities are cancelled. "

Which is awesome because I have barely slept at all because it started snowing again around 3 and I kept waking up and IT IS STILL SNOWING :D :D :D

ETA: "The College of William and Mary will remain closed for the rest of the day as the weather is continuing to worsen. Please check you email for updates."

Which doesn't really matter because my class is already cancelled, but.

( 2008 )

First Night was good. I love getting paid what worked out to over $29 an hour for basically sitting and listening to music. There was plenty of actual work during prep and strike, but the 6.5 hours during the performances were incredibly laid back. Crawling around in the beams in the dark to fix things during one of the performances was pretty exciting, too, but mostly it was just sitting.

I feel extra rich right now because I'd completely forgotten that the school still owed me a paycheck from the beginning of December, so that $100 seems like an unexpected bonus.

Also, I am a champion at Tim's puzzle box, and Tim drunk is one of the best things ever.

I don't really do New Year's resolutions, but here's to figuring out what to do with myself, graduating, and making a clean break for something new.

2008.gada.18.Novembrī

Pirms deviņdesmit gadiem mūsu valsts sludināja savu neatkarību. Īstenībā vel daudz cīņas gaidīja, un tā brīvība, kad beidzot uzvarēta, bija arī par daudz drīzi atkal atņemta. Tomēr, viens datums ir tik labs ka cits, un tamdēļ saucu es:

Dievs, svētī Latviju,
Mūs' dārgo tēviju,
Svētī jel Latviju,
Ak, svētī jel to!

Kur latvju meitas zied,
Kur latvju dēli dzied,
Laid mums tur laimē diet,
Mūs' Latvijā!

Lai mūsu nākamie deviņdesmit gadi būtu spožāki, brīvāki, un veiksmīgāki kā pagājušie.

Laima, par mums lēmi,
Sargā mūsu zemi!
Viena mēle, viena dvēs'le,
Viena zeme mūsu!

I never thought I'd say this, but tonight I am proud of Virginia and the majority of this country. Virginia. Virginia.

Congratulations, President Obama.

Words cannot express, but the cheering and screaming and firecrackers out in the courtyard, and the face-splitting grin I've been wearing since 11 pm, that's a start.

1) GO VOTE if you haven't already.

2) These shows are going to kiiiill me. I thought I could swing this massive A&C set last night, but now I'm not so sure.

3) This is so incredibly epic. It's History and Change and I am hopeful if not confident; regardless of what happens, the world is going to look different come tomorrow morning*. And Virginia! Maybe, maybe Virginia will go for Obama, and then I will be proud of this state for pretty much the first time ever.

The fact that there are people standing in line in the rain for over an hour in order to vote makes my heart swell. One of my professors said he showed up at his polling place at 6:05 this morning and there were some 300 people in line ahead of him.

*Or afternoon, or Thursday, or whenever the hell they have a solid outcome. :P

Guys. Guys. If you have ever seen and enjoyed Firefly, Buffy (especially the musical episode), Angel, or any silly thing involving supervillains, singing, and/or laundromats, go watch this right now: Doctor Horrible!

So there's this show on the enviro-hippy network called Living With Ed, specifically Ed Begley who's an actor and also a major eco-hippy. It basically consists of him putting in new green things while his wife flips out because she thinks they're ugly, his wife putting in new pretty things while he flips out because they're wasteful, and the occasional field trip to other people's green houses so Ed can feel inadequate.

The best part? Bill Nye (the science guy!) lives down the street from them and stalks Ed and tries to outdo his green projects. I am not making this up. It's all delightfully lol-tastic. (Also makes me want to be Ed when I grow up, but that's serious and this is all about the lols, so.)

Also, this channel has a commercial with a naked chick talking about how much energy we could save if we wore less clothing so we wouldn't have to run the air conditioning as much.

Basically, it's a bunch of environmentally friendly information that's also hilarious. Win all around.