gladly beyond any experience

I KNOW YOU ALL THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME BUT LOOK, HERE I AM, UPDATING.

...briefly.


1. I am the only person in the world who was not seen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Sylvia in Singapore has seen it. My grandmother has seen it. My little brother has seen it twice with two different girls (I leave for one semester and look what happens...). I am broke and busy and ANGRY. I was planning to see it over Thanksgiving break because we're going to my uncle's and he's cool, but I forgot that they've recently had two kids, and parents don't take small kids to see Harry Potter. Conclusion: CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING, AGAIN. Maybe one day people will stop going "Catey!!! Why don't you want kids!?!? Kids will fill your life with joy!!"

2. I don't really not want kids because I can't see Harry Potter. That's reason number 4368 on my list.

3. Today at 2:00 I have a job interview. It's for a position as a writing tutor on campus. If you've met me, you know that this job is the absolute most perfect thing for me. Also the job I have now is completely crushing my spirit. That's a bit intense but I'm kind of serious about it. Anyway, if you're a praying type, I'd appreciate it. If you're not, maybe you could look up the phone number of the writing center and try some blackmail?

4. CHRISTMAS CAROL PREVIEW OMG
and
How in the world is it okay to go this long without new Doctor Who? I can't handle it.

5. Starting yet another DW rewatch with my friend Marli. She wasn't very into "Rose." But then "The End of the World" happened and by the end of the episode she was all "AWWWW I LOVE THEM THEY ARE SO CUTE THIS EPISODE WAS SO GOOD." It's powerful stuff, friends.


Okay, time to go write some responses to some crappy stories for non-fiction class. Have I mentioned how much I hate my non-fiction class?

6. I really hate my non-fiction class.

Oh! 7. Here's a preview for Sylvia of her sometime-coming-I-promise spam.2!

(it won't be that small)

This evening my roommate and her boyfriend made me watch the two hour season finale of Big Brother with them. Riveting. Now my roommate and her boyfriend are standing just outside my door whisper-yelling at each other about their Argument Of The Day as though I can't hear them. So right since, you know,  these doors are so thick and stage whispers are so silent.

I am definitely going to be able to graduate in four years, despite the school switch and major switch. That's so relieving it's just not even funny. Next year I only have to take like four classes each semester! Only I'll have to decide if I want to take extra electives for funsies. Do I really want to take intro to criminology just because the teacher is hysterical and My Kind Of Person? Probably yes. I was also toying with going ahead and doing a double major, adding English back into Creative Writing, but Lordy I would have to take SO many extra English credit hours. Maybe I'll do it if I don't get into grad school the first year I try.

I've got a question for you fic writers: How do you feel about going back on your own canon? Like for example, I have quite a few post-JE fics because I srsly love TenII, and I'm sure a lot of those fics contradict each other. But to me it's like...it's not like they're in "my verse" just because I happened to write them all. I mean, it's not like professor_spork's Feeling Electric series, where if she just decided that something went differently than she already said it went that would be like "WHAT STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING." (only not really because Leah could probably do whatever she wanted and no one would say no.) It's just like, I feel as though there are lots of different possible post-JE scenarios and different ones inspire me at different times, so I don't feel bad about writing each of them out, even if I've already written something else that is completely different. Does that make sense/what are your thoughts?

Also if anyone is interested in reading any of my stories for various writing classes this semester, give me a shout and I might see about making that happen. Nothing's officially due/done yet, but. Eventually.

I've had a great idea! I seem to be having a lot of those lately. Maybe something's wrong with me. Actually I'm going to share both of my good ideas that are livejournal-related in this entry!

1. 25 Days of Seeing Christ
I used to go to youth group at this great little church across town from me, and I'm still friends with lots of the pastors etc. from there because they're really just wonderful, sweet, caring people and I love having them in my life. Anyway, the pastor's wife had this on her facebook status today:

I enjoyed doing the "I am thankful for..." thing for Thanksgiving, and was trying to think of one to do for Christmas. Since there is so much talk about taking Christ out of Christmas, I thought I'd try to post at least one way each day that I see Christ in my world. Join in if you want!!!

Man people, I love this idea. And I know those of you who know me are already rolling your eyes, thinking, "yeah, right, as if Catey could even follow through with anything that was supposed to happen once per week," and you may be right. But! I fully intend to do my level best to do this! Starting on December 1st and going right up through Christmas Day! These entries will be public so that when I fall behind as many people as possible can guilt me about it.

2. A New Year's Resolution
I know, I know. I hate New Year's Resolutions. They're stupid and no one ever follows through. This one, however, has nothing to do with quitting bad habits (because I don't have any!) or weight loss or, as Dad suggested, being nicer to people. Therefore it is not stupid! It will probably be one that I don't follow through on. But nonetheless, here is the idea!... I want to try to write something every single day next year. Not a big something of course, so short stories and things won't be included, and when I'm working on those the daily things will probably be absurd rambles clever stream-of-consciousness pieces. I'm going to create a new journal for the project and everything, so various family members can follow my progress if they so choose! It could potentially be very very cool! If I do it. Which I might not.

In other news, Thanksgiving break was incredibly lovely and I'm really not excited about being back at school with way too many essays and story revisions staring me in the face. But I got plenty of sleep, for once, so that was lovely, and I spent lots of time with my family and re-watched Waters of Mars which was even more astounding the second time. Plus I sold my old 30gb video ipod so now I'm getting a pretty new green nano! ♥

All this being productive has made me tired. Time to go to sleep without finishing my homework!