Yes, yes, it is I - the fantabulous bouquet-catching witness/bridemaid. FEAR ME. :D :D
It was my nefarious plan to catch the bouquet all along. I managed to get myself into a prime position in which I towered over my younger cousins (and the one in the wheelchair) but was blocking the shorter adults behind me. Heels FTW. My aunt tossed the flowers and I reached out and snatched them.
And now I have flowers.
I wore my lovely purple dress today, complemented by a pretty purple butterfly necklace my aunt gave me. There were photos and more photos - and we hadn't even left my nanna's house. Apparently I could never relax for any photos over the course of the day, even with the other "witness" who was actually quite cute but obviously not single. And older. 30s, maybe.
Anyway, we made it to the ceremony. My youngest cousin was a very cute flower girl.... and I was an awesomesauce bridesmaid/witness. I was very nervous about signing the license in front of everyone and the camera, but my part was mercifully short. MORE PHOTOS... argh.
Talked to my grandad about life, the universe and everything. Mostly my career prospects and his cancer treatment. He's been very pensive about such things lately, though has also been making very bad but amusing jokes. My mum gave my cardigan to a smelly aunt even though I was cold. I had to use Mum's ... which is MY ... shawl that comes from Italy (care of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
ellymelly and kwayera ) instead.
Sat down for food, more food, MORE food and for being pelted by miscreants from the kids' table wielding lollies. I may have thrown some back. Unsubstantiated rumour.
Dancing and merriment, set to the usual soundtrack of party songs. Why don't DJs ever pick anything else? Grrr. Had to be very careful with strapless dress LOL... and "Time Warp" was hilarious because my young cousins were copying the adults. Pelvic thrust lmao.
BOUQUET THROWING - which we all know the outcome of. ;) My brother was yanked into the garter throwing (he was not very enthused), but my grandad meandered on and grabbed it out of the air. LOL. Bachelor fail.
My brother and I escaped. The end.
I still have a bouquet. ;)
And have seemingly been saddled with the task of editing a wedding video. WTF, I only have movie maker. Is this wise?
- Mood:
determined
I worked today...er yesterday...which was blah. it was 4.5 hours shift so I got a tea break in which I read some of Day of Fire, which is some random B-grade book I got for $6 one time at a newsagent (set in 22nd century Canada, go figure). I am so sick of having to do something every week, so I booked out the 20th-27th of January from Coles.
This means... a few days of yays, not heaps because I start back at after school care on the 25th for an epic pupil free day. *resigns self to only a few days holiday in one year* It's either one job or the other, or uni, or all three. I just can't handle this. ONE MORE YEAR OF UNI. TWO CLASSES ONLY. Thank. Frak.
I'm so sick of meaningless assignments. I'd like to work to a goal. ... shoot me, I'm asking Coles for permo-part time next year. *facepalm!*
Just more work. And it's killing my writing. Argh. My old school friend was right - we spoke at T2 the other day - if I don't have the time for writing then I'll never ever write anything of worth.
I've been watching Roswell lately. Liz makes me want to kill people (she's so fucking annoying and stupid, Bella Version 1.0), I can't decide who's hotter out of Max and Michael, Kyle and his sheriff Dad are amusing, Alex as played by Colin Hanks..... omfg he is a freaky arse clone of his dad. Poor Alex and his fixation with Izzie, who is still Izzie in another show these days. Randomly Izzie and Max's adopted mother is the psychiatrist from the Lethal Weapon films. TEEHEE.
Also, cameo by exec producer Jonathan Frakes. At least he didn't have the stupid beard. He was playing...himself. I succeded in mostly forgetting that for one season of TNG I thought he was really cute. I have never forgiven him for the Thunderbirds disaster. He raped my childhood. Prepare to die.
^ I watch this show for pure entertainment, because it is far too tweeny and silly, with a very emo opening title sequence set to a Dido song. AND ALIENS, DUDE. Hot aliens. Oh yeah, it launched a few careers, including one Aussie who became rather... Lost.
I should have spent time writing Sploosh but work dumbed me down and Roswell is distracting. But I found something under my bed which made me happy.
THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL DRAFT OF... Pillow Talk, my 2nd most popular fic of all time! I laughed as I read through the bad formatting (which sadly still exists on ff.net eep need to change that)... but it is clear from a few poorly written lines that I was on to something. So yes. Enjoy 2005!Caz in all her silly tween glory. One page only, click to enlarge rofl...
- Mood:
blank
Just so everyone knows, I absolutely love the short film Sploosh. It makes no sense, but for a fangirl in the year 2006 it was pure gold. A quick, easy way to gawp at Paul McGillion playing a Scotsman without the Atlantis angle. But anyway, that was a while ago and it certainly got me writing a fanfic called Sploosh 3 years ago.
GUESS WHAT. Two chapters of Sploosh totally up on the Pit of Voles! :D This is all very exciting, especially as it is a VOID-FIC finally meeting the world. Finally reaching its conclusion.
I will probably dishonour the deadline I had for Tick of a Cosmic Clock, which has only been a VOID-FIC for 12 months.
One I just stumbled across, which involves a few paragraphs scribbled in 2005, seemed promising and I don't know why I abandoned it - oh, well, apart from having no plot. Basically Rodney refuses either of the two holiday trips home and Elizabeth is concerned. MCWEEEIR.
And now this random bit of fic I just discovered under "I have a problem with this tea.doc". LOL?
SG-1 arrived at the planet. It looked fairly like the images the MALP had sent back – except that there was a crowd of a few million jumping around the Stargate energetically.
^ someone please tell me what I was thinking??? or planning??? NOTE - no fic will be written until Sploosh is done and dusted.
Today I was bad, and JB was evil, because Roswell was on sale for $40. THE ENTIRE SERIES. I'd bought Space Jam and was on the way out, but saw it. BAD BAD BAD.
And yes, Twilight did rip off Roswell in a big way. But then, what didn't Stephanie Meyer plunder?
ANNOUNCEMENT - just got my uni results for the semester. Credit in Contemporary World Cinemas (I'm lucky I got that, lol) and DISTINCTION in Screen Writing II. As if I'd get anything less for a zomie script. AND YES... finally.. my GPA is 3!!!!! I finally cracked a 3!!!!! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES! PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My brother seems to be in a Disney mood so we watched Atlantis: The Lost Empire, aka Doctor Daniel Jackson's Animated Adventures, and Mulan, which is my favourite Disney of all time.
The DVD of King Ralph that I bought on ebay arrived today. I was very happy and watched it with much glee. I don't know why people speak so badly of it. It's actually funny and has a very thoughtful note at the end. I remembered it from TV years ago, but what I was unaware of in my childhood was that freaking JACKIE TYLER was the stripper girlfriend. LOL WHUT. It disturbed me. And she looks the same, 18 years later. Weirdness. Maybe she's a Time Lady? rofl
But yes. I now have yet another DVD to watch when I need some YAYS. (it's right up there with Encino Man)
NOW. SPLOOSH.
I posted the first chapter omfg! I'm a bit concerned, though, because I've written 3 chapters and am stuck on the 4th. It's supposed to be Ford, Teyla and Beckett - two of which are my weakest characters. Ouch. In my defence, Ford was a very bland character, a "yes" man, so anything I do will be an improvement. As for Teyla, I've gone unusually gung-ho and drawn inspiration from lines such as:
"Shall I just explain to the rest of the Wraith left on the base that you are unavailable to fight?"
^ I think of this line often now. It has this bit of humour to it, or maybe I'm just delusional. It's something that has always typified Teyla to me. Well, frankly, I have a massive bias in favour of season 1 (I still count 2x01 as season 1 themed). A lot of my characterisation stems from that, as I was unhappy with the directions in which the characters/dialogue/motives went.
In fact, I wrote Reflections as a deliberate denouncement of Rodney post-Siege. One of my favourite self-written fics, in which I point out in the McWeir angle that something very strange happened in the relationship between Rodney and Elizabeth. Again, I could be delusional, but I enjoyed creating fanon reasons for the shift. (In Reflections, Rodney was jealous that Elizabeth had hugged John and not him. In Moments, it was Elizabeth's attempt to return to Simon that hurt Rodney).
Anyone looking at my fics could immediately deduce that McWeir is one of my biggest ships of all time. It's true. How did this get onto MCWEIR? *scratches head* ANYWAY, yes. Season 2 was good, but something was missing. Season 3 was thankfully an improvement but then - BLAM. Elizabeth is incapcitated and then Rodney, in one of the most unsound OOC moments, shacks up with Keller.
Ok. WTF. I have nothing against McKeller on umm... principle. But it makes NO GODDAM SENSE. Sometimes I lie awake at night boggling over this. Am I missing something? I'll accept it, I even wrote it into one of my fics, but for the life of me I will never understand it.
Though McWeir is my OTP, admittedly my first ship was Sheyla. It's pretty fucking obvious.
Hey, I see the Shweir angle and I understand it (a hell of a lot more than the McKeller thing) but John wanted Teyla from "The Rising". Numerous episodes following seemed to make it more obvious to me, esp. moments like the way John reacted when she said she was pregnant, and that strange little scene with Ford in season 5 (this scene pretty much screamed it).
But, in the end, Sheyla could never happen because John's character never takes the plunge - I don't think he ever would. Teyla sure wasn't going to hang around waiting.
Whew. I've spent years keeping that inside. I just want to note once more that I really do see the Shweir angle, but it didn't seem to get the same epic-sized hints.
Umm hmm. Who else can I offend today? LOL. I know some of my flisters will probably never speak to me again after my big Sheyla Triumphant speech.
And it's healthy to get it all out there. Yep.
How bout them apples?
- Mood:
crazy
Pretty much sums up how I feel about the 80s. ;)
Now hm... the Sploosh update. I've been very distracted with things such as outtings, Fanboys and making everyone grow up and get married on The Sims 2.
I did manage to get through the identifying scene which was difficult. And now it's even more difficult with the required scene for the fanfic challenge. Strangely, it now has Ford, Teyla and Beckett in the armoury. Not the characters I'd have picked when I started writing this in 2006 but the dialogue seems to just fit. Besides, I don't give Teyla enough love in my fics as it is. My goal at the moment is rectify that.
5757 is the running word count for now. I have mentally split it into chapters thus far -
1) "Weather Channel"
2) "Big Blue Dot"
3) "Ask Jeeves"
ALSO - Aussies, who's going to send un-stamped mail in the next week or two? Apparently the strike involves employees posting any mail devoid of a paid stamp. LOL AWESOME. Should we tempt it?
- Mood:
bouncy
"Uh huh," I responded.
"Hi yes this is call from Microsoft, your operating system. We've monitoring your computer and it has problem. We need help you fix it."
"Right," I muttered glaring at the wall, unable to believe this was happening on a PHONE. Not email, a freaking PHONE.
"So turn on your computer. Turn on."
"I don't think I will, you skanky fraud."
*hangs up*
OK I've googled it a bit and it is a scam. BE CAREFUL, even though you're all well adjusted and intelligent people. I'm just putting the warning out there so your can pass it on to your not-so-adjusted parents/relatives who would believe anything. (I know a few myself...)
LINK - news article thingy about the scam
- Mood:
aggravated
- I researched the Beretta 92FS until my eyes hurt
- I put aside my McWeir bias and have Shep and Weir a mostly-gen scene
- it has NO SENSE, NO SENSIBILITY - but there is A SEA MONSTER
- Zelenka PWNing Rodney haha
- Teyla giving orders, bitches!
Why writing my Beckett/chair universe is a guilty pleasure:
- my favourite comic duo Zelenka and Bates - how this came about in my fics, I do not know, but damn they make me laugh
- Grodin. Bates. Maybe Ford. I like saving people.
- Nena is the most static and frustratingly transparent character I've ever created - but I like her
- ... she's also batshit crazy with homicidal tendencies, but I will quietly cite Jekyll in my logic - love makes murderers
- Meredith x2 HAHAHAHAH
- the as yet untitled sequel to Not Another Chair Story in which the Ancients are BASTARDS
- ^ this fic is the only reason I am so in love with the series, even though it will be the last
Why my Cumin series will eventually piss everyone off except me:
- I have a VERY DIFFERENT view on the motives of Dr Horrible
- plushie logic - fluff fluff fluff
- it already annoyed people when I blasted the ELE
- ... that's what they think. ahem.
- HE'S NOT EVIL! SO THERE
- setting the next trilogy all in Moist POV/humour style
- annoying progeny
- the impending Doogie x-over
What's the weirdest shit that I've ever seriously considered posting?
- Backfired retrovirus, MA rated and bizarrely ends up Teyla/Beckett. I like this story, I read the snippets every so often. But it's really squick. I can't even describe how squicky it is.
- a very bad x-over of POTC and Ned Kelly '03... actually it seemed cool at the time... ROFL
- a very complicated story in which Beckett's Ancient ancestor was evil and created the Wraith - it was written early enough that I BROUGHT PERNA BACK TO LIFE
- Mood:
amused
The VOID-FIC update. Sploosh. It will be finished within days. Finally, after so many years. Yes, I ripped off the title and part of the idea from the 1998 short film of the same name. PMG fans will know all about this one. 90s!Paul. ^_^
OTHER THINGS. After losing quite a lot of work in The Sims 2 (ok, I didn't hit save enough and it CRASHED), I was depressed and treated myself to watching Off Beat, which is a silly cop movie with JUDGE REINHOLD. ^_^ In between Beverly Hills Cop I and II, it looks horrendously cheap and silly by comparison.
Anyway, Judge (hehe) plays Joe - a bit of a loser who works in a library on roller skates and pretends to be his cop friend Abe to be in a musical. A rather generic and average movie, but good fun. And worth it to spot all the random actors. There's that guy from Criminal Minds, the other guy from Transformers 1 & 2 and STRICKLAND - Jesus, he never had hair.
I went out to a rather laid back and amusing gathering at beaumontrulz 's. I had some Baileys and Lindt and generally pretended to know stuff about sexual experiences. As you do.
I felt like shit so I went home... (it's been a bad day) whereupon I found my brother 11 minutes into Beverly Hills Cop. He'd obviously been inspired by Off Beat and so was I. :D Yay for Billy Rosewood. I love him.
(I was a bit of a Judge fangirl when I was a tween ... )
But yeah. Billy made the movies for me because he's just so gosh darn cute and amusing. Fuck Rambo!
AUTHORISED. :D ^ totally watching this one tomorrow... (ok, I can't be the only one who thinks Serenity is either paying homage to that scene or ripping it off - can't decide which)
And the Stargate fan in me cannot help but mention my confusion as a child - yeah, okay, Bogomil and Kinsey are two totally different dudes but WTF it freaked me out. Ronny Cox FTW.
Billy Rosewood Clone: I thought you were talking about me. *hopeful*
Caz: Yeah you know I love you, Billy, but I have so many other clones.
Billy Rosewood Clone: But you had me before Beckett Clone. =(
Caz: Billy...go control the green lines or something.
Billy: But - you said I was cute and funny -
Caz: You had to give me the cute look, didn't you?
Billy: I thought it might work.
Caz: But you know what I want you to say. :D
Billy: *grin* Yes. I CONTROL THE GREEN LINES!
Caz: Damn I love you.
Hades Clone: Did I miss something?
Caz: OMFG you arrived! :D :D
Billy Rosewood Clone: NOOOOOOOOOO!
- Mood: bouncy
60s dress-up night for someone's 21st. Epic fun, and there was a PHOTO BOOTH. I know have three sets of amusing snap-photos, starring HyperCaz, a friend and a BANDANA!!!
I actually look pretty good in a bandana. It's purple. :)
Should go to bed. Work work work work in the morning.
Alas.
I think I will sleep in a bit. Work is not until 9:30am.
After that, there will be no work until Thursday. A 3-day break of awesome. And then Coles owns my soul for the rest of the year.
This year a lesson was taught to me. By myself. I think. *pensive* I now involve myself a lot more socially and it is fun. PLUS PHOTO BOOTH, OK? Best thing ever. I also seem to be gaining guests for my own 21st by the week. For someone who thought no one would turn up, this is good. Very good.
Sebastian, I'm sleepy. I need to sleep. Oh you cute baby.
- Mood:
awake
Got my take-home exam for my Texts in Dialogue class (literature with a big helping of intertextuality). Seems easy enough, but I'm sure I'll be spending days on it. No, I'm not slow, but my grade depends on this, and I want that fuckin' A. I deserve it. I've been reading non-stop. The thing is, I'm too lazy to work on it now. It's due the 29th, so there is alot of time, but I still feel bad.
Getting my linguistics take-home exam next week. I don't see the need for it, to be honest. There will be a regular exam in January, and it's bound to be huge and highly difficult. They must want to torture us all. For all I know, they might get off on it. Which freaks me out. And I know diddly-squat about linguistics. I might have been asleep during every lesson. God. Doomed.
Been reading like mad. The Big Sleep, Jane Eyre, What we talk about when talk about love... and now, I have to read 4:50 from Paddington. I don't expect Agatha Christie to be bad, but I'm getting tired of literature. I just want to rest and be at some random Christmas party and get drunk off my ass. Which won't happen, since a) I don't celebrate Christmas (yay for muslim family, eh?) and b) I don't drink (I am the most boring individual on the planet). But it would be fun. I need to be more social.
Almost all TV shows are on a hiatus! I have to watch repeats. And you can only watch something so many times before it gets dull *has watched almost every NCIS episode at least five times*, and I need something new. Maybe I'll start watching a new (old) show. Thankfully, I still have one episode of NCIS and Ugly Betty left.
Been playing Jeanne D'Arc and random Castlevania games! Jeanne D'Arc is fun, if you're into the whole female-warrior-with-holy-visions sort of thing. Which I am. It's amazing how they stuck with the important parts of history in this game - "Jeanne" was burned at the stake, just not the real one (a really sad scene. Poor Liane). But all the characters look like bobbleheads! Castlevania, on the other hand, is great graphically. They really made 2D seem great (which it is - good 2D beats shoddy 3D). Currently playing Portrait of Ruin, and recently finished Symphony of the Night (so pathetically easy).
Thinking of attending a con next year, but I have no idea which one. There is the Vancouver con in August, Chicago Con in October and Roadhouse UK in September. Chicago and Vancouver sound very good (especially Chicago, since I can save up alot and October is my birth month (early birthday present, woot!)), but the UK have the added bonus of friend(s). It's hard to choose, and I can't attend all. Funny thing - no matter which one I attend, I'll have to miss some university days. Great. But something tells me the memories will be worth it.
Holy crap, what an update! I can't update on a hourly basis, so big and periodical updates it is.
- Location:Igloo?
- Mood:
busy - Music:Beauty of the Beast - Nightwish
Last night I had strange dreams. Bonus appearances by Cole Turner, Hades and beaumontrulz . :D
( just your usual self-insertion, but with more maggots lol )( Read more... )
^ so that happened. I haven't had a good dream like that for a while - that I can remember, anyway. It's obvious what I've got on the brain - TV shows, my car, Coles, friends.
Today I have planned to meander into the shops for some T2, some currency exchange, maybe some Mysterious Ways..... I finished all of Robot Chicken which was funny and disturbing as always. In one particular skit, Babar got beheaded for the revolution and I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. BABAR =(
Work dammit, facebook. I need to read the PM someone sent me so I know what currency to get them for their birthday.
- Mood:
good
Page Summary
- hypercaz : ;) [+1]
- hypercaz : No. No. No. NO. No..... NO. [+0]
- hypercaz : As black as the haggis our mother used to shove down our gullets! [+0]
- shayasar : To Jen [+3]
- tringasolitaria : White Collar.....some thoughts....some questions. [+6]
- hypercaz : Disney, Denoucement and I finally dish out on my OTPs. [+3]
- firefly_827347 : 30 Seconds To Mars [+0]
- hypercaz : Harold Faltermeyer, you are awesomesauce. [+0]
- hypercaz : Argh internet fraud happens on the phone now. GENERAL WARNING. [+1]
- hypercaz : a portal into the crazy part of Caz's brain that breeds fanfic [+2]
- hypercaz : I control the green lines! [+0]
- hypercaz : BANDANA CAZ TO THE RESCUE! [+2]
- illuminatius : Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. [+2]
- hypercaz : Uh oh... [+0]
- shayasar : Manip: Jack & Ianto - Waiting for Santa [+58]