Consume
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Out of my mind
Heavier metals than you
Have settled in my veins,
But still I find you comforting.
I waste energy on you.
I shiver.
I fret needlessly.
You've become the excess salt,
The second and third portion,
The endless cups of coffee.
I wish to consume you
And grow fat on you,
Until I die of you.

So, so wrong
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: Brain candy
I so totally missed that call, and yet I was actually right about why. Yes, this is another damn post about that fruity Project Runway show.

Wendy (Hagletta) Pepper not only didn't go down, not only managed to survive to the final 3, but managed to win the last elimination round. With an orange top and skirty bit with feathers on it. Feathers for fucks sake! But get this - I told the hubby that despite Kara and Austin being the golden children, and Jay being in just because nobody wants Wendy in the final 3, there was no way they had a lock on it.

I told him that Kara was pretty much a guarantee - she's got talent and versatility, there was just no way she could fuck it up. And she did: she had a cute dress (also in orange) but insisted on these floppy beaded leather pants that she expected would make it look funky and hip. Bzzzzt! Try again. Totally dumpy.

I told him that Jay was a talented designer, but was rather lucky to have made it so far. Jay's design was nice, but it looked so dated and dowdy. But it wasn't so bad that it was worth eliminating, more of a 'Thanks hon, now go and get the real dress' kinda deal.

I told him that Wendy, despite being evil, was a solid dressmaker and had some talent at design. Her major downfall was that she couldn't rise to the time limits of the challenge, and she would waste her limited time playing the game to win instead of making a fucking dress. Wendy's top wasn't bad looking, but the woman they made it for liked it. But those feathers! Nobody likes feathers anymore honey - the flapper thing is so done.

And Austin. Dear sweet china doll Austin. The hubby is so upset that he was eliminated - he was certain that he would be a shoo-in. But I told him that Austin had one weak point: he loves the glamour. I knew that he could just as easily lose himself in the Austin Scarlett image and make something completely wrong. It happened before. I liked Austin's gown - lovely, beautiful colors, nice drape. But it wasn't a Grammy dress, and he should have known that. So goodbye Austin, au revoir. He's still gonna get a bitchin' deal somewhere because that boy is talented.

So there you go. The final 3 have been selected and now we just gotta wait for the big fashion moment where Kara beats the shit out of Wendy's tired designs. You know it's gonna happen. But before we get to the main event, next week they're gonna get everyone together again for a big behind the scenes and rap session deal. You know they're gonna get all up in Wendy's face. It's gonna be giggly evil all over again.

Oy, I am getting queeny and mean in my old age...

Bow down and worship!
Mood:  cheeky
Topic: Various webshit
[Thefterated from Gryphbear and SingerBr]

Oooooookay
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Various webshit

You're The Moon!
You frequently take small steps, but you think very highly of each and every one of them. This aloof attitude doesn't begin to reflect how high and mighty you actually are, though you are able to reflect light onto others when it seems appropriate. Whether the glass is half full, half empty, waxing pedantic, or even crescent-shaped is something ever-changing in your perspective. These mood swings at least follow a consistent cycle, one that makes others believe you have mystical powers. Ultimately, your head is always in the clouds and you just can't seem to stay grounded.
Take the State Quiz at the Blue Pyramid.

WANT!
Mood:  cool
Topic: Nothing in particular
Flaming Carrot costume

Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme!

This guy is officially cooler than me because he got off his ass and did what I've only been thinking about for around a decade. The bastard.

Hanging by a thread
Mood:  mischievious
Topic: Brain candy
I so can't wait for the next Project Runway. Wendy Pepper, or the Wicked Witch of the West as we like to call her, has managed once again to avoid the axe and make it to the final elimination before the big event. She's goin' down! If you didn't catch the last episode you must see it. They'll be replaying it on Wednesday before they play the new one - I'm serious now, you gotta watch it.

Why? Because Kara Saun disses the Wicked Witch on the runway. Because Jay calls her a cockroach to her face. Because she has a breakdown on camera (though really it was entirely fuctup and not worth being evil and giggly over). Because you get to see Austin Scarlett walk the runway - and be called butch in the process.

I wonder if the sisters of Snark will take a scratch at this show...

Had to change my shorts
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Brain candy
Finally had just the perfect day to sit down and watch Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.

Oh. My. GAWD! Did that movie rock my world? I think I'll be calling it Daddy in the morning, that's how much it fucking rocked. I still have wood. It was better than the original. Worth every penny - I'll be watching that movie until my eyes need to be replaced with cybernetic knock-offs from Wal*Mart. If you like sci-fi you must see this flick. Go!

Stalk
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Out of my mind
I can see your sly glances, the look of recognition. We make a silent, secret conspiracy as we play this game. My name whispers in the soft brush of your hair against your cheek; my taste lingers at your fingertips. I can't feel the heat of your desire from this distance, but I can see the haze of it rippling around you. You crave my attention, and you will turn towards it like a sunflower - helpless against your natural evolution. We orbit one another in a constant series of near collisions. I have your utmost wishes in my back pocket.

Do you ever tire of the clumsy dance we make? Will I be tossed aside casually when you find a better lover? When will your unknown caress go cold and be denied? I know my time draws shorter; my breath comes in lessening gasps. We are made of the same flesh you and I, but our conjoining is conspired against. We are traitors in a crumbling democracy of shame and fear.

Match your feet into my footsteps as I lead - as I follow the trail you yourself have led, and the spiral becomes an endless mandala of our mutual but unspoken obsession. Each hiding place I find still bears the warmth of your recent habitation. I look at you and I see my twin reflections in your wide eyes. They snap shut like a trap and hold me helpless; I bleed love letters in looping script until the pen runs dry.

I broke my damn Sims!
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: Brain candy
Now see, this is what happens when you go insane and download a bunch of hacked Sims crap that you don't need. The Sims won't load up anymore, and I have to figure out what I put in there that broke it so I can keep playing. Of course I'm tempted to just hang the whole damn thing, uninstall it and defrag, and then start all over again. It's not like I haven't done that plenty of times now.

But of course that still means I have to sort through the gigantic mess of downloaded Sims crapola and decide what I can't live without. Because the yakyak end table is a MUST!

Greg and his freaky stray cat
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: Brain candy
I got the Unleashed update for The Sims over the weekend, and have been playing quite a bit lately. I wanted it more for the expanded neighborhood and other options than for the animals, because you can't create pets in the family deal (you have to either befriend them or buy them) and the strays tend to make a huge nuisance of themselves.

A couple weeks back I started the very bad habit of downloading various Sims crap from fan sites. I especially like creatively hacked items that fix little things that make the game wonky. I found this really cool endtable that when you place it in a room everyone in the room is considered to be in a group conversation. This is the best way to develop a friendship, since you only have to be in the same room as the other Sim to build up Relationship points.

I usually build a few families and move them in around the neighborhood, overload them with the money cheat to build their house if I feel like it, or just buy them a phone if I'm lazy, and leave them be to be friends of my 'real' Sim. The real one I don't use cheats on, and generally play exclusively - hoping to find him true love, a fascinating career, and all that happy shit. This is Greg Bear - the Sim I'm currently playing.

I've finally managed to get him promoted to Lieutenant - he's a cop. He hasn't yet found love, but he's flirted around a bit. Since I added Unleashed he has a lot of animals running around. Normally I have him shoo them away because they are annoying as hell, but there are 2 cute little black cats that I've decided he's going to adopt.

So the readme's these hacked objects came with warned me of possible strange side effects. The aforementioned end table causes adults to talk about child topics at random. It also causes the pets to join in the conversation too, meaning that they are now a bit easier to befriend. Now I had been warned about it, but this is the strangest side effect I've ever seen:

This is Cali the cat, having a cup of coffee. The coffee pot is hacked - and it's very much a compromise with me. See, the coffee makers that come with the Sims are practically worthless. They give only the barest amount of Energy with a slight decrease in Bladder as a side effect, and really just don't help at all. I found one some time back that was a mixed blessing - it would increase all your motives to max, and those of everyone on the lot. This was far more than I ever wanted it to do, and all the Sims would get addicted to it and go crazy trying to get some. It was great for parties. I did finally find one that increased Energy to max while putting Bladder at near emergency levels. Not convenient at all - especially considering it had a strange habit of backfiring and giving the Sim brain damage, making him lose all his Logic skill points.

So this coffee maker is sort of the least of all evils until I can find one that does what I want. It comes with a little coffee cup icon decor that you have to place somewhere on the lot. This icon controls it - you set the coffee to increase your motives to a certain level. The thing I don't like is that it increases motives that have nothing to do with coffee, including Bladder. What I want is a coffee maker that gives a substantial, but not insane increase in Energy (a good emergency boost), while impacting the Bladder motive in a realistic fashion as well. I could also see it giving a bonus to Hunger, since caffeine is an appetite suppressant, though I could live if it didn't have that.

But isn't that just the cutest thing? Awww, the kitty gets a caffeine fix. I laughed so hard when I saw this and just had to capture a pic so everyone could see.