Thing I Learned Tonight:


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I swear to god I'm going to get better at this.

Alaina Turning Thirty... already happened. And after all my feelings about not being prepared, or not handling it well, it went as I expected: over in 24 hours. One day I was 29, and the next day I was 30. My biggest concern around the whole turning thirty thing was that I felt I hadn't ( Read more... )

Well, here it is, folks: the Ninth Annual Alaina's Running Commentary to the Academy Awards.

It's 8:21 and I am awaiting tonight's ceremony with what can only be described as dread. I can only stand Family Guy about half the time; I'm not sure I could stand him for what is most likely going to be four hours of hell. Good thing I didn't kill ( Read more... )

So I think I've figured out why I'm not using maebynot as much as I'd like. Basically, over the past two years -- back when I was posting a lot -- it was because funny shit was happening. Or I needed to vent about something at work. But mainly, funny shit and conversations and ideas and The Vampire Diaries and other things ( Read more... )

OH MY GOD. OH. MY GOD. YOU GUYS. I JUST HAD THE BEST MOTHERFUCKING IDEA I'VE EVER HAD.

First, I watched this clip from the upcoming season of Community [YAY SHOW OF MY HEART #2 IS COMING BACK FINALLY!!]:

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And then, I laughed.

And then, I thought ... hm. Whose car would I prank given the chance?AND THEN I REMEMBERED THAT -- oh, well, ( Read more... )

Seriously. This whole "going months between postings" things has just got to stop!

Here are some brief things, and hopefully -- once I can get Jeremy the TiVo: Episode IV: A New Hope down under 88% full (and yes, that is totally his full name. Shut up, all of y'all), I can get back to a semi-regular posting schedule.

POINT THE FIRST: I Swear I ( Read more... )

So I've been busy. (It's kind of awful that this has become my new mantra. No, seriously, I've said that phrase more often lately than my old favorite, "That's What She Said." [Although, as we shall see, that has made an excellent comeback ( Read more... )

ALERT ALERT ALERT HOLY SHIT ALERT

So, I'm in this new apartment, right? And the landlady is Jean, a woman I used to work with. And god bless her, she keeps me up-to-date with all the gossip and everything.

But most importantly, a couple of months ago, she came to me with this:
Jean: I don't think the department's going to have a Christmas ( Read more... )

So I saw Skyfall. To be perfectly honest, I've seen it twice. Wednesday night I braved the first Nor'easter of the season to see it on IMAX at midnight.

@WillBeFunOrElse: This is the saddest midnight showing I've ever been to. There are 3 other people in line, and 2 other nerds waiting to join later.
@WillBeFunOrElse: I mean, I've been to sad ( Read more... )

Dear Captain Hook from Once Upon a TimeCongratulations -- you're the latest member of the pantheon of great men known as Alaina's Pretend Boyfriends! [And by 'great,' I of course mean 'unattainable.' Either because of their status, or because -- as in your case -- they are fictional.] As a result of your stellar performance on last night's ( Read more... )