The Battycakes Rises
Or... something.
I return to the internets! \o/
After oh... almost a week away? I owe fic and tags and whatnot, and will totes get to that all asap.
The reasons for my being missing is one, avoiding Harry Potter spoilers, which I finally saw today so BWEEE!
I had a vague, general idea of what was going to happen, but I didn't want to be spoiled in details, even the emotional ones. I haven't read any of the books, and only got into the whole thing this last December as a promise to my friend. I burned through the movies and then went and saw Deathly Hallows part I, and have been dying to see what was going to happen.
White text to protect the innocent:
I gotta say I was rather happy with the last film. It was exciting, and heartstrings were yanked, and it all tied together very well and also, all my favorite characters made it through (I'm counting Sirius a survivor because he was totally there at the end ((I lurve you Gary Oldman)) and Neville I'm so happy you didn't die, I was so worried for awhile there).
I'm also so happy with the happy ending. I knew that Rowling killed off Harry in the books, and so it made me nervous to see the last movie. I don't like it when the hero dies!
I mean, yeah, it happens, even in some of my favorite movies, but that doesn't mean I like it!
So this ending really worked for me.
AND HOMG DARK KNIGHT RISES TRAILER! YES! YES! YESSSS!
I'm looking forward now to starting the books, though it'll be awhile as I still have a mountain to work through.
HOMG Conlon, how am I still not done with Blue Blood yet?! I love, love, looove it, but the motherfucker is dense.
Sometimes I feel like that kid wailing on the VW piñata, except with more enjoyment than disappointment. Because it is a good read. I've been back late from lunch more than once because I was so absorbed in it, but egad! I will never get to the other things I have to read!
The other thing that kept me off the social parts of the internet was the closing weekend at Hollywood Park, so I've been up to my eyes and ears in horses.
I walk away no richer, but a lot wiser. Handicapping has become an obsession of mine (Not an Addiction! I promise! I'm not tossing away bill money or paychecks here, natch). There's so many ways to approach the game, so many opinions and styles and I become absolutely giddy every time I beat one of the experts with my picks.
It's kind of sad as I have no one to really talk to about the horse racing game, but this weekend my brother obliged me with a free sub and let me ramble at him about the amazing score I almost made, and the upsets that occurred over the weekend that I totally nailed, so that'll do me, I s'pose.
Totally stoked for the Del Mar meet. Part of the wisdom I've learned during the spring meets is that my best niche is in the California circuits. East Coast racing, you are hard. Your surfaces and weather really make things difficult, and GAH, sooo many large fields. If I had the time to devote to familiarizing myself with the tracks, trainers and jockeys I'd be better off, but for now I'll lay my Benjamin Washingtons down on the Pacific ponies.
In other none gambling news, my mom is moving away! :(
Her husband got a job teaching out on the Rez, which will be a good opportunity for him, and will also put mom close enough to take care of my grandparents as my aunts aren't doing it, but gaaah!
She'll be moving to Arizona, which is a 4-5 hour drive from here, and that struck me suddenly today at Walmart. I mean, I've known for a month it was a possibility, and for a couple weeks that it was certainty, but it's been slow to process.
My thought today was, what are the holidays going to be like?
For the past several years since mom and dad "divorced" (long story on the quotes, basically boils down to me being a bastard child, laaa), I've been pulling double duty on the major holidays. Mornings and afternoons are spent with dad, then I hop across town to spend the night with Mom and Adam. And, while it was a bit stressful and sometimes even awkward (I hated leaving dad, and I hated making mom wait until evening to start the holiday), it was still a holiday spent with my family, such as it was.
Now, God, I don't even know. Winter driving out on the reservation is insane, for one thing. So, I really doubt I'll be able to get there for Christmas. And Thanksgiving, at my job right now it's impossible to get that extra day off. And can I leave dad to spend the holiday on his lonesome in order to trek out to visit mom?
I just, IDK. The more I think about it the more it upsets me. I know this is basically what growing up is about, but I don't like it and I don't know how anyone does it.
Augh, this was such a happy rambly post, but now I'm going to end it because I've turned 6 years old and need to dry my eyes.
I'll get tags out tonight or tomorrow, and fic is coming along.
I return to the internets! \o/
After oh... almost a week away? I owe fic and tags and whatnot, and will totes get to that all asap.
The reasons for my being missing is one, avoiding Harry Potter spoilers, which I finally saw today so BWEEE!
I had a vague, general idea of what was going to happen, but I didn't want to be spoiled in details, even the emotional ones. I haven't read any of the books, and only got into the whole thing this last December as a promise to my friend. I burned through the movies and then went and saw Deathly Hallows part I, and have been dying to see what was going to happen.
White text to protect the innocent:
I gotta say I was rather happy with the last film. It was exciting, and heartstrings were yanked, and it all tied together very well and also, all my favorite characters made it through (I'm counting Sirius a survivor because he was totally there at the end ((I lurve you Gary Oldman)) and Neville I'm so happy you didn't die, I was so worried for awhile there).
I'm also so happy with the happy ending. I knew that Rowling killed off Harry in the books, and so it made me nervous to see the last movie. I don't like it when the hero dies!
I mean, yeah, it happens, even in some of my favorite movies, but that doesn't mean I like it!
So this ending really worked for me.
AND HOMG DARK KNIGHT RISES TRAILER! YES! YES! YESSSS!
I'm looking forward now to starting the books, though it'll be awhile as I still have a mountain to work through.
HOMG Conlon, how am I still not done with Blue Blood yet?! I love, love, looove it, but the motherfucker is dense.
Sometimes I feel like that kid wailing on the VW piñata, except with more enjoyment than disappointment. Because it is a good read. I've been back late from lunch more than once because I was so absorbed in it, but egad! I will never get to the other things I have to read!
The other thing that kept me off the social parts of the internet was the closing weekend at Hollywood Park, so I've been up to my eyes and ears in horses.
I walk away no richer, but a lot wiser. Handicapping has become an obsession of mine (Not an Addiction! I promise! I'm not tossing away bill money or paychecks here, natch). There's so many ways to approach the game, so many opinions and styles and I become absolutely giddy every time I beat one of the experts with my picks.
It's kind of sad as I have no one to really talk to about the horse racing game, but this weekend my brother obliged me with a free sub and let me ramble at him about the amazing score I almost made, and the upsets that occurred over the weekend that I totally nailed, so that'll do me, I s'pose.
Totally stoked for the Del Mar meet. Part of the wisdom I've learned during the spring meets is that my best niche is in the California circuits. East Coast racing, you are hard. Your surfaces and weather really make things difficult, and GAH, sooo many large fields. If I had the time to devote to familiarizing myself with the tracks, trainers and jockeys I'd be better off, but for now I'll lay my Benjamin Washingtons down on the Pacific ponies.
In other none gambling news, my mom is moving away! :(
Her husband got a job teaching out on the Rez, which will be a good opportunity for him, and will also put mom close enough to take care of my grandparents as my aunts aren't doing it, but gaaah!
She'll be moving to Arizona, which is a 4-5 hour drive from here, and that struck me suddenly today at Walmart. I mean, I've known for a month it was a possibility, and for a couple weeks that it was certainty, but it's been slow to process.
My thought today was, what are the holidays going to be like?
For the past several years since mom and dad "divorced" (long story on the quotes, basically boils down to me being a bastard child, laaa), I've been pulling double duty on the major holidays. Mornings and afternoons are spent with dad, then I hop across town to spend the night with Mom and Adam. And, while it was a bit stressful and sometimes even awkward (I hated leaving dad, and I hated making mom wait until evening to start the holiday), it was still a holiday spent with my family, such as it was.
Now, God, I don't even know. Winter driving out on the reservation is insane, for one thing. So, I really doubt I'll be able to get there for Christmas. And Thanksgiving, at my job right now it's impossible to get that extra day off. And can I leave dad to spend the holiday on his lonesome in order to trek out to visit mom?
I just, IDK. The more I think about it the more it upsets me. I know this is basically what growing up is about, but I don't like it and I don't know how anyone does it.
Augh, this was such a happy rambly post, but now I'm going to end it because I've turned 6 years old and need to dry my eyes.
I'll get tags out tonight or tomorrow, and fic is coming along.