"I look at Ryan and I think that he's a golden god..."

[exsequar]

Here, have some of my current happyplaces!

Happy place the 1st: An old interview that I SOMEHOW hadn't seen before, wtf, but it's SO PRECIOUS. It's just Brendon and Ryan and they are in a silly, darling mood, and the perky interviewer with her provocative questions is certainly a help :D My favorite part is when she asks them how they feel about being sex symbols, and Ryan says that what he saw in the mirror that morning certainly wasn't a sex symbol, but Brendon rebuts that "I look at Ryan and I think that he's a golden god..." And I squeak and clap happily and love them forever and ever the end :D Also, it has FALL FASHION BRENDON, aka my favorite Brendon EVER. Scarf and glasses OH MY! Toss in hobo-aesthete Ryan and I am completely sold :D There's other truly precious moments but I'll let you watch for yourself!

Happy place the 2nd (and 3rd and 4th... aw heck, mini picspam behind the cut):
So, the marvelous fantastic and amazing web-stalker shiola_shiola uncovered this gem of Brendon and Ryan in Seattle last night. ALONE. Ryan got some quality birthday time with his boyfriend after all, awwwww! YAY! My tinhat is humming with happy satisfaction \o/


I'll just quote what shiola_shiola said, since she's paraphrasing from the direct source: "Apparently this girl (god, why do people edit themselves out of shots like that?) spotted them in downtown Seattle leaving a restaurant. They were super nice and smiley. She asked where the rest of the boys were and they shrugged. OBVIOUSLY THIS GIRL WALKED IN ON THEIR VERY PRECIOUS BIRTHDAY DATE."

HEE. Also, Brendon is in his DELECTABLE hooded pea coat that he was wearing in the Contact Music interview, and eeee, I love it!! <333 (Now Ryan needs to give it a spin and my life will be complete! It'll be the new Grey Jacket of Love!)

Happy place the 3rd:

LOOK AT THEIR BABY FACES. And Ryan Ross is in baggy pants! RYAN ROSS IS IN BAGGY PANTS. This is far too precious and hilarious, omg.

Happy place the 4th:

Eeeee! I LOVE when Ryan does his crazy makeup, and look! look! He did it on Brendon and Spencer!!! *bounces with joy* I can only picture him gently holding their faces as he delicately traces out the lines, while Brendon tries not to giggle because hey, it tickles! And Spencer is as still as a rock. Mmmph yes yes yes.

The 5th:

HAI BDEN. DID YOU KNOW YOUR FEET WERE ON FIRE? YOU DID? O OKAY. <3333

Basically, I love so hard I might die of it :D

Okay, I have a question to ask my flist of much older and wiser folks. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get large amounts of money over to Ireland with me. I emailed the advisor lady at Trinity asking her advice, and she said I could open an Irish account there and wire money over from my account. However... I can't seem to figure out how the heck I do that! The "transfer funds" option at the Wachovia website is only for transferring between Wachovia accounts. This term, "wiring money," seems to get tossed around a lot, but no one seems to know exactly how you *do* it. Help??

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[shiola-shiola.livejournal.com]

*tinhat, tinhat, tinhat* :D

Also - FALL-FASHION!BRENDON. So dark and broody! I'm fond of his pompous intellectual side. <333

[maleyka.livejournal.com]

Dude. DUDE. I WANT THAT HOODIE SO BAD, SO BAD, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU. Ugh. (OMG boys! Super sekrit birthday dinner, WHAT?)

What I did when I went to the States was open an account with a bank here that offers three fee-free withdrawals from any ATM in the world per year. ("Fee-free" is the important part, because omg, you'll pay out your nose for the awesome privilege of withdrawing money from a foreign country. It's RIDICULOUS.) I got an ATM card and then I just went to a bank over there and got money (enough to last me for a while) at the ATM there, and didn't have to pay extra for it. You could ask your bank if they offer a similar service?

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

ISN'T IT AMAZING? I've never seen anything like it and it's GOOORGEOUS. UGH BRENDON ILU. (I love how Ryan looks a bit standoffish in the picture, cause he's all "dude, our birthday date was ALMOST a total sekrit, but a FANGIRL FOUND US. FOILED!" Heeeee! I almost love that more than getting a million pictures of them goofing off together. ...almost.)

Hmmm, but how long were you in the States for? I'm over there for like 9 months, and I need to do things like pay rent and such, so I kind of need a more long term solution :-/

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I'm fond of his every single side, but I have a special place in my heart for that one :D

*tinhat liek whoa!*

[flimsy.livejournal.com]

spotted them in downtown Seattle leaving a restaurant. They were super nice and smiley. She asked where the rest of the boys were and they shrugged. OBVIOUSLY THIS GIRL WALKED IN ON THEIR VERY PRECIOUS BIRTHDAY DATE.

This is the most awesome thing I have heard in like, ever. They had a date on Ryan's birthday. They must have. JUST THE TWO OF THEM. And Brendon even shaved. Wow. I'm. Wow.

[expastic.livejournal.com]

OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD

*DIES*

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

YES. YES YES YES. THEY ABSOLUTELY DID. I mean. No JWalk and Spence? Even though they're obviously there since they're doing Bumbershoot? Really???? God, I love them so much.

And YES, Brendon shaved and he looks BEAUTIFUL. I love his babyface *smishes him*

(Icon twinz!)

[flimsy.livejournal.com]

agh, not ON Ryan's birthday obvs, but for his birthday? god, I don't even know. My brain stopped working. TOO MUCH AWESOME

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

YES EXACTLY OHGOD.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, close enough! Ryan did the good boyfriend thing and went to the party his girlfriend threw for him, let it be covered by the press, etc yadda yadda. But THEN he went and had a quiet private dinner with JUST BRENDON.

I don't even know what do with this information.

[theaerosolkid.livejournal.com]

HAPPY PLACES!!!

\o/

Sighhhh, Brendonnnn.

[sorchasilver.livejournal.com]

Looking at the Wachovia website, I found the following, under the "Wire Tranfer" link:

If you wish to move funds from a Wachovia account:

Write a check against the Wachovia account and mail in or deliver a deposit to another financial institution.

So once you have your Irish account, you should be able to deposit a cheque drawn on your Wachovia account.

Assuming you have a cheque book for that account?

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

*beams* They make my face split with the grinning on a regular basis! Oh hearts.

Bdennnnnnnnnnn <333

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

There was a Wire Transfer link? Obviously I suck at this whole website searching thing *g*

That's a good point, a check is probably my best option. I have the book of sample checks that they gave me when I got the account, which actually work even though they don't have my name on them... lol. I could use those, or I could just bite the bullet and order checks since they're a good thing to have anyway.

Thanks hon!

[flimsy.livejournal.com]

THIS BROKE MY BRAIN OK. It's broken.

GOD this must be it. there's no other explanation. dude. i. seriously.

[sorchasilver.livejournal.com]

Do you have phone banking? 'Cos I'm sure you should be able to simply instruct them to transfer the funds to an account at another bank directly, but I'm not sure how US banks work, so... maybe? Do you have a Customer Service number you could call for advice?

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I can find a number to call on the Wachovia site, yeah. I was gonna resort to that eventually, but I hate calling companies, haha.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I'm a terrible person but now I want fic about that dinner. Um. *TINHATS LIEK WOAH*

[flimsy.livejournal.com]

YEAH ME TOO. I'm sure it was all cute and a bit awkward maybe? And Brendon made stupid jokes and Ryan was all tilty-eyebrow but Brendon was really cute and yeah. God. That really was a date. A DATE.

[sorchasilver.livejournal.com]

I hate making those sort of calls too (actually, I hate using the phone in general *g*) - do you have a local branch? Maybe you could go in and get some advice in person?

*gets less&less useful and more&more question-y*

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, there are branches around here. We'll see! I'll ask my mom.

[maleyka.livejournal.com]

I was there for 11 months and it worked beautifully! But obviously anything you can do with your existing account would be more practical. Ugh, finances. *hugs*

(OMG I KNOW WTF. I may have spent an inappropriately long time staring at that picture and imagining them walking down the street later and maybe holding hands when they were sure no one was looking and omg, MY TINHAT IS SO SHINY. *flails*)

[sorchasilver.livejournal.com]

I took another look at the site, and it says:

WIRE TRANSFERS
To make a wire transfer, please visit any Wachovia Financial Center to complete the required paperwork.

But since you don't yet have the Irish account, I suspect your best plan is to speak to them and see if they can give you some advice - they must have a procedure for situations like yours!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, and three withdrawals held you over for that entire time?? What did you do, hide cash somewhere secure where you were staying? I'm confused!

(Ack! *flails with you* HANDHOLDING! And I'm sure they're staying in a hotel there, um. Wow, my mind just went PLACES. I'll stop right there :D)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Maybe a bit awkward, UNLESS they've been having sekrit dinner dates forever now and this is just the first time they got caught at it! I bet Ryan was really smiley because he got to be with his Bden, and he's just been so happy lately, and oh. They make my heart go pitterpat!