one more miracle

Happy Mother's Day!! I know there's a lot of strong, awesome moms on my flist, and I just want to say I respect you so hard, and you are all amazing. I hope you had a lovely day. ♥ I sent my mommy a card and a gift certificate for a 30 minute massage, so I hope she enjoys that :)

My day was pretty intense. My friend Dierdre has been single-handedly planning and running this charity drive called Dump N Run, where we put boxes in all the dorms and public buildings, and students put stuff they dont want anymore in them as they're moving out of college. We collect all the stuff, sort it, and sell it in a big community yard sale. So all last week I went around gathering boxes almost every day, lugging stuff to my car and dragging it into the sports center where we were storing it. Yesterday I worked for 6 hours gathering the last of the stuff (it took me and Matt 4 trips in his Jeep from ONE dorm building) and helping to sort it in the gym. We ended up with unbelievable piles of stuff - a couch, some armchairs, several desks, a couple bookcases and dressers, a kitchen table set, hundreds of pounds of clothes of all sorts, four entire tables full of food (like soup, oatmeal, granola bars, those kinds of things), four tables of shoes, and lots of miscellania. So today I woke up at 8 to help Dierdre make and put out signs, then the sale started at 12. By 11, people were already lining up, and at 12 there were at least 50 people in line, probably more. When we opened, it was a flood! Within 45 minutes, 90% of the stuff was gone, leaving mostly crap. We made - wait for it - at least $1800. Yay!!!! I was so proud of Dierdre, and glad that I'd taken part, but oh boy I'm exhausted. I have a bad back, so the six hours yesterday of standing and lifting completely did a number on it, and even ibuprofen and icing isn't really doing anything. Bah. Oh well, it was a good thing to do, and the money's going to the local Domestic Violence Services and a food kitchen. Yay!

Michelle and I came home and collapsed around 1:30. We watched two episodes of Leverage to relax, as you do! Elliot, I love your FACE, and OH HARDISON!!! How are they so amazing? Parker is absolutely growing on me too, especially after the episode with the orphans. "We're more than a team." AWWW team. *draws hearts* My main stumbling block with this show is that I just... don't like the two older leads, Timothy Hutton especially. He is frequently ridiculous in the bad way and almost never funny and I spend most of his screen time rolling my eyes. But whatever! Little team kids! A little crazy and dorky and badass and snarky! A millllllion hearts.

We then got a craving for Christian Kane so we watched two random Angel episodes, first Disharmony because it was on the disc (HARMONY *hearts*) and then... the one with the Evil Hand!!!1!!1, I forget what it's called. Now of course I'm listening to Kane because Christan could croon to me ALL DAY, unf. Where is his next album?! Sigh.

Michelle made tasty pasta with salmon and pesto sauce, and then she went to bed, so now I'm just chillin on my couch doing NOTHING. This would be even more awesome if my back wasn't killing me, but as it is it's pretty damn awesome. \o/ I am almost a million percent done with college! YAY!

La la la I'll stop rambling at you. Maybe I'll finish the SPN fic I've been reading - I know! Amazing! :D

*squeeflails* Omg!

Okay, two things.

One, ckll just posted scans of a new Jsquared interview!!. The article is called BLOOD BROTHERS and all it is is Jensen and Jared talking about their "spooky bond"!!!! It's SO adorable, and they say things like "Whenever we get the chance, we'll hang out." Jensen also says "He's got a girlfriend and I love her to death" - Susan I thought of you! Heehee. They are just the cutest things ever, omg.

Second, KANE HAS A NEW SONG! Eeeeeeee! It was the first email I opened when I woke up, and let me tell you, that was a NICE wakeup. Much nicer than being woken up from a beautiful dream, ARGH, stupid brain! ANYWAY. It's SO RIDICULOUSLY GOOD, and when this album comes out I'm going to combust. It's streaming on their MySpace: Go listen!

In TV news...

I finished SGA S2!! Thoughts to come later, when I don't have to leave for class in 10 minutes.

BSG - BLAAAARGH. And that's all I've got to say.

Except - *squeeflail*! This all is going to make my day from hell MUCH easier to bear. Yay for that.

*stabs things*

I'll give you an alternative to my bitchiness by linking you to New KANE pictures from their concert this weekend LOOK AT 25 and 26. AWWWW. Someone put Steve or Jensen in there, kthx. Hee.

Now back to your originally programmed rant.

Okay so I was getting vaguely worried about how I was gonna get all my work done this weekend, but I thought it was going to be manageable. I have a couple pretty huge things I need to get around to, but I could have done it. But THEN I look in my planner and realize that Sunday night, from 5-8 (that's right, PRIME HOMEWORK TIME) I have a fucking volunteer training session at a nearby health clinic. And the upshot of the training is that I get to spend three hours every tuesday afternoon (one of only 2 free afternoons I had every week - now we're down to 1!) at the clinic. Don't get me wrong, it's cool to volunteer and I think it's gonna be a good experience, but 1) I'm pretty sure I'm not going to med school anymore, so I don't need this experience, and 2) I DONT HAVE THE TIME. *holds head* The main problem is that on Sunday night I was also planning to get together with my Bio lab group (*stab stab stab*) to write our fucking lab report on the shitty ass data we got on the experiment we "designed". It's going to be a headache and a half, let me tell you. Oh my god. So basically my entire Sunday evening is taken up by these two activities, meaning I can't read Ulysses, work on my research fair presentation, or do any other of the trillion things that need my attention (like my Wincon recap!! The longer I wait the more it will fade from my memory! :(:().

ARGH.

*sits down and cries*

Omigod, I LOVE Angel S2. I was getting all FLAILY I was so excited, so I had to take a break to keep myself from spontaneously combusting! Also? I LOVE CHRISTIAN KANE SO MUCH IT HURTS! *flappy hands* All the little nuances in his acting make me squee and flail and rewind and rewatch all the time!

Oh I am such a fangirl.

*LOVES SO HARD*

(I need to reupload a Chris-as-Lindsey icon!)

So joyfulgirl41 linked to a cool website wherein these girls (I think?) blog about country acts that aren't mainstream but are very talented and should be more well known. Or something like that. But they love Kane, which is awesome, and so I'm linking to this article which is very funny (it reminds me of TWoP in its style - not the cynicism, but the humor) and just an ode to our favorite boys. -> http://www.hardcore-troubadours.com/2006/06/12/19

This weekend promises to be all that and a bag of chips. I have no idea why I just said that, but it's a fun saying, don't you think? ANYwho, Jeff and the kids are taking off to visit his grandparents until Sunday afternoon, so it's just me and Meg! Girls' weekend, YAY! We plan to start Buffy season 3 (which she hasn't seen most of, despite being a big Buffy fan and having seen most of the other seasons. I am truly baffled and dismayed by this, and thus am going to remedy it) and watch as much of it as we can, YAY. I am ridiculously excited because, hello, FAITH! And also the whole season just rocks my socks right off my feet. Also part of this weekend will be beef stew for dinner at Anne and Franklin's house, which will be awesome, and watching some World Cup! And THEN, Sunday, I'm going to see Theory of a Deadman! YAY!

In addition, I am so excited for Winchester Con that I really could throw up! :D That should seriously be the motto for the con, heeee. There are FIFTY FOUR people ALREADY PAID, and even MORE who have yet to pay, and OMG. I AM SO EXCITED, GUYS. Nan posted the icons I made at the con comm *bounces* Yay for fangirls!!!