one more miracle

It's amazing what a give-and-take thing Livejournal is. Usually I wake up to at least 2 or 3, sometimes more, emails from LJ comments, but this morning my only email was from Google saying "You have no events scheduled for today" (it's a very depressing email to receive every day, I should probably look into switching that off) and it made me sadface. But it's just because i spent a day off Livejournal! (Which was painful, let me tell you - I dread looking at my flist) Did the Disco or Fluffy Puppy Cuddle Time My Chem get up to any noteworthy shenanigans?

Last night was a lot of fun! I looked lovely, if I do say so myself, and most of my sci fi friends were there, especially Sarah, who got together with Barry officially last night which makes me so happy because they're two of my favorite people here and they totally deserve each other. James showed up after the dinner and awards ceremony thingy, in a dashing black suit (and his stubble-turned-almost-real-beard because I told him I like it so he didn't shave it off *g*) and we had so much fun together. I didn't get drunk at all (such an expensive bar, omg) but lots of people around me did, which is enough to get me acting all goofy in and of itself. Dave was there, who is a very effusive and affectionate drunk, and we had a blast (I believe a threesome was planned with me and James, who is his future roommate) and then I hung out with Sarah's friend Owen (Eoin? I've seen it both ways in Ireland) who is fabulously gay and thinks my boyfriend is cute (at this point the plans became a foursome, YEAH YOU'RE JEALOUS), and in general it was just a ridiculous good time. Sci Fi got snubbed in the awards so some of the guys were pretty bitter (Conor, Mark, Bren) so that was a little bit of a sour note, but I had a great time anyway. I had the geekiest conversation with Jimmy ever - topics ranged through Joss's new series, Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars - he agrees that Hayden's a good actor who gets a bad rep for the SW movies! \o/ I love geeks. I also got to chat with Colin for a while, which was really nice because it's been quite a while since I got to do that.

Wow that was a really long paragraph. I enjoy remembering the details of nights like that :) I have a lot of awesome pictures, including some truly adorable ones of me and James, so I will be posting those most likely tonight, keep an eye out!

In the meantime, I'm trying not to have a panic attack from all the work I have to do. My sociology class decided to be a MASSIVE BITCH and drop a five thousand word essay on my head yesterday, due in two weeks. Granted, I'm writing it with two other people, but UGH. That's HUGE. On top of that, I have myriad lab reports to write, which are aaaaaalways a bitch, and these two things combined mean that I'm pretty much going to get no time to study in the next two weeks. GREAT.

*breathes*

I predict myself descending into a vibrating ball of stress over the next two months. Suuuuucks :( At least I have you lovely folks to keep me at least a little sane <3 (Except when you keep posting about how faaaabulous MCR is live, I am so jealous, zomg.) I'm afraid I'm going to have to tell James that I can't spend quite so much time with him, because wow, WORK, and then you know I really really need time to myself :-/

LIFE HARD. How are you?

What a lovely, fun night! I love those evenings that just leave me with a happy glow of contentment, no complications or confusion, just pure enjoyment. First of all, I totally looked hot tonight, adn there's nothing like looking hot to boost one's self confidence. I straightened my hair (it still looks awesome), wore a cleavage-popping shirt, short jean skirt, black tights and my hotass lace-up black boots with the four inch heels (I can barely walk, but it was totes worth it). First I went to Porterhouse for Sarah's birthday, which was nice - some of the sci fi boys hanging around, but the nicest part was hanging out and chatting with Conor in the smoking area. Conor's a good guy. Then I somehow convinced Conor to walk me the ten minutes to the club where Louise was having HER birthday. And basically after that was PURE AWESOME. Everyone fantastic from biochem was there, and we danced like crazy (including to Love Shack! I LOVE THAT SONG. That B-52s album was totally my favorite when I was FIVE) and just basically had a blast. Louise + Niall + Paddy + Bridget Ann + Sinead + Laura + Sharee + Ronan = YAY. Seriously, I adore them, and they are so fond of their American, and bwee. We danced our little hearts out until they turned the lights on at 2:30.

Hearts hearts hearts. And as you can tell, I'm not even that drunk, even though I had three pints. Tolerance building ftw! \o/

You guys. Those Panic children. What. I don't even know. ALBUM NAO PLZ?

Ummmm sleepy. Bedtime!

Today was randomly fabtastic! I totally didn't expect that! I had my first class at noon (statistical thermodynamics, ew ew ew) and then I went to meet Sinead and the biochem kids at Java. Sinead and most of them had to leave really soon though, but Niall didn't! So it ended up just being me and Niall hanging out and chatting for 45 minutes. He's so sweet. He makes me laugh and I make him laugh and it's good times :D Then we sat together in our next lecture, went to the library for our free hour together, then sat together again for our last lecture! It was pretty much unmitigated awesome - I adore him.

Then I texted Dara asking if he and Paul were up in sci fi, and they were! So I headed in that direction, and they were up there with a couple other people. We played Guitar Hero for an hour - the only songs I played were two co-ops with Paul, hee. We are a rockin' team \o/ In between songs, we had pillow fights and poking fights and we totally have the pigtail-pulling kind of mutual crush, it's actually ridiculously fun, idek. I love hanging out with him and Dara, they're just made of puppies and rainbows!

Then everyone showed up and we had our sci fi committee meeting. Good craic, as usual! I loff everybody <3

Thennnnn I went out to dinner at a delicious Thai place with Kate, her brother Adam, Cary, Emily, and Megan, all American girls on the Butler program. We were sending Adam off, as he is leaving tomorrow, tear! He's a really cool guy, he's been fun to have around :)

THEN we came back up to sci fi because I was going to go out to a movie with the sci fi boys, and I brought the American kids along with me for a round of Guitar Hero and just to say hello, because everyone I know is awesome and gets along swimmingly \o/ I played yet another song with Paul, and had more tickling and poking fights, I SWEAR WE ARE TWELVE. He even picked me up and twirled me at one point! *hands* I don't even know, I just know it's fun :P

So then the American contingent headed off to a pub, and I set off with a passel of boys (plus one girl!) to see Cloverfield! There was Bren, Mark, Barry, Colin, Niall, Justin2, and Megan. I spent the whole walk there talking to Bren, which was so lovely because I adore him but I really only ever see him briefly in the sci fi room. He's the head of the society and always really busy with that or schoolwork. We sat together for the movie, and talked on the walk back too, I loved that :) It had been a long time since I'd been out with the group of them like that, it was really nice. Cloverfield was pretty awesome - there was lots of covering of the eyes, because hey, gross! But awesome! I liked it. The guys LOVED it, of course. ♥

Only two moments of sourness today - first, Bren told me that Andy broke up with that girl Jean 3 weeks after they got together. In like. November. Um. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH I WAS EMOING ABOUT HIM? How I was completely head over heels but he was taken?? HE WASN'T TAKEN. HE DIDN'T TELL US. I am really quite baffled and kind of hurt and just. Blegh. I don't want to think about it. But I think I'm cured of my crush because while I still adore him, I realize that he really does have issues and I don't think it would be healthy to get tangled with that. The other moment of meh was when I asked Niall why he and Colin and Andy didn't make it on Friday (he told me he was trying to convince them to come) and he kind of made a face and said he didn't want to talk about it just then. So either Colin or Andy was being weird about coming to hang out with me. Awesome. Meh, whatever.

Let's finally have some visual aids for all these names I'm dropping everywhere! I didn't take too many pictures last Friday, but once I got quite drunk and the camera got in my hands, I got some awesome ones, so - sharing! There's also a video of a group a capella rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, that was AWESOME. Hee.

( Galileo GALILEO Galileo GALILEO Figaro magnifico-o-oooo! )

Well that's that! It was a good night indeed. And today was a good day. I'm so pleased. :) Now my toes are cold and I have class in 8 hours so I'm gonna hit the sack! Gnight my dears!

Every word out of Gerard's mouth makes me love him more, I swear. And LynZ! She sounds so amazing, when Gerard talks about her I totally get anime heart eyes.

My wife totally backs the way I am on stage, that's one of the amazing things about her. I have 120 per cent respect for her when I'm on stage, so there are definitely certain things I would never do. But she knows my sexuality, and I know mine, so there's no reason not to push those boundaries. It's with the most noble intentions -- it's to make certain people realise just because somebody is a performer or slightly effeminate, -- even that guy at work or that kid at school -- there's no reason to shove 'em around. So much testosterone has been in rock for so long -- that's why I'm so interested in pushing it. All it boils down to is treating women like second-class citizens, calling people faggots, being borderline racist, if not totally racist. A lot of things are ingrained in the stupidest rock 'n' roll we completely oppose. So one way we can push it is through our sexuality. - From new interview here. Link thanks to foxxcub

LOVELOVELOVE. GERARD. LYNZ. ♥ I feel really blessed that I got to meet them together. They were holding hands!! IT WAS PRECIOUS.

(You guys, Lyn-Z totally approves of Gerard and Frank's shenanigans. Methinks this translates offstage! Y/Y?? I tend to resist reading RPS fic about people in real relationships, BUT I MAYBE KINDA WANT TO NOW.)

So tonight I hung out in the sci fi room with some of the guys and a bunch of random sci fi soc members, drinking beer and watching Back to the Future. It was fun, I guess *shrug* I miss when we all used to go out as a group, when I didn't feel slightly awkward being around Colin (though I actually haven't seen him since we broke up, so I have no idea how that's gonna go), when I was the only girl and Andy was still around because he didn't have a girlfriend and it was fun and brilliant. It's all kind of... stagnated a bit. Hm.

The best part of tonight was when this girl on the general committee, Sinead, brought her boyfriend Lloyd and um. He looked like a slightly less stunning Frank Iero. UM. He had shaggy dark brown hair that curled at the nape of his neck, a LIP RING (nngh), a brown hoodie, super skinny dark jeans, and a faint dusting of stubble. (He sat right next to me - I paid attention.) Ungh, he was so, so hot. Why can't I meet more boys like THAT? *grabbyhands*

Oral exam went pretty well, I think I did okay. As expected, he asked me some broad questions that left me a little bit deer in headlights, but he kind of coaxed me into it by sort of guiding me to the answers and it wasn't very stressful. He's a really sweet guy, to be honest, and I wish I had him for a subject that interested me a bit more than physical chemistry. He's a very good teacher. So, yeah, that's over with, and it wasn't an absolute nightmare \o/

I do still have three lab reports on my plate. Bleurgh. I have have have to force myself to accomplish something this weekend, finish at least one of them.

So. Tired. Have resolved to be in bed by two tonight. THIS IS MY RESOLVE FACE.

So last night was Andy's 21st birthday. We went to a great pub and just drank for a few hours, it was really fun :D Andy's three brothers (one younger, two older - another one was missing) were there, and um. That is a HOT family. Holy crap. Every single one of them was just... ngh. Ahem. Not that I'm surprised, since Andy himself is delicious, but geez. However, five brothers? Their poor mom! Haha. They all got along really well though, it was sweet, and I chatted with his little brother Robbie for a while.

When I say we drank, I mean that we got steins of German beer. A stein = 1 liter. Hahaha. Oh god. I finished a whole one of Erdinger. Hence today's hangover :P

Everyone awesome was there - Colin obviously, Bren, Barry, Niall, Michael, Owen, plus other people I hadn't met yet but who were great too, and it was just a lot of fun! Then I went home with Colin and spent the night and it was lovely and I had to force myself to leave at 1 PM this.. afternoon, hee.

This week's Supernatural was AWESOME. They're coming back to the great balanced mix of humor and angst, and I absolutely loved it. So many perfect moments :D

All this talk of MCR's shows is making me so impatient!! SIX DAYS OMG. Apparently they played Honey a couple nights ago! Bullets FTW! I'm seriously going to pass out for joy when they start Headfirst for Halos :D:D The video of their new song is awesome, I can't wait to hear it live!! And I've been looking at pictures of the inside of the arena I'm going to - my seats are SO CLOSE. Afksdjflk. Yaaaaaay.