one more miracle

I have been the worst updater EVER recently, I'm sorry! I've been swamped with lab and spending every goddamn second possible with Francisco. I spent last night at his place and said goodbye to him this morning. You better believe there were absolute floods of tears. I think I hugged and kissed him 20 times before I could bring myself to go. It was terrible. He made me smile though because when I said I would miss his stupid t-shirts (he has such ridiculous and adorable ones, like teenage mutant ninja turtles) he got an idea and gave me his GIRAFFE HAT as something to remember him by, because he wouldn't need it in Florida. I LOVE that hat on him, so it is the sweetest gift ever. I will cherish it.

So that was really hard. We've been texting all day though which has made things a little easier. I know we'll stay very much in touch, but it's going to be hard for a while. I still hate that he has to leave and think it's completely unfair, but I do hope that he makes a new life there that he can love. Otherwise it's only that much worse.

The reason I was the one doing the leaving was that I was setting off for NEW YORK CITY BABY! Wooooo! I got picked up by rhombal and musictoyourlips and we road tripped! It was awesomesauce! \o/ So now we are staying at the lovely house of one wordsalone, along with strikesoftly, in the suburbs of NYC. Tomorrow we're going to spend the day in the city, my bestest best friend Michelle will join us along with a bunch of other lovely folks, and then we will see AMERICAN IDIOT!!!!!!!!! Stark Sands! Tony Vincent! SO MUCH DELIGHT I cannot waaait lksjdfs.

In other news, FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE UNBEARABLY HOT. We spent the evening at wordsalone's ogling various footie players, particularly one Fernando Torres (DAT ASS), the rest of the Spanish squad, and the German squad as well (my bbs!!!). There was a lot of squealing and laughing and awwwwing and oooohing. We appreciate Nando's penchant for unclothedness. :D

Right now football is totally stressing me out though because BASTI SCHWEINSTEIGER MIGHT NOT PLAY ON SUNDAY! DDDDDD: He hurt his hamstring in the game against Ghana and it doesn't look to be good for my bb. D: He has been so fucking key to our entire performance so far, providing much needed stability and maturity to the very center of the lineup (he's playing center midfield since Ballack was injured). We haven't been playing at our best anyway, so it's terrifying to think how we might perform without him. The only consolation that England has looked WORSE, and we will have Klose back, so MAAAYBE we still have a chance? I HAVE FAITH. COME ON MANNSCHAFT!!!

Another bright side is that Rosie's giddy glee has completely infected me with Espana fever, so I'm very happy to root for them as well. The game against Portugal's gonna be tough though! COME ON ESPANA!! (And Nando's ass.)

The German NT will always be first in my heart though, and I'm so worried for them. :(((( I'm scared that all the pretty new icons I made will be irrelevant in a couple days...

OMG WORLD CUP! OMG AMERICAN IDIOT! OMG FANGIRLS!!!!!!

Good times. ♥

Hallo darlings! The radio silence from me is because I've been having a marvelous time with the5thmarauder, exploring Cardiff, seeing all the places Torchwood has filmed (the "in these stones" building is gorgeous! and Ianto's office is a grungy little hole in the wall), playing Zelda: Crossbow Training on the Wii with her parentals, and watching many many forms of media. Rachael is now thoroughly head over heels for Mikey and company, and she's also already addicted to Friday Night Lights, which, duh :D I really am having the best time. Her parents are so sweet, and her mom is just so kind and generous and helpful and I feel like a princess, honestly! I try to help her out and she just waves me off, hee. We're currently listening to The Black Parade while Ray works on her Zombie Survival Guide for her graphics class, which is AWESOME. Her little zombies are so CUTE! Today we went to Penarth Pier, which was beautiful.

I'm super super glad I decided to do this for my vacation - it beats the hell out of sitting around in Dublin! (Hahahaha... I can't believe I just said that) Fangirls are seriously, SERIOUSLY ftw, you guys. I wish I had them all the time. Hey, we should start a commune! Y/Y???

I have managed to keep up with my flist though. The Cobra reality show on MTV.com is hilarious, no fucking lie, ahahahaha. MPREG! You're not asian!!! No YOU'RE fat! There isn't a car here, you realize that right? Gabe, we're voting you out. AHAHAHA. COBRAAAAAS. Panic! at the Prom is endlessly precious, as is the newer Bden and Ryro bits in Cosmo girl - Brendon's looking for his Jasmine! AWWWW. Though let's be honest, it's more like, I don't know, Brian looking for his Justin. *g* But hey, I was Jasmine for Halloween when I was a kid! Pick me, Bden, pick me! :D

I am deeply excited for the next few days, as we're going to get the City is at War video (HURRAH!) and HOPEFULLY something out of those teasing Panic! children, if the website is to be believed! Yaye!

Does anyone know what the status is on the supposed video for Mama, that Gerard is supposed to direct? I know Frankie's in New Jersey right now, and they've got the South America tour in... February. So is the video going to happen some time in there? I hope so - I really wanna see what Gee comes up with!

Well Ray and I are off to watch more FNL, I believe! Catch you on the flipside!