not a perfect metaphor

Meme time! From Lexie:
Association Meme: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
( I don't know how long-winded this will get, so. )
In other news, Dr. Horrible is excellent driving music, if you don't mind hearing the same thing several times due to its shortness. Which I don't, as it is fun times!

I think I begin to see the self-medicating value of driving fast and loud music. Nothing I plan to do on a regular basis, of course, but.
Weekend was most excellent; quinby and also _chibidragon_, if she made it over for the beginning of the show, now know the logic behind this icon. XD
Quin and I also should not be allowed to plot, as things like this happen. (I should also suck it up and give Iron Man a tag; will have to grok that.)
Signed up for yuletide this year, since I don't have college to get in the way, for a change. Put in Sneakers, Daria, Night at the Museum, Stardust (the film), and Villains By Necessity. Should be fun.
( note to self: Milliways car keys posts )

A meme, for great 'while I am chilling in the cracktastic game' (now with bonus sotto_voice!):
The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write AND give me another time period (Ancient Rome, Regency England, etc.) OR give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc.). I will then explain what story from that fandom I would AU in that era.

I was not fated to bring home any food ever on this vacation, clearly. I have Pocky and ramen at toki_usagi's, lo mein at gehayi's (but that's okay, really), and chocolate I didn't even buy still with quinby. ENTIRE SUNDAY STRIP of me going 'Jesus.'
( anyway, vacation recap is pursuant )
In conclusion, awesome vacation was awesome.

Have achieved Little Feat tickets. People who were up for Mountain Goats, I'm still interested in some kind of dinner meetup thingy-do.
Also got the contract and edits for my short story yesterday! On the whole, I think my first encounter with the editing world went all right, though being jarred out of my own story by the editor implying a relationship that isn't there rattled me most of last night. That particular change, I'm not so much taking.

On Friday there was seeing of National Treasure 2 with the Quin and sotto_voice. I have not seen the first one, but I know the basics, and the click was quite enjoyable. Good balance between the accurate bits and the 'we totally made this up, for reals!' bits.
I've decided the grad school thing is going to be better served if I give it another year to percolate and muster my application fu. Parents did not explode, instead opting to point out the job market's going to suck (which I know). And hey, they're still willing to let me go to Hawaii with them this summer; perhaps all that was required was a decision. In any case, vacation! (--Which reminds me, I should do a write-up of the Boston adventuring.)
Also, I have to call attention to the GIP for once, as it's not often one stumbles across icons quoting one's (admittedly a bit distant) relatives. Coolest thing ever, at least for tonight. XD

ariastar: The snow shouldn't preclude the meeting-up plans, as my car is all-wheel drive. So, if all goes according to plan, what time should we shoot for? (If it doesn't go according to plan for some reason... shall we rain-check next week?)
Last few days, I've been expanding on Short Story What Is Being Published so that I have something long enough to send off with grad school applications. That's been going fairly well.
I think keeping up the embodiment journal is taking up a lot of the stuff I'd usually write in here. How good or bad of a thing that is remains to be seen. But, you know, I'm keeping up with the paper!journal thing!

Get Your Geek On was a blast, barring a minor turf war over the music. And I'm fairly certain I missed Aria and Polaris, despite our best efforts to coordinate. (Guys, I think we'll have to try again at some point; at this rate, next semester might be a better bet. But We Will Come Up With Something.)
Quin and I didn't win anything out of the costume contest, but we weren't really expecting to and we still rocked the house (or such parts of it that got the idea); pictures will follow once I have them. And really, what good is it to be the DJ if you can't include a little Best of Queen to set the mood for your grand entrance? XD I think my favorite costume on the night was Sylvester-McCoy!Doctor (who was there with Ace and Arthur Dent).
Also, Quin now has a front seat, and a bit of floor in the back. That was a pretty epic cleaning quest in its own right, though I might apply similar to my room for a bit. (This is not the homework avoidance you are looking for. Move along.) And my license crap is now set to be mailed off, so I'll be getting it on its way this afternoon.
And now, the... doing of the stuff.

So. lite_bright was over for a bit this afternoon, which was great fun. And then day_pirate came down and went "ZOMG PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH GUY IN AMHERST COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!"
So we went, and it was pretty awesome, and I have a signed copy of the book now. Today, I think, is the day of authors.

Meeting gehayi was full of awesome.
There was rain. And fog. And both at once. So the driving took a bit longer than we thought, but we're in Sara's room now.
Poor Quin is finally crashing from her lack of sleep. I might be for bed soonish myself.
But yeah. Hijinks have officially ensued.