Ninjas STILL can't catch you if you're on fire

Dear LJ,

What has happened in January 2012 so far?

1) I've moved back into the house, and besides having to get up at 5AM or thereabouts since Monday also seem to be coming down with something. UGH UNCOOL, BODY. Though going to sleep at 10PM ish gets easier when you have a throbbing headache and can't quite breathe through your nose. I cannot get sick, I have an important meeting on Friday!

2) Work is AWESOME. Passed my probation period (it wasn't officially declared or anything, but I think I can consider it a success when my boss calls me in to discuss my self-evaluation form and asks me how long I've been working here anyways, "it feels like so long already")! We're busy like hell now and sometimes I make the kind of mistakes that make me want to headdesk when I don't catch them in time and BigBoss has to point them out to me in various stages of annoyed, but all in all it's going great. MyBoss is at least easier to please, and we have a new designer who is good and also SOLELY here for the unbrand stuff and I have been gleefully piling up aaaaall the projects I wanted to do since last year but couldn't, due to lack of aforementioned unbrand designer. He is also v. dryly sarcastic, snipes w/ my desk neighbor in a very entertaining way and wears things like randomly flowery shirts and bright purple dockers lol I love Asian male fashion.

3) As a result of both points, I thus have next to no real time to LJ at the moment and I STILL haven't many any 2011 recap posts yet baaaaaaaaaaaaalls, soon soon soon I promise (myself). Hopefully our internet at home gets fixed soon! Until then, I shall see most of you on the Twittersssssssphere and FB XD Eventho I am also massively behind on uploading pictures to the latter and just also ANSWERING EMAILS in general, sigh!

Kisses,
SHAZ

I have been on a roll of productivity today, which probably means that I will probably fail a lot at doing things tomorrow just so that the universe is balanced. It's amazing what one can actually accomplish in a day if you set your sights higher than "wash hair, eat lunch, spend 5 hours reading fic" lol. Though I sure hope that the crappery with trying to book my flight and having the credit card be denied from the bank in Thailand (?? wtf) will be resolved without much hassle. I just want my fucking plane ticket, jeez. Running these errands and the subsequent lunch with Olga was another nigh point in the day though, and I am already intensely looking forward to all the fun stuff we have planned for my remaining time here ♥

But before I forget, something I wanted to post about for aaaaaaaaages already: MUSIC to shaaaaare
( Cut for song descriptions and DL links )

And in conclusion, some more links of interest:
Genderswitched SPN casting ...the ladies chosen are all exceedingly cool, but how much do I love the choices for male!Ellen and Jo? AN INSANE AMOUNT :Db
"A Striking Position to Take: SPN and economic instability" ...I really enjoyed this essay/meta. Some excellent points and wonderfully articulated.

CHRIS PINE, PINE TREES AND PINEAPPLES .......GENIUS. THE END.

EINS: I sent off my rough art draft for spn_j2_bigbang! Finished up a background for the title banner, added the characters and did the lineart (well except for Jared as he is Being Tricky). There are obviously still loads of things to fiddle with and improve on, and I am already impatient to finally get to color out everything and add accessories and little details on the girls, but I am quite happy with it so far. laulan, imma send you a copy probably later in the evening when I have another few hours to work on it or something ,aiiiight?

DOS: mcollinknight HATH RETURNETH TO THE TENDER EMBRACE OF THE INTERNETS AGAIIIIIN. PROBABLY NOW ARMED WITH EVEN MORE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN BEING AN AWESOME-R PERSON THAN THE REST OF US *THROWS CONFETTI, HEARTS* Ahhh C, you BDH, you!! I DON'T ENVY YOUR SPAM-CATCH UP SESSIONS THOUGH. YOU SHOULD TIME HOW LONG IT TAKES TO READ EVERYTHING :DD
ALSO I AM TOTALLY SMSing apple_scruffer RIGHT NOW ABOUT IT AND SHE CAN'T COME ONLINE NEENER NEENER okay so she actually has a job and responsibilities and I am still sitting here in my pajama pants BUT STILL :DDD

สาม: I am already reading Star Trek porn and fic and pornfic without having seen the actual movie yet. WHOOPS. But I am already shipping Kirk/McCoy like woaaah and Spock/Uhura is awesomesauce. CHRIS PINE'S EYEBROWS STILL SOMETIMES FREAK ME OUT THOUGH. And this is why 'I'M ON A BOAT (MOTHERFUCKER)' will never get old to me. SO awesome ahhhkjajk~~. Oh and this interview has me torn between feeling uncomfortable watching because of the interviewer, and laughing because Chris Pine and Zach Quinto are clearly on something. LOUD NOISES!

สาม POINT FIVE: Literal Music Video- Total Eclipse of The Heart aka, START WHEEZING WITH LAUGHTER NOW. I never noticed how fucked up and weird the original video is. DANCING NINJA MEN WHO KNOW HOW TO TWIRLLLLL.

SANDWICH AND A SHOWER BECKON.

Yes yes I know, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR AND ALL THAT. I seem to now be quite swamped! Thankfully with an amount that is easily pushed aside to at least next week, but still. The work, it LOOMS. I had another impromptu interview (this time: behind the scenes) to do at Sahamongkol Films, I lost a rousing battle of rock-paper-scissors with Bell, so I had to go interview Peter Manus, who is the director of this upcoming Thai film 'Burn (Khon look fai)'. Turns out that the guy, who looked quite scary on the google pics we managed to rustle up, was surprisingly friendly and super enthusiastic and eloquent! He also was the director of that Thai teen slasher flick that made Paula Taylor famous-- "999-9999 toh-tid-tai" and some western movie about ALIEN ANTS!!1 :D. We ended up doing the entire interview in English (since it was apparently his first language, his parents were both Thai and he grew up in the US) and I got to see some super-special footage from the film. I must say, I was sold! I had thought it was gonna be some hokey horror film about supernatural vengeance and Spontaneous Human Combustion, but it is more of a character driven piece that actually involves Shadowy Pharmaceutical Farang Companies!, Quests for TRUTH!, Characters reevaluating their previous glaring flaws!, all shot in this very pleasing and slick manner and starring Very Attractive People. Tak Bongkoch! KING NARESUAN (adult version, rowwr)! The only downside to this is now that I have 27 minutes to type up and cull for a really short interview wordcount. GAHH.

Since that interview led me all the way to Ari BTS station, I decided to try and kill two birds with one stone and look for the stupid fucking retarded helmet that the living editor was insisting I get for the Speedracer Lookalike article that was freaking finished 2 weeks ago. Thankfully BigC provided in the end, after some surprising duds at small local run motorcycle shops around Saphan Kwai (WHO SAYS NO TO FREE ADVERTISING?? MAI KAO JAIII), or I would have seriously lost my shit. SO HAH, HERE'S YOUR DAMN HELMET, STICK IT UP SOMEWHERE AND SMOKE IT. It was just so funny that when we started with the article she was all 'yeah, just do whatever' and then did a flip and kept repeating that IT WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE without it. Hmph! I also got a bit of a chewing out for not having archived the last two issues in the dinky binders we have lying around. BUT OH WELL. How should I know that this normally very non-urgent task suddenly gets upgraded to ass-kicking when someone suddenly needs!!1 something. It's not like there weren't always enough extra issues flying around the chaos of the office anyways.

I do get to do another living feature though, profiling this artsy cafe called Ubuntu tomorrow, so I must be doing something right. :>

PS Sven is in town now with his (quite TALL and maybe even HOT) buddy, so lunch was had with them, Chris and Bell. Good times~

Hot damn. It just feels like I've only just arrived in BKK and it's been 5 days already. Time sure flies when you're busy like hell and shopping shopping shoppinggg! And okay, the last two days HAVE been spent in a more productive manner (INTERNSHIP GET!).

To sum up, a quick listing of Things Done So Far:
( THIS GOT A BIT LONG )

AND NOW ITS MIDNIGHT. My 5 hours of sleep beckon! Will reply to all posts and such tomorrow-- already have stuff tabbed and bookmarked~~

SO IT'S BEEN LIKE NEARLY A WEEK AGAIN HUH? Umm, ahehehe! Well, what can I say, time has been fucking speeding away ever since I arrived in Wienna sometime during monday morning. The flight went by in a blink, this mostly helped by the fact that it took off around my usual bedtime of 3AM, which meant that 7 of the 11 1/2 hours it took were spent sleeping like the dead. The rest were whiled away by my NEW NINTENDO DS LITE (black), a thing of utmost beauty and entertainment. ELITE BEAT AGENTS IS RULING MY SOUL NOW :D

Arriving in my dorm and checking my mailbox, I was then confronted by the whammy of having multiple Mahnungen/warn notices from my health insurance about not having paid any fees for the months of february and march, then finding out that my semester fees were still not paid yet AND that 4 of the 5 courses I signed up for at the BWZ institute (for my marketing free electives) were the wrong ones-- I had managed to get into all of the ADVANCED courses. ...so these last few days were spent running around and/or writing emails like a crazy fool, basically.

Thankfully all seems to have resolved itself, will be trying to make heads or tails of the bank thing this friday, along with paying for the uni semester fees directly (no more bank transfer crap and then 2 weeks wait for my damn Semesterpickerl :|) AND I was able to switch into all the beginners courses at the BWZ (that I apparently also share with Michi, so yay bonus study partner get!)

...and I still haven't truly unpacked yet ^^;;. Pigsty, thy name is my room!

BKK wrap-up posts to be written up soonish, am just experiencing a bit of story burnout, as I have rehashed all the happenings with Carmen again, as well as having told large chunks of the gossip to Clemens and Michi (and to a latter extent Migel) already.

Today I have been alternating wasting time on the internet(am caught up on CFUD happenings now score!) and cleaning at intermittent intervals. So far I have scrubbed my section of the pantry and resorted my foodstuffs(especially after grocery shopping today. I can has delicious food that will all be eaten by Tuesday latest yess), scrubbed the bathroom sink, toilet and shower(the drain is still somewhat clogged tho, dammit I thought I sent off an email to the Heimwartung over a week ago already :| Hmm, but maybe they were closed for the hols... shall try again next week yush), resorted my tops in the closet by colour, unpacked my luggage from Krimml and put it away...

and still I have a lot more left to do. Like rearranging my entire shelves, my uni work, cleaning the desk/all things ever(MUST do in the day where there is actual light to SEE said dust) and, OH, HOW ABOUT STEP3. Arrrgh, must get around to it now. At least two of the four 20-page articles should be summarized. DO IT, SELF, DO IT. DDDD: meh


OH and here be a link I thought was cute:

The Daily Coyote ...a blog about this lady who lives with a coyote pup she took in and a cat in a one-log cabin in Wyoming. Awesome pictures and Charlie(the coyote) is just darling ♥

Have spent the last hour or so culling some of my more random and half-assed tags and still I have a shitload. Ahh, if only I had somehow groked the whole point of these when I first started using them in the middle of 2005... which is, come to think of it, also a whole load of time ago. Damn, I think I'm reaching my third year on LJ this December, even? Whodathunkit~
Also have a shiny new laaaayout, yaaay rainbows! Should really one day get around making my own layout, but alas laziness! and indecision re: what to actually feature in it always gets in my way.

Have had an otherwise brilliant and productive day with Ma, wore my pretty new purple dress for a spin, matched with my new small white bag and white lacoste aaand Ma's white earrings and bolero jeans jacket and basically flounced around like a Khun Nu~~ :D! Even convinced her to MAKE SOME STICKERSSSS yesssss success! Ah how I love magic sticker machines... ours is a love that will last forever~ ♥. Lunch was also scrumptious and at the Chinese restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Thevi that I showed pics of in the last post... 1'600 Baht for two people and a shitload of delicious, delicious Dimsum and dessert, simply fabulous! We were apparently in the same space as some Hi-So people as well, or at least Ma said so...


Ack gotta go now apparently :/ dinnnnner function at god knows where?? Hope the food will be good at least??

Got a bunch of things done today, albeit none of which are actually directly relevant to the exams and deadlines starting in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AKFJSAL KJSKJ LKSADJKLD AAAAAAH DOOM MOTHERFUCKING DOOM ---buuut still. Progress is being made!

_ cleaned up room; 80% completion rate!
_ hung up naked male calendar, put in DOOM dates for easier panicking
_ finally unpacked suitcase, daaaamn I have a lot of clothes
_ ...got called by Dad and aahaha oops I should've let him now I got to Wienna okay >_>;;


_ ..........read various Due South epics and HP holiday fic for at least five hours aaaaah HOW TIME FLIES ummm umm *shifty eyes*


God, I'm so fucked!


But to end on a more positive, yet still academically irrevelant note: Met with Carmen (and later even Karim!) for a souptastic lunch and after the hols catch-up talk and then wandered about Mariahilfer Street. Will be seeing 'em for TEA TIME at the Cafe Central tomorrow too, yay ♥


PS OLGAAAA!!, are you and Nat free for a quick meet-up or something along those lines this Sunday? Or like next wednesday afternoon or so? :D? Am too lazy to sms or call as I am running low on my freshly charged handy geld already...

(btw KAT that phonecall on the 31st cost 10 euros for 6 minutes lolol and I was wondering how fast I blew that batch o cash...XD Curses how the phone card was somehow retarded that day. Yet the story that Karim told me and Carmen today about how he once had a phone bill of SIX HUNDRED EUROS(!!!!! 30'000 motherfrickin BAHT whut whut) kinda makes me feel better about myself XDDD)

Weeell I uh didn't exactly make it to the Mariahilfer Street to do the shopping I wanted today buut there's still Saturday for that. Am feeling kinda guilty that my idea for La's Xmas present this year is kinda insipid(am thinking about either getting her a fancy edition of some Oscar Wilde stuff or a hardcover of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' aahh how we squeed about that one), but worst comes to worst I'll get her that and buy myself a ribbon to tie 'round my head or something when I touch down in Zürich.

Oh and Kat, you okay with us sending your present together at the same time i.e from Swissieland? Wanted to send it already this friday buuut it's not looking all too likely anymore. Oops?

But in other news it's 11PM, I have finished my manga presentation for tomorrow morning, info-dumped enough on my partner Jenny and could actually get started early on some stuff for friday! Hrmm. Have a very enticing open tab with a GW fic though, long and plotty... jars me a bit with Heero and Duo calling each other 'love' and 'my heart' ...but it's kinda a h&c fic and that comes with the 'comfort' part of the equation I guess...

Also we(Carmen, Anja, Fabian and I ...basically 'the girls' lolol) went for some cheap(I stayed in budget!) cocktails at the Soho in Millenium City(near my dorm) and had quite a good time. Were joined by Hannah and Mira later, plus some dude of Hannah's and his buddies after Carmen, Anja and Fabian(...he got into the wrong S-bahn(HOWWW) and was nearly stranded in Floridsdorf hahahahaha) had to leave to catch the last U-bahn. Which was a shame, as by that point I had stopped caring enough to actually sing Ace of Base' "Cruel Summer" with Mira (Soho doubles as a karaoke bar occaisionally)... Love that song! And I totally chattered like a hyper monkey at H-dudes's friends' as they were all from Salzburg originally aaaand this one guy was studying at the Angewandte Universität for Kunst, which was like MY ORIGINAL DREAAAAAM AAAAAAH. Cute guy too, but omg short :( ...
Also I never know if I come off too strong when I meet new people re:my chattiness factor, as I mean... I was bored and didn't know who the hell they were sooo obviously I'd try to start a conversation right? And uh start telling random anecdotes too. I mean, who doesn't, right?

H-dude also said that he recognised me from the STEPS lectures in the Audimax, because I'm 'always the loud one' when I'm sitting with the others. ...heeyyyy D: okay its totally true s-shut up I have hearing problems if I whisper too softly I can't actually hear my voice or like the answer whut