...I Will Love You...

I'll Be the Greatest Fan of Your Life

You know, in the world of fandom, a person usually sees an actor in a movie/TV show/on stage/whatever and then becomes a fan.

For instance, my love of John Cusack started with the Disney Channel in the middle of the night. In junior high, I was up late one night, flipping channels, and I came across this movie call The Journey of Natty Gann. Once Harry came into the movie, I fell instantly in love. lol. The next day, I had to ask my mom what movies he's been in. And now I would very much like to meet him.

That's how it usually starts, isn't it? With one thing you see them in, then you start to like them, then you want to meet them. Isn't that the way it works?

But now... Now I'm trying to do things backwards, apparently. Last year, I met this guy at Faire. He tried to show off a bit (contact juggling), and we talked for a good 30 minutes, maybe more, while Mom and Alyssa roamed around taking pictures of the trolls. A few months later, I discovered he's a voice over artist, and also discovered that, well, I actually like his work. Now my status as a fan has gotten confused; I met him first, then liked his work, and now I would love nothing more than to meet with him again. Hmmm... I wonder if I'll run into him at any more faires...

posted by Amanda @ 1:01 PM 0 comments

All Alone (by Kutless)

Icy chills round your heart
A heart that's made of stone
It seems like
Life is out to get you
To destroy what you want
I know that, that you blame me for all that you go through
It could be, so different if you would just let it go

You're all alone
Running out of ways to
Hold on to hope
And it always slips away
You're all alone
But you don't have to
Pretend to cope
There is a brighter way

If you would change your perspective
You'd see that it is true
Life is not always what you want
Sometimes it's hard to bear
I'd be with you, and help you in all that you go through
I love you, let Me change your heart by coming in

You're all alone
Running out of ways to
Hold on to hope
And it always slips away
You're all alone
But you don't have to
Pretend to cope
There is a brighter way

posted by Amanda @ 12:52 AM 0 comments

It's the Kid! He's in the Toilet! (Just flush him, Ralph!)

Why is it sooooo HOT and HUMID?! Argh... I hate this weather. Why can't it be warm and dry? Or even hot and dry? I can deal with heat when it's not so incredibly sticky but it's so bloody sticky!

I stayed home from work today. I started getting sick yesterday (got halfway through the grocery store, which I was only in for about 20 minutes, and thought I was going to, well, blech all over their nice tile), and didn't want to risk being like that at work, too.

Tomorrow, I've got a Mary Kay meeting, if I can get to it.

Thursday, Aunt Kay and Uncle Chuck are coming in from Nevada to stay for a week. Papa's turning 90 on Sunday, so they're going to throw a "party" for him, and then sometime while they're here, Alice/Aunt Kay, Grandman, Tim, and Butch are all suppose to sit down with Papa and try to work on his will. Right now, I guess it's set up so the boys get everything and the girls get screwed, so they want to try to "fix" it. Well, Tim, Grandma, and Alice want to fix it; Butch is pretty much happy with the way it is, but he wants more. *grumbles* It amazes me how someone who use to be so kind and giving can be so mean and greedy now... Whatever... I guess they've finally talked him into selling the house and splitting the profit between the 4 of them, so that's good. I know for awhile, they were trying to set it up so Grandma got one of Papa's cars (he's got a couple really nice ones), but I think they might have given up, 'cause Butch wanted them all. Oy...

And then Friday, I'm going in late to work. Rich's mom/Brenda's mother-in-law was doing alright, then suddenly started going downhill fast. She died, I believe it was yesterday morning... They're having the memorial at Rich & Brenda's Friday, at 11:30 AM.

Saturday... I don't know what's planned. It'll probably turn out to just be the whole family at Papa's all day. Then, they want to take him to church. I don't really like the Saturday service, but according to Grandma, I "have" to go. I'd rather go Sunday, but nobody will go with me.

Then, Sunday, a family lunch and the party.

Then, I've got the next Monday through Thursday to figure out what the heck is going on. I took that time off (I already have Monday's off, though) to spend with Alice & Chuck.

*sigh* I feel like taking an ice bath...

Alright, I'm out.

posted by Amanda @ 4:41 PM 0 comments

I Want You More, More Than I Ever Thought I Would...

"...I want you more, more than I ever should."

Mary came back to work on Wednesday. Every time she answered the phone, she had to find a way to tell them about her vacation, no matter who they were. Oy...

Thursday, I went to the movies with Alyssa, her Aunt Judy, and her cousin, Nicole. RV. It had the Wicked OBC Galinda/Glinda in it. Cute, very cute. Friday, Alyssa and I were suppose to go to the fair, but she managed to forget her other plans when we'd decided the week before. So, we moved it to Saturday, but she "didn't feel like it", so we hooked up later for Rocky. I almost told her to just forget about it. It started off as just her, me, and Antje. It turned into the three of us, Cecily and her date, John Q & his friend Aaron, Janis, Ashley, and a friend of Alyssa's whose name I have managed to forget. Great. Just bloody wonderful. So I ended up in the middle of a group of people, most of which I either don't know or don't like. And then she kept going off with the people from the group that I DID know, leaving me next to Aaron (who was pretty cute, and in my age range, but SOOOO not what I need), and I ended up smooshed between him and Cecily's not-boyfriend. Peachy. She kept apologizing, only to turn around and do something else that she always complains about her friends doing to her. She would've freaked if I had been the one who had invited, like, fifty million friends. To make it worse, I had a friend who wanted to go, but Alyssa said no, because there wasn't any space in her car. We ended up taking her-friend-whose-name-I-conveniently-forgot's van, where there was an empty seat. Of course, the woman's old enough she could've driven herself and met me there, but no. All I have to say is that Alyssa owes me big for that. *grumbles*

Grandma's sick. Pneumonia. We ended up not going to church yesterday. And of course, Mom didn't want to go because she doesn't like that type of worship music and she's not feeling very God-friendly at the moment.

I ended up hanging out with Celeste for a few hours instead, which was nice. I wish we did that more often.

Anyway... I'm out. G'night.

posted by Amanda @ 9:47 PM 0 comments