The Most Popular Girls in School

Dear sweet baby Jesus, how have I never seen this before? I just watched all of season 1 and I'm already having withdrawals.

Aaaaaaaaand I'll stop now. You're welcome.

YA Literature

I'm 24 years old, but I'm not ashamed to say, I still enjoy me some Young Adult literature. Yes, my interest in reading about stupid high school characters has dwindled, but there is no denying there is something special about YA fiction. I am walking myself down memory lane here to give props to the authors and the books that molded me into the eclectic reader that I am today. Once a TAB member, always a...creepy old person reading teen books. I'll try to only include the older stuff, to cut down on this list being too long and depressingly revealing about how few friends I had.

1. Christopher Golden: Body of Evidence series
2. Caroline B. Cooney: Janie Johnson series, Both Sides of Time
3. Christopher Pike: The Last Vampire, The Starlight Crystal, Final Friends
4. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes: In The Forests of the Night (and everything else she wrote)
5. Vivian Vande Velde: Never Trust a Dead Man, Heir Apparent
6. Annette Curtis Klause: Blood & Chocolate, The Silver Kiss
7. Susan Cooper: The Dark Is Rising series
8. Robin McKinley: Spindle's End, Sunshine, Rose Daughter, Beauty
9. Joan Lowery Nixon: The Gift (probably more? she wrote 100 or so books)
10. Francine Pascal: Sweet Valley High, Fearless
11. Tamora Pierce: Song of the Lioness series, The Immortals series
12. L.J. Smith: The Vampire Diaries, Night World, The Secret Circle, Dark Visions
13. R.L. Stine: Fear Street, Goosebumps, 13 Tales of Horror
14. Scott Westerfeld: Peeps, Uglies, So Yesterday
15. Anne McCaffrey: Acorna, The Crystal Singer trilogy
16. V.C. Andrews: The Dollanganger series, the Orphans series, the Logan series, the Wildflowers series
17. Katherine Applegate: The Animorphs, Everworld series (got a free cd with my purchase of the first book)

most awesome covers ever

So yeah, not a complete list or anything, but this is what I was doing from ages 10ish to 16ish. And why I know far too much about vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and mythology in general. Also, I have to specially mention The Girl in the Box by Ouida Sebestyen, which was basically the most terrifying thing ever. The (not) ending still haunts me.

What were your favorite YA books/authors?

99 Problems

Starting my year off right with some fantastically horrible decisions. Way to go, me! And now I'm going to curl up, watch some Xena and try to forget that this is my life. Because denial always works so well.

But I won't think about that today, I'll think about that tomorrow.

I Hate Your Face Mix

I think the title really speaks for itself, but to clarify, these are songs for when you are hating someone, or maybe just hating the world in general. What can I say, I'm in a bad mood. Still.

1. When You're Around - Motion City Soundtrack (cuz I can't fucking stand it, when you're around)
2. Your Guts (I Hate 'Em) - Reel Big Fish (just letting you know...also, I think you suck)
3. Fuck You - Cee Lo Green (the catchiest "fuck you" ever)
4. Go To Sleep - Eminem (DIE MOTHERFUCKER, DIE)
5. Down with the Sickness - Disturbed (open up your hate and let it flow into me)
6. Blood - In This Moment (bitches be crazy)
6. I Am Hell - White Zombie (no idea what they're saying, but it sounds angry)
6. Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue (oh, Motley)
7. I'm So Sick - Flyleaf (bitches be sick)
8. Burn It Down - Avenged Sevenfold (hatred fuels my blood, I'll burn you down)
9. Bodies - Drowning Pool (overplayed? yes. but totally necessary)
10. Run For Cover - Otep (bitches be scary)
11. Violet - Hole (bitches be...u mad Courtney?)
12. Had Enough - Breaking Benjamin (I will be the one to leave you in your misery)
13. Irresponsible Hate Anthem - Marilyn Manson (um, wow, I wasn't that angry...)(I WASN'T BORN WITH ENOUGH MIDDLE FINGERS)
14. Stein Um Stein - Rammstein (for those really foul moods when you smile at the thought of someone being trapped in a wall, screaming til they die. not that I do that...)
15. Roman Candle - Elliot Smith (sweetly singing you to a painful fiery death)

Though to be perfectly honest, if I'm really bad mood, I just listen to The Blood Brothers. The lyrics are mostly political, but the rage is real. And the screaming noise chaos that is their signature to the music world is somehow calming. And devastating. So then I'm no longer angry, instead I'm super depressed. Of course, I have a mix tape for that too.

Movies To See - 3

1. Warm Bodies - Zombies! and it looks hilarious.

2. John Dies at the End - Better not break my heart.

3. Django Unchained - I've heard mixed reviews on this one, but it's a Quentin Tarantino, so I have to at least check it out.

4. World War Z - Zombies! Still haven't read the book...

5. Oz: The Great and Powerful - looks pretty badass, and I love pretty much everything Oz.

Social Niceties

I have been in a particularly foul mood for about a week or so. Possibly it's my body revolting against all the healthy-ish food and vitamins I've been consuming. More probably it's the festering disappointments I used to call my friends. I'm not sure when it's going to go away, but until that time, I'm going to rant about a thing I have found especially annoying of late...social niceties. Social niceties have always seemed like a practical thing to me, but lately I'm wanting to gouge my eyes out about a few of them.

1. "How's it going?"
I hate it when people say this after I say "Hello". Is that just the way you say "hi" or are you looking for an actual answer? If the latter, how much information do you want? Am I supposed to give you an actual account of my well being or do you just want a "fine, how are you?". Because chances are, that is going to be my reply. This is why I sometimes mix it up with "swell" "dandy" "peachy-keen" and if I'm having a particularly trouble free day "fabulous". I say these things because I hate your face and it's stupid questions.

2. "What's up?"
Okay, I'm fine with you asking me this. Just don't be disappointed or perplexed when I reply "Not much". I fucking hate it when people ask "Why not?" especially when I'm at work. What the hell would be up? Am I supposed to invent a fictitious event to make my life sound more exciting? Let's just say my life has it's moments, but they are not many, and I probably don't want to share them with you anyway. So pretty much nothing is always going to be up. Except the sky. Also, fuck you.

3. Smiling.
If I smile at a person I don't know, it's because I'm being nice (and I'm probably at work). It's probably not genuine. I am definitely not flirting. I do not want this person's number, a date, or a new stalker on Facebook. Is the world such a hostile place that a person smiling at you makes you think they want to become BFF's? A smile does not mean I am open to your bullshit. Do not make me regret smiling. Because for the most part I don't smile. And then people ask "what's wrong?" like not smiling means I'm upset. You wanna know what's wrong? Your face. Leave mine alone.

4. Sports
Apparently a lot of people like sports and the Olympics. I don't. I don't want to hear about whatever is going on in that world. You probably don't want to hear me talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Doctor Who. Let's just agree to wait out the 10 seconds we have to be around each other in silence. Because I really just do not give a shit, and I don't even pretend to anymore.

5. TGIF
Way to be the douchebag bragging about how you get weekends off to the person who primarily works weekends. No. Just No. I'm really not glad it's Friday. Because once again, I have to work, and probably deal with your drunk ass at 2:30a.m. when you want to bitch at me for not selling you beer. Go eat a bag of dicks.

6. Formal Events
I don't have to attend these too often, but every time I do, something horribly awkward happens. Because I hate 1-4 so much, there's not too much to say to complete strangers/people I don't see often. They also end up being super boring and it's never quite clear to me what I'm supposed to be doing/feeling. But there are certain events you are just socially obligated to attend. Like birthdays, weddings, funerals, christmas parties, barbecues, etc...and they all pretty much suck. Unless I can drink copious amounts of alcohol. But then that's just a whole different me.

To summarize, I'm an angry, shy, socially awkward person. Try to only talk to me when I'm drunk. I like everyone when I'm drunk. Well, almost everyone. Why is there no alcohol in my house? I need some alcohol.

Disturbed Hilarity

So...I'm pretty in love with this guy Andy Rehfeldt and his youtube channel. He takes a song that is mellow and makes it metal (and vice versa) while leaving the original video. Not a terribly new concept, but still hilarious. My favorite has to be the Charlotte Church...it is just hilariously disturbing.

But Metal Elvis comes in a close second....

and here's a Bossa Nova Judas Priest

Thanks Cracked once again for telling me about things I would like.

Shake Your Can-Can Mix

Cuz you can can!

Okay, so this one's a little hokey, but it's my dance mix. I can't dance, but I can-can try. When I'm alone in my house. Or drunk. Or super happy. Whatever, you get the (awkward) picture. So pop a bottle of wine or 5 and watch some Saturday Night Fever and/or Honey for danceperation and then break it out for my mix. I've added some helpful suggestions.

1. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (feel free to use wildly gesticulating "rap hands" during the rapping parts)
2. Gangnam Style - PSY (because I'm alive, and Gangnam is TEH SHIT) (obviously you do the Gangnam dance as well as you can...or can't)
3. Don't Trust Me - 3OH!3 (do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips!)
4. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 (idk, move like Jagger? I just do a lot of pelvic thrusts and lasso moves. Meow)
5. When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls (a lot of...sexy...stomping and fist pumping. hair flipping, etc...)
6. California Gurls - Katy Perry (hopping from foot to foot. Put your hands up when representin' West Coast)
7. Evacuate the Dance Floor - Cascada (dance like magic...idk how else to describe the moves I use)
8. Gasolina - Daddy Yankee (pretend to be a sexy Latina who likes people shout-rapping at her)
9. Hips Don't Lie - Shakira (try to belly dance like Shakira...fail...keep trying anyway)
10. Untouched - The Veronicas (shimmy shoulders, shake head from side to side, bite lower lip)
11. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (creepy t-rex, spin around alot)
12. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO (pelvic thrusts while pointing to your junk. wiggle wiggle wiggle, yeah)
13. I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters (DISCO!)
14. Blah Blah Blah - Kesha ft. 3OH!3 (the Drunk Bitch, spill your drink, run to the bathroom, puke, pass out in bathroom)

Aaaaaand if you happen to have a cage or a geode cave...try the lycanthropy dance? There's a She-Wolf in your closet, let it out so it can breathe. Seriously, it's suffocating in there from all that poly-rayon.

Or if you have a partner...try some Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell".

A New Year

Anyone who knows me knows I don't make New Years Resolutions. There are enough things I fail at in life without creating more opportunities on purpose. However, this year I've decided to make some...let's not call them resolutions. Let's call them goals. Tiny hopes? Contributions? Whatever, I don't feel like playing Thesaurus today. Though the world at large may not care about them, these are some things I hope to reasonably accomplish for myself.

1. Make something beautiful from something ugly.
2. Learn a new skill.
3. Use the skills I already have more and hopefully increase them.
4. Let go of resentments.
5. Find something within myself to offer the world.
6. Do what I love and put love into what I do.
7. Approach people without malice, but rather with the expectation of being liked.
8. Get off my ass more.
9. Overcome a fear.

I am aware that a lot of this stuff sounds very peace/love/hippies and quite far from my normal state of sloth and petulance, but I'm in a very zen place right now. Possibly caused by too much sleep and a distinct lack of social interaction. And this Cracked article (read it, it just might change your world). This all adds up to "be a better version of myself" but I like listing things, so fuck you. And Happy Belated New Year!

...I should probably add "Be on time for things" but who am I kidding? I'm not delusional here.