things that are making me happy right now

Nextwave #10 - Cracktastical AU extravaganza! Really cranky superheroes!

Superman #657 - Um. Um. Um. OMG Y'ALL. POST APOCALYPTIC METROPOLIS I THINK I LOVE YOU! Is that spoilery? I mean, it is something you can pick up from the cover. And the first page. Actually, I do not care if it is spoiler 'cause of that part where you can clearly see postapocalypticness from the cover. (Oh, Jimmy. Oh, *Lois*. I could not love either of you more than I do)

Birds of Prey #100 - Oh, ladies. You are all so, so gay for each other.

Civil War - Wow, Tony Stark, you are a dick. You are *really upset* that Cap broke up with you 'cause you are a dickface who does not care about civil liberties. I bet you cry emo tears at night because no one loves you. Also, I bet the mutants are totally pulling an I Told You So. This is what happens when you don't speak out about Mutant Registration, superheroes! It comes back to bite you on the ass! This is like the worst soap opera in the world. I don't like 90% of the people playing and a large portion of the people playing are just being stupid in some pretty remarkable ways. But *man*, this is hilarious in the way where it is The Saga of Captain America and Iron Man's Divorce.

books that are written for me! me me me! it's all about me!

The Physics of Superheroes - OMG it's like my crack! Not as much my crack as Postapocalyptic Superman, say, but OMG! Physics!

So, if I can sneak out of the house and get to Borders:

Size 14 is Not Fat Either - Fake!Britney! norabombay, I think you would like these books. They are fluffy and shallow and star Fake!Britney as an amateur detective while she tries to get an education and has a crappy job as a residence hall assistant. But it is very definitely Fake!Britney and her ex, Fake!Justin. Also, she wants to get on Fake!Justin's hot, older, PI brother. Anyway. Fake!Britney! Fake!Justin's hot older PI brother! Wacky hijinks! A decapitated cheerleader! What's not to love? (Seriously, I break my first-person POV rule for these books.)

A Princess of Roumania - ...the cover is pretty. No, really. The cover is pretty and it is in paperback.

Academ's Fury - You know, I have no earthly idea why I am getting this. But I am. And I accept that about myself.

things

1) I am feeling very, very trapped right now. It has been um, a little over a month since I have done anything social with my friends or done anything totally for me outside of the house. When I do manage time to sneak away, it is usually during errand runs where I sneak in a trip to the bookstore. But pretty much I am at work or I am at home and this all is making me twitchier and twitchier.

2) This whole sleeping thing is starting to worry me. I'm getting sleep, but it is really, strangely heavy and I have taken to napping when I can. Bleh.

3) My nephew yelled at me for not picking up my phone yesterday. He said things like, "You think you're better than we are and that is why you don't answer" and "You're rude, you're rude, you're so fucking rude." Which, okay, he called once and I didn't call him back and I don't tend to respond to emails. But a) I don't respond to *anyone's* emails because I am a giant flake and also because very rarely do I get emailed something that necessitates a reply so it isn't like I'm singling him out for ignoring, b) he and his mom *didn't answer our calls for a year* because they didn't want to deal with my sister being sick and apparently I'm still pretty righteously angry about this, and c) it was *one fucking day*. He called, I did not pick up, he left me a rude fucking message about how I'm so terribly rude for not picking up the phone, I called him back the next day and got harangued for my poor phone etiquette. Whatever. I'm pissed off.

4) Really, I am pissed off about a lot of things. But I am caring instead of sharing and keeping that to myself when it comes to fannish things. Unless, as recently happened, the thing that pisses me off is so WTF-inducing that I have to say something or I will explode in a gory shower of me-bits.

5) Fuck, I should have bought those books today when I was out.

6) I have cramps.

7) Man, I *really* want some garlic cheese bread. Really, really a lot.

8) Somewhat relatedly to #1, I really want to go swimming. I want, very badly, to put my headphones on and swim a good 100 laps where there is just me and my body and the water and some music. I cannot go swimming because I have to be home. I have to be home because my mother cannot deal with being home alone too much after dark.

9) Cemetaries are fucking creepy. The whole concept is creepy. Visiting my sister's gravesite does not, in any way, help my grieving process. Instead it just creeps me the fuck out. I do not see how this is helpful but I am going to bow to my mother's wishes because that is easier and less stressful and does not make me cry as much as fighting with her.

10) I also want cake.

mostly, though, I am just really grouchy and am sick of home and do not get a vacation this year 'cause I used all my PTO during the time of great depression and also being stuck at home. Can we tell that this stuck at home thing is really getting to me? Because it is. Grar. I use this icon to show my solidarity with the George O'Malley Method of Turning Stress and Helplessness into Being Pissed Off. I'm with you, adorable fictional character that I overidentify with, though I admit I'd be nicer to my hot girlfriend if I had one.

escapism at its finest - day break 1x04

( Pushing the reset button )

I need to do Day Break picspam and also make myself an icon.

potc: awe

dude, why am suddenly *dead certain* that PotC: AWE is going to drive me batshit insane? And not in a good way. Like, I can support morally ambiguous!Norrington and I can work my way past Racism Island, but I have this awful feeling in my stomach about AWE. It just...it looks like it is going to be the Jack and Elizabeth Are More Special Than Everyone Else Because They Are Pirates Yay! show and mostly that means it will be 2+ hours of watching people have no ethics and be selfish fucks[1]. While exoticizing eastern Asia. Yeah, no.

I'm totally spamming today. I'm sorry.

[1] Yeah, I still haven't been convinced that Jack wouldn't have sold 100 people into slavery to keep his own sketchy ass free and Elizabeth...well. We all know how I feel about her.