Lesley

Maybe it's just stress making me bitchy...

les342@yahoo.com — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:09:02 GMT

But I have a co-worker I'd like to smack right now. Seriously, if you're going to bother making coffee, make a whole pot so there's enough for others, not just enough for yourself!

Sometimes I'm glad to be wrong...

les342@yahoo.com — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:19:33 GMT

I thought I needed a C in the class I took this semester, but I just called my advisor and she said unless you're an art education major, which I'm not, all you need is a D-. I got a C-, which for this class I'm perfectly fine with. I'm done with it forever and I always get better grades in my graphic design classes, so I'll have to work on bringing my gpa back up next semester.

Pardon my language...

les342@yahoo.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:02:12 GMT

...but HOLY SHIT!!!!!! I just got done watching the season finale of Dexter and that's the only thing I can think of to say about that ending.

Sweet! I totally wasn't expecting this!

les342@yahoo.com — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:25:20 GMT

I sometimes participate in karl_stillness, a Karl Urban icon challenge community. I got third place this round and seeing as how I never won at all before, I'm totally excited about it. It's funny, too. I almost didn't enter this time because I thought I didn't have a chance at winning. D'oh!!!! Silly me. LOL

Normally I like butterflies, but I really wish the ones in my stomach would go away...

les342@yahoo.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:43:06 GMT

I'm sitting here waiting to take my final for the class I took this semester. At least it's almost over. I studied, but I'm still totally nervous. My stomach hurts, though I haven't thrown up yet, so I'm choosing to take that as a good sign.

This one's for you, ailurophile6

les342@yahoo.com — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:41:06 GMT

I got this in an email today and thought of you. I know you're having a bit of a rough time at the moment, but I hope this makes you feel a least a little bit better.

I can't respond to any emails today. Something has crashed on my computer

and the mouse is missing . . .

Three Sentence Fic-A-Thon

les342@yahoo.com — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:32:07 GMT

caramelsilver is hosting a Three Sentence Fic-A-Thon over in her journal. There are tons of prompts to respond to, but the catch is that you can only use three sentences (in case you haven't figured that out yet *g*). Or if you don't want to write, you can post prompts for any characters from any fandom instead. She said that she'd like to have as many as possible participate, so if you have the urge, stop on over. It's up to ten pages now, but still going. I've been posting both prompts and responses. It's a lot of fun!

GIP

les342@yahoo.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:24:18 GMT

I just made this icon and wanted to post so I could use it. I am totally looking forward to this movie! I've never been to the movies on Christmas day, but I think it might be my first time this year.

Meme

les342@yahoo.com — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:15:21 GMT

FIRST: If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new, original question.

SECOND: Tag eight sexy people. Don't refuse to do that like a pansy. Unless you really don't want to of course. And if you're not tagged and you want to do it, then do!

I guess I'm a pansy. LOL I don't like tagging people in these things because I feel like I'm being a bother.

If you could have any job, what would you want to do?

I love photography and think it would be awesome to be a wildlife photographer for National Geographic Magazine. It would combine two of my favorite things, travel and photography.

What's a hidden talent you have?

I don't think I have any talents that are hidden, but I enjoy making graphics on the computer and hope to be a graphic designer some day after I graduate.

What did you last eat?

Pumpkin pie still left over from Thanksgiving

Would you rather be famous for your singing, dancing, acting or athletic talent?

Out of those choices I'd say singing, since I love music and have no talent at it, but if I could have any sort of musical talent, I'd like to be a guitarist.

What are you reading right now?

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, for class (which is almost over, YAY!!!) The next book I'm planning to read for fun is John Barrowman's second autobiography, I Am What I Am. I ordered it from Barnes and Nobles the other day. I really enjoyed the first one, so I'm looking forward to reading the new one.

If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?

Vancouver. I love British Columbia in general and Vancouver in paticular. I'd love to live there.

What's really annoying?

People who are too stupid to figure out how to use a turn signal. I mean, really, if you're that dumb, maybe you shouldn't drive. It's not hard!

What is one thing that you've never done before that you'd like to try?

I really want to learn to play the guitar.

What's your current fandom / obsession / addiction?
Star Trek in general and Kirk/McCoy in particular, Torchwood

What did you really want to do today that you didn't?

I didn't get up early to do the treadmill. I really need to get back to that. I feel like such a lazy slug sometimes.

What are you most excited for?

July! I'm going to Chicago to see U2, then to Baltimore for Shore Leave!

What's your favorite snack food?

Three Musketeers candybar

What is one thing you wouldn't do for a million dollars?

Skydiving, bungee jumping, or anything else that would involve jumping really high distances with the possibility of a horrible, painful death if things go wrong.

What's the movie that you've seen the most?

The Shawshank Redemption, BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!

What's the movie you've seen most recently?

Yes Man with Jim Carrey

Are there any bits of childhood that you miss?

Sometimes I miss all of it. Life was so much easier than and being a responsible adult just sucks sometimes.

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter?

Spring

I don't write fanfic, so maybe someone who does can explain this to me...

les342@yahoo.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:05:14 GMT

Why do authors think that I will read their work if they tell me how bad it is in the summary? I'm mostly willing to try just about anything, when it comes to reading fic. I figure if I don't like it, I can always move on to another story or another website, but I will usually skip it in this case. I just don't get it. It's like advertising a product and saying "Hey this is really crap, but you should buy it anyway."

I can't believe that I have posted about this yet!!!!

les342@yahoo.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:12:02 GMT

I love U2. They are my favorite band and yesterday, I bought tickets to see them in Chicago next summer. My mom likes them too, so she's going with me. I even talked her into general admission. It means we're going to be waiting in line for hours, but that's okay since it also means that we'll be as close to the stage as possible. Now all I have to do is wait until July 6th. That's a really long time. It's over half a year, 8 months, another whole semester of school and then some, or 243 days, however you want to look at it. LOL At least it gives me something to look forward to or it will if I can find a way to manage to not go crazy from the excitement before then. LOL

There's only one more thing I can think of to say about this:

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How could it be this hard?

les342@yahoo.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:55:21 GMT

I've been trying to write a response to the first promt that was posted over in the Kirk/McCoy Drabble comm, but I'm not having much luck. How could writing a fic that's only 100 words long be so difficult? I wrote it out and it was about 150 words. I tried to pare it down, but it was still too long.

Seriously! HOW COULD IT BE THIS HARD???

I haven't given up yet, but I may in the end. It's really not worth getting this stressed out over fanfiction.

Okay, now I'm ready for a geeky, Star Trek sort of Halloween!!

les342@yahoo.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:47:45 GMT

I loved the new Star Trek movie, so for Halloween this year, I bought a Starfleet uniform like the ones they wore in the movie. I'm going to have to pretend I'm a guy, though. I tried on the Uhura dress and let's just say that's not gonna happen (unless it's next year after I've lost some more weight). I also got a phaser and a tricorder. Now all I have to do is figure out how to make the belt that the phaser and tricorder attach to actually fit me. I knew it would be way too small for me, considering the picture on the box they came in had a picture of not only a child, but a really tiny, skinny child. I still figured that it would be easier to modify that than to buy them seperately and have to put something together from scratch. I really hope that turns out to be the case.

And speaking of Star Trek, I don't know if anyone on my flist would be interested, but there's a new LJ comm that's just starting up, The Kirk/McCoy Drabble Community. It's for fic readers as well as writers. There's not much going on yet, just the mods asking for some writing prompt suggestions, but it started literally a couple of days ago, so if you're interested, do check it out.

Yay!! I exercised!!

les342@yahoo.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:53:30 GMT

And I even got up early to do it. I've been going to Weight Watchers and I've lost a little bit of weight, though not as much as I'd hoped for by now. I'm doing pretty well at eating better most of the time, but I still need to exercise more. I'm trying to make myself get up early to walk on the tredmill and today was a good start. I'm proud of myself for doing that because I'm definitely not a morning person at all. Now I just need to keep doing it!

I have a totally random question for the flist...

les342@yahoo.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:34:21 GMT

Does anyone know if there are vids for the show The Mentalist? And if so, where can I find them? I looked, but my Google Fu has failed me. The only thing I found were video clips of episodes. I've recently gotten into this show and would like to see some vids, if I could.

Apparently I have a thing for hot guys named Zachary...

les342@yahoo.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:35:50 GMT

A while back I found some pictures on the internet of Zachary Quinto and Zachary Levi. I have a huge fangirl crush on both of these guys, so I made a wallpaper. I'm not sure how happy I am with it, but I worked on it for a while and never did get it to come out so that I really liked it, so this will have to do.

Yay!! Lesley is a happy fangirl at the moment!!

les342@yahoo.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:59:44 GMT

I was just over on the NBC website re-watching some second season episodes of Chuck and discovered that they have episodes of old tv shows, including Quantum Leap!!! I haven't seen that show in years, but I used to watch it all the time. It was such a good show. It says that the episodes will be available until next March, which is good. With work and school, I don't have a lot of spare time at the moment, but I'm sure I can find the time to watch them between now and then.

Sam and Al, OMG!!! Until I found out I can watch episodes again, I didn't even realize how much I still miss this show, even after all these years. SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Star Trek wallpapers

les342@yahoo.com — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:04:28 GMT

I like Star Trek and popart, so I made these popart Star Trek wallpapers. I want to do one for each of the main cast members, but I haven't gotten around to finishing yet. These are the ones I've done so far.

And if anyone wants these full size, you can get there at this link. There sized for my monitor, 1024x768. They're pretty big and were doing weird things to my LJ layout.

http://tinyurl.com/nkytqo

Michigan ONTD Meet-up Recap and pictures

les342@yahoo.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:52:33 GMT

Weekend before last, some of the GQMF from the Michigan divison of ontd_startrek got together for a meet up. It was a small group, but that didn't keep us from having lots of fun. It was me, theboysgonehome, and juniper200 and her mom. We had planned to get together for lunch, before heading to the Detroit Science Center to see the movie in IMAX and to take in the Star Trek exhibit that's currently there as well. If you want to know about lunch, you'll have to ask them. I missed it. I accidentally went to Canada instead. I already wrote about the experience in my journal and am to lazy to type everything out again, so I just scanned the pages. I have a tendency to use lots of colors and draw pictures when I journal, so hopefully it won't be too boring. :-) If you notice any blank spots on the journal pages, that's just where I took out real names. I don't mind my name on the internet, but I know some people don't like their real names used on the net, so I took them out. I also have pictures, which I'll put down below the recap.

And just as a warning: This post contains a crapload of pictures, and is therefore NOT dial-up friendly.

These are my pictures. Since I was using a disposable camera (with film!! haven't done that in years) instead of my digital, most of the pictures didn't come out. The ones that did weren't that good, but I thought I'd share the ones that were decent.

Here we all are, looking badass and GQMF on the bridge of the USS Enterprise. I was a very happy geek/fangirl at that moment!

Here are the three of us (me, juniper200, and theboysgonehome) in front of the Enterprise. Yet another great moment of geekiness!!

This was the away mission. I was funny, but those potato things really were kinda creepy, too.

My latest vid -- Star Trek 2009 -- St. Jimmy

les342@yahoo.com — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:06:35 GMT

Title: St. Jimmy
Artist: Green Day
Fandom: Star Trek XI, aka Reboot
Characters/Pairings: James T. Kirk

I tried to get the video to embed here at my journal, but the one side of it got cut off so it didn't work. If you follow the link, it will take you to both a streaming version and a downloadable version.

Click here for the streaming video and a download link.

Need a place to upload my vid...

les342@yahoo.com — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:20:02 GMT

Does anyone know of somewhere I can upload a vid other than YouTube? I tried to put it up there, but it wouldn't work because of copyright. I have a place for people to download it from, but I'd like to have a streaming version of it too, if possible.

Has anyone heard any good jokes lately?

les342@yahoo.com — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:26:50 GMT

I could use a good laugh right about now.

Yay!! I just made progress on my latest vid!!

les342@yahoo.com — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:30:04 GMT

I was just working on my latest vid, a Star Trek vid, and I finally made some progress. I was having a hard time with one part in particular. First I couldn't decide what clip to use and then I had trouble getting the timing right. I'm finally past that now and about half way done.

I'm just glad this is a short song. Windows Movie Maker is giving me trouble. Every time I edit a clip, I have to go back to the very beginning of the vid to watch and make sure everything is right. I don't know what's going on, but if I don't do that, the clips and music don't sync up an it throws everything off. Yay for WMM!!! NOT!!!

But enough whining. I'm just happy to be vidding again. I haven't done a one of these in a while and I've forgotten how much fun it is, despite the crappy program I have to work with. Since I'm starting early this time, I hope I have some vids for the vid show at Media West next year.

Last night I vented, but today I feel the need to squee....

les342@yahoo.com — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:14:39 GMT

I recently got the first two seasons of Torchwood on DVD. I've only watched the first two episodes of the first season so far, but I'm totally hooked. Seriously, why the heck did I wait this long to start watching this show?!?!? It's fun, exciting, different, and so much better than most US tv shows. I like the whole cast, but particularly John Barrowman and spent way too much time on YouTube last night looking for and watching videos of him. I also got his autobiography, Anything Goes, from the library yesterday. I'm already a little over half way done reading it. I was thinking that I should go and find some places on the internet to chat with other fans, but this is one time that I really don't want to read spoilers. I don't think it's going to take me long to catch up as excited as I am about this, so it would probably be best to watch now, chat later. In the meantime, I'll just have to be satisfied with watching more episodes and making icons, which I plan to do ASAP.

Hmmm, I wonder if my boss would consider needing to watch Torchwood an acceptable excuse for calling off work. Probably not. Damn, sometimes it sucks having to be a responsible adult. LOL

Please excuse me, I need to vent...

les342@yahoo.com — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:56:01 GMT

FOR PETE'S SAKE PEOPLE, GET OVER IT!!! IT'S JUST A TV SHOW!!!

Sorry. I'm done now. I love fandom and most of the people I've met through various fandoms, but sometimes the small minority that can't televison from reality just drive me totally up the frickin' wall.