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Hey, lovelies. :) It's been what feels like a hundred years since I've been on here. Life got real crazy pretty quickly and stayed that way for a while. Here are some highlights.

• I graduated college! After five years, I finally got my BJ (Bachelor of Journalism Lololol). I've been applying for jobs for months and have had several interviews and turned down two jobs because they weren't quite right, which is really weird for a recent college graduate in a supposedly dying field. However, I am up for a job in Washington state that I would take in a heartbeat. Until then, I'm just hanging out in Nebraska, procrastinating on packing.

• Since graduating two weeks ago, I've actually gotten to read for the first time in ages. Books I've read: "The Night Gardener," "West of the Moon," "Divergent" and "Insurgent," "Looking for Alaska." Honestly, I'd recommend any of these. To the point that I'd be willing to pass them on if anyone is interested.

• I'm seeing a boy ... and it's complicated. There's this bar in town that does dollar beers on Tuesdays. I was there one Tuesday, standing out by the fire pit when this guy comes up to me and starts talking. He was super cute and nice, so I gave my number to him. And we started texting and made a date, which I nearly bailed on because dates with guys you meet at bars rarely work out and because I wanted to go home and cuddle with my cats. But I went, and damn I'm glad I did. I REALLY like him. He's a meteorology graduate student, and he's super nerdy but still really cute. And tall. So tall. His name is Eric, and honestly we're pretty perfect for each other. He met my best friend Sarah last night and it was awesome. She liked him a lot. And we slept of her couch together because we're really adorable. But. Here's the complicated part. I graduated. I'm going to move away. And he just accepted a job in Texas. So we see each other nearly every day, but there's no point in having the "are we dating?" talk because let's face it. We're not going to date long distance. We've only known each other for two months. And because Eric and I haven't had that talk, I'm still talking with Adam. Because I'm a dumbass.

• I lost my cat Toby. I have no idea how he got out. When I left my apartment, he was asleep in the bed. When I came back, he was gone. That was three weeks ago. I keep hoping that the Doctor just borrowed him and he'll show back up.

Anyway. Hope you guys are doing well. LJ is usually pretty dead in the summer, but I'll be thinking of you all as I look at your not-updated journals. <3

I know I'm a little late on the uptake, but I decided to read the Hunger Games trilogy over break. (God knows I got nothing else done.) Now that I'm finished, I'm going to rant a little bit. (And I'll put it under a cut just in case there's someone who hasn't read it yet and I spoil it.)


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That being said, if anyone knows of any good Hunger Games fanfiction, I'd love to get my hands on it.

I kind of desperately need to reread this book.

So I'm going to be a bit of a word nerd for a moment.

Last night, I ran across this site called Untranslatable, which is dedicated to foreign words that require sentences, paragraphs, or pages to explain their meaning. It got me thinking about my favorite words like that:

1. waldeinsamkeit: the feeling of being alone in the woods

2. saudade: a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness.

And then after that I got to thinking about my favorite lines from fiction:

1. It's not the first time he's looked at someone and thought forever, but it's the first time that 'forever' meant something greater than just a frozen, crystalline present.
-And Play A Favorite Song by linzeestyle . This is one of those lines that has stuck with me ever since I first read it over a year ago. Last night, I was going through my delicious and reading a few Kradam stories under my "ftw" tag. I've been craving good Kradam for a long time and I remembered that one, so I decided to read it. It's not my favorite plot ever (I prefer lots of angst and then they get together near the end instead of toward the beginning), but the writing is fantastic. And then I got to that line again and nearly died. It's just so beautiful.

2. He feels like he just jumped off a merry-go-around— he’s standing still, but the world is still spinning like mad all around him.
-This is also from a Kradam story, referring to Kris. I don't remember which fic it was, but I saved it in the notes on my computer.

3. 
"I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24-7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche or a blow job or a million-dollar crib. No. They wanna hold your hand. They have such a feeling that they can't hide. Every single successful love song of the past fifty years can be traced back to 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.'And every single successful love story has those unbearable and unbearably exciting moments of hand-holding. Trust me. I've thought a lot about this."
"'I Wanna Hold Your Hand,'" I repeat.
"And so you are, my friend. So you are." 
-From Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, the book. I'm pretty sure I've flailed about this passage before but it's just so brilliant. I'm pretty sure I've thought about it at least once a week ever since I first read it about 4 years ago.

ETA: I forgot to mention this, which is weird, because it might be my favorite one of all.
4. "Love doesn't break hearts, fear does."
-Adam in Sick Cycle Carousel by fakeplasticsnow. Just. Jesus.

Also:
5. "The human body is beautiful because it's artwork without an artist. It's spontaneous -- it's beautiful whether we appreciate it or not."
-Another Adam quote. I don't remember which fic this was from. But. Ugh. <3


I absolutely love when you're reading something and you come across a line that sticks with you forever. It's one of the greatest feelings ever.