Fuck, they aren't giving me Chemistry for Health Professions or Human Growth & Development- two classes (out of many) I need in order to be accepted into nursing school.

Sigh. I suppose I could take them next fall but I already have to take Human Anatomy I & II- with the labs. It's so frustrating that they're not offering Human Anatomy & Physiology this term, but they ARE offering A & P II. On what planet does that make sense? Though it's not like I can't apply for nursing school while still taking the prerequisites next fall but it's so damn frustrating to not get the classes you want. So now I'm taking Biology, introduction to Sociology, Math, and Introduction to Professional Nursing.

Also have a ton of work to finish before Thanksgiving break is over. Stupid school.

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In other news:

Vatican Officially Condemns "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" No matter what you may think of the series, this is going just a little too far, IMO.

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I brought this awesome dark green nail polish like a year ago, but now when I paint it on, it turns a mossy sort of green; not quite as cool as a pure dark green nail polish would look. I would've gotten black nail polish but I think I would've given my mother a heartattack. (And it's her business mostly because she has to know what I buy since I use her money. But this time I'm definitely getting some black nail polish with my own money.)

...aka The Eleven Crossover Stories That Should Never, Ever Happen But I'm totally gonna try expanding at least one of them- especially that Juliet/Usagi one- that could be hot.

1. Write down the names of 10 characters.
2. Write a fic of fifteen words or less for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. Do NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.

1. Rose Tyler
2. Elena Gilbert
3. Rodney McKay
4. Usagi Tsukino
5. Piper Halliwell
6. Juliet O'Hara
7. Anakin Skywalker
8. John Sheppard
9. Teyla Emmagan
10. Carlton Lassiter

...I love how most of the characters ended up being female.

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So I have a plot for my sga_santa story and have written about 1,600 words so far (yay! won't have to panic! or drop out!) but I'm pretty sure it's all garbage. And I'm obsessing over the title. On the one hand, I can give it a generic title that will give the reader a pretty good idea of what it's about (and therefore will be boring) or I can go the lyrical/wax poetic way in which the title doesn't really have anything to do with the story, it's vague, but it sounds pretty.

I dunno. What makes a good title? Should I go with the obvious/generic title, or just choose something from a song or a poem? Right now, I can go either way. I should also probably focus more on writing the damn thing, but it's bothering me that I still haven't decided on a title. (Usually, by now, I'd have a title already.)

Titles: more important than you realize.

(...also, belatedly, I hope I'm not breaking any rules talking about it. It's OK for me to talk about the progress, isn't it? I'm trying to be vague.)

The Vampire Diaries- 1x10

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Supernatural- 4x10

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Overall, I wasn't very impressed by this episode, but the preview does promise an awesome one when the show returns in January.

~Rewatching season three of Avatar, and I'm so annoyed by Katara's character this season. When it was airing, I hadn't seen most of season two or three, just the last several episodes of season three. She's just so whiny now and emotional. I get that she's a teenage girl and she's supposed to be emotional, but dear heavens, I don't think any of her spunk or what made her a strong character for me in season one is showing up here. Thankfully, she gets better by the series finale. But Sokka, Toph, Zuko, and Aang continue to be awesome as always.

~I had a meeting with my advisor today and he's...well not really encouraged about me trying to get into nursing. Well, he is in a way because that's what I want to do and it's his job to advise me toward that goal, but I've really lost count of how many times he's told me it will be quite difficult for me to get into the nursing program here at USM, especially because I need a Anatomy & Physiology course to get my foot in the door, which I don't have and it's not being offered until next fall so I can't fill out the application until next February and not this February, which OK, I can do that. I'm not in a hurry to get out of school and into a nursing field as soon as I can so if it takes a while for me to get all the required core requirements plus the courses for the major, then so be it. Yeah, dude, I get it there's a lot of students applying, but stop bringing my spirit down with all your negativity. Wow, OK, I feel better now- just needed to rant a little, I guess.

~Speaking of I'm now taking a Chemistry course, Math again (a higher level now than the one I'm finishing this semester), Intro to Professional Nursing (because apparently I can still take nursing courses without being officially in nursing school, which I don't get, but whatever), another semester of Psychology and a Sociology course. I think I'm fine for just my freshman year.

~I'm thinking of getting into nursing primarily because of my mom, but I don't want it to seem as though that's the only reason I'm getting into the field. Sure, both of my parents play up the nursing field as the pinnacle of jobs for me, and I'm starting to believe it too. The problem is I have no idea what I'd be good at or what I want to do with my life. But, I mean, I can try it and the worst that will come is I won't be happy, but you know I can change careers. Anyways, back to my mom. She was a nurse, a pediatrics nurse and some of my fondest memories are of visiting her in the hospital (well, also conversely, I have some gruesome memories of being a patient, when I had a ton of problems because of my asthma as a kid and remember getting sent to the hospital because there were some nights where it was impossible for me to breath and I had to take these shots in the butt to calm my respiration [at least that's what I think they were for]. It was all pretty gruesome for a kid which is why hospitals aren't my most favorite places to be in- which would make one question why I'd wanna work in a health profession in a first place but, well, what can I say? ).

~I should not have had that cup of coffee this evening. Bad decision. Well, at least it was free coffee.

*I've been feeling out of sorts this week. My eyes are bothering me again, and I don't know why. I've been sleeping plenty, though I could possibly be getting sick, but besides all the tiredness, the not wanting to get out of bed at ten in the morning, the general state of depression I'm in...I wish if it was just an oncoming cold that it'd just get here already and stop making me miserable.

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The Vampire Diaries- 1x09 History Repeating
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I also guzzled one whole season of Degrassi: The Next Generation and saw all the aired episodes of season nine and HOW IS THIS SHOW SO AWESOME? I mean I totally ignored everything else (thankfully this week has been quite homework wise) and wanted to stay up all night watching episode after episode, but, after great restraint, I did manage to go to sleep after watching several episodes in a row. I so want more but have to wait.

I love Charlotte Arnold and her character, though I figured I wouldn't like her since she was your average cheerleader-ice-queen, but they totally gave her heart and not a cliched Mean Girl persona.

I love everybody. I could watch everyone and still squee over them. The only one I wasn't too disheartened to see go was Mia. But in season nine, I don't think they showed Liberty, Emma, Manny, or Kelly yet. And I so wanted to find out what had happened to Kelly since last season. And Alli/Johnny I was so sad to see break up. After KC/Clare, they were my next favorite couple. I also wanted Blue and Holly J. to work out last season, but nope. Though now I ship her with Declan because he is soooo cute and adorable.

Ah, show, you're awesome.

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Naptime!! Again.

I'm slowly getting enchanted by the idea of podfic. Certainly, there are some drawbacks to it since it's auditory, but I don't care because sometimes you find the perfect podfics.

So I must share. They're SGA fics, but I don't think you need to know the fandoms to enjoy the characters and their stories. (And they don't reference the episodes so you wouldn't be missing anything important.)

Simple Math read by winkingstar (John/Rodney): The first one I read this evening that had me being enthralled with the reader's voice. It's a sweet McShep story about how John's day isn't so good, and how Rodney is there for him. ♥

And The Next read by winkingstar (Jennifer/Ronon): This was hilarious! And the reader sounded like she had a fun time reading the story as well, for which I can't blame her because I was grinning like a loon as well. ♥

...and she has a lot more fics she's podficced so I have a feeling I'm gonna end up staying way past my bedtime listening to them.

Ian Somerhalder, I'm seriously developing a silly crush on the man. I don't particularly like his character, Damon, but I love him, the actor. ♥♥

Jimmy Fallon appearance

I dunno where I got this promotional The Vampire Diaries poster of his character, but well, it's pretty, just gawk at it, alright??


Also, ABC Family kept promoting The Prince and Me 3: Royal Honeymoon for like all time (well, not really, maybe like for a month or three weeks) You might remember the first movie, starring Julia Stiles and Luke Mably:


Aren't those two just adorable? They make you believe in love and all that nauseating stuff.

It was an awesome movie, as far as your traditional, Western mainstream chick flicks go.

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...I swear I hadn't meant to write about this and tell the world of my obsession with the Prince and Me trilogies...they were to remain my secret guilty pleasures...but hardly anything goes my way when I plan life.

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I also have way too many icons I wanna upload on here, but I don't have enough space. This bothers me. Bah.

Some things you just have to share:

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*Love is when you help each other in old age.

Yeah, found it browsing my cousin's facebook and her friends' photos.

The Vampire Diaries- 1x08

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From yorunohime:

1. What fairytale/story/legend/whichever that hasn't been done yet would you like to see turned into a Disney movie? White Wave by Diane Wolkstein. It's a Chinese tale about a poor, lonely farmer who finds a goddess living in a snail shell in his house. It's pretty short and for young kids, but it's simply charming and wonderful. I'm not exactly sure how they'd make it into a full-length movie, but I'd just be ecstatic if they did.

2. How do you feel about Doctor Who soon being taken over by a different head writer and a different Doctor? Well, Steven Moffat, I think is a really great writer. I first became a fan of his when watching Coupling, the original BBC version, though at that time I didn't know who he was until he had started writing for Doctor Who. And "Blink" was an awesomely scary episode, as well as "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead," though neither are my most favorite DW episode (that honor goes to "Doomsday" for its sheer heartache), they're somewhere in the top five. But I think he'll do fine, and Matt Smith, no matter what you may think of him, is cute as a button. Though no one could replace David Tennant, or Christopher Eccleston as the first two doctors who got me into DW, I think the future of it is in capable hands. :D

3. If you could pick just one language to be fluent in besides your native tongue, which would you choose? Italian. ^^ Or French. But Italian would be my first choice.

4. What do you consider to be the best thing that ever happened to you? Hmmm, lol, I'm totally drawing a blank here! @_@ Um, I think I'm still waiting for something really good to happen to me. For now, I'll just say I think life's the best thing that ever happened to me. 

5. Name one thing you could never give up? I really didn't wish it was so, but the internet. Can't live without it.

and the meme:

• Leave me a comment saying "Pick me!"
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions