Ironically, it's during national stay-at-home week.  Here's hoping my sinus infection doesn't come back...

I've decided I should write about something other than X-Files after I scrolled down and realized that about 19 of my last 20 posts have at least talked about it if it wasn't the only subject.  Make that 20 of my last 21.

I've been thinking a lot about what makes a life well-lived.  I'm starting to wonder how much of it is lost to The Things We Don't Say.  

I was on Facebook for the first time in like 6 weeks and on a whim started a chat with a guy I haven't talked to since graduation.  I think we may have just spent the last 2 hours flirting, but I'm not entirely sure.  Can you flirt over the finer points of word definitions?

I think my nephew finally hit his terrible twos.  Too bad it's only a year-and-a-half too late.  He has to argue about everything and pouts at the drop of a hat.  But he does say things are "hilarious"--like when his dad runs away from bees--which I think is hilarious.

I'm still contemplating my directionless future, and no clear direction seems to be emerging from doing so.  I've reading about Disney again lately, and it really made me want to move there--AGAIN.  Except I can't because my brother's an irresponsible jackass and the rest of my family is kinda worthless.  yay.

The DNC starts tomorrow, and I was thinking about going downtown to take pictures for practice.  Except I'm terribly unfamiliar with downtown and my camera is a little wussy for that sooo...I don't know about that.

The Nightmare Before Christmas comes out on DVD on Tuesday.  YAY!

So I saw IWTB for the 6th time last week before it went out of all the theaters that are less than 30 miles from my house.  I fell in love with it even more.  


In other news, my mom got another job inside the company, so I still have health insurance! YAY!  Ironically, it's the same job I was doing before they didn't have any budget, except she gets benefits and more money to do it since she's an employee and not a contractor.  See, if I had actually really TRIED to keep my job, then my mom would be unemployed and we would be poor.  However, I found a job posting for a chauffeur, but you have to be 25.  Damn you, laws! Like I'm a gonna be a better driver 6 months from now?!  Though, I did find another job posting for a copy editor-type job that I'm perfect for, but now I have to write a cover letter--the most horrible invention ever in the history of job hunting.  

Still 33 days til WDW, though. ::sigh::

So, I got back from Disney World on Monday night.  And the first five days were fantastic.  Then, I got sick.  Because I am cursed.  Finally went to the doctor four days later.  They told me I had a sinus infection.  Took antibiotics that made me want to hurl--cool side effect.  Spent 80 percent of the second week in the hotel room.  Saw about half the stuff I wanted.  A bird pooped on me.  Paid $125  a night + park admission to watch 9 channels of Disney.  Came home to more family drama than was there when I left.  It was great.

It says I'm going to Disney World in 1 day.  Guess what else? It's wrong!  Hee!  In 24 hours, I will be fast asleep in my cleverly, well-themed Disney hotel bed.  In 12 hours, I will be somewhere over the Midwest.  Isn't that terrific? 

So, for all of you that have jobs, or start a brand new semester on Tuesday, I'm sorry.

Yeah, so the Raiders suck, but we all knew that, right? It does my Bronco-lovin' heart good to see Al Davis lookin stupid and losing--again. Bwahahaha! It wasn't nearly as much of a whoopin' as it shoulda been, but a win is a win.

In a totally unrelated topic, I'm discovering that I really love Halloween, but I'm not quite sure why. It's not like I get candy since I am 22, and it's a very social holiday when I am a very anti-social person, and yet, I have this unexplainable urge to get dressed up in some stupid costume and go somewhere. I guess my Stitch ears will have to do. *grin* Stitch ears make me happy.

I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD! Guess for how long? TWO WHOLE WEEKS! Woo! Take that stupid school and stupid gallbladder. So here's hoping nothing else falls apart before January (like my stupid scratched cornea).

I was in the Disney store yesterday, and not only were they advertising for The Little Mermaid(hurray & finally!), but I bought a way cool Maleficient shirt. These two things bring up the issue once again: what the hell is Prince Philip's problem in Sleeping Beauty? He's the worst prince ever--not only does he prance around in the woods singing some fruity song, but he has to have help from three old ladies to defeat the villian and save his bonny lass. I mean, seriously, the fairies have to cut off his chains, help him get out of Maleficient's fortress by turning all types of defenses into flowers and bubbles, give him an enchanted sword of truth and a shield of justice, cut through all the thorny bushes, and then he still can't even manage to use said weapons to kill Maleficient. The fairies have to magically guide the sword into the dragon's chest. The boy does absolutely nothing but still gets the hot, nice chick. WTF? Any by the way, Maleficient is like, the coolest, more fierce Disney villian ever (and I think it's fabulous that she's so bitter about something as trivial as not being invited to the party)--how did one wuss and three old ladies beat her? Huh?

Meanwhile, Eric in The Little Mermaid, fights with Ursula after she's become the enormous ruler of all the seas, in a broken ship, in the middle of a hurricane, by himself, and manages to win. And he's way hotter than Philip anyway. So, here's hoping Aurora goes for the ugly metrosexual type. Personally, I think I'd wait out that hundreds years and hope someone better sauntered along.

Seriously, is it time to go to Disney World yet?

So I saw Pirates again (and again after that and possibly again later today), and my opinion of the whole thing definitely improved. It wasn't nearly as annoying the second time. I don't if that's cuz I already saw it and got over my disappointment; if it was because I concentrated more on the look of the movie (which is unbelievably gorgeous); if it was because I got more involved in the story arc from the first movie and began contemplating the third movie; or if it was because it wasn't 2:30 in the morning, but in any case, much better the second time.

On another note, my mom and I have been having a rather sad number of debates about said movie and still have yet to come to an accord about just about everything. She's mad that Jack kinda "turned into" a bastard (convincing herself that he's a good pirate as well as a good man), while I'm mad that he wasn't enough of a bastard. We also think the curse was never really broken, or broken then reinstated by Jack the monkey, but some pieces of that don't fit like Barbossa at the end with the apple and that the monkey was shown as cursed while Capt. Jack was not. Curious...

And another layer to the mystery of life: It's only eyeliner that Johnny Depp looks good in, not all makeup. Watched Ed Wood, and he is one ugly woman. That coupled with the unattractive makeup jobs in Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory confirms that it's really just the eyeliner. I've been working my way through Donnie Brasco, and he's not nearly as tasty as he is as Capt. Jack. Also, the boy needs facial hair. Just about any kind will do, but clean-shaven is not his best look. Who knew waist-long dreads, a crazy goatee, and eyeliner could be an IMPROVEMENT?

So, I saw Dead Man's Chest last Thursday, and while I was utterly disappointed, it did once again bring up the ultimate mystery of life: why is it that Johnny Depp is the only man on the planet who can wear eyeliner and still look totally hot? It's actually kind of disturbing that he looks better with the eyeliner than without it. 'Cause like in Blow totally not hot at all, yet in Don Juan DeMarco--eyeliner and hot. It's very puzzling to me. I have actually spent a large portion of my summer contemplating this phenomenon and have yet to arrive at an answer. And then there's the whole hotness factor in Chocolat (which nearly rivals that of Pirates), and he's got a French braid half the time. Then I see him walking around in public with the nasty hair and stupid hat and I thank god for make-up people.