The book is about a young man by the name of Danny McCoyne. He is a bureaucrat at the Parking Fine Processing Office; a job he loathes but as poor as the pay is he needs to keep his boring position in order to feed his wife and kids. He's young, over-worked and overall, depressed. Danny knows he has no future beyond being near the bottom of his agency's food chain.
It starts out with him making his way to work wherein he witnesses an apparent random act of violence in the middle of a crowded street. It was gruesome. He didn't think much of it at first, but when more and more scenes like this start to occur, the media dubs the assaulters as Haters.
It's a heart-racing, thriller. David Moody keeps you on edge through most if not all of the book. I was astonished to see myself finishing it up only a few hours after I'd picked it up! By the end, I'm sure most will feel my frustration when you discover that not only he is leaving you wanton of a few more chapters, but that the other two books have yet to even be published.
What else can I praise? Oh! The cover art is fantastic! Even if a few classmates mistook the title for "Hitler". (Honestly, a fourteen year-old Jewish girl reading up on Hitler? Think it through people, think it through.)
I have to admit, I was a bit weary at first. I'd originally purchased this book for my mother. She zipped through it and gushed for days until I finally picked the darn thing up, and boy am I glad I did!
Beware, the author is British, so there is a bit of crude humor and one vulgar sex scene (it ends in blood-thirst, no worries). Other than that, I'd give it a five star rating.
Overall, I'd recommend this book to just about anyone looking for a good thriller or mystery novel.
- Location:under my bad, hiked up on caffiene
- Mood:
awake - Music:Gin and Juice- NOFX
To those it may concern; Holmes Junior High is to be closed for fourteen days due to the epidemic slowly working it's way through our community. There have been two confirmed cases of one adolescent and one adult... It's time's like these I wish I hadn't transferred. But, I digress.
The real reason I'm blogging about this is to not only inform, but to rant. Why? Because the world is full of misinformed nitwits whom choose to spout rumours and misconception rather than the whole story or even, dare I say, the truth.
This is what causes mass panic people!
There's only been about one-hundred confirmed cases in the USA, give or take a few and what? Only three people have died from it? A loss is a loss and it's terrible, but everyone needs to just calm the fuck down...
I swear to God, I'm not making this up. Not but a few days ago, I was sitting in my Art class and the moron next to me (no need to speak his name, we all know who it was) is going on about how the Swin Flu is killing thousands of people and I'm just like WHAT? I calmly tried to explain to him without mentioning his stupidity (it's probably a sore subject for him) that there haven't even been one thousand confirmed cases in the WORLD and he up and calls a few crass and offensive names I choose to not repeat.
Honestly people. Pick up a newspaper, watch the news, go on AOL, I DON'T CARE. But before you start making accusations and calling people out, at least get your facts straight. Jesus fucking Christ.
EDIT 5.03.09; Holmes is no longer to be closed. They didn't give much detail, but from what was said, I've come to believe that those who were infected did indeed have Influenza, just not H1N1. Well then. Indeed. Misinformation or even perhaps, idiocy? Yes. Just yes.
So sorry for my scarce activity. For the past few (many) months, I've been going through... well, a lot. Moving, changing schools, losing a cat, another cat dying... my uncle and cousin dying. Then we come to the whole I have trouble with vertigo and sleeping, I'm on anti-depressants, why does the world hate me?! *cry, stomp, stomp, trip*.
I can also partially blame it on the fact that certain websites lag (in a BIG way) for me and I'm a lackadaisical miscreant.
I've also taken ill. I've been suffering from Strep throat for the past week and a half, but fear not little ones, I shall persevere! :D
- Location:under your bed
- Mood:
crappy - Music:Zombie- The Cranberries
( In The Dead of The Night )
- Mood: exhausted
- Music:Porchrail- Jenny Owen Youngs
It's a hard concept to comprehend. When you feel so alone, when you can’t love even yourself... it’s hard to believe someone else could ever love you. So you start looking for things to prove to yourself it isn’t true. That you aren't worthless.
Even if you know it's possible to be loved and to love, it doesn't make the transition any easier. It, in fact, makes it harder. Coming to the conclusion that of something so versitile still confounds me in a way that half the time, I can't even fathom. And yet, here I stand, telling, knowing that I am indeed loved. And I know from the deepest chasms of my heart that I love as well.
It's almost like an oath that does not bear repetition. Yet so completely and utterly not. I believe this because a transpierce could easily become a diplomatic movement if forced. Why? Because we are the first, second and even sometimes the third person. That is why the men and women of today are so, dare I say, confused by this and that or he and she. Truly, It’s an everlasting conundrum. They, nay, we are lost souls waiting to be found by that one special person whom can and will give us everything. Even if we know that person does not exsist.
It is because of this that on my last dying wish I have decided to scream out to the heavens "who am I?" but not because I give a damn. No, It’s because that’s what they’d expect. And how do I know this? Because I know that I worthless. I am not of value to this life nor the next. I will never be that of importance.
If I have learned one thing in my life, it is that I am not everything, but that I am nothing.
- Mood:
apathetic - Music:Piazza New York Catcher- Belle & Sebastian
Oh my god. I think I just might have the greatest mum ever!@ She's ACTUALLY taking me down to Los Angeles in March to see Jensen and Jared!!! ...I'm thinking it might be because she has the hots for Jensen though... Meh! Doesn't matter! We already agreed that she could have him as long at I got Jared. :)
Anyhoo. I know it's still a long while off, but I'm already planning on how I'm going to
Okay! I'm off to lala land now.
- Mood:
ecstatic - Music:La Di Da Di- Mindless Self Indulgence
| You Are 76% Paranoid Schizophrenic |
 Crazy or not, you certainly don't have a good grip on reality! |
- Mood:
nervous - Music:Riddle Box- Insane Clown Posse
"Who's there?"
"Dumb bitch without a decent punchline."
- Mood:
moody
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luvs_to_spinOpen up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.
How many songs total: 382 (I just got my iPod like two months ago)
How many hours or days of music: 1 day
Most recently played: Folding Chair by Regina Spektor
Most played: Crazy Love by Jason Manns feat. Jensen Ackles... I see I'm not the only one obsessed. (mine only has 88 plays though)
Most recently added: Letter From an Occupant by The New Pornographers
Sort by song title:
First Song: Across The Universe by Jim Sturgess
Last Song: 4321 by The Adicts
Sort by time:
Shortest Song: I know Jack by Megadeth
Longest Song: In My Time Of Dying by Led Zeppelin. Heh.
Sort by album:
First album: Back In The New York Grooves; Ace Frehly... no, really. That's the album title.
Last album: 5150 by Van Halen
First song that comes up on Shuffle: Parade by Kimya Dawson
Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death - 4
Life - 5
Love - 11
Hate - 0
You - 40
Sex - 1 (Sex Pistols, lol)
- Mood: good
- Music:Crazy Love- Jason Manns feat. Jensen Ackles
| 1 - Do you shower in the morning or evening? | Morning. |
| 2 - Do you use liquid or bar soap? | Bar soap. |
| 3 - Do you use shampoo and conditioner or just shampoo? | Both! |
| 4 - Do you brush your teeth in the shower? | Sometimes. |
| 5 - Do you shave in the shower? | Uhh... yeah? |
| 6 - Do you sing in the shower? | Yeppers. |
| 7 - Do you use a washcloth? | Yeah. |
| 8 - Do you have a door or a curtain on your shower? | Door. |
| 9 - Have you every taken a call in the shower? | Yeah. XD |
| 10 - Have you ever showered in your swimsuit? | Only out of laziness. |
| 11 - Have you ever showered with a member of the same sex? | Duh. |
| 12 - Have you ever showered with a member of the opposite sex? | Hmm. Not that I know of. |
| 13 - Do you share a bathroom with someone? | Like my entire family. |
| 14 - Do you listen to the radio in the shower? | Nope. |
| 15 - Do you wear a shower cap? | Depends. |
| 16 - Do you wash behind your ears? | Of course! |
| 17 - Describe your shower in three words | Small with a great view. 'Small' 'great' and 'view' are the three words. |
| 18 - What one thing would you change about your shower? | I'd make it bigger for one. |
| 19 - What would make your shower time better for you? | A door with a better lock. |
| 20 - What celebrity would you like to shower with? | Jared Padalecki... no, Jennifer Love Hewit. I'd be too self-concious with Jared. |
| 21 - What celebrity would you NOT like to shower with? | Chad Michael Murray. He seems to like way younger women. *cough* |
| 22 - What is the one thing you can't do without in your shower? | Soap? |
| 23 - What is the oddest thing that has happened to you in the shower? | That time, with the video camera and then my sister was laughing... yeah. |
| 24 - What is the best thing that has happened to you in the shower? | Wait, what? |
| 25 - When was the last time you showered? | Around six. |
| 26 - When are you going to take a shower next? | In a few hours. |
- Mood: mellow
( fanfic master list )
- Mood: pleased
- Music:Myriad Harbour- The New Pornographers
| 1) Are you a morning or night person? | Night. |
| 2) Which do you prefer, sweet or salty foods? | Salty. |
| 3) Ninjas or pirates? | Uhh... Damn. Pirates. |
| 4) Ninjas vs pirates, discuss. | Freaking EPIC. |
| 5) Autobots or Decepticons? | Aurobots. Bumblebee, ftw. |
| 6) What was your favorite childhood television program? | Thundercats! Yeah, I was pretty old school. |
| 7) Are you a collector of anything? | Manga, books, action figures, Cd's. Pretty general stuff. |
| 8) If you could be any animal, what would you be? | A fox. |
| 9) If you could have any superpower, what would it be? | Super intelligence. |
| 10) What is usually your first thought when you wake up? | 'Damn. It's still dark out.' |
| 11) What do you usually think about right before falling asleep? | Jared Padalecki. *cough* |
| 12) What's your favorite color? | Orange. |
| 13) What's your favorite animal? | It's a tie between Dingo's and Foxes. |
| 14) Do you believe in extraterrestrials or life on other planets? | Nah. Not really. |
| 15) Do you believe in ghosts? | Strongly. |
| 16) Ever been addicted to a video/computer game? Which one(s)? | Ha. DragonFable and Maple Story are probably the worst. |
| 17) You're given 1 million dollars, what do you spend it on? | I'd donate 400,000 to charity, invest a few hundred thousand and put the rest into a college fund. :) |
| 18) Have any bad habits? | Many. |
| 19) Which bad habits, if any, drive you crazy? | Can't name any, but I know many drive me insane. |
| 20) List 3 of your best personality traits: | I'm very maternal, usually comforting and I'll go to just about any length to be on good terms with everyone. |
| 21) List 3 of your worst personality traits: | I talk WAY too much; I don't get that I'm embarrassing the hell out of my friends with certain topics. And... I might be a bit too outgoing. |
| 22) Have any celebrity crushes? | Ahhh. I'm absolutely in love with Jared Padalecki.... and a bit infatuated with Jennifer Love Hewit. |
| 23) List 1 thing you wish you could change about yourself: | Nothing. If I changed, I wouldn't be me. And I'm just starting to be okay with myself. |
| 24) Any tattoos or piercings? | Three piercings and zero tattoos... so far. |
| 25) What's the first thing you notice in the opposite sex? | Oh look, a penis! |
| 26) What personality traits do you look for in a partner? | Kind, outgoing, family oriented and the sort. |
| 27) What personality traits do you dislike in other people? | Selfish, impatient, egotistic. |
| 28) Are you mostly a clean or messy person?Do you see yourself getting married in the next 5 years? | Somewhere inbetween and no. Maybe eight. |
| 29) Are you mostly a clean or messy person? | Wait. You already asked that. |
| 30) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? | Los Angelos. |
| 31) If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go? | France. |
| 32) List 5 goals on your life's to-do list: | Graduate high-school. Go to college. Travel the country. Become an artist. Write and Publish at least one novel. |
| 33) Name 1 regret you have: | I have no regrets. I did everything for a reason and although the outcomes might not have been ideal, what happened, happened. You shouldn't dwell on the past. |
| 34) Name 1 thing you miss about being a kid: | How easy and care-free life was. |
| 35) Name 1 thing you love about being an adult: | I'm not quite an adult, but I'd probably say the knowledge that you'd made it that far. |
| 36) What's your favorite song of the moment? | Lady; Regina Spektor. |
| 37) What's your favorite song of all time? | A Day In The Life; The Beatles. |
| 38) What's your favorite thing to do on a Saturday night? | Read a good book or watch a movie with a friend or two. |
| 39) What's your favorite thing to do on a Sunday afternoon? | Laze around. |
| 40) Have any hidden talents? | I can open a can of soda with my feet. That a talent? |
| 41) You're about to walk the green mile, what do you have as your last meal? | Hmm. Sushi? Shit. I don't know. |
| 42) What would be your dream job? | Any kind of Artist. |
| 43) Which would you rather have, 100 million dollars or true love? | True Love. |
| 44) If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be? | I'd have to turn them down. I have everything I want and need. And if I want more, I'm more than happy to get it myself. |
| 45) Ever wish you were born the opposite sex? If so, why? | Yes. For so many reasons. |
| 46) Name 1 thing not many people know about you: | I'm extremely self-conscious. |
| 47) If you HAD to change your name, what would you change it to? | Anoushka Sage Moore |
| 48) Do you believe in the afterlife? | Yes. |
| 49) On the topic of abortion, how do you feel about cookies? | Muyo deliciouso. ;D |
- Mood: restless
- Music:Lady- Regina Spektor
Title: Of Innocent Eyes And One-track Minds.
Summary: Present day. The boys are on a much needed break from production back home, visiting friends and family when Jared happens to catch the eye of an older woman at one of their regulars. Luckily, Jensen comes to the rescue.
Pairing(s): Jensen/Jared
Disclaimer: Do I look like the kind of girl that’d be able to handle high society and the rich folk? I thought not.
Of Innocent Eyes And One-track Minds: 1/1
- Mood:
accomplished - Music:We Both Go Down Together- The Decemberists
Your results:
You are Poison Ivy
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- Mood: ditzy
- Music:1978- Lydia
You are 73% hippie.
You have a wide-open mind and you have gone to the hippie toolbox, taken what you needed from it, and built your own beautiful life. You defy stereotypes. Perfect score.
- Mood: calm
Please don't mistake me for ungrateful. I love Davis. :)
- Mood: surprised
- Music:What You Pay For- Sayvinyl
"Baby, I can't stay mad at you."
- Mood: amused
And here's proof that Jensen Ackles hung out with the gay crowd in high school. Might I point out the pink shirt, skinny loose tie and pouty lips? Yes, I may. (this picture is not from his days as a minor, but I consider it proof nonetheless!)And gosh darn it all, I suppose old habits die hard.
I like this picture. >.>- Mood: amused
- Music:Sunny Days- The Johnstones
It's a natural feeling,
a vulnerability.
To fear what you cannot see,
nor grasp.
And we,
as humans,
have an innate fear of the unknown.
And it angers us.
To be different is to be wrong,
misguided,
misunderstood.
For he,
not I,
but we,
are still promiscuous.
And then some.
And yet,
what am I to question the very lining of reality,
when I,
myself,
am but mere human?
Nay,
mere mortal.
And yet,
here I stand,
ridiculing common belief.
Taunting that of a supposed "god".
Still,
Who is this man?
And whom did he create if not us,
not I,
but himself?
The question stands,
who did create the lord himself?
Even more so,
if I were to threaten you,
or even commit a crime,
then what?
What are you and god going to do about it?
- Mood: awake
- Music:Hey, hey- Dispatch
*flings herself onto the bed and sobs uncontrollably into a pillow*
And, I'm over it.
- Location:home
- Mood: annoyed
- Music:Chinese Takeaway- The Adicts
