A Mighty Fine Life

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HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 52
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 54
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: Depends on how much disposable cash I have, I guess. It's not exactly a priority.
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: "I love homoerotic Disney movies," if that counts.
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Newsies
AND THE SECOND MOST: High School Musical -- this has more if you include pics that are just of Corbin
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Tie! 3 Blink/Mush; 3 Chad/Ryan
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: Mostly, yeah
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Occasionally
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Very few of them
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: Fine if they're very funny or very subtle.

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Had to fiddle around with that a bit; that's actually my second-newest icon, for example, since my newest was also my sexiest (and I don't really have a lot of sexy icons).

In unrelated news, I possibly spent a lot of time watching videos of Drew Seeley being ADORABLE (as he does). Important for you all to know: when asked how HSM would be different if Troy was a vampire, he said they'd have to call it High Ghoul Musical instead. OMG I LOVE HIM. (I hate puns, but I love people who make puns. IDK, it's complicated.)

YOU GUYS, I LOVE STERLING KNIGHT A LOT. Why don't I have a Chad Dylan Cooper icon? :(

I love Sterling Knight a lot. (This is not a secret.) And thus I can not stop watching this video:



Around a minute in, he gets super intensely dorky... about Power Rangers. And babbles extensively. And it is sincerely darling. (Also: how is he TWENTY?? He looks 14. Tops. And I say this as someone who's 26 and looks 20, tops.)

So I'm watching an episode of Sunny With a Chance. And

1) I love Sterling Knight. His three second gags in the background with no lines actually delivered are funnier than anything anyone else in the cast does.

2) Didn't there used to be a weird little girl character? She seems to have vanished. (Yay?)

3) Selena Gomez guest stars in this episode. She's hilarious!

4) I'm...pretty sure the show just implied that she and Demi are in love. ( Really. )

5) Except for Sterling (and, in this episode, Selena) no one on this show is as funny as the show thinks they are.

6) Ahahahahaha, jokes at Demi's expense please me.

7) I really want to like the "I don't need this, I was in Camp Hiphop!" gag, but since Selena is playing herself, and they keep making Wizards of Waverly Place jokes, it doesn't make a lot of sense.

8) I wish Selena was in every episode. And that it was just her and Sterling Knight yelling at each other.

"Everyone likes penguins. They're like the jazz square of Animal Planet."

For the record, I am not the one who said it.

In other news, wow. Sonny With a Chance. That....that was a pretty gay B-plot tonight, what with Nico and Grady competing for a date with my favorite Chad Dylan Cooper. And then him not taking either one of them so he could hook up with a chick. An idea which had NEVER OCCURRED to the random sidekicks. I am kind of loving Sterling Knight, by the way. How excited am I that he plays Zef's kid in 17 Again? SO EXCITED.

YOU GUYS. BRENDA SONG WILL BE IN A SCIENCE FICTION DANCE-OFF BASED RETELLING OF WEST SIDE STORY.

I COULD NOT BE ANY MORE EXCITED.

Came in halfway through the new episode of HM. Why were Oliver and his girlfriend wearing giant tinfoil suits? That show is so surreal.

I really resent how much I enjoy Sonny With A Chance. But it was weirdly femmeslashy in that way that Disney kidcoms are. And I really super enjoy Sterling Knight as Chad Dylan Cooper, because he's hilarious. I'm not quite sure what it is -- his devotion to the role, maybe? He doesn't play it with an ounce of irony. (Ooooh, and apparently he's going to be in 17 Again with Zef.)

Aaaand Wizards of Waverly Place. Wow, this show is bad. But David Henrie is adorable. Ah. I see their mom is from the Carrie Martin school of parenting. Aaaaand no one likes Justin. And Disney hates smart people. Right.

That's all I've got.

Generally speaking, Zac Efron looks like a total tool in pictures, but every now and then...



Is it weird that I resent him for making me swoon? (From Barefoot Male Celebs.)

Maddie: It's spelled M-a-d-d-i-e, but --

London: I didn't really put you in my will.

Maddie: *pouts*

London: I just need a way to get you to come up [to my room]!

Maddie: What's wrong with saying, "Maddie, come up here?"

London: ......

AND THEN THEY MAKE OUT. (Sadly, not really.)

ETA:
Maddie: Have you decided what questions you're going to ask?

London: Maddie, why are you so happy, even though you're poor?

Maddie: Not for me, for the guest!

London: *pouts*

Maddie: *sighs* Money doesn't buy happiness.

London: Yes it does! *hands her a wad of cash*

(Now Maddie is her kept girl, I suppose. *shrug*)

I had a dream that HSM3 was EVEN CRACKIER than it actually will be. By A LOT.

First, for some reason, poisonivory and I were watching it on a miniature TV held on our laps, while we were riding a Greyhound bus next to one of the waterfall trails in Ithaca. Why? No idea! But I guess we were going somewhere. *shrug*

So basically, it started out with Gabriella dumping Troy, specifically because she wanted a prettier piece of armcandy and he just wasn't cutting it. Then she was briefly -- actually, extensively -- in what was basically a different movie, specifically The LIttle Mermaid, but not actually, because it was a dream. So she was swimming (as a person) and met a merman who was hot so he kissed her so she could breathe underwater and go with him to wherever it is the merfolk live out in the ocean. They had to pass through some kind of vortex thingies that were basically water wormholes, and at one point a giant pile of dead fish (my brain was kind enough to specify male AND female dead fish) fell out of an ocean cavern wall and she screamed and I think there was some kind of epic battle? Or something? Anyway, she ended up having to find her own way through the vortexes to go back home.

Meanwhile, Ryan was desperately in love with Gabriella -- whaaaat? -- and yet ALSO so incredibly flamingly gay that there was a song and dance number that I'm pretty sure was called "OMG be gayer, Ryan." And I think there was some kind of talent show going on (which would make sense, being HSM and all) but for some reason, he was sulking too hard to participate. Sharpay, meanwhile, had some kind of ludicrous plan to cheat at the talent show (though without ever actually being in the dream itself), so Kelsi had to use her flying belt to zip across what was definitely a science fiction urban landscape to steal Sharpay's plan.

And meanwhile, Troy, Chad, and Zeke (who was not actually Zeke, but just some dude my brain referred to as Zeke) were trying to write a rap song for the talent show. (This was directly out of one of the junior novels, I believe.)

Before it actually got to the talent show, though, we were interrupted on the bus by -- oh lord -- Sarah Palin on a float out on the river, with rainbows behind her, waving and winking. Jess and I were too caught up booing and complaining about how annoying she was to finish the movie.

I DON'T KNOW. It was kind of awesome.

Um, so, I bought most of a new wardrobe today. I spent an incredibly amount of money, but I swear none of it was frivolous -- anyone who has seen my wardrobe (such as it is; there should be quotation marks around the word, honestly) knows I needed some new clothing. And I found the absolute most adorable, cutest winter coat in the entire world. I'm pretty sure. (It's purple. It looks like something Kenley would design on Project Runway -- very early 60s. I look like a plucky girl reporter. It is SO CUTE FOR REAL.) So there's that.

Aside from that, I managed to somehow update all three of my non-LJ blogs this week. It's remarkable, really.

Feminist nerd blog: ABC Family's "Greek": Surprisingly, Really Good! (It is. I swear. You should all watch it: every episode is online at abcfamily.com. DO IT. Come on, the really attractive naked boy in the cowboy hat in my new icon is the male lead! You know you want to see that.)

Active Voice: Two Mini-Reviews: Bruce Coville’s “Alien Adventures” and “Unicorn Chronicles” . What it says in the title. Bruce Coville rulez!

Tweenage Wasteland: The Suite Life on Deck. You guys, it was bad. Even for the Disney Channel. Even for The Suite Life. Really, really bad.

OH! And I cooked dinner, specifically with plans to save the extra for lunch tomorrow. I never do that! (It's veggie fried rice, if you're curious. I expanded the list of "things I can cook" another meal. Now I can have spaghetti OR rice, thank you very much...)

ETA: YES, I CAN SPELL "COAT," SHUT UP RACHEL.

So apparently Disney let Mitchel Musso make a video to his version of "Lean On Me". A video that features adorable puppies!

Mitchel's music video? Slightly more hardcore than Metrostation.*

In other news, Minutemen (the new DCOM) is thus far pretty much charming. I wish the girls in it were anything other than romantic interests, though, even if they are quite charming as they do it. Oh! And it has Zach from Sky High! And he's still really really incredibly tall!

ETA: Mitchel Musso? Also more hardcore than the Jonas Brothers. Black and white isn't actually artsy, kids. And your hair is stupid, and your song is bad. Or...your song is stupid and your hair is bad. Either way.

ETA2: And Raven has a new movie? With cameos by Lucas and Brenda?!! So! Excited!!

* Translation for those of you who aren't poisonivory: Mitchel's older brother is the lead singer of a terrrrrible band called Metrostation, who are currently opening for Cobra Starship. Thus we totally saw them last week. The Brothers Musso look exactly alike, oddly.

Arwin from the Suite Life is now shilling Advil! Dressed like a normal dude! And yet...still totally recognizable.

Okay, not nearly as amusing as when I realized Moseby is Hooch on Scrubs. Still, though.

(Incidentally, the guy who plays Johnson on the Raisin Bran, um, "Trying to Fire Johnson" campaign now does commercials for some phone company--the fave five one, maybe? And Bill from the WaMu commercials also does some kind of minivan commercials. And the kid from the fiber optics commercials also does some kid of baked good commercials.

As it turns out, I watch too much TV.)

ETA, speaking of Disney -- have any of you seen the video for the Dance Mix of Bet On It? It is the most INSANE AMAZING TERRIBLE HILARIOUS thing I've ever seen. I am not joking. Suddenly Troy has four arms! Shots of LA and traffic! FOUR TROYS DANCING IN UNISON!

Oh, also, a late ep of the Suite Life is on, and it has somehow gotten even more insane than it used to be. And Maddy is carrot orange. Oh, Tiz. I miss your nose, but man, no more tanner, okay? Please?

ALSO also, wemblee, Jump In is on tomorrow night! The insanely gay Corbin movie I was telling you about! You must watch!

Just be glad I'm not talking about how on Flight 29 Down, Corbin totally gives Jack's speech from the rally in Newsies. Like, for serious, "We're starting to fight each other! If we don't stick together, we...we're..." (Me: NOTHING! It's just what the bigshots want to see!) "..we're not going to make it!" (ME: Awww, darn it.)

Okay, now I'm actually done.

I lied. 'Nother ETA: ep of Hannah Montana (I'm a glutton for punishment)...why is Oliver hanging out with Rico? Why does Rico have Oliver's hair?

Okay, so I marathoned some of the Flight 29 Down episodes that have been taking over the TiFaux. The show is terrible; for serious, Corbin is one of its strongest actors. The characters are all terrible and I'm sad most of them didn't die in the crash. However, Mr. Bleu does keep up his awesome streak of being unable to pick out heterosexual roles, and is fairly hilarious.

#1: The episode where he gets stuck, uh, under the plane. It doesn't hurt or anything, but he can't move, he's trapped on the beach, and the tide is coming in. Oh, noes! So the only other guy around can't move the plane off him...so instead cuddles him. Like, arranges it so Corbin is lying in his lap. So they can hold each other. Oh, Corbin. That wasn't manly at all.

#2: Less manly! He wears his wet shorts for too long and gets a horribly painful groin rash. This leads to hijinks, of course, and ends with him wearing a skirt. I may be mixing up episodes, but there's a super-intense shot of him running they use on the promos/"be right back" pre-commercial material. Where you only see him from torso up. Because yeah, I'm pretty sure that's where he's wearing a skirt. Still not manly!

This show is so bad, y'all.

"It's not that I find him hot as a duck, it's that I think that if I were a duck, I'd totally hit that!"

-poisonivory on Scrooge McDuck

I just stopped at Rite Aid to buy a Coke, and you all should be seriously proud of me, because I did not also pick up the special "Zanessa + Their Famous Friends!" edition of Popstar I found. I did, however, flip through it. Obviously.

Surprisingly, some of the shots have actually been taken since the HSM2 premier, because there was that horrible thing on Corbin's face (bleh). But there were also a few pages of Lucas adorableness; several dorkycute pictures (and one incredibly adorable one of him and Tiz that's probably been in many other places, because it was clearly part of a larger cast shoot, but I hadn't seen it before).

Oh, and it referred to I Don't Dance as the movie's "dramatic highlight". I guess by "dramatic" they mean "homoerotic".

In utterly unrelated news, the first paycheck from my new job finally came through. I can't even tell you how much of a relief it is. I transferred a third of it to savings (and thank god I'd started that savings account a few months before I lost my job--I would have been pretty screwed without it) and will now be able to pay the bills that I've been staring at for two weeks. And my rent. And pay down my trusty credit card, which has helped me buy groceries for the last two months.

My toilet is broken. Unlike the Great Flood, there was no water leaked or anything. This time, it's the chain in the tank, which (at least, usually) connects the handle to the rubber valve that lets the water from the tank into the bowl when you flush. It no longer does that. It's no longer connected to the handle at all; the chain snapped. So technically my toilet works, but in order to flush it, you need to take the top off the tank, reach in and pull the chain manually.

No, that's not annoying AT ALL. (Of course the super will come tomorrow when Rachel and I are both at work.)

In unrelated news, I bought a book on Flash, as my job has asked me to learn it. Which I'm happy to (being paid to acquire new skills = yay!). The book comes with a Flash trial CD. I checked; it's supposed to work on a Mac and all. But when I went to install it? Pshaw. Nothing. Thus I have to download it from adobe.com, which went REALLY SLOWLY, as the install is now. I'm highly irritated.

Speaking of the job, there seems to be fairly little editorial responsibility to it, though some may be added later, as they don't quite have my actual duties nailed down. Last week was actually pretty sparse; I fiddled with some flash stuff, but nothing complicated. I updated a bunch of graphics advertising their conference coverage. I put together a few slides. I typed up some podcast transcripts. I did the HTML for both of their regular newsletters.

Everyone has been nice, and I think once things settle down they'll be able to actually fit me in to the general workflow. Right now, it's crazy; the people in charge spent all last week gearing up for a conference and will be gone this coming week, but at least I will be kept busy by everyone else.

Regardless, I've begun having anxiety dreams about losing my teeth again. And three different dreams involving, in some way, High School Musical. I've had to ban myself from listening to the soundtrack for the last few days, though that hasn't helped. (Let's see, there was one where "The Music In Me" saved the world by bringing music to the people--seriously--and one where Kenny was a woman, kind of (don't. ask.), and one where I was at work and worried about creating a Flash presentation about Chad/Ryan. (What? How does your brain interpret anxiety?) But I finished posting the fic! And...may have written 12 pages smut. That I don't know if I can bring myself to post. Um. Cough.

Okay. Finishing this installation, and then bedtime.

Best. Quiz. Ever.

(Yeah, the fic over at temira is almost complete.)

Oh, the new job is fine, by the way. Strange, but fine. Details sometime when I'm not exhausted.

Um, so, yeah. After rewatching HSM2 today, I finally got around to finishing a fic. I'm afraid of the HSM section of FFnet, so at least for now, I'm just posting it at temira (direct link to fic: here). It'll be five parts long (all written!) and is, of course, Chad/Ryan.

Umm...bedtime.

So I got all my information from Albany today. I do indeed qualify for unemployment! Um. I qualify for $100 weekly. But hey, I'll take it; it'll just about cover my student loans, phone bill, and maybe groceries for the month. With that coming in I probably have enough in my bank account to stretch for another month or two if I have to. (Obviously I'd rather not, but hey.)

I had an interview today that I thought had gone pretty well, but may have turned out even better than suspected--she just called me to say there's a second position they have opening up that I might be qualified for (basically web production stuff), and would I like to be considered for that, too? (Um, duh. Yes plz.)

So there's that.

Meanwhile, I've been channeling all of my anxiety and nerves into writing...um...a HSM fic. Which may or may not be 30 pages long. And may or may not be about Chad and Ryan, post-movie. And, um. I need help.

Speaking of HSM, there is excellent snark by poisonivory here and here (and a Ryan/Chad ficlet here), and harriet_vane takes on the soundtrack over here.

Okay. That's all.