This dude came up to the counter at work today and goes 'You're like the spitting image of a doll.' Uhhhh, okay. I'm not sure how to interpret that - is that supposed to be a good thing? What kind of doll? Like a creepy porcelain one, a Barbie or Bratz type doll, one of those funky generic brand talking baby things?

He proceeded to loiter around the desk for the next 20 minutes, just staring at me and bombarding me with questions whilst simultaneously getting in the way of patrons needing my assistance. How old are you? You don't look a day over 16. Are you married and have children? I could've sworn you would be. Do you drive? When you're on the road, let me know, so I can get off. Do you play video games? I have a 360 and already burned it out. That is all fascinating, Khris with a K, but I'm a little busy.

I was the only one at circ, so I had to keep everything in order there, the phone kept ringing and I had to answer that, and I had to keep an eye on the reference desk because Joan was in the back doing stuff, and this guy just kept distracting me. I wanted to be like I have a job. I'm paid for this job. They do not pay me to talk to you. Unless you want to pay me to talk to you, I suggest you go rock your bicycle helmet elsewhere and leave me alone.

He forced his home and cell phone numbers on me, even though I did not ask for nor indicate that I wanted them. He kept hassling me to give him mine, but I kept stalling and finally he went outside and I thought Oh sweet freedom! only for it all to be stripped away when he returned 10 minutes later to nag me some more. I finally gave in once I realized he would not let up and take the hint. I seriously need to assert myself and stop being a pushover. If it means anything, which it doesn't, I started getting snippy with him near the end. As soon as I got home, I said "If anyone calls for me, I'm not here, or I'm busy, or I've fallen off the planet."

Ugh, I am so not interested in talking or hanging out with this person. HELP ME.

This was even worse than Mr I Wear Sunglasses Inside So I Can Secretly Skeeze You Up Because I Don't Bite....Well, Not Yet whom followed me around while I was shelving last year. At least he was willing to back off.

PLEASE EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE AND CAPSLOCKING BUT HOLY FUCK DUDE THERE WAS A BAT IN MY HOUSE!

It was around 2:30 AM and I had been in the computer room. I decided to go get some water, and as I was walking down the steps, I heard this jingly noise, like someone was moving stuff around. I figured it was my dad getting up to use the bathroom, so didn't really think anything of it, but once I reached the bottom step I started hearing a clicking. I thought Er, maybe it's a mouse, and went on to do my thing. I walked back up the stairs a little warily, which was good foresight because as I reached the top SOME THING WITH WINGS FLEW AT ME. O_O

When I say I am afraid of things that can fly at me, I mean I am hardcore seriously for real ZOMG freaked out like savage by any sort of aerial creature.

I could not run back down the steps fast enough. I ran into my mom's room because I could hear her up, and was like 'There'sabirdohmygoshohmygoshthere'sabird!' She went to check it out, sounds of battle making it's way down to where I was cowering, when she finally called down 'Uh, Jess....it's a bat.' D:

To say the least, I got hysterical, all hyperventilating and crying. She trapped it in the computer room, but couldn't manage to catch it because that room is also used as storage, so there's plenty of boxes ripe for hiding. I slept terribly - every noise I heard jolted me alert, fearing the bat had escaped the closed room somehow.

We had to call animal control today, and even the person from there could not get it. They decided to just leave the door closed and turn the fan on high, so if it started flying around, it might get knocked out by one of the blades. It wasn't until almost 10 PM that my dad went in the room to check if the coast was clear for me to come in so I could do something really quick online that he spotted it hanging off the edge of the closet door and grabbed it with a towel. He is now my hero.

YOU GUISE I WAS SO SCARED. T_______T

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES AND PRESENTS! You made me feel all warm and fuzzy. ^_^


I got two months of 101 icons with my fancy new debit card. Icon battles/convos welcome.

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron is the best book I've read in a long time. Sorry smeyer. Now I'm reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Impending doom is Tuesday - I have to get my wisdom teeth pulled. T_T

		I will marry DanRad.
		After a wild honeymoon, We will settle down in London in our fabulous Apartment.
		We will have 0 kid(s) together.
		Our family will zoom around in a Mossy puke green Unicorn.
		I will spend my days as a Professional Ariel, and live happily ever after.

Comment on this post. I will choose seven interests from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along.

as chosen by my dear owlrain

faerie wars - This is a book, or rather the first book of a quartet known as the Faerie Wars Chronicles. I picked it up when I was first starting to get into reading and collecting books back when I was 15 or 16 - I mostly chose it because it had "faerie" in the title the way I spell it and because the cover was pretty. It's a blind buy I do not regret, as I fell in love with it, and subsequently bought the rest of the series as soon as each sequel was released. It's a quirky, fast-paced jumble of fantasy and sci-fi elements with very entertaining and interesting characters.

muse - I love Muse, I think they're a brilliant band. I can listen to Absolution on repeat and not get sick of it or want to skip any songs no matter how many times I've heard them. My favorites by them are probably "New Born," "Apocalypse Please," "Sing For Absolution," "Blackout," "The Small Print," "Knights of Cydonia," and "Take A Bow." I really dig their covers of "Feeling Good" and "House of the Rising Sun," as well.

12 kingdoms - This is one of my top five favorite anime, and I'm wicked glad the novels are getting translated and released over here, as well, because I've really enjoyed them so far. Fuyumi Ono created such an intriguing, well thought-out world - the richness of detail concerning its mythology and politics is amazing. It has some of the best character development I've seen; you can really witness the realistic transition of the characters over the course of the series. Regardless of all that, if the only thing it had going for it was the presence of Rokuta, Taiki, and Rakushun, I would still say it was one of the best shows I've ever watched because they are wonderful.

anti-cheese - I think cheese is icky. XP

be your own pet - Another band I love, I'm always in my room singing and dancing along, pretending I'm Jemina Pearl. They're such a blast to listen to, I love how random the topics of their songs are, like zombies, riding bikes and being awesome, food fights, and old TV shows from when they were kids. My favorites include "Bog," "Zombie Graveyard Party," "Bitches Leave," "OUCH," "Bicycle Bicycle You Are My Bicycle," and "Love Your Shotgun."

dancinglikenooneswatching - In the literal sense, I like to dance like a crazy person. In a metaphorical sense, I feel that dancing like no one's watching represents freedom, uninhibitedness, and joy, and those are things I hope to someday achieve.

alice 19th - One of my top five favorite manga, the first shoujo series I ever read, and the first series I ever completed. I think it's severely under appreciated. I can relate to Alice SO MUCH, when I read the first volume it was just like 'No way, I am totally this person' - the way she's able to grow and overcome her fears throughout the series gives me a little hope. I love the characters, and there are lots of laugh out loud moments to balance out the dark, depressing elements. If it doesn't work out between Zero Kiryuu and I, Kyo Wakamiya can totally be my manga!husband.

Some evil lady that shall not be named FORCED ME AGAINST MY WILL to get a myspace. It would be fantabulous if you added me.

1. Leave me a comment saying you want to do the meme.
2. I'll respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You should update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You should include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.

Questions from the lovely sakura_kurosaki (it's not letting me lj-userfy your name for some reason o_O)
1. If you had one day to live and you could do anything, what would you do and why?
Tell people what they mean to me. Be as crazy and obnoxious as I've always wanted but felt too self-conscious to be. Dance like no one's watching while people are watching. Play music and sing as loud as I want. Possibly flash someone.

2. What is your favorite kind of weather and why?
It depends on my mood, really. Sometimes I like it when it's sunny and hot and the sky is bright blue, other times I prefer when it's rainy and dreary out. Anything but cold.

3. If you could be best friends with one anime character who would you pick and why?
Radical Edward from Cowboy Bebop because she's absolutely insane and would be a lot of fun to be around and keep me in an up mood.

4. What is your favorite meal time and why?
I don't like meal times....

5. How often do you write letters/cards/postcards to people?
Rarely. I'll sign a birthday or holiday card, if that counts. I write thank you cards, too. I would like to send letters to people, but alas, I have no one to send them to.

I GOT MY VERY FIRST PAYCHECK EVER TODAY! It's only for the three hours I worked on the 14th, but still! It has my name on it! I get to pay taxes!

Why is it that when I tell people I got the job at the library, 95% of the ones who are supposed to care about me are just like 'Yeah, and?' Oh gee, I don't know, I thought maybe you'd be happy for me. Maybe they don't understand how big of a deal it is for me, but it should at least rate a little above indifference on the reaction scale. This is the first really good, positive thing that's happened to me in years, my very first job, and something that I've essentially been slaving for in order to get for almost a year and a half. 'Whatever, I don't care.' Way to crap all over my joy, dude. Even if I'm busy or stressed or sad or tired, if someone tells me something great is happening in their life, I will be appropriately glad to hear it because I want good things for them. At the bare minimum, I would pretend to care so as to not make them feel like a moron for even sharing the news.

*gasp* THE CARNIVAL IS IN TOWN.

IwannagoIwannagoIwannagoIwannago!!!

Someone please come to middle of nowhere Northern VA and accompany me there, for I cannot face the carnies alone.

as seen in xx_frenzy

1. Reply to THIS post, and I will select four or five of your userpics that I like.
2. Make a entry and talk about the icons I have chosen.
3. Other people will then comment on your entry and you will do the same as I have done for you.
4. Thus creating a NEVER ENDING of icon squee.


1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post that to your journal with these instructions.

GUESS WHO THE RAD GIRL WITH A JOB INTERVIEW AT THE LIBRARY IS? MEEEEE!!

Cathy came up to me near closing time while I was shelving and was like 'Miss Jessica, do you think you could come in on the 25th for an interview?' At first I was thinking In...ter...view....what's that? but I quickly realized she meant for a job and had to try to contain my excitement whilst being mature and professional and not desperate about it. Of course, as soon as she went back to the front desk, I started jumping up and down and clapping. XD Of course, I still need to survive the interview, but dude! I'm thisclose to being like an official librarian and having my very first job ever. I'll no longer be a slave volunteer there, and actually make money and feel like a contributing member of society. This is a seriously awesome big deal for me, and I haven't had anything really great happen in a long time, so it's even more important.

As if today wasn't sweet enough, I got two random compliments from people today. This old man that works at the grocery store was like 'You're gonna be a model. We're gonna see you on TV one day.' And then the same lady that made my day a few weeks ago while I was standing at the check out came in again, and was like 'You're the cute little girl from that time! You look like a young Madonna, you're so cute!' I have no idea where she got that idea, but I'll take it. XD

All of that totally makes up for the lady that glared at me while I was working - I guess that's what I get for being nice and smiling at her instead of telling her to shut her kid up or get out of the library because she's disturbing the other patrons.

GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT! Ojeofjeiofjofjejfjaiofedfmbkfnb.

Dudes, I had a dream about Dude That Gets Tutored While I'm Working again last night. x_x This one was not as weird as the first one, but it still feels wrong. I was in an airport for some reason, and he was there looking at magazines, and I just passed and went to some other shop. Dream!Me decided to go back and talk to him, but alas! He was no longer there.

Why oh why am I obsessing over this guy that's never even acknowledged my existence? When I'm at the library, I always hope he shows up, and then when he doesn't, I feel sad, and then I feel stupid for feeling sad because it's all pointless. It's like I'm back in middle school.

This is why I like fictional characters. It's so much easier to tell where you stand with them. Because you stand no where. Because they're not real.

I really don't mean to be a dirty old lady. XD

Ugh, I hate boys. They make me feel terrible.