The Omnivorous Geek

Cultural background: In Kenya, "makmende" is an evolution of "make my day." It's come to mean kind of a wanna-be Clint Eastwood type, a braggart and punk, Chuck Norris without the awesomeness. So this music video is kind of the inner fantasy life of Makmende, it seems.

I've watched it several times now. :D It's pretty much ridiculously fantastic.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mG1vIeETHc

I am flummoxed by this awesomeness.

ETA: I wanna SamnDean icon with the quote "Our gun bill is REALLY HIGH."

ETA 2: CAN. NOT. STOP. LAUGHING.

Soooo. I think my shopping is done. I think. Just have to wrap stuff now.

Holy crap, why do I have 1712 messages in my LJ inbox? I feel like that might be a historical date I should remember. Need to clean that out.

Cold pretty much gone but nose is still very drippy.

Cadbury Drinking Chocolate is quite tasty.

So are Jones Soda Carbonated Candies.

Why yes, I did buy both of those on my shopping expedition this afternoon. Also Steak N Shake's fruit smoothies are delectable. I like the raspberry. But I forgot to get more candy canes, and that was one of the things I specifically set out to buy! I iz a dummkopf.

Bartleby is very very very very very very VERY fond of Hershey's Hugs. He goes absolutely bonkers when he hears the bag crinkle and will not go away until I give him a nip. But then he runs around like his tail has been lit on fire and I feel bad for corrupting my innocent ratty with what is obviously the equivalent of crack cocaine.

I am trying to write at least two different stories and reading several others.

Eddie Izzard is hilarious. Watched The Definite Article with my sibs and we were all in stitches, except for the French part which none of us understood very well. Little sister C didn't even complain about the F word, which usually scandalizes her tremendously.

Also watching Psych lately, which is a great joy and joyness. Up-to-date on Criminal Minds, which just about broke me. Have Merlin finale ready, which looks cataclysmic. Also Doctor Who Waters of Mars, which is exciting. Crap, why am I not watching TV right now? O.o

Okay bye.

::DANCE DANCE DANCE::

I checked my package tracking over at amazon and my new netbook has been delivered to my local post office!

::DANCE DANCE DANCE::

No more power issues! No more broken screen! Longer battery life! And because I bought a wireless router recently, I'll be able to use it anywhere in the house!

::DANCE DANCE DANCE::

No more being chained to this huge CRT monitor and wiggling the power cord around and holding it down with bricks to keep it in the socket! No more periodically ordering new power cords because the issue isn't the cord, it's the computer itself!

::DANCE DANCE DANCE::

No more broken keys! No more weird shift key placement! No more accidentally typing double letters (I hope)! No more being afraid to even type on this thing because the slightest jostle could make the power cord come out!

::DANCE DANCE DANCE::

Um, so yeah. In celebration, I think I'ma do a picture review of an older S5 eppy that I loved. Like perhaps 5.04, what with all the unmitigated awesome. Ooh! Or 5.03, with the ridiculous Cas cuteness. Ooh! Or 5.02, with awesome Jo and Ellen action. Ooh! Or 5.01, with Bobby being so very, very Bobby, because WOW. Or...

I'M EXCITED CAN YOU TELL?

Supernatural S4 is on sale on amazon.com this weekend for 14.99. Looks like a bunch of other cool movies and tv shows are on sale, too.

So yes, I FINALLY ordered my Season 4 set. ::fist pump::

Because of the iCarly crossover that was recced at spngenlove awhile ago, I put iCarly on my Netflix instant queue and stuff. It's a goofy show, over the top in every way, sometimes embarassingly stupid and sometimes ridiculously hilarious. I don't even... AHAHAHAHA. Spencer is this guy, Carly's older brother on the show, and oh he makes me laugh. I LOVE HIS STUPID FACE. (He's twenty-six so it's okay.) In the last episode I watched with my little sister, H, he ended up in Canada because he fell asleep on the bus, but he was still excited because he brought back OMFG CANADIAN BACON, and then he opens it and it's just sliced ham and his face is so terribly betrayed, but then he holds the slice of ham cautiously next to his mouth, with great doubt, and slowly stuffs the whole thing in his mouth, and somehow he looks surprisingly happy again. And then the opening theme song started and I laughed my head off all the way through it. The moment, oh, it was truly indescribable. I don't think I'm expressing the hilarity of the moment at all, and I looked for clips online and THEY DON'T EXIST. D: (The ep was "iPromote" something, some kind of shoe, look it up if you can, that moment is so worth it.)

Anyway. I ♥ Spencer. I would quite like to be his BFF.

Speaking of Spencer, last week's Psych was amazing and I want to seek out fanfic because it definitely needs a coda (THERE WAS NO ONSCREEN HUG OMG WHY DO YOU HURT ME SO, SHOW?) but I am scared. I even thought about writing one, which is weird, cuz I've been pretty exclusively SPN for quite some time now.

In other good things, I bought these most amazing headphones on clearance at Meijer that make all my music sound better. They are Koss and I don't know what model they are but they cushion my ears in gigantic pillows of aural love. So I have been listening to my music a lot lately, and keep wanting to share stuff I love with you guys. Right now it's Flight of Conchords, I have the EP they had on iTunes, and I want to give you "If You're Into It" or "The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room" or something, but I can't decide.

But here's As You Cry by The Hush Sound, and I DARE you not to tap your fingers or bob your head or something. I posted that on my twitter yesterday because I just couldn't help myself.

Also, I am writing crack today. This is possibly all related, I don't know.

Also, I found a good download site. No more waiting for torrents! \o/

Just in case anyone missed it, I MADE A COMM. Incredibly, it already has more than 150 members and 190 watchers. Apparently we needed more appreciation for gen in this fandom.




Recs start tomorrow.

Some random lady in McDonald's this morning bought my breakfast, just out of the blue. I just went up to the counter and said, "Two sausage burritos, please," and she hops over from where she was standing waiting for her order and said, "And I'd like to pay for that, please." I kind of gave a shocked, pleased gasp and smiled at her, and she quickly ran her card through the reader and jumped back over to get her food, and then she hurried out the door. I was so flabbergasted that I didn't even say thank you. I hope she could tell that I was grateful, anyway. It was just so sweet and strange and so very, very unexpected.

A random act of kindness? Do I just look that pathetic and beaten-down in general? Whatever it was, it brightened my day immeasurably. I'm kind of getting a little teary just thinking about it. It was a small act, but it meant so much to me.