good friday, also known as friday

* holy crap! In order to show our appreciation for your loyalty and support during our recent DDoS attacks, we've added two weeks of Paid time to your account. LJ, i am stunned. thank you for that gesture. it actually helps.

* i feel like the only person who doesn't have hbo lately. *thrones-less* :(

* i have been hard-core craving high school mikey/pete this week. or high school mikey/anyone-who's-a-boy. i think gerard is generally the go-to Gay Way (i mean, it just makes sense), but i really want to read something where he's the straight older brother and mikey is the gay one. and maybe mikey feels uncomfortable about telling him? not that he would react horribly - OBVS GERARD WOULD BE COOL WITH IT - but still. mikey's sort of hesitant and unsure. or maybe gerard already knows, because he's gerard. or more likely, mikey just hasn't told him yet because gerard's kind of wrapped up in his own self-involved shit. WHATEVER, point is mikey just really likes that pete/frank/ray kid, and he's kind of on his own navigating that. and then there are hand & blowjobs and eventual ass-fucking (bc there should always be eventual ass-fucking). so, yeah. i want that. or pretty much any hs mikey/boy. if you have any favorites (that aren't everyday mysteries in the summertime or holly golightly - ugh <3 ugh), feel free to drop recs in comments!

* last week i saw patrick stump at the hotel cafe! WHAT A LITTLE FIRECRACKER. i'm not sure i've seen someone with as much energy on such a tiny stage. he's... quite simply: captivating. his music isn't exactly my bag (i lean more pop/rock and less soul/jazz), but that hardly mattered! that kid has got mad talent and his enthusiasm is MOAST infectious. if you ever get a chance? go see him. i highly doubt you'd regret it.

it's also a well established fact that i am le old and often in bed by 9, however! we stayed for the second show and i was still WIDE AWAKE AND ENTHUSED at the end. it also didn't hurt that when we walked back to the stage for the second show, there was this odd little pocket of space where inexplicably no one was standing. so i took that space, like you do, and being maybe 10 feet from patrick fucking stump? pretty nice, i gotta say. ( a few peechurs )

* lastly, i'm having a hard time closing the tabs with these pictures in them. ( gurgle )

yadda yadda house

I FOUND A COUCH FABRIC FOR $30/YARD HALLELUJAH! /o/ the price of my couch is now LESS THAN HALF of what the original (and heart-palpitating) bid was. \o\ i also think i might like this one better. :D certainly, i won't care as much when i spill my coffee on it (which is an inevitability). this sofa thing was reallllllly stressing me out. omg, a weight has been lifted off my chest. i can breathe again. horrah.

the pattern (a brown & teal floral print) matches perfectly with my walls and is just the right ratio of granny/chic - which i've come to realize is my design style. i tend to lean toward accents from the olden days (like white, porcelain handles on the bathroom faucets and hideous wallpaper), but with a more current twist. or something.

in other house news: the hardwood floors went in yesterday! and on wednesday i went to the fabric mart in downtown LA and found this gorgeous stripped teal silk for my living room drapes, and a simple textured white fabric for the office curtains. also, last weekend we transplanted various flowers and grasses from my mom's yard into my side yard, and they seem to be adjusting okay. productive days have been productive! i really do hope to post pictures one day. i just have this problem where i run out of petrol and splat into bed most days, where wielding a remote is almost more than i can handle.

this weekend to-do's:
*plant clumping bamboo
*tear out roses and miscellany from main back garden to ~start fresh~
*purchase kitchen pendant light
*look for area rugs & a chair
*revist thrift stores for desk, dresser, armoire options
*blog? aha ha heh
*sleep

happy weekending, flisters! i keep forgetting it's easter on sunday, because i don't really celebrate it anymore. being non-religious, it's always felt like a holiday for kids - as it was for me growing up - easter baskets brimming with jelly beans and chocolate bunnies and easter egg hunts, etc. but i'm no longer a kid, and i don't have any kids, so... yeah. it's pretty much a sunday. WHICH AIN'T HALF BAD. /o/