i was kind of tickled by the idea of wererats.

[koncupiscence]

random whatnot about my life, cut for length, topics including: work, my house, mcr stuff, shows, and tv. woo.

work
work is busy, which is great! insert ka-ching ka-ching noises here. the only downside, really, is that it cuts into my fun-time at work, and then i'm too exhausted to do much of anything at night from home. it's taken me over a week to type up this one LJ entry. but whatever, there are worse problems to have (lol understatement), and i'll take busy over slow ALWAYS. ka-ching ka-ching.


house
so... slight set-back. turns out the renovations are going to be a LOT more money (thanks, county permit dept! *finger*), and take almost twice as long. any hopes of being in before the new year have been shot to hell. :\ but at this point, it was either, just repaint and leave everything as is, or if i'm going to go for it, then just GO FOR IT and suck it up. ngl, there was a wobbly day and a tear or two may have spilled, but i'm okay now. it's not the end of the world. i've sacrificed a lot to get this far, it would be a shame to let an extra couple of months stop me now. but still. :(((

so while we wait to get started (the permit could take up to 8 weeks to go through, waughhh), i've been doing a lot yard work. the back looks a zillion times better than when i first got the house. the sellers clearly hadn't pruned or... done anything except (minimally) water in the last ten years. the parts that weren't nearly dead were so overgrown that i didn't even realize i had a lime tree! how awesome is that? of course, it's been so poorly treated that there's no fruit on it, but hopefully with a little tlc, next year will show improvement!

one gardening dilemma i have is grasshoppers. i know they're evil things that eat and destroy, but they're also really cool (and creepy) looking. and big! i certainly can't bring myself to snuff them out like i would ants or the occasional spider. what do i dooooooooo? there are at least three eating their way through this one plant. :( i keep spraying water at them and knocking them off the plant - they don't seem to like that - in the hopes that they'll eventually get so annoyed that they move on. so far it's not very effective. they just jump back on and continue munching away. >:[ which is maybe good, bc now i'm getting pissed and less concerned for their well-being. but i don't want to kill them. :( but they're killing my plant. :( wah. :( dumb destroying things that make me wibbly. :(


danger days: the true lives of the fabulous killjoys
so, honestly, when i heard what the album was likely going to be named (it was an unconfirmed rumor at the time), i was disappointed. not that it's not a great name, it is, but because that was the name of the comic. a comic i was very much looking forward to, about a group of people hunting down their ramones records, and this... wasn't that. this was mcr, and... idk, i wanted something new and magical (and separate), not a hijacked idea because gerard's brain couldn't focus elsewhere. idk, i was just bummed. i mean, i LOVE gerard's comics and i LOVE mcr. they're both equally awesome, awesome things!! i just didn't want them overlapping. i felt very "you got your chocolate in my peanut butter." "you got your peanut butter in my chocolate." and so i grumped (to no one but myself, but still). :(

what i failed to realize, even using the above analogy, is that they were making a fucking REESE PEANUT BUTTER CUP, otherwise known as one of THE BEST THINGS EVER CREATED TOP OF THE HALLOWEEN CANDY FOOD CHAIN HELLOOOOOOO. god, what a moron, right? i wanted to punch myself in the face after seeing that trailer of awesomesauce. (i'm guessing they scrapped that whole ramones idea for the comic, and if this is what we're getting instead, i am not complaining one bit. om nom nom.) it was just plain silly of me to doubt them, to doubt gerard's brain. i really should know better by now. jeeeeeez.

so now with the trailer, na na na (which has been stuck on repeat for over a week now), and the recent album reviews that have popped up, all i can say is: november has never felt so far away. ;____; ALBUM. NEED. HEART. HOLE. PLISSSSSS. ♥___♥


tour
and as much as i would like to see our band on stage, like, YESTERDAY, i am actually relieved to hear that they won't be doing a full US tour until next year. i was getting really anxious with each date announced overseas, fearful that US dates were next and i'd have to somehow come up with $$$$ for shows - which i so don't have. not to mention possibly taking time off (vegas? sf?), etc. i just can't (easily) justify that. srsly, mcr, this timing of yours kind of blows. but you're forgiven bc ♥mcr♥.

so yes. tour sometime next year. my house should be move-in ready by spring, and i could (presumably) even host a fangirl or two for LA dates in my brand spankin' new guest room. :D and sure, i'll still be broke, but hopefully the BIG STUFF will be done with by then, and i'll have a bit more flexibility with my schedule. fingers crossed, anyhow.

but in the meantime, a show at a tiny, intimate, local venue would be nice. or kroq's almost acoustic christmas. i wouldn't say no to that.


tom lenk (aka andrew from buffy/angel)
last week i saw tom lenk's one man show, where he told anecdotes and sang songs about his six month experience living in nyc and performing on ~~broadway~~, which wasn't as glitzy and glamorous as he had hoped. he was utterly delightful, as anyone familiar with andrew might expect, and included talk of handsies and blowsies and getting laid by cute, puerto rican, taylor lautner types, which i was not expecting, but thoroughly enjoyed. \o/ and in case you missed the memo (i only found out a few months ago), apparently tom's been officially out for the last several years. so, if you love andrew like i do, and tom lenk comes to your town, i highly recommend going.


muse
i saw muse at the staples center last saturday! THEY WERE AMAZING. WOW. i'd never seen them live before, and HOLY MOLY they fucking rocked that shit. *____* this show also marked the last of my tickets purchased prior to going broke. i had a pretty good run there for a few years, lots of amazing shows and cherished memories. things are going to get pretty sparse from here on out - though you wouldn't know it from this surprisingly busy week: the glass menagerie with ben mckenzie last night and seeing empires tonight (thank you, glorious benefactors! ♥).


tv
there is too much. let me sum up. glee! castle! cougar town! the event? being human!! top model (go weirdo ann!), project runway (go... mondo? sure, mondo!), amazing race (most awkward way to get to know your biological mom y/y??), and... too many others to mention. oh! and the walking dead (premiering oct 31 on amc) looks like it's going to be AMAZING. being the latest to everything, i just bought the first trade of the comic last weekend. YAY ZOMBIES. :D


aaaaaand, that's all i got. hi, flisters! happy almost weekend! big plans?

Comments

[berreh.livejournal.com]

re: grasshoppers - I have heard great things about cayenne pepper as a insect repellent. You mix it with water and spray it all over everything. It might kill insects if you spray it directly on them, but mostly it makes the plants taste nasty. Might be worth a shot!

(ps, yay lime tree!)

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

ooh, i like this idea! i will give it a shot. thanks, froot.

lime tree! such an exciting bonus! and there's a big rosemary bush, too. it smells sooooooooo good. \o/

[yourealwaysmine.livejournal.com]

*long tit-crushing hugs of love and support*

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

*settles in* ♥

[actualite.livejournal.com]

your angst about the tour dates is like exactly what I am experiencing right now ;_; when Wiser People In My Life hear me say things like "if x happens then i NEED TO GO" they think I'm crazy/lacking in priorities/lacking common sense but these are also people who don't have the least idea how important x actually is to me and how much i feel compelled to take advantage of the - to use a loaded word - opportunity.

also i am deathly afraid of grasshoppers. one time i almost drove off the road when one suddenly landed on the steering wheel.

good like with the house repairs! i had to cancel a lot of remodel plans because of the expense :/ hopefully not forever.

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

i have yet to find a way of explaining why i neeeeeed to participate in certain fandom-related activities (in this case, seeing mcr as much as possible) to non-fandom people. me going to see one band repeatedly = me being a teeny-bopper. ah, well. WHATEVER. I DO WHAT I WANT. \o/

aahhhhhhhhhh, oh man, i feel ya. i am not a fan of bugs in general. well, i like to look at them, i just don't want them on me. a ladybug once landed on my arm while i was driving and it took everything in me to not flail and swerve. a ladybug! :\ and then there was that time in the butterfly exhibit. *wibble*

this remodel is ABSURDLY expensive - even doing a good majority of it ourselves! totally ridic. :(

[ruidoso.livejournal.com]

okay, so here's an argument i came up with when people are like "more than one concert by the same band? really?"

so, when you listen to music, do you ever like to listen to a certain song more than once? well, seeing a band is like that, only BETTER.

yeah, it needs some work. i think, if they get it they get it and if not, i don't think anything i can say will make them get it.

WHOO ROCK AND ROLL

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

i think, if they get it they get it

THIS. a thousand times this. which is why i've sort of stopped trying to explain myself. different strokes for different folks! (lol unintended spin-off icon pun :p)

\m/ :D \m/

[ruidoso.livejournal.com]

YES! ps, i forgot to mention the lols at the peanut butter/choc mashup commercial. THE SIZE OF THEIR WALKMEN ALONE!

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

(i'm guessing they scrapped that whole ramones idea for the comic

I wouldn't put it past Gerard to make the comic about a dude trying to get his ramones records back in a post-apocalyptic world, fighting off draculoids with ray-guns in order to do it. :D

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

YOU MAKE A VALID POINT. i will just sit back and wait attentively with this bowl of popcorn. :D

[ruidoso.livejournal.com]

yay lime tree and rosemary bush!

i am glad to catch up on all your goings-ons!

i am also enjoying castle and cougar town and being human and amazing race (lol birth mom team) whoooo!

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

i always intend to post more, but then i never do, lather rinse repeat. :p

i missed the early boat on both castle and cougar town, but i devoured any repeats i could find all summer. favorites! (i mean, castle is a bit formulaic, and predictable at times, but the good stuff far outweighs the bad. also, NATHAN FILLION. ♥ side note: he recently said, via twitter, that he pronounces his last name fillion like million - WHICH BLOWS MY MIND because i've been saying it like fill-lee-un for the past ten years or whatever. i want to tell him he is wrong. much like elijah wood who insists that there is a 'd' sound in elijah. he is also wrong. :p)

also, i was totally going to mention amazing race to you, but i see i don't have to! <3

[ruidoso.livejournal.com]

ahaha i have also been calling him fill-eee-un in my head! i still do! awesome theme songs random tweeters made him notwithstanding! also, yeah, weelijah, there is clearly no D there.

hee, yeah, we are totally on team diabetes on the amazing race, until they turn into horrible people. ;P

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

until they turn into horrible people

ahahahaha, yeah, exactly. i was on team lesbian for about ten minutes last year until they turned out to be the MOST WRETCHED HUMAN BEINGS ON THE PLANET. but so far, the doctors seem a-okay. here's hoping it keeps.

[ruidoso.livejournal.com]

*fingers crossed!*

[yellow-oranges.livejournal.com]

Weirdo Anne is shutting. it. down. as Rachel Zoe would say. Hi Krit! I'm still excited about your house. Good for you for going ahead and extra points for yard work!

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

top model is one of those shows where i'm not sure why i still watch. too many arrogant bitches. but i enjoy the photo shoots and the pictures at the end, and i love it when the weirdo girls KICK ASS, and sometimes even win! go, anne, go!!! :D

historically, i've never been a fan of yard work, but i am actually enjoying the challenge. i'll probably start talking to my plants soon, and playing them classical music. ;)

[ruidoso.livejournal.com]

i hope you are reading rich at fourfour's top model recaps! http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/antm-cycle-15/

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

omgosh, i was not! BUT AHAHAHAHAHAHAA I AM NOW. hilarity! :D

[ruidoso.livejournal.com]

i adore that dude. he cracks my shit up!

[kiltsandlollies.livejournal.com]

ka-ching ka-ching! It does suck a little that you can't be in your happiest of happies for a little while longer, but think how amazing it will be when you DO get in there, and think of all the awesome memories you're going to make. :D So worth it. Yaaaaaaaaay House of Kritdom!!

It sounds like you're having a good time with thing, Krit; you sound happy. ♥

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

this is what i'm trying to focus on! that it will be worth it in the end. i just need to hone my patience for a little while longer. i can dooo eeeeet! *\o/*

things are pretty a-okay right now! it's nice. ♥

[fleurdeliser.livejournal.com]

You know, I was just thinking earlier today that I can totally see them doing another Roxy-style show or two before they head off to Europe. Fingers crossed for you!

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

that would be amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. ♥ and i'm really hoping when they do finally start the US leg of the tour, that they play some smaller venues mixed in with the stadiums. i know gerard has mentioned that they'd like to do that, but... gerard says a lot of things. ;)

[secrethappiness.livejournal.com]

cougar town this is maybe my favoritest show ever, krit. i applaud your tv taste.

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

such an unexpectedly hilarious show! the entire cast is fantastic (i love the kid that plays her son, esp), and i really enjoy the quick pace it keeps - never a dull moment. it's become such a favorite of mine, that i usually save it for saturday mornings with my coffee so i can savor every quip and eye dart. ♥

[bunnysquee.livejournal.com]

yay! half a day left until the weekend!

i'm very sorry your plans got pushed back, but at least your house will be just the way you want it when you move in.

i can't even remember the last time i went to a concert.

i usually don't watch tv because i always forget the times and things. i liked entourage for a few seasons, but the last one was just depressing. i'm hearing awesome things about cougar town and big bang theory, so i might have to check those out.

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

but at least your house will be just the way you want it when you move in.

this is what i keep telling myself. like a mantra. ;) i can't wait.

oh, the big bang theory! i can't believe i forgot to mention that one. definitely a show i look forward to every week. and i'd miss everything, too, if it wasn't for dvrs. they do all the work for me!

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

yes, mondo! he is from denver! we saw him in a restaurant here last month! that never happens here! on that alone, i would be on his team, but also he's adorable and i <3 him.

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

ah, yayyyyy! :D i had a soft spot for mondo from the beginning (yay unique snowflakes), but what really sold me was his attitude when he had to work with michael c. he totally admitted that he was being a little bitch, and apologized for being unfair. kindness is such a rare commodity on reality tv! (take a lesson, gretchen!) not to mention the fact that he's a great designer, and like you said, just plain adorable! so, yes, consider me on board TEAM MONDO. :D

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

omgosh, i know you're currently taking a break, but i just watched last week's episode. mondo! MONDO. ♥ i just want to give him the biggest hug ever. ♥ ♥ ♥

[bunniewabbit.livejournal.com]

House-remodeling prices are INSANE. I haven't even done any actual remodeling -- just siding, window, roof, that kind of thing -- but the costs were so high it made me ill to think about it. :/

I got a kick out of Gerard's tweets last week where he prompted "What would you like to see more of?" And I couldn't even reply, because I was like: EVERYTHING.

[koncupiscence.livejournal.com]

i get a little shaky when i stop to think about the money. :\ but i've worked out a payment plan that i think will be manageable. i hope.

and YES, EXACTLY. that was going to be my reply as well until i realized it wasn't really helpful. like, at all. :p i can't wait to see what they came up with. i hope we get more of the girl.