Ok, so if I didnt believe in Friday the thirteenth and its curse before, I sure as hell do now.

First off, my heinous cold is still around and is making working slightly difficult. So yes I would like to preface all that I'm about to tell you with: During all of the following I was sneezing and coughing and suffering through the congestion headache from hell.

Keep that in mind.

My day started off with an agonizing meeting at work wherein we explored (in ridiculous detail) the steps of service and all the ins and outs of the restaurant industry and what the Breeze expects of us. After those lovely hours I began my shift with James. It was going so well. I was supervisor of our half of the restaurant, James was right beside me, we were going to get out early...lovely all in all. Then a girl we work with dropped a glass which sliced open James' finger to the point that he had to leave work and go to the ER. James had to endure x-rays and stiches. I was on my way to my table to ask if they wanted another round of drinks when I recieved a text message telling me about those stiches. This was also when the Sheriff's department and fire marshall came into the restaurant shouting that everyone had to leave the building. Sighing I calmly told everyone in my half of the restaurant that there was a gas leak (as the sheriff was shouting) and I needed them to calmly get up and exit the building. The freaked of course and rushed out in the least orderly fashion they could manage.

This meant that there were about 20,000 dollars worth of food and liqour going to waste and not being paid for, just sitting on the tables.

My fellow employees and I, realizing the fact that we were not likely to get paid went to EXPO and grabbed as much food as our incredibly capable hands could carry. We then rushed out of the building with everyone else to have a picnic in the parkinglot in front of all of our guests. Each of us handles cash and even the cooks and dish washers have to clean to close the restaurant so all of us had to sit in that cold parkinglot for three hours for the Gas company, fire department and police department to let us back in.

HELL ON EARTH.

I was miserable, and no one, save George, would answer their goddamn phones!!!! not even my grandma!!!!!

In the end when we were allowed back in, we had the fastest close up in history. However we didnt have hot water so I dont envy the people who open in the morning The dish area is covered in filthy dishes and practically nothing is set up for tomorrow. I have no idea how much money we lost but yowza was that an adventure.

Dammnit I needed the money too.

I've come to several realizations over the last few weeks, mostly that I've once again placed myself in the position where I care more about people than they do for me. I realize I cant expect everyone to love me, but I dont know... It sucks.

So goodbye and good luck to those who just arent that into me.

Anyway, I love my friends and just so you know Adam, Darkis, Angela... I love you and as soon as our lives arent so crazy I want to be with you guys again. But Angela's in Gainesville, Adam and I have opposite schedules entirely and Darkis...where the hell are you lol?

Life has begun to suck again and I'm feeling that lonliness and depression kick in and I hate that, so I've decided to change it. I need to hold an event, be the hostess with the mostest angain. anyone have any ideas? I need to meet people again, make new connections, because the wanderlust has set in again and I want to roam.

Which you know, I cant actually do so yeah, need to hold an event.

Suggestions?

RL friends: I need you. Im sad and depressed and lonely and desperately want to see you. please send me your schedules and we will set up a date when we can meet again. I'm sorry I've let us grow apart and I desperately need you back in my life. I want to get rid of the poison in our friendships, all that drama and distaste. I dont want to think about it. Give me when you folks are available and I will set up a day when we can forget this bullshit and be who we were again.

Please, I need you.

I've officially watched too much fucking Star Trek.

Death Cab for Cutie's song "I will follow you into the dark" made me think of Worf and Jadzia and his quest to get her soul to StVoKor, even if it means dying himself.

Jesus Christ I need a life.

I miss SG-1.

Just thought I'd preface all I'm about to write with that. I'm an old school fan who has loved Stargate since I was 7 years old. I'm not going to write an uberreview of SGU because I think I'll just say what others are saying and just fill up my LJ with crap.

I just saw the first EP. Pretty solid, ok characters, great actors, interesting premise with promising writing. I didnt love it but I'm ok with it. I have hope. In the cycle of SciFi we have entered the DS9/Voyager/BSG phase and I'm ok with that as long as its not too depressing, I need some signature Stargate humour.

I was shocked at RDA though, it looked like General O'Neill got all of Colonel O'Neill and General Landry's powers by eating them.

I miss Daniel lots and Shanks' cameo enforced that.

lets see how it goes....

So I was watching an episode from the third season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, a show I did not fully appreciate when I was younger, and noticed something that amused me to no end.

Well two things but whatever.

Firstly, This guy at work named Lenny is totally Quark.

Secondly, there is this scene wherein the lovely Jadzia Dax is about to undergo a medical procedure and wakes the yummy-adorable Dr. Julian Bashir up in the middle of the night to confess she is afraid of doctors.  What results is some painfully cute and simplistic dialogue with Bashir telling a story of his youth and why he became a doctor, concluding with the phrase (and I'm quoting here) "Thats what doctors are there for, to help. So you see there really isnt any reason to be afraid of them."  omfg, Star Trek.  That line was just begging to be said by Big Bird or Elmo.

So I sat there and pondered it, because after all this is the shit I ponder in my free time.  Anyway, I realized that the future I adore, I love and hope for, where problems are solved through compromise, discussion and seeing someone else's point of view.  Where everyone is tolerant of everyone else's culture and no matter what you look like, no matter how bizarre, you are accepted without question.  That place, That Federation, is Sesame Street.

Now clearly I've left out some pretty massive conflicts, but the Star Trek I know and love taught me one thing, aside from: never bend your principles, never trust short people with big ears, always fight with honor, your humanity and individuality are your greatest asset and Earl grey is the best tea is this:

If we can put aside our differences, look for common ground and with an open mind talk about our problems, we can have a peaceful existance benificial to all.

Funny, aside from: The alphabet, numbers, colors, that you have to put down the ducky or you'll never play the saxaphone* and that it doesnt matter if its good enough for anyone else to hear, just sing, sing a song.  Aside from all that, Sesame Street taught me exactly the same thing.

*Just realized I dont have the foggiest idea of how to spell the name of that instrument.

Anyway, I've clearly been way to introspective tonight, but yeah the point of this post is this:

Star Trek = Sesame Street = why I like both shows.

I really wish everyone grew up with my dad making them watch these shows.

K. My frustration wih facebook, which quite frankly made me want to toss my laptop out a window, is over.  So I thought I would share this with my friends who didnt go to Dragon*Con.

Mainly because it is the greastet thing ever.

For those of you who have never been to the con, there is something called DCTV a (sometimes) entertaining clipshow they play between panels to keep us from killing each other.  It is mostly witty yet suffers unfortunetly from having most of its talking bits being too damn long.  This however was done by fallonyoursword dot com and is made of glory and magic. It is endlessly entertaining to me and made DCTV all the more bareable.

Enjoy.

*EDIT*  Ok just fuck you LJ FUCK YOU

Visit the fucking link guys, it's worth it and reveals what the fuck I was talking about in my last post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2ftCitvyQ

fucking facebook.

ggrrrrrrrrrrrr get the hell off my lawn.



Also, Captain Kirk is climbing the mountian; why is he climbing the mountain?
I love you Dragon*Con

I don't know who she is.  I don't know why she is doing that.  All I know is that I love her.

Just ask all the poor shmucks going with me to Dragon*Con.  I sent them all e-mails last week with the final itinerary and all the info they would ever need for the Con.  it was about 10MB. 

Yeah I went a little nuts.

I stress plan apparently, and between my epic mission to get Angela to the con and my Costume Battle '09, I managed to plan every last detail.  Like seriously.  I'm hoping I can calm down enough to actually enjoy the con, but as it stands here is my to-do list:

1. Dye hair blonde for both Rose Tyler and Capt. Jamie Kirk costumes.
2. Find gold ribbon/cloth stuff for uniform.
3. Find affordable fishnets for all three girls. Affordable pink headband for Rose costume.
4. Recieve Rose jacket, uniforms, patches and ears/spirit gum on time.
5. Assemble Trek Uniforms 1-3 (not all me, Angela is Girl!Spock, and Vanessa is a yet to be named redshirt)
6. Get James' hair in Doctor like shape.
7. Aquire bodice to Rose costume from Jason. Finish Glasses.
8. Figure out which make-up/hair stuff I'm taking to Con.
9. Pack OMG.
10. figure out my event schedule...oh fuck that, it's car work...
11. Figure out the game plan for the great Shatner/Nimoy Clusterfuck of '09.

AND THEN after that, I have to get the rental car, pack it full of luggage and people, and get their butts all the way to Atlanta.

oh shit I forgot about snacks....

I have this lingering headache that has been increasing the closer we get to Dragon*Con.  I am looking forward to it and I'm ridiculously excited... SHATNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

k.  anyone I know going to Dragon*Con?????