So I'm settling into the new house okay, though I am learning quickly that the best laid plans change once the first arrow leaves the bow... so to speak. It still doesn't feel like I own a home, though it's been more than a month since closing. First mortgage payment is due 11/1 which is not too terribly far away. Should have no problems with that. I got well more than my share of the bills, but....

It looks like I have a lot of stuff to buy: A new dresser, nightstand, bookcase as my existing furniture just wont work in my new room.

We left a lot of stuff behind as it was crap and in need of replacing, but couches and tables are *not* cheep! My credit is almost exhausted, and actual monies are becoming quite scarce.

I think we need to take a step back and prioritize things. I can do without some of the niceties until the financial situation settles out a bit.

So I went to see Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay last night. Quite the funny =^.^=

The movie while absolutely hilarious, pushed many, many boundaries. I don't want to go into too many details for fear of spoiling anything, but I must really recommend it to anyone that likes foul mouthed, pot head type movies. 2 thumbs up to say the least!

Later on tonight, I'm going out to Macaroni Grill for antimon's birthday dinner. That'll be the yum.

So me and antimon went to the Mixed Candy dance event last night. And while it was out in the middle of nowhere, and much too short, I had a blast! But I'm not sure how much fun antimon actually had *shrugs*

I filmed the suiters dancing for maybe 20-30 minutes and bobbed a bit to some of the better pieces of the mix being played (fucking love Botten Anna by Bass Hunter!) but didn't dance myself. Still too hard to get past the social lockouts I have going on in my head. I wanted to dance and have more fun than I was having, but I just couldn't get myself out there and make a spectacle of myself.

But I had loads of fun filming the cute suiters and watching them cavort with each other and it just reaffirmed my desire for a suit of my own, though I think I wont be going with the established characterization of Michael, jeans and leather trench coat look, I will start with a standard partial and see how things go from there.

Anyways had a lot of fun, and unlike previous furry outings, I didnt sweat my ass off, and thats a huge plus =^..^=

We did get lost on the way to Perkins for the after party feeding orgy, but based on how far in the middle of nowhere we were, I can easily see why we didn't find it. oh wellz :|

So I went with antimon to King Elliott's Summer Celebration along with another fur from Somewhere waaaayyyyy up north. Its a loooonnngg drive out to the middle of nowhere, but when your entertaining 200 some furs with a PA system belting out dance stuff for hours, a complete light show, not to mention quite a few bottles of spirits, well then distance to your neighbors is actually a good thing.

I can't say that I had fun, but neither did I have a bad time. Despite the kiln like temperatures , and the general over crowdedness of the smallish home, there were plenty of things to do, like gaming, both on consoles like the Wii, PS3, and a PS2 which had no TV, (sucks seeing as how we brought GH2 and wireless guitars to rock out with) there were movies, anime, card games, and dancing all going on.

The main thing was I knew next no one there, except for eb, antimon, and seven. So I spent the majority of my time moving from place to place watching people and keeping to myself. Seems its what I always do in a party situation. Go me, party animal I R!!!1

OMG, OMG!! What a movie!

Jesus, I said it like 5 times yesterday and I will say it again! That movie was 20 times better than it had a right to be! I mean, a live action transformers movie? Directed by Michael Bay? Hmmmmm, could be worth a netflix rental... *MAYBE*

But I got to go for free thanks to antimon, so I was not going to say no to an excuse to get out of the house, and I'm damn glad I went!

No spoilers here, but really, I should be able to give you the entire plot since you've seen it at least twice already, and if you haven't, stop jerking your dick and go and see it!

The few changes from cannon to the movie are quite incidental and really do not detract from either. So those who are bitching about bumblebee being a camarro, or those that didn't like Optimus having a moving mouth, just STFU already and revel in the intense action. The CGI was excellent and totally convincing, and the human military stuff from the beginning of the movie was 98% spot on; a 1st I believe in Hollywood history.

It was intense, it was action-packed, and felt like only an hour long despite being 2 1/4 hrs. GO SEE IT!

... of the role I am going to end taking in the fandom anymore. I never aspired to be famous, or have loads of furs talking to me or hanging out at my place; I'm just too much of a solitary kat for that kind of thing.

But I want a fur suit, and I'm not really sure why...

I know it wont make me a fur, literally or figuratively. It wont change who I am, though it may provide the mask I need to be something other than my predictable, solitary self once in a while, but who knows? I don't know myself well enough to know how it will go. Will owning a suit see me attending more cons or even just being slightly more social than I am now? Awful lot of money to to waste if it doesn't get me out there with the rest of you furs.

I keep thinking about why I want a suit, and I can only come up with 2 answers: Either I think it will allow me to be someone else while I wear it, someone who can have fun for once in his life, or I think it'll bring my a bit of fame, or at least recognition in a part of the fandom. What it all comes down to is, do I want to be known and liked in the Fandom, or continue being myself, hidden away in a prison of my own making?

Though choice....

So this Commercialism day was very good to me, even though its not really the 25th yet, due to roommates and mine work schedules we ended up doing the rip, tear, shred stuffs last night when everyone could get together.

It rocked because everyone seem to love what I got em.
Tony, my roommates father got $100 worth of liquor to restock his bar.
June, my roommates mother got season 1 of the Soparanos on DVD.
antimon got 3 plushies, a ferret, a siberian tiger, and bangal tiger mama carrying a cub in her mouth... sooooo cute!
My father got a 1 gig micro SD card for his phone to put MP3's or pictures on.

So on the giving front, looks like everything was well liked, which makes me feel good. For too many X-mas's I had been too poor to buy much if anything for the extended family. So this year, even though it nearly beggared me, I went all out and did my best. And Im happy I could finally shwo some appreciation for all that these people have done for me.

I did miss out on a couple people this year, and I am sorry for that. I just kinda ran out of money :( But next year ya'll will be on the list :)

As for what I got, My father gave me a $10 gift card for Olive garden and knocked some cost off what i owe him, Tony and June got me Season 9 of Stargate SG1 on DVD and antimon got me (or should I say us =^.^= ) an xbox 360! Woohooo!

So if any of you guys who have xbox live want to freind us, its gamer tag Mwhitetail

Soz, its been awhile, but i am back with the greetingz of the season and such.. Merry Happy Commercialization to all you out there singing along with the bland and boring xmas songs on the radio while your decorating your tree in anticipation of stuffing loot under it for the 24th!

Nothing much going on here, though I am on my way to credit worthiness now that I have had the last major creditor drop off my credit report. Looking to get a secured credit card in the next few days to begin building credit so that I am in a possition to buy a new car, and maybe in a few ears to purchase a house. Yay for credit! I'm extremely excited about it!

On the commercialization front, I'm still in the dark on what to get my roommate and his parents for rip, tear, shred night :( Maybe they will bombard me with some ideas this weekend, though they are going out of town... Hmmmm.....

As for the rest, its about break even here. Working some OT, but its just enough to cover the things I need like rent and utillities, as well as xmas and my credit rehabilitation plan, so please do not feel left out if all I can gift you with this Commercialization Day is a kind word or thought in you LJ or email box.

Taa for now, time to get ready for work.

Seems like every time there is a breakthru, or seems like there will be one, something bad comes up.

This time, its not with me or my job (thank God!) but with my roommates. antimon is getting screwed over fairly badly by his job and he just doesnt realize it. He got screwed out of a lateral promotion with pay raise. he is doing the job, with the crappy schedule (for him anyways, I would love it) but without the pay for it. Thats abuse pure and simple.

He thinks that they have given him their word that he will recieve retro pay for the time he has worked the new possition, but they have lied to him, and to the person that formally had this job, given nothing but flimsy excuses (to which he is buying whole heartedly into) about maybe staying in the job for a month or so, then back to his regular possition while keeping some of the pay he was originally promissed.

I give it a 90% chance of NOT happening. Lied once, shame on you, lied twice, screw you, lie thrice, and I still belived you; shame on me. I them shorting the pay, never giving retro, and possibly keeping him in the crappy schedule at the reduced pay. There is no recourse for him; any ammount of bitching could easily get him fired cause lets face it: They dont need him if they got another person already.

We cannot afford to have either of us on unemployment for any length of time or the bills will consume us. All I see are bleak storm clouds ahead, with us standing in the pouring rain and lightning everywhere; trees falling from the intense winds and the plan is to tell the storm that it needs to stop because the weatherman is saying it shouldnt be raining at all.

Things need to change here, and change for he good. there isnt too much more bad stuff that can be withstood. There is a small army of us trying to get him to see reason, but so far our determined strikes have fallen on deaf ears... sometimes I think we need heavier artillery but if sobering reality isnt heavy enough of a weapon, I dont know what is.