New Year, New List... and a Party!

So New Year's 2012 is almost here and like most people, I have a small list of things I would like to have happen next year. Unlike most people, some of things I have included on my list aren't exactly resolutions... just things I kinda want to get done. My list so far, in not particular order:

I mean seriously, this wallpaper is just not pretty. :-\

• Get an awesome job.
• Write a new song.
• Actually play guitar more than a couple times a month.
• Finish watching Farscape and Legend of the Seeker.
• Learn something new. (Language? Art? Games? Anything!)
• Lose even more weight (Doing well so far on this one!)
• Complete at least a couple of my many unfinished video games. (Especially since I started yet another one... *sigh*)
• Start drawing on a regular basis again. (Already got a head start on this one!)
• Buy a car. (The awesome job might help with this, haha)
• Put some money BACK INTO my savings. (Hello awesome job? Can you hear me?)
• Spruce up my house... for example, get rid of the ugly-ass wallpaper in my living room. *blech*
• Find a way to put my degree in computer science to use. (Like with an awesome job of some kind...)

So yeah, that's my list so far.

Other that the list making, I have been preparing for the hopefully-super-fun New Year's Eve shindig my boyfriend and I will be throwing at our place. Food, movies, music, and video games... fun, right? But in the typical crazy Shantelle fashion, I decided to make a turkey dinner for our party. An 18 pound turkey. With potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce... yeah, you get the idea. Half of me is saying, "WTF ARE YOU THINKING!?", while the other half is saying, "Mmm... turkey.... *insert Homer Simpson gurgling sounds here*." It should be fun though, even if I went a little overboard. I'm pretty excited for the most part, haha.

Well, that's all I have to ramble about for now. Until next time!

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Happy (Almost) Christmas! Here's Some Music!

Proof of my accomplishment, haha!

Ok, so I am seriously excited for Christmas to be here. I've wrapped all of our gifts already, gotten some cookie recipes printed out and ready to go, and bought all the ingredients for said cookies. I feel super accomplished, haha.

I've also been listening to a lot of Christmas music on Spotify. Actually, I've been listening to all kinds of music using Spotify. They don't have Beatles music available on there, which is kind of disappointing. But I've got enough Beatles CDs, so I'm all set, haha. If you are curious as to what Spotify is, check it out at www.spotify.com.

Since I am talking about the holidays and music, here are a few favorites from my current Christmas playlist!

1. Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas
2. Bing Crosby - I'll Be Home For Christmas
3. Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
4. Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
5. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
6. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
7. She & Him - Baby It's Cold Outside. Also their version of Blue Christmas.
8. Barenaked Ladies w/Sarah McLachlan - God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman 
9. Chris Colfer and Darren Criss (from Glee) - Baby It's Cold Outside
10. Coldplay - Christmas Light

Wanna see my fully playlist? Check it out here: http://open.spotify.com/user/125264058/playlist/2qq2kguhNmvkd8j62G8W0l

By the way, if you are on Spotify, add the playlist I made for this blog. Why? Well because I would like you to add some of your favorite music to it! Here is the link: Geek + Music + Food = Blog... Playlist! I've already added a few songs to it myself, just to get us going.

Have a great holiday season everyone!

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Fax Plus Borg Equals...

I was bored this evening, and was reading random tech-y stuff when I came across the word "facsimile". Ten minutes later this happened:

These are the kinds of things I come up with when I am bored, haha.

Anywho, hope I gave you a little chuckle at least. Later!

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Pre-Thankgiving Excitement: Sci-fi, Games, and Whales...

So, Thanksgiving is in a couple days, and I am super excited! I am seriously ready for turkey, stuffing, potatoes, et cetera. And although I will be home alone cooking for hours, I will definitely not be bored. My plan? Well, my boyfriend bought me Okamiden for my Nintendo DS, so there's that.

And most likely I will be hitting up Netflix. There are a whole bunch of shows on there that I want to catch up on, so that will keep me pretty occupied. I just recently started watching Farscape on there, which is a pretty amusing so far (and yes, kind of oldish now, haha).


Other than that, there is also my own brain around to keep me amused. Not to pat myself on the back, but I am pretty awesome at keeping myself amused. Big plus to being the dork that I am, haha. I draw random doodles and stuff most of the time. Sometimes I sing songs to the beat of random sounds happening in the house (Like the washer agitating clothes, or water dripping outside if it's raining).When I'm in the kitchen waiting for food to finish cooking, I make believe my oven mitts are whales. Seriously, they look like whales! Don't argue with me! Look at the picture!

Like I already said, I'm a bit of a dork. And maybe a little crazy. Although they say when you are crazy, you don't usually know you're crazy... so maybe I'm not, lol. Anyway, those are my ramblings for today, hope you enjoyed them. (^_^)

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Harry Potter Weekend? Heck Yes!

So my friends and I had a pretty awesome weekend. We have been planing this Harry Potter weekend for the past couple months or so, and we were SUPER excited that it was finally here. And I have to say, it did not disappoint! On Friday, my friend Heather and I made Harry Potter themed decorations to put up around my house. Then Friday/Saturday we made all sorts of Harry Potter themed food and drinks. All of this lead up to our two day Harry Potter DVD watching event on Saturday and Sunday! I swear, I felt like a little kid on Christmas waiting for Heather and my friend Ashley to show up, haha.

We ended up watching movies 5-8 only... and then it because Battlestar Galactica Weekend, which looking back is kind of funny considering the change from a series of kid-friendly movies to... well, a not so kid-friendly sci-fi show. But either way we had a fantastically fun and geeky weekend, and that all that really matters, right? Right?! haha.

So anywho, we took some photos of our HP decorations and food, so here they are!

Why yes, the Whomping Willow does reside in my front yard! (Sign made by Heather)

Platform nine and three-quarters sign that Heather made for my front door.

My living room, with the banners Heather and I made, and also Heather's Sorting Hat!

 

Leaky Cauldron sign that I made for the kitchen.

Pumpkin juice!! It was actually really yummy, and I am not a huge fan of pumpkin.

Tiny caldrons filled with "Berty Bott's Every Flavor Jelly Beans." (Actually, just Jelly Belly jelly beans, lol)

Chocolate Frogs! (They were awesome Heather!!!)

Delicious (and gluten free!) Cauldron Cupcakes.

Mrs Weasley's herby roasted chicken with onion-garlic mashed potatoes. (And stuffing! Don't forget stuffing!)

Love Potion! (Also yummy!)

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