Random ramblings

[cleolinda]

This isn't specifically in response to yesterday's LJ Question o' the Day ("As the Northern hemisphere spins toward the shortest day of the year, it's getting dark earlier and earlier. What comforts do you fall back on when the days are short and the nights are long?"), but I notice it kind of answers it anyway:

Media Monkey seems to be working out decently. It loads faster than Yahoo Jukebox ever did, seems to slow down my computer less, and isn't terribly hard to maneuver. I have myself a nice Favorite Paramore Songs playlist now because SHUT UP, OKAY? SHUT UP. It's fun and boppy and that's what I need while I'm trying to work.

Also: I was at the sto' to get some more hot chocolate (among other things), and generally my cocoa of preference is Nestle something or other in packets, but this time I happened to spy canisters of chocolate-and-hazelnut Ghirardelli cocoa. (They were sold out of plain chocolate, which is sort of an endorsement in and of itself.) Well, I wasn't passing that up, so we'll see how that works. Really, what I'm looking for is a nice creamy texture, so that'll be a deciding factor as well as flavor. Hot chocolate is serious business, after all.

Also-also: I know I keep talking about the sunshine, but it's really, really fantastic. It's got that autumnal golden quality, and the sky is sort of a cornflower blue. Of course, I think I've started to think of sunlight in an entirely different way now that I've come to understand that--why --I get sludgy in January and downright depressed by February. I feel like I ought to get out there and store up as much as I can; I may, in fact, be solar-powered. Or maybe a reverse vampire? (That would be kind of funny. "I am compelled to donate blood all the time! I know I was just here yesterday! Take it! PLEASE TAAAAAAKE IIIIIIIT. Hey, let's go get Italian now.") I don't know. ("Wow, that stake feels really good. A little to the left next time, maybe?") People have recommended various full-spectrum lamps to me, but honestly, the ones I'm seeing are about $100 and I just can't afford that right now.

You know what, (also)³? I should finally learn to knit. I have a starter kit and everything.

Comments

[kudzita.livejournal.com]

Speaking of sunlight and vampires and being solar-powered, have you read Sunshine (Robin McKinley)? It's kind of delightful.

Also, Ghirardelli cocoa is good, but the tins from Williams-Sonoma are true crack cocoa. Om nom nom nom.

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

One should never take sunshine for granted....it's sunny here too today, after days of clouds and blech, so I'm also feeling psyched about the sunshine! :)

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to move from South Texas- land of a one month fall, winter, and spring each and then nine months of summer- to Utah. Where there is snow on the ground from October to May. I am DREADING the return of snow and gray and cold and ick and nasty nasty nasty cold.

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! Sunshine is a wonderful book. Kicks Twilight's patoot.

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

I am depressed because IMDB hoes spoiled me on the identity of the True Blood serial killer.


Damnit.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

I don't think you need to make any excuses for liking Paramore!

SHE'S GOT A BODY LIKE AN HOURGLASS IT'S TICKING LIKE A CLOCK.

(Do you have their cover of "My Hero"? ...Did I get that from you?)

Or maybe a reverse vampire? (That would be kind of funny. "I am compelled to donate blood all the time! I know I was just here yesterday! Take it! PLEASE TAAAAAAKE IIIIIIIT. Hey, let's go get Italian now.")
Heeeee.

[miss-sophia.livejournal.com]

If you're a reverse vampire, does that mean you do the opposite of sparkling? I don't even know what that would be. Maybe a black hole?

[karintheswede]

The full spectrum lamp? Worth every penny I spent on it. It does make things easier to bear.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

I heard my first Paramore song yesterday! I was trying to sing it in Rock Band 2. I really liked it!

Don't ask me which song it was, because I was concentrating on the music to catch the title.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

I just love fall lighting - when everything is all golden. Especially with a blue sky like that. It's my favorite. Of course, the price is darkness at 5pm, which I hate hate hate.

Today is all cloudy so I get no golden light, plus darkness at 5pm. And it's a Monday. Blech.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, that's why I don't go round there. It's a lawless place, IMDB.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Not yet, but it's at the top of my list to get around to. There's another book I keep getting recommended as well--The Silver Kiss?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I do have it. I think I have more Paramore songs than I know what to do with--I haven't even waded through all of them yet, to the point where someone mentioned the song on Rock Band 2 and I was like, "Uh... I haven't even heard that yet," and of course I already had it, and then I totally loved it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Glow in the dark, maybe?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I think that would be "That's What You Get" (which is totally on my playlist)? Two of my other favorites are on the original Rock Band, although "Misery Business" is A BITCH to sing because I just can't sing words that fast--I tend to hold notes.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Aw! Yeah--I woke up from a nap on Saturday and honestly could not tell if it was 5 pm or 5 am at first.

[christigilly.livejournal.com]

Ghirardelli beats the pants off Nestle. Or, if you want to keep it relevant to your interestes, it beats the sparkle right off of Nestle. Heh.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

All I know is that when I get an external hard drive for this computer, I'm going to ask people for Paramore recommendations. :D

I tend to do the same, unless it's a weird syncopated vocal rhythm.

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

I know...as one would say in Deadwood....cocksuckers

[karintheswede]

This should probably be on a Twilight entry, but I'll put it here because I'm lazy.

Just now, at the store:

Customer, male about 65: Hi, I saw you had a book in the window called Breaking Dawn.
Me: Yes?
Customer: Yeah. I was wondering what it's about?
Me: I'm sorry, it's about vampires.
Customer: *face falls* Oh. I thought it was a serious book.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

Black glow!

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice.

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

Ghiardelli also isn't an evil, evil company. Nestle is right up there with Wal*Mart on my shitlist.

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

Become the governor of Alaska. The state will buy you a tanning bed. For "seasonal affective disorder."

[zarephathcs.livejournal.com]

Long time lurker, first time poster and hot cocoa addict.

The Ghirardelli's cocoas are usually very, very creamy and pretty chocolate rich. If you add whipped cream on the tob that adds to the creaminess, and I usually drizzle dark chocolate syrup on top to add to the chocolateyness. My personal preference is the double chocolate mix. Plus you get upwards of 20 cups from it.