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 Darren Criss, never stop being so fucking awesome. Seriously. Don't.
I just watched an interview (this one, it's long but damn he's awesome) from just before he landed Glee, or more likely, had already landed Glee but kept quiet about it. I found out on detail that makes me biased but I don't even care. Violin was his first instrument. He learnt since he as 5 years old. FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.
Excuse me while I go flip out. *fans self*
I have an unashamed bias for my instrument - so sue me. I found a clip of him playing, just randomly at one of his gigs, and damn his technique is pretty good too. Just needed to get that out there, along with these:

Apparently when he was younger he was obsessed with 'Star Wars, The Beatles and Disney movies'. Bahaha.

He was talking about being in New York, and he said something along the lines of 'oh I have family here, I have a lot of roots here...'
OH GOD I ALWAYS FORGET THAT ONLY AUSSIES SEE THE INNUENDO IN THAT. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I laughed for like 5 minutes straight. I mean, none of them even batted an eyelid at the phrase...

I love that he doesn't think people who try to contact him are creepy or stalkers or weird.
'we have a musical called 'Me and my Dick'. That's weird. You messaging me is not weird.'

I also love that he's still a fanboy at heart.

Be warned. This is going to be long.

( I don't even know what this is... )
New Winnie the Pooh movie! And it sounds and looks like the originals. Goodness I love Eeyore! <3

 3. Your favourite television program.

I really don't watch much TV any more, and the shows I watch I follow online.
Right at this moment, the only ones I follow are How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, and Glee. As you may have guessed, at the moment the one I obsess over is Glee. However, there is an entire question later on regarding Glee so I'll go on another rant then.

Instead, questions within a question woot!
Going to do this for each show.

How I Met Your Mother
Favourite character: Marshall. He's a giant teddy-bear.
Character I relate to: Ted mostly, except he's even sappier than I am... XD
Favourite pairing: Marshall/Lily is the canon no-brainer, they're adorable but I LOVE Robin/Barney so much.
Favourite season: 5th if I absolutely had to choose. I think.
Reason I love it: It's hilarious, but can be poignant - often at the same time. The friendship between the main characters always seems so real.
Problem with the show: sometimes I think it's so sex-focused that it is annoying, but then, I'm good at ignoring that because it is pretty funny.

The Big Bang Theory
Favourite character: Sheldon. I mean, seriously.
Character I relate to: Apparently I am like Leonard. XD
Favourite pairing: Heh. If Raj/Howard were actually canon I would die. Sheldon/Penny exchanges are amazing too.
Favourite season: 2nd, once it had a rhythm and before it started playing around with Penny/Leonard.
Reason I love it: It's damn funny. Sheldon has the best one-liners ever.
Problem with the show: good at developing drama, not so good at resolving anything... (start of season 3, anyone?)

Glee
Favourite character: Kurt.
Character I relate to: I think one of the reasons I love this show so much is that I can relate to different characters at different points in time. I can't narrow it down to one.
Favourite pairing: Kurt/Blaine.
Favourite season: Loving the second so far. Less 'Rachel Berry Show' and more 'Kurt Hummel Show'
Reason I love it: It can be funny, serious, moving, realistic or clichéd, and it's based around a music group. *grins*
Problem with the show: Inconsistency. And not giving enough solos to the people I want to hear =P
Enough rambling about TV now. Mhmm.
Rdm

I GOT IT!
I got the job! I am so so so happy and excited right now - I mean, this is what I want to do with my life. I can actually make money off my violin. Okay, so it's not perfect. Yet. The guy who runs the music school is this sweet older Indonesian man (I will never get over how happy Indonesians get when they hear you speak even a bit of their language) and he told me on the spot that he wanted to offer me the position, starting this week. Only problem is, he wants me to do Saturdays. Which coincides with my shift at the pharmacy - so I'll have to reshuffle it. At least he did say that if I do a couple of weeks and speak to the parents, I might be able to change days. He was also really pleased to hear I can also teach piano - so I may end up with another day as well. I really want to do this, so off to speak to Dad I go...

( Creepy voices, dirty humour and obsession with musicals )

( One Thing )
Rdm

PS. Congratulations to Chris Colfer on winning the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor on a TV show, TV movie or mini series!! Eeee! So well-deserved, he is an amazing actor. He also looks gorgeous in that suit. Whoa.
<3
This is absolutely adorable. I love how the cast is such a little family. Just, naww.


"But mostly importantly [a thank you] to all the amazing kids that watch our show and that our show celebrates and are' constantly told 'no' [by] people and environments and bullies at school, that they can't be who they are or can't have what they want because of who they are, well, screw that, kids."

Occasionally I have moments when I realise that my life could be construed as pathetic. And hey, it kinda is. Take today, for example. I overslept because I had stayed up until 3am for little to no reason, went to work, came home, crashed and slept for 3 hours, woke up, ate random food that I could find in my house, watched 'Easy A' (which was amusing, btw), ate the pizza that my mum made (it had pumpkin and capsicum and actual mozzarella cheese - YUM) and am now reading Glee fanfiction. *laughs wryly* completely pathetic. My brain also keeps going off on very interesting tangents, but no one else really needs to know about that.

So yes. That's my Saturday. I might be going to a Disney concert tomorrow afternoon, put on by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra which will be awesome - except that I have no one to go with and it's $50 that will vanish from my bank account. Harpisan, why must you have chosen this weekend to go camping? =P

One thing I have done this week that was awesome (and reflects on the status of my bank account) is that I went shopping, mostly for myself, for the first time in ages and ages. I spent a bit over $100 on me, as well as a few presents. I've finally started Christmas shopping, yay! ... I can never believe how much it spirals out of control, even when I say 'strictly immediate family and close friends'. Guess that just reflects on how many amazing friends I have.
Turns out I may actually be working Christmas Day (with my father... 'family affair' LOL) so at least the cash will be coming in after that.

But anyway, back to my shopping spree. I was fairly impressed with my haul, for the amount of money I spent.
2 pairs of black pants, 2 pairs of shorts, 2 cute skirts, purple tights, a cream lace dress (have wanted one for a while wheee), jeans (for $10... Superdry ones!!) and not forgetting my cardi I bought last week =) Pretty good huh! I love dfo.

OOH new Big Bang Theory. That's my cue to stop rambling now, methinks.
Hope your Saturday night is more exciting than mine... or not, depending on how easily you're entertained ;)
Rdm

 It's been a weird couple of days.

( Actual update! )

I'm currently at the point where I have so much to say that none of it is forming complete sentences in my head. It's weird.
So, instead of trying to write about my (brilliant) first week of holidays, I am going to do a spam of the random stuff that's in my head at the moment - or more specifically, what has entertained me the past week. So you may just get the idea anyway ;)


( Warning: many pictures and videos lie within )

 So, after having said I don't often flail about Glee for the sake of it, a clip surfaces that I have to. Janna, Claudia, feel free to ignore this...

OMG THIS CLIP IS SO FREAKING CUTE!
<3 Kurt
<3 Darren Criss (no idea of his character's name in this)
Also, nice work once again Glee on turning a song I hated into one I like. *claps*

Then, on the recommendation order of a friend from my Indo class, I went and started watching 'A Very Potter Musical' otherwise known as 'where Darren Criss got youtube famous'
I haven't stopped laughing. Pure brilliance. Tehehe.
Favourite line so far: 'maybe they won't be big dragons, maybe you'll only have to fight a little one, like Mushu'

In real life, I have had a good few days. Apart from hitches with public transport (seriously, second time I've been late to a concert due to stuff ups in less than a week GRRR) and realising just how exhausted I am, that is.
I went to see Scheherezade played by the MSO, and it was great. I've had good lessons, good rehearsals with my accompanist, and am actually feeling ready for Tuesday. I've also reassured myself that I know all I need to for my exam on Wednesday.
Bring it on.
That's all for tonight
Rdm

 I just watched the new Glee episode and burst into tears twice. I won't go into it too much, pebblegosling  has already done that and I agree with everything she said. It was rather amazing.
<3

( A list of the randomness that is my life. )

Average morning, stressful early afternoon, epic youtube session, incredibly spaced-out evening.

I had my first aural exam today - it was ok I guess. There was a whole lot that our teacher hadn't told us about, and so I'm hoping that I scraped enough marks to pass. Ironically, the actual listening section (that I had been really worried about) was probably the best thing I did. Oh well, it's done. Then it was onto the physio, which I *think* is getting better. Fingers crossed anyway.

I met up with M afterwards, to study. Well, that didn't go so well...
Youtubing glee-related videos for an hour is an awesome way to wind down after an exam. Plus eating chocolate. Always good. Our favourite discovery was this:


Isn't it amazingly corny?

All of the actors are either from Broadway, boy bands, or have no professional experience at all.
I also found out I got a HD for my major Asian Studies essay. Pretty darn good for a subject I dislike, if I do say so myself.

This pretty much sums up my afternoon/evening. Absolutely nothing constructive, and a whole lot of random youtube videos.

That'll do then
Rdm

I've actually had a good day today - which is amazing, being a Wednesday and all.
Essay is officially submitted - YAY. So relieved about that. I'm also relieved after my lesson, as I do know most of it now, so I just have to relax and 'have fun with it' according to my teacher. Don't know how well that works with scales, but I'll try.

I never thought I'd say it, but I actually enjoyed my Asian Studies tute today. Mainly because, well, our tutor is hilarious when he hasn't had much sleep. He is very easily distractible, which lead to some very funny tangents today. Usually, he'd steer us back on the right track, but today it was pretty much a lost cause.

This was the best call of the day: (Al is my tutor, the others are students)
Al: So where did women fit in the social hierarchy of Japan?
An: *searches document* Apparently, they didn't exist.
Al: Yes, the Japanese reproduced asexually for thousands of years.
An: ... That came out wrong.
D: Maybe they were under the butchers?
Al: That could have come out better too. *smirks*
It's times like this that we remember that he is still a student... obviously with just as dirty a mind as the rest of us XD

As an example of the many many random things we discussed, Al also told us that there used to be a place in our city that you could go to bet on Sumo wrestling ... and about people stealing sandals. Because, high-ranked Samurai classmen were entitled to a 'sandal minder'.

In other news, I rewarded myself for finishing that essay by watching the 'Bad Reputation' Glee episode, and have 3 taken 3 points from it.
1. Sue is too awesome. Those videos were EPIC.
2. Rachel is a bitch.
3. Sue and her sister are so cute

I'm going to take a bit of a break from study tonight, but don't know what to do! Suggestions?
Rdm