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Surprise!

Once again I am just a little late updating my journal. Ermmm...you don't mind, do you? *giggles sheepishly*

I really have no idea why I don't update every damn day -- I'm always composing entries in my head, and even fall asleep at night thinking of what to write, but inevitably I just feel like I can't be bothered to do it. I'm so weird. :)

So here is your basic 'What the heck has Nevvie been doing lately' type update:

ashfae and randomchris's wedding was absolutely perfect, and I was honoured beyond words to be their bridesmaid. I'll be posting many delightfully silly photos very soon (oh, the wackiness!), but for now please visit evil_nick's picture pages for some excellent photos of our 10 hour roadtrip, Edinburgh, the beautiful ceremony, and the insanity frivolity of the reception. Wheeee. :)
I think one of the moments I will remember forever (it's amazing how many there were on this trip) was at the beginning of the ceremony, when the priest was saying 'We are gathered here to celebrate something something the union of Christipher Michael Hutchings and Sarah Ashley Burns...' and I just started SOBBING like mad. I couldn't stop! *laughs* I was sniffling and wheezing and snorting throughout the ceremony -- the Best Men even handed me tissues -- thankfully I wasn't obnoxiously loud, and I was grinning through the tears (Ash turned around to giggle at me a few times, which made me feel better ;-), and I certainly wasn't the only one crying (*winks at nieren*), so I don't think anyone minded. *G* I was just so happy for Ash, I couldn't help myself. I never thought I would be the kind of sap who cries at weddings, but then, my best friend has never gotten married before. *grins*
I miss Ash and Chris terribly. The few days I spent with them were some of the happiest of my life. *loves them both so very much* :)

I have a new job! Well, it's not really exciting enough to merit that exclamation point, but I thought the new paragraph needed it. *chuckles* As much as I enjoyed certain aspects of Technicolour -- mainly watching films and tv shows before the rest of the world -- I was so unhappy with the actual work I had to leave. So now I'm a barista at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, the world's best coffee chain. It's a ten minute drive from home instead of an hour, the people there are actually nice, and of course I get free drinks. Heh. It's not the greatest job in the world, and I do feel way too old to be stuck in retail, but it's only temporary (I hope), and will give me the free time I need to sort myself out, because right now my life needs alot more work than anything else.

Thanks to introducing dearest achtung_meggy to Fushigi Yuugi, I have rekindled my extreme obsession with all things anime. Last week I ate nothing but japanese food for dinner, not just sushi but badly prepared udon-y type things I made at home with fishcake, pickled radish (mmmmm...tastes like yellow!) and even yam cake, which strangely enough tastes nothing like either yam or cake. *giggles* I've even dreamed in japanese -- I had no idea what I was saying of course, I assume it was just random phrases I had heard earlier on tv. I've had to stop myself from greeting people at work in japanese, and I can't stop picturing anime characters in my head (and mentally drooling over them hehehehe). I wept copiously after finishing Escaflowne last night because I couldn't believe it was over; I kept saying to myself 'Why does it have to end? I don't want it to end!', even though this was the third or fourth time I had watched the series (admittedly not for several years) and knew perfectly well it had to end. But I didn't want to say goodbye! Tomorrow Megan and I will finish watching FY and I know I'll be a wreck. What the hell is wrong with me? I'm even falling in love with a 14 year old boy who's really just a soul trapped in a giant suit of armour. Curse you Fullmetal Alchemist! *laughs*
Seriously though, I really do think something must be wrong with me. These obsessions just take me over and I can think or do little else, it surely can't be healthy. Oh well! *grins impishly*

I'm sure there was more I wanted to say, but alas, I have forgotten. This entry is too long anyway, and besides, now I have an excuse to update again! Tee hee. :)

PS -- Nothing says 'I love my FriendsList' like the gift of a dancing Stormtrooper. *mwah!*

Comments

[trianne.livejournal.com]

Welcome back, sweetie :)

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

*smoochsmoochlovesyouallupgleee!*

[bygonepie]

*HONK*

don't have enough time to read now .... read tomorrow! :D

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you better. And include lots of praise in your comments too. *smirk*

[shortypenguin.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Full Metal Alchamist. I -LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE- that show. And how can you -NOT- love Al? He's so sweet, and WOAH HE GETS HOT LATER ON IN THE SERIES. You'll see what I mean, if you watch it (it's on every saturday night at 11:30 on Cartoon Network). <3


I LOVE YOU NEVVIE!!111oneoneoneone.

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!!! I've only watched the AS episodes, but I had to know more so I accidently read a bunch of spoilers, and saw the GORGEOUS poster of Al for the new movie (I think it comes out in july! I wonder if they'll have info about it at comic-con...). omfg he is so hawt guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! *droolflail*

I have to buy it on dvd, I can't wait another few months to see how it ends. Besides, I need subtitles! The dub is surprisingly tolerable (Al's voice is just tooooo cute) but I'm sure the original is superior.

*GLOMPSMOOCH*

[newredshoes]

*POUNCEGLOMPSNOGGLELOVEHELLO!*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Alloallo! *cuddles liek woah* :D

[airemay.livejournal.com]

I loooooooooove Escaflowne.

WE NEED TO HANG OUT BTW!!! :P :P :P

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Escaflowne!! WHEEEEEE!!! Why don't I have any EscaIcons? *wanders off to look for pics* ;-)

Do you have tickets for Star Wars yet? I am SO STUPID and haven't bought mine. No midnight showing for me! Woe. *giggles*

[disgruntledjenn.livejournal.com]

Ooooh which tea leaf are you working at? I was going to go to the hiring fair the new one on Ximeno was having but I had class that day!

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

*stares at your icon*

*snorts loudly* :D


I work at the one on Ximeno, stop by and I'll give you a discount! *grins*

I'm not sure if they're hiring anymore at that one, but I'm pretty certain the ones on Spring/Palo Verde and in Cypress need help.

I think I saw you and your brother at the bus stop across from the Burger King the other day. *G*

[eyre-lasgalen.livejournal.com]

*pounceglops Nevvie*

Yayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

I've alredy looked through all of Nick's pictures. What a lovely wedding it was! I really enjoyed the bridesmaids dresses and I was relieved for you that 'Fae didn't choose something gaudy and pouffy and seafoam or seashell or any other hideous colour with the word "sea" in it. Also nothing named after an emotion e.g. "blush" or "bashful"

But I should have known that any friend of yours would have good taste. Buuuut, at the same time, I'm constantly amazed by how intelligent, classy women of good taste tend can still manage to choose the most terrible bridesmaid dresses. But I digress...

Ummm, I'm done now. Oh, and the dancing stormtrooper won't load! Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Even if I had wanted to say "You must all wear THIS dress!" it wouldn't have been an option, given that my bridesmaids were from different countries! The fact that several of them had the same dress was just a cool coincidence. All I said was "Find something dark green! You'll all look great in dark green! Get anything! Go!" And lo, they did. And BWHAHAHAA I was right even though everyone said "Augh, why didn't you pick an easier color??" so I am smug now. ;)

Really, we failed on several counts. The bridesmaid dresses were great, the mothers-in-law were stylish and completely berefit of giant hats...tch, broke all the traditions. ;)

YAY DANCING STORMTROOPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_________^

[lego-the-eggo.livejournal.com]

YAY NEVVIE'S BACK!!! *flying hug tackles you* YAY FOR FREE COFFEE!!! ^______________________^ *loves coffee* I get free coffee cake where I work. ^_^

But I've just gotten back from Pippin rehearsals, and by Pippin I mean the musical, so my brain is a bit off. It will be like that until after the last show Saturday. Yikes. First show's on Thursday. *giggles* We are sooooooo not ready for it! ACK!

UPDATE MORE, NEVVIE!!!!!!!!! Or I just might have to tie you up and make you listen to the Pippin soundtrack....FOREVAH!!!! *dun dunnn dunnnnn!*

Re: YAY DANCING STORMTROOPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_________^

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Oooooh good luck with the show!

I promise to update more, honestly. No, really! *giggles*

[punkmeanscuddle.livejournal.com]

Nevvieeeeee! *pounces you*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

*cuddles ickle Neko-chan*

Hewwwo! *mwah*

[marcyleecorgan.livejournal.com]

NEVVIENEVVIENEVVIE! I miiiiissed you! ;)

*huggles*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Awww! Thanks love! *smooochies*

...Is Jack holding a Dietrich's Coffee cup? *snorfle*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

*GLOMP!*

[lios-alfar.livejournal.com]

Hee! I love Fullmetal Alchemist but isn't it just so depressing? Every time you think it must have hit rock bottom it finds a new depth of despair. :P

I watched half the episodes of Escaflowne yesterday; I REALLY need to get hold of the rest...

(And there's an anime called Last Exile which I recommend if you haven't seen it, by the way.)

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

FMA is full of Teh Angst, but it's not gratuitous or unnessesary, it's real and complicated and ohhh it's so delicously, magnificently sad. Mmmmm. *giggles*

Last Exile? I haven't heard of it, but I shall look it up forthwith. I love finding new anime goodness! *squiiiiiiiiiish*

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Perfect, eh? *hugs* Thanks lovey. I'm so glad you were there. And nope, nobody minded you crying; certainly none of us up there, and apparently everyone in the audience thought you were the sweetest person ever. =) We miss you lots and lots and lots and lots.

YAY for the new job. No words for how psyched I am about this, really. It sounds like what happened to me when I quit CompUSA and went to work for the Bookworm, same sort of mental space. Or wait, did you ever hear about that, or was it before we found each other again? Anyway, CompUSA made me miserable on every level, and I took silly shelving job that paid nothing just so I'd have time to get my head back on straight. It worked, too. I hope this works for you! *hugs*

I WANT TO BE WATCHINF FY!!!!!! *sob* Oh Nuriko, be mine forever...

And if you have not seen Read or Die or Fruits Basket yet, you must!

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

>apparently everyone in the audience thought you were the sweetest person ever. =)

HontoReally? Wow, I had no idea! *blushsquee*

I came in at the end of your tenure with CompUsa, when you were utterly miserable and needed many Nevviehuggles.

I've seen the movie/ova thing for R.O.D, but I'm not sure if I liked it -- it could be just the awful dub of course. Heh. I thought the idea of The Paper was brilliant however -- it's the perfect bibliophile superpower! *grins*

I know the woman who does one of the dub voices for the R.O.D tv series, her name is Hunter and she's ever so nice; I met her at a party she hosted for Doug Jones (the actor who played Abe Sapien in Hellboy and one of the Gentlemen in Buffy) that Megan took me to, and I had to explain the basic premise of R.O.D to her, which was rather amusing. ;-)

I've heard of Fruits Basket, it looks ultrafluffy and obsenely cute. Maybe someone is selling cheap dvds on ebay...*G*

[ladynyks.livejournal.com]

Because I refuse to squee and jump of joy like seems to be the norm here, I will instead go for a reply as dreary and dull as possible. *wears grey and becomes an accountant* Point being I'm also a procrastinator and have thus far not sent you the signed picture of you with Storme and Neil and his lovely assistant at Harrods, which I'm now thus posting here, to lessen the guilt trips caused by it? You're welcome. *promises to say thus less, too*< /grey>



Liek, feel free to squee at the power of my l33t camera work. *straight face*

Oh, and btw, now that I think about it, did you ever even see this one before? I think Storme had at some stage, but I'm not sure if you were already in the States by then?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

OMGOMGOMGOMG! Aiiieeeeeeeeeeee! *squeeflailpassout* *thud*

*giggles*

I haven't seen that one! EEEEEE! *more flailing* *laughs*

*breathes*

Okay, I'm calm now. ;-)

[snowelf.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the new job, Nevvie! I have missed you very much.

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww thank you! *blushes happily* :D