I'm here to help

I write a lot about TV shows. This is because I am pretty much a hermit and if I don't have to leave my apartment, I won't. I have found friends in NC who are much like me and are perfectly happy sitting around and watching TV with all of our free time. And luckily, they live 2 buildings down...so I do not even have to get into my car to see them. Oh yea, and our dogs are BFF's.

So I write about these shows that I think are AMAZING.

In my last blog my cousins Elyssa and Kacey commented that they didn't watch any of the shows that I do, which makes sense since some of them are silly and most aimed at teenagers (which I like to pretend I still am) but more disturbingly Kacey said SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO ANY OF THE HOT GUYS I MENTIONED WERE. I have a feeling most of my blog readers (i think there may be 3 or 4) do not know who they are either.

The aim of this blog then, dear Kacey, is to familiarize you with said HOT GUYS. (feel free to show them to Brett so he too can admire their beauty.)




Up 1st is my current obsession Jensen Ackles. He is on Supernatural right now which I think is ridiculously amazing. He has also been on Smallville (season 4), Dark Angel (season 2), Dawson's Creek(not as a regular) and Days of our Lives. He may be the prettiest boy I have ever seen.

I give you another picture in case you did not grasp the cuteness the 1st time.

This is Jensen (right) with his costar Jared Padalecki(left). Jared was in Gilmore Girls and the movie House of Wax. And yes, I am like a boy crazy school girl and Jensen could probably get a restraining order. I am self aware of my craziness. OH YEA and he is 30 so you don't have to feel like a perv checking him out.


Next on my list from my previous post was Joshua Jackson. I feel like you should know who he is. His filmography is much longer so I won't try to list out the whole thing but he was Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek, he was in the Mighty Ducks movies, and Skulls and his most recent movie was Shutter. He just started a new show that premiered this fall on Fox called Fringe, which is by the guy who did Lost. It's weird, but I think i like it.




Next on the list was Chace Crawford (left). He is on Gossip Girl, I'm not sure if he has done much before that. He is boyishly handsome, and is kinda young. I think younger than me.








Lastly for tonight is Dustin Milligan(right). He is currently on the new 90210 and last year he was on a cancelled show, Runaway. Also young, also cute.

I hope this helps clarify the HOT GUYS. There may be more to come...

Procrastination

Lets start at the beginning...


I moved to North Carolina in August of '06. I got a 3 bedroom, 1200 sq ft apartment with a laundry room. All for myself. The original intention was that Ashley was going to move down in a year and go to school at UNCW with me. She even went so far as to be accepted but decided against it for whatever her reason. So I had a 3 bedroom apartment and needed roommates because although my dad was giving me money it would be impossible to live on it without help with the rent.

First came Savannah. She moved in September of '06. Her sister lived in the apartment across the breezeway from mine and she was living with her for a couple weeks until she could find her own place, because like me, she had just moved down here. She was 2 years younger than I and in school. She and I got along pretty well so I decided 'what the hell' and let her move in. Unfortunately, among other issues, she had a boyfriend who didn't have a car and was ALWAYS with her. So essentially I got 2 new roommates with her.

Then came Tony. He was a friend from NY who just wanted a change in venue so i said "sure, come on down." I didn't know him that well but our best friends had dated so we had hung out a couple times and got along pretty well. He moved in October '06 with a cat, Smokie.

At this time I only had 2 cats of my own, Coley and Bella. At the complex I am at you are allowed 2 pets, so we were already over the limit when Tony came but didn't really worry about it because who really notices the differences between 2 cats and 3??

Then Tony got another cat, Little, shortly after he moved in because he and I should NEVER be allowed to go into a petsmart together. There is no self control.

So Tony, Savannah and I lived together with 4 cats (Savannah did bring home a dog one time but that lasted about a week before we made her get rid of it because she didn't have enough time to take care of it and Tony and I didn't want to) until December when a disagreement between Savannah and I ended up with her moving out...at my request.

Then I got Phillip (my dog) around April '07. With this event came the permanent baby gate that separates my apartment, to this day, into "cat zone" (the bedrooms) and "dog zone" (the family room, dining room, kitchen, laundry room).

Then around May '07 Tony's best friend Zack, also from NY, moved down to live with us. He came with no pets, which was nice, except all 3 of us made the mistake of going into Petsmart together and came back with another cat, Princeton.

At this point I lived with 2 boys, 5 cats and 1 dog.

This arrangement didn't last too long before Tony and Zack realized that they did not and could not make enough money to live on their own and moved back to NY, ultimately into their parents homes, in October '07.

To this day I live by myself, my 2 cats and my dog. And that's the way I like. I need my space. I like things my way. It's just easier for everyone.

So what does this whole story have to do with procrastination??

CLEANING.

Throughout all of my many roommates the apartment has become a disaster. Work orders for repairs that needed to be done have been dismissed because of too many pets to hide from apartment complex employees. Things have been stained, broken, ripped up, etc. by pets and people. And now I am moving out in less than 3 months and I realize that if I want to be able to not pay a ton of money in repairs I need to start getting my act together now.

First comes the immediate problem which has been created by myself and my pets only, MESS.

My name is Gillian and I am an extremely dirty person.

Not my actual body, I myself shower regularly and only wear clean clothes but my apartment is....disgusting. I am not a good cleaner. The build-up of disaster does not bother me. Never has.

I am going home for Fall Vacation from school, leaving October 1st. My dog is staying at my friend Megan's and the cats will stay here alone with someone to check on them a couple times. With the absence of myself and my dog, my goal is to have a list of things that need to be legitimately repaired by the apartment complex given to them and have them fix it while I am gone. Because if they fix them now, they can't charge me for it later. These things are all things that they should fix but I am afraid that if I move out without telling them prior I will get charged because its all stuff I should have told them about to fix in a timely manner. (did you get all that? the logic is a little roundabout but I understood it) I will pretend that it all just happened and hasn't been building up for years. But for this plan to work I need to have my apartment acceptably clean before I leave, which it is far from. Maybe I will take 'before' and 'after' pictures and post them once it is clean so you can get the full extent of how dirty I truly am.

So right now I need to organize, vacuum, dust, scrub, just plain CLEAN so that fix-it men can come in and fix my variety of problems including leaking sinks, toilets and windows, water stains on the ceiling, lights fixtures falling out, screens with holes in them, paint chipping off the tub (are you supposed to paint tubs??) and more.

Once that phase of the cleaning plan is complete then comes the fixing of stuff that's MY fault. And by MY, I mean Phillip, Bella, Coley, Tony, Zack, Smokie, Little, Princeton, Savannah and myself.

This includes more stuff than I care to type out because then I may actually realize the enormity of the task at hand here.

But not to get too far ahead of myself, right now I am really procrastinating against the cleaning of the mess. The rest of the story was just may was of procrastinating. And now that it is told I will go clean...oh wait? is that my phone ringing? "wanna come hang out?" Guess the cleaning will be left for later...

I'm not sure if I've mentioned...

BUT I'M SUPER PSYCHED THAT FALL TV IS FINALLY HERE.


Just wanted to make sure everyone knew my position on the upcoming TV season.


TOTALLY PSYCHED.



Supernatural is back which might be favorite show this season and I might pee my pants from excitement.

I really think that I might have missed my calling in life...I think I would have been much better suited to be a TV show reviewer/blogger. Not someone who writes ACTUAL TV shows. Nope. Just someone who writes ABOUT the TV shows, including reviews, spoilers, actor interviews. I would be AMAZING at it. I already watch a TON of shows, not that I am a very good writer, but I would be SO good at interviewing hot actors, such as Jensen Ackles, Josh Jackson, Chace Crawford, Dustin Milligan...

Definitely picked the wrong profession to try to get into.

My Favorite TV Quotes of the Week

Gossip Girl
Nate: "You know it's love when you start talking like an assassin."

Greek
Cappie: "I love drama! Remember when Locke opened the hatch? Finally!"

Prison Break
Link: "Get back to your nerd box and do your job."

I'M SO HAPPY FALL TV IS BACK.

quick review of this weeks TV you ask for?

OK...

OTH is getting a little bit too dark for me. And corny. They are pressing too much drama...maybe 6 seasons is too long. The premiere was great but the second episode left me wishing for more substance. And annoyed by all the BAD.

Prison Break was terrible last season but I said, "they're bringing Sarah back...I'll give it another shot." Nope. Bad idea. I think Prison Break and I may finally have to break up here soon...but it's so hard to leave Wentworth...
And they do always have at least one witty one liner per episode.


Sarah Conner Chronicles was still just OK. but I will keep hoping because every once in a while they get me with a good one.

I haven't had a chance to watch Fringe yet but it is DVR'd and josh jackson is anxiously awaiting me.

Privileged= bad. bad bad bad. Don't think it will make it.

90210 got me. I like. But WOW did Brenda not age well. Did the gap between her teeth get bigger? Yet Kelly still looks great. And ooo do I <3 that Dustin Milligan.

Gossip Girl was good as always. Love that Nate is selling his body for money to help his mom. And Dan and Serena sex on a bus. That's classy.

And has anyone else had a chance to see HBO's new series True Blood? I'm not sure how I feel about it. The plot seems an awful lot like Twilight, but in the deep south *eek* with a really annoying lead actress. I'm not sold on it yet.

Halloween Costumes for my Pets!

I made the mistake of walking down the pet aisle in Target tonight. They had pet halloween costumes! I decided that I had to have some. I then came home and promptly tried to put them on all of my pets...it did not work so well. Good thing I have 2 months to get them use to it!

Phillip...


Those are Devil's wings first and then he's a pumpkin!

Bella...

not so happy spider


then she wouldn't let me get the whole thing off!

and Coley...tehehe


Spider again!

I Think I Found My Newest Tattoo!!

I have wanted a new tattoo for a while but I didn't know what I wanted or where I wanted to get it. Then I found inspiration! I still haven't figured out the where (well I have but my better judgement tells me not to get one there) but I figured out the WHAT!

First, I would like to start off by saying that I like symbol tattoos that are all black. This is evidenced by the two I already have...


This tattoo is on my hip. It means happiness in kanji. This is the first one I got when I was nineteen.


This one I got right before I left for NC with my best friend Ash. We both got tats on the back of our necks, although different symbols. Mine is a Pisces symbol.



And this is the design of the one that I want to get now! I will tell you where I got my inspiration for it...but you have to promise not to laugh.


It's from Supernatural (the TV show). It is the tattoo Sam and Dean (the characters in the show) got to protect them from evil. The pentagram in the middle is a plaited pentagram which has been a protective sign against evil powers originating from the Western world and Japan.

So now it leaves me with the dilemma of WHERE to get it. I really want to get it on my wrist but that is always an issue when it come to job hunting, which is why I have not gotten one there yet. Otherwise, I would have one there already. So now I sit to ponder where to get it..and save up money for it!


Sidenote:
Quote of the Night
Greek
Cappie: I wonder what girl invited me to the crush party...
(to Rebecca [his girlfriend]) Well that could get awkward...unless you wanted to join, then it would be AWESOME.

The Last Of My School Days

I am about to start my 3rd week of my FINAL semester of college! I am excited that it is almost over...but also sad because that means it is almost time to find a real job. This semester seems pretty easy so far. I only have classes on Monday and Wednesday from 1230 to 445. Cake schedule.

I am taking 3 classes, 2 MIS classes and the final "capstone" class for all business majors, MGT 455. I am dreading 455 the most because it has lots of group projects and management MIGHT be the most boring topic in the world. My 2 MIS classes are both going to be easy. One is the prerequisite of a class I already took, so that will be easy and the other is a sophomore class that I never got around to taking so it will be easier than everything I have been doing for the last 2 years.

I have been at UNCW since 2006 so by now I know most of the people and teachers in my major. It makes the semester easier by knowing the lay of the land so well by now.

I can't wait for it to be over, and it should go by fast!


Sidenote:
Favorite TV Quote of the Night
Prison Break:
Man on four-wheeler: What's wrong? Eat some bad Mexican?
T-bag: Something like that...