Fight Club

I had some major lulz last night at work. For starters, I was put on my favorite ride to operate - Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Collider. I love it. It's fun to ride, and even more fun to operate. You really get to be interactive with the riders, which I love. There's something about getting on a microphone and yelling "So, who wants to go faster?" and hearing sixty loud voices yelling "YEEAAAAH!" It's something that never gets old.

Anyways, I have a few wonderful tales from Jimmy. As I was assiting guests get seated in the ride, I chatted with a seven-year-old boy about the park - his favorite rides, how many times he's been here, et cetera. I told him that 'Jimmy' was my favorite ride here, and he replied with vigor, "Me too! I love this ride. It tickles my privates!"
So I ask you, readers, how does one respond to that?

Also, for those of you that don't know, both Jimmy and an adjacent ride, the Balloon Race have very, very loud microphone systems. They're traditionally used to inform the riders of the procedures of the ride (Do not shake the basket, no photography, keep body parts inside the ride, etc.) but are sometimes used to interact with the guests like I mentioned earlier.
Often times in the evening, close to park closing times, the ride operators will get a bit... creative. About 8:30 last night, a ride operator by the name of 'Brent' was at the Balloon Race while I was at Jimmy with another operator. Everything was proceeding normally, until Aurella and I heard the strangest noise.

Whistling.

And not just any whistling, mind you. It was quite loud, and to the tune of "Moondance" by Van Morrison. So I called up to Balloon Race and said "Brent, if I were riding that ride, I'd be terrified because my ride operator was a weirdo." He laughed, called me jealous of his 'microphone skills' and hung up on me.
A minute later we heard him telling his riders that "The operators at Jimmy Neutron are jealous of my amazing microphone whistling. So jealous, in fact, that they called me weird. So if you head over there, go call them weird for me, ok?"
Thus began the war of Jimmy and the Balloons.

The guests waiting in line to ride Jimmy heard all of this, so I went over to them.
"You guys heard that, right? Wanna help me out a bit?" To which they all replied with a resounding 'yes!' because I'm a really, really cool operator. So I told them the following:
"Well, I need your help. Up there at the Balloon Race is an operator named 'Brent.' We are at war. What I need you all to do is when you finish here, head over to the Balloon Race and harass Brent. Make fun of his name, call him a sissy, make faces at him. Anything. If he asks why, just say that it's a greeting from the girls at Jimmy. Ok?"
They were all very eager to do so, and all promised me that they would.
I love my job.

Hollywood A.D.

I am a MOVIE STAR. Well, a reality TV star, but that's beside the point.
For those of you that don't know, I work at the Mall of America at the amusement park inside - Nickelodeon Universe. Recently, TLC has been filming a reality show based on the operations inside the Mall. I'm in it. I got a script and everything. It was pretty much epic win.


Though some do not realise it, there are RULES to shipping. Just as it is an unspoken rule not to run around naked in a public place, it is a rule not to use another ship's official song for a fanvid. For example, one does not use "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" by Paolo Nuitini for Flack/Lindsay (FM Radio). Nor should anyone, under any circumstances, use "Rise" by Will Dailey for any ship other than Mac and Stella (I'm looking at you, gsr4ever323 and csi016!!)
For those who still don't get it, I'm composing a list of all the "Official" ship songs.

CSI: NY, Mac/Stella Smacked: Rise - Will Dailey
CSI: NY, Danny/Lindsay Dantana: Jenny Don't Be Hasty - Paolo Nuitini
CSI, Catherine/Grissom Grillows: Are You Gonna Be My Girl - JET
CSI, Grissom/Sara GSR: This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
CSI, Nick/Sara Snickers: One Way Or Another - Blondie
The X-Files, Mulder/Scully Sculder: Walkin' in Memphis - Cher
The X-Files, Mulder/Scully Sculder: Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
In Plain Sight, Marshall/Mary Mannon: The Lightning Strike - Snow Patrol
Bones, Bones/Booth Semperance: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Smallville, Clark/Lana Clana: You and Me - Lifehouse


If you feel I have missed a song or group, by all means, contact me.
Also, I'm blogging from the ER at Buffalo Hospital. I have severe acute bronchitis. WHEE.

Sleepless

Lots of things have happened since I actually took the time to blog last.
Someone once said that when one door closes, another opens. And I never thought I'd be grateful for that - not after the last door closed back in 2007. But recently, instead of the door closing on me, I closed it myself. At first it was difficult to adjust until I realized how truly blissful I'd become. With that one door closed, I was able to focus on other things, and was able to reconnect with some older friends of mine, which has been fabulous. But as to a new door opening, well, I have to admit, that has been truly amazing.
I have been blessed with a new friend. I call her my mind twin, because literally, we are. Totally separated at birth by a few years and couple hundred miles. It's absolutely insane how we clicked. It started with a shared love of CSI: New York and the X-Files when eventually that snowballed into an avalanche of what can only be described as epicness. Hehe. I love my Julia.

So the other day I got really, really bored listening to one of my new favorite songs, and I realized that Jennulia (Jenna + Julia. Is not an STD. Is writers) needed their own fanvid. So I made one with Windows Movie Maker (lol, yeah. It's fail. I am aware of this.)

So anyways, yeah. Here's a video of "Jennulia in a Nutshell."

Zero Sum

What's new, what's new... what isn't new?

I met Gwen Stephani on the Fourth of July. Like, how crazy is that? I work at the Mall of America, and was tending to the ride I operate when she walked by with her band peeps and kid (whom is incredibly cute btw.) I didn't even recognize her at first, until my supervisor mentioned it to me. Gwen and the rest of her peeps were so sweet and down-to-earth.

So, in the world of art, my creation, Synnöve, finally exists. Thanks to RavenSkar for letting me use the image. But anyways, there's another highlight.

Oh! Juliboo (Julia) and I are working on a CSI: New York fanfic that has to do with Don Flack buying a PC and Stella with her iPhone of DOOM. It's pretty epic win so far.

The Harry Potter movie actually didn't suck.

I caved in to peer pressure and got a Twitter. You can find it here: twitter.com/gerkonanaken


Quotes of the moment:

Rachel ♥: "David and Tea is just so bad it goes without saying. It's like saying.... 'One thing I hate is eating moldy mayonnaise.' Well duh! I mean who in their right mind likes that?"

Never Again

Don't worry about me
I've got plans and places to be
I've got people who love me and people who care
It doesn't matter that you're not there

Don't worry about me
The truth shall set you free
You thought you'd hurt with all your lies
That's okay because I won't cry

Don't worry about me
Karma's what I believe
What goes around comes back again
I'm not worried, I've got my friends

Don't worry about me
Because I'm not worried about you
I got light in my life and you're not here
Karma will see to it that you take care
Don't worry about me

Fearful Symmetry

Christy and I baked an awesome cake. It was one of those 'Funfetti' cakes with the sprinkles in it. It was awesome. Until she frosted it and threw some at me. Not so fun, so I took some frosting and attempted to shove it in her face. I failed. She, however, succeeded.
...
Bitch!

Anyways, after I left her place today, I worked at my mother's office for awhile - got in some great Jeep time, too.

When I got home at around seven, I got hit by a metaphorical brick of inspiration for another music video. This one took me quite awhile to finish, actually - about five hours - but I'm incredibly proud of how it turned out. The last video I made, "Home" , took only around two hours. I probably could have spent more time on it than I did, but I have this thing that whenever I work too long on a project, I begin to attempt to perfect it to the point where I lose my perspective on the project entirely.

I think somehow I redeemed myself with this one. The two characters I used were Mac Taylor and Stella Bonasera from CSI: New York. I've said many, many times that I love this show, so I won't bore you now with reiterations, but... I don't know.
In CSI: Las Vegas, you see fully into the science aspect of the crimes, in Miami you see more of the police force behind it. CSI: New York combines the two and blends in some amazing characters that you love to get lost in week after week. Besides, the 'star power' factor of New York is phenominal.
You've got Gary Sinise, who played the memorable Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, as well many others, and he's even been presidentally recognised for his support of the troops in the war. Then you have Melina Kanakaredes, a beautiful and talented Broadway singer/dancer, a mother, a Greek... I could go on for days about her. I absolutely adore Melina.
I actually had a conversation with my mother about Melina last Wednesday.
We were both watching CSI: New York.
My Mother: [Re: Melina Kanakaredes] "Where'd she come from?"
Me: "Greece."
[Two seconds pass. I then see my mother do a mental 'facepalm', but I totally saw her half-smile.]
Mom: "No, I mean, what did she do before CSI?"
Me: "Ooh! Well she was on the daytime soap called 'Guiding Light' for about forty-ish episdoes awhile back, and then she was the star of 'Providence' back in '02, and... oh! a few years ago she played 'Sally Bowles' in 'Cabaret' on Broadway! She has a beautiful voice. She's so cool. She even sang the national anthem for a Browns' game awhile back..."
Mom [attempting to cut me off] : "Well aren't you just a walking 'National Enquirer...' "
Me: [sighs] "Mom, the National Enquirer tells stupid lies to make money. I tell the truth. "

LOL. Yeah, that's the actual word-for-word conversation we had. I was recording a video with my phone and accidentally left it running while we talked. It keeps going, though - I start going into Marg Helgenberger's carrer starting with Ryan's Hope, and then we talked about her role in China Beach, for a while, yadda yadda yadda. I swear, the conversations I have with my mother could be made into a documentary.
Ok, to sum all of that up, CSI: NY is awesome, Melina Kanakaredes is the best actress ever, and my mother and I are crazy.

Rush

Ok, so I love CSI: New York. It's no secret. I practically wear my CSI: NY t-shirt every day (yes, I was it, TYVM) and constantly quote the show, though hardly anyone ever notices. I love that 2we get to see more into the lives of each of the characters - my favorite being Melina Kanakaredes' character, 'Stella Bonasera.' She's tough, funny, beautiful, and totally badass. She had a tough childhood and had many issues with men recently, but she's so strong and she cares deeply for those around her. I'm rambling.

The point I'm trying to make here is that I really, really love CSI:NY. So, what does any bored, obsessed fan do? Make a fanvid!