Presumed to be awesome.

1. Cramps suck the joy right out of my day. DNW. And there is apparently not enough ibuprofen in the world to make them go away today. Owie!

2. NOOOOO!!!! The D'backs traded Conor Jackson to the A's for a RHP that, unless he's the second coming of Christ, is not going to have enough miracle in him to fix the complete clusterfuck that is our bullpen. My annoyance with our front office knows no bounds right now. *glares* Mostly though, I'M GONNA MISS CONNOR'S PRETTY FAAAAACE!!! *sadface*

3. Adam Lambert is coming to my neighborhood!!!!! Almost quite literally. He's playing the Marquee Theater in Tempe on August 1st. You damn well better know that I'll be there. *g* It's a GA show, and if azewewish and I can elbow are way to within a few feet of the stage for a Down show, Glamberts stand no chance against me! *evil cackle* 5 cities, 7 Glam Nation shows, plus Gaga. July is going to be the best month ever! Or, you know, it will completely kill me. Either way, I cannot wait!

4. If you haven't seen Adam's music video for 'If I Had You,' GO NOW! Makes me wanna dance under the moon! What? Just me? Sorry for your life if you've never done this!!! *g*

5. How to silence the annoying buzzing noise so you can watch the World Cup without wanting to kill someone. I've not tried this yet and it looks a good deal more complicated than the mute button, but it might be worth the trouble in order to get commentary to a sport I only really watch for the hot guys. *g*

6. I did an upper body workout yesterday and today I can barely lift my pen. I may have overdone it. :(

7. There's apparently race!fail in SPN fandom again. I don't know many of the details, but it has me thinking about how characters of color are written in general that I'll probably put up in a separate post later because I'd love to have a discussion with all the smart people, and particularly all the smart writers, on my flist about it. But, if you have thoughts on or links to the current kerfluffle, I welcome the edumacation!

ETA: A few more things:
8. Adam has announced a show in New Orleans!!!!! September 12! GLAM NATION IN NOLA!!!! Fuck yeah! I haven't been to New Orleans since October before last, so this definitely calls for at least a long weekend of shenanigans in that most awesome of cities! Who's with me???

9. Goddamn Matthew Morrison. *bites lip*



(More of that gorgeous photo shoot here.)

There are things in this life that I just don't understand. Like why my Blackberry is only delivering messages every couple of hours so that they all arrive in large, overwhelming clumps of things I need to give my attention to? And why, even though I've been sitting in front of my computer for hours, I still haven't managed to get a single item crossed off my to-do list today? And why haven't I won the lottery so that I can have several thousand dollars of immediately available disposable income to buy Diamondbacks season tickets?

But topping my list of things that I just don't understand today: why does fandom continue to be so fucking crazy??? Newsflash fandom: (1) he's really not fucking his male costar anywhere but in our collective fantasies; and (2) the likelihood of him fucking YOU anywhere but in YOUR imagination is even slimmer than #1 actually becoming a reality and there being a sex tape to prove it. So, given #1 and #2 but most especially #2, who he's actually dating is none of your damn business. Continued expressions of dismay and, even more disturbing, hate for him and/or her only go to prove your idiocy and inability to take a firm grasp on reality. My suggestion? Get a damn life! (This rant is courtesy of me apparently seeing one too many "I hate her" or "I'm so mad at him" posts on my flist, with apologies to the non-crazy portion of fandom.)

Ok. Moving on. Despite all the things that boggle my mind today, there are also very good things that fill me with joy. For example, I had a damn good workout with the new trainer this afternoon. He's definitely a keeper. Plus, his rates are super reasonable! After the chaos of the holidays and losing the previous trainer, I'm finally feeling positively about getting back to a regular workout routine! \o/

Also, I have two whole weeks of time blocked out next month!!! I don't know what I'll be doing with all that free time, but I'm really looking forward to it! Any ideas about what to do with two whole weeks of vacation time???

Ok. I really should know better than to go ambling through LJ reading other people's flists in order to kill time between appointments. Inevitably I'll read something that makes me angry or annoyed or embarrassed on behalf of complete strangers or despair for humanity in general.

Apparently there are folks ranting about Jason charging $10 bucks for the single he cut with Jensen. Fair enough. If you think it's too expensive, or you've already downloaded it, or you simply think it sucks, then don't buy it. Consumer's choice. It's a wonderful thing.

And, you know, I'm all for the concept that these journals are our own space and we can post whatever the hell we want to here. So, if you want to tell the world why you're going to exercise your choice as a consumer to not buy a cd that you think is overpriced, go for it. But is this really necessary? Seriously? Calling someone "stupid" and tagging your entry "jason mann is an idiot" does not go far in either supporting your argument or bolstering your credibility (especially when you don't even spell the artist's name right!). For the record, neither does your appalling grasp of even basic English grammar or the mind-numbing frequency with which you use net-speak.

As if the existence of the diatribe wasn't bad enough, it seems as if someone told Jason about it and he responded with a comment. As anyone who's ever met Jason would expect, he's nothing but polite and gracious. But still, I could have done without knowing that this exchange ever occurred, because now I'm all annoyed at this person from Singapore who can't seem to write in full words let alone complete and grammatically correct sentences. And I'm angry on behalf of Jason who I'm sure doesn't need me championing his cause. And I'm embarrassed for fandom in general. So, yeah, the moral of the story, I guess, is that I need to read a damn book when I need to kill time instead.

ETA: It looks as if the post has been flocked. Which is for the good. If you're going to be a complete jackass then at least do it under flock where you limit the number of people exposed to your idiocy.