Kirsten update!

...okay, so there's really not much to update. I'm unpacking like crazy, and my room looks like it got hit by a tornado. All the crap I had in my itty-bitty studio? Yeah, won't fit in my room. :P So there is massive cleaning out and rearranging going on. Took a break this afternoon to watch Rent. I think it's nearly impossible to watch that one without trying to sing along. Especially "La Vie Boheme" because it's just too damn catchy.

But ZOMG WICKED WITH muldy ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!!! I have the tickets on my bulletin board by my laptop, and they stare me in the face every time I look up. :P

And EEEEEEE!! OrcaLive is finally back!!! Now I can get my killer whale stalker crack again! Eeeee! And just as I type this, I'm hearing little squeals in the distance! Damn, now I wanna go whale watching while I'm up in Vancouver. :P

EDIT: OMG!! They're chatting up a storm!! Not sure what pods... looks like a lot of them are A pod, if the latest update on the site is anything to go by. But other than that, there may be a mix of A, G, and I pods...

EDIT #2: Okies! Minute and a half clip of tonight's chatter is up! :D It's still going. They're having a regular old party up there around the north side of Vancouver Island!

EDIT #3: Added another short (30-sec ish) clip of a very distinctive vocalization. I love that one - it just cracks me up!

Being the brilliant person I am, I realized this morning "Hey! I'm already awake, today would be a great day to go see the baby panda!" Of course, by the time I realize this, it's already 8:45. I hadn't showered yet and my camera batteries were uncharged. The zoo opens at 9. While I could probably get to the zoo by 9 (and thus arrive early enough to avoid the gigantic line to see the baby), I would have a dead camera and I'd smell like crap. So I scratched that idea and went back to being lazy.

Added a new icon! Made it awhile back. Some people here have already seen it elsewhere, but just thought I'd add it here, too. And I made a new LJ header last night! Since I seem to have icon and header ADD, it's back to Fantasmic now. Just a little quick-n-dirty Photoshop job I threw together in about 10 minutes.

Speaking of Disneyland, for those who haven't heard: Bengal BBQ is closing! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I just can't believe they're doing that! I mean, it's incredibly popular. There's a line there like 24 hours a day. It's one of the greatest passholder traditions of the park! I'd imagine it's a BIG money-maker, too. Between the popuarity and the fact that they charge you up the wazoo for a few pieces of meat on a stick, I'm surprised they're not keeping it simply for the cash. I think they only way they could stab fans through the heart more would be to take away the churros. (NOTE: Mr. Ouimet, please do not take that as a suggestion! *mourns for the already-lost strawberry churros*)

At about 6 this morning, I got a craving for Taco Bell. I was good, though, and waited til dinnertime to go. Also made a pitstop at Vons, and seeing the Disneyland tickets for sale there reminded me... When I was back up in WA, we were at Safeway when I saw you could buy Disneyland tickets at the checkout lines there. WTF? in Seattle?! I can just imagine the scene now:
"Dammit! I forgot to buy the Disneyland tickets again! That's what happens when I don't bring a list. I've forgotten to buy those tickets for the last three trips. It's going to be such a hassle now. I'm going to have to drive 1100 miles to buy them at the park entrance now."

And while I don't normally make such LJ long rants about personal opinions, recent events in the killer whale world have really piled up to touch off this one...

( Cut for Kandu sadness and a LONG-winded killer whale rant )