A blast from my past

Several days ago, I ordered myself a Christmas gift of some new DVDs. One of the ones I got was Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. I watched this movie ten billion times when I was younger and love it to pieces. Yes, it's cheesy. Yes, it's campy and silly. And, you know what? I love it even more as an adult than I could ever have as a child.  The bawdier humour in there flew completely over my head as a youngster, but now I get it, and I laughed through nearly the whole film.

I just love Elvira as a heroine. She is herself and unapologetic about that. Yes, she has the body of Betty Boop, but she also has a brain and a heart to go with that, plus a kick-ass attitude. What's not to love, I ask you?  It was just a really fun film, full of all the things I like.

While I was watching it, I couldn't help but think that my fascination with this during my formative years explains SO much of why I've turned out the way I have.  I'm atypical, and I don't have to be ashamed of that. Wow. Talk about your major revelations. All in all, I'd give this day a B+ on my happiness meter. Things are looking up.

Vitameatavegamin and Veela Crackfic

One of my new years resolutions was to laugh more often, so I've been trying to find things that amuse me. Today's gems were YouTube clips of Lucy's Vitameatavegamin  commercial and the Bewitching Changes series by Samayel. Both of these things are funnier than in strictly healthy, and in the case of the second offering, wickedly hot to boot. I've read those fics so many times I practically have them memorized, and I still can't help laughing like a loon. I can't believe how much better I've been feeling, even though circumstances here have not really changed all that much. I don't feel as inclined toward negative things as I had been, which feels really good. I don't think I'm naturally a negative person, which is weird to realize, because I always felt like I was. I'm guessing now that environment had a massive amount of influence over my attitude, Now, I'm trying to build up barricades against negativity. The process is slooooow, but I'm not expecting to change 27 years of thought in a few days. I'm realistic enough to know there will be times when I slip, and that's okay, so long as I don't stay down. I may not be able to change my family or how they handle (mishandle) my limitations, but I can try to improve myself mentally, if nothing else. I need that, considering how my family makes me feel sometimes. I feel like I may as well have been hatched from an egg, because some of our attitudes are so opposite that it feels as though we speak separate languages. Ehh, I guess that's family for ya.

Anyway, on with today's entertainment:

Apologies for the Russian subtitles, but the audio is in English. Not my video, but well worth a peek if you're looking for a laugh. Drunk!Lucy is funny enough to make your stomach hurt from laughing.

Most anyone who reads this will likely have read the fics already, but I'll post the links anyhow.

Bewitching Changes


and the sequel



Enjoy!

Side note: Yay!  Technologically impaired me figured out non-clunky links. Finally. About damn time. Thank you, Google.

LOL.