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The weathermen have said to expect 1-4 inches of snow for the last three days. Other than a sprinkle that was gone by 10am? no snow. Temperatures dropped and errthang, but nothing fell from the sky. At least it sorta feels like winter out there - other than the freak snowstorm around Halloween we haven't really had any winter weather of note this year.... which of course means we're going to get five feet around beginning to mid-April. I'd not be surprised if we got snowed into PAX.

Anyway. So life, not much really to report at the moment. I've been fighting off a chest cold for a little over a week; today I'm ready to declare the battle lost. Mostly because I can; I'm done with today's bell performance (which went much better than previous ones) and I've got nothing planned for the rest of the day. I did want to get productive things done with the time, but considering how I feel right now, I'm declaring fuck it and reserve the right to hide in my nice warm bed with library books and the iPad relentlessly consuming media and occasionally whining pathetically at cell23 to get me things so I don't have to move. Considering what the last couple of days have been like with regard to social, family and wedding stuff commitments, I'm not too surprised my body is all "No, seriously, bitch, lay down and rest a spell."

Course, I can't complain, other than being punctuated by coughing the past couple days had their really good moments. Friday I spent running around doing wedding shit (more about that in a separate entry because there is a LOT of blathering to be done about that) and yesterday I spent first up in Athol at cell23's uncle's birthday brunch, and then later we went to Moti's for dinner and all I can say is oooooooh, Persian lamb stew nom nom. After that there was the Bon Appetit Burlesque's Love/Hate Show and, well, boobies. Also there is something incredibly happy about ending your day by being sassed (and then hugged) by an adorable drag queen in a wedding dress. I seriously have more than a little bit of a crush on Hors D'Oeuvres, I'm not even going to lie.

It was during the second half of the show that I (and indeed, everyone else in the audience) heard about Whitney Houston. ( this got long. )

Anyway. About that lying down, resting a spell and feeling miserable... Waiting to Exhale has been on my Netflix queue forever, maybe today's a good day to actually watch it.

*facepalm*

I'm getting slammed "at work" on top of my usual TOO MANY THINGS, but I'm honestly happy about it. I way prefer having too much to do than too little.

I finished The Hunger Games last night. Yes, I blew through it in an evening. It was good. Very good. Next: Kavalier and Clay.

ETA: scratch that, the rest of my book pull just arrived. Cryoburn come to meeeeeeeeeeeeeee

in Epic Fail News: A local magazine done FUCKED UP BIG TIME to the point where not only did they plagiarize, they managed to piss off The Internet. Good job. *applaud* hope that works out for you. (i'd post links, but really, just google "Cooks Source" and sit back from your monitor in case of splatter from epic clusterfuck/smackdown.)

I'm not kidding about local. The chick in question lives, like, literally up the street. I facepalm yet again.

And now, dragons.



Hopefully i can get the thunder egg safely to kshandra tonight, and then worry about coaxing the three uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugly hatchies to grow up into their much more attractive, if still terrifying adult forms.

• 09:02 oh booj, bringing the ig'nance one comment at a time. I can't believe someone actually said "Only vegans drink soy milk." Bitch, what?
• 09:06 FYI, I've been drinking it since before veganism was trendy. Childhood lactose intolerance, you know. And before that, soy formula.
• 09:09 Also they DO sell tofu and bok choy and other stuff in lower income neighborhoods if you know where to look. In Brooklyn especially.
• 09:09 so yes, your comment about how Those People wouldn't know what to do with them if they stole your special snowflake food? Offensive. STFU.
• 11:24 and apparently doesn't like being called on her privilege.
• 18:47 Lol Swedish Chef youtu.be/B7UmUX68KtE #muppets
• 19:02 Methinks, now that #doctorwho is over for a bit, I might have to get my Moffat fix by rewatching Coupling.
  And maybe actually finishing it.
• 19:03 even if I think Moffat blew his wad with "Inferno." Not okay to have a series peak at the 4th episode in the first series.
• 19:05 That said, "Inferno" was brilliantly funny. Especially the bit about Man's Achievements == better ways to see naked bottoms.
• 20:28 can someone please wire Rush Limbaugh's jaw shut? or better yet remove it? I'm sure Ebert could use a replacement...
• 21:36 Ships made of lightsabers. My friends are übernurdz. #squirekids
• 22:49 ...Neck tampons...? #squirekids

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• 09:03 HELLO LADIES. youtu.be/uLTIowBF0kE
• 09:22 In other news, I woke up with the Flea Market Montgomery song stuck in my head. youtu.be/FJ3oHpup-pk #itsjustlikeaminimall #earworms
• 11:46 Not a good start to today. Hoping the rest of today is better.
• 13:18 Dear livejournal, what is UP with the comment lag past 48 hours? Love me.
• 14:10 Much like pots and boiling, watched/constantly refreshed eggs never hatch. #dragcave
• 14:46 I would like to register my amusement that according to Rotten Tomatoes, the Dungeons&Dragons movie is twice as good as The Last Airbender.
• 15:49 Because you love avatar makers, admit it. madmenyourself.com. #madmen
• 15:57 So one of the local belly dance instructors looks an awful lot like River Song. Seriously, people I need to start dancing again.
• 16:01 Also managed to swipe a vampire dragon from the AP this afternoon! Possibly a little too proud of this... #dragcave
• 16:59 You know, there is no law that says I HAVE give a shit about the safety/health/fragile mind of your child if I don't know or like you.
• 17:02 I mean, I love kids, but seriously people, get off the BUT THINK OF THE POOR DEFENSELESS CHILDREN tack. _I don't care._
• 22:29 just snarfed water from reading @choochoobear's and @jephjacques's exchange re: mel gibson. Webcomic people are so WRONG, lol

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Russian ice dance tribute to Aborigines offensive to Aborigines




Okay I will say one thing.... red shorts?

ETA: wow the whole idea of this particular contest is lultatically fail.

So roomie asked a friend to fix her computer for her a while back, and she just got it back from the friend... with Ubuntu instead of XP.

Okay, you know what? I work with computers. I am as annoyed by microsoft as much as the next person. I tend to use open source stuff because I can't really afford to shell out good money for the proprietary shit. Sometimes it's a great thing. (Huzzah for Open office!) Sometimes it's a horrible tale of pain and woe (I hated Scribus with a fiery passion unmatched by god or man). But you know what? Fuck that noise if someone asks you to fix their computer, you fix it and try to get it back the way they found it, don't just go and change the OS just because you see Microsoft as the Man. Especially not when the person you are fixing it for is more than a little OCD about how they like their things arranged. You get a computer with XP on it, you give it back with XP, goddamn it.

Currently listening to her totally tech support calling this person because she doesn't know where anything is. Also FAIL on giving her the password she needs to get INTO the fucking computer now.

ANDEESMASH.

Apparently this person is coming down to help her with it on thursday. Which is great because I've been wanting an excuse to break in that PVC pipe I bought a couple weeks ago....

ETA: Here have some hot 365 action:

Rudy Giuliani: 'We Had No Domestic Attacks Under Bush; We've Had One Under Obama'

ORLY?