Extremely awkward day today -- spent a good chunk of it with people who in all likelihood will never see me again. What does one say in that kind of situation, especially when it may not be clear to the other person(s) that this will be the final get-together? In this case, at least, featuring me. The people I was with see each other all the time -- so much so that I didn't even feel like I was there today, which kind of made it even worse. (more...)

So I'm watching "Blind Date", which I haven't seen in a while. Pretty interesting (and amusing) show, and I recommend that all of you losers out there in Blogland who keep failing in your dates watch often and study well! 😀 But seriously, it's wild. This episode has a flabby, uncouth UFC fighter named Wes (Wes!) on a chemistry-less with this ex-stripper lingerie model who looks like a certain author I know. And I watched "A Current Affair" tonight as well! I didn't even know that show was still on. Christian Slater sure leads an interesting life... and with religious group leaders having the ability to seduce their spiritual charges with a mere snap of their fingers, maybe some of y'all out there should become ordained ministers and start your own denominations! R-D-R-R!

Also, "Just Shoot Me" and "Suddenly Susan" are about the only sitcoms I can tolerate these days. I have no idea why that is (though I suspect that it has something to do with the gorgeous Brooke Shields in the latter case). Any guesses?

G'night and have a great weekend, minna-san!

P.S. You NYC people should really go on "Blind Date"! I would! And am I the only one who kinda wants to see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? Should I have kept that to myself? I think perhaps I should have.

Two posts back-to-back! Can you tell I'm bored here? 😛

So a week or so ago the lovely Becky Pretz took part in a pass-it-on movie meme deal (in that post, she also took the music meme I posted the other day). I wasn't formally tapped by anyone, but it looked interesting, so I'm passing the magic stick to myself! w00t! So let's go -- it's meme time! Not to be confused with Me-Me, the cheetah with a craving for baby elephant flesh. (You'll get that reference when I review Barbara Gowdy's The White Bone on Scary-Crayon next week! :)) (more...)

Writing this one from work, where I just finished a lengthy two-day battle with adware and viruses on the office computer. I'm still not even sure it was a victory, but at least ads aren't popping up every fifteen seconds! And I got over my reluctance to install software on this computer, so things should be a lot more secure on here with me running Firefox instead of f'n IE. Because I knew IE was shit, but holy hell I'd never actually experienced anything like what happened yesterday! (more...)

Yep, it's here -- Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flash #42! I actually did see a girl wearing that shirt on the metro this past weekend, and I actually did say, "Nice shirt," to her. And then I said, "Does that mean you'd never kiss me in a million years, you fucking discriminatory shirt-wearing cunt?!?" No, I didn't say that. I went to Hooters and ate raw oysters instead.

Yup. Anyway, Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flash #42. Featuring another comic book character cameo!!! Ja.