Gah!!!

I can't stop watching that stupid "Shine on me" video.

I've watched it six times now.

The music is bad. The guy is a cadaverous freak. Why am I watching this?

Oh yeah... hot women and dragons.

If this was a movie instead of a faux-trailer, it would air on Sci-Fi channel at 2am. I'd still watch it.

And I'd feel just as soiled as I do now.

Meanwhile, Vicky sent me this!

I've decided this is how Skynet got started down the dark side road. It was a printer tormented by cats.

Driven insane, it clearly obliterated humanity in order to deprive cats of their cat-food openers and primary object of torment.

It is, of course, unclear as to whether or not cats were indeed obliterated by Skynet.

I'm thinking Skynet's Terminators actually take care of cats in this dark future and supplant humans as Feline-kind's primary servants.

Which sort of means that cats rule the Earth in the dark future of "Terminator".

Not too different from today, I guess. Just more robots.

Son of a...

Forgot my mp3 player this morning.

Not a disaster. I have music on the hard drive here.

I am reminded how incredibly fortunate I am that this is actually a problem for me. I have several friends who have fallen victim to the economic downturn in a bad, bad way.

Listening to their stories makes me want to do something for them, of course. What they need are jobs. I wish I had an easy solution.

Or winning Lotto numbers.

There is a solution out there. Somewhere.

Accursed evil

Did you know Ghiradelli makes dark-chocolate caramel squares?

They do. And they're exactly the sort of thing that I love and should not eat.

Goddamnit.

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So I have rolls of wrapping paper for xmas gifts. The main batch of goodies I have lined up for the kinfolk came in today. The rest are pretty easy to get.

This xmas may actually not be terribly stressful. Wow.

There are a couple of friends I want to shop for whom give me some difficulty. I have time, I guess.

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I really want to take a nap right now. I do believe that's an indicator that afternoon coffee may be required...

Blergh?

Monday is here. WTF?

Ugh.

It was a nice weekend, albeit a chilly one. I went to Ang's place for a holiday party that was most fun. The unnamed gave me spare DVD racks that now hold my CD collection.

Bonus!

Yeah, that's about it. It was quiet otherwise, which was nice. I got a chance to get caught up on sleep (mmm... sleep...) and try to get past the allergies.

Now I have a cough. The drama never ends.

On the plus side, this morning started with mail from a friend I haven't heard from in a long time. Yay!

It burns the mind

I found this on io9.

It's like watching a video that epitomizes (sp?) the 80's glam rock as an internet zombie.

I watched it and I flashed back to the supreme awfulness that was the "Dungeons & Dragons" movie.

(If you haven't seen that movie, add that to the list of things you should be thankful for in your life.)

That said, the women cast in this video are quite hot. The guy is beyond a dork, though.

I thought the video was eurotrash, but apparently it's made in the US. God help us...

Friday!

Afrin advertises 12 hours of congestion relief. It's more like 8. Just sayin'.

Friday advertises 2 days of work relief. That's about right.

I got my hands on the "Gears of War 2" soundtrack by Steve Jablonsky and ripped most of it to my mp3 player.

Me likey a little too much. It is pleasing nerd-music.

So what's up for this weekend? Oh, the first of many holiday parties. This ought to be interesting given how I'm constantly loaded on decongestants. I bet I'll be the life of the party all a-sneezin' and such. I suspect alcohol and I shall not renew our acquaintance for a while yet.

Alas.

Fringe

"Fringe" is pretty much the only TV show I regularly watch now, aside from the news.

And damn is it good.

Tuesday night's episode (which I taped as it's on after my bedtime) was the last new ep of 2008 and it was just awesome.

Mad science! Chainsaws! Matter-phasing bank robbers! People getting stuck in walls! Teleportation! Drugs!

I tell ya, this show can't go wrong!

Okay, sure it can. It could jump the shark any moment now. Still, it's a fun ride so far. I hope they keep it up when they return in 2009.