This season's Survivor finds Mark Burnett & Co. dividing up their castmembers by race. Race! RACE! White/Black/Asian/Latino. Firstly, these are not races. They are ethnicities, right? Secondly, who in the heck am I supposed to root for? Are people progressive enough these days to hear this white girl say, "Go Cracker Tribe!" (Team Saltine?) If I root for a minority tribe, will I look like I'm patronizing them? Thirdly, Jeff Probst? You're a nutcase: "It's not just 18 white people," Probst ...
Voyeurism
(now...what was that pic I was supposed to post again? I can't seem to recall...) This TV season I only watched 3 shows: Survivor, The Amazing Race, and The Apprentice. They're now finished, and I was pleased with the results on all three. Tonight I was hurting BAD for some television. So before I drove to the new library (I am so much in love w/that place that I want to become a librarian) with Mom, I set the DVR to record "American Idol" and ... and ... another show I'm too embarassed to ...
aieeeeeeee!!!
For the first time EVER...the Survivor I wanted to win actually won. AND, he was the most deserving! Congratulations, Fireman Tom. You rocked my world and can carry me out of a burning building any day! And after 16 weeks of my rooting for the 'older guy' to win, I learned tonight that Tom is 41. Only 8 years older than I am. Younger than Madonna, Michael Jackson and Brad Pitt. I also learned that someone with the same amount of athleticism and cunning as me can make it to the final two. ...
Weekend update
(slyly puts some Disney music on in the background) Weekend in a nutshell: Mom's Family BDay dinner friday at the Olive. No drinking, no bread. World of Warcraft Saturday/Sunday. Leota, the undead mage is now 15! Wings win 15-8! I'm up WAY too late for a Sunday night. Upcoming Work week: End of month reports tomorrow. Training on Tuesday. New product launch on Wednesday. (bueno?) Can't say much more due to suspected moles at work. Upcoming Social week: Birthday party tomorrow night. (must ...
November 5, 2004
NaNoWriMo update: 4117 words written. I'm still behind the curve, but catching up. Last night's torrential rains kept most of the NaNos away from Starbucks, but I did meet one other writer and we had a pleasant evening sipping hot drinks and tearing our hair out. The working title of my novel is Tumble Dry. No, you can't read it yet. Or possibly ever. I wanted to write a fantasy novel, but ended up with this piece of crappy "chick lit."How dedicated am I to this project? I missed both Survivor ...
Debate 1
Debate 1Moderator: Senator Kerry...do you think you can do a better job than President Bush at preventing another 911?Kerry: First, I'd like to thank you for moderating...Me: Oh, Christmas... **click**I lost about $50 on the horse races today. Only had one winner...a horse named Ally McSqueal.And I think I'm boycotting Survivor until Scout goes. She plays all granola-hippie...all "I want there to be harmony on our tribe" and then when voting Mia off says, "Good luck finding a husband." The ...
Captain Jack Swallow
Sunday I scribed my hilarity at having a blonde pigtailled shepherdess on Survior. This week, the tribe spoke and Dolly (I kid you not) was on her way home.Let's see if I can press my luck.Boy! That Scout is worthless! She must be servicing the girls off-camera for them to keep her on their tribe. She TOTALLY cost them immunity on Thursday's show. Enough of that.Thor and I had lunch today at Villa Barone in Collingswood. We excitedly talked up our upcoming Disney Cruise.Thor: If we do get to ...
…the days keep scribbling themselves by in tidy lines…
Blogkeeping: Every time I've tried to post this week, I've had Blogger issues. Sometimes it was publishing, sometimes it was just accessing the site itself. It was odd, but annoying enough that I downloaded WordPress and am thinking about giving it a shot. That way, I'll be able to manage my own comments and categorize my posts. I've already installed it on my server -- it took less than 5 minutes. The toughest part will be getting my site design templated.Housekeeping: I'm happy to announce ...
Boston Robbed
Hm. Not sure if I'm liking this new Blogger setup yet. Why change something that works? To make it better, I suppose.Behold the majesty of Boston Rob, who did NOT win Survivor tonight. But I voted for him to win the second Million Dollar Prize. He proposed to Amber, though, so my inner 16 year old girl just squealed with delight! Absolutely squealed. For Mother's Day, we took Mom to the Borgata. And we all won! I got four deuces in video poker and won $350. :) Which comes in quite handy for this ...
Menstrua returns
Holy crap! What are you doing up at this hour?(withering sigh) Well...I was out sick today. The Evil Goddess Menstrua kicked a hole in my gut while simultaneously pounding my head with a mallet and making me speak in tongues. She actually started laying waste Wednesday night, and by 8pm Wed night I was ASLEEP. I needed to do 2 things at work this morning, so Thor, Norse God that he is, drove me in and waited in my office until I was done. Sweet man. Sweet, sweet man. Too bad he won't let you ...
In which I continue to love Boston Rob
Last night, I did CoffeeNCoping with Mom. As a result, I missed Survivor. But because God loves me (and only for that reason), it's replaying at 8pm. I know that Boston Rob makes it through, and someone on the Television Without Pity boards called the episode "A Boston Rob fan's wet dream," so I'm pretty darn excited!This weekend can be called "Packing and Punching." Why? Because with less than 1 month to go until the Move Date, we need to pack. We also have tickets to tomorrow's Devils/Flyers ...
An open letter
Dear Thor:I was glad to hear that you made it to Mississippi safe and sound. Even though you sleep while I'm awake, there is still an emptiness when you're not here. Weird.Max is so upset that you aren't here that yesterday he dragged a trash bag (and its contents) through the apartment. Maybe he was making sure I'd have something to do when I came home. Now he's licking my fingers as I type this. I think Max has issues.The two-day sales meeting I went to was very informative. I came away from ...
