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1. I've got such a bad migraine right now that the only way to tolerate it is to pull a "pain is only a sensation. I don't mind it. My head is separate from me. It's my body feeling the pain, not me"-detacharoo mindfuck and even that is only slightly working. Otherwise I'm just trying to distract myself, because I'm plain tired of lying down now (you can only do it for so long. Seriously, by 2:30 or 3 in the afternoon, it's like "I HAVE A LIFE, CRANIUM"). So, lights are off, I'm pretending the glare from the computer monitor doesn't bug me, Cheerios are to my right, and we're gonna write an entry. How 'about that, migraine? Why don't you put that in your pipe & smoke it? *throws gang sign*

(I like how my own head is my arch nemesis. Totally healthy)

2. Probably didn't help that I stayed up until 4:30 in the morning last night though, huh? But, like, I had REASONS. Curing cancer & what-not. Knitting mittens for visually-impaired Romanian orphans. Saving puppies. (I'm like a hero of my time) Okay, not really. More like drawing a comic. ( Which I will now share with you all as it's a good sign of ennui lifting in my opinion. )

3. Speaking of new shows, ( I have now officially added Lie To Me to my DVR. )

4. As I said to jasminelily already, I thought Parenthood last night was, and I quote, "full of rainbows & fluffy-tailed bunny rabbits, as per usual." In other words: A+. God damn, I love me some of that show. It's like a giant bowl of happyface. "You're black!" Haha. Maaaaaaax.

5. Southland, meanwhile, was fantabuloso. And yes, that's a word, because I say so. "Guess what? You're arrested for murder, asshole!" Hey, Regina King, I'd like to present you with this award for HBIC of the evening. You can put it with all the others.

6. As if all that weren't enough, did you guys know Jersey Shore has a new season starting this week? I just about lost my shit. Haha. (NOT A WORD. We don't need no hateration in this dancery, yo! I love my trainwreck documentary, hee) P.S. I hear there's a grenade whistle this season. *laughs & laughs*

7. To make up for my guilty pleasure downfall above, ( I would also like to remind you all of another TV show I adore )

8. Modern Family tonight! I love TVVVVVV. Hey, when does Parks & Rec come back?

9. I've written down a mess of songs to include in my 1994 soundtrack & will probably post it either tonight (if my migraine gets better) or tomorrow. I have a problem, I know. Hopefully you guys enjoy it though. Heh. You all should've seen me when I came across a Portishead song I hadn't heard since I was twelve. Hot damn. If I'd had popcorn on my lap, it would've been comically tossed up in the air. (for those who don't want to wait to find out, it was Sour Times. Nghhh, I was crazy about that song. And totes in love with her, won't even lie. Still am. I ended up listening to Portishead all night afterward)

10. Vid of the Day. As a preview to my soundtrack, let's get Bjorky up in here. This song won't be on the soundtrack, but best believe my girl here will be. "Debut" was the third CD I ever owned ("Music Box" by Mariah Carey was the first, given to me for Christmas when I was eleven in 1993; and Gloria Estefan's Greatest Hits was the second, given to me for my 12th birthday in 1994. "Debut" was bought later that same year, and it was the first album I ever bought for myself, actually) and I used to just sit on my bunkbed listening to it, over & over. Back then, all I needed were seven things to be okay: my TV, my video games, my discman, my art, my violin, my keyboard, & my books (all of which were in my room). That's it. Sometimes my best friend & my bike, so I could literally physically escape. But otherwise that was it. And every night, this was the song I listened to as I fell asleep. Take it away, Bjork. BFFs 4 Life, y'all:

Soooo, here's the thing. When throwing your fangirl dogtags in the ring for a fight, you probably shouldn't publicly announce first that you don't think Adama & Roslin made with the sexytimes on New Caprica. I'm kinda thinking that didn't help sway votes in my favor as it's sort of a minority opinion. Haha. Still, SO MUCH FUN though. And hey, I think I still held my own over there pretty dang well, considering! *shadowboxes*

In other news:

1. I started the Topamax last night and I feel. . .weird. ( Okay, but weird. )

2. ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT UNTIL BONES RETURNS, PEOPLE. I'M SO EXCITED. . .I'M SO EXCITED. . .I'M. . .SO. . .SCARED![/Jessie Spano]

(P.S. For those of you who are too young to get the reference, do yourself a favor in the interest of hilarity and watch this clip. Just say no, kids!)

3. I'm finally done gathering pictures for my Roslin picspam (I now just need to put them together), and I hope you all appreciate the blood, sweat, and tears that have gone into this! Ha. Okay, so there hasn't really been any blood or sweat. But there have been tears. I mean, hello, I had to go through the finale, guys. I started tearing up on, like, page ONE. Heh. But I actually did have a point here, and that's that I noticed something while looking throught the screencaps for Adama's final scene that I hadn't ever noticed before, ( and it sorta killed me dead, so I had to see if you guys had noticed it too )

4. While I'm on the subject of television, I caught up on some last night courtesy of my BFF, a.k.a. the DVR. And while I don't have anything real spoilery to say right now, I do want to add a few things:

-Re: Caprica. I'm still two weeks behind, so don't spoil me please, but raise your hand if you're shipping Amanda Graystone & Sister Clarice at all. 'CAUSE YOU BEST BELIEVE I AM RIGHT NOW.

-Re: The Amazing Race. Raise your hand if you experience a moment of pure schadenfreude bliss everytime Miss California "the Iraq and such as" does or says something stupid. When she didn't know who Joan of Arc was the other night? I laughed & laughed. And then was like, "of course you don't."

-Re: Parks & Recreation. Raise your hand if you adore this show, but want to irrationally reach into the tv screen & hug Jerry every other second. STOP BEING SO MEAN TO HIM, SHOW. (((Jerry)))

5. And, lastly, since my sister knew I'd been told to take the rest of the week off (so I had no choice as to whether to return to work today) and she desperately needed someone to watch the kids while she went to the dentist, I babysat briefly for her this morning. And it wasn't for long at all, so I don't have a bunch of cute stories this time, ( but I do have two things to share )

For our Vid of the Day, we're gonna continue the crack theme I've had going all week and let pennyfeline answer the age-old question, "What happens when you combine 'Married With Children' with BSG?" One word: "Grumblepadama." Hee.

Here's a few Random Bits of Random for you guys today

1. I think this is my favorite new icon. Hee. (credit goes to nicole_anell). Except now I can't get the song out of my head. Small price to pay!

2. Fantastic news: So, I have this pair of jeans, right? And I had to quit wearing them because they became so tight I was getting muffin-top action (you know, where your stomach rolls over the top of the jeans?). Today, I put them back on and guess what? No more muffin-top! Still a roly-poly stomach, yes, but now the too-tight pants fit! And honestly, I am not even trying that hard. I mean, for crying out loud, I'm having pizza for lunch right now. But the little bit of effort I have been putting in? Is totally paying off. The weight just keeps dropping, little by little. This makes me very happyface indeed.

3. You guys remember how I've said that I love my coworkers? Well, I have a new one and she's a bit weird. And kind of annoying. I guess it was bound to happen eventually, right? The other day one of my cubicle neighbors and I were talking about our sales (bantering over whose were better), and New Girl interrupted like "she can barely even see over the wall and she's kicking your butt!" And okay, yes, I'm short. Very short. I get shit for it all the time and I'm used to it. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ME LIKE THAT. You haven't earned your "tease Rachael for being 4'10" pass yet, okay? I can deal with people I know messing with me, but it really bothers me when people who are basically strangers to me think they can make comments. Like I'll be in line somewhere just minding my own business & some random person will be all, "Excuse me, I just have to ask. How tall are you?" or "How old are you?" I've just stopped being polite about it, for real. I'll straight-up be like, "Why, how old are you?" And then they shut right the fuck up. Ha.

4. My apartment is such a disaster area right now. In addition to hopefully doing a Dollhouse post tomorrow, I have GOT to spend a few hours cleaning before the people from "Hoarders" show up or something. Okay, so it's not really that bad, but still. I've got shit EVERYWHERE. Dishes in the sink, junk mail on the table, laundry on my bedroom floor, it's pretty much ridic.

5. Is anyone else on my flist watching Parks & Recreation? It's such an underrated little show. The first few episodes were weak, but somehow it turned itself around & now I look forward to it every Thursday. Also, just so y'all know, I am officially signing on as an Andy/April shipper. And possibly a Ron/Leslie shipper, but that one's not for sure yet. I can't decide if I'd really want them together or not. But Andy/April all the way, baby!

6. It is a good time to live in Oregon. The highs here this week? In the fifties, going up to sixty later this week. It may still be rainy almost everyday (or "grainy" as I decided to start calling it the other day at work. Haha. I started saying "gray" and my brain wanted to say "rainy," and it came out "grainy." I figured I'd just go with it), but at least that's all we have to complain about. We haven't even had our usual landslidey good times this winter, because California has taken the brunt of that for us. Thanks, Cali!

7. ( I spent last night watching the Opening Ceremonies and getting all fuzzy feeling & verklempt as usual. )

Tonight I'll be going over to my sister's to play with my nephew for a bit & then get some quality auntie time with my niece after I kick the rest of them out of their house. Ha. Hey, I'm paying for them to go to dinner, so it makes it okay. I need some alone time with my niece though, because I don't get nearly as much one-on-one bonding with her as I did Jayden at that age. And while I know there's nothing I can do to make as much time for her as I did him, because back then it was my job (I was the nanny), I still want to make sure we have some special time together. So I figured this would be a nice way to accomplish that while also doing something nice for my sister. Although apparently my nephew really wants me to come to dinner with them. Heh. Aw.

For our Vid of the Day, we've got this vid by chaila43 that nnaylime linked me to today, which I instantly knew would have to be rec'd on here. First off, it's set to one of my favorite songs in the freakin' world. Seriously, this song is so gorgeous I want to make out with it. I mean, there's a reason I've used its lyrics in my subject headings here more than once. Secondly, it is perfect for BSG. PERFECT. And I was so thrilled to see someone had finally done a vid with it for that show, especially since as a bonus it's a good vid all by itself even without the song. So yes, thumbs up all around!


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