vw, you didn't try to launder your iPod and fix it with a screwdriver, did you?

Nope. We're safe on that front. Haven't received the iPod yet.

I just want this paper DONE. I'm really ok. Just needed to get that out. And this paper is crap.

Ah yes. I know that Argh. I've yelled that Argh. It's a good and useful Argh.

In addition to that bi-sexual sex-addict movie, Colin Firth is also making a toga film.

Timelies! hugs to all that need them, and there seem to be a lot of you.

I've been looking at the baby pictures posted and I was thinking - it's amazing how all these babies are beautiful and adorable, but each and every one of them is an individual. They aren't just generic babies - they all have their own personalities - which come through in the pictures. I'd never thought of very young babies being so individual ... and yet all adorable ... but there they are!

Steph, you forgot to mention - Raquel has DIMPLES!

And - in an abrupt change of subject - Susan, you may have carpenter bees. I had them in my apartment several years in a row - they were like larger than usual bumblebees (black and yellow), very loud buzz, and quite aggressive. I don't think they sting, unless you push your luck. But they may indicate problems of another sort.

P-Cow!

They had a story on This American Life recently that I heard on the archives that I think you'd find resonant:

Act One. The Karachi Kid. When Muhammad Kamran's Pakistani parents sent him off to college in Philadelphia, it was understood that he'd come back to Karachi after four years. But now that graduation is almost here, Muhammad thinks he might want to stay in America. On the other hand, he also misses his family terribly, and knows his parents will be heartbroken if he stays. He takes a trip home – his first since he left – knowing his family will do everything possible to convince him to return home permanently. He gets lectured by his relatives, goes to parties, gets introduced to marriageable women. Muhammad took a tape recorder with him to Karachi and recorded what happened. (20 minutes)

There was also another really cool story in that segment (Theme: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?):

Act Two. Not Far From The Tree. Amy O'Leary tells the story of a software writer at Apple Computer whose job contract ends, but refuses to go away. He continues to show up at work every day, sneaking in the front door, hiding out in empty offices, and putting in long hours on a project the company cancelled. There were no meetings, no office politics, no managers interfering with his work. Soon, he had written a perfect piece of software. His final problem is figuring out how to secretly install it in Apple's new computers without anyone noticing. (12 minutes)

If you search the archive at TAL you can find it under 3/11/05.

Ok. Three studies written about. Just one more to go. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.

I know I can. I know I can. I know I can.

shakes her pom poms

Give a B!

Give me a U!

Give me a G!

Gooooooooooooooooo BUG!!!

Woo-hoo, I"m caught up!

And woo-hoo! Go bug!

Oh how I love you all!