vw, I'm awake (and shocked and amazed). You feeling up to some Wombat Wagon?

Also, my brother's in Banda Aceh. I'm both really amazed and proud of what he's doing and, pettily, wishing my family could stop being so goddamned impressive, please, so I could stop feeling so overshadowed.

I'm there, Emily!

Also, you're pretty damn impressive yourself, missy. You're getting your second master's degree! What's not impressive about that?

The fact that I didn't do jack shit with the first one?

Actually, my brother's masters was in American Studies, and I'm not sure he did anything with that, either. Instead, he went into the Peace Corps in the Russian Far East. You see what I'm saying here?

I should point out that, in a bitter twist of irony, my brother tends to think I'm the smart one.

Emily, you are highly impressive.

Thanks, vw!

glurg. Slept till 10:15. It's hot and humid. Ate some... brunch?

Blah. Go back to air conditioned bedroom, now.

I've never actually seen the movie so while I feel totally free to riff on it, I can't explain the jokes afterward.

so i'm not the last person in the world to have not seen it? that makes me feel better.

How about the Spinal Tap Wiki?

thanks, DCJ. i know what the movie's about, but not any quotes from it. maybe i should add it to my Netflix queue.

I'll be waiting for September, as well, because I can't be arsed to follow the release schedule

and you have to be right on top of that schedule because some of those tickets are selling out in four minutes flat. it's crazy. i can hear joss laughing himself to the bank...

now i go in search of some breakfast foods...

I give up. I am going to try to get some of the sleep I didn't get last night. I am hurting more by the second.

Good luck, sj!

i know what the movie's about, but not any quotes from it. maybe i should add it to my Netflix queue.

You should; I got it from the library several months ago. It was pretty funny.

"I was thinking, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

"You can't really dust...vomit."

I'm 48 and peeps used to say that to me all the time. Hasn't happened yet.

And look at how wise Robin is. Despite the last few years, I'm oddly more optimistic than I was in my 30s and early 40s. I could never be Kaylee-like, though. I think something would break.

I hope you feel better, sj. What kind of salad did you have in mind? I make blue cheese dressing with buttermilk and yoghurt, with no acids at all, and somewhere around here there's a dressing made with lime juice.

I think Emily and vw are both amazing. vw is so productive that I need her to get on a plane and come clean out my office.