Uh, people have been busy.

Congrats, Cash & D.Gris for totally different things!

I have a sunburn. Somehow. Despite sunscreen. Not sure how it happened. I will never be a Civil War battlefield fan. But Gettysburg is pretty. And some of the sites are dramatic.

No parental murders. Though I did have to tell everyone to quit talking to me until I found a place to eat.

And now my neighbors are showing their good side and some kids are having a yelling argument in front. FUN!

I think I'll have to go with lisah's waterumelon as a summer dessert. Oh god. And you get knocked up side the head with it if you aren't careful.

For water immersion and play, I prefer the pool. For walking and thinking, beach under a full moon.

MY most overplayed song is probably "Just a Ride." The people to blame know who they are.

My worst summer vacation, I barely remember. But according to my parents, it was when I kicked my dad in the eye at age 3, leaving toenail in his cornea at a campground. That was my worst behaved, at least. I'm sure I whined like you wouldn't believe on countless other hikes we took in the summer, but I got over it.

Best? I don't know. As a family, they were all pretty equally idyllic once you subtract the sibling rivalry.

What song?

Argh... I'm not sure. Maybe "Group Four"? Now that I'm listening to the album trying to remember which one sounds like it, they all sound possible

Al Franken is on Letterman. Weeeeee!

I'm not normally a huge Best Week Ever fan because I find it very hit or miss, but tonight I had the joy of listening to "Ciara: Hermaphrodite?" rumors and that's just good times. It also made me think that maybe "Oh" will be the overplayed summer hit, but then again, it's kinda slow.

And Kelly Clarkson can't be overplayed.

And everyone should be eating avocado because I am eating it right now AIFG!

Cueing up these DVD's: Dangerous Liasons, Barry Lyndon, Les Miserables

Around sunrise I will be cursing the fact that I never learnt French well enough to read Eugene Sue in the original and swearing off brandy forever.

Dangerous Liasons is one of my favorites. (And I know I am spelling liasons wrong. There's a random free range I in there somewhere and I always miss it.)

Is this the Uma Thurman Les Miserables? Cause I like that one, too.

Man, good looking and great taste in movies. Is there anything you don't do, Gus?

Sarameg, did you find a place to eat in Gettysburg? I remember eating at a really great Pennsylvania Dutch restaurant there back in 1988--it was in an old house with a few tables set up in each room (we ate on the second floor, IIRC). Great chicken and dumplings.

ETA: There's another "i" between the a and the s--liaisons. I think.

Och! Dangerous Liaisons is the correct spelling. Alas, no. The Les Mis I have is the Claire Danes, et al.

Is there anything you don't do, Gus?

Spell.

Dangerous Liasons is one of my favorites.

This means her real favorite is Weekend at Bernies.

JZ looks too hot to be believable, even. JZ, do you have to style the shit out of that or does it basically do that naturally?