The only reason I'm surprised by this is because I thought it'd already happened:

Pregnant actress Katie Holmes has fired her publicist Leslie Sloane-Zelnick after nine years together, and has hired her fiance Tom Cruise's sister as her new spokesperson. The Batman Begins star and Cruise announced her pregnancy last week, which comes only six months after the couple began dating. Since Holmes began her controversial relationship with Cruise, she has parted ways with her management company, agents and now Sloane-Zelnick. Holmes will now be represented by Cruise's sister and fellow Scientologist Lee Anne DeVette, who became the actor's spokesperson last year after he left his longtime publicist Pat Kingsley. Sloane-Zelnick tells the New York Daily News, "We were with her for nine years. We wish her the best. She has chosen to work with her future sister-in-law. We wish her well, and congratulate her on her happy news."

Damn. Is it OK for me to feel bad for Katie?

ION, I had to be phlebotomized again. She drew about twelve little containers of blood - way more than I've ever had drawn (for tests) before. They wanna figure out what caused my little blood clot....

Jesse, I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks, Nilly. I'm not actually all that sick, just a cold, but it's gotten worse each of the past three days, so I figure I can rest today and be better tomorrow. Also, my commitment to my job? Near zero.

I feel bad for Katie Holmes, too.

Is it OK for me to feel bad for Katie?

In an "obviously slipping deeper and deeper into a cult" way? Sure. Just as long as she can still be icky and creepy.

Katie Holmes has been in the business for nine years?

I think I'm offended at how little coverage of the earthquake I've heard/seen.

I'm offended at how little coverage of the mudslides in Mexico I've heard/seen.

Anyone familiar with the Las Vegas area? How far away is Henderson from the sights and smells of Vegas?

Her first listing was the Ice Storm, which was 8 years ago -- so, plausibly filming/auditioning/having representation for 9. And now I have to go wash off the ook of having IMDB'ed the Holmes...

Sort of like the year everybody in the computer industry started using the word "paradigm."

A couple of years ago, Ben's second grade teacher started using the word rubric. [link] The context in which she used it, it was intended to mean something akin to requirements. The dictionary definitions that come closest at dictionary.com are numbers 5 and 6, in the first given definition, but that's still not exactly it. She'd give a book report "rubric" that listed the elements required for the book report (i.e. name, date, intro, summary, rating, etc.), or a spelling sentences rubric (i.e. name; date; the title "Spelling Sentences"; a sentence that made clear the definition of the word; the word itself underlined). Now his fourth grade teacher is using it in the same way. It's not wrong, but it's not exactly apt, either. I don't know why they just don't call it "requirements". It must have been introduced at some continuing-ed, or credentials seminar.

I should not be awake, but I think I missed you people.

Heather, I was thinking about you yesterday, and stopped by your (seemingly abandoned) LJ, on the off chance you were using it.

Also, I think I may have to get a name change, because I don't want to talk about work stuff with my actual name up there.

How about Woman In Black? We, of course, would call you Wibble.

Damn. Is it OK for me to feel bad for Katie?

Yes. I feel the need to stage an intervention. Where the heck is Buffy. She should be all over this.

Oh. Very bad fic plot bunny! Make it stop. Thank goodness I'm such an accomplished procrastinator.

Oh duh, Heather. You can just use Stroppet.