I have an iPod Nano. They gave me it at work for being on an important team.

It is shiny and white and WEEE.

SSqueee. I have hugged it and petted it and installed updates on it and named it Minion.

Whoo! Yay Betsy. My friend *gave me* her shuffle when she upgraded to the Nano, and we're both happy as anything.

Jon. I'm so sorry. Many warm wishes for ease of transition.

--- Oooh. I wish I had an iPod minion. I would force it to do my folkie will...NO Limp Biskit...bad iPod minion, no biscuit. Bring me more Ellis Paul...or perish.

Due, in no small part to that patented, all magickal Buffista ~ma, my first date in three years was an unmitigated success. So much so, the fella has asked if he can see me tomorrow night.

It turns out that his ultra dry wit (he described his sense of humor as subtle and a bit dark) has yet to emerge in an obvious way, but he thinks I am hilarious. Which I guess is at least half the battle.

He laughed the entire time, which proves ita's and everyone else's point that assumptions can be tres wrong.

He's an easy conversationalist. We have more similarities than I expected. We are much closer in age than I realized. I like what he does in the world...and he's very...normal. I got no whiff of the kinds of weirdness I've so readily attracted in the past.

Sweetest of all, he said that he had wanted to ask me out for the last year but did not feel it was the right time until now. What is remarkable about this is a) I would SO have said no until just now and b) it would be easy for someone to blow smoke with a statement like that, but then he went on to describe every single time he has seen me in that year. I was really touched.

I'm not in lurve by any means but I'm so grateful for this experience and I'm really open to seeing what happens with it. Truly grateful. That's me.

I keep having little blippy moments of cerebral weirdness that aren't quite headaches, just brief pulses of extreme lightheadedness or stunnedness (vaguely like a very mild electric shock, only not -- not painful at all, just...uh, weird), and am divided between worrying that I have a brain tumor and worrying that I'm a mad hypochondriac who worries about nothing. It's getting irksome. Really, I like my head much better when it's not doing anything to attract my attentio

get you blood pressure checked . Oddly that's what had been happening to my head when on and off when they suddenly found my bp really high. I'm not sure it was related, but it hasn't happened since the meds.

Matt's moo had a really high fever. It is down now(not normal) - I think that explains why dad was so worried. Most people don't do so well with a 105 fever.

whoo hooo beej! however things go forward that sounds like a great night!

JZ, beth is wise. I get that stunned feeling sometimes and it turns out I have incredibly low blood pressure...so low the tech's always run it twice to see if the equipment has suddenly broken. Blood pressure can do very wonky things to the brain pan...and is not something to be triffled with. Better to have it checked.

And, having been certain on more than one occasion that I had a brain tumor (Do you smell burning feathers?.../Bandits) I'm voting for your oddities to be as nothing as mine have been.

But get it checked out!

Oh, thanks beth! It's so nice to have this place to share things.

And honestly, it went as well as I could possibly have hoped.

I'm not 'swept away' which is the best news. Every time, in the past, that I've had that ohmygodthisistheONEIcan'tlivewithouteventhoughIdon'tactuallyknowhimatallyet reaction, the fella has turned out to be the exact opposite of what I need. This one? Seems truly lovely to his core. It's kind of odd really. I'm so not used to normal. I guess those three years of self imposed monastic reflection may have paid off!

Right on, beej!

Also, another one her with BP so low I've had blood drive personnel be all "how are you even upright?"

I'm not in lurve by any means but I'm so grateful for this experience and I'm really open to seeing what happens with it. Truly grateful. That's me.

I should pull out my blood pressure thingie and see what mine has been doing. If I can tie changes from the normal ohmigodRUded low to my headaches, then I can ... well figure that out later since I have no ideas.

she tends to dislike people for absolutely no reason

That seems...unfortunate, Gris...

I now have to input my fingerprint to log on at work

So now you feel super secure right? Right?

Did you know when you go to Disney World these days, they take some kinda freaky finger X-ray? It was weird. Next thing it'll be all "If you want to see some Happiest Place on Earth, GIMME YOUR DNA, BITCH!"

c) hey, a DATE

Sigh. I haven't been on one of those in FOREVER! I kinda want to.

I heard a story once, about a class where the teacher had led the children in a study of animal testing of medications, and the things that are done to them. The class was going to write letters to these companies when one student stood up and said, "I'm diabetic. I feel bad about those rabbits, but without those medications, I would die."

Ooh. I would be PISSED if it was my kid. I mean, animal testing of cosmetics=unnecessary. But of medications? Sorry guys--until someone comes up with a better way, it's better than testing it on PEOPLE first!

So you can see why she's out for my blood, right?

Dear GOD Brenda. I can't believe they let you still work there. You should've been fired AT ONCE! That's TOTALLY what my company does. Yup.

Waiting for the doc to come in, I noticed boxes of blue gloves on the shelf. Was suddenly a little nervous. Two-by-two, hands of blue.

But the blue gloves are usually nitrile, which are so much nicer for wearing, than latex! Plus, not bad for people with latex allergies!

Fortunately, we've got a Smonster-fest already lined up, so drinking and eating celebratory food of high tastiness is already a given.

SO JEALOUS!!!

I have an iPod Nano. They gave me it at work for being on an important team.

Oooh. Now I *really* want to work at Betsy's company. Are you sure they don't need...um....someone who's really good at...uh....Excel? And...um....baking cookies?

Jon, so sorry about your dad.