I'm watching Stage Door this morning. Which I've never seen before, so it's like a bunch of familiar quotes strung together at times. Also, it's very interesting that all the sympathetic women are wearing trousers. I want half the clothes, including the long buttoned coat that Katherine Hepburn is wearing when she makes her entrance.

I laid down for a nap around 6pm last night. Woke up at 9 something, stayed awake for like 30 minutes, then went back to bed and just now got up.

It is gray and rainy, so of course I feel like I could stay in bed all day. But I need to get moving or else inertia will take over and I will lose my whole day and be pissed at myself.

Happy belated birthday, tommyrot!

I have stuff to do for all of my classes today. One class only needs two emails sent, but one needs a midterm written. I would much rather lounge.

Happy belated birthday, tommyrot! Best wishes for this new year of your life.

Stage Door is great. I wish there were a good transcript of the thing. I've watched it something like 5 times and there are still lines I'm missing.

Also happy belated bday to tommyrot and congrats to Fay on the Thai gig.

I like whipping cream in my tea and coffee more than half and half.

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More as it develops.

It was such a lovely day yesterday. I spent way too much money on a pretty, pretty passport holder. Then I had some of the best herb mashed potatoes I've ever had in my whole life. Ever. Then I saw The Libertine which was a truly bad movie with some of my favorite actors ever. But at least I got to tell the Weinstein Company how bad the movie was because they had a market research woman in the lobby conducting surveys on the re-release. Dear Harvey, it's still a really bad movie. All in all a good day.

And now today is grey and rainy and perfect for staying indoors and listening to Otis Redding.

I finally upgraded my cable so I can have broadband internet.

I feel like the Queen of Teh Internets.

Now have to cancel my phone, AOL, and clean the place up so it wont be embarassing when the cable person gets here.

How was Depp's performance, kat?

Allyson--welcome home. What are you doing about your AOL email address? And why are you cancelling your phone?

Today I made egg-in-the-hole for breakfast, and I got a double-yolk egg in mine. Woot!

I shall take this as a sign that my cold will end today. 'Cause why not?

No, that movie does not exist. You made that up just then.

You're right. I totally did.

OMG -- I completely left out the part where he gives all his staff nicknames, didn't I?

I've finally picked a course to use use my ICE gift certificate on. I'm going to take Cheese Wars: Wine vs Beer. Doesn't that sound like fun?

Join an award-winning brewmaster and a top sommelier for a fascinating exploration of flavor. Fine wine has long been considered the best accompaniment to the world’s great cheeses, but brewmaster Garrett Oliver begs to differ. Traditional beers, he says, are a more harmonious pairing for even the most complex cheeses. Sommelier Jerri Banks concedes the pleasures of beer, but wields great wines that she says accompany cheese perfectly. The finest cheeses. Great wines. Artisanal beers. Who will win the cheese wars? Jerri Banks, wine consultant and formerly of Cellar in the Sky, Windows on the Work and Fressen, and Garrett Oliver, brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery, go toe to toe with the world’s great cheeses, and the winner in this exciting joust of flavor matching will surely be your taste buds.