Even if we did used to call them "ratburgers." There's no better drunk food in the world, at least if you grew up in Jersey.

Huh. I grew up in Jersey, and our usual late-night food was diner stuff. My usual choice was pancakes, but other people got burgers. I think the closest White Castle was in Paterson, though, and we wouldn't have even considered going there at night.

Well, at the rate I'm getting bigger, I'll need a whole new wardrobe, and I guess I could start from scratch.

Except, that's even more expensive than dry cleaning what I have, so I should look into not getting much bigger.

Even if we did used to call them "ratburgers."

One night after rehearsal we hit the Jack-in-the-Box drive-thru, sometime around 1:00 am. We ordered "rat strips" and the drive-thru employee didn't even react, just asked what kind of sauce.

I wash all my dry-clean pants. Stuff more structured, like a suitcoat, I'll break and take it to the dry-cleaners. Or just not wear it much at all.

Does anyone remember a video on MTV back around '84 or so, for a song called "Rats on a Budget" or somesuch? The video featured a burger place that sold "rat burgers," which appeared to be actual rats. IIRC they were flat, like roadkill.

I can't iron my dry clean pants, so it's dry clean or don't wear. I very very much prefer wearing lined pants to work, so I don't like the option of not wearing.

I'd rather go to the dry cleaner's than do laundry. Though not for $19, I'll tell you that.

I just made a blood donation appointment, and now I really don't understand why they call me CONSTANTLY. I could see my appointment history, and I haven't given blood in a year, and over the past few years, I've cancelled as many appointments as I've kept. And I'm their best customer? Ugh.

I broke down and got a full sized ironing board. So no more laundering of shirts. If they'd ever do them for 99¢, maybe. But there's either an excuse, or the shirts come back with the buttons cracked.

My current quandary is this lovely Indian skirt that says hand wash except the pattern on it runs awfully. It's a beige skirt with bright colours just above the hem. Am I supposed to wash it separately from itself? I already washed it in delicates with magical Woolite whatever. Now I just look at it sadly.

This might go better in Premium, but I saw the premiere of the new Flight of the Conchords sitcom last night. It's going to be on HBO after Entourage sometime in June, and it's wonderfully funny. It's kind of exactly like being at one of their shows, if their shows had plots. (And the ratio of music/banter is reversed -- instsead of a concert with interstitial talking, it's a sitcom with frequent song breaks.)

And if bon bon is around, Kristen Schaal is in it playing their American fan. I'm totally psyched for her -- from BK ad to HBO in less than 5 years!

Unfortunately, the PR firm handling the premiere party for HBO was pretty sucktastic -- the party was crap. First, they were completely unprepared for the number of people who were there. I understand that not everyone who RSVPs to an event will necessarily show up, but you should at least have a contingency plan in case everyone does. Also, an open bar at the Tribeca Grand should be serving more than cheap wine and Budweiser. And if the invitation promises food, there should BE FOOD. (No, one tray of spring rolls brought out after the screening has started does not count.)

DH and I ended up leaving to go get food in Chinatown and coming back just for the screening, because it was so miserable and crowded and did I mention no food? The whole thing was just mind-bogglingly incompetent.