Oh lord, I need a sanity check. On this coming Tuesday, Gerard Way (the lead singer for MCR) is going to be in Seattle, doing an interview at a location I can get to, for a radio station I'm not terribly fond of. It's at 6PM.

So, do I take a day off of work, go to West Seattle, and spend the afternoon/evening surrounded by geebling teens, just so I can see my rockstar crush object? I can't decide.

I'm glad you're proud of the person you've become, vw. You deserve to be.

Teachers should schedule deadlines around the release of important books and films. I mean really!

llama allergy! too many l's. "There's been a high llama count this summer." "Yeah, I can hardly breathe for all the darn llamas."

Oh, I am so not the person to be giving advice, Jilli. But, oh yeah.

But then I am going to San Jose next weekend.

And? I got a fairly tense email from my stepmom including some ASSCAPS when she was asking *me* for something. She just doesn't realize tone, right? I mean, no, that's not it but I can sprinkle some handwavium and pretend?

Handwavium makes a nice tea, I'm told. With cookies. Makes everything better.

Llama, llama, llama, llama, Vid Show! Vid Show! Llama, llama, llama..

Sorry. Kneejerk moment, there.

llama llama duck!

You mock my llama sneezes. And here I am next to the largest Krishna community in North America--yes, in Utah. "No, I'm very sorry, I can't go to Llama Fest this year to see Krishna shoot his firey arrows and indulge in the feast, I'll just be sneezing and tearing up all over the place. It's not you, it's your llama."

And I love llamas! They're so cute and supercilious.

They're so fuzzy! and they look so disapproving. "What? You sneeze upon my person?! Fie, I shall spit at you! Psh!"

Handwavium makes a nice tea, I'm told. With cookies. Makes everything better.

You mock my llama sneezes.

That's funny. Well, in text.

It wouldn't be funny if we brought llamas over to you. Then it would be cruel.

Are you allergic to alpacas too?

You sneeze upon my person?!

I've always managed not to sneeze directly upon a llama, for, lo, they are taller than me and have more spit.

A friend of mine was with me at the State Fair and suddenly decided to test the theory that the Dread Human Gaze would make lesser creatures turn away. He tried it on on an emu, staring into its eyes. Said emu got pissed and pecked him right between the eyes. It made a sound just like knocking on a coconut. Friend nearly went down with a concussion, and emu was looking very smug.

Moral: Don't piss off the petting zoo. The baby deer and goats will eat your fingers to get to the treats.