I remember to put them ON, it's just keeping them there that's at issue! I need to claim as much credit as possible here, people.

brenda: Tell me I'm not the only one who skimmed quickly and thought for an instant sarameg had dropped the ball on remembering to wear pants.

sarameg: I remember to put them ON, it's just keeping them there that's at issue!

Somewhere Captain Jack is smiling.

Or he would be if he were, you know, real.

ChiKat beat me to the Car Spike. Oh, well, I'm just sad it's no longer there.

I'm so full of gronk today. I took a half-day yesterday afternoon to take the cat into the vet for a claw-trimming (yay for no longer feeling like I'm visiting the acupuncturist when she decides to knead my stomach), as well as get my laundry done, and ended up falling asleep on the couch around 5:00 and slept until 8:00 (with slightly wrinkly clothes in the dryer).

Then, of course, I couldn't fall back to sleep, so I decided to stay up and clean out my DVR. Taped a few recipes from ATK and finished taping the final four eps of Doctor Who, then fell asleep during the final half hour of the Earth in peril, sometime around 6:30 this morning. Didn't wake up until 9:00, and moved very slowly getting ready for work. Got here at 10:35, and waved goodbye to some co-workers who were taking their own half day and were leaving for the weekend as I was arriving.

It is so cold in my office, and I am so gronky, I just don't even know. Thanks to Summer Fridays, I'm theoretically able to leave in an hour, but I've been so nonproductive so far, I'd better stay!

So, Clay Aiken and his friend had their baby. [link] Why am I so grossed out by this? It's not like I'm grossed out by artificial insemination in general or among friends! I think maybe I'm just grossed out by Clay Aiken.

Somewhere Captain Jack is smiling.

Or he would be if he were, you know, real.

I had a good friend in college who was so Captain Jack you would not beeelieeeeeeeeeeeeeeve it.

Incredible, yet vaguely disturbing pictures from the opening ceremonies, if you don't mind being spoiled: [link]

You know, looking at all those fireworks, I can't help but think so your air quality is crap, so you put on a show that generates clouds of smoke and ash....

Skipped.

Hello!

Those opening ceremonies pictures are breathtaking. Country went all out and then some. There are small countries that don't have that many people, never mind the gross national product to cover those costs.

Hello, ita!

Had a bad start to the day. Woke up an hour early to find the poodle had pooped in the kitchen. Did I mention this is BIG dog? J heard him walking around during the night for a long time, but thought he was just restless. Um, not so much.

Then, since I was up, I decided to get ready for work. First I weighed myself, to find that my anniversary/birthday week of good eating had resulted in a gain of four lbs. Bleagh.

I stopped for gas on the way to the office and my car would not start again. I had forgotten my cellphone because I Are A Idiot, but someone lent me theirs so I could call AAA. After a long wait, AAA dude came and it was not my battery but my starter. The guy got the car started by the interesting technical method of hitting the starter with a big pipe while I turned the key. I am not kidding.

I drove straight to the garage and dropped it off, then walked to work. Bleagh.