Hi, Burrell!

My mom is coming on Tuesday, so I should probably straighten up a little. I definitely need to do the litter box and garbage tonight, since garbage pick up is in the morning. And yet? I have zero urges to do so. Relatedly, this isn't that gross, but I'm going to white font anyway: why does my cat insist on having an accident on the rug whenever I bring in a new box of litter to refill his box? He does this almost every Sunday. And I can't figure out a way to hide the new carton of litter. But it's like he decides that the old litter is clearly no longer any good, and he can't contain himself in his excitement at the new litter, so he uses the rug.

So typical of the sorts of problems he causes me.

Hi Alibelle, it's good to see someone else is up too. Say hi to your mom for me.

I love how you've analyzed your cat, mostly because it sounds very plausible.

Hello. I just skipped 800 posts.

And I have braces.

Thanks for the offer, Burrell. I should be okay tomorrow. Psychologically, I mean. I can only hope the swelling will have gone down some more. I swear it hasn't decreased significantly since day 2. At this rate, I'm going to still look like a freak when I meet my new recruiters. So much for first impressions. At least I don't have any interviews lined up.

US Open Women's Final: Doesn't Serena have a lovely smile? And she looked way happier about this win than her last US Open win, but I think she knows more about how hard it all is now.

Shir, how long will they be in for?

Teeth braces, Shir? Is that a new thing? Congratulations!

I am realizing how much I am online based on the fact that I have spent like, a billion hours chatting with the same person on instant messenger this week. After spending another billion hours hanging out with her. This is a little ridiculous.

Jumping online briefly to say that megan walker is a godsend and lifesaver who truly deserves a card with the title "Closet Boss" under her name.

She kicked my closet's ass.

I love how you've analyzed your cat, mostly because it sounds very plausible.

My cat often requires analyzing.

And now I'm all accomplished: fridge cleaned out, garbage done, litter box done, rugs in washing machine, recycling done, bathroom straightened up, living room area straightened up.

Can we take this Monday off too?

Teeth braces, yes. Yeah, it's new. I never understood the logic behind bending one's bones for beauty, but after my wisdom teeth started to get out and causing me much physical discomfort, it looked like it might be a good idea to get rid of the problems they caused without pulling them all out.

I miss being able to chew. Ouch.

It should be in for between a year or two.

Hivemind: what do you bring as a symbolic gift for a bachelorette party? I'm going to my first one this weekend, and I have no idea what to bring.

I got a substitute teacher on Friday because I apparently needed to sleep the entire day. She seems to have done fine, and all. Her name was Brittany. Does this mean there are people in my generation named Brittany, or that my sub was actually 16 years old? Discuss.