There is a commercial telling us that Nutella is a great way to get kids to eat healthy foods. And it's "wholesome" because it's got hazelnuts and skim milk. "Breakfast never tasted this good." These health claims on commercials are getting ridiculous. Nutella tastes good -- can't they just advertise that?

Jilli! They had a Nightmare Before Christmas Monopoly set at B&N! With cunning little game pieces and Jack money and such what. Also a NBC Yahtzee set (with Jack Skull dice cup and painted dice).

Waaaaaant! I am hoping Sandy Claws brings them to me during the Autumn - Winter gift giving season. (October: Halloween! November: my birthday! December: Christmas!)

Kickboxing was so much fun! And I'm, apparently a natural! And the instructor I was working with is a Buffy fan and a Star Trek fan (he mocked Kirk's punching technique)!

It's even making me abuse exclamation points!

So it seriously rocked. They were very nice and during the warm up cardio part were like "don't try this, here do this in stead". I seriously suck at jump rope but I'm going to get one and practice.

Anyway, after I got through the cardio and stretching they put me with Geeky Instructor Dude (GID) in front of the mirror and he taught me a drill. Jab, Cross, Hook, Hook, Front Kick (I think that's right). But he showed me the proper stance, and how to make a fist right and it was all step by step. At first it was hard to loko in the mirror because of of the Body Image Demon, but I got over it and looked and practiced and both GID and Head Guy said I was picking it up really quick.

There were two teenage boys (friends I think) who were on their second lesson and were getting some extra help and GID said under his breath that I was picking up faster than them.

Anyway I signed up and I go next Tuesday.

It was fun in the This is Hard I Don't Know if I Can -- Oh I'm Getting It! Kinda way.

The Student to Instructor ratio was really good, I think there were a dozen or so students and 4 instructors.

I have totally corrupted The Boy.

He said this not 10 minutes ago: "If Batman and Superman had sex, *Batman* would NOT be the bottom."

Ahahahahaha!!!!!

(Also, it's SO true.)

Dude, even I know that, and I'm not a comics person.

I am watching a show about small children who nearly died from swallowing various objects. (So far, magnets, rat poison, and pennies.) I have no idea why this show was produced other than to terrify parents. (I'm watching it because it came on after something else that I was watching and I can't reach the remote.)

But I did learn that my first aid training is out of date -- they no longer recommend giving ipecac to a kid who swallowed poison.

It's just so funny because whenever I try to explain to him how OF COURSE, for instance, Sam and Frodo are Doing It, The Boy just gives me the hairy eyeball. He does not see the slash.

But after watching FlashForward, I said, "You DO know that already there MUST be slash fiction pairing John Cho's and Joseph Fiennes' characters, right?" Which led into me talking about slash (of course), and I said, "Of all the superheroes Superman could have sex with, you know that Batman is totally prepared for the 1,000-mile-an-hour ejaculation."

Which led him to make the *Batman* isn't the bottom comment.

Bee hee hee.

t edit Dig the sweet post number!

The Boy is right because there is NO SEX in Middle Earth.

The Boy is right because there is NO SEX in Middle Earth.

Except for Sam and Frodo.

And maybe some Orcs.