Um, smonster? I think you just got invited to a block party.

Heh. I saw that. Awesomecakes! Don't know if I can make it, but still awesomecakes!

Have an encouraging hug from me, and give him one, too. You don't have to tell him it's from me.

He'll be delighted. He's a big hugger. I told him today I would buy him laundry soap for a house warming present.

eye candy

Oh my.

I just had to type Lady Gaga 4 times in an email. For work.

That is wrong.

BTW, Omo is laundry soap - they had it (or a fake of it) in Moldova.

I thought of you the other day when I was gathering movies for our European Road Trip project. I couldn't find any movies set in Moldova. Armenia, Georgia, Estonia, no problem, but no Moldova.

{{{Shir}}}

Very mixed day. BBC thing went great - The Girl was amazing, as were the other wonderful women on the panel. Meeting at Derby Uni also very good, if mainly administrative. In between I heard that Leeds hasn't given me one of their PhD scholarships. Annoying as hell, as I have good enough grades. It was an oversubscribed year, but I'm still pissed off at them. But, hey ho. Derby is a possibility whether or not I get funding (because there are ways of making it happen, and they are committed to me, and much other stuff that Leeds can't offer). And I like it there. There's also still one more long-shot funding attempt at Leeds and an open competition for one of the research councils via Derby.

hopes that yours aren't due to your mother feeding you mostly crappy kibble the first seven years of your life

More like bacon hotpot. Euuuuugggghhh bacon hotpot.

Wondered why Seska was peeing into non-absorbent, non-odor-controlling plastic beads.

The Girl won't let me in the bathroom...

I just saw Jason Priestly at the mall. Brandon Walsh FTW! I bought baby the cutest outfit. Yes it was overpriced, but I couldn't resist!

Jacket: [link]

Pants: [link]

Also, I reserved an iPad! So excited! I'm considering it an early 40th b-day gift to myself. Woot!

And we've had good luck with the Drinkwell pet fountain for keeping the cats hydrated. They like to drink from the stream, which is adorable.

Anyway, he tries to make me feel guilty and impart his own opinions on how society should work and how my "need" to take care of my family is somehow detrimental to the country and I am the reason that the real etate bubble burst or somesuchshit.

He should call Glenn Beck and see if The Beckster will pony up for his mortgage.

IOW, what a stupid fucktard.

Glenn Beck ain't right. (and not in that "I Totally Disagree with You So I Fart In Your general Direction" way. I mean, like, really-really. Like one day he will come to the studio without pants on.