Yay, Anne! I'm glad you are ok for now. I hope your pcp can find you answers about the wooz.

Zenkitty, you are brave. I hope it's at least a movie you will like. Also, go you. May the whole thing be a lot of fun, and there be at least one person who clicks with you enough you want to hang out in other contexts.

Sends Shir a piece of apple pie through the interpipes I'd send you some sausage and eggs, but I don't think it was all-beef sausage.

Zenkitty, just remember you're way cooler and foamier than everyone else around.

That is, if you Americans are still using cool as it was in the early 90s.

(I might have watched some American TV of the 80s and early 90s the past weekend. Might have).

And thank you all of the feeders, but I meant I'm hungry for news about you. I suddenly missed you all.

Also, best idea of one of the Israeli channels here in honor of Friday the 13th weekend: a marathon of Thatcher documentaries. Some of them were fantastic.

I'm nervous, as I always am when meeting new people.

Don't talk about ass-hooks on the first date. Unless a cute guy or gal looks you deeply in the eyes and says, "I sure wish I could meet somebody as cool as you are that knew something about ass-hooks."

That is, if you Americans are still using cool as it was in the early 90s.

My son says: tight.

Though my current favorite slang from his cohort is used when somebody gets knocked down, laid out, or beat up (usually in a movie, but sometimes in a sporting event): "He got mollywhopped!"

"He got mollywhopped!"

Sorta' the opposite of being mollycoddled?

That Molly isn't very consistent....

I'm never gonna get used to "sick" as a compliment. as in "Yo, Vin, this party's gonna be sick." But then, who takes cues from Turtle? I hear "sick," I'm automatically looking for something gross, though. I did teach a Kossack from Iraq about "Keep your knees loose," yesterday. That ought to help as she returns to the Green Zone, huh?

Sorry, Shir, the news in my life is all naps and food today. But, this may be the best. Salad. Ever. Baby field greens, tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumber, kiwi fruit, mini carrots, pecans and balsamic vinaigrette. Teh yum.

ETA: Greek-style yogurt, how are you so awesome?

Not a bad thing, Andi. Not a bad thing at all.

Sadly, this was all the time my weekend and uni's schedule allow me to show interest in the interwebs. I'm now on my way to read another article, then some TV till I'll fall asleep.

Another week. I'm wondering when the schedule will kill me.

Have a great weekend, all, and tasty as least as Andi's meals.

Ugh, I've been up on our third floor and I heard non-cat scrabbling above me on the other side of the ceiling. Sigh. Gotta call an exterminator, there were definitely more than one. Probably squirrels. Ugh!!!

Thanks for the birthday wishes! It's been a good day so far. Up way too early (3:20 am...yes, you read that right) so I could take my speech team to the state tournament. We are a small team, but they did well and I'm proud of them.

Now, I'm fixin' to go to a movie and have supper cooked for me. Yay!

That is, if you Americans are still using cool as it was in the early 90s.

My students often say "raw".

Emmett also says, "Beast mode," the opposite of which is apparently "Garb."

Example: Eminem is TOTAL beast mode, but Green Day is garb.*

*I do not endorse this opinion, I merely report it.