6-8 hours?! What is it, an advanced seminar in Vogon poetry?

Government certification of our software. We have to demonstrate compliance with a long list of elements. We have a dozen of us doing a rehearsal today, but they aren't ready for my part yet. I should get my act together and get to the office I suppose. Don't wanna.

Yay Shir!

That is nutso, Laura. Best of luck.

Which French trashy vampire movie?

Les Morsures de l'Aube, aka Love Bites. It's much more a French movie than a vampire movie. And apparently is supposed to be something of a black comedy, which I was surprised to find out, seeing as I didn't chuckle once. I can send it to you when I send you those books, if you like.

I find that I am more bitter about V day when I have a prospect that's not working out or an unrequited love/lust situation.

Well. Yes. Goddammit.

As I have given up on the only prospect in eons, I am quite zen this year.

Oh, good on ya.

Huh. How weird to know that something I always did instictively (letting the dog or cat gnaw on me, while just closing my hand into a fist to make it less gnawable) was the right thing to do.

With my mom and dad's dogs, when I was younger, I tried to be as much like a mama dog as I could; sometimes, if they nipped too hard playing, I would nip them back on the ear. It seemed logical, if a trifle furry.

Rockin' canine instincts, Erin. The nipping is good, but most humans aren't particularly good at it.

The truth is, you can't teach a dog how to NOT do something. You CAN teach him/her to do what you want, when you want it. It's all about the pleasure principle with the pooches.

Quick question for the gaming amongst us.

I'm putting together a couple of chat-breaker exercises for tonight's game night.

The first is a series of questions, Who Among Us. For instance, Who has seen Star Wars more than 5 times? Who has a visible tattoo? Who grew up in your home state? Who is the same zodiac sign as you? Who knows the most common town name in America?

I need funnier/cleverer questions. What do you think?

Before you say it, I know that for some, talking to strangers is unappealing. I'm assuming that the folks who sign up for an event like this are at least a little bit open to the practice.

Next, I'm doing a yes/'know' guessing game where each person gets a sticker with one of a pair and must ask yes/no questions to determine who they are, then find their other half.

Pairs like: bogey/bacall, han solo/leia, leto/jessica, alice/mad hatter, hagrid/buckbeak, sherlock/watson, dracula/van helsing, lady/tramp, starbuck/apollo.

Who else should I use? I'd like to have a bunch so that, as people come in, I can pick ones that are more likely to be identifiable by the demographic that shows up. I even thought to use justin/selena, but assume most of the attendees will be older than that.

stewart/colbert? buffy/angel? neo/trinity? sam/dean? wash/zoe? kermit/miss piggy?

why yes, I am just looking around my living room for ideas. neal caffrey/peter burke? sarah connor/terminator? jack twist/ennis del mar? brad/angelina? katy perry/russell brand? gnomeo/juliet? raylan givens/hat?

Time to shower and dress and go into work. Feh.

I'm totally using raylan givens/hat.

Awesome suggestions. There is only one I don't recognize: jack twist/ennis del mar. I'm off to look that one up.

Thanks Hon!

eta: Okay, this outs me at the one person who has not seen Brokeback Mountain. Now I know!

just once, I would like a really awesome Valentine's. This is not going to be it, but it's better than. a. the one I got broken up with on.
b. the one where crazy stepdad left my mom then sent me a Valentine's e-mail.

raylan givens/hat.

I clearly have a gap in my pop culture knowledge (or hat knowledge), because I have no idea who this is or why he loves his hat.

It's from Justified. Raylan, the character, is known for his fine hat but it's Timothy Olyphant that makes it knee-weakening in the tv series.

I've never heard of the series, either. This is what happens when a person doesn't have cable. Damn it, I lose my pop cultural literacy!