The question is: accent or no accent?

Always with an accent - out loud or in my head.

Until I downloaded Bejeweled.

Uh-oh. I used to love Bejeweled on my, um, what was that thing called? PDA! Now that I know it's available for the iPod touch, I am doomed.

It has 3 variations -- the timed one, the "classic" one (where you play until there are no more moves you can make), and one called "endless" (where, as the name implies, it just keeps going on and on -- it isn't timed, and you never run out of moves).

The "endless" version sounded silly -- what's the point, if I can't win by beating my best time??? -- until I started with the BAD insomnia (probably from increasing my Wellbutrin dose, woo). Then I realized I didn't have to get out of bed to find something to occupy my wide-awake mind; I could grab the iPod Touch, dim the screen way down (not that Tim would wake up anyway; he sleeps through anything), and just keep playing Bejeweled without getting out of the warm snuggly bed. When I'm playing against the clock I get all tense, but the endless version is kind of soothing.

I also might check out this "Angry Birds" thing the kids are into....

too late Steph. I am playing Angry Birds.

I am avoiding that one like the Black Death, since I've heard how much of a time suck it is.

ION, I've had an ice-pick-stabby headache from hell all day, and no matter what drugs I throw at it, it just laughs at me. I had a lot of shit planned for today, and I am completely derailed. Damn it. I was going to go to the gym and the bank, but leaving the house will make me puke from the movement and light and noise. I have, however, gotten 2 loads of laundry done and gotten the photo book of Chloe all laid out (Shutterfly sent us an offer for a free book, probably since we spent a bazillion dollars with them at Christmas, and we have to redeem it by tomorrow, so I had to get it done).

But now I have to stop staring at this screen and lie down in a dark room and contemplate trepanning.

"To the pain!"

My kids and I make lots of geeky references. There are times when I'm surprised that either of them get my quotes. When CJ misses one and gives me the stupid look, we usually end up on youtube to expand his geeky brain.

Eddie Izzard gets a lot of play too. The current favorite quote is " “This one’s wet, and this one’s wet, and this one’s wet. This one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet. Did you dry these in a rain forest? Why, with the power of the Death Star, do we not have a tray that is f***ing dry?" Yes, it usually gets reduced to just a few "This one is wet"s but CJ can bust out the full quote.

"Cake or death?"

"Do they have a flag?"

"I was swimming down there. Now, I'm going to swim up here."

One of CJ's other favorites is "I want my two dollars". I used to use it a bunch and he thought I was off my rocker. Then we watched Better off Dead together and it has stuck ever since.

Ah! The other quote I confused my sister's friend with last weekend (which is why she shouldn't get me to perform for her) was by using the word "cromulent." What I love about it is that when she goes all "Huh?" I get to introduce her to "embiggening" too.

Ooh, I had fun introducing M to Eddie Izzard on a recent roadtrip. (eMusic has a bunch of Izzard soundtracks, for anyone who needs Moar Izzard in their lives.)

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