I am moving slowly, but surely on the grading day o' doom. I am trying to console myself that this means I will be ALL CAUGHT UP!

For 7 hours, overnight. Le sigh.

Happy birthday to Maria and Kristin!

So RE: the Justin Bieber movie. My kids are both Justin Bieber fans and will start singing "Baby baby baby ooo!" at random moments during the day. But they also pop out with random Harry Potter references, and are currently playing Hogwarts with their playmobile figures.

My goals for this weekend: one paper set graded, Chamber of Secrets finished. We're almost there. I would have included the goal of getting laundry done, but our dryer is dying/dead. Badness. I think we just need to bite the bullet and buy a new washer/dryer but they just seem outrageously expensive. sigh.

Please forgive the crosspost from Bitches, but it seems more of us are awake in Natter this morning! ===

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.

leto/jessica

I don't know what that is. Romeo/Juliet? Jay-Z/Beyonce? Lewis/Clark?

Dune

TB gets it in one.

I thought to use leto/ganima but thought that was even more obscure.

Good News - the hour or two of work I thought I needed to do today turned into a 5 minute "fix what someone else goofed up".

Bad News - I'm ready for a nap. F this. I'm calling my doc on Monday.

leto/jessica

I've read Dune and that took me a second.

haha, i was thinking Jared Leto and trying to think of who he's dating now.

Me, too, erin_o.