Oh, and driving to Anaheim on Sunday to have breakfast with the DH's cuz and his family, who are visiting Disneyworld from the east coast. They are awesome, so it makes getting up at 7am on Sunday bearable.

Really, Lush? Really?

This is the letter I wrote on their email page; I sent it to media relations. I encourage you guys to object, as well. It's a simple bit of racism that can easily be corrected.

The name of your "Flosty Gritter" product is offensive. The fact that you attribute it to a specific Japanese employee is even moreso. Whether or not the story of the product's name origin is accurate, you must certainly know that this type of joking language criticism is often used as a racial slur. Whether or not you intend racism, your product name is, in fact, racist. It is not an acceptable name for a product. Please consider pulling this product and/or changing its name.

Liese, I emailed as well, and said that just because a Japanese persona said it first, it isn't any less racist when you repeat it.

Good. Thanks.

And after that, I needed a dose of good stuff, so off I went to the site and look, lion cubs swimming! I love the third one, the male who gave the trainer in the water such a look of betrayal, like, why aren't you helping me? But even more I love the fourth cub, the female, who was all WHOO!

So awesome.

Liese- Baby Gorilla!

People, Last day to get your name in for the gift exchange thingy-ma-bob. go to press and click the link.

Aww, baby gorilla! Baby gorilla face! Baby gorilla hands! Proud nurturing protective gorilla babymama!

Jeezus! I'm saying stuff and it's going in one ear and out of the other.

It's like I have to request things 3 times before people are understanding. I don't think I'm being unclear. Reading comprehension?

We need to remove graphic and copy. "Will this do?" Yes, but remove the graphic and copy. "Ok, here." Ok, but we still need to remove the copy. "That will look weird." WE NEED TO REMOVE THE FUCKING COPY!!!

DJ, do we work in the same office?

My local iteration of Tino keeps calling me to ask for pieces of information which I have already given him in writing. And it's not like he's asking for clarification, it's like he just CAN'T FUCKING READ. So I'm having to send him an email and then basically call him and read the exact same email out loud and even then I'm not sure it's getting through.

(And because I need the documentation, I can't just skip sending the email in the first place. All I can do is continue to bang my head against the desk and thank the stars that I'm in a different building and he can't see the expression on my face as I STAB HIM WITH MY BRAIN.)

What are people doing for Halloween?

Fall colors road trip through the Ozarks to the Ouachitas.