I'm incredibly non-confrontational and always just prefer to let other people do what they want.

Zuisa, I think this is the perfect time for you to start working on this. It's important for you to learn to draw boundaries without being confrontational, otherwise your future life and relationships will be so very much less fulfilling for you. My advice is to work out what you want to say in advance. Don't worry about being right or being understood, just think about the goal you want--a room where your need for quiet in the morning is respected. The problem isn't with YOU (or with her, actually) it's just two differing styles.

Something like this: "I know you're a morning person and I don't want to keep you up late, why don't we work out some ground rules that we can each get what we need." It should be doable--and it's GREAT practice for you to start mastering this negotiating skill.

Does anyone have a magic remedy?

Me, I've been writing anti-pollen revenge fiction. So yeah, right there with you. My magic remedy involves a boat and an ocean. Can't quite make that happen atm. Wah.

WTF is wrong with me? I went to bed last night with a semi-unhappy stomach, but what did I eat this morning? Leftover pizza. My stomach is not at all happy. On the upside, I guess it's not the bad "stomach thing" that's been going around my office?

Pix - perhaps not helpful but i found that when i started wearing contact lenses my watery-eye symptoms disappeared. Like, gone. If i spend one day in glasses, the red puffy eyelids are back within hours. The contacts seem to form some kind of magical protective barrier. FWIW.

My neighbor has agreed to TiVo GoT for me since they have HBO and we don't - now I just need to figure out how I can get the files into my apartment. (I can usually see their wifi network from my bedroom, so maybe I can just grab them using Tivo desktop. Hmmm.)

I actually signed up for HBO for GoT. I considered Starz for Torchwood, but it's 15/month, and there's nothing else on that station I'm interested in. So we'll see.

I'd do that if we still had cable - as is, it would be over $100/month for essentially one show. I'm pretty sure nothing's that good.

And with Starz, I imagine (HOPE!) Torchwood should be up on Netflix pretty quickly.

I'll just have to wait for GoT to come out on iTunes when the DVD's are released, or perhaps AHEM. Everyone I know has gotten rid of their HBO.

I think that show JDM was in talks for was supposed to be for Starz.

I am planning to watch GoT but have to admit to a bit of trepidation given how bleak it can be.