I'm in computer craziness. Trying to upload my gazillion pictures (I took a lot of pictures of the same things, from different angle/lights, oh well. I'll think of it as a travel diary in photos) and reload my iTouch as I discovered a whole bunch of stuff missing (it said it was there, it just wouldn't play) which was annoying. Not that I used it much. Or read any of my books. I pretty much just wandered with my eyes wide open. Which was a lot of walking.

Oh, did I mention the last night I was there, I got totally lost and ended up way the hell over by the Prado at like 11 pm? It didn't make sense at the time but looking at the map now, I see the connection (I had a disconnect between that part of town and Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor since I largely took the metro between them.) Anyway, at the time it was a little alarming, as I was so turned around, but I figured it out and...I do like getting lost. Just not when my feet hurt!

Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian were at the WH Correspondents dinner? Does that mean that US politics has officially reached the self-parody stage? Like no one is even trying to pretend that we are taking this shit seriously.

I would say we'd officially jumped the shark, but I think we hit that stage back when Palin was nominated for VP.

Mama Nubian is an early warrior in this arena. May her strength and skills guide you today.

Oo, that's a good mantra. I think you have a future as a demigod.

May is already better than April, i.e., my tax refund came in!

Now if only that disputed charge would go away.

Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian were at the WH Correspondents dinner?

I didn't actually verify what I'm about to say, so take it with a grain of salt: Chatty!co-worker said that the correspondent/news people -- notably, FOX/rightwing news people -- brought Lohan and Kardashian as their guests, so that later on they can point out how Obama has turned the Correspondents' dinner into a farce.

I would say we'd officially jumped the shark, but I think we hit that stage back when Palin was nominated for VP.

This, entirely.

does this link work? [link] I love these prints.

Also love this jewelry: [link]

Also, how the hell do you walk so damn many steps every day?!?

Short answer: I'm a machine!

Long answer: I don't own a car, so getting to work and running errands involves my feets and public transportation. On average I jog down 30 flights of stairs every day. On work days, I get on the treadmill after work and walk at least a 5K while listening to podcasts. On the weekends, I walk in the park while listening to more podcasts.

(Still can't lose weight, though, which is totally an injustice.)

This is not what I needed to be doing this morning: fraking around with the blasted printers. The old HP is finally dead and the Lexmark is out of ink. Damn! I just need to print a Zappos return label! ONE STUPID THING.

Right. New ink for the Lexmark will cost almost as much as I'll get refunded from Zappos. Ridiculous. I'm having Zappos mail me a dang label, and I'm Craigslisting this stupid printer. SO THERE LEXMARK. Your wireless function never worked anyway!

In the interest of giving msbelle more posts to read, I'm going to pat myself on the back for accomplishing a totally mundane goal. I have made an appointment to get my hair cut AND one for a regular doctor's appointment, neither of which I have done in a couple of years. Now I just need to keep the appointments and I will be well on my way to getting back my official grown-up card. Well, one step closer, anyway.

Behave, printer of Zenkitty! (Eta: Oops, too late!)

Good luck getting that disputed charge resolved quickly, sumi. How have you been feeling since you've been out of the hospital, btw? Okay, I hope.