Is anyone else watching House Hunters right now? This woman looks like a Kristen Wiig character.

There's an Australia one with a Scottish woman who wants to be a model -- and is trying to pose seductively in every single shot. It's bananas. That one?

Can I just say, I love that Ylvis song like the next guy, but the reason it sounds so good is it's produced by the same people who produce number 1 singles for a living. It's not exactly a giant stroke of luck that this this caught fire and was made by the same producers of Firework and every Rihanna hit.

Do you mean the fox thing?

Today was a pretty good day - I drove to Little Rock and spent much of the afternoon at the Arkansas Arts Center looking at a bunch of Gainsborough paintings, a Frans Hals, a Turner, and a number of Rembrandts including this beauty, saw about 2/3 of Much Ado About Nothing (the projector bulb exploded just as the film started, and by the third breakdown I'd had enough and asked for a voucher, but it was OK as the movie was mainly a timekiller), and then had a wonderful meal here that included the only really good saganaki I've had in the last 9 years.

I'm in Stowe VT, accompanying my friend to her timeshare for the week. Bucolic as hell, and the rain seems to be giving way to patches of blue in the cloudy sky. Life is sucking a little less at the moment.

Stripping wallpaper.

Bucolic as hell

I picture Hell as more Corbusier urban modern than bucolic.

There's an Australia one with a Scottish woman who wants to be a model -- and is trying to pose seductively in every single shot. It's bananas. That one?

No, but that sounds amazing.

Ooh, that sounds lovely, Theo. Yay vacation!

I had a good sleep last night, and may not leave the house today, even though it is lovely outside.

The pot of tea I had isn’t working. I drank it, but my apartment is still filthy, and I’m still not packed.

Definitely defective tea.

I don't understand my sleep patterns - yesterday I woke up at 4 am, not in an insomniac way, just like I had slept enough and, hey, why not get up and start the day? Of course, by evening I felt like I had been awake forever, so I went to bed early and dropped off to sleep quickly.

This morning I "slept in" until after 6 but still feel tired and groggy. I don't get it.

Enjoy VT, Theo, that sounds great!

The pot of tea I had isn’t working. I drank it, but my apartment is still filthy, and I’m still not packed.

My apartment is pet sitter clean (less clean than relatives visiting, more clean than every day), and I am packed and almost ready to go, which is good, since I have to leave in less than an hour.

Less than a week to Scola! Wheeeee