I love Jeopardy! It makes me feel smart. I should watch it more often, but I'm usually coming home from work at 7 p.m., and I think it annoys people when I yell out answers and I won't watch it any other way ( Read more... )

I am happy today. I had a great weekend including a Rick Recht concert (gimmelgirl, I got you a present) and a dance lesson and the best Thai food I have had in ages (salmon panang ( Read more... )

You saved five seconds
Swerving round on the shoulder
Ha ha, traffic court!

.... and the RV that totaled my car disappeared on Thursday or Friday and has not, as of yet, returned. Halleluja!

It is a Well Known Fact that I cry easily at movies, at both sad and happy things -- often not just the first time, but every time I watch the movie. I cry when Angel dies in RENT (on stage, too), and when Sirius dies in Order of the Phoenix. Don't even get me started on Atonement. This goes for books, too ( Read more... )

My house smells like good smells.

This is why:

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I have purchased a new car. I will pick it up on Saturday (after my kids' service and my bridal shower).

I got a 2007 Ford Focus. It's pretty.

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The body shop called; the preliminary estimate is that my car is a total loss because of the amount of damage and its age (ten years). I am mad. I wasn't planning on buying a new car for a year at least and will have to re-budget to allow for it. I wish I could take public transportation but in L.A. (and especially because I work in the South ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, subsonicmonkey!

There's a commercial for Tylenol Cold Rapid Release Gels (or some such) that has us cracking up every time it comes on. I think watching so many shows off the DVR (and hence without commercials) might have something to do with this, or maybe it's just funny. Basically it's this typical blonde mom who keeps coughing, which interrupts her daily ( Read more... )