There was a massive blackout last night that effected our entire county for about 3 hours. A transformer blew south of here and just started a chain reaction. The worst part? It fried our computer.

Fortunately, I didn't lose much of my grad school stuff. I had a recent draft of my Titus Andronicus paper printed, so I just have to retype and ( Read more... )

I just discovered David Cook, the American Idol Season 7 winner ( Read more... )

I just read the Wikipedia page for Breaking Dawn.

Don't tell anyone, but now I really want to read the book.

*shame*

Those books tap into my latent romanticism and my outright vampire obsession.  I'm not proud of this.  They're not even well written!  I just...like them.

*facepalm*

I love Lerner & Lowe musicals.

I love Keira Knightley.

But, in God's name, why are they going to remake the movie version of My Fair Lady with her as Eliza!?!

I don't care if Audrey Hepburn was dubbed.  My Fair Lady is the perfect musical and the perfect movie musical.  You wanna play Eliza Doolittle, Keira?  Fantastic!  Hop over to the West End.  I'm ( Read more... )

I just watched that "performance" Britney Spears did on the MTV Awards last night that everyone's been talking about ( Read more... )

Usually, toe socks are of the Good.

They keep your feet warm.

They usually come in some sort of cheerful color pattern.

They allow for fun pedal digit wiggling.

However, the equation (Ts + S + Lb - B)/G = P, shows that toe socks are an important ingredient causing yours truly to slip on the stairs, thus banging my lower back really hard. Thus ( Read more... )

People in this country need to get their heads out of their asses. Now, not only should we try to prevent people from speaking Spanish, we should also stop them from reading it as well. Because, obviously, the only people in this country who would read Spanish are illegal immigrants, especially in Georgia.

And, while we're at it, lets start a ( Read more... )

Wow. It really is true that no matter how old you get, your parents will always find ways to embarrass you ( Read more... )