No, I hardly ever use language like that. But I think Jan kind of deserves it after this episode, now more than ever.

Before I get into this ep, I'm going to start by saying I'm going to go this whole entry without mentioning a certain CBS sitcom. (Going into any more detail would break this promise. I'm going to assume, loyal reader(s), that you know what show I'm talking about.)

Also, I was lonely watching this episode by myself... my usual Office friend decided to go home for fall break early, only I didn't know about it until like 20 minutes before the episode was going to start. So I was sad, which may have lessened my enjoyment of this episode. (Though in theory, if something is funny, you shouldn't need to watch it with friends to be able to laugh at it. But that's just my opinion.)

( Why? Because I'm quote, white, quote, unquote? )
Sarah Palin came to campus today. I didn't go see her though; I was too busy procrastinating on my poetry portfolio. Also, I didn't have a ticket. But my friend says she saw someone escorted out for peaceful protesting. This is why I avoid politics like the plague (and am therefore considered a filthy communist by my Hillary-friend.)

This week has killed me dead. I worked all day yesterday on my annotated bibliography for my cinema research paper (which is still really scaring me... 20 pages within the next 3 weeks?!? When am I going to watch HIMYM ...TV?) and all morning on that stupid drugs paper, which ended up being just barely long enough (8 pages, thankyouverymuch) to qualify as being "done". I hate that class so much. Today we got to evaluate it, and it turns out that everyone else hates that class too. Wicka-w00t. (That may be another phrase that's going to work its way into my lexicon, thanks to this guy I RA with.)

And tonight, as I said, I've been working hard on my poetry portfolio, which is going to take a super long time to finish. Well, not really. I've made lots of progress by WORKING all day long on it. And trying to get individual ones done this week. I think pretty much all I have left to do is write the introductory essay, which by now is like halfway done. It's kind of hard to talk about your influences when you don't think you had any. Especially based on the authors we were reading, none of which I remembered until I went back to look at the poems we'd read. But anyway, it's still going to take me a while to finish. Longer, based on how long it's taken me to write this redux.

I think sugar is making me sick. Because yesterday I stole all this free candy (from the FOUR largely pointless RA things I had to do) and was eating it while working on my paper, and today I've had this wicked sore throat. I blame the sugar, and not my immune system that might have been weakened through stress. In any case, I've been drinking a lot of water and sucking on ice cubes, because I think the cold things help my throat. I also got these totally gross cough drops which I'm never eating again, even if my throat catches on fire. And from that last sentence, you can probably tell I'm too wiped out to make sense, so I shall return to BSing about my poetic influences. Which is really... my brain, for the most part.

I get to go home tomorrow!!!!!!!! =D And that excites me.

I'm buff, everyone!!!

OK, me being buff was a lie. Though I've been to the gym 5 times this past week when my gym attendance average is .000, and I think I've lost 5 pounds this week! Self-five! *dap*

So, I've had this thought. My obsession with pop culture is taking over my life, (as you might be able to tell from my strange above paragraph-- sorry. I've been watching too much HIMYM.) and soon I won't have time for anything any more. Like I decided yesterday was the perfect time to get obsessed with Pushing Daisies. (BTW: Weirdest show EVER, but so cute!) So now I've seen all the eps that they have online, and I'm about to read all the recaps so I can pretend I've seen every episode. And I don't have TIME to get hooked on any new shows! I've already got HIMYM, Lost, The Office, Grey's, and Project Runway... when is all my homework going to get done?! (Hint: never.)

So, I think the thing about Pushing Daisies is that it's too quirky to really be stuck in any one genre, hence its lack of viewership. And while it's great some of its actors got nominated for comedy Emmys, I'm not sure that's the best thing to define them as. Especially when Lee Pace is competing against people like Steve Carell... they're both great actors, but I don't really laugh at Ned so much. He just gives me the warm fuzzies. He and Chuck are so... Damn it, I shouldn't be fawning over this show when I'm trying to convince myself to stop watching it! Anyway, it's on at a bad time for me: smack dab in the middle of RA meetings. Sigh. So I might never really be able to watch it, except online. I will say that it's got a lot of good things going for it: basically all the actors, Jim Dale's narration, black comedy, pie. Only, I don't eat pie. But this show makes me feel like I'm missing out. Anywho, good show!

I finally finished S3 of Buffy! (That's not on my list of shows I watch because... hey, it got cancelled 5 years ago.) Some day, I will finish the series, and my life will be complete, and I can go back to obsessing over other shows. Yeay.

By now, you can probably tell I have no life, except for the things that exist in the magic box.

Lately I've started being better about being not-antisocial. I think. Still spend too much time running around. Or in my room, working.

This past week has been SUPER busy. I've been making extensive lists on Post-Its for all the things that need to get done that day-- on Thursday I had THREE Post-Its! Because that was the day of my not-even-mildly successful program, and I was about to shoot myself in the face to make the stress go away. I haven't gotten any time to sit and just be since last Thursday, which is probably part of the reason why I did nothing today. Except watch Pushing Daisies / Buffy. Oh, AND walk 10,000 steps for the first time in my life! What up!

So tomorrow I have to:
-Meet with my Astronomy group to talk about our massively boring Galileo paper.
-Start writing my drugs paper on... what was it again? *checks* Apparently, the impact of the cocaine trade on the stability of the Columbian government. Huh. Sounds profound.
-Ponder how to write an un-love poem. Because there's no way I'm leaving this one for Thursday again. Psht.
-Do review terms for my film class through Chapter 10. Actually, looking at it, it doesn't seem that bad. Thank goodness I've kept up with them until now! Go me!
-Do my October bulletin board! Geez. It just never ends. Why can't they just be satisfied with the one I put up already? It's a good one... sparkly.
-NOT spend any time on TWoP. I'm almost sorry I ever discovered that site. Almost.
-NOT watch any Pushing Daisies. Good thing I finished all those today.
-Go to church! w00t!
-NOT eat everything in sight in my room. Or anything in sight in my room. Id > superego.
-Go to the gym!
-Call my mommy. =)

How on EARTH has October snuck up on me so dang fast?

2 days to HIMYM. XD

Yeah, that's right. I happen to rock the house at poem writing. I just spent the last week tweaking this one poem (based on - guess what?), and it's already awesome without any outside eyes! At least I think it is. Also, the one I was bitching about writing in the last entry kind of turned out awesome. I'd post it, but it's not good enough yet. Or, I'd at least like someone else to look at it before I do the posting thing. As for the one that's due tomorrow but's been written since Monday... I'm thinking that'll get posted somewhere else. You know. Yeah.

I'm really, really tired. I don't think I'll ever catch up on sleep. Though I'm going to try tonight. We'll see how that goes.

I have too much to do tomorrow. Start a mural, go to an LC syllabus meeting, host an area-wide cookout, AND go on duty?!? I just might die.

I eat too much. Any spare seconds I have tomorrow just might be spent at the gym. Or, you know, on Saturday. That might make more sense.

4 DAYS TO HIMYM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(And 7 to The Office. Slash, Grey's. I'm no longer excited by that show though. I'm probably going to miss it every week.)

But really, HIMYM is my fave thing right now. I even preordered season 3 on DVD! And it's kind of ridiculous how excited I am for the season premiere... as you can probably tell.

Um... that's it.

Well, I went and did it. I posted my Twilight story on ffnet. So far, I've gotten surprisingly few flames. Just like one from someone who didn't read the story, and then another one that went on for so long I forgot to read it. But whatever. Some actual fans appreciated it, which makes me oddly happy.

Still not much new stuff to report. I've started watching Buffy as part of the good Doctor's influence on my life (the Doctor being Horrible, not Who or House or... McDreamy?). Apparently the first season is really bad, but I keep watching it, waiting for it to get good. Alyson Hannigan is actually kind of the best part of the show as I'm watching it. Her and Giles, whoever plays him.  Xander makes me giggle too. I also like looking at Angel, though so far he's not nearly as good as he was in the two episodes of Bones I've seen. And I'm STILL in the process of watching S2 of HIMYM, which I'm impressed with... didn't think I'd draw it out this long!

That's all that's new, really. My shows on DVD have become my new best friends.

In other news, no one ever tells me anything. Like apparently tomorrow is the LC challenge, only I didn't hear about it until I was talking to some of the other LC RAs. What the HELL? I try plan for everything --that's what I have the 5 calendars for -- but if they don't TELL ME what I'm supposed to do, I can't plan for it! ...When did I become Kate Gosselin minus the eight kids? Shudder shudder. So I think that's thrown a wrench into my plans for tomorrow, which included actually working out instead of just thinking about it. Except I totally did it yesterday!

Other random thoughts:

- I hate rain. It's just so... wet.
- I'm starting to like Chorale a lot more than I thought I would... I'm actually not thinking of dropping it anymore! Hooray!
- 12 days to HIMYM!
-15 days to the Office!
- I am a huge fan of peanut butter toast. I honestly don't think I can live without it.
- Note to self: buy more peanut butter.
- My Sweeney Todd story has 100 reviews!!!
- Surprisingly little homework today! But then again, I feel like that means I should be doing a lot of RA stuff to make up for when I have no time. ...Or maybe I should do my creative writing homework...? (Bleargh for poetry.) I feel rushed, but there's nothing rushing me. It's the strangest feeling.
- I can't find inspiration for my stupid poem. I wish we would move on to prose already.
- I miss Lost. (Hence the icon I'm using. Also, I needed some pretty to look at.)
- I also miss human interaction.

Oh, goodness, look at my wrist. I've got to go!