Kick. Ass. I just got an e-mail notifying me that my My So-Called Life DVD Box Set is finally being shipped! I was freaking out, what with A) the company turning out to be dodgy and delaying the release for months, B) us moving house and me not remembering what address I put on the order, and C) other people already receiving theirs and me not hearing a word. I’d honestly just about written off the money. But lo and behold, it’s on its way! Apparently I was even brilliant enough to use my Mom’s address (thus saving the international shipping costs). So it’ll still be weeks and weeks before I have it in my hands… but at least I didn’t get ripped off.
Month: November 2002 (page 4 of 11)
Happy belated birthday to Tricia! Really, you’d think being a blogger she would’ve given us more notice. Come on, girl! We expect a countdown weeks in advance and daily reminders of your Amazon wish list. 🙂
(Only sixteen weeks til my birthday! I know you can’t wait.)
The whole list of the Top 100 Albums of the 80’s is out. The good: REM kicked U2’s ass. The bad: I think my alterna-teen high school boyfriend had, like, most of these records. Thus either he was cooler than me (impossible!), or the whole list is crap (thus negating REM’s victory). Oh wait – there’s a a third possibility. He was a pretentious wanker! I feel better now.
Outbreak. Dammit. I hate cold sores. I just felt the tell-tale “tingle”. Yeah, yeah, I’ve already started smearing medicine all over it, but I don’t know how much good it will do. Those stomach cramps a few days ago must have been related to some minor virus. I always get a cold sore whenever my immune system’s been compromised. (I also get them under extreme stress, but I haven’t been feeling that.) Bugger.
My sister – yeah, the one who called me and the Snook “pod people” – just sent me a link to this MSNBC article about three new studies that say the Atkins Diet is better at reducing cholesterol and weight than the traditional low-fat diet. She will be assimilated.
Check it out. This is the very first thing I’ve knitted from a pattern. It’s a potholder! For such a simple-looking item, it was ridiculously complicated. I had to pull it apart and restart about ten times. (It didn’t help that whoever wrote the pattern was an idiot.) I’m pretty proud of it though. Now I’m on to bigger and better things. I used this great site (link courtesy of Megan) to generate a pattern for a striped Gryffindor scarf! If all goes well, some of you might even be getting these for Christmas this year! 🙂
Heh. You could put your weed in there. (Am I the only one that still quotes that sketch? Do you even know what I’m talking about?)
John, who is one of my favorite British bloggers, has finally launched the new-and-improved version of his site. Looks good!
My friend Steve – who just got back from an extended backpacking trip through Asia; who nearly made it to base camp at Everest; and who some of you may remember from various pornographic postings he’s made here in the past – has launched his own weblog! Should be interesting reading. And hey! My site is like the gateway drug of blogging. People leave comments here, and before you know it they’ve got their own site. You’re next, Dad. 🙂