I've decided I don't like blogger. I'm moving over to wordpress. maybe shiny new gidgets will help me blog more.


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I fail at blogging.

boy was that a dull debate

but at least we get....

why? why would you do this?

this poor kitty. I have never seen such sadness.

snug hole. because I like saying snug and hole.

In case anyone is interested, the most painful piercing I have ever received occurred yesterday. I don't know whether this is due to the location of the piercing or... the location. This is my first cartilage piercing that I did not get in Minneapolis, at Saint Sabrina's. How I miss you, Saint Sabrina's.

My new piercings is called a snug, and since a picture is worth the thousand words it would take me to describe it, here's what it looks like. (note: not my ear.)


Mine's a bit lower than that, and angled, well, basically in the opposite direction (inner ball is higher than the outer one). (which may actually look kind of strange when paired with my anti-tragus. I haven't decided yet.) And boy, did it hurt like a bitch. Not getting it. The piercing itself, done by a lovely young man named Leo, did not cause me more pain than any of my other piercings. (tragus, eyebrow, and anti-tragus, if you're keeping track. illustration:


) But as yesterday continued to wind its weary way through time, the pain increased, and the snug became the most painful piercing I've ever received. Now it's better, but this is the amount of pain I usually have on the first day.

I hope it doesn't get infected, snugs are notorious for their evil. Also, I think I need to put something else in my right ear to balance it out.

Hmmm....


Man, somebody had better employ me quicklike, or I'm going to run out of things to pierce.

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It's aliiiiiiiive! The blog is aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!


I haven't really been doing much recently, so nothing so much to blog about. Some job interviewy stuff, some wandering around Boston with friends stuff, some Law and Order. The usual.

But I am still alive! *waves*

best career advice to date

from Stanley Bing at mediabistro.com:

There are quite a few people who lunch in midtown whose career is primarily based on where they are seen lunching. You want to be one of those.

I could probably handle a job like that....

tra la la

Whew. Time flies when you're...in Maine.

So yes, I was in Maine for a few days, hanging out with some hockey buddies. Maine is beautiful, and lobster is delicious. For the record. We went apple-picking, bar-hopping, walked on a beach, and spent a lovely evening up near...Edgecumbe? Yes. Among other things. All-in-all a lot of fun.

And now I'm back. I sort of missed getting off the train at Salem, so I had to hang out in Beverly for a while waiting it to come back. Argh.

And so for the past few days I've been continuing with that unemployed, job-search thing. Tres fun. No real plans for the weekend, but I'll keep you updated.



Sorry this post was so dull. I'm exhausted for some reason.

alan davies

So I'm watching Towards Zero, a Miss Marple mystery that first aired last year. Stars Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple, with Tom Baker (the fourth Doctor, bottom of the blog in the scarf) and Julian Sands as minor characters.

Now, there's a problem with this. Towards Zero is not a Miss Marple mystery. I actually read it a couple of days ago, between Salem and Boston. It's one of my favorite Christie stories, actually. But it is NOT a Miss Marple. In fact, the lead detective in the case, Superintendent Battle, mentions Hercule Poirot and there is an important clue that Battle discovers because he is thinking of Poirot. But Battle makes no appearance in this adaptation. Instead they kind of clumsily changed it to a Marple mystery, giving her lines that originally belonged to other people and awkwardly shoving her into the story in places she doesn't belong. It's actually kind of painful to watch.

However.

And this is a big however.

Guess who just showed up.


You probably don't know who this is, but I think he is one of the funniest men in England. His name is Alan Davies.

I basically only know him from QI, this quiz-type show hosted by Stephen "the Magnificent" Fry and populated by various British comedians--Davies is the only recurring guest. And he is fantastically funny. Also adorable.


Here are a couple of clips; the BBC won't let me embed them.

What Rhymes with Purple?

How Many Senses do you Have?

Wow I got really distracted there clicking on QI videos. Really it's just best if you watch an entire episode. Go to youtube and search. QI.

Anyway, Alan Davies is currently playing the somewhat incompetent detective in this dreadful Miss Marple, which is making it all worthwhile.

Oh Alan.

best comic ever

no joke.