the mendacity!

this is proof that weekly newspaper publishers are batshit insane. on the upside, hoogity hoogity is maybe the best thing ever.

are they disabled?

christmas was aight this year (note: article still not done. my ability to put off actual work is a talent that should be celebrated once a year on my birthday). my mom cleaned out my car, which is really all i needed anyway.

but that's not why i'm typing. no, gentle reader, i am dropping by to let you know about munchkin cats.

"what are munchkin cats?"
i'm glad you asked! munchkin cats are like normal cats in every aspect but their legs. these felines suffer from a genetic mutation that causes their legs to be stubs with paws, essentially.


"so how do they get around?"
the same way as any cat, silly! they walk!

"isn't it harder for them since their legs are so short?"
perhaps, perhaps, and most owners are advised to keep their munchkin cats indoors, but they get around just fine!

i just spent two hours looking at pictures of munchkin cats. it has been a magical christmas.

i'm a pro at crastinating

i have a story due yesterday, so obviously the only thing i am capable of doing is everything else.

new shower curtain hung: check
obligatory blog update: check
house cleanin': currently underway

this could be a golden evening. maybe i'll even write something.

i fought the beer, and the beer won

i am a dignified young woman. hence, the above. that's me passed out at waffle house at 6 a.m. I did my people proud.

idolatry

my office is weird, because one half of it works during the day, and the rest of us come out at night and do bad things to your children and then put out a paper. during our weekly staff meetings, we're all in plain sight of a desk that's quickly becoming legendary. some sweet old lady seems to have a bit of a crush on billy idol.

the first clue was the numerous framed photographs.


then we all saw the car with the numerous billy idol bumper stickers in the parking lot. then we saw the signed cocktail napkin taped to her desk (by this point we were checking the desk every night as a matter of form, because madness begs nothing if not intense observation).

last week, it took a turn for the crazier.

this woman's desk now boasts a billy idol christmas tree. my guess she is dreaming of a white wedding christmas. oh no i just didnt!

their bad

tonight during a lull at work, i tooled around a bit on Regret the Error, and i found the best correction i have ever seen. ever.

ever.

2004’s Correction of the Year from the Lexington-Herald-Leader:

It has come to the editor's attention that the Herald-Leader neglected to cover the civil rights movement. We regret the omission.

who would you rather dress?

rummy or mr. t?

i hope the revolution is televised ... i'd hate to miss it

i'm not quite sure why media can sooth the savage beast. during my first-ever big breakup, i totally immersed myself in "freaks and geeks" (just ask mazzy and julie, who sat through the entire series with me). the second time around, i watched entire seasons of "arrested development" in one sitting.

now that i actually have a little more time on my hands, i'm getting to geek out about movies and books and such a little more, and not because i need a distraction (although i sort of do, honestly. who knew working at night and routinely staying up until 3 a.m. would be bad for my social life?).

as fate would have it, my return to media coincides with "scrubs" going into syndication. which means...

well, at least they use apples.

an album on both your houses

i read a review in december's wired of an album called "plague songs." it was released on a british label in october, and the stellar lineup –Imogen Heap and Rufus Wainwright and Stephin Merritt, oh my! – is almost as cool as the premise. If the Biblical ten plagues of Egypt aren't screaming for ethereal, contemplative interpretations, what is?

also of note on wired.com:
• has "battlestar galactica" jumped the shark? (no! but that cylon threesome was lame)
• short interview with ricky gervais about technostuff

screw altruism

this is the spirit of christmas.

testing

is this thing on?