Karma Laundrette

( Why this past weekend kicks the butt of any past weekend in recent memory )

I love the W. Excellent staff that really takes care of anything you could think of, comfortable and cool rooms, and their own soundtrack. It's very mellow background electronica, but it's just great to smooth out to. So I upped their latest CD and made cover art to share. Slap some cucumbers on your eyes, coat your face in a mud mask and mellow out. ( cover art and music files under the cut )

I've been so scatter-brained that I've been forgetting all sorts of important things. My brain has been like a ball of tangled yarn. My 'getting-divorced' friend and I spent Friday together, and after crying and getting enraged on her behalf for several hours, I really REALLY needed the downtime. (Crap! Brandi! I forgot to call you. See??? Gah, I suck all over.)

I have a most important question: chocolate chocolate chip muffins? Or healthy bran muffins? OR BOTH? *taps chin* Also, I need an idea to write. *hunts for one*

[ETA] I missed The Police last night!! Stewart Copeland - UNGH. (It's the high hat, y'all. Mmmmm)

Golden Globes, how I love your pageantry. The red carpet. How I cringe when someone makes a fool of themselves. I physically left the room when Helen Mirren (good lord, may I look that good when I'm 63. Hell, when I'm 43!) stood up and her dress was unbuttoned in the back. Can't. Witness. People. Making a fool of themselves. (Can we kill the period between each word now?) And are you all seeing how HOT Sasha Baron Cohen is??? That is why I loved Da Ali G. The INTRO with him naked. I'm shameless.

There will be a second post today of fic, so you've been warned. :D Also, I'm installing a color coordinated journaling system for my exercise/food intake ( which I'll explain under a cut for those who are interested. )

Mr. S is leaving straight from his current project for Switzerland this weekend. While I'm excited about getting a new watch (har) and delicious chocolates, we'll miss him here at the home front. He'll be gone for two weeks. All hail google chat. Last night we made a poster for Emily, who is the Star Student for Kindergarten. We had to find pictures of her and write captions on a poster board so she can talk about herself (zomg, best award EVAH hahaha) to her class. We found a picture of Crawford (aka Cancer Kitty) and she BURST into tears. Literally wracked with sobs, my wee one. :( Aww, little kids and their love of animals. We chose a sweet picture of him as a kitten gnawing on a corn cob (he had weird eating habits) so she could talk about her friend to her classmates.

...I almost let her take one of the cats to school to get her to stop crying. :) This morning she kissed all of the animals on the head and let them know she'd be talking about them. She's also taking ehr shark profile book. It's a silhouette of all of the sharks - she can identify EVERY SHARK by its SHAPE. Dude. Her favorite is the Great White, natch.

AND I HAVE MY HOUSE ALL TO MYSELF AGAIN TODAY, WHEEEEEEEEE! (school holidays are HARD when the kids can't go outside.) My Scrubs fic was recced recently at rec_room and that was very gratifying to see. It's the little things that make a day start off great. *sends you all little things to make YOUR day splendiferous*

Why my older sister got the nickname ( Cool Tiff: )

AND NOW. TV TALK. Could be spoilerish under here, so be warned!

( Friday Night Lights )

( HEROES! I'm slow, but I finally caught up. )

( 30 Rock, aka the show you aren't watching! )

Whew. That was long. I have laundry to do and packing to commence, so INTERRUPT ME, PLEASE. I'm begging.

How to identify a Lord of the Rings obsession:

when your three year old grabs the ring on your finger and croaks out "myy precioussss..."

Whenever there is a Maybelline commercial my older two say, "that's Buffy!" At least they'll be cooler than the Brittany wannabes.