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Happy birthday to fisherking! May all of your signs be easy to stick, and your tea at McAllister's cold and sweet.

Happy birthday to zimskunk! Today, let pawslut be your cake! I suggest whipped cream and strawberry topping. It seems like he'd go best with that.

And finally, good luck to drleo, who is defending his doctorate dissertation today. May the gods and saints of philosophical doctors find favor with you. With biceps and brains like that, I don't see how they wouldn't. :)

Yesterday we went to see Flags of Our Fathers. I'll be writing a review of it, but I thought I would recommend it to folks here as well. If only we could get the spirit of the film to be infused into our modern journalism, our news would suddenly becomes ten times better. It's just...wonderful.

A lot of people have been bitching about Halloween and how it's become merely a shell of its former self. Actually, I do think this is true, but...there are plenty of places and people that are still trying to make the trick-or-treating fun and great. Next year, volunteer to help them keep the bastardized spirit alive!

I get paid today; it'll be my first full paycheck since moving out here, so now I should have a better idea of the kind of income I'll be making, and how much money I'll have for wiggle room. There's still a lot of stuff I should save for. I got the crown buildup in Arkansas, but left before I could actually get the crown...even with the dental insurance I get at Bookbuyers it should come to around $500 or so. Also, I'm sure everyone in the house would absolutely love it if I replaced those messy stacks of boxes with proper bookshelves and everything. ;)

There's a certain kind of pride that comes with finishing a short story that didn't have to be anywhere for anything; it makes you wonder what else you can do, to quote Lester Burnham (God rest his soul). Next up on the docket, though, are the folks who took part in the LiveJournal meme (pronounced MEEM, in case you didn't know); Lazarus first, then Kigeni...and then I'll have to dig back into the archives for the rest of the order. I do know what I'm doing for the first two, and I hope they'll like what I've got.

Also, somewhere in there I *really* should start editing the poetry I said I would. I'm thinking I might copy or print one and just go over it at work. Eventually, I'm going to have to sit down and start figuring out National Poetry Writing Month. I'd like to do something...more this year, but I'm not sure what. Maybe a webpage or something that tells people what it is, who participated last year, and maybe if people wanted to have something going through the year we could eventually make a small, monthly webzine out of it. I'd have no idea where to even begin with that, though.

Overall, my life has been blissful and boring. Work, home, TV or movies, writing, loving me some Toob, playing a game or two...that's been it. We've visited a lot of people in the past few months, so I've been able to kinda get to know the regulars. Everyone's really pretty cool 'round these parts.

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour is dangerously addictive, by the way. I'm almost glad I'm too poor to afford Mario Tennis, or else I think we might have a serious problem. :D We also got a fresh copy of Super Smash Bros. Melee, and it's up to us to unlock all the characters and secret locations. I've never had to do that before, since...well, every copy of the game I've run across up 'til now has been rabidly played by other roomies and friends. It's a learning experience. :) I want Falco, damnit!!

I'm so glad that the networks are starting to branch out with interesting television. So far there are three new series this season I've picked up for watching: Jericho, Heroes and The Nine.

( Why Jericho is the most undeserving hit on television. )

( Heroes is awesome. )

( Sometimes mysteries don't need to be supernatural. )

OK, now that I'm done geeking out, it's time to work. After work, parking myself on the couch for TV. Yay. :)