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I'm always afraid to answer "favorite" questions. I mean, What's your favorite movie? Really? I love Jurassic Park but I never think to put it on the list. I think Wonder Boys is one of the best movies I own, but I never put it in the dvd player unprompted--I adore the whole film, but I never think about it. Boondock Saints is probably my favorite guilty pleasure movie, but is that the same? And let's not forget that I can watch John Carpenter's Vampires for days at a time without getting bored, but that's not the same, is it?

I have a friend who showers with her husband daily, and they used to tell me it was to conserve water (uh huh), but now she's saying that it's actually because they have their best conversations there. And then she specifies that "conversations" is, in fact, not euphemistic. I made fun of her at the time, but I get where she's coming from.

I've always had my best conversations with myself in the shower. Not only that, but when I had to edit papers and stuff I'd do it in the bathroom. No distractions, people.

Today I said to myself, "Self, what's your favorite book." And I laughed at myself because that's easy, but then I thought Wait. What if I'm missing something! and wish-washed and said I needed a Top Five list because I couldn't narrow it down to ONE.

Top Five Books? NOT EASY. Here's what I came up with:
1. Until I Find You by John Irving
2. Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
3. Watchmen by Alan Moore
4. Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller
5. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis (but only because I couldn't pick the series)

I'm not saying that's an accurate list, it's just what I came up with during the shower. Given more time and thought, I'd probably end up removing two or three of them.

So, guys, what're your Top Five Books? ALL CAPS FOR EMPHASIS!

just to move with a man like me

When did the height of luxury become four hours with no obligations? It's 6pm on a Thursday night and I'm already in my pjs. Hulu and Human Target, here I come!

I slept late this morning and didn't have time for my coffee.

A four hour drive, two meals and a milkshake, a walk around Winthrop and I still feel like I haven't woken up.

Some days you just can't win, huh?

Poll #1513857 Tonight's entertainment
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Should I go see a movie tonight?

I'm leaning towards Holmes myself, but that may because I've had a thing for RDJ for ten years or so. Oh, and WATSON.

The giant meeting of DOOM (which I've been so busy that you don't even know about) is over. The holidays are over.

I don't know whether to clean my house or take a nap. I'm in desperate need of both.

You remember how my sister is evil? Well, she is.

Happy late Christmas, everybody!

My friend Angela and I have an ongoing list, and every once in a while, one of us will stop and be like

you know who else is on my list?

and just go from there.

I wish I could say it's something like Guys I Think Are Hot or Chicks I'd Totally Be Gay For because we have those too...but this list gets way weirder looks when we talk about it in front of others.

Old Dudes I'd Still Do

No kidding. I don't mean in their youth either. I mean guys who are so awesome wrinkly grandfather bellies are not an immediate turnoff.

Her list includes Michael Crawford (the only one I can agree with), Sean Connery, and Mel Gibson (although he is younger than my father so I'm not sure he counts...but he is older than her father, so I can see the point). My list? Alan Alda, Michael York, Jeff Goldblum (also younger than my father, but older than Mel Gibson), and Sam Neill.

My newest addition: Dean Stockwell. How had I forgotten to put him on the list? I dig him so much that I was rooting for Cavil in BSG! Scott Bakula who?

And that, kids, is your TMI for the day!

Guys, I just read A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (upon which Colin Firth's new movie is based). I'm not okay. Really. I'm not. Two hours later and I'm still weepy.

Someone hold me.

I'll tell you about it later.

I also read Joker, though I can't remember the author's name (he did 100 Bullets) and it's freakin' fabulous. And I don't even like DC! Seriously, the only other Batman comic I even like is The Killing Joke and--let's just face facts here--I'd give Alan Moore props is all he wrote was the phone book.

In other news, my first reaction to seeing the cast of A Single Man was that there's no way Colin Firth could get Matthew Goode. I'm shallow, I know. but com'on. really.

I'm spammy today!

..and now I'm going to bed.

I didn't work 70 hours this wee!

...just 60.

Guys, I have been gone for so long that I forgot how to log in. True story.

I'll be around Tuesday, but until then...

I was hugged by a random four year old yesterday and it made my day. It was seriously the sweetest thing ever.

In case I'm not around tomorrow, and, let's face it, I probably won't be...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYBODY!

I'm not actually dead, but it was a near thing. Suffice it to say that I've worked more than I haven't for the last week. I don't even want to talk about it.

Upside? I showed up at my old BK to pick up a transfer on Wednesday (my day off) and Boss caught me...and sent me home. I was banned from going to work. Seriously, he's awesome. Anyway, I didn't go home, but I did spend an embarrassing chunk of my day chilling out at Red Robin. Good times, guys.

This weekend is awesome though. Friday night Coppes (the Red Robin guy) and I invaded the Eastlands' for a guys' movie night complete with pizza and Star Trek. Matthew had never seen it! I spent the movie giddy and bouncing...Coppes was quoting it along the way...and Matthew was completely into it.

Then yesterday Beth invited me to Thanksgiving dinner at her place, and it was awesome. Girl can cook, man. And she's so cute! I showed up and the first thing she says is that she'd had a two hour nap. If that's your line of defense, you know there's a problem. It was like 12:30 and she'd been up since 3pm Friday getting ready for dinner. That's devotion.

But today? Today we're going to Atlanta for Boondock Saints 2. Tom's already seen it once and says it's amazing, so I'm crazy excited.

This completely cancels out the horror of last week and the eight consecutive days I'm about to pull.

What's up with you, intarwebs? Do you think that the square root of four is rainbows?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRIS!

My baby sister is 26 today. Tear!

Worked fourteen hours, slept for four, worked fourteen hours. Is it any wonder I have nothing exciting to say?

Highlight of my day? I found the CD in question. He did this weird thing where he put the CD case back where he found it. Huh.

I CANNOT FIND BOBBY DARIN.

THAT BOY WILL PAY.

I mentioned how my boss loves me right? I know this because he tells me regularly.

Okay, yesterday he called for weekly figures while I was putting up the truck delivery...this in itself isn't unusual...it's just that I was putting up the truck, checking off the truck (that two peoples' work right there) and running the back line. I think he has this superhero complex--which I completely understand, I have it too--but it was really frustrating when he walked in an hour later to find all of that, plus my whole crew cleaning, plus a 1:45 time with an hour to go (I have no doubts that we were the best in the district for breakfast yesterday), plus my Monday figures all collected, and didn't say a word...he just started taking out the trash.

Yes, I realize he was trying to help. Yes, I'm grateful he showed up, even if I emphatically didn't need him. Yes, he's awesome. But com'on. Not even a "nice job, ladies,"...I got a "what would a new hire think if they saw this mess?" They wouldn't, because I wouldn't bring a new hire into the kitchen when I was the only one working it!

He redeemed himself later when, after yelling at me for how many hours I worked last week, he, you know, asked me how many hours I worked last week. I told him 63.5 (true to the quarter hour)--he got even madder later when he found out my assistants worked 46 and 51--and he asked what I was working today. I told him I had the one-on-one meeting with him, but that was it and he told me that I wasn't allowed to come.

My boss ordered me to take my day off off and not to answer any phone calls from the restaurant. How can I not say yes, sir to that. Two days off is the closest thing I'm going to my annual October vacation, but I can't really complain at this point.

Other stuff happened yesterday, but I'm pretty sure I can't remember what. I did wake up a 6am this morning though...not overly happy about that. I am, however, now completely done with my chores, showered, shorn, and dressed. I'm cute today.

In other news, I don't know how many of you are actually into this kind of thing, but lls_mutant posted her BSG Big Bang fic last night, and it's pretty darn good. It has a few typos that a decent beta should have caught, and I'd kind of like to pick her brain about some of the choices she made, but it's definitely worth a read (The Space Between Us, make sure you read the warnings if you're easily disturbed).

Oh! I meant to rec this a few days ago, but along the same vein: Wash Your Cares Away by kappamaki33, Cylon!Hoshi, but in the best possible way. Both stories rely heavily on the Gaeta/Hoshi pairing, but you guys probably know how much I heart Gaeta, so it's pretty okay by me.

My boss totally hearts me, but more on that later.

I learned two new card games, had lasagna for dinner, introduced new people to the awesomeness of Glee, and made plans for tomorrow. Not a bad night considering I also worked 14 hours today.

OMG i do not want to go to work. i want to stay in bed and be dead.

I was driving home from work today with the window down and I passed the airport. Now, the part of the airport that you can really see from the road is mostly the wooded part, but it occurred to me that it smelled a lot like Pine-Sol. So my first response was why would the airport being cleaning the trees?.

In my defense, real pine trees don't actually smell like Pine-Sol, so I'm not completely stupid. Just very, very confused.

Are the deers holding a much belated Spring Cleaning fest? I need to know.

In other news, one of my employees has decided that I need to have a kid and name it KJ...after myself. WTF, mate?

My life is what Beth calls burning the midnight oil at both ends. I worked 8am to 8pm today (primary kitchen for 12 hours is, by the way, significantly harder than just telling people what to do for the same amount of time) and I have to open tomorrow.

I was off yesterday? REALLY? I don't believe it.

( cut for potential Glee spoilings )

I have the Glee soundtrack (volume 1)...life is awesome.

I really just made everyone listen to "Sweet Caroline" over and over.

My boss and I decided that we're competing against each other for most terminations in a six month period. I have more people, but he's fired three salaried managers (plus an hourly manager)...and that's just in my store.

I think I'm going to make cookies tomorrow, but that means I'm going to have to clean my kitchen and I really, really don't want to do that. It's scary.