Yeah, yeah, I knew they were going to kill Izzie the day she declined her award because, in her opinion, her character’s lines were not up to snuff!

But not GEORGE! What are they doing? I mean, they couldn’t make it work when they were together, so why on earth would we feel even remotely OK with George dying to be with Izzie in the afterlife?

And by the way, I knew something was wrong because we saw George for two seconds in the first hour and then everyone was planning all the things they would say to him but then we never saw him again! But I admit to being clueless about the bus victim until the 007 moment, at which time, I will cheerfully admit, every single hair from my neck down stood on end.

Not George!

My Dad sent me this today and it just struck me. I laughed so hard I literally went into silent-laughter mode, complete with tears coursing down my cheeks. It is so powerfully effective that all I have to do now is think of it… the baby orangutang! The THING! The utter random bizarreness of the whole situation! …and I’m wheezing like my Great Grandma Katie. It’s too awesome not to share.

see more pwn and owned pictures

I laughed til I hurt. “Unclear on the concept” is a long-running theme for jokes in my family and we’re always tickled to find examples. Just like LOLcats and Fail, now that it’s popular, there is going to be a bunch of folks who just don’t quite get the concept.

Anyway, in the Archie comics, Ronnie’s relationship with her father intrigued me to no end. And so I paid particular attention to the things he said to her. And when Ronnie shopped (and she shopped a lot), and Mr. Lodge got the bill, he would always do the big cringe and EGADS! would appear in the big bubble over his head. It stuck with me because one, what did egads mean and why did I never hear anyone else say it? And two, how did Ronnie not get the snot beat out of her on a regular basis? Like I said, very intriguing.

The reason for this whole long ramble is simply that I’ve been doing a lot of shopping. I mean, more shopping in the last four weeks than I have done in… well, ever, actually! Our house is actually furnished except for a couch. We currently have a mere excuse for a couch. I want a REAL couch. Furnished! I have new CDs and books and even some new clothes. We have a new seventeen-year-old car.

And then last week, it dawned on me that I don’t necessarily wait for Ishi to get home from his excruciatingly long days or have a day off to do this magical new thing called shopping! Because PEOPLE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH STUFF YOU CAN BUY ON TEH INTERTUBES.

I did not know. Or rather, I knew, in the way you know there are Lamborghinis and $950 bottles of champagne in the world. Sure, they may be out there somewhere, but nowhere we’d ever be! So, yeah, I’ve been shopping online. I figure in about four to six weeks, it’s going to be Christmas in March around here!

And every time I click on the little “Check out now” button, I cringe and someone shouts “EGADS!” in my head.

2. How many blogs do you read a day, and do you always comment? Oh my goodness. My mother reads this blog and I’m already in trouble for how behind I am on my research papers! I’m not about to incriminate myself with this one, no sirree. If I read a blog though, I almost always comment, except for those on which I lurk because I feel too shy to speak to their authors.

3. Do you know to swim? If I were thrown off a boat, I would be able to keep myself alive until help came, within reason. I might even be able to direct myself towards land or another boat, again within reason.

4. Describe your favorite shirt. Thank you. I now have Garnet Rogers’ “This Shirt” playing in my head. OK, let’s see. It’s white, kind of a babydoll cut with a satiny cotton knit rib top part and the rest is plain white cotton. It’s roomy and soft and makes me feel incredibly fresh and summery as well as sweet and romantic. It’s a very talented shirt.

5. What is one thing that is ALWAYS on your grocery list? Extra points for imagination and creativity. If something is always on your grocery list, how imaginative or creative can it be? For us it would have to be pregnancy tests. We only need a list when we do our monthly ‘big shop’.

6. Have you ever done any acting? Yes. I do Oscar-worthy performances every single day when Ishi tells me about something in the news I simply could not care less about if it were my full time job. Other than that, no. I wasn’t even in a high school play! Talk about wasted talent.

7. I just made a delicious smelling dinner with mystery meat. Will you have some? Oh, I would, but I just this second became a fruitarian. Thanks for the offer though!

8. If you are driving in the rain and you see a person walking along the road, do you intentionally try to splash them? I really worry about the world, you know? No, for heaven’s sake, I do not try to splash them, and to be completely truthful, if Ishi is driving, he usually stops to ask if they need help or a ride!

9. Yearbooks- do you still have any from school? I think I have one from junior high… somewhere… oh, and I have last year’s university yearbook. Ishi has all of his. ALL OF THEM.

10. What kind of shampoo do you use? There are literally four different kinds of shampoo in my shower right now. I get so bored I can’t even use the same shampoo two times in a row! Neutrogena, Aussie Sun Kissed, Sunsilk, and John Frieda. I can’t believe I’m writing about shampoo. Low point.

11. And just to counter Ber’s first question from last week…. What’s the hottest temps you have experienced? Give me a moment to recover from the appalling grammar of that last question. OK. What is the hottest temperature I have ever experienced? That would be 48°C, which is 118°F. Teaching English in the Middle East. Astonishingly hot. It literally burnt your nose when you breathed in. I remember licking my lips and being shocked at how my tongue felt cold on my lips! I have also experienced -41°C in Calgary, AB. Most times I would rather be too hot than too cold. Of course, at the moment I’m too cold, so that might be skewing my opinion.

You now know some pretty useless things about me. I’m sorry. I will do better tomorrow. ^_~

You can imagine how my little heart burst forth in song when I came across this… FAILblog. I may be the happiest I have been in weeks, to be honest.

I am dying to know where this was shot, and under what circumstances. How can grown men not know how to do jumping jacks? One thing is for sure. I feel soooo much better about my own physical abilities now!