Skipping a kajillion posts to say: Holy Crap, people, why am I up at 12:45 am doing this $*&%*$& puzzle?! I only meant to take a look, sneak a peek, and here I am, three hours later, banging my head on the desk. I got the farm part, and I'm working my way through religions. This is evil crack. I have to go to bed, dammit.

Anyone watch Eleventh Hour on BBCA? I missed the first showing and need to decide in the next nine minutes. Patrick Stewart. On BBC. It sounds lovely. And if it is, I can grab Studio 60 elsewhere. I just need others to decide for me.

I have to run my own life? Tragedy!

There's more than one creosote-- [link] including the fragrant bush and the byproduct of fire.

Hey, Jesse--did you play the cowgirl game I got you?

and who got so easily addicted, because they hadn't had generations to get used to tobacco use -- sort of a reverse of the situation with the high rate of alcoholism among Native Americans

Wait--so now that Europeans have had a long time to get used to the use, why still addiction? And vice versa with the alcoholism? Wrong kind of learning?

My take on this whole thing is that we are completely underestimating the kind of time hungry people had on their hands.

I don't think it's about the time hungry people have on their hands--more the desperation. We're a "I'll try anything once" sort of a species, and we'll try anything nice more than once. And if it's not nice, try make it nice. Or start a support group.

My teaching was evaluated today at krav. I was expecting to be evaluated on Wednesday, and so wasn't prepared. But I picked the brain of one of the more senior instructors, and threw everything I had at it.

He really liked it! So much so that he wondered if he'd caught me on a bad day last time (he never said it was bad--just that I was an acquired taste (You think I'm harsh and sarcastic? What's your point?). This time, he barely had any nitpicking to do.

So cool. I never teach in front of him, so I forget what he likes. Mostly, I just did what *I* liked, and it worked out more than okay.

Anyone up and about? I'm working on application stuff for UCIrvine and I need to write a statement of my teaching philosophy and wow and I just not in the groove for getting this done.

I have to actually play the cowgirl game, sadly (?).

So now I wonder what other stuff people tried soaking in lye, etc.

Kristen: I know, right?? I understand if it's all new staff or whatever, but you'd think the actors would mention the past storylines. I saw it once and I remember! They lived it for a week or whatever! Feh.

I have to actually play the cowgirl game, sadly (?).

Huh. I wonder why?

Early wake up this morning. When I wake up inadvertantly at 4, it generally ruins my day. Good thing I'm at a training where I can sit and just be extra bitter. Last time, I wore my extra bitter t-shirt, but I have since given that to ita.

I want that shirt! Oh and the other shirt! Is the other shirt even a shirt? It should be...

And want to go back to sleep as well. Have emailed parents though about part 1 of the holiday travels. I'll tick that in the win column. Kinda.

Cass, it's a great shirt, but since I'm not actually extra bitter (though the women's PE department at my school is currently sporting these as a warning), I figured I'd get bittersweet which is more truth in advertising.

I was woken up at 4:30 by random yowling. He does this, I don't know why. I yell at him until he wanders into the bedroom and settles down. Then I go back to sleep. And yet? I can sleep through alarms, fire-truck sirens, my mother....