Very fed up with Izzy. And I hadn't thought of it, but y'all are right, Burke WOULD'VE been a good foil for McDreamy these past few months. Fighting him all the way about the chief and a promotion (and in more than a whiny "but you can't tell people he's an alcoholic, we have a post-it marriage!", which...WTF.)

On a very separate note, if I wanted to decide to buy a house, anyone got a suggestion about how I would start applying for mortgages? Er.

Start with your bank. They can tell you what paper work you need to gather.

Supposedly, the Russian ice dancers have toned down the offensiveness of their "Aboriginal" routine. I'm kind of skeptical, since I've seen no indication in any interview that they or their coach actually understood why people objected.

Oh dear. Just saw their costumes. At least they got rid of the face paint and the dark bodysuit.

If I slicked it down with gel, I almost could achieve Carrie-Anne Moss's hair in The Matrix.

This shows the original costumes: [link]

Oh dear. Just saw their costumes.

My first reaction was to laugh hard enough to scare the cat. Now that the music has started, I'm even less impressed.

Get recs from bank, other recent homeowners in the areas and/or your realtor. I went with my realtor's rec, and was happy with that (of course, I had the easiest mortgage ever. Broker even said I was the easiest, most vanilla mortgage ever, because I was pretty much prime mortgage material. He even told me I could've done it all by myself.)

Paperwork is pretty much taxes for the past year or so, a few paystubs, bank account info, and agreeing to let them look up your credit report. Oh, and at some point, your employer has to give them some sort of confirmation of employment, but that's when you actually GET the mortgage.

And meara: ?