Pix, if you happen to have natural air freshener made from oranges, spray that on your counter. I used it liberally when they invaded my laundry room and they never came back.

Brooklyn snowmageddon update - day three of no trains or buses in my neighborhood or points south! Is there a level of bureaucratic incompetence beyond clusterfuck??

Jess, seriously, what the hell? I think I had four or five snow days my entire life in Nassau County. I know you had a blizzard, but this is blowing my miiiind.

I'm the only person in my office yesterday and today. I feel like I'm the only person in the building. Between the knee surgery and the holidays, and the snow, and this, I'm seriously going to lose it. You all heard it here first.

Ennui Emergency

PERFECT.

I believe the emergency yodel button may be of some use, as well. [link]

Was the grinding guard discussion today here or Bitches? I'm having no luck searching this thread. A friend is looking for a brand recommendation on an OTC brand.

It was here! erin_obscure linked to one, but I don't think she necessarily recommended that brand over others.

It's not raining here yet, so we went to the open-air ice skating rink tonight. So much fun!

Me too! I went skating last night, and it was super fun. I was impressed with my ability to actually skate, more or less, given that I haven't been on ice skates since I was little. I may actually buy skates now, since they don't go bad, and renting was $8.

Between the knee surgery and the holidays, and the snow, and this, I'm seriously going to lose it. You all heard it here first.

You poor thing. I hope things turn around for you.

I have to say how impressed I am with the snow-clearing around here. Granted, I'm right in the middle of town, but I won't have to wear snow boots tomorrow at all. Sweet!

OH! And over dinner, the date told me he's recently started watching Buffy. I was like, "YOU HAVE NO IDEA." So that will be fun for me. I couldn't even figure out anything to say because he was all, "I really like Willow's boyfriend" and other early-days things.

Hahaha, yodel. There's also that Inception BRRRRM button, but I don't know where it is just now. The things you can do when you're the only person in the office! Maybe I'll listen to music WITHOUT HEADPHONES. Anarchy.

Thanks, Jesse. I'm going to Portland/LA in a little over a week (LA-istas! We need to make a plan! I need to post about that. I will do that today!) So I'm going to go from very boring to cra-a-a-zy very soon.

Ooh! A new Buffy fan. Excellent! I got one of my student interns to watch my Season 1 DVDs last semester. I'm really impatient for her to get to Season 2. But she had school and a life and stuff. Whatever. But she graduated, and starts work for us full-time on Monday. ::rubs hands::

Tesla ferret: [link]