"Wacky Mac" multi-colored veggie rotini, ranch dressing, lemon juice, parm. cheese, salt and pepper, balsamic vinegar, yellow pepper, tomato, scallions, and broccoli. The bowl is from Homegoods.

You can't.

Roll with it.

1. I hate it when people try to make me feel, ironically, stupid for using a word, term, or topic in conversation they don't understand. This goes back to high school for me, but now, as a gainfully employed woman who writes for a living, I'm ready for y'all to shut it already. It's not like I'm quoting Proust or something. And if you just asked what I meant, you'd know something new you didn't know before. Trust me- this would make you a better person and probably a lot funnier. 

But I do like - daisies. They're sunny and simple, like nature's vapid little Homecoming Queen.

2. I hate it when I'm interrupted in the middle of a sentence, especially when the interrupter was not part of the conversation to begin with. It's not cool, so stop it. You're not that important.

But I do like - Karamel Sutra ice cream from Ben and Jerry's. I like it so much I won't smear it all over your face when you interrupt me, because I would not want to waste any of the delicious caramel core inside. 

3. An addendum to number one - people who assume they know everything and go through life saying supposably, expresso, prostrate cancer, and irregardless.

But i do like - espresso with a nice chocolate chip croissant.

4. I hate women who think it's cute to act dumb or talk like children. You're setting all of us back decades everytime you giggle and twirl your hair and say 'Iiiiiiii dooooon'ttt knoooowwww.'

But I do like - Falling asleep to a thunderstorm. Serenity Now.

 5. Conversely, I also can't stand children who act like adults. Mostly little actors. The only motivation a 5-year-old should have is Chicken McNuggets or an extra half-hour of Dora.

But I do like - scarves and hats. And playing dress-up. 

or so reads the thermometer. I am so sick-as-a-dog sick i can't even capitalize.

i started feeling like dookie two days ago and now i'm at the peak of illness- that snotty, nasty, congested, nauseous, listless, and too tired to sleep point of the sickness. you know what i mean.

today is deadline day at the full-time office job, so yesterday and this morning were not ideal times to be under the weather. i stayed at home yesterday and wrote a full story and three-quarters of another, but it took me from 6 am to 10 pm with intermittent sleep- and whining-breaks interspersed throughout. this morning i went to work until 11:30, came home, and fell asleep for what i thought was a couple of hours - the clock read 5:35. oops.

...so i've been catching up on the blogosphere with what little strength i have, and what a day it's been in virtual-land. The DOOCE Heather Armstrong herself was on the Today Show talking to Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, and she did a great job. I loved her cute dress and restraint in speaking with Gramma Gifford about "bahLOGing??" KLG kept stepping on Heather's words and trying to relate to the television audience by exclaiming wildly about this new-fangled fad called the Internet. Then, when Heather tried to make a point about boundaries and blog safety by comparing her online habits to the pros and cons of living in New York City, Frank's Wife cut her off a-gain by yelping "BUT I DON'T LIVE IN NEW YORK! HA-HA!"

"HA-HA?" This must be why I don't watch morning television. That, and I'm generally asleep.

I also got to catch up on the news of some of my favorite bloggers (or webblers as we like to call them over at TSB), including Nanette, Keely, and The Slack Mistress, as well as some I don't read every day, like Rosie O'donnell's r blog. I'm not sure what led me over to her blog today, but it's quite nice. She posts videos set to great music and clips from rehearsals for her upcoming Broadway show, No No Nanette (no relation to the blogger above). Rosie gets a lot of flack for being too political, too vocal, blahblahblah, but that's not what her blog is about. It's just about life, and I think I'm going to check her out more often.

I must be feeling a little better, since I started capitalizing again. But since I'm sure this won't last long, I'm off to watch Family Guy and Top Chef. The former being about where my brain is right now.

My second attempt at Scorsese-ism:

Here's a new one. My photos are part of a quiz devised by photographer-turned-B&B owner Diana Mara Henry! What a cool idea. You can check out the quiz and my pictures here - I shot them as part of an article on Henry and her B&B about a year ago.

So as you can see from the post below this one, there seems to be an issue with embedding flickr videos; or at least mine.

At first, I thought I might have violated a copyright issue because my shaky camera work short film includes a soundtrack by the band Bow Wow Wow. But it's still available on flickr, it just won't work here.

I know some flickr videos, like this one, embed just fine, so I'll keep investigating. That said, here is a YouTube fall back.