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I ran out of both shampoo and conditioner while I was in RI, so I bought some more of each at Stop and Shop. I decided to try the "dry hair" version of my usual brand. It totally sucked, I felt all greasy after every use. So today in the shower, I go to pick it up, but I picked up the conditioner bottle accidently. I put that one down and picked up the other bottle, also conditioner. Hmmm...So I've been washing my hair with conditioner for three days. I washed my hair twice with some old stuff, and finally I don't feel greasy anymore. Isn't that just gross? I hope no one minded that they dealt with a totally disgusting person lately. Like my husband, co-workers, friends....

I think Fat Tony is getting off on happy feet if you know what I mean. He will sit on my lap and do it for like 10 minutes, purring like a maniac cat at the end. I've had other evidence of this twice, I'm rather concerned. I mean, it's one thing to love your human, just don't *love* your human. I think I need to put a stop to happy feet on mommy asap.

More Lost news. Under travelers in the link I gave yesterday, put in the numbers from the hatch: 4 8 15 16 23 42. Hit enter, and you get the plane's seating chart. Hit the numbers again below and the teaser trailer for the next season comes up. I hope ABC keeps up with this stuff all summer long, I don't know how else I'll survive the wait. Oh wait, Half-Blood Prince comes out next month. Nevermind, I'll be preoccupied for a few days in there.

This weekend on our way back from Stone Ridge, my mom and I decided to look at Green Hill, where we used to live. Our house looks more or less the same, although it's a prettier color now. There were two boys outside playing catch that didn't like us taking pictures of the house. What kind of world do we live in where total strangers can't drive up to a house all of a sudden and take pictures? No trust nowadays, no trust at all. The tree that we got from Matunuck Elementary School that we planted when I was about 10 must be 30 feet or taller. There's a weird new deck coming off the side of the house. And those damn overweight kids playing ball, it was just weird.

We then drove farther up the road, and we looked at the house that I used to play in when the company building it wasn't there. Next door was Kelly Badger's house, who was my best friend in elementary school and totally dropped me as a friend the first day of junior high. Her mother, who always hated me because I was a "bad influence," was out on her deck, and when I saw her I proceeded to speed up very quickly. Anyone who thinks I'm a bad influence is mental. I may not have a career, but I had straight As my entire life and never did anything bad at all. I'm not sure anyone in that family even went to college.

The entire neighborhood was the same except for a new random dirt road going off Canterberry and bigger trees. Most of the same people still live there. That was rather depressing. I can't imagine living in the same house for 25 years or more. At least not one of those houses. I guess it's a good neighborhood though, quiet and safe and all of those boring things. Great place to raise kids. I would never raise my kids in Green Hill. They would never leave and never do a damn thing with their lives. I am very very lucky that I actually got out. I still miss my house though.

Another blog pointed me out to a flash website for Lost, Oceanic Airlines to be exact. I think from ABC and Disney are behind it, not some fan site. It has a lot of clues, things hidden, and I found a hidden url that brings you to a message board that is so much better than others on the web. This one actually has good theories, not the same old purgatory crap. Here is one thing that I found on the Oceanic site. I looked up what mapinguari are, they seem to be a folklore creature, like Yeti or the Lock Ness Monster. There is also a website The French Lady. It has riddles on it that everyone else has noticed are very relevent to the show, although I haven't really looked at them yet.

Theories I like: Rose's husband and others from the back of the plane are on another part of the island, Hurley owning the box factory that Locke works in (meaning more connections between the characters), and everyone on the island wants to start over and that's why they were chosen.

Here's something that I got off of Greek Chat of all places:
The second season of LOST will shift focus from the current cast of characters to the survivors from the back end of the plane. There are only 4 or 5 sruvivors among them, Rose's husband. That's the lady that was sitting next to Jack when the plane went down who keeps insisting that her husband survived. However, he disappeared into the jungle a few days after the crash though no actor has been cast for his role yet. Among the survivors from the back end is Michelle Rodriguez from S.W.A.T. fame. Now speculation & rumor is that when Michael, Walt, Sun, & Sawyer are out on the boat, the blip they see on the radar is in fact the survivors from the back half of the plane. There is much more but I don't know if I should post it or not b/c it is merely rumor for now.

If you are interested in seeing what I've dug up about the numbers on the hatch, click on the link below. There's a whole lot.

4 8 15 16 23 42

4
-years Locke was in his wheelchair
-guns in the marshal's case
-aces on Boone's tshirt
-years since Hurley's grandfather got his pacemaker
-years since Sam Toome killed himself
-of the people that will fit on Michael's raft
-years since Sawyer made his "birthday wish"
-months Michelangelo stared at marble "working" in Locke's story
-months Boone asks if they're going to stare at the hatch
-miles due west back to camp from where Locke ties up Boone
-of people Michael needed to help Jack out of the cave-in
-refills of Shannon's inhaler Boone brought with him
-days that pass before Jack decided to burn the fuselage and bodies for a signal
-of kids the nurse taking care of Micheal has
-of traps Locke sets up around camp to get Ethan.
-of times Hurley says Charlie shot Ethan.
-of months the psychic tried to convince Claire to raise her baby alone before giving her money and telling her of the couple in LA.
-of Oceanic planes on the mobile in Claire's dream.
-of dotted dice in a backgammon game.
-of weeks ago Locke says he wouldn't have believed his crazy talk either (while talking to Boone).
-of times Boone repeats Theresa falls up the stairs, Theresa falls down the stairs.
-of times Locke bangs on his car roof at the end of Deus Ex Machina.
-of shots that are fired by the male bank robbers in Whatever The Case May Be.
-of the machine that Locke has while waking up in the hospital after the kidney transplant in Deus Ex Machina.
-of times Locke bangs on the hatch before it lights up.
-of 4's that appear on Sarah's t-shirt in Do No Harm.
-of people Jack wonders if Charlie asked about their bloodtype.
-of times Jin hits the raft with the axe before running off to help Kate.
-that appears on Boone's shirt with the Chinese symbols.
- # appears after Arista in the jukebox on the Driveshaft song.
- Jack's dad's watch had the minute hand on 4.
- Jack plays the key B4 on the piano.
- Shannon asks Boone what him and Locke have been doing in the jungle for the past 4 days.
- Sayid said the French signal could be a SAT 4. - Leonard was playing the game Connect 4.
- Walt says he needs a 4 & a 3 in the backgammon game.
- Plane hit turbulence at 40,000 feet.
- Charlie jokes about Locke bringing 400 knives.
- The guy with the beans was running that scam for 40 years.
- "Adam and Eve" have been in the caves for 40 years.
- Driveshaft is #234 on the jukebox (23 and 4).
- A column appears on the papers about Locke's Mother. 555-0121. 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 4.
- # of black dots that appear on Walt's ceiling in Special.
- # of letters Michael flips through when handed the box of letters by Walt's nanny.
- There is a poster on the wall of the pool hall in Confidence Man, the date is January (1st month) 3rd. 1 + 3 = 4.
- The pool ball 14 is on the pool table in Confidence Man.
- The price on Walt's comic book in Argentina is $4.XX
- # of stars in the DC logo on Walt's comic book.
- LOST has 4 letters.
- In White Rabbit, Locke's watch's minute hand is set to 4.
- # of times Shannon touches Boone's hair before the camera cuts to Sayid and he goes over to console her in The Greater Good.
- # on the explosives inside the boxes of the truck.
- # of times Hurley says the word "good" while singing James Brown to the baby.
- The types of explosives stolen were C4
- The license plate on the second truck Sayid and Essam get into is MRL 724. 7 + 2 + 4 = 13. 1 + 3 = 4.
- The magazine description Sawyer reads says the car has 400 horsepower.
- The magazine description says the car has a 4.4 liter power plant under the hood.
- # of months Mr. Arzt says is the next time they can launch the raft.
- Tom says his son Connor will be 22 months old. 2 + 2 = 4.
- # of bottles of water Hurley filled for his hike to see Danielle.
-Locke was crippled for 4 years
-There were 4 guns in the marshall's case
-Hurley's grandfather got his pacemaker 4 years ago
-Sam Toomie killed himself 4 years ago
-Sawyer made his "birthday wish" 4 years ago
-Claire's boyfriend left her 4 months into her pregnancy, which was also 4 months ago, and the psychic had been calling Claire for 4 months to convince her to keep the baby
-Leonard playing Connect Four

8
-Claire is 8 months pregnant at the time of the crash
-8 people died in the shoe factory that Hurley owned
-Michael was hit by the car 8 years ago
-Michael had been writing to Walt for 8 years
-DriveShaft was going to tour for 8 weeks
-Michael worked in contstruction for 8 years
-Shannon was 8 years old when her father married Boone's mother
-Hurley's lottery drawing was on Channel 8
-Walt was born in August (8th month)
- # of months Claire was pregnant when they crashed.
- # of kilometers the hitman tells Jin to drive. }
- # of people that die in Hurley's shoe factory fire.
- # of whiskey shots between Sawyer and Christian Shepherd.
- # of hours Kate would spend in the woods with her father tracking deer.
- # of years since Michael got hit by car.
- # of years Michael's been writing Walt.
- # of months Locke and Helen have been talking.
- # of days since Charlie went without his guitar.
- # of weeks Driveshaft was going to tour.
- # of days after the crash Jack & the other survivors moved to the caves.
- # of years Michael worked in construction.
- # of months since farmer's wife died when he met Kate.
- # that appears on Boone's shirt with the Chinese symbols.
- # of times Jin punches the guy he was "giving the message" to for Sun's father.
- # of beers Jack's best man says he should have before giving the speech.
- Sawyers age when his dad killed himself and his wife.
- Shannon's age when her dad married Boone's mom.
- News station at Hurley's Lotto interview was channel 8.
- Walt born in August (8th month).
- Claire was missing for 8 days since Ethan took her.
- In the Pilot Part 2 when Charlie takes off his shoe, inside it says size 8.
- # appears after Arista in the jukebox on the Driveshaft song.
- A column appears on the papers about Locke's Mother. 555-0170. 1 + 7 = 8.
- 323 is the area code of Locke's Mom's telephone number. 3 + 2 + 3 = 8.
- 8 appears in Locke's license plate.
- Charlie hits the jukebox keys 1 3 and 4 in Homecoming. 1 + 3 + 4 = 8.
- The license plate on the detective's car who catches Kate in Tabula Rasa is ALK-125. 1 + 2 + 5 = 8.
- # of sections in Walt's ceiling in Special.
- The 8 ball is on the pool table in Confidence Man.
- The pool balls 2 and 6 are shown on the pool table in Confidence Man. 2 + 6 = 8.
- The price on Walt's comic book in Spain is $800.00
- # of people kneeling in the second row of the mosque.
- Sayid was kept for 18 hours in the holding cell.
- In The Greater Good when it shows Boone's driving license we can see he was born in 1981.
- The license plate on the truck Sayid and Essam were in was ALK 125. 1 + 2 + 5 = 8.
- The CIA woman said Sayid has been out of Iraq for 7 years. 7 x 365 days = 2555. 2 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 17. 1 + 7 = 8.
- The magazine description Sawyer reads says the car has a V8 engine.
- When reading the magazine description Sawyer says the car delivers a 350 pound rear-wheel torque. 3 + 5 + 0 = 8.
- Sawyer says the car has a 32 valve V8 engine. V = 22nd letter of the alphabet. 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 8 = 17. 1 + 7 = 8.
- The magazine description says the car has a 4.4 liter power plant under the hood. 4 + 4 = 8.
- A news reporter is holding a microphone in front of Hurley and it's from station 17. 1 + 7 = 8.
- In Numbers when Hurley is flipping through the TV channels it goes to a hockey game and it shows the player with jersey number 17. 1 + 7 = 8.
- In Exodus when Danielle arrives at camp she says a series of numbers. She mentions it was 16 years ago they arrived, there were 6 of them, then says she was 7 months pregnant, she said the baby were together 1 week, and the black smoke was 5 kilometers inland. 16 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 5 = 35. 3 + 5 = 8.
- Jack and Ana's seat numbers were 23B and 42F. B = 2nd letter of the alphabet, F = 6th letter of the alphabet. 2 + 6 = 8.

15
-15 members on Danielle Rousseau's research team
-15 was the number on the whiskey bottle that Sawyer and Jack's father shared
- # of members on Danielle's research team.
- # on whiskey bottle that Sawyer and Christian drink from.
- # of hours Boone flew to rescue his sister "15 hours, I just spent 15 hours on a plane".
- # of kilometers to nearest town from the Australian farm.
- Sun was supposed to leave the airport at 11:15.
- Hurley won 156 million dollars.
- Locke's Mom's weight was 115 pounds.
- 15347 Ocean Avenue is an address on the papers about Locke's Mother.
- 584-243-15 appears on the papers about Locke's Mother.
- The papers on Locke's Mother show that she was born on the 15th of October.
- The numbers 12015 appear on one of the plane's meters.
- 31803-A appears on the papers about Locke's Mother. 3 + 1 + 8 + 0 + 3 = 15.
- The number 555 appears multiple times on the papers about Locke's Mother. 5 + 5 + 5 = 15.
- The number sequence 4065434-87 appear on the papers about Locke's Mother. 8 + 7 = 15.
- The last 2 digits of Locke's license plate is 8 and 7. 8 + 7 = 15.
- Sawyer buys a compact 357 handgun from a man in Australia. 3 + 5 + 7 = 15.
- Randy tells Locke he needs the reports in by noon, not 12:15.
- In Special it shows a triangle on Danielle's maps. There are 3 degrees for the angles. 36º, 38º and 41º, when added = 115º.
- While Locke is telling Boone the Michelangelo story, he says "3 years later that block of marble was the statue of David." 365 days a year x 3 = 1095. 1 + 0 + 9 + 5 = 15.
- Sawyer had to be at the meeting for 3:30. The woman says it's 3:28. 3 + 2 + 8 = 13. 2 minutes left, 13 + 2 = 15.
- In the Pilot Jack tells Kate he was only going to give the fear 5 seconds to take over. Later on, Kate is shown counting to 5 while hiding from the "Monster". 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15.
- Kate's license plate was DPN 924A. 9 + 2 + 4 = 15.
- Kate's license plate was 7 - C153M. 15 appears.
- When Kate and Tom are in the kitchen there is a clock in the background showing 1:50 AM.
- Hurley said his Grampa Tito worked 3 jobs, for 52 years, and he's 70 years old. 70 - 52 - 3 = 15.
- Jack asks Ana why she's drinking tequila and tonics at 10 to noon. 11:50 AM.
- The marshal said he was chasing Kate for 3 years. 3 x 365 = 1095 days. 1 + 0 + 9 + 5 = 15.
- Shannon says she doesn't want to sit near a crying baby for the next 15 hours.

815
-The airplane that crashed was Oceanic Airways Flight 815.
-Kate, in her flashback, wanted to open safety deposit box #815 when robbing the bank. (Episode 12 - Whatever the Case May Be)
-Charlie, in his flashback, was selling a copy machine with the model number C815. (Episode 15 - Homecoming)
-815 was Michael's appt number
-Charlie writes: "ATE 15" on his finger bandages
-When the Korean man got his watch back and looked at it, the time was 8:15
-The arrival time of the flight was supposed to be 8:15 PM
- # of the safety deposit box that Kate wanted to get into.
- # of the issue for Entertainment Weekly that LOST is on the cover of.
- Oceanic flight # 815.
- The copier's Charlie was trying to sell were model # C-815.
- When Claire had her dream about the baby being taken, the flight number of the plane hanging from the mobile was 815.
- The airdate for Numbers was 3/2. When added = 5. 5, and episode 18. 815.
- Hurley's lottery ticket contained the sequence 815.
- The hatch has 815 in it's sequence of numbers.
- 8 & 15 were the aisle numbers for the regulation & Nerf footballs.
- 564815 appears on the papers about Locke's Mom.
- Jack's watch when flipped and mirrored has the time 8:15.
- The boots that Kate takes from the dead person in the Pilot Part 1 has 815 on them.
- Sayid is walking by a building in The Greater Good. The building has the numbers 815 on the door.
- Kate and Tom buried the time capsule on August 15 1989. (8/15).
- When the cop in the police station lays down Sawyer's plane ticket, we can see on Sawyer's file it says ID No. 248-15 with some more numbers after the 815.

16
-Danielle's expedition team shipwrecked 16 years ago
-Danielle's distress call has been looping for 16 years
-16 years since Sam Toomie and Leonard heard the numbers
-The flight that crashed was supposed to be 16 hours long
- # of weeks since someone won the lottery before Hurley.
- # of years since Sam and Lenny heard the numbers.
- # on the numerical die in the backgammon game.
- Jack, Kate, and Charlie found the pilot 16 hours after the crash.
- Age of patient of Jack's first solo procedure.
- Jack told the lady at the airport desk he had to land in LAX in 16 hours to bury his father & flight was 16 hours.
- The 4 dotted dice in backgammon game are on 4, 6, 2, 4. When added = 16.
- Sawyer got $160,000 from the girls husband as part of the scam.
- Locke's Mom lives at 2248 Greenwood Avenue. 2 + 2 + 4 + 8 = 16.
- The address 1258 Bendix Avenue appears on the papers about Locke's Mother. 1 + 2 + 5 + 8 = 16.
- Locke's license plate is 2ABM487. If you take just the letters ABM, and give them a numerical value for where they stand in the alphabet, A = 1 B = 2 M = 13, 1 + 2 + 13 = 16.
- Four 4's on Sarah's t-shirt. 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16.
- The taxi cab a woman gets out of in Do No Harm is numbered 691. 6 + 9 + 1 = 16.
- There is a poster on the wall of the pool hall in Confidence Man, the date is June 16th.
- The price on Walt's comic book in Chile is $1,600.00
- The CIA woman tells Sayid it's been 7 years since he's left Iraq. "6 months here, 3 months there". 7 + 6 + 3 = 16.
- The license plate on the truck Sayid and Essam were in was ALK 125. A = 1 L = 12 K = 11. Then the 1 2 5. The total for the letters' side is 24. The total for the numbers' side (1 + 2 + 5) is 8. And 24 - 8 = 16.
- The license plate on the second truck that Sayid and Essam get into was MRL 724. M = 13 R = 18 L = 12. 1 + 3 + 1 + 8 + 1 + 2 = 16.
- Kate's license plate was 7 - C153M. 7 + 1 + 5 + 3 = 16.
- Tom's license plate was 394 - GC2. 3 + 9 + 4 = 16.
- # of years since Kate and Tom buried the time capsule until she took the flight.
- Kate's license plate was 7 - C153M. If you take just the letters. C & M. C = 3 M = 13. 3 + 13 = 16.
- Danielle says the black smoke appeared 5 kilometers inland. 1 kilometer = 3280 feet. 3280 x 5 = 16,400 feet.
- The Black Rock ship in the jungle has the city Portsmouth written on the back. Portsmouth New Hampshire was founded in 1623. 1623 is in the direct order from the number sequence 4 8 15 16 23 42.

23
-Jack's seat number
-The reward for turning Kate in is $23,000
- # of times Jack hits Charlie on the chest while performing CPR before Kate tells him to stop.
- # of times we hear Jin hit the axe on the raft.
- # that appears on the waist measure that the tuxedo guy has around his neck.
- The digits 23 appear as part of a pin number on one of the crates found inside the drug plane.
- The digits 23 appear on the license plate that hit Locke in Deus Ex Machina.
- When Michael gives Jin the watch back in House Of The Rising Sun, the minute hand is on 23.
- The letter that Sawyer wrote has a seal on the back titled America's Bicentennial Knoxville Tennessee 1976. 1976 when added = 23.
- The watch on Jack's wrist when signaturing the papers his Dad gave him in All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues has the minute hand on 23.
- The watch on Sun's father's wrist when signing a paper in ...In Translation has the minute hand on 23.
- Driveshaft is # 234 on the jukebox.
- A column appears on the papers about Locke's Mother. 555-0170. When added = 23.
- Locke's Dad said he wasn't supposed to be there until 12. Locke said "I thought you said 11" 11 + 12 = 23.
- The transceiver from the plane's model number is ABT-520. A = 1 B = 2 T = 20. 1 + 2 + 20 = 23.
- There is a poster of the wall at the pool hall in Confidence Man, the date is May 23rd.
- Kate's license plate was 7 - C153M. C = 3rd letter in the alphabet, M = 13th. 7 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 23.
- When Michael looks at the clock in the hotel room it displays 5:23 AM.
- The Black Rock ship in the jungle has the city Portsmouth written on the back. Portsmouth New Hampshire was founded in 1623. 1623 is in the direct order from the number sequence 4 8 15 16 23 42.
- The Black Rock ship in the jungle has the city Portsmouth written on the back. Portsmouth New Hampshire has a population of 23,100 people.

42
-There are 42 spaces on a Connect Four board
-42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything!!! (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- Prak, the man who tells the WHOLE truth and nothing but the truth, says that the question and the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything are both mutually exclusive, as knowledge of one precedes knowledge of the other and both can never be known for the same universe. "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarrely inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.")
- # of numbers on the papers from Danielle. There were 7 rows of 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42.
- # that appears on the waist measure that the tuxedo guy has around his neck.
- Claire was 6 weeks late when she found out she was pregnant 6 weeks = 42 days.
- The book number 742 appears behind the husband looking to adopt Claire's baby in Raised By Another.
- The nurse who talks to Michael in Special is wearing a watch, the minute hand is on 42.
- Jack's watch had the minute hand set on 42.
- Sayid's watch in the Pilot Part 2 has it's minute hand set on 42.
- There are two dice in the backgammon game. The highest number on a die is 6. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21. 21 x 2 = 42.
- The license plate on the farmer's car had the letters VHL. V = 22 H = 8 L = 12. 22 + 8 + 12 = 42.
- There are 5 balls shown on the pool table in Confidence Man. 2, 6, 8, 12 and 14. When added 2 + 6 + 8 + 12 + 14 = 42.
- Ana's seat number was 42F.
MIXED
- 48 plane crash survivors. 4 & 8, the first two numbers from the number sequence.
- Boone's shirt with the Chinese symbols stood for 84. 4 & 8. The number of survivors and also the first two numbers in the sequence.
- If you add 4815162342 and Hurley's 156 million you get: 4 + 8 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 5 + 6 = 48. 4 & 8 and the first two numbers of the sequence.
- The Oceanic Airlines logo contains 16 red dots, surrounding 4 circles, which make up the "O" in Oceanic. Which if combined with the word "airlines" makes 15 letters. "Airlines" itself is 8 letters.
- If you add up the numbers, 4 + 8 + 15 + 16 + 23 + 42 = 108, and subtract that from Hurley's net worth ( 156 - 108 = 48 ). 4 & 8 and the first two numbers from the sequence, also the number of plane crash survivors.
- The digits 48 appear in Locke's license plate. 4 & 8. The first two numbers of the sequence and the number of plane crash survivors.
- Locke's Mom lives at 2248 Greenwood Avenue. 4 & 8. The first two numbers of the sequence and the number of plane crash survivors.
- 2 columns appear on the papers about Locke's Mother. 555-0121 and 555-0170. 0121 1 + 2 + 1 = 4. 0170 1 + 7 = 8. 4 & 8. The first 2 numbers of the sequence and the number of plane crash survivors.
- The number 48 appears as part of a pin number on one of the crates inside of the drug plane. 4 & 8. The first two numbers from the sequence. Also the number of survivors.
- The nanny that Walt has in Special is wearing a watch while handing a box to Michael, the minute hand is on 48. 4 & 8. The first two numbers from the sequence. Also the number of survivors.
- Sawyer is seen reading the book Watership Down. Episode 19 was titled Deus Ex Machina. A chapter of the book Watership Down is titled "Dea Ex Machina", that chapter is 48. 4 & 8. The first two numbers of the sequence and the number of plane crash survivors.
- 300 pounds of C4 explosives were stolen. There are 16 ounces in a pound. 16 x 300 = 4800 ounces. 4 & 8. The first two numbers of the sequence. Also the number of survivors.
- When reading off the magazine's description of a car, Sawyer mentions a lot of numbers. 32 valve V8 engine. 400 horsepower. 350 pounds. 4.4 liter powerplant. And 6 speed transmission. 32 + 8 + 400 + 350 + 4.4 + 6 = 800.4. 4 & 8. The first two numbers of the sequence and the original number of survivors.

For those of you living in Ohio, watch out for this sex offender. Of course, I wouldn't get close enough to find out he was a sexual offender. No brainer here.

I'm getting a Barry Manilow blanket for my father for Father's Day. My dad's present is so much better than your dad's present.

I had a great weekend in Quahog, RI visiting my mom and other family members, but it's nice to be back in MA. As I'm sure many who have been near me recently have noticed, I don't really like being "on" lately. I just don't have the energy for it. I would much rather be myself, even if that includes being bitchy, whiny, and hungry. Now that I'm going to be quitting my job and will be much less stressed (as well as having much less human interaction), I'm hoping this problem corrects itself. If not, I am going to try harder to be a nicer person, or at least more laid back than I've been lately.

Yesterday we took a trip to Stone Ridge, a retirement community that my grandparents are moving into in September. The place is so beautiful, and they have a beauty salon, game and computer room, workout room, convenience store, cafe, library, as well as a huge dining room. The apartments are nice, although the one my grandparents are getting is a little small for the two of them and their freakishly huge dog Dugan (who also bit my mom this weekend, but that's another story). If I get the $300,000 or whatever the amount is saved up, I think I'm going to move in with them. I'd love to stop cooking and have everything that I need under one roof.

Peter makes the best ice tea in the world. He made a syrup to add to the tea instead of sugar because the syrup dissolves, and it is so much sweeter than what you get at a restaurant. I love it. I want to bring it to some event, but since everyone I know is an alcoholic (myself probably included), I don't think the drink will fly too well. Why would people drink ice tea when they could drink good cold beer? Or wine or martinis or best of all-scotch!

Here's some pictures of our trip to Stowe. I took a ton, be happy you only have to look at these ones.

This is where we stayed, at the Miner's suggestion. Our first room was directly over the bar which had loud music, so we moved rooms after that first night to the third floor.

My pancake from the Dutch Pancake House. It doesn't look great in this picture, but it was wonderful.

Inside Starbucks on Church St in Burlington. It was much hotter than we expected it would be that day, so we went here to cool off and have some tea.

This was a guy playing his banjo on Church St. We wanted to give him money, but there was no where to put it. His banjo case was closed. So we took pictures instead.

This guy had all this stuff on his bike but didn't seem to be selling it.

View of NY and Lake Champagne from Burlington.

More of the lake, this time by the boardwalk.

Us by the lake.

Magic Hat, where we finally got our tour. The tour wasn't nearly as big of a deal as I was hoping for. We watched a video, listened to our tour guide who seemed to have had some beer and I couldn't fully understand, and then watched as they cleaned up after the bottling process.

Nice view in Stowe.

Van Trapp family lodge, one of the more expensive hotels in Stowe. Has a beautiful view and lots of cows nearby.

This was where we went on the wine tour, which was similar to the Magic Hat tour without the video. Fortunately, we tried a lot of wines, buying two bottles each of Dandelion, Elderberry, and Rhubarb. The winery was about 10 miles out of Montpelier, the last two being up a mountain on a dirt road. Seemed creepy until we actually got there.

The capitol building at Montpelier. Was very pretty, but the city was very boring after Burlington.

So that's all I will bore you with. I have tons more pictures, but I'll save them for another time. Today I'm going down to RI to see my mom and other relatives. Maybe I'll have more pictures to bring back! In case I am unable to post while I'm away, I'll leave you with three links.

Blogebrity, where Raymi is a B and Tony Pierce and Zach Braff are A's. I was accidently left off.
Romance novel spoof, which are all very similar to what I receive at work.
T Shirt Hell, probably my favorite new t-shirt site. I'll probably buy something soon, I'll let you know what I think about the company.

Since so few people read this blog, and I don't really care what anyone thinks anyway, I've decided to tell the truth here: I thought I was pregnant, and I found out Monday that I'm not. I am disappointed to say the least. Sure, being married with no kids is great. I can do whatever I want when I want to, but I think about being pregnant all the time. I am really looking forward to that time in my life, but I'm going to try hard to continue forward with my life regardless of what goes on in the baby front. If I obsess over this, I think I will totally screw myself. Whenever you want something to happen really badly, it doesn't. At least not right away. Look at moving up to Boston, it took us a year to actually do it. So I'm going to continue to lead my wonderful life, and if I am lucky enough to get pregnant soon, then great. But if not, I have a perfect life anyway.

I'm decided to make some changes to make myself happier and to stop waiting for the big P, the biggest being I'm probably going to quit my job. That is really hard for me to say, there are a ton of great things about work, especially the people I work with. But I'm not getting anything out of it, at least not besides the money. I come home physically and mentally exhausted every day, and for the last few months my job hasn't even been fun anymore. I thank upper management for that. I have no idea what I will do next with my life, but I don't feel I can figure that out while working at BN. So Monday I will probably give my notice. For the next month or two I am not planning on looking hard for a new job. I don't need to, and it would be nice to get my life and Peter's more in order. I do plan on working again though. One option is to become an optician and to start looking into an apprenticeship. Another is to find something else that I like to do. I have no idea what that could be, but the idea excites me. I'm asking for everyone's support here. The last time I didn't work, a lot of people gave me shit, as if I have to work in order for my existance to have any value. Please remember that I have a husband that makes enough money so that I don't need to, and that running a household does take a lot of time and effort, at least if it's done the right way. I'm becoming more sensitive about this topic, so when people make fun of me it's not quite as funny as it once was.

Wow, what a diary time post. How whiny. To make it up to you, here's the ring tone dancer.

The zombies are close. First New Hampshire, next Massachusetts? I'm going to sleep with my pepper spray under my pillow tonight. Speaking of which, I learned yesterday that pepper spray is illegal to carry in MA without a license. I'm breakin' the law! Breakin' the law!

First thing you see when you search under Google Images for Laura Kovacs

I was on the bus in 8th grade on a normal day when we stopped at a new house. Two people I'd never seen before got on, a girl and a boy. They sat in the front row together, about four in front of me. The boy was the best looking person I'd ever seen in my life. I stared at him for the entire ride to school and hoped for the rest of the year that he'd appear again. At the end of the year he came with the high school band to talk to the 8th graders about joining the next year. I'd quit the band at the end of 7th grade so I didn't get to hear this talk. However, I found out through friends the name of this boy. It was Uriah Duffy, older brother of Yes who was in my class (and later ended up on Road Rules). And he was a graduating senior. I was so upset that I wouldn't be able to see him the next year and mini-stalk him in the hallways.

Today, Peter found out what Uriah has been up to. He's joined the band Whitesnake. I didn't even know they still existed. I wonder if they'll have a new video out with a girl posing on a car hood. Hopefully it'll be a different model since the old one is probably 45 now. Or better yet, maybe it'll be Uriah on the car. A girl can hope. In reality though, it'd be nice to watch him from afar. He's supposed to be a great bass player, and he's still nice to look at.

Had a great time this weekend, and I'll post about it later. We're both exhausted and are going to bed. Just wanted to post about something that really got me upset right before we left that I didn't have time to post about.

According to this article, a girl was not allowed to participate in her graduation ceremony because she was pregnant. I do not agree with this decision, but I would not argue against it normally. However, the father of the child she is pregnant with was allowed to participate. Have I gone mad or does this make no sense? Last time I checked, it takes two people to get a woman pregnant, and if one person is to be punished for such a thing, the other should as well. This is totally sexist and outrageous, and I'm thinking about writing the school to complain.

I'm thinking about buying a City Pass for Boston. They are only $39 a year, used to be double that. City Pass can be used at the Museum of Science, the New England Aquarium, Skywalk Observatory (which I believe is one floor away from Top of the Hub-a not so subtle hint that my anniversary is coming up in a few weeks), Museum of Fine Arts, the JFK Library, and the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Since Peter and I have been thinking about going to these places for a while, I think I'm going to purchase a City Pass. Hopefully it'll make us go and stop being lazy on the weekends. We've been talking about going to the aquarium for a while now. The first time I tried to go, there was a fire and they weren't letting anyone in. The second time I got into a bus accidenton our way up. Best field trip ever. I tried to find the article on projo, but I have to pay for the whole thing. Here's what I got for free:

School bus carrying 46 in crash *The crash lands the South Kingstown school bus in a ditch, with a car mangled beneath it, and leaves another car smashed in the middle of Route 4.

[Kathleen E. Minahan]'s car went into a spin and was hit head-on by a car driven by Robin Leather, 32, of 25 Wilson Drive, Narragansett. The impact hurled Minahan through the passenger side window, but the empty vehicle spun on, swerving in front of the South Kingstown school bus.

The 14-ton bus slammed into Minahan's 1.5-ton car broadside and crushed it beneath its chassis. The momentum ...

Not too exciting of an article. No mention of my picture either. Really, it was one of my worst pictures ever, I had a neckbrace on and felt horrible. My grandfather was in the picture too. All his friends asked how his grandson was doing after the accident. What an ego boost for a 16 year old girl without a boyfriend.

Today is my last knitting class. I'm so upset, I hope the schedule is up for the next round of classes. I want to take more. I'm not sure what to make next. I was thinking either another scarf in a different pattern and color or a hat. I think a baby hat would be pretty easy, at least it's small, so if it's hard I won't be stuck doing it for three months.

We leave in about four hours. I'm going to the Rusty Nail tonight for dinner, and the Dutch Pancake House for breakfast before taking my third tour of Ben and Jerry's and having a large ice cream. Oh, what an awful life I lead.

Won at trivia again last night. That's now three weeks in a row. Go us! There weren't as many teams, so we only won $25. It's the pride that counts though, not the money.

I find this story so interesting. It's like a movie. Someone who forgets his memory but can play the piano really well. Sort of reminds me of Dead Again. That was a wonderful movie, I just loved Kenneth Branagh in it. And Andy Garcia looked great. I was much younger when I saw it, I didn't realize that Branagh played both parts like Emma Thompson did. The goatee totally fooled me.

Tomorrow we're going to Stowe. Since we've been there before, we know what places to hit. The Dutch Pancake House is superb, very different than normal pancakes, you get only one but it's huge and filled with whatever you want in it. I had potato, onion, and cheese and it was like a McDonald's hash brown but better. We'll also do fondue again because Peter loved it. I guess the burnt cheese at the bottom is good, sort of like a delicacy he says. I guess I'll believe him, after all, cheese is good in any form, even burnt. We are thinking of going into Burlington, but I don't know what we'll do really. Maybe take a tour of Magic Hat. We tried to when we drove by on our honeymoon, but they didn't have tours until much later in the day so we skipped it.

Time to beg: Is there anyone who will look in on my kitties? Pretty please? With whipped cream and cherries and a rainbow on top? Tony really wants you to say hi to him, he needs attention.

PS Don't go to jail if you're a female minor, unless you want diseases.

I am a ravenous pig. Put food in front of me, and I eat it. Assuming it's not meat of course. I don't understand how someone can order something like poppers or mozzarella sticks and only eat two before offering them up to everyone else. Don't get me wrong for a moment here, I love that. I'm always up for free food, especially when it's something greasy and yummy that I never order because I feel too guilty. But how can people get by doing that? Are they trying to be friendly? Do they only want a taste? If so, how do they control themselves?

I remember a time when I was in a really bad mood for football. Peter stopped to get gas, and as I was sitting in the car, I realized I needed combos more than anything. I went and bought them, and when I got to football I couldn't even share. I got a small bowl and put a few in there and ate the rest out of the bag. They were so good, I didn't feel guilty for a second. Even though we are slackers and always forgot to bring food and beer to football. I'm so evil.

So tonight feel free to order whatever you want besides those damn chicken tender things. I'll gladly help you eat it all. Go Iron Monkeys!

I had no breakdowns today. It was great. Work was good, Jack was back and suddenly we have lots more hours for receiving. There were actually four people receiving while I was doing returns. Totally different from a few weeks ago when it was just three of us expected to do everything.

I have a cavity on one of my premolars. I won't feel it for a few days, then all of a sudden I get that awful sharp pain. I need to get it filled, but my dentist Sarah just had a baby recently, so I doubt she's up for it. Maybe we'll ask her this summer. She's Peter's sister, so maybe he can work something out. It's great having a dentist relative.

As you can tell, my life is boring right now. We're leaving for Stowe in three days, I'm just killing time until then. Anyone up for feeding my cats? They have been keeping each other company lately, so a quick food check is all that is truly neccessary.

I leave you with a picture of a crossdressing Tony with his friend Gretchen.

Yesterday we celebrated Dave's birthday, so we went to Tomb. It was neat, although I wish there were maybe two other rooms. And I would have rathered that we were just left in an almost totally dark room without any instruction, so we could have played around until we figured out on our own to push the buttons. And maybe if the floor fell down around us instead of the whole snake thing. I really like the hat, as you can probably tell. I also accidently took a picture of Kim's butt, and that got me thinking that I should start a butt blog (which is not supposed to sound like bug blog, but unfortunately does). This may have been Kim's idea actually. People never seen their butts, maybe my blog would get them to work out. Probably not though.

Raymi has posted her own rules of blogging. I think I do every single one listed, but I don't really care. I blog because I like it. Yes, I want people to read it, but I think I'm pretty honest on here, so that also scares me. Actually, I don't think I name drop though, I don't really know anyone famous. The best I can come up with is that I'm related to Faith McNulty, who wrote the bestselling book The Burning Bed and also died about three weeks ago. My grandfather also wrote a bunch of books on folklore, and he's an expert on Benedict Arnold. Oh, my aunt once dated Tommy Lee Jones, or at least went on one date with him. And House was in my Uncle Mark's fraternity (Chi Phi). Yeah, so there I did it. Not too impressive. But at least there's one more rule broken. How exciting! Laura the anti-laid back girl who loves rules breakin the law!

An imposter wrote the following:

We have to educate people about selecting new pets from shelters and stop buying these dogs at outrageous costs!! People are paying thousands of dollars in some cases for various breeds - and if they would just take the time to look elsewhere - shelters - rescue societies - they can find some wonderful and grateful pets.

I think we need to instead stop people from posing as Laura Kovacs and make them get a life. There are no others with my name out there, period. I am the only one. I am bigger than life, so the rest need to move on, they don't fit. However, for the record, I agree with the above statement for the most part. Too many people buy from breeders. Why spend so much money when there is an equally wonderful cat or dog at a shelter? All three of my cats were abandoned, and my dogs from childhood were all not wanted as well, and all have made the best pets.

As you can see from my title, I had another breakdown. Here I think I'm fine, but I'm just not. I have no idea what is going on, but I think it's hormonal. It's like PMS all the time. How Peter puts up living with me is a miracle. I just spoke to the Pope, and he's put Peter on the fast track to becoming a saint. Russ isn't far behind him.

One of my major problems is that I am totally the opposite of a laid back person. If I could just not let everything in the entire world upset me I'd be fine. But when I'm hormonal, every little thing is huge. Peter says our friends know that I'm wonky, as well as anyone who reads this blog. But it'd be better if I just wasn't this way.

I would like to thank everyone who was nice to me during this hormonal period where I'm a total wreck and am freaking out all the time. I really appreciate the lack of teasing and whatnot.

The rhododendron are out. Peter picked me some flowers. These are one of my favorite plants ever, if I ever have a house on a bunch of land, I just want tons and tons of them all over, and I would make a fort inside of them. I remember seeing this huge bush (or many bushes) of rhododendrons near my house as I was growing up. Across the street was a private area for the water company or something like that. We called it the management area. There was skunk cabbage and trails and a lake, tons of fun for kids to rough house in. We found a great trail that went all around the lake once, and at the other side there was a house. There were no roads that lead to the house, and it looked like no one lived in it although it was full of furniture and towels and other things like that. Really creepy. But there were tons and tons of rhododendrons surrounding it. You could get lost underneath. I remember hiding under there for a long time. Ever since that day, I think of those bushes when I see a rhodadendron bush. When we bored of the house, we tried to find the highway nearby. We saw Zach Norwood lived on the other side and was on his front yard. I called his name and hid, he had no idea what was going on. It was hysterical.

As I was washing my hair in the shower today, I was rinsing my hands of the hair that had fallen out (which happens a lot at this time of the year-and you thought only pets shed), and I noticed a white hair. My first white hair. I made Peter hold it until I got out of the shower, and now I'm saving it. I also measured it, it's 11 and 11/16 inches long. How could I have a white hair that long in my dark long locks that no one has ever noticed before? I can't believe I'm getting so old to get white hairs. Could I be one of those people who go gray early? I can't get myself to the hair dresser to get my hair cut once every three months, I know I'd struggle to get there every few weeks to have it dyed. More likely, I would get lazy and have a skunks tail on my head. What an awful fate lies ahead of me. I'd be known as skunk girl at work. The high school students would be afraid to go into the receiving room to punch in and out.

We watched Ed Wood this morning. It was great. I can't believe the studio waited so long to put it out on DVD. If you haven't seen it, go rent it this instant. It has some of the best lines ever and Martin Landau also won an Oscar for his role of Bela Lugosi.

Defunker

I can only see men's shirts so far, but hopefully women's will come soon. I emailed to ask. The people who started this website also started Busted T's. The shirts aren't quite as good, but overall they aren't bad. At least they are different.

At one point today, Tony was doing major happy feet on me, with all four feet. He was laying on his side on my lap, doing this mostly on my stomach. He is so weird.

My new thing is celebrity blogs. I think they are interesting, makes these people seem like ordinary people. We all know the truth though, they are robots taking over the world, one movie and one song at a time. Here are some that are on my bloglines:

Dave Barry
Matthew Good
Family Guy
Alton Brown
Will Wheaton
Zach Braff
Rosie O'Donnell (I'll probably be getting rid of it soon)
Pamela Anderson
Daniel Negreanu
Paul Phillips

If you have any good ones that you'd like to suggest, please let me know! And yes, I realize that some of these people aren't really big celebrities or anything. They are celebrities to me, some I'm interested in, some not so much. But they are interesting when you have nothing to do because you've quit your job, which I haven't yet.

I finally saw the Chronicle of Narnia trailer, and it was good but nothing special. I hate when the world says something is great, and you finally see it and it's just ok. I try hard not to do that to other people. If something is great, it truly is. Like Harry Potter, Eternal Sunshine, or Interpreter of Maladies.

I had my knitting class again today, and it was totally awesome. I can't believe how excited I am about all of this. I learned how to circle knit (I think that's what it's called), using needles that are attached. I started a baby hat. It was really fun. I want to make tons of baby hats. I think after my scarf projects I'm going to do that next. I also get along so well with the owner Jackie. I could talk to her all day. Talking while knitting is a lot of fun, I want to join one of those knitting circles where women get together and knit and gossip. I swear I could knit all day long. I now have something to occupy my time if/when I quit my job.

There is a new Pride and Prejudice movie coming out, with Keira Knightly playing Elizabeth. I'm not too happy about this new development. The BBC version is *the* version of this movie, hands down. There is no Darcy that could ever beat Colin Firth, not in a hundred million years. After the mess that was Bride and Prejudice, I think they need to leave this movie alone for a while. If they really want to do more Jane Austen, why not do a big production of Persuasion. The BBC one was ok, but they could find a better actor to play Captain Wentworth.

Whizzinator

How scandals start

I am having a nervous breakdown. Really. You should be worried. I may end up in a loony bin for a few months. If I disappear, that's where I am. Shoot, now if something actually does happen to me, like Peter sticks me in a freezer, you'll just think I've gone mad. Peter will be able to cover this up for years.

Wow that's dark. I'm going out for ice cream to lighten the mood.

Worked sucked you know what today. Like really bad. It was my 3rd worst day there ever, the 2nd being recent as well. They just totally rearranged our room, I hate change and was thrown off all day. I have no idea where I'm supposed to put anything. And I'm still injured, so I can't go moving my boxes around either. It was bad.

I can't wait for the Surreal Life 5 to start. I just love this show. I know I'm going to hate Omarosa, and Bronson Pinchot will probably be the voice of reason. So far I've heard that Andy Dick shows up and has to be thrown out, security wrestling him to the ground first, and Omarosa freaks when Janice Dickinson holds a knife and threatens to cut her hair. Sounds like a great season! Premiering Sept 4.

Clay met Ben Folds!

Ok, I am doing it. I am going to lose weight. I've been putting this off for about a year, but I'm slowly going back up. So now my new diet begins. I'm not going to be super strict, but I'm going to stop eating big portions and stop snacking. And most importantly, I'm going to weight myself every day. When I do that, I keep on top of my diet. I feel the number one reason I have fallen off the wagon is because I got lazy about weighting myself. With summer coming, now is the time.

Peter just played a poker tournament. He didn't make it but played well. I was knitting while he was playing. I'm almost done with my first roll of yarn (is it called a skeen???), and I'm thinking of starting my next either today or tomorrow. I have over a foot and a half of the scarf done, with only one mistake so far. After every row, I would eat a cracker, which was good motivation. I know, I just said no snacking, but Peter got them out. He ate most of them, I don't knit that fast yet.

Tony refuses to pose for a picture for me. I've been trying hard, he's just in the mood. Typical male. He is fond of my yarn, so I've been hiding it away in my 1154 Lill purse. The yarn doesn't match the bag, it's really annoying me. The grey scarf should go in the black bag, not the brown one! It's a travesty.

Baby Fat Tony

Gemelli's Rocks

I'm seeing rumors that Brandon Flowers just got married to someone named Tana Munbkowsky. I didn't even know he was engaged. This is a sad day for all the Brandon lovers in the world (and there are tons). However, I hear he's Mormon, so maybe we all have a chance after all. I've decided to change my name to Lauradene Kaysional Tempest so he'll make me his second wife. You can do the same.

ETA: After researching the topic on the Mormon website, I guess you need to get permission from the Church in order to practice polygamy. Really, God has to sanction it. He allowed the early saints to practice it (told them to really) as well as Brigham Young. I hope Brandon asks God and the Mormons to allow him to have more wives, they'll be more likely to listen to him than to me.

I forgot to tell you all, I got a straight flush at poker this week. I think I won maybe a dollar, maybe two. But it was still an exciting moment for me, my first ever! I was even all in at that time (using a few chips from Peter because I had already gone out). What a fun hand to double up on!

Today was another lazy day of tv and movie watching. We saw Spanglish and Vanity Fair. Both were good but not great. I wanted a different ending for Spanglish, and I think Vanity Fair was over edited, I think a lot more was in the book that was left out. Of course, I haven't read it, so I don't really know. But it was sort of hard to follow. We kept pausing so Peter could explain things to me. Peter is still sick, it's disgusting really. I am beginning to wonder if he'll ever get better. Poor guy. He made the best mexican casserole ever last night, so he's not doing too bad.

Has anyone else noticed that everyone is having job issues right now? Both the Miners have new jobs, another friend was laid off, a bunch more people are looking, I'm even reading about this on other people's blogs. I feel like I should be looking too. If I wasn't so bad at interviewing maybe I would. But every time I go into an interview, I leave not wanting the job, and I think I may portray that. I'm also lazy, and I like most things about my job. If my manager wasn't so evil to us and my back didn't hurt, it may be pretty close to perfect. And I wouldn't have such big muscles in any other job, unless I worked at the gym.

From my brother, I find this map interesting. I'm still smarting over last November. Thank god the Sox won, the winter would have totally sucked if they hadn't.

Don't we all look happy, like we had a wonderful time? Don't you just wish you had bought something to support the Boston Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Phi because it means so much to Laura, one of your most loved friends? Well, you still can. Go to my cousin's website and search under Alpha Phi. They even have a BBQ Turner with a can opener for all you beer drinking men!

Who uses Netflix besides Dave and the Miners? I want to add more friends so I can see what they are watching. That way I know if my friends have good or bad taste, so I can strike up conversation at random moments with "Why the hell did you hate Thelma and Louise?" (For the record, I haven't seen it, but isn't there a Brad Pitt butt scene?) More importantly, there is a button to manage your friends, and since we only have two on there right now, I feel like a loser. I know I must have more than two friends who use Netflix, so out yourselves already.

As usual, I had an awesome topic to write about, but a silly, pointless one got in the way. I am so not deep.

I was super aggressive at poker last night, very different than the way I normally play. The last time we got together, I was super tight, folding almost everything. It was fun changing it around, I had a good time being the bully. I would apologize to Christina because she got the brunt of it, but in the end she took all my money, so I'm not sorry. The World Series is coming up soon, I really like paying attention to it online. Howard actually gets to a few final tables then. Poker on tv is more fun to watch when it's players you know. I prefer rooting for someone at the table.

I loved my knitting class, it was so much fun. The woman who owns the store Jackie taught the class. I was the only person who signed up for this time, which was great because I got one-on-one instruction. She noticed when I messed up, taught me the right way to do it, and I think I get it. I'm now starting a scarf, it's gray. I'll take a picture when it actually looks like something. I can't wait to work on it.

I've found a new obsession to replace Naveen Andrews. Poor Peter, he needs to find one himself so I don't feel so guilty. My new 2nd most attractive man in the world after my beautiful husband is Brandon Flowers. He is the lead singer of The Killers, a new rock band that is awesome. Their album Hot Fuss is really good, I really like every song, which is rare. Mr. Brightside is what got me into the band, and into Brandon. He looks wonderful in the video, with his hair short and pushed up in front like a frat boy. I can't believe I like him, he's totally not my type. He's a skinny, metrosexual, pretty boy who is actually younger than me! Maybe this is part of my quarter-life crisis. June 6th they are coming to Lupo's, which I thought had closed. I haven't been there in years, I saw a lot of TMBG concerts there. Maybe I should go???

So I hurt my back and have been home all week. Peter has a virus and was home with me yesterday. I was soooooooo bored, it was wonderful to have someone to be bored with. We've watched all of our netflix movies, everything on tivo, and have actually started watching regular tv. Today he's back at work and tomorrow I try to go back as well. BN is suffering it seems, they actually stopped everyone from pulling returns. They haven't done that in a year. I hope they now realize how important I am, but they may think it's Jack instead since he's also out. I miss work, but I'm sure next week I'll be wishing I was home watching more commercials.

Peter wasn't feeling well yesterday, so I got an account at Hollywood Video in Arlington Heights, and we rented three movies. First was Meet the Fockers, which was an ok movie, nothing special. The first was very laugh out loud funny, but I wasn't expecting that from this one after reviews I'd heard. I'm glad I didn't see it in the theatre, but it was a good movie for a rainy Saturday. Next we saw The Incredibles finally, I think we were the only people to have never seen it. It was much better than Finding Nemo, I really liked it. But again, it was nothing too special. It's not like I'm going to buy it any time soon. Finally we saw Bridget Jones. It was just like Meet the Fockers, an average sequel, didn't make me laugh like the first one did. The fight scene was very funny, but Tivo had a clip of it when the movie was in theatres, so it was nothing new. Colin Firth is beautiful though, he should be in every romantic comedy. A Real World London cast member was in the movie too, Jacinda. Peter made peanut butter cookies in the evening which are wonderful as always, and I think he's starting to feel better. A day of doing nothing has been good for him.

I have come to understand that some people haven't tried Za yet. You are all idiots if you have not, I hate to insult you, but it's true. Za is an excellent restaurant. Everything is cheap, yet you get great unique food. I keep having this mexican inspired salad that has cheese, avocado, black beans, chips and more in it. They also have weird pizzas with potatoes and pears and other unusual things on them, but they actually taste excellent, it all ends up going together really well. If anyone would like to try going there, I am more than happy to go with, I could eat there every night.

So I spent five minutes trying to figure out what sorority Koren Zailckas was in at Syracuse University. You may recall my rant about her portrayal of sororities, blaming hers for her drinking habits, even though she started her binge drinking at age 14. I was slightly concerned that Zailckas was in my own sorority, in her book she seems to know one of our chants by heart, and we are the only sorority mentioned by its real name. I was happy to find that this wasn't the case, she was actually a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Normally I would not disclose such a thing, since Zailckas obviously wanted to keep the group a secret by giving them a fake name. However, if I can find the group in a quick google search, then anyone else can too. Here is the article which includes a picture of her.

In the book, she would often mention the evil sorority next door that she and her sisters liked to torment (they were much more put together and I think she was jealous of them), so I looked up the address of Theta at Syracuse. They are at 306 Walnut Place, right next to 308, the home of my lovely Alpha chapter. She didn't like us. Her portrayal made her seem envious of us, that we were so put together and strong. Maybe she didn't get a bid like she wanted? Either way, it was good to hear something positive about my sorority.