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Well, I just spent a fun and exciting four hours in the emergency room. I’ve been having severe abdominal pain since 3pm (Thursday) and I finally decided to go to the ER. After a urine test, a blood test, and a pelvic exam, they have decided that they don’t know what’s wrong with me. Yippee.

I guess I’m just naïve in thinking that doctors know the solutions to our problems. At first he thought it was going to be a bladder problem, but the urine test ruled that out. After the pelvic and blood tests, waiting for results, I started to get worried that he was going to tell me that something’s wrong and I can’t have kids. I fell asleep in the exam room waiting, then he came in and said, “Nothing seems out of the ordinary.” Well, except the stabbing pain in my gut whenever I move, of course. I was advised to go on a liquid diet and take 3 Advil every four hours and see how I feel in 24 hours.

I can’t wait to get that bill. I’m really excited about it.

Your results:
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)

Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 70% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 70% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 65% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 50% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 45% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 40% Wash (Ship Pilot) 35% River (Stowaway) 35% Inara Serra (Companion) 30% Alliance 25% A Reaver (Cannibal) 20%

Honest and a defender of the innocent. You sometimes make mistakes in judgment but you are generally good and would protect your crew from harm.

Click here to take the “Which Serenity character am I?” quiz…

Just because I felt like it. I got this from John Thursby’s blog. Feel free to write your response in your own blog (Tim, goddammit, get a blog or I’ll murder you) or in a comment.

You can only say yes or no; you are not allowed to explain anything.

1. Taken a picture naked? No
2. Painted your room? Yes
3. Made out with a member of the same sex? No
4. Drove a car? Yes
5. Danced in front of your mirror? Yes
6. Have a crush? No
7. Been dumped? No
8. Stole money from friend? No
9. Gotten in a car with people you just met? Yes
10. Been in a fist fight? Yes
11. Snuck out of your house? No
12. Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back? Yes
13. Been arrested? No
14. Made out with a stranger? Yes
15. Met up with a member of the opposite sex you didnt know somewhere? Yes
16. Left your house with out telling your parents? Yes
17. Had a crush on your neighbor? No
18. Ditched school to do something more fun? Yes
19. Slept in a bed with a member of the same sex? Yes
20. Seen someone die? No
21. Been on a plane? Yes
22. Kissed a picture? Yes
23. Slept in until 3? Yes
24. Love someone or miss someone right now? Yes
25. Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by? Yes
26. Made a snow angel? Yes
27. Played dress up? Yes
28. Cheated while playing a game? Yes
29. Been lonely? Yes
30. Fallen asleep at work/school? Yes
31. Been to a club? Yes
32. Felt an earthquake? No
33. Touched a snake? Yes
34. Ran a red light? Yes
35. Been suspended from school? Yes
36. Had detention? Yes
37. Been in a car accident? Yes
38. Hated the way you look? Yes
39. Witnessed a crime? No
40. Pole danced? No
41. Been lost? No
42. Been to the opposite side of the country? Yes
43. Felt like dying? Yes
44. Cried yourself to sleep? Yes
46. Sang karaoke? Yes
47. Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t? Yes
48. Laughed till some kind of beverage came out of your nose? Yes
49. Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes
50. Kissed in the rain? No
51. Sing in the shower? Yes
52. Made love in a park? No
53. Had a dream that you married someone? Yes
54. Glued your hand to something? No
55. Got your tongue stuck to a flag pole? No
56. Gone to school partially naked? No
57. Been a cheerleader? Yes
58. Sat on a roof top? Yes
59. Didn’t take a shower for a week? Yes
60. Been too scared to watch scary movies alone? Yes
61. Played chicken? No
62. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? Yes
63. Been told you’re hot by a complete stranger? Yes
64. Broken a bone? Yes
65. Been easily amused? Yes
66. Laugh so hard you cry? Yes
67. Mooned/flashed someone? No
68. Cheated on a test? Yes
69. Forgotten someone’s name? Yes
70. Slept naked? Yes
71. Gone skinny dipping in a pool? Yes
73. Blacked out from drinking? No
74. Played a prank on someone? Yes
75. Gone to a late night movie? Yes
76. Made love to anything not human? No
77. Failed a class? Yes
78. Choked on something you’re not supposed to eat? Yes
79. Played an instrument for more than 10 hours? No
80. Cheated on a girl/boyfriend? No
81. Celebrate the 4th of July? Yes
82. Thrown strange objects? Yes
83. Felt like killing someone? No
84. Thought about running away? Yes
85. Ran away? No
86. Had detention and not attend it? No
87. Made a parent cry? Yes
88. Cried over someone? Yes
90. Owned more than 5 sharpies? Yes
91. Dated someone more than once? Yes
92. Have a dog? Yes
93. Own an instrument? Yes
95. Been in a band? No
96. Drank 25 sodas in a day? No
97. Broken a cd? Yes
98. Shot a gun? Yes
99. Been on myspace for more than 5 hours? No

I am worth $1,016,000 on HumanForSale.com

Kyle tagged me with this survey thing. I don’t think I’ve ever been tagged before. I feel honored. Or some shit.

Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Business and Advertising Manager, Waitress, Park District Drama Class instructor, Website Developer.

Four movies you could watch over and over: The Labyrinth, Newsies, Hook, Serenity.

Four places you’ve lived: Rolling Meadows, IL; Tallahassee, FL; Lake In The Hills, IL; Normal, IL.

Four TV shows you love to watch: The OC, 24, The Simpsons, Roseanne.

Four places you’ve been on vacation: Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Los Angeles.

Four websites you visit daily: PVP, Questionable Content, Theater Hopper, Ugly Hill.

Four of your favorite foods: Skirt steak from the Athenian Room, Tekka Maki (tuna sushi), any kind of pasta, any kind of cereal.

Four places you’d rather be: Greece, London, Los Angeles, Japan.

Four albums you can’t live without: “So Called Chaos” by Alanis Morissette, “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd, “June’s Picture Show” by Ingram Hill, the “Into the Woods” soundtrack.

Next four tagged: Erika, Jared, Alan, Dave.

I just posted a whole slough of pictures on Flickr, go check them out. Shots were taken at Christmas, Marianne’s baby shower, my 24th birthday, New Year’s Eve, and when I went out with Toby and Gisella and the crew. Enjoy.

The first two hours of Season 5 of 24 were…oh, God…horrible and orgasmic at the same time. Can’t say much, still in shock, don’t want to spoil it.

Plus, the cat is sitting on one of my hands. Silly Minerva.

Let me tell you what NOT to do:

- Go to bed at 4am
- Wake up at 1:30pm
- Go to the Apple Store and buy an iPod
- Walk around Woodfield for three hours
- Finally leave at about 6:30pm
- Drive two and a half hours to Normal
- Stay up until 8:00am futzing with your new iPod and being anal about your iTunes
- Wake up at noon (four hours later, mind you)
- Prepare to work an 8 hour shift from 2-10

I am not looking forward to work.

But in other news, I have an iPod now! Finally!

And I got the best deal of all time. I got a 20GB iPod (yes, an older generation), an iTrip, a StickyPad to hold my iPod on my dashboard, an iPod case, “The Matrix” on DVD, and “The Sims” for PS2 all for less than the $300 I got as gift money from my godmother on Monday. The iPod itself was “refreshed” and only $179. I am the bargain queen.

Kids’ shows back in my day were not as dumbed-down as they are now. For example, in the episode of “Fraggle Rock” I’m watching right now (called “Gobo’s Discovery”), Red Fraggle just said, “Oh, come off it, Gobo, everyone’s got problems.” Not to mention the numerous instances of discussions about death in the past few episodes. In fact, Gobo got trapped under a piece of wood and knocked unconscious, and mumbled in his half-lucid state, “Uncle Matt. I’m scared, Uncle Matt. Sing me a song, please Uncle Matt, please!” and Red and Boober, trying to free Gobo from the piece of wood, sang the song Gobo’s uncle Matt used to sing to him, cuing a flashback to baby Gobo and Uncle Matt (and subsequently, baby Junior Gorg and King Gorg, who apparently used to sing the same song when Junior was young). Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about, but Barney never struck me as being that touching. Poor Gobo, calling for his Uncle Matt. *sniffle* *snifflesniffle*

Yes, I’m a nerd.

Anyway, Fraggle Rock was a smart kids’ show. In the episode “The Minstrels” that I just watched the other day, Jim Henson (as Cantus the Minstrel) delivered some of the most thought-provoking dialogue I’ve ever heard in children’s television. And Boober used the word “coup”. That just bowls me over.

I give myself the award for the longest away message ever. Just in case you try to look at it sometime when it’s up and it breaks your computer, here it is in all its glory.

music grows
in the rose
rock and rain and the blowin’ snowstorm
everything
seems to sing
everywhere i go

i say 1 2
play me do
let me sound as sweet as you
play me wide
play me long
let me be your song

play me down
on the ground
song comes singin’ from the midnight places
raise me high
in the sky
song comes drifting through

i say 1 2
play me do
let me sound as sweet as you
play me wide
play me long
let me be your song

play me high
play me low
play me where the wild wind’s blowin’
play me wide
play me long
play me for your song

i say 1 2
play me do
let me sound as sweet as you
play me wide
play me long
let me be your song

- cantus the minstrel (voiced by jim henson) singing “let me be your song” in “the minstrels” [fraggle rock: season 1, episode 18]

: | i am sleeping after watching the best fraggle rock episode ever. i have always loved “let me be your song” but i’ve never seen the episode. now that i have season 1, i have finally seen it, and it is incredible. jim henson is the genius of all geniuses. goodnight. : |