• I've been exceedingly tardy in wishing happy birthdays. So very belated good wishes to melissa_maples and ladycakes.



• If you would like to visualize me using my new spam musubi press, make sure your mental jukebox cues up "You Make My Dreams" by Hall and/or Oates first. Otherwise, you won't get the full effect.



• Speaking of that song, I cannot wait until the soundtrack for 500 Days of Summer comes out. I do not care about the Stereogum comments about how it's "trying too hard to be indie" or how it's targeted to a certain demographic (and on the latter, hi--welcome to the world)--sometimes I just want to enjoy things.



• Like Thou Shalt Always Kill, which contains two of my personal truths, Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry and Some people are just nice. And also, Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals.



• I am in the middle of watching Supernatural season 2 and it is quite excellent. The ending of the HH Holmes episode (the ending of the job, not the actual episode) was delicious justice. Casting Linda Blair (I just finished watching "The Usual Suspects") is also cool. I wish they could have figured out more to do with Alona Tal, though--I love her scenes with Jensen. [See here for his "REO Speedwagon?!"* face.]



• I think I'm going to do something really wild for spring break, like hole up somewhere and write. However, I'm not sure I'll be able to get away actually, so I may pull an Al Bundy and just set up a fence around my chair.



• Getting ready to start my Victory Garden. I think I've found the missing ingredient. It's what plants crave.



• Stephon Marbury Embroils Celtics' Big 3 In Elaborate Shakespearean Intrigue: "Stephon told me that the other two guys hated me because I was the most talented," said Pierce, who said speaking with Marbury was beginning to make him feel uncomfortable. "He said I should beware jealousy because it was 'the green-ey'd monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on.' But I was like, 'Stephon, first of all, Kevin is a way better player than I am.'



• Dolphin and tiger share a moment. I love that other dolphin. "I have a ring! A ring! I have a ring! A ri--aw, screw you guys."



• More fashion show love courtesy of Michelle Collins.



• I was trying to find more (I am a nerd) Jefferson tees (I am a nerd) and was weirded out by the merchandise attempting to co-opt him as a neocon hero, not to mention the generally uggo designs. The best design I've seen on Zazzle so far is by someone who also sells an "Change Is Also What Germany Was Looking For in 1932" bumper sticker, which...oh, good Lord. I thought I told you to wait in the truck. And is this what font I think it is? Ugh. Oh and by the way.
  
  So thank you, Dutch Southern for this, which makes it all better. (Most of their shirts are pretty sweet, by the way--the Tarantino Babies are adorable.)
  
  I need to stop getting myself riled up before I spend all afternoon designing my own shirts. Again.



• I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me--they were delicious, so sweet and so cold.

*Jo: What?
Dean: REO Speedwagon?!
Jo: Damn right, REO. Kevin Cronin sings it from the heart.
Dean: He sings it from the hair--there's a difference.

monooka got her present so now I can tell y'all what it was. I got her a peanut butter and jelly charm from Pancake Meow. Because like I said inside the box, room service may have excellent peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but now M will always have one. As I mentioned, it's a reminder of a most excellent night. Excellent? Yeah, excellent.

I was very pleased with Leslie's work. I've been a fan of it for a while but I'd never actually ordered from her and it was amazing. She hand makes all those charms from clay and the detail is astounding--the little holes in the sandwich's bread were just...wow. She's gotten mentions on Daily Candy and such, which raised demand so now she typically just does preorders for just a few charms at a time but if you want a cute little present that someone's not likely to have, I highly recommend it. There are other people who do food replica jewelry but I haven't seen anyone that does as realistic work as she does.

And of course, I ordered a charm for her to honor my best friend, the other half of my brain, whom I love like lightning, rainbows and springtime. In a Neanderthal sort of way.

Happy birthday, kaytethinks! You'll always be my librarian fantasy, bb!

A. Tina Fey is a sorceress! Back when this sketch aired, everyone was like, "Oh-ho-ho, what a charming farce!" And now? :-/



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Happy belated birthday, pastahero! Sorry about that--I got my dates allll screwed up. Anyway, I hope it was fun!

Happy birthday, saggycabbage! I hope it was full of good times and no waking up to suspicious items in your hand!

Happy birthday, monooka! I hope you have loads of fun with your sisters this weekend and I can't wait until I see you again! I miss you so much, my neanderthal!

Unrelated, but why does eljay think it's the 20th? That freaked me out.

Happy birthday, brim! Hope it was great!

I'm about to leave to go see SoaP with my Prom King but I wanted to say happy birthday to shibaiko and thelovehater! I hope that you both have splendid weekends!

Also, for zooby and commieprincess, *lame internet hugs*. I'm sending you both my love.

For some reason, the Americans in LostChat have a habit of leaving me alone in there with the Canadians. It starts out all normal but then devolves into talk of cheesies and fancy fries with froggy names. But I digress. Now I don't trust that kaytethinks and I have a whole list of items concerning zooby (Number one, macramed a pair of jean shorts), but as the internets should already know, I love me some jess_d_ripper. And it's her birthday! Happy birthday, Jess! I offer you this picture, which I totally did myself, as a token of my love. Balls-deep love. And there's no truer love than that.