weathered

the online radar says the worst of the storm is past us now. pardon me while i go collect the pieces of our fire pit from the neighbor's yard.

must. sleep.

i've been sleeping horribly lately. when i finally do fall asleep i'm tossing and turning all night. that's not normal for me at all. generally i move a total of 2 times per night. lately it's been more like 22, at a minimum. so i'm thinking tonight i'll pop some tylenol pm around 8 and hopefully be in bed before 11. with any luck, i'll actually feel rested in the morning.

lazy morning

after a few long days at work, it's nice to start a sunday with a mug of hazelnut hot cocoa.

what?

early this morning three people from Old Job moved in my parents. there was an obnoxious hedge planted around the oak tree, and the garage and the neighbor's back yard had been commandeered for a science experiment. the experiment was being led by my brother and two friends from high school. two metal rockets were built and filled with pine cones. one pine cone per rocket, as the pine cones were 3' in diameter and 5' long. the point of the experiment was to see if the pine cones would generate enough oomph to launch the rockets. i don't think it would have worked, but the smoke set off my alarm clock before i could see the end.

not being 9-5

the whole TGIF-It's-Friday-Wahoo! commotion has less meaning when you work weekends. :)

bullets

- last night i dreamed i took over the advertising department at Old Job. i told my new subordinates that i knew i was crazy for taking over.

- apparently the words dreamed and dreamt can be used interchangeably.

- my automatic spell-check does not like the word dreamt.

- i find it nearly impossibly to say the word dreamt without adding a p sound between the m and t.

- my ten hours at work today went by very quickly. hopefully tomorrow will be the same.

- while i was sleepy during my break at work, i am now wide awake.

- i opened my laptop to renew my library books, but i posted instead.

tactical switch

so this afternoon i realized that the cast list of Law & Order: Criminal Intent i was working off of wasn't complete. it listed cast by the number of episodes appeared - but it ended with 2-episode appearances. but half the point of the research is the guest stars who are only in single episodes. so now i'm going through the cast list by episode, which includes every person credited. with each new name, i'm realizing how ridiculous this undertaking is. i'm only on the first degree shows. somehow i'm doubting i'll make it through second degree shows. i mean, there are well over 800 one-degree shows.

without actually counting, i think the show with the most links is currently either Third Watch or The Sopranos.