We Have Moved. That's The Royal "We" In Case You Were Wondering

Just had a thought (FIRST ONE IN AGES! YOU GUYS! IT'S LIKE A MIRACLE!) - this blog is still linked in some places, so if anyone checks it I guess I ought to redirect you to my NEW AND (totally un)IMPROVED blog!

The Cerebral Owl

If The World Were Cut In Half And Tied With A String

Day 15 as a vegetarian/cheating vegan:

Thanks my awesome friend, Sara, I now know the joys of soy ice cream. Also, Mimis Cafe (no apostrophe? Really?) has a great grilled vegetable sandwich, and Guru's in Provo has some seriously amazing options.

Speaking of Provo... I got back last night from my 8 day trip. It was fun and relaxing and I so didn't want to come back. The end.

I think my sister-in-law, Chrissy, and my friend, Sara, may be some sort of crazy geniuses, because they see this switching from one direction to the other.

I met an awesome gay boy on the plane from Cincinnati/Kentucky to Newark and we talked the whole way. He was completely entertaining. We're going to be MySpace friends since he lives in India (expat from Cincinnati).

I'm pretty sure there was other stuff, but I forget.

Half A Flower Petal

Exciting news! I think I may be able to get away with not checking any bags! I must remember to buy contact solution once in Utah - that whole 3 oz liquid thing... I'm happy about this because even with the earliest train to the airport I'm cutting it very close. Now I might be able to check in online. Excellent.

Also, I have a ZILLION books to read, which is great for planes because, with the noise of the engine, watching movies on my iPod is usually out of the question.

These are the books I'm taking:

The Late Bloomer's Revolution

The Fourth Bear

The Thief Lord

The Thief

The Supernaturalist

There was a 3 for 2 sale on children's fantasy/sci-fi lit at Borders.

It's An Illusion Done With Rubber Bands

So much of the time - ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME - I really want to say "screw it all. I'm outta here," and just go do random things and not be all practical. But I am not as strong and independent as most people seem to think I am, and I just cannot chuck my safety net and go it alone. I so envy my brother, who is the only boy I know to have had a real soulmate kind of best friend. If I had a really good friend who was like, "Come on, let's go somewhere and just figure it out later," I would do it. In a second. Because a good friend is the strongest safety net.

A Metaphorical Hug Around the Torso Area

I hate asking my friends for favors. I expect them to ask me - because we're friends and that's what friends do and I don't mind even a tiny bit - but then I always feel TREMENDOUSLY guilty asking for anything. Friends, reassure me that you don't mind doing me favors - that in fact you WANT to pick me up from the airport and drop everything and hang out with me when I'm in town, and that I shouldn't feel bad for asking.

Stardate Something Something Who Knows

I think I killed a butterfly yesterday. I was driving and I saw something falling, but I thought it was a leaf right up until it smacked into my windshield. Poor butterfly.

I'm going to Utah tomorrow. I am GREATLY looking forward to a real vacation - away from here.

Captain's log, day 5 as a vegetarian/cheating vegan. Soon I will begin to gnaw off my own leg. Just kidding. So far - no problem. I'm completely enjoying it.

Fast Out Of The Gate

Spencer's new comic book review is up. He makes me wish I'd gotten into comic books.

Kevin Nealon Is Not A Vegetarian

Eat A Vegetarian Today

Today I read the book Skinny Bitch, which finally convinced me to make the commitment and go vegetarian - something I've been thinking about doing for about a year. So I took the 30 Day Veg Pledge, and also found out, coincidentally, that today is World Vegetarian Day. The universe is so on board with this.

It's The One You Trust

It must be a rule for writing a Lifetime movie that everything happens in the last fifteen minutes. Seriously - to the minute. If it looks interesting just watch the beginning to get the idea, then tune in for the last fifteen minutes. Awesome.

Way Divisible

Kid Nation is completely disappointing. Supposedly the kids are creating this town and running it with no adults, but really it's Survivor Jr., except no one gets voted off. The structure of the town is dictated by the adults running the show. Instead of letting the kids just go at it and work out how to do stuff, they make the kids split into four groups and compete against each other.

First place is the upper class - they have no jobs and they get a salary of $1.

Second place is the merchant class - they get $.50 and they run the store and 'saloon.'

Third place works the kitchen and gets $.25.

Last place is the labor class - they clean the latrines, haul the water, do he laundry, etc, and get $.10.

I find this completely gross. Before they were split into groups and assigned to a social class (seriously - is that necessary?) they weren't actually doing too badly. It would have taken some time to get things running smoothly, but the laundry was getting done, water was getting hauled, one girl had taken on the job of running the kitchen - they were figuring it out.

The town council is 4 kids who were chosen before the show started. One is a snotty little beauty pageant brat named Taylor. Her group has so far been in charge of the kitchens, except that they never actually DO anything because this entitled snob sleeps in, slacks off, and just sits around giggling with some of the girls on her team.

As she says, "Beauty queens don't wash dishes."

Other kids have been covering the kitchen simply because they HAVE TO EAT. At the town meeting (led by an adult. *sigh*) a bunch of kids complained about Taylor, but no one actually did anything. I wish the kids would just take control of the game and oust Taylor. They seem to be waiting for permission to do ANYTHING. Hey, kids! It's supposed to be YOUR TOWN!