August 2006 Archives

Your results:

You are Green Lantern
85% Green Lantern
70% Superman
70% Batman
Robin 65%
Iron Man 65%
Hulk 60%
Spider-Man 55%
Wonder Woman 55%
Supergirl 45%
Catwoman 45%
The Flash 25%


Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.



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It's about frickin' time!! My faith is restored and I can finally ENJOY the show again. Results are not posted online yet so I'm just going to quietly dance inside, grinning like an idiot.

OH ... before I forget ... look who noticed my birdbath!! Sweet!! An artist after my own heart.

yes ... I am feeling the urge to create again.

What a difference a year makes. Last year, we were absolutely falling all over ourselves for Rockstar:INXS ... it was SUCH a good show and we had a big dog in that fight. We had to make sure our beloved INXS wasn't going to besmirch the memory of our even more beloved Michael Hutchence. Every week we tried to imagine someone in front of our favorite band and, every week, there was a new debate as someone showed their true colors and had to be cut. We loved the show, we loved the guys, we loved the performers. We even saw the new incarnation of INXS in February.

This season, I started out ambivalent. I mean, I LIKE Tommy Lee, saw him in concert in March and was sufficiently starstruck. Jason is an awesome musician and I respect him so much more after watching his behavior on this show. Gilby, well, I didn't know him before *shame* but I am a fan now. One thing that has sold me on them all is how giddy they are after performing. They aren't tired or out of breath or even sweaty ... they are like little kids on Christmas, all hopped up on adrenaline and candy canes.

The performers were ok, very few standouts. There are some freaks, some geeks, and some very talented people that need to be doing something else. Jill, Storm, Josh, Ryan ... they all could be stars on their own. Jill and Storm make questionable performance choices and Josh and Ryan may be too unique to be molded to Supernova. Oh, and Patrice is already in her own little niche, too.

I like Dilana (who knew?!) and I really like Lukas (especially after the goosebumps he gave me tonight during Creep) ... Magni is getting stronger in my eyes and let's see, who did I forget? Only the forgettable ones.

The eliminations leave me confused and disappointed. One person (Zayra) needed to go home week 1 but was kept around for questionable reasons. Let's just say it's not because she can sing. I know she has some fans (I'm thinking these are the same people that listen to Celine Dion and think Cher is a fashion diva) but she does not belong in this competition. Tonight proved it. She's got to go.

And maybe that's why I'm not as excited about this season. Each week she stays, I question the integrity of the show. I'm going to watch to see if it will redeem itself (and because I love LOVE the shared experience with my sweetie) but I don't have high hopes.

Your thoughts?

What I played today: F1 2001 and Sly Cooper: Thievius Racoonis (PS2) and trying to knock my son off the high score board in Bejeweled 2 (Classic Mode).

I don't post much of the idiocy that I find online but I just read this article and I am beside myself. Since I have no where to go with my outrage, I thought I would spew it here, dear reader. Aren't you lucky?

Readers of a US parenting magazine are crying foul over the publication's latest cover depicting a woman breastfeeding, with some calling the photo offensive and disgusting.

"I was SHOCKED to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine," one woman from Kansas wrote in reaction to the picture in Babytalk, a free magazine that caters to young mothers. "I was offended and it made my husband very uncomfortable when I left the magazine on the coffee table."

Um, ok ... first of all, what is wrong with a baby breastfeeding? It is healthier than formula, it is a bonding experience and, I hate to remind you all but THAT IS WHAT OUR BOOBS ARE FOR!! Is it because it is on the cover of a magazine and it is in our faces?

Hmm ... it is 1:15 in a Monday afternoon and, as I flip through the channels, I see commercials for erectile dysfunction, birth control, tampons, and Victoria Secret underwear one after another. Does any of this make anyone else but me uncomfortable? Is this a double standard or is it just me? Yeah, I can flip the channel ... and people don't have to buy the magazine.

I hate summer.

Let me say that again. I hate summer. With a passion.

I know, I'm a teacher and I should enjoy the months off. I should be hanging out at the beach or in my backyard or at the pool. HA, who am I kidding? I don't do any of that!

Let's try this again. I should be curled up on the couch with a good book or video game. Yeah, that sounds better.

Why aren't I doing that this summer? Well, between starting my vacation with a summer class and teaching Summer Enrichment taking away my June, my internship taking up my July, I find myself in August with less then 2 weeks before I go back to work and I feel cheated. I even went back to school shopping yesterday ... ACK!!

To make things worse, the kids are in full summer mode. Visiting with friends, playing video games and music all day, watching TV all night. I'm pretty sick and tired of them still being up at midnight. Where is MY time?

I do look forward to the return of rules and schedules. Even if it means that I'm back at work, I want to have my time back.

On the plus side, T comes this weekend ... all the more reason I want to reinstitute the bedtimes. Momma needs some grown up time. *nudge nudge*

Just questioning/wondering aloud about my writing has helped me break through something. Talk about your lightbulb moment.

What have I been doing for the last 3 weeks? Data manipulation.

What part of my brain have I been using lately? The precise librarian/cataloger/computer geek left half.

Why can't I write? Anyone? Anyone? Beuller???

Well, DUH, the kind of writing I try to do uses the OTHER HALF OF MY BRAIN! Maybe I need to write some code or, oh, I don't know, an analytical review of a video game *cough*Darwinia*cough* to restore order.

Ok, I needed to be off of work for a day to figure that out. Thanks to Tim for letting me talk that one through.