to quote the brooding prince of denmark

words. words. words.

a couple of friends have questioned my use of a certain expletive in the piece i wrote from the perspective of my appendix. i probably could have given some explanation before posting it but decided to let it stand as it was, especially since i had given the context in my previous post. i spent the beginning of the summer, when i wasn't taking the OWP, watching seasons five and six of The Sopranos, which is why my appendix ended up in the mob. i took the prompt as an opportunity to practice writing in a voice that wasn't my own, so i tried to have my appendix speak like a mobster. and it wasn't like my appendix was even using it in a derogatory way - he's impressed with the work the heart is doing. he didn't call the heart a "m-f" but said he was pumping away like one. big difference.

i do my best to not use "potty" language in my ordinary interaction with people and agree, nine times out of ten there are better ways to express yourself than the lazy use of expletives. but for this piece, for this character, i thought it worked. obviously, it's ruffled a few feathers. so to those of you shocked by what you read and expecting better of me: shut the fuck up.

(and in case there's any doubt: i'm trying to be funny, people. do not take this personally. and don't make me explain why it's funny).

spent most of the school day yesterday wondering if i would have to go to the doctor's office or the hospital - had been experiencing some pain in my abdomen, so called the doctor in the morning to find out if i needed to have it checked out. guess it was nothing because i didn't get a call until i was on the way home from school telling me just to keep an eye on it. so, given a clean bill of health, i went out last night with the carpool gang from OWP to The Pub over in rookwood. we had a great time catching up and promised to do it again soon, which is fine by me. haven't laughed like that in a great while. and i discovered i LOVE their goat cheese dip. who knew?

thursday night was parent/teacher conferences and unlike many of my other friends, i had a pretty light load - only four conferences. so i was wandering around and wandered into lori's room to discover her husband and child were there (i would use the child's name, but right now, i've completely forgotten it. tyler? taylor? i know, i know, i'm a horrible friend). the little one looked at me strangely when i said hey and then went back to playing with the keyboard, pounding away and ignoring me. i chatted with them for a while and then went back to get some stuff done in my room. lori found me later and said that after i left, her child looked around and said, "thurman gone." pretty impressive for a child just over a year and a half, especially since this was the first time he'd ever met me. made me smile.

heading out in a 20 minutes to see 3:10 to Yuma. not sure what to expect. heard some good stuff about it, but i'm a little trepidatious as it's a western and i tend to not like them. but the cast looks good so here's hoping. more later, perhaps.
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no sleep for thurman

11:30. am i tired? not at all. wide. a. wake. ridiculous.

just finished watching reaper, the new show on the cw. not bad - good enough to get me to watch it a few more times. also dvr'd house, which was terribly amusing - could not stop laughing over the kidnapping of the guitar. think i may be on my way to renting the other seasons on dvd to catch up. didn't watch bones because, well, i need to find out if i need to watch season two first.

this is a sickness, isn't it? too bad i don't know a doctor like house who could figure out what was wrong with me.

thunderstorms earlier tonight - poor becky, steve and uly got caught on the way to house church. but then, just before i walked to compline, there was a break in the stormclouds and the nearly full moon drifted between. first full moon of autumn tomorrow. looks like we'll have rain most of the day, but maybe we'll see sister moon smiling for us, if only briefly.

i keep hoping this is it, the final day of unbearable heat, but i'm not quite ready to let go completely and fall into, well, fall. did that a couple weeks ago and look what happened.

i just need to move to the arctic circle.

been bitten by the consumption bug - bought new eyeglasses this weekend. oh my sweet unsuspecting wallet. $300+, which i've since discovered is about average for that kind of purchase. has it been that long since i bought new ones that i don't remember that kind of expenditure? probably, since i haven't had new glasses since, oh, 2000. so much has happened since then. and not so much, too.

you'd think after such an unexpected expense i'd be a bit more frugal with my finances. yet how do i find myself spending my time? researching the new ipod classics, specifically the 160 gb version. see, poor rory is nearly out of space. and i keep buying new music. already wiped my musical collection to make more room, but eventually even that will be gone. and now that the prices have dropped, i'm tempted to join the ipod masses. not going to do anything right now, but it's definitely in the back of my head.

so much for my desire to live more simply...

this is not helping my insomnia. i just find myself more and more awake. maybe i'll try reading some more of adverbs by handler, see if that does the trick. at least i'll be in a prone position as opposed to sitting, staring at a screen. here's hoping i don't see 1AM roll around.
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