i'm just in a quiet mood lately.  i feel like i have about 3 posts in my brain, but my fingers are on a writer's strike, and i don't want to cross the picket line.

el shaddai by amy grant just came on the lobby music.

bah.

i'm too apathetic about it to even muster up a proper disgust.

i'm eating rice crispies, a banana nut muffin and orange juice. 

i'm glad that breakfast has made a comeback in 2007 for me.  this is, in excessively large part, due to the boy, who hearts breakfast.

mmmmm.

so, i was on the treadmill at the gym yesterday, and towards the end of my run when i'm seriously contemplating just slogging through the last bit and leaving early, the tv in front of me changes to nbc's the biggest loser.

i swear, everyone in my row of treadmills started running just that much quicker.

i have no idea why they don't just play that show in a loop non-stop.  talk about motivation.

"you have to be rich to be insane. 
losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class."

is there an age after which it is unacceptable to insist on having only buffalo wings for dinner?

what about two nights in a row?

hypothetically, i mean...

"it can always be louder."

this is the first lesson that guitar hero taught me.  my brother searched out the last guitar hero III game for his nintendo wii, and it did not disappoint.

even i, being remarkably untalented at most gaming systems past sonic the hedgehog for sega and the mario series for the original nintendo, enjoyed it.

i rocked out to weezer, the rolling stones, and heart.

the easy level, of course.  do not look down upon the easy level.  only three keys and my wrist hurt like a mother.  my hands were not meant to curl around a guitar board.  they naturally go flat and spread out on ivory keys, thank you very much.  when they start making piano hero, call me up.

then i spent some of my brother's "hard earned" guitar hero money at the store.  he and julie bought songs.  me?  i bought more outfits.  if they had shoes for my guitar hero, that money would be gone.

merry merry merry christmas.

my love and i are listening to blues, staying by the fire, and working idle hours on a large jigsaw puzzle.

perfection.

adjust your volume lower.

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dear. lord.

hippopotamusses like me too.

the words i am enjoying lately:

satsuma

propensity

joyous

ubiquitous