Three Words to the Whack.
Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2003 @ 3:40 p.m.

So, I went to the doctor yesterday, which, as I suspected, was mostly a waste of time. My arm really did hurt like hell and I'd become convinced that I'd fractured my collarbone or something. (Weeks of recovery! No exercise! Hips growing wider!)

The doctor's diagnosis? I jammed it. Jammed it? Is that even a medical term? Jam on it. Jam on it. I said jam-j-j-jam on it. Anyway, I got some meds out of it and my arm is feeling a bit better.

Whoo! 31 years and never broken a bone!

Yet.

Shut up.

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Keeping the Spirit Alive.

Ah, Spirit Training. My boss created, as part of the on-going Spirit Training, a Spirit Building Game and yesterday she made us test it out to see if it worked. Basically, it was a dumbed-down version of Bingo (Is it possible for Bingo to be any dumber? Apparently, yes.) but instead of B-I-N-G-O we were playing S-P-I-R-I-T. I cannot make this kind of thing up.

So, she interrupted the afternoon by deciding, with no prior warning, that we were going to try her bonehead version of Spirit Bingo right-that-very-second. The Spirit Bingo boards were handed out and I stared at mine in horror. Instead of numbers, there were words in the boxes. "Smiling" "Sharing" "Listening" "Helping" "Supporting"

I ask you. Anyway, once we got our boards, we were then required to take turns selecting paper slips with Spirit Words on them out of an envelope. Boss lady read them out loud (for no reason, as you'll soon see) and we'd place them on the corresponding spot on our board, which was fine, except, she changed the rules. Because Spirit Bingo isn't stupid enough unless it has it's own rules.

According to Spirit Bingo rules, if I picked "Smiling", I was the only one who could claim it on my board, unlike in real Bingo where everyone gets to claim it. Also, there was only one slip for each word and the letters S-P-I-R-I-T didn't correspond to the Spirit words. So, in essence, it was virtually IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN. D-U-H!

I would totally get fired if boss lady found this, but it would be worth it.

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Sweet, Sweet Television.

Manor House. Oh, man. How great is it? I've only watched the first two hours (I'm taping it), but it's really fantastic. Reality TV wrapped in a historic, British package! Yum! I adore the butler and the stable boy (Tristan!) but I think the upstairs family is a little scary and a little too into the whole "being served" thing.

The scullery maid turnover was hilarious. What, exactly, did those girls think they'd be doing? A scullery maid is someone who cleans the kitchen, dead stop. Your mommy will not be there to do it for you. Really, what were they thinking?

The chef is an asshole (as are most) but honestly, I can't blame him. He has to create four meals a day, two of them multi-course, with antique equipment and not much help. He's really stressed out though, and not managing well. Damn, I cannot wait to see the rest of it!

Buffy. Last night's episode had a definite setting-the-stage feel to it; lots of build up but no big bang like last week. The Buffy-ousting was hard to watch, but Noah (I think) pointed out that Caleb had said earlier that she was going to "lead them in, according to plan", so maybe this is what has to happen to ruin his plan. And damn, poor Xander.

My favorite part of last night's show? Andrew and Spike. Hi-freaking-larious. They need their own show, for real. They could eat blooming onions and fight demons and read comic books and watch bad 80's television! That would rule.

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Link-Em-Aid.

Tatu gigs cancelled due to lack of interest. Snort. Really? People have lost interest in a fake-lesbian Russian teenage pop duo? What is the world coming to?

Holy crap. Check out the lineup for the local "Innsbrook After Hours" concert series. Hall and Oates? Rick Springfield? Dave Lee Roth? Kenny Loggins? Hey Innsbrook! 1986 called, it wants it's concert series back.

Joss Whedon's 10 favorite episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (link via tvtattle.com). If it were my list, I'd remove #9 and replace it with "Normal Again" from season six. I saw a re-run of it recently and it's really a well constructed mindfuck, what with the not-quite-resolved ending.

Check out buffyworld.com for re-caps of each episode.

"Grrrr. Arrrrgh."

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