grrrrrrrr GRRRRRRRRRR

Just got off the phone with my dad.

My brother OB and his wife were driving back to Port Orchard from Los Angeles in their Explorer yesterday, taking the scenic coastal route. They also had about 10 boxes of my books 'n stuff that were left behind when I moved. Tired, they stopped for the night in Salem, OR, figuring they'd get home sometime this afternoon.

Some motherfucker busted their back window and stole OB's $3k golf clubs and riffled through my boxes of books. No idea if they took anything of mine (but nerdily I have a spreadsheet on the contents of each book box, so will know if anything's missing).

Sometimes I just want to kill people.

Talk about ruining your nice vacation with a need for police reports and the joyful sense of being violated.

whoa

I mean, I really want to see John Kerry interviewed by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show tonight, but the snark in this Washington Post article about the aforementioned event is cracking me up.

An excerpt:

The rep also noted that Stewart's show was a great way to reach young voters. And another Kerry camp rep, who had returned our call earlier in the day, noted that "another presidential candidate" -- that would be Bill Clinton -- went on Arsenio Hall's late-night show in 1992 and that had not turned out badly for either.

Of course Arsenio Hall did not ask tough questions, which Stewart does, we pointed out. If Kerry wants late-night softball questions, might it not be better to book him on Jay Leno's show?

"Unlike President Bush, [Kerry] answers hard questions and, unlike Bush, he's running a positive, issues-oriented campaign and has encouraged young people to vote and not to stay home" on Election Day, the spokesman shot back.

Earlier, before being clawed by Kerry's reps, we spoke to "Daily Show" executive producer Ben Karlin, a charming man who did not take offense at our questions and who promised that the Comedy Central program would try especially hard to resemble an actual TV news show tonight during its Kerry encounter.

blonde moment #4958302

So I needed two new tires as I'd sucked every penny's worth of use out of my old ones. I can't praise Les Schwab Tires enough. They made this whole thing so not an ordeal.

( You wouldn't think I'd have so much to say about car tires. But I live to surprise. )

Woo! I love my new tires! *cuddles*

pardon me while i burst into flames

Amanda is a step aerobics instructor at Sound Mind & Body.

Ellie started to go to her classes. Then Judy. Now Jeanne. They worship Amanda. People schedule their vacations around Amanda's schedule. Amanda is going on vacation for a week to get married, people are despondent.

I hate working out in front of other people. I mean, I can survive the treadmill and even quietly do weight-training. But I hate it and would be happier if there were no other people on the planet while I did them. In spite of all my bluster, I can be painfully shy and self conscious. I never would consider doing an aerobics class with other people. And those big mirrors. And the requirement of basic motor coordination.

But all my friends are doing it. And they always fucking talk about Amanda. And how they love her. And how they can't come out to dinner, because they have to go to Amanda's class. And did I mention my friends are all obscenely thin and beautiful and if they weren't my friends I would have to make them sleep with the fishies?

( The Cult of Amanda )