snail

The above is a Bones highlight reel they played at Comic Con. It is "the goriest, most gruesome and most grisly Bones scenes plus the hottest Booth and Brennan moments from Bones to date." I don't know about these being the hottest moments, but it certainly has SOME of the hottest moments. And my favorite gory scene was when they were moving a corpse that had been smashed flat.

I saw the edited version of Training Day last night. It was pretty good. Whoever edited it had to have been sweating pretty hard by the time they were done. Here are some quotes:

• "King Kong ain't got s___ on me."


• "Here's a joke, boy. One day this man walks out of his house to go to work. He sees this snail on his porch. So he picks it up and chucks it over his roof, into the back yard. Snail bounces off a rock, cracks its shell all to s___, and lands in the grass. Snail lies there dying. But it doesn't die. It eats some grass. Slowly heals. Grows a new shell. And after a while it can crawl again. One day the snail up and heads back to the front of the house. Finally, after a year, the little guy crawls back on the porch. Right then, the man walks out to go to work and sees this snail again. So he says to it, 'What the f___'s your problem?' "

weird stuff I like

Things I like that others might not like so much or may even find a little strange. (This idea was stolen from April's blog.)

1. going to the dentist


2. sniffing my children


3. peeling skin off of a sunburn


4. smashing a loaf of bread


5. complete silence


6. menstruating


7. the smell of airplane fuel/exhaust


8. having socks on whenever possible


9. eating nothing but vegetables for lunch


10. keeping Vaseline on my lips 24/7

buy this dress

Someone please buy this dress for me. Size large to be safe. You can find it here.

Love,

Kimberly

Hot Air Balloon

• I took down my poll concerning if and when I should run a half marathon. The winner of the poll was "run half marathon at home (Virginia)". So I will run the half marathon at home in Virginia. Training is coming along nicely. No injuries. It is not easy. Next Saturday I will run 10 miles. I am actually considering continuing on after the race, to train for a full marathon. Here is a picture of the W&OD trail that I use for long runs. It used to be a train track. It goes from where I live straight in to DC.
  
• Hot 99.5, the most popular radio station in DC, was going to move to a new studio (is this the right word?), so they decided to destroy the old studio while on the air. I was privileged to be listening as they did this. They tried using a sledgehammer, cutting wires, pouring Sunny Delight into the mechanisms, and other things I can't remember. It finally worked, and they actually went off the air. I listened to the dead silence for several minutes, until I had to get out of the car and go laughing in to work. Wonder how long it took for them to move into the new studio and get back on the air? When they finally post the news story on their web site I will let you know.



• Here is the song of the week called "Hot Air Balloon" by Owl City. They are of the genre "electronic". Owl City has the happiest music I have ever heard, and it is perfect for a 14 year old girl and her mother.

HP, and I don't mean Hewlett Packard

I saw Harry Potter twice on the day it opened, once at midnight and once that evening. I loved it. I loved Ginny, the female twins, Ron mooning over Romilda Vane, Harry high on Felix Felicis, the train station "magic" perfume billboard with memory vial, both young Tom Riddles, Draco Malfoy, Professor Slughorn, and most especially Snape.

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I wish they would have kept the wedding imagery from the book, but I loved the above Unbreakable Vow scene anyway.

diet soda makes you fat?

Just bought my tickets to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This was my favorite of the books. Can't wait! Can you believe this is Bonnie Wright who plays Ginny Weasley?

I'm very interested in the debate over whether diet soda contributes to weight gain or not. I just read several articles that make good arguments for the yes side of the debate. I think I will give up diet soda and see what happens. I thought about pasting in an entire article here, but it's a bit too long to hold anyone's attention. I will just put a link to it (here) and give you the bottom line:

The essential lesson is that the brain doesn't like being tricked. When you give
us sweetness without the caloric energy, we end up craving calories more than
ever.

Jennifer and the Snake

Here is my friend Jennifer. Here is a story she told me recently that I found compelling:

So, my wild nature moment for the week came when I attacked a black snake
with a baseball bat. It had swallowed 2 of our 3 ducklings and had the third in
its mouth. I pummeled it and it rattled just like a rattle snake. The duckling
in the mouth survived and is doing well. My dad showed up and hacked the snake's
head off with a machete. Then he whipped out his pocket knife and cut the other
two ducklings out of its stomach. We tried our best to resuscitate them, but no
luck. Never a dull moment around here.

look you Brits

Mood meter:
The above is me with the harsh taskmaster look on my face. Then I exercised in my office (lifted heavy boxes as weights) with the door closed. I do this quite often. Has anyone else done this? Now I look like this:

Here are a few of my favorite British to American translations. My British readers, do I have this right? Will you add some others please?

1. fag--cigarette
2. camp--homosexual
3. flannel--towel
4. knackered--tired
5. colour--color
6. advert--commercial
7. fringe--bangs
8. ta--thank you
9. bairns--kids
10. pants or knickers--underwear

Sports figure name of the day: Michael Olowokandi. Say it out loud. What fun.

Five Robot Lions

Today I stumbled across this analogy from examiner.com and found it funny:

A Long Island Iced Tea is like five robot lions

June 23, 5:11 PM · Sheldon Calbero - Seattle Cocktails Examiner

"It's a well known fact that when most things work together for a common cause, where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Take Voltron, for instance. Individually, each of the five robotic lions had the tenacity to defend a small village not unlike Leavenworth. Together, in their gestalt form, the mighty robot Voltron can generate a blazing sword capable of destroying even the most powerful space monster.

Trust me, this image is relevant.

Now, what does this have to do with cocktails, you ask? Well, a Long Island Iced Tea is just like Voltron: Made of five different liquors, the combination transforms itself into something that tastes just like iced tea. Because of its smooth drinkability, the potential for overindulging is quite strong. However, because of its refreshing nature, it's perfect for a summer barbecue.

As I stated earlier, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Despite the boggling mix of different spirits, a perfectly proportioned Long Island Iced Tea manages to unite these once mortal enemies. Once again, and this can't be stated enough, be responsible with these. This is a very strong cocktail."

This analogy must break down somewhere. I know because now I feel like I want to drink Voltron. Can Long Island Iced Tea generate a blazing sword capable of destruction too?

Fight Club

I saw Fight Club, edited for TV. Fascinating. You can't watch it just once. Anyone else see it?

These three quotations of the day come from Fight Club:

• Tyler Durden: "Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. * it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy * we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off. "

• Narrator: "You can swallow a pint of blood before you get sick."

• Tyler Durden: "The salt balance has to be just right, so the best fat for making soap comes from humans." Narrator: "Wait. What is this place?" Tyler Durden: "A liposuction clinic."

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Look at this book I'm reading. This is what it says on the back:

Subtitle: The Classic Regency Romance-Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! "It
is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must
be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an
expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of
bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen
upon the quiet English village of Meryton—& the dead are returning to life!
Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but
she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty & arrogant Mr. Darcy.
What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring
between the two young lovers—& even more violent sparring on the
blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating
undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices
of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak,
swordfights, cannibalism & thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice
and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd
actually want to read.

So if you're male and you've never read Pride and Prejudice, shame on you. But here is your chance to read it without that fear you've been harboring of growing a vagina as a result.

Ibsen and tweets

Here are Christopher Eccleston (who played the Doctor on Doctor Who) and Gillian Anderson (who played somebody. I forget who ;) ) in A Doll's House, originally by Ibsen. This play is on in London, at the Donmar Warehouse. Whoever offers first will be allowed to take me to London to see it. Immediately.

I have had tweets from two famous people.

1. Jack Diamond from Mix 107.3's Jack Diamond morning show. Me: "Love your show babe." Jack: "Love YOUR show, babe!! : ) Have a great weekend. Best, Jack"
2. Hart Hanson, creator of Bones the TV show. I found out Cyndi Lauper will be in the season opener episode of Bones. Me: "I assume Cyndi Lauper will be playing herself. Will Emily sing with her?" Hart: "Cyndi Lauper is not in fact playing herself. She's playing a character currently named Avalon Harmonia. She can act!"

Sports figure name of the day: Hasheem Thabeet

flax seed

A short ode to flax seed. Short so as to not seem pedantic.

Someone a long time ago sent me an article about the benefits of flax seed ("you can even put it on ice cream!"), and I laughed, thinking it was a joke. Let me tell you though, flax is no laughing matter. It's really good for you.