Monday evening, slight headache

[cleolinda]

I want you to know, first of all, that I am not in a bad mood. I'm a little tired, but it's been a fun day with the puppies and we had a constant light snowing of cherry blossom petals up and down the street all day. I'm mostly just glad to be off duty now. I haven't been particularly inspired writing-wise the last few days, but c'est la vie. That said, I have a few things to get off my chest (all of them directed at various family members):

My room is not the Jones Household Computer Lab. Stop treating it as such. Y'all have computers of your own, and if they're overrun with viruses, that's not my fault. So QUIT IT. BOTH OF YOU.

I am lying down in pitch dark with a compress over my eyes Sunday afternoon. You come in and--yes--start using my computer. And talking to me. WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? IN THE DARK? WHILE I'M CLEARLY HEADACHING? WHY DO YOU DO THIS?

If you are going to tell me not to take a shower because you need to take a shower, then TAKE A GODDAMNED SHOWER ALREADY. And DON'T run the water for twenty minutes with the door open before you even get started.

The toilet brush is not Excalibur. I am not the only person who can wield the power of scrub.

Don't throw food away. Just don't. You, in particular, have no grasp of which foods should stay and which should go. The cheese with the wide green vistas of mold? That can go. The muffins I baked this morning? HANDS OFF.

Fin.

Rare Semi-Identical Twins Discovered.

Sheep engineered with 15% human genes. UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!

Famed former brothel Mustang Ranch burns.

Got problems? Blame Californians.

Is that a crocodile under your robe, or ...

From carebearssparky: Little girl with off-brand doll (and willing to pay $20 to have its hair styled) humiliated at American Girl store by stylist and other customers/parents.

Neil Gaiman on the Stardust trailer: "I like the trailer. I've seen a lot of other trailers for Stardust, and was astonished to see how much they vary and the impression they seem to give, and I realised how close the recut trailers for The Shining and The Parent Trap and Mary Poppins were to the truth. In November I saw one trailer for Stardust that gave the impression it was a film about three witches on their quest to become young again. I saw one that didn't seem to be about anything, but still left you feeling like you'd seen (and not enjoyed) the whole movie, which wasn't any movie that had ever been made. There was one trailer that gave the impression that this was a film about Tristran's quest to discover the riddle of his birth, which he solved by becoming a sky-pirate." That last one, I would totally go see that.

Ewan McGregor on Trainspotting Sequel: He and Boyle are Not Friends, Sequel Will Not Happen.

Requiem for a Fighter: Darren Aronofsky will helm "The Fighter, a fact-based boxing drama that will reteam Departed co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon." Speaking of whom: Scorsese and DiCaprio Reteam on The Wolf of Wall Street; Wahlberg: "I Had Problems with Scorsese."

Michael Biehn Talks 'Avatar' -- Cameron Not Using Cameras?

Bond 22: Tomorrow's Rumors Never Die. My mother finally watched Casino Royale, by the way, and actually liked it, although she swore to the end that Daniel Craig "was not the most attractive actor they've ever had play Bond." Well, maybe not in the face, but... (Actual response: "Girl, he fine. Are we gonna have to watch this again? Don't lie.")

Comments

[gwenmary.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you're so stressed. That kind of reminds me of this thing that went around MySpace awhile back. It went like this:
Directions:
write ten statements
intended to different people
with things you've always wanted to say.
never tell which one is to who.

It's kind of like therapy, lol..that's just my opinion. I hope you feel better and may you always be inspired.

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

The American Girl link is broken- there's a "%20" in the middle of it (it works if you take it out)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks--my email always inserts a random space to protect from junk spam, and unfortunately I forget to take it out half the time.

[girlsetsfire345.livejournal.com]

That american girl doll story almost made me cry... my parents bought me an american doll (molly, I think?) for christmas when I was little. Looking back on it, I didn't have half as much fun with it as my no-name dolls, because they always wanted the American Girl doll to stay pristine. Plus, it was too big to play with. This story doesn't surprise me; I heard they discourage same-sex couples. For such an influential company in a young girl's formative years, they sure seem to be close-minded and brutal.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I think the company's changed a lot since Pleasant Rowland left and it got sold to Mattel, quite honestly.

[thea-scooter.livejournal.com]

People and sheep should never mix. Ever. Even if it's just in a test tube.

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

http://www.blogitude.com/uploads/2000/07/bartholo.jpg

[rebel-waltz.livejournal.com]

the California thing, especially the comment about their driving, made me laugh. my family back in Colorado has been complaining about the Californians there for years. whenever we go back there to visit they make a comment. also, the guy i've been in love with forever is from CA so i can definitely blame at least one problem on them XD

[erinya.livejournal.com]

I can't help thinking that the California-haters are jealous.

*would never live anywhere else*

It sounds like you need a lock on your door. Don't know what to do about the food, though. Warning labels?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I have a lock, but it doesn't work. This now makes two consecutive houses where my bedroom is the only one in the house that won't lock. *sob*

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Aw, man! Your family got viruses (viri?) on their computers? Seriously, aside from the inconvenience, they could have their identities stolen. If you want to hear of some good freeware anti-virus programs, I got recs.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Tell me what you've got--the problem in my mother's case is that we can't even get the computer to stay on long enough to start any of the programs.

[oldfeatheryhat.livejournal.com]

For the record, I actually know a pair of half-identical twins, although it didn't happen the same way listed in the article. The egg split before fertilization, and then both the halves were fertilized, so they share their mom's DNA and not their father's (although I can't tell them apart, they even walk the same). But it is kinda cool.

[reannaremick.livejournal.com]

That American Girl story makes me want to throw up, I can't believe it! When I was a kid we didn't have enough money for American Girl dolls, but since my mum got a discount as a Toys R Us employee I could get the *paper* dolls which were still outrageously priced, but I loved them to pieces, most of them literally. That poor little girl...

[dreamingreader.livejournal.com]

The American Girl story made me so sad. I loved all the AG books when I was young and had a doll. I feel like then it wasn't this big deal to have one. I just seem to notice how the "designer-lust" is hitting younger and younger these days. I wish that something could be done for that little girl.

The Californian article made me laugh because I'm from Reno and we blame everything on Californians: bad driving, pollution, the drought.

[tifaria.livejournal.com]

I really want to believe that the American Girls story isn't true, because the other option makes me cry. It's just so, so.. the only word I can think of is really more of a distressed, muffled sort of screaming noise.

I don't trust the AG story, personally.

[kittikattie.livejournal.com]

I, for one, see a lot of holes in the story. The mother wasn't there--she got the story secondhand from a friend who brough her child there. Also, are we supposed to believe that EVERYONE in an AG store is so mean to others? Plus, the mother allegedly lives in NYC. If you live in New York, what would possess you to look in a TRAVEL GUIDE to find stuff out about places you live?

My outtake? The salon lady may have been a jerk--I can see that, a long day of catering to a bunch of kids that get on your nerves. But the mom was wrong to not realize that they would not do anything with a non AG doll at AG PLACE, no matter how a kid cried or how favorite the doll is, and she should have called ahead and asked. Expecting AG to style a non-AG doll--when the stylists are more than likely only trained in AG hair types that are wigged kankelon--is like calling Sony and going "So, my XBox 360 doesn't work....fix it?" Or going to to Target and expecting them to take back the thing you bought at Walmart. Or going to Barnes and Noble and saying "So I have a Half Price Books Giftcard I'd like to use...." What's irritating me are all the people going "Well, the website doesn't SAY you have to bring an AG doll, so they lied and the mom was right give her the world." Um, it doesn't specifically say on Amazon.com that they don't take back books from HPB. I'll try to return this book I bought for a dollar. Except, that's not how it works. Someone doesn't have to say that they don't cater to an off brand product anymore than I have to specifically tell people that you can't smoke in my house before I spray you in the face with a water bottle.

It's not that the doll is not a "real" doll. But she's not an authentic AG. I collect AG dolls, and one I have is designed off Elizabeth Cady Stanton and by the same company that originally designed AG dolls, Gotz. Beth Cady *see icon* is a very elegant doll, and I love her to pieces. But she is NOT an AG and I would never expect them to do her hair or anything for her, really.

I feel that the salon's a ripoff anyways--you can only pick like, six styles off a sheet, and one's braids and one's a PONYTAIL. Outfits cost about 20 dollars at times. Hmm... a lasting outfit, or a hairstyle I will eventually have to take down? Granted, I'm not six, but when I was the idea of someone styling my dolls hair when I could get more clothes was ridiculous.

Sorry if I seem ranty, but this story has been making the rounds to me many times because I'm known by a lot of people for my collecting, and I'm not one to rally the troops over a blog post until the story is verfied in other places.

[raphaelle.livejournal.com]

"girl, he fine." *giggle*

um. yeah. i was hooked as soon as i saw the trailer, in which he walked out of the water in basically a pair of briefs. um, those thighs . . . *eyelash flutter*

also, i fangirl casino royale to a HUGE extent and i cannot wait for bond 22 (although i will be deeply disappointed by the fact that eva green won't be in it!).

[linz-lou.livejournal.com]

"The toilet brush is not Excalibur. I am not the only person who can wield the power of scrub."

haha That seriously made me laugh out loud. I had a similar experience this weekend. I cleaned the bathroom Sunday - I mean, total scrub-down - and my sister says, "It's about time." Excuse me, but since when did you become too good to scrub the shower? It really annoyed me, but, at least the bathroom is spotless! :P

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

I want "The toilet brush is not Excalibur" on an icon.

Re American Girls Dolls:

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

My first thought was how to donate my gently used Felicity doll to her, but my dim brain is trying to grasp some other, greater point that giving her the designer doll would ruin.

[metonymy.livejournal.com]

Ewan McGregor on Trainspotting Sequel: He and Boyle are Not Friends, Sequel Will Not Happen.

See also: sky still blue, sun rises in east. Seriously, how is this news? People have been asking Ewan if he'd do a Trainspotting sequel basically since it came out, and since the Beach debacle his answer has always been "hell no."

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, it's news in that last week Boyle was saying that it was going to happen.

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

WE DO IT BECAUSE WE CARE

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

I'm a Californian at school in Utah, and man, they're not kidding about the California hate. I recently wrote a letter to the student paper bawling out a columnist for suggesting that Californians be rounded up and forced to wear red stars on their clothes, shipped back to California, or sent to work camps from which they couldn't escape. Then he suggested building a wall around California to "keep those unsavory, sacriligious freaks" out of the great state of Utah. This columnist is such a jerk, and the semi-serious satirizing of the Holocaust was not something I was going to tolerate.

[detective13.livejournal.com]

OMG! They actually threw out your fresh-baked muffins?? How rude!

I hope you feel better soon, and the heacaches go away and bug a bad person any nemesis you may have...

Maybe make a large 'DO NOT DISTURB' sign for your door? If that doesn't work, locking said door might be a good idea... :)

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

I am so glad that the people who humiliated that little girl are now themselves being humiliated by having their asshaberdashery exposed on the Internets.

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine migraines. Honestly. I can stand a lot of physical pain, but the mere thought of pain in my brain makes my blood run cold.

That said, can I offer this? I was first published at 22 and I freaked out. Everyone's 20s are a blur, as they say: mine were a blur with guilt for not doing betterafter that milestone. My thirties were an improvement, but eh. I suppose I'm not helping if I say that life begins at forty?

I'm not sure how to say this, but there are plenty of things you can do in the meantime to lessen the misery unil then. If you'd like to crib from my 20/20 professional and personal hindsight, please feel free to email me. :)

[lilgoala.livejournal.com]

I must be so out of the loop, but... American Girl Dolls? Huh? The only dolls I ever played with as a kid were Barbies, and my only collectibles were porcelain dolls from various makers.

Anyway, I feel terribly for that poor little girl, though her mother seems really bitter about practically everything, judging from her blog profile. o.O

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

18" dolls, originally girls from different historical eras (with accompanying books, props, furniture, trading cards, etc.), now includes various modern characters. American Girl Places are shops where one can go buy them, buy their stuff, bring your dolls in for tea, hairstyling, and repair. Originally made by Pleasant Company, now owned by Mattel.

[mokeyhokey.livejournal.com]

My room is not the Jones Household Computer Lab. Stop treating it as such.

You too? Hell, we have an OFFICE in our house, of which my brother has a very expensive PowerMac in it, plus two laptops, not to mention the other various computers that he can choose, but no! Always in my room doing shit or showing me some stupid video on YouTube. I don't care! Leave me alone!

[maliekai.livejournal.com]

It just means he likes you! It's nice!

[the-lone-jen.livejournal.com]

"Sheep engineered with 15% human genes. UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!"

Does this take anyone else back to the Black Sheep trailer of a few months ago?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

It took *me* back, that's for sure.

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

When you say headache, do you mean normal headache, or migraine?

I got the onset of a migraine today, wherein half my vision is obscured by fogginess and flashing lightning streaks...then comes the nausea, and if I'm real lucky, a great throbbing, like my skull wants to implode...

I have been having way too many of those these past few weeks. At one point I had one for 3 days in a row, then skipped a day, and had it again a fourth day...

What I wouldn't give for some midrin.

Hope you feel better, from one who knows what it's like to have the family in your room on your computer, and to have some crappy headaches...

cheers

[jenni-talula.livejournal.com]

The toilet brush is not Excalibur. I am not the only person who can wield the power of scrub.

Dude. I am so printing this out and sticking it to my bathroom wall for my husband to see.