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When did the hot guys start getting younger than me? I mean, much younger than me? Since my recent obsession with all things Degrassi (old and new), I've fallen in love with the sixteen-year-old who plays Craig on the show. I am a dirty, dirty old woman. I need to take my knitting and my crossword puzzles and check myself into a retirement home. I love this little boy in inappropriate ways.

Luckily, I still have crushes on the age-appropriate, the too old for me and the waaaay too old for me. My lust spans all ages, from 16 to 60.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:41 PM | shower me with attention

What was the point of my Nyquilling myself to sleep last night and waking up at a reasonable hour and staying up all day if I'm still up until 6 a.m. the next night?

DSPS is a real thing, people.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:04 AM | shower me with attention

Friday, October 17, 2003

Happy Birthday, Mom. Stop reading my blog.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 12:46 PM | shower me with attention

Thanks to the magic of Nyquil and the waking ability of Andrew, I was asleep by 3 a.m. and awake by 11:30.

Okay, wow. I just put on TBS and Saved by the Bell: The College Years is on, and not only is horrifically awful in every imaginable way, but Screech just did a Pauly Shore impression. This is why I sleep during the day.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 12:42 PM | shower me with attention

Thursday, October 16, 2003

Something has got to change. Today I woke up twenty minutes before my music test began. Meaning, I was in bed twenty one minutes before it began.

I made it just in time, but apparently I knocked over the open bottle of my medicine into the sink full of water. When I got back from school ten minutes ago, I found all of my remaining pills ruined, save the four doses I put in my purse to take to Mint Manor with me this weekend.

I would be so screwed if my mother weren't coming home four days from now.

I wake up so groggy, dizzy and out of it that I honestly had no idea that I had done that until I got home.

And I woke up that late because I was awake 'til almost 10 a.m.

So this has to change immediately.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:46 PM | shower me with attention

I think it's sort of imperative that I get the Hairspray OCR. Based solely on the fact that "You Can't Stop the Beat" makes me feel so happy.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:01 AM | shower me with attention

ARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Why did I take this class????

Brandenberg Concerto No. 5 movement 1, Bach, 1721, concerto grosso, violin, harpsichord, flute, string orchestra! Ritornello form!

Organ Fugue in G Minor, Bach, 1709, fugue, organ! High to low voice!

Orfeo recitative, Monteverdi, 1607, opera, voice and orchestra! Homophonic!

Dido's Lament from Dido and Anaeis, Purcell, 1689, opera, voice and orchestra! Ground bass!

La Primavera, Vivaldi, 1725, concerto gross, string orchestra! Program music!

Wachet Auf, Bach, 1731, movement 4 (tenor chorale) and movement 7 (chorale), cantata, chorus and orchestra! Movement 4, contrasting voices; movement 7, homophonic!

Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exaulted, Handel, 1741, oratorio, solo voice and orchestra! Word painting!

Because typing it out on my blog is the same as memorizing it, somehow?

Why are you in Tavie's head? 2:38 AM | shower me with attention

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Oh, and, this is my first night "alone", as my parents are still in London and my sister is off to San Francisco. (Andrew should be here in an hour or so.)

Let's examine how ill-equipped I am to take care of myself: I was feeling brave so I decided to try and make dinner, as my funds are low and we have food in the house. So I defrosted some chicken wings and put them in the oven, and just now as I was typing my last entry, I heard some low-level commotion coming from the kitchen and saw erratic movement reflected in the window out of the corner of my eye. My immediate thought was, "Oh my god, I put something in the oven and now the KITCHEN IS ON FIRE!!!" My heart raced and I leapt off the couch and towards the kitchen, air-raid siren screaming in my head.

I am a jerk. The commotion was coming from the dishwasher switching to rinse cycle; the movement in the window was the tree outside being whipped by the wind.

How do I get RAGING INFERNO from a dishwasher and a tree branch?

That's fucked up. My heart is still pounding.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:07 PM | shower me with attention

Went to see a seminar at the Museum of TV&Radio called "Muppets Rarities", which was really good and funny and cool. Jerry Nelson, Jane Henson and Bonnie Erickson (a great, old-time Muppet designer) were panelists. The only drawback was the Q&A session, which was full of really nervous, dorky people who gave Erin a panic attack, especially the guy who brought his very own puppet. The puppet desperately wanted to ask a question, and kept shifting and waving his stick-propelled arm in the air, but the wise moderator ignored him.

Throughout the show, a young man in the seat next to me was writing in a composition book. He wrote almost continuously. I wondered what was in the book-- was he writing an article or a review of the event?-- but I couldn't make out much of his handwriting. I saw some shorthand for "Jerry Nelson" and "Jane Henson", and not much else. As we all got up to exit the auditorium, I saw him close his book and snuck a peek at what was written on the cover:

WRITE DOWN EVERY THOUGHT

Although the Muppets were funny, this was undoubtedly the funniest part of the evening.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:00 PM | shower me with attention

If I don't add James Kochalka to my blogroll I will never remember to click it for the daily comic, which I love, and if I don't remember then I'll miss it since I can't afford the ridiculously low subscription price to view the archives.

So there I go.

A kittoon is crying. I will go smother it with love.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:45 AM | shower me with attention

Aw, James Kochalka has the same Martha Stewart bedspread on his bed that I do on my bed at Mint Manor.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:32 AM | shower me with attention

I bought some darling Beatrix Potter buttons today and finished up the sweater. There was some drama at the end when I cut the wrong thread and the front edge started to unravel, but I fixed it up and it looks almost good as new. I'm going to send it to Crissy in a few days so it'll be there when they come back from Toronto.

Tonight I watched a lot of old Disney cartoons with Kirsten and Andrew and it was just like when we were little kids together. We all remembered everything perfectly and could recite along. It was one of those old tapes that we actually used to watch-- the quality was still good despite their age-- and we all had equally impressive memories for detail. It made us all very nostalgiac and excited for Disney World. The only thing missing was Adam. Who probably wouldn't be into a nostalgia trip these days.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:52 AM | shower me with attention

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

I don't know why I'm the only person over the age of six that appreciates A Goofy Movie. It's great. It's not only a perfect period piece, capturing the (pre)-teen-culture flavour of the mid-nineties with impressive, albeit squeaky-clean, accuracy, but it's also a fun movie musical with classically framed production numbers, catchy tunes and sly, in-joke-y references.

Plus there's this fabulous power-pop song at the end by Tevin Campbell that is beautiful in its inanity.

Okay then.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 4:54 AM | shower me with attention

Monday, October 13, 2003

We have power! Yay, mom!

Thanks to my newly restored power supply, I have finally been able to burn my Kiddie Songs Vol. I CD (a.k.a. Nostalgia Mix).

The final track list is as follows:

1. Epcot Entrance Medley - Walt Disney World Resort Official Album
2. When We Grow Up - Diana Ross, Free to Be You and Me
3. Pure Imagination - Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
4. Alligators All Around - Carole King, Really Rosie
5. Rainbow Connection - Jordan Cooper
6. One Little Star - Big Bird, Snuffy & Olivia, Follow That Bird
7. Flying Dreams - Sally Stevens, The Secret of NIMH
8. In the Sea - America, The Last Unicorn
9. Forever Young - NOT Debbie Allen, Care Bears Movie II
10. Sing - The Carpenters
11. It's Not Easy - Helen Reddy & Sean Marshall, Pete's Dragon
12. The Girls of Rock and Roll - The Chipmunks & The Chipettes, The Chipmunk Adventure
13. Diamond Dolls - The Chipettes, The Chipmunk Adventure
14. Eye II Eye - Powerline (Tevin Campbell), A Goofy Movie
15. Free to Be You and Me - New Seekers, Free to Be You and Me
16. Pierre - Carole King, Really Rosie
17. Winter's on the Wing - John Cameron Mitchell, The Secret Garden
18. Sisters and Brothers - Sisters and Brothers, Free to Be You and Me
19. It's All Right to Cry - Rosey Grier, Free to Be You and Me
20. I Don't Want to Live on the Moon - Ernie
21. The Last Unicorn - America, The Last Unicorn
22. I'm Going to Go Back There Some Day - Gonzo the Great, The Muppet Movie

I ran out of room, so Volume II is in the works.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:54 PM | shower me with attention

I'm still at Mint Manor. I've been wearing these pajamas since yesterday morning.

I can't decide whether I should go home tonight and do my homework, or get up before noon tomorrow, go home and do my homework before I have to leave for class. Stephanie can finally teach me the Jersey bus system if I do that. But the waking up before noon part scares me.

My parents left for England today. I'm jealous. I asked them to bring me back yarn. My mum called today and said she bought me a new power-cord (YAAAAY) with an extended warranty. Wise. This is the fourth power cord I've needed.

My sister leaves Wednesday for her trip to the Aniporn Convention in San Francisco. That leaves me alone in the house. A little scary because of my erratic depressions of late. (No, I haven't called my doctor. I'm really not a calling-my-doctor kind of person. It's hard.) The "Let's Ground Glass and Rub It Into Our Own Eyes" Moods seem to come on mostly when I'm alone. But there is hope: Andrew has promised to come stay over in the evenings with me. He is my sweet, darling boy.

I finished the baby sweater, save the buttons, and the Kool-Aid Ocean Scarf is beautiful so far.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 7:29 PM | shower me with attention

c/o Boing Boing, this translation of "Baby Got Back" into Latin is spectacular.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 12:23 AM | shower me with attention

Knittingly:

I finished the gloves last week and gave them to Andrew. They're keen.

I'm almost done with the baby sweater. Will I run out of leftover yarn before the second sleeve is finished?

I started a scarf with the Kool-Aid yarn. I usually hate knitting scarves because they are so boring, but this one is neat because it's in a wavy pattern that looks like the ocean.

Finally, I taught Stephanie how to knit and she caught on right away and is now a Knitting Foo'. I am so proud.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 12:15 AM | shower me with attention

Last night, around 11:30 p.m. we all decided to drive to Atlantic City. So we did. We picked up Beth (and I made out with her dog Dewey for awhile) and then we went to a casino or two. I won $15, a personal record, and then quit when I broke even again. Then we had breakfast. We made it back home at 10:30 this morning.

So now everyone's sleep is messed up, not just mine!

Why are you in Tavie's head? 12:09 AM | shower me with attention