Shut it, Father Karras.

So I skipped out on Obama's speech and the Republican response because I was tired and trying to sleep last night, because I figured I could catch with Obama's speech today, and because ... well, Jindal creeps me out, so there's that.

But then I get up to find out he addressed volcano monitoring, of all things.

Jindal: "And 140 million dollars for something called 'Volcano Monitoring'. Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, DC." [05:25]

Um, Father Karras, I'd just like to point something out to you. This is the Yellowstone caldera. It's several tens of thousands of years overdue to explode. Last time it blew, the population dwindled down to five thousand people.

Dude, they can monitor that thing ALL THEY FUCKING WANT.

And a bright and shiny good morning to you!

Here, have a funny video, to make up for the one I posted earlier where the world ended horribly. :)

Ah, "Top Chef" Wednesdays.

God, I hope Carla wins. I love her Muppety wonderfulness. WOOHOO.

They're showing the episode with the challenge where they feed the chefs who didn't make it onto the show. Every time I see this episode, I'm reminded just how much I hate all of these people. Like that guy all in black? (You are NOT Johnny Cash, knock that shit OFF.) Or that guy who's like, "I don't use butter or fat"? (Oh, boy, I bet you would have lasted all the way to the second episode!) Yeeeeaaaaah.

I got creativemonkeys, but I have no idea what to do with the journal. We'll see. I just really wanted the username. :)

There's a few spoilers for tonight on the TWoP forums (but not who won, damn it). ( I may end up getting someone to text me the winner. Just as long as it's not Hosea, ugh. )

TOP CHEF! \o/

(It's a crime I can't find Carla icons. THE INTERNETS ARE FAILING ME.)

EDIT: OMG CARLA MOOD THEME. *FLAPPYHANDS*

BWAHAHAHA!

My parents left this morning for Florida, leaving my brother alone with the cats.

I just got a frantic whimpering phone call from Bryan saying he came home from work for lunch and all of the cats are covered in those little foamy balls you find in pillows. And he has no idea where they came from, so he's spent the past half-hour cleaning them off.

He just accused the messiest one of "looking like a constellation."

*chokesplorfles*

HA!

Spotted on Not Always Right, entitled "They're Starting to Catch On":

Customer: “I thought I should let you guys know your phone isn’t working.”

Me: “OK - are you sure you’ve been dialing the correct number?”

Customer: “Yes, I’ve been trying 0800-2100 all week, and it never goes through.”

Me: “…0800-2100? That’s not our number - our number is ****. If you don’t mind me asking, where did you get 0800-2100 from?”

Customer: “Right there, on your door.” *points*

Me: “Sir, that’s not a phone number…those are our business hours.”

Customer: “I’m going to see this on NotAlwaysRight.com, aren’t I?”

Me: “Yes… yes you will. Have a nice day!”

Better than nothing, bitches.

Current word count of GPW:

107,536 / 100,000 (107.5%)

Day 56 of my getyourwordsout pledge:

24,887 / 300,000 (8.3%)

A few things:

1. I will just be happy if I get the two chapters I'm close to finishing done by the end of the month. Er, week. Well, same dif. *sigh*
2. I currently have what I should have had done for all of last month. Urgh.
3. I still haven't started my Big Bang.
4. I really wish I could get over my brain's refusal to work on anything else until I finish GPW.