Kelly's been chewing on his tail recently, so we've had to resort to desperate measures. Desperate times call for desperate measures:



Here's why Al Franken rocks like Freddie Mercury:



(Courtesy of pajiba.com.)

He's good enough, he's smart enough, and doggone it, people (like me) like him!

It's been nearly four months since my last post, and that one was about dying. Whatta downer. Somewhat pathetically, I'm breaking my blogging abstinence with a little easy listening for your (read: Blair's) enjoyment:



Who knew Bruce Willis would have such a soft, pleasant-sounding voice? I've had a crush on the Bald One for as long as I can remember. I'm probably one of ten people alive who loved loved LOVED The Fifth Element and will watch it whenever it's on TV. Now that I've heard him sing, I find him that much more attractive. The stretch from the time he starts singing around 43 seconds to 75 seconds is my favorite part. All that said, I don't think the Temptations should ever have to play second fiddle to anyone.


Somewhat brief updates:

• We're finishing up the finalizing process on our mortgage. We just got our home owner's insurance and locked in our rate (5.25!), and now all that's left to do is everything else. (i.e., buy the flooring, buy the washer and dryer, buy a TV stand, buy our fake grass because real grass will die, buy our wood with which to build our pergola, etc. That's a whole lotta buyin' with very little moneh.)

• I had catalogued my entire book collection using software I purchased online, but lost the library's contents when Pete cleaned off my computer in an attempt to make it faster. I'm very sad at the thought of having to do all that work again. (Note: It was my fault my library was lost, not Pete's. Makes it all the worse because I only have myself to blame. Dammit.)

• These are some the books I'm reading for my classes this fall:
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - Very excited about this one, particularly if the vampire sex is as hot in the book as it is on HBO.
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons- Just finished reading it. It was my first time reading a graphic novel, and I didn't really like experience. The story was okay, but nothing to write home to mom about. Sorry to all the fanboys and girls out there.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons - Don't know much about this one, but Simmons' The Terror was freaking fantastic, so my hopes are high.
Timescape by Gregory Benford- Don't know much about this one, either. I do like science fiction, though, to a degree. (This book, Hyperion, and Watchmen are all for a sci-fi lit course I'm taking.)
Thelma and Louise by Marita Sturken- Was not aware this was a book first. I imagine we'll probably be watching the movie as well. Anytime I get to see Brad Pitt shirtless is a good time in my book.
Also reading Emma and Sense and Sensibility (among others) for a Jane Austen course. Austen has gotten short shrift from me, unintentionally, so this class will be good for catching up on required classic literature that I've yet to read.

That's pretty much it. The dogs are still inexplicably shedding (at what point do they just run out of fur?), Pete's business is doing well, and we're refinishing two antique Ethan Allen night stands we got a few weeks ago from a thrift store in Santee for $15 a piece. Will post before and after pics soon. (Soon meaning less than four months from now, surely. Don't count on it, though.)


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