RIP Metroplex

Once upon a time I had a darling little ball of prickles named Metroplex.  He had the cutest little paws and the most adorable little face.  You had to be careful when you snuggled with him, because being a hedgehog he wasn’t exactly soft (except on his cute little belly) – instead he was all kinds of prickles.  The prickles just added to his cuteness.  He would run in one of those hamster balls, and on his wheel for HOURS.  When he got spooked he’d roll up into a ball, pull his spikes over his cute little forhead.. and make a noise like a coffee perculator. Basically, just the most goddamned adorable thing EVER.  Metro died this weekend, on his wheel.  He was a good friend.  I miss him bunches.  RIP Metroplex.

 

why, hello there November! how are you?

SO, now it’s november.  November is a weird month – Thanksgiving, being nearly the end of the year, etc etc.  I need to sign up for my next round of classes soon (which seems odd since the midterm was just two weeks ago) and really look at what is in store for the holidays.  Also, I think it’s finally safe to go back to the gym. Getting the flu and then whatever that horrible cold was really put the kabosh on the whole ‘going to the gym’ thing. Funny how you need to be able to breathe in order to do so.

 

I’m looking forward to this month. I hope to get a lot done. I guess we’ll see!

 

the unholy list

yeah, I know, i’ve been super awful about keeping up with.. well.. everything.

so many things to do this weekend:

• finish cleaning my room
• doing all my laundry
• putting all the books on bookshelves (finding ways to make them fit)
• reorganizing clothes storage in my room
• putting away ikea stuff – (dishes, pots, pans, glasses, storage, etc)
• build shelf for video games – put games on said shelf
• and homework. so very much homework. (ew)

think i’ll get it all done?

nope. me either.

 

yay! nutjob spam email!

i know, i know, it’s been a while… but here! have some hilarious spam

Obama is the president forever!

Obama is the president forever!
I wish Obama is the president forever! Anders Fogh Rasmussen became new
secretary-general of Nato. my country win so honor! I am so proud!
Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister, he spupports me, I may
recover the fact which peter axel nielsen and hillary clinton persecuted the
student in USA again, it is so easy. I as the rector at aalborg university am
very great, I am not inebriate, although I drunk four glasses of win, I sorb
up now.I am so rich now , Al Gore sent lot of money to me. Lars Lokke
Rasmussen should receive lot of money from them too, Obama and hillary clinton is so
nice, my country is so powerful based on USA! they gave so honor to my
country.I wish Obama is the president forever. hillary clinton is so smart. I
promise that all students can not know all fact forever. the tradition of aalborg
university is that each student’s webpage is on the webpage of the
department.I can not repair all student’s webpage forever! I will tell that Obama and
hillary clinton
is very nice to the world, I wish that Obama is the president forever. I
am proud for my country!
I will be very famous in the world .
Lars Lokke Rasmussen supports me forever!
Obama is the president forever!
demark is so powerful forver!
Lars Lokke Rasmussen went to USA,
maybe obama and hillary clinton sent lot of money to him again,
Obama is the president forever!

Finn Kjaersdam

…. thank you denmark!

 

story problems are of the devil.

I’m totally not kidding. and tomorrow night when i actually start to work on this homework (cuz my brain fell out tonight, i just cannot do any more of it) maybe i’ll put them online so you all can mock me for being FAIL at my homework.  you’d think i’d remember how to do this, but it’s been like fifteen years.  and NO, it’s not like riding a bike.  well, maybe it IS, cuz i can’t do that anymore either.

I will say tho, that aside from the general asshattery that i have in some of my classmates… this class is going to be fun. some of it is going to be HARD, but i miss that in a class. I think i shall enjoy it.

 

also, I suck

So yeah, totally lost on the whole ‘going to the gym on a regular basis and doing a food journal’ thing.  So, scrapped that. Going to try something new.  We’ll see how it works.

 

Holy Crap on Toast – Sex Drive Thursday!

As if anybody needed Sex Drive in a can.    But I’ll admit, the marketing worked! I bought it, didn’t I?  So the official label on this drink says:  “Original Sex Drive energydrink Turn On Your Drink!”  And of course they have a website – SexDriveEnergyDrink.com.  And yes, it’s every bit as classy as you’d imagine it to be.

So this is “A Premium Energy Drink” infused with L-Arginine, Horny Goat Weed (seriously I’m not making this up) and Blue Lotus.  It also reads: “ultimate energy from premium ingredients l-arginine for enhanced performance”.  Although to be honest, I’m not sure what sort of performance they’re going for here.  Maybe I shouldn’t be drinking this in an office type setting.  It’s not going to like, make me wanna hump my laptop or anything is it?  (yes, these are the things I worry about. yeah yeah yeah, it’s scary in my brain, I know)

Although the warning label is a bit different than your usual energy drink.  “Consume with caution: contains l-arginine and horny goat weed. Limit 3 cans per day.  not suitable for use by children or those with heart conditions, pregnant, or are sensitive to caffeine.  Product not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition including sexual dysfunctino or dimished libido.”

Well, so I guess I shouldn’t have to worry about the humping.  But yeah, I’ve had this for nearly a week and have been afraid to try it.  Maybe I’m just a weenie.  Let’s see what’s in it.

Servings – 1 (yay! even if its only 8.4 fl oz)

• Calories – 120
• total Carbs 29g
• sugars – 27g
• vitamin b6 – 5mg
• vitamin b12 – 5mcg
• L-arginine – 2g
• caffeine – 50mg
• horny goat weed – 50mg
• blue lotus extract – 3mg
• ginseng – 50mg
• schisandra berry – 50mg
• damiana leaf – 3mg

First opening – looks kind of yellow, smells kind of.. well.. bad. Like a metallic smell to it that I can’t quite place.  Poured it into a cup, bad idea.  Sorta looks like a urine sample of a sick person.  And smells like cough syrup and redbull.   See, this isn’t working, now I REALLY don’t want to try it.  Let’s see what the troops think.

The votes are in, it apparently smells like if redbull made cough syrup. Awesome. So! Time to try it.  It doesn’t really taste bad, kind of a tangy start with a citrusy aftertaste, if only I could drink it without smelling it.  That’s really the worst part.

So, would I buy it again?  Nope.  Am I glad I bought it this time? Kinda.  Does it suck? Not entirely.

sex drive in a can!

Although I feel sort of bad for not finishing it (cuz no, I’m not finishing it) – I won’t really be able to report on whether or not the whole ‘horny goat weed’ bit actually WORKS.  And you know what? That is PERFECTLY FINE BY ME.

 

Holy Crap on Toast – let’s get Jak’d up!

WOW. What a stupid name.  Today’s energy drink is  called Big RedJak.  Although also in places it says PREMIUM so perhaps it’s Premium Big RedJak?

From the can:

The makers of Big RedJak poured over 70 years of experience into the sleek can you are now holding.  Contained within these aluminum walls is a niacin core that results in a purer, more explosive power source.  Without the high fructose corn syrup which actually drains your body of energy.  Big RedJak gives you fuel to go the distance, whether at work or play. GET JAK’D UP!

So I’m kind of afraid that maybe this is a can of rocket fuel that will explode when I open it.  Probably should hide behind a chair when I try to open it.  You know, in case of fire.  (yay! no explosion) But BOOO. It smells like medicine. Since I’m still a little afraid of the can (sleek aluminum walls? wtf?) I poured some out into a cup. And boy am I glad I did.  WIth a name like RedJak you’d think it’d be a red drink.  Nope. This bad boy is HOT PINK. And smells like Robitussin.  So much so that I actually took it around to some of my co-workers to see what they thought.  Popular opinion says it smells like Robitussin and doctors office.  (I’m not really sure what that means, but two people said it)

So how does it taste?  Well there’s the tricky part.  If you smell it while you drink it, it tastes… weird.  Not bad, just weird.  But if I breathe out right before drinking it, so that I don’t smell it at all, it actually tastes kind of good.  Like Cherry 7-Up with more cherry than 7up.  Which is a surprise, because I’ll be honest… I expected this to be one of those energy drinks that hurt my mouth and tasted like metal and left an aftertaste that killed lunch and supper.  But it’s not that bad.  Unless you smell it.  Which, granted, isn’t the best thing… but it’s totally doable.   When I tried it right out of the can, since it has such a small hole, I didn’t have to worry about not smelling it.  (Now we know why they come in cans and not bottles to pour into a cup!)

SO – what’s it got in it??

2 servings, OF COURSE. (man I hate that)

per serving:

• 120 calories
• total carbs – 31g
• Sugars – 29g
• Taurine – 947mg
• Glucoronolactone (wtf is that?) – 150mg
• Ginseng – 100mg
• Inositol – 48mg
• L-Carnitine – 25mg
• Caffeine – 82mg

So really, not a bad showing with the energy in the energy drink (although I think #2 is rocket fuel, or maybe poison).  And not the worst flavor ever, either.  But don’t smell it… unless you want flashbacks of ‘tussin filled evenings.  EW.

Get Jak'd UP! (what does that even MEAN??)

 

We’re seven drunken pirates, We’re the seven deadly sins!

why yes, this *is* an OMG I LOVE FLOGGING MOLLY post.

why?

WHY THE HELL NOT?  Actually I’ve just been totally into FM all day today and most of yesterday, and figured that I’d share.  Cuz I’m all nice and shit.

Seven Deadly Sins!

Worst Day Since Yesterday!

Drunken Lullaby!

So yeah, random fangirling. So sue me.

EVERYBODY LOVES PIRATES

Sail away where no ball and chain
Can keep us from the roarin’ waves
Together undivided but forever we’ll be free
So sail away aboard our rig
The moon is full and so are we
We’re seven drunken pirates
We’re the seven deadly sins

… damn skippy

 

the one about tv

Okay so yeah, I already posted a small rant about what I was and wasn’t looking forward to as far as TV come fall.  But after getting a series of IMs this morning regarding what was going to be on tv next month, I just couldn’t help but re-evaluate. So sue me. 

I think the easiest way for me to look at this will be by day, rather than by network.

Here we go:

MONDAY

How I Met Your Mother – actually I haven’t watched HIMYM for like, two seasons now, it’s always on opposite something else that I want to see.  This season will be no exception.  HIMYM is on opposite BOTH House AND Heroes. I’m pretty much screwed on Monday nights. Probably going t have to get my own DVR instead of using Nick’s all the time.  But it’s a good show, if you’re a girl. Totally chick TV.  Sorry, but it is.  Remember season 1 when he made it rain? Yeah. Chick TV.

The Big Bang Theory – another show that I never get to watch b/c of what it’s on opposite of.  Monday nights, why must you taunt me so?

Castle – starting our best friend, captain tightpants. *swoon* And YES! It doesn’t air until after Heroes/House and Lie to Me/Trauma.

Heroes – I saw the sneak preview of the new season on YouTube a couple of weeks ago (it looks like the version I saw is down now, boooo!) and it looked really really good. Course, even if the preview didn’t look good, I’d still watch Heroes. At this point, I just can’t stop.

House – Okay, so the season finale last time around pissed me off to no end. I mean, how many episodes did we have to watch doctor house conversing with dead people?  And seriously, I was effing tired of Amber. (although it totally cracks me up that she’s on Man Men) But, my love of all things Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard keeps me from being able to just turn off House.  Gotta give it at least this season to see where it goes.

Lie to Me – Oh Tim Roth, why you gotta be so pretty?  I swear to goodness, Monday nights are going to be the death of me.

Trauma – okay okay, I’ll admit it.  There are two reasons why I want to see this show.  First, Cliff Curtis is kinda sexy. And by kinda I mean RAWR. And also, the previews have a big helicopter crash, which is just COOL.  Will it be enough to hold my attention? No idea.  Gotta watch to find out I guess.

TUESDAY

The Forgotten – another show with Christian Slater? Really? Did we learn nothing last season? Smatter CS? Autotrader ads not paying the bills anymore? (good, cuz AT sucks ass. stop working for them)  But what can I say? He’s had my heart since “The Legend of Billie Jean” and “Gleaming the Cube” and “Pump Up the Volume” ..etc etc etc.

NCIS - my love affair with Abby lives on. Seriously.

NCIS: Los Angeles – DAMNIT.  I really want to hate this.  But it actually got a decent start in the end of last season of NCIS. PLUS it’s got LL Cool J *and* Chris O’Donnell.  So yeah, I’ll be watching.  I’ll probably be snarking, but I’ll be watching.

The Good Wife – Julianna Margulies was good in ER. Even when ER sucked she was still good.  From doctor to lawyer? I guess we’ll see.  And now we know what Chris Noth has been doing since he left his L&O spot open for Jeff Goldblum to get all weird up in. Still not sold on this one, but we’ll see.

V – I guess V isn’t starting until November, which hardly seems fair.  But I watched it as a kid (shhh, don’t tell mom) and am really looking forward to seeing the new version.

WEDNESDAY

Modern Family – I may or may not be watching for the Al Bundy factor.

Eastwick – REALLY? We’re trying this again? What is this, like the fifth attempt to make a tv show based on the movie?  Cuz what, we need a crabby bitches version of Charmed?  Well, actually we do.  I’m not planning on watching much of this series, but I would like to catch at least one episode. Just for the SEE? Told you so! factor.

America’s Next Top Model – Nick always does better than me in picking the winners. Except for that one cycle with Jade. I kicked his ass on that one.  But I have to watch ANTM, cuz Tyra, she be craaaaaazy. Which is awesome. Plus I want to have sex with Nigel, even if I’m pretty sure that he’s secretly gay.

Glee – OMG GLEE. GLEE GLEE GLEE GLEE GLEE GLEE GLEE. Yeah, sorry, I’m one of those people. Saw the pilot episode on hulu like, six times? Love it.  Not sure into the clips they’ve posted since then, but still a big fan of episode one. So of COURSE I’m going to watch.  Wednesday nights are tough, because I’ve got class that night, but this is just another reason to get that DVR I was talking about earlier.

Law & Order: SVU - I love this show. Even when they get all ‘ripped from the headlines’.  Or maybe because they do. Dunno. All I know is that I like it.

THURSDAY

Thursday is actually a slow day for me. There are a bunch of shows, but really.. not a lot that I’m all that interested in.  Sorry, just not a CSI / Grey’s / The Office kind of gal. I’ll watch The Office on hulu during lunches sometimes, but that’s about it.  I’m supposed to like Vampire Diaries and Fringe, but I gave up on Fringe midway thru last season, and I think I’d rather chew my own arm off than like VD.  Sorry.

Bones – HOWEVER, can’t pass up Bones. Emily and David are such awesome eye candy. And the stories are usually good.  Formulaic, sure, but so what? It works.  The season finale was obnoxious, but from what I can tell it looks like it starts back up a few months following the finale, and shit’s back to normal (mostly).. which works for me.

Supernatural – I don’t watch it very often, but what I’ve seen I’ve liked.  Especially the one when he lost his shoe.

The Mentalist – Like Psych, only without the catchy theme song.  And also missing the Christmas Pineapple. But still really good. He dresses very, very well.

FRIDAY

Are you really supposed to watch tv on Fridays? Guess so!  Okay… they decided to keep The Dollhouse?  Probably I’ll get flamed for this, but WHY?  It had two good episodes out of the whole season, and one was the first half of the finale. Notice I just said the first half, and not the second half? Lame.

Smallville – Superheroes. Seriously. How can you not love it? Sure it’s gotten kinda wierd over the last couple of seasons, but still it rocks.

Law & Order – the original is actually less fantastic than the spinoffs, if you can believe it.  But it’s still L&O and therefore still worth the time.

And that’s it for the weekday tv shows.  Yeah, I’m really going to need to get a DVR.  This is crazy.