Settled in

New things to investigate:
Woman suing McDonald's over the Hamburger that Ruined Her Life:
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040926-101147-9018r.htm

i hope that I never get a hamburger that steals the joy from my life.

Alvin!

He's a 4'6", 600 lb, love-machine.

Game Plan

Tomorrow is my last day with Alvin. I plan on taking a lot of pictures with him (hopefully I will get the chance). How I love him dearly. I heard him speak yesterday and I also witnessed him assault a woman. He has a nice man's voice. I'm disappointed that it isn't more robotic. I still don't know if Kris Keplar's hair is real human hair attached to her head, or real human hair spun into a wig. I've been investigating it for a month. I just don't want to get close enough to her head to find it out. I'm pretty sure she is either an alien life form or a robot. Her memory concerning pharmacy related things is alarming similar to that of a computer database. She says she's "moving" to Illinois, but I think that she might be melted down into another robot. Who knows? More info on Alvin tomorrow.

P.S. "Hats with Hair" really need to be investigated.

Oh my! You can buy mustache wigs. Seriously.... why would you ever need a mustache??? Let alone pay for one?

I have finally recovered from being the biggest loser of the year on Saturday. Last I checked, throwing up at work from the worst hangover ever is not cool.

On a different note, I am so excited to come home for a little while! I'll be back Saturday night or Sunday morning. It looks like I'll be back for 4 months. That is still questionable, however.

Oh, if Mike reads this: Ted Leo/RX new CD comes out on 10/19/04.

Right now I'm sitting in triage answering phone call after phone call... somebody's got a case of the Muuuuundays. I'm starting to get short with people just like a real telemarketer would. I'm like "Yeah, yeah, yeah Mr. Jones, I'm sad too that I'm not going to renew your medicine. Buh-bye." Arrrrghhh...these damn phones won't stop ringing!

I found out that Alvin the robot can speak. So my goal this week is to follow him somewhere and here him speak. He says stuff like "I have reached my destination" and "Stand clear." I hope he has a robot voice. I'm so excited!

It's official

Here are all of the evil allergens that I am allergic to:

Giant Ragweed


Short Ragweed


All Cute Kittens (their dander and pelt)


My future dog


Dust

Or whatever that picture is of.
So, please keep these things away from me. I am still going to get a dog in the future. The joy a french bulldog will bring me, will outweigh the physical symptoms. My future plan is to destroy all ragweed. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Who knew there was giant and short ragweed? I still have a giant ragweed wheal on my back from this mornings test. I hate it! My body hates it too!

November is a gentle month for music...

Attention Friends!
November is a very important month. First of all (after much research) Hayden AND Ted Leo & The Pharmacists are playing in Chicago!
Hayden is at Schubas on Nov. 14th
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists are at The Metro on Nov. 18th.
So, all in favor of going to these concerts with me let me know! I am so excited. I think I looked up 100 of my favorite bands, and these were the only two touring through Chicago. I'm super excited about PJ Harvey too. I'm so glad to be home soon! No one comes to Indy...although PJ Harvey is playing the very next night at the Vogue 5 blocks from my apartment. She must know I won't be in town. So, yes, no one is allowed to miss these two shows. Hayden is headlining. Ted, I'm not so sure, but he might be.

ATTN: Spies

Alright...these are the things on my investigation list:
1. Brigitte Neilsen -- I don't think this needs explanation. As Charo says, "She's one crazy beetch"
2. Gwen Stefani's solo album (hello, collaboration with Andre 3000 and New Order??? I couldn't ask for more.) Sorry Kim, I know you hate her...but I will have to get this album.
3. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists. I need to investigate if he needs any more back-up pharmacists. I don't think I want to become a real pharmacist. I only want to become a pharmacist in a band. I think that makes perfect sense. So if anyone knows Ted, I'm going to pass my CV along to him.
4. I also need to investigate if Zach Braff wants a girlfriend. I just have this feeling I might know someone that's perfect for him.
5. Infinite Jest -- the book that I'm starting tonight. I think its going to be a huge endeavour to read the 1000+ pages of it. I hope its worth it. I'm going to make sure I don't deposit hairs in all of the pages like a certain Sean does. That is so disgusting.
There are always 1000 things worth investigating...but these are the top 5 on my list for this weekend.

Moron.

So today I made an absolute fool of myself. Well, that usually happens every day -- but it was really bad this afternoon. I was so ill prepared for this "presentation" I had to do. They started without me (not my fault!) which made things even more embarassing. Then I passed out my non-stapled hastily put together 'handout'. The other two girls were so well prepared and they actually had answers to questions posed to them ... unlike my "Well...umm... I guess I don't ...uhhhh." I really put my best foot forward today. I hate looking like a moron when I know that I could have actually been prepared for this journal club. Why do people want to sit around and have a club about journals anyway? Now I have to be all serious for a couple of days to make up for the mess I was today. If I could have talked about spies, robots, ghosts, cats, or sewing I would have been alright. Instead I had to talk about... I dont even know what I talked about. That's how ill-prepared I was.