Laugh It Up, Fuzzball

Fuzzball Health Update:

We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog reading to bring you the up-to-date info on the sinus cavities of one Fuzzball. As many of you are aware, Fuzzball has been sick since way back when, and has not really gotten any better.

Actually, to be honest, one thing gets better as others get worse. But now my doctor has given (what is hopefully) the final word: What started as a virus caused my glands to become inflamed, which then allowed bacteria to come in and set up shop. Sweet. I am now the proud owner of the All New And Improved Zithromax Tri-Pack. I swear, if the tri-pack doesn't knock this shit out I'm just going to cut my head off.

I shall console myself by purchasing the just-released Ultimate DVD Version of The Fifth Element....and maybe some ice cream.

Note to self:

Early morning venti chai tea latte = Early morning racing heart

A little too much caffeine for the ole ticker. Hm. I feel like a hummingbird.

Watch me flyyyyyyy!

I'm here, I swear...

I was just scolded for not posting on the blog today, so I would like to give a mini-review of my favorite television shows. Note: This is not a comprehensive list, it's an off-the-top-of-my-head list, so if I've forgotten something I may add on to the list later. But I digress. Here we go:

Veronica Mars: This show never lets me down. I look forward to every new episode without fail. People have been calling it the new Buffy, but I don't want to short Kristen Bell like that. She is her own strong character, and I don't think that she should have to share that with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Veronica Mars is part Buffy, part Nancy Drew, part 90210...it's very funny and very smart. I highly recommend it!

Lost: If you need me to tell you to watch this show, then you either never watch television or you don't like good tv shows. Lost is J.J. Abrams doing what he does best: showing us hot people in dangerous situations, and simultaneously scaring and confusing the crap out of us. I love love love this show.

Alias: Again, a J.J. Abrams show. It has an unparalleled cast, incredible action scenes, and one hell of a mysterious storyline. If I don't figure out what the hell is going on with Rambaldi, then my head will explode. I also think that Michael Vartan should become some sort of national mascot. He's damn hot.

Medium: Okay, I know you're seeing a pattern here. I like mystery shows. I like mystical shows. I like Medium because it combines the two and for the first time in her life Patricia Arquette doesn't make me hate her. I actually like her. (But don't tell her, she doesn't need a big head.)

CSI (Original and Miami): I'm not including New York because other than Gary Sinise I see no reason to watch it. Blehhhh. As for CSI the original, I am crazy about the cast, and the gory little details never get old. I love Miami for the same reasons.

Law & Order (SVU and CI): Since Jerry Orbach left and that damn Elisabeth Roehm came on I haven't been able to enjoy the original L&O. But the spin-offs are super cool. I find that people either love or hate Vincent DiNofrio (or however you spell it) in CI, but I personally love him. He's weird and cerebral and Grissom-esque, just how I like 'em.

Make no mistake, Morgan Freeman was consulted...

Damn, this is cool. Deep Impact launched today to peer inside the heart of a comet. I am so intrigued by this project, I hope everything goes well for NASA.

I found another space tidbit in The New York Times:

SAN DIEGO - Astronomers reported on Tuesday that they had convincingly seen, in the patterns of galaxies scattered across the night sky, the vestiges of sound waves that rumbled through the universe after the Big Bang.

That. Is so. COOL. Makes all of our mortal problems seem so fleeting, doesn't it? I mean, we think that everything we do is The Most Important Thing Ever, but to the universe, we're nothing. Cool.

I want I want I want...

How awesome is this ?? And before I get the flood of phone calls, telegrams, emails, and smoke signals, yes I know I'm a spaz and I'd probably kill myself using one. But may I remind you people that my ski instructors at Deer Valley said that I have a natural inner balance? So there. Seriously, this pogo stick freaking rocks.

In honor of Liz...

There is a new film in the sidebar that I am highlighting in honor of my darling friend Elisabeth. It is truly a craptastic piece of filmmaking, truly. In high school Liz and I watched this movie too many times to count. I'm still not sure why we watched it, but whatever. It brings back fond memories of making strange pizzas in her Jetsons'-style kitchen, playing with her dog Snickers in the pool, singing "Time Warp" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" at the top of our lungs in her den...yeah, we were strange. But we had a HELL of a time. Love ya, Dizzy Miss Lizzy :)

Introducing categories...

I'm trying out the category option from TypePad. I don't know if it will stay, and I can't guarantee that the category names won't change. I'm just playing around. But heads up anyway.

Now, what's the catch again?

So here's the latest iPod news...an iPod integration system for cars, coming in April of this year.

MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO—January 11, 2005—Apple® and Mercedes-Benz USA today announced the iPod® Integration Kit for Mercedes-Benz, making Mercedes-Benz the first automaker to provide full iPod music navigation for drivers to listen to their entire iPod music collection through the Mercedes-Benz audio system, as well as select their music using artist, album or playlist with the multifunction controls on the steering wheel and the integrated multifunction display on their instrument cluster. The iPod Integration Kit for Mercedes-Benz will debut this April in the US with the newly redesigned 2006 Mercedes-Benz M-Class, and for most other 2005 and 2006 models later this year.

Wow, now this is life-changing news for me. I will never be the same again. Finally, someone has thought of my needs before I even knew what they were! But somehow I feel like I'm missing something here...

Oh, yeah. I don't have a damn Mercedes. And I will never have a Mercedes, that is unless I sell all of my eggs and a kidney. Even then I'm not so sure. So thanks, Apple, you've really made your company useful to the masses. :)

UPDATE: Since this is an iPod post I thought I'd mention the new iPod Shuffle. I love Matt's take on it. It may look like gum...

New, new, new...

Check out the new Quotable Fuzzball and the new album in the sidebars. Lindsay recommended Keane to me a couple of weeks ago, and I really like them. My iPod has been tuned to Hopes & Fears for the past week.

UPDATE: I'd like to direct your attention to the dialogue in the comments for this post. Bombadil (of course) identified the quote, and it sparked a Better Off Dead homage, courtesy of Pete. I used the quote from Say Anything for The Quotable Fuzzball because it is exactly how I feel about my future career path.

It's a mad mad mad mad world...

I am not a passive-aggressive person. I guess if anything you could call me an active-aggressive person. If I'm mad, you know it. If I'm happy, you know it. If I'm sad...well, you get the point, I'll stop now. I'm adding passive-aggression to my list of pet peeves because holy balls, nothing gets me as simultaneously confused and enraged as a passive-aggressive person.

If you want to say something to me, then SAY IT. I don't deal well with ho-hums and ahems and vague murmurs. How do the rest of you feel about this?

I also have issues with social cues. As I have said before, I am excellent at reading human behavior...unless I am somehow involved. Then everything goes awry. I read everything wonky and make questionable decisions based on said wonkiness. *Sigh* Some of my readers have been witness to my idiocy in the past, and have been extremely supportive. Thanks for that. :)