For being on the verge of opening my own book shop, I've read very few of "the greats." So to change that, I want to have read these all by the time I'm 30.

( Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (Fiction) )

If you add me, say something or I'll never know!

Because I'm a masochist and hate myself (apparently), I listened to Glenn Beck for almost an hour this morning after I stumbled onto his talk radio show. I was (un)lucky enough to tune in just in time to hear him making fun of a Texas state representative's ability to be in politics simply because his name is "Tan" so that was cool. Don't get me started on that climate change bullshit he was spewing. Oh my God you guys I hate that man so much.

Our vacuum hasn't worked since probably March or April and we've been sort of making do with Marshall's, but having a long hair dog + two cats + short, thick carpet makes it pretty difficult. This afternoon, I RENTED a vacuum (who even knew that was a thing??) from some fancy vacuum store and OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. The woman kept going on and on about how vacuums are the most important appliance but no one sees them like fridges so they're unsexy but goddamn I want to make love to this thing. I swear to God no other vacuum on earth works better than the one I paid $15 to use for the next day and a half.

1. I did my 5k today!
2. A kid I used to babysit is getting married before I am. Whaaat.

It's cold enough to see your breath and see the steam rising off Abby's doodles, but our apartment complex still hasn't turned on the heat.

AMERICA FUCK YEAH

I'M SO FUCKIN STOKED ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE BILL. I could just KISS Lloyd Doggett for the speech he gave tonight omfg

Yo, dawgs. What's shakin'? Me? My office got a call from the Universal Studios legal department today because I had my torrent program running at work and tried to get a copy of Scream to watch (for the first time) with Erin and Marshall. So that's pretty cool and won't be awful when my boss gets back from Brazil.

I also carved a Sophia Petrillo pumpkin to match my bangarang Sophia Petrillo costume. I love Halloween but I hate Halloween parties, so we're just dressing up and handing out candy and watching Wizard People, Dear Reader.





I'm also halfway through day 3 of the Master Cleanse, so there's that too. I hate myself for scheduling this thing during Halloween though because that means I get none of these this year.



And I used Marshall's toothbrush last night. On porpoise. (Hi, darling!)

I'm running (running!) in my first 5k in November and not only is Marshall taking off work to be there, but my parents are going against my mom's doctor's orders and coming up for the day to cheer me on.

Unrelated but fucking awesome:

Ladies and gentlemen, tonight marks the 2009 debut of Alicia's Giant Flannel Pants.



Fitting clear over my boobs since 2004!



These pants were the best thing to come out of that whole thing with Blake.

Boy howdy, y'all. All it takes is one note from a dude (scrawled while brushing his teeth) that says I'm the girl he wants to be with ~~forever~~ and I stop being one of those "weddings are for schmucks" girls and slip right into a hyperdrive form of

WEDDING FEVER!!!!!

Whatever I just found out I get paid vacation for our trip to Florida next week so yaaaaaay.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We're about to hit our cruising altitude and we're ahead of schedule to hit Hurf Island International. If you look to your left, you can see WHARRRRGBL Falls, and on your right in about 30 minutes, be sure to check out the Derp Derp Derp mountain range.

Thank you for flying Durf Airlines, a subsidiary of HURR DURR Travel. Captain Abby, over and out.



Okay she's not crazy about them (yet) BUT SHE WILL BE.

I want to take you in that bedroom, lock the door, take your clothes off with my teeth, and give you a go round like you've never had before.

UNF

MINE. MINE DOES. omfg you guys I'm about to have a dog who OWNS DOGGLES.



You can bet your sweet ass that we'll be wearing them infinitely more often than Abby will. Whatever I do what I want.

http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/4098777.html?thread=244839641#t244839641

Whatever I just want to brag about the greatest comment I've ever made.

1. She's NEVER SEEN ARMAGEDDON and has no interest in seeing it (what the fuck)
2. 20 minutes ago was the first time she EVER heard *NSYNC's "I Want You Back"
3. She knows every word and chord of a Sister Hazel song but had to ask "Is 702 the band name and the song is called 'Where My Girls At'?"

This list will probably grow a LOT over the course of the night.

Irony:

Stepping on a fish hook (with a dead fish hanging on it D:) at the lake and having to pay $166 for a normally-$40 tetanus shot because I can't afford health insurance. The day after I attended a health care reform rally.

The rally today was...interesting. We had a chance to cut in line and get inside to see Doggett speak, but we ended up deciding to stay outside and counter-protest the protesters. Our signs were amazing, even if the backs of them both would have only been funny to people in ontd_political.


(Mine on the left, Erin's on the right)


(Same)

I decided to talk to some secessionists, which was a huge fucking mistake. I just asked them a few standard questions, like "How do you expect us to get by without any money from the government?" and "But wasn't it hypocritical that Rick Perry asked for assistance with the wildfires just weeks after saying we didn't need the US government?" and "Do you really think the Texas national guard could protect us from an invading country? REALLY?!" They started getting mad at us and told us to stand in traffic. Which was cool.

There was a LaRouche supporter who totally Godwin'd on us by having a picture of Obama with a Hitler moutstache. People still pay attention to/care about/follow LaRouche? Really? Damn.

Some fucker with a video camera came up to us and asked a couple of us what we thought the 10th amendment meant and when I said "I don't answer questions like that on camera," he said, "Yeah I figured you didn't know." Okay, yeah, because I don't want to say something about state sovereignty while you record it, only so you can chop it up later at home and make me look like an idiot, that means I don't know the 10th amendment. Cool story, bro.

We chanted back and forth for a little while before we decided to walk around a bit. We apparently made it to a much less civilized part of the crazies, where we ended up across the street from King Broseph of Brosylvania. The dude looked like he stepped out of his frat house and onto the street. He saw my single payer sign while he was in the middle of some diatribe to someone else and immediately redirected his ire towards me. He shouted at me that he doesn't want to pay for my Lasik surgery (what??), that I just needed to work harder (bootstraps, fuckers!), and that it's my fault we're still fighting the war. I started getting hilariously frustrated with the dude and was like, "Okay! You convinced me! I give up!" and some old fart behind him got all "OOOOOOHHH BEING DEMEANING IS SO MATUUUUUUURRREEEEE." Fuck off, fucker. My fist will show your face maturity.

Anyway, I took some pictures of the crazies. ( Where is the birth certificate? )

When we left, we passed the sign torch to these to adorable girls. They were standing behind us when King Broseph was hulking out on me and kept saying "I wanna SMACK him" and "What a DORK," so they seemed like worthy heirs to our lol-throne.

Today's Washington Post sudoku is DRIVING ME FUCKING CRAZY. I have tried to do it six times and have ended up with double 8s in the same column EACH TIME. Ugggghhhhhh I could kill that old guy at the Omni who taught me how to do these puzzles. I was so content with feeling superior for ~never conforming/not acting like an old person, and now I can't fall asleep if I haven't done today's puzzle.

P.S. Do any of you have tumblrs? Links pls. Here's mine.

P.P.S. We're going to a health care rally/town hall with Lloyd Doggett tomorrow. I hope I get to meet him so I can tell him he's my favorite congressman.