Kat’s Pause 

I am legitimately addicted to BBQ pork. I crave it every day, and getting some is never enough.

I need help.

This video is indescribably amazing. Just watch it.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

I am baking a cake (sister’s birthday is tomorrow), cooking pizza bagels and making my third cup of tea this evening. I go down to the basement to check on the laundry I’m doing and find that I’ve flooded the place by leaving something in the laundry tub and blocking the drain. Again. I run upstairs, and upstairs again, and grab some old towels, forgetting I wanted the thermometer from the upstairs washroom to check my temperature. After I lay them on the floor, I survey the damage (not terrible) and set some things out to dry. At this point I remember my pizza bagels, which fortunately I took out of the oven earlier but unfortunately have become cold wads of resolidified cheese and spongy bread. I take a gulp of tea to calm my raging throat so that I can eat with minimal pain, and burn my tongue. I remember I wanted to check my temperature. My phone rings.

This is why, when I am sick, I prefer to just sleep through it and not try to do anything: doing things is dangerous.

The Prince and Lara Croft sing “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better,” and it is golden.

The Prince and Lara Croft sing “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better,” and it is golden.

That is all.

1) What side of the heart do you draw first?
The left.

2) Can you dive without plugging your nose?
Technically, yes. In practicality, no.

3) What color is your razor?
Purple.

4) What is your blood-type?
A-positive, iirc.

5) Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours?
Ben. (Shut up.)

6) What is a rumor someone has spread about you?
In high school, that I was promiscuous… when they knew I was a virgin.

7) How do you feel about carrots?
Good raw, unappealing cooked and rubbery.

8) How many chairs at the dining room table?
Eight, coincidentally.

9) Which is the best Spice Girl?
Can’t stand any of them. I suppose if I had to pick, Sporty Spice annoys me the least.

10) Do you know what time it is?
3:26pm according to the macbaby.

11) Do you know all the words to the Fresh Prince Theme Song?
Many, but not all.

12) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?
Hope I had a book with me. Or my laptop. Then I’d just chill. Otherwise, call many numbers on my cell.

13) What’s your favorite kind of gum?
Excel - “Shiver”

14) All is fair in love and war?
Never.

15) Do you have a crush on anyone?
mmmhmmmm.

16) Do you know how to use some words correctly, but not know the meaning?
I frequently catch myself using certain words and being surprised I knew how to.

17) Do you like to sleep?
No. Sleep feels like a waste of time.

18) Do you know which US states don’t use Daylight Savings Time?
There are ones that don’t? Weirdos.

19) Do you know the words to “total eclipse of the heart”?
Can’t say it’s been a priority of mine. Not like Will Smith, he’s a minor deity.

20) Do you want a bright yellow ‘06 mustang?
No. Red Porsche, or something else red, curvy and convertible.

21) What’s something you’ve always wanted?
A kitten raised from birth and mine forever.

22) Do you have a webcam?
Built-in, baby.

23) What does “Semper Fidelis” stand for?
Buh? I thought letters stood for stuff.

24) Would you rather swim in the ocean or a lake?
Lake. Oceans are surprisingly salty.

25) Do you wear a lot of black?
I try not to.

26) Describe your hair.
Reddish and messy. Shortest pieces at my ears, longest almost to my shoulders.

27) Do you have entomophobia?
Not as badly as I used to.

28) Are you an adult?
Unfortunately.

29) Where is/are your best friend(s)?
West Hamilton, as usual.

30) Do you have a tan?
Hahahahaha.

31) Are you addicted to TV?
Not in the least.

32) Do you enjoy spending time with your mother?
I enjoy having conversations with her, not so much doing activities.

33) Are you a sugar freak?
I conquered my sugar addiction a few years ago.

34 got stuck in traffic.

35) What sign are you?
Leo. Rawr.

36) Where do you wish you were right now?
Hmm. Right here in my bed, but with more blankets.

37) Who did you copy this from?
Tiffany, on Facebook.

38) How do you know them?
Mac Swing, wooo.

39) Have you kissed anyone in the past week?
Yep.

40) What are your plans for the weekend?
Studying, blues party, more studying, panicking about calculus. Sleeping some.

*BONUS*
This just in: 34 joins us at last, to make a nice round number of questions.
34) What is your favourite time of day?
1pm. Warm and sunny with the rest of the day to kill.

__Favourite things recently__
’sleeping odd hours
‘red nails
‘Rene Engstrom
’spring cleaning
‘oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
‘Whirled
‘homemade cat toys

__Not-favourite things recently__
’sleeping odd hours
’sick fish
‘menstruation
‘drama

__Guilty Pleasures__
‘HIMYM, aka “HYMEN”
‘America’s Best Dance Crew (JabbaWockeeZ!)
‘arguing with Anders Loves Maria characters via Facebook
‘glamour shots

“Hide and Seek” makes me cry for all things lost and gone. That song is what the repeat button was made for.

Don’t worry, March 5 2008. No matter what the schools say, I know that at heart you’re a snow day.

Dave is no longer allowed near my laptop unsupervised.

I just finished up a biology lab on energy balance, in which I discovered I expend 1.7 time as many calories as I take in.

Maybe I’ll wheedle Ben, who is currently asleep beside me, into going out for breakfast. All-day breakfast, because it’s 11am. Teee.

(stolen from Ren)

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life.
You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don’t spill secrets or spread gossip.
People sometimes think you’re snobby or aloof, but you’re just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic “Type A” personality.

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.
You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You’re most comfortable when you’re far away from home.
You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

Zero linked me to this — I want to be that guy.

I enter my room to find that the bottom feeder I just bought (an algae-eater appropriately dubbed Suck) has swum to the top of the tank just to wedge itself in between the wall and the filter like Georgey Boy. And let’s be clear, they do this at the top of the filter, so that their dumb little heads poke up, not up from the bottom where the water actually enters the device.

Come on, Suck. Is it really that important that you fit in? Be an individual. Just Say No to filters.

Dave reminded me that this video is superior to the kitten I linked.

“The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.”

-Clarence Darrow

The Boy is playing The Sands of Time. I love when my loves combine.

No fishies yet, but the aquarium is all set up and ready for them, complete with overpriced underwater plants and colour-coordinated gravel.

I had an entirely unproductive day with more failed plans, but I had fun with The Boy anyway. Dear friends: Stop being lame and learn to answer your freaking phones.

1. Swear exclusively in non-English languages.
2. Hold my laptop in less lazy positions to reduce typos.
3. Care less.

UPDATE: I have now broken resolution #1 too many times to count, but I have succeeded in adding “scheiße” to my vocabulary.

By taking advantage of exchange rates, Expedia took almost 100 of my dollars, including the $40 You Clicked On Stuff fee.

Perhaps taking a bath drunk is not a good idea. However, I am doing it anyway.

Perhaps bringing the macbaby into the tub is similarly unwise. Previous statement applies.

Reading about fetishes on Wikipedia is great fun.

Henceforth I demand that all travel, both real and virtual, be done via spinner.

You need to watch this:

And now this.

I know my pyjama pants say CANADA on the butt, but when I’m walking to my bus stop at 8am through the freezing snow and I haven’t had a shower in two days, DON’T FUCKING HONK AT ME.

I’m sitting in the last row of Linguistics, and there is a girl in the front row whose hair is so shiny it is distracting me.

Particularly the accompanying newspost; I despise Bratz dolls. My niece is into them.

On the other hand, somebody wrote a review of Beowulf in the style of an epic poem. AWESOME.