shark week, or, why do i do this to myself every year?

[crankylex]

• I'm sick again.  Or maybe still, I don't know. All I know is I went to sleep on Friday night feeling reasonably okay, and a few hours later I woke up with one hell of a sore throat.  This means that I have spent the past two days on the couch, missing a party (at which my boyfriend apparently almost emasculated himself) and a much needed trip to the store in the process.
  
• I just spent 15 minutes hunting down black house flies in my living room, complete with a rolled up newspaper.  Body count = 5.
  
• I have another mysterious bruise on my leg, but unfortunately my camera had an accident (I'm currently pinning blame on my nephew's grasping toddler paws, but it could have just as easily been Jared's fault) and so I can't take pictures of it.
• I've been watching Shark Week all day.  I am terrified of sharks.  I avoid swimming in the ocean to this day because of Jaws.  I have a healthy respect for all top of the food chain predators, but sharks are the only ones that I have nightmares about.  Ocean of Fear , about the shark attacks on the survivors of the USS Indianapolis, is on right now, and all I can say is OMFG!!!
  
• I am heartily tired of all the eHarmony commercials on tv right now.  That founder guy totally creeps me out, and finding out that he is a fundamentalist Christian was totally unsurprising to me.
  
• It's too soon to say for sure, but I think I've broken Monty's peeing-on-the-couch habit.  ::knocks on wood::
• I am deeply, deeply bored right now.  That is all.
  

Comments

[theantijoss.livejournal.com]

Sorry you're not feeling well, hon. But hey! You're the scourge of the fruit fly world! You go!

In addition to the fact that the eHarmony guy is best butt buddies with the terminally xenophobic professional h8er "Dr." James Dobson... did you know the eHarmony ONLY pairs heterosexuals? That was what turned me off. I don't need to meet a woman, but hey -- what if I wanted to?

Feel better soon!

[crankylex.livejournal.com]

It's not even that they only pair heterosexuals that bothers me; there's plenty of gay-only dating sites, so the idea of straight-only ones does not offend me on a moral level.

What *does* offend me is their reasoning for not including gays: because they haven't done "the research" to know what would make good matches for gays.

LIKE IT'S DIFFERENT THAN FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE.

*That* is what offends me on a moral level.

Also, I agree with you on insanejournal; I am also a medicated woman and I think that the CRAZY RIGHTS!111!! people need to take a couple more downers.

[theantijoss.livejournal.com]

LIKE IT'S DIFFERENT THAN FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE.

*That* is what offends me on a moral level.

It's the principle of the thing, you're right. And of course, since we know who the people behind it are and what they believe, we also know the *real* reason they don't pair gay couples. :(

Also, I agree with you on insanejournal; I am also a medicated woman and I think that the CRAZY RIGHTS!111!! people need to take a couple more downers.

I also think "Tweak" is freaking hilarious. *G*

Mmm. Downers.

[spikesleman.livejournal.com]

I watched the "Ocean of Fear" on Discovery, too. *twitch* I think sharks are, their own way, beautiful but I SO never want to go near them. Unlike our normally sane Chelle! *grin*

I'm sorry you feel sick.

I am heartily sick of all the dating site commercials, frankly. The one that says, "It's okay to look" creeps me out maybe more than the others. I can't remember right now which one that is.

Feel better soon! And I hope the bf didn't hurt himself too badly.

[crankylex.livejournal.com]

Dude, she's crazy. CRAZY.

Sharks are great. In the ocean. While I am sitting in my living room.

Those bull sharks, man. You're not even safe from them in fresh water.

"It's okay to look" is match.com, and to me it means, "It's okay to look, your husband/wife/significant other is doing it too so don't worry about it."

As for Jared's testicles, I have not had a chance to check on them first hand (pun fully intended) since the incident, but he assures me everything is in working order.

[odogonefishin.livejournal.com]

around here, ya gotta be careful in the river... since it's tidal, there's salt water all the way up to newburgh (60 miles NORTH of NYC)

[burningeden.livejournal.com]

Lex, here is a get well card for you:




They don't want to eat you. They just want to be your flotation device. ;)

Sharks RULE!!!

[crankylex.livejournal.com]

My slithering friend says HAI GUYS!!! as well.

[burningeden.livejournal.com]

OMFG!!!

It's a rattle headed copper moccasin. It ate his eyeball!!!

My shark just gave someone a ride!!!

Evil. You are evil. :)