Monday Musing - week off

I leave for LA today and the computer is staying home. So no Musings this week, but I will write as much as I can about my Jeopardy! experience when I get back.

Monday Musings - No. 1, Vol. 8

Next Monday, the husband and I will depart for the City of Angels for my Jeopardy! taping, which commences bright and early on Tuesday morning. I have to be at the studio by 8am...which is like, come-to-work-early. Oh well, if I win a lot of money, it'll be worth it. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's muse, shall we?

I do NOT like the new Facebook. I don't have time to sit there and sift through all the updates to figure out which is which. Grr.
This year, I might fill out my NCAA bracket like normal chicks do: "I like their uniforms" "They have the coolest mascot!" "The little guy that plays for this team is soooo cute" and voila...picks are done.
Granted, they are lame, but I'd sure like a Snuggie sometimes.
The internets should forbid me from looking at the local pug rescue website. Every time I go to see their adoptable pugs, I want at least two or three of them. Because I need another dog.
Why can't gyms use some sort of air sanitizer to prevent the place from smelling of sweaty dude stench? I hate that smell, especially when I catch a whiff just as I'm walking into the building. Not a great workout motivator, I gotta say.
Going back to the dog thing, our rescue pug, Boris, has decided that he's going to use our floors for his #2 business. I do not like this and do not know how to stop it, aside from taking him outside every 30 minutes as a precaution. This method sucks. Anyone have better ideas?
Do NOT read Blazers Edge the morning after an embarrassing road loss. It will make you crazy.
Jeopardy! training update: doing well, able to answer most of the questions before the actual contestants on the show. Hopefully I can translate this success into actual money next week.
What is the deal with the blouses at Banana Republic? If I wanted a maternity-eqsue top, I would just go to a maternity store and buy one. Jeez.
If I were a Memphis Tiger, I'd buy voodoo dolls, name them after each member of the NCAA Selection Committee, and go to town. Make it a teambuilding activity.

Paging Dr. Bowie...okay, Dr. Stardust

There is a condition that makes you feel dizzy and lightheaded, stumble while you walk, and feel like the room is spinning all the live long day, and no, it's not alcoholism - it's labyrinthitis. Now, those of you who watch The Office probably think said disease is on par with such well-known 'fake' diseases as Count Choculitis or Spontaneous Dental Hydroplosion. But labyrinthitis is very real. I know because I have it.

I've been battling various head colds and upper respiratory tract infections for the last month. Fun fact: grief does a real number on your immune system. Every germ that is flying around in the air has settled into my cozy bloodstream and taken up residence, or so it seems. Because I hate going to the doctor (and I do mean HATE it) I didn't bother going, because I figured all I had were viral infections, and what can a doctor do about those?

Of course, Mother Nature got the last laugh, as she often does, and I ended up calling the husband from work today because I was too dizzy to drive myself to urgent care, about 2 miles away. He took me to the clinic and we actually managed to get into see a doctor - okay, PA, whatever - right away. NOTE: If you are dizzy/lightheaded at urgent care, they will see you ASAP. No questions asked...this is awesome.

Long story short, the various colds did a number on my sinuses, which then took it out on my inner ears, leading to the inflammation and fluid buildup in my ears' labyrinths (see where I'm going here?) which caused my imbalance problems. I am now the proud owner of three prescriptions to relieve my symptoms and clear up the infection in my ears, but according to the PA, it can take up to 10 days for my dizziness to completely go away.

Monday Musings - Lost edition

Last week was a little hectic, so I didn't get a chance to watch Wednesday's Lost until today. Holy time travel snag, Batman. The musings today are dedicated to the newest Dharmanians, because frankly, I can't stop thinking about it.

So, is Resurrected Locke in 1974 with the rest of them, or is he in the present time? I imagine he's gotta be in '74 also, but the people he crash-landed with were hanging out in a Dharma station, and I don't remember seeing any Dharma peeps manning it.
Sawyer + Juliet = RAD. I really used to like the whole Sawyer-Kate dynamic but I now prefer him with Juliet. She's good for him.
Who knew that Jin's hair was so curly?
Speaking of missing Ajirra Airlines flight 316ers, where is Ben? And who beat the living hell outta him before they got on the plane? I think it was Kate, or maybe Angry Sun pistol-whipped him.
For someone who seems so omnipresent, Richard Alpert can be pretty danged dense at times.
Now we know how Faraday knew about that donkey wheel - and why he was there when that creepy Marvin Candle discovered the 'odd energy source' in the season premiere.
Speaking of our favorite marooned time-travel expert, I'm excited to see him interact with the Young Charlotte.
Desmond? Wherefore art thou? I hope he's in 1974 also - with Penny and Charlie.
What sort of random Dharmajobs do you think Jack, Hurley, et al will be assigned? So far all the Oceanic/freighter folk appear to work menial jobs (i.e., security, motor pool).

So yeah...I have a lot of questions after last week's episode, and according to ABC, I have almost two weeks to mull them over, reach my own conclusions, and be proven wrong when the next episode airs. Namaste!

Monday Musings, Vol. 1, No. 6

I've spent most of my time since last Tuesday in a Jeopardy-induced haze, so the musings may not be a sharp as they usually are. Oh, who am I kidding? You and I both know this regular feature of my blog is hazy too. Let's venture into the mystic together, shall we?

Coming up with 5 (and more!) interesting 'one-liners' about yourself that are appropriate for sharing with a national TV audience is not easy. Especially if you are boring, like me.
The next time a stray cat comes into my yard, I'm chucking rocks - big ones - at its head. I'm TIRED of strays using my yard as their personal fight club and/or toilette.
Wanna buy a house? Relatively cheap? Let me know. We're listing ours in month or two.
I like Channing Frye. I think he's funny, self-aware, and intelligent. I realize those aren't the three most important characteristics of an NBA player, but I don't care. He's rad.
I can't get over my fear of being filmed in HD. If I have a zit during Jeopardy! it is going to drive me batcrap crazy.
My order of contact lenses are at the optician's office. However, said optician's office is only open Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm and closed from 12-1pm for lunch. Soooo...when am I supposed to go and pick them up?
I love our new desk for the home office. Of course, after using Nick's old ratty college desk for the last 5 years, anything's an improvement.
I'm going to the gym today after work. This is the first workout day since my dad died. I never thought I'd look forward to going to the gym, but today I am.
T-minus 15 days until St. Patty's. Get ready.
Okay, I get it: the digital TV conversion was supposed to happen last month, so a bunch of shows decided to go on hiatus during that time. Well, the conversion got pushed to this summer, so why didn't the networks start showing new episodes instead of taking weeks off? If I don't get a new Gossip Girl soon, I'ma lose it.
Does anyone have tips for finding cheap flights from PDX-LAX? Searching for reasonable non-stop fares is like trying to find the proverbial needle in the proverbial haystack.
I love Will Ferrell. And thank you NBC for showing his "Best of" SNL episode last night.
Blazers are 5th in the West. It's go time.