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Numb13rs 3

Jan

28

2007

They painted the outside of my building in early January, and they took the numbers off the doors when they painted. I’ve been without numbers for a couple weeks now, which was fun when I tried to order in and had to explain to order-takers where in my building my apartment is, only to have ...

Fiscal Irresponsibility is Fun! 4

Jan

27

2007

It all started when a coworker came up to me tuesday and said, “You’re big into tech stuff, right?” Always dangerous words, but I had no idea how dangerous they would prove this time. And so it was that he told me of the absolutely absurd deal he got on a really, really nice Panasonic ...

MRI of DOOOOM Says… 1

Jan

26

2007

Bone Bruise! This is basically an intermediate scenario of the two I thought I’d be dealing with. Not as nearly as bad as pain without an obvious cause, but not as good as pain that can immediately be fixed with arthroscopic surgery. Unfortunately, the main treatment for a bone bruise is time, and the recovery ...

The Torture of 24 Time Zones 1

Jan

23

2007

Mark and I are both obsessed with 24. Mark lives in Chicago. I live in Los Angeles, and despite actually working on the Fox Lot, do not have access to the east coast feed of 24. This results in text message exchanges like the following text messages, which were exchanged between 6:34pm and 7:04pm yesterday: ...

DOOOOOOM!

Jan

22

2007

The MRI of DOOOOOOOOM! will be taking place tomorrow morning at 8am. Apparently my insurance company is too cheap to cover an open MRI, so I get the good old Giant Tube of Craptacularness. Always fun for the borderline claustrophobe. In the end, all I want is a damn answer as to why my ankle ...

Cranky/Pants

Jan

21

2007

Still no MRI of DOOOOOOOM yet, apparently the delightful folks at Blue Cross thought I could do with a weekend of sitting in my apartment and watching Rear Window. I had to take the trash out today, and when taking the trash out and getting the mail leaves you whimpering in pain, you know something’s ...

DOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Jan

18

2007

Well, the need for the MRI of DOOOOOOOOOM is official. Went to the doctor this morning, and there are basically two main possibilities about why my ankle has severely regressed in the last four days: POSSIBILITY “BAD.” The ankle is inflamed because pieces of bone have broken off from the location of my avulsion fracture ...

And Now, Deep Thoughts 3

Jan

16

2007

– There is nothing that will wake a cat owner faster from a dead sleep at 4am than the sound of a cat, even halfway across the house, about to puke. – When it’s this cold in LA (37 degrees when I left the house yesterday), does that mean hell’s officially frozen over? – Working ...

About Tonight’s 24 1

Jan

15

2007

I will not say anything specific so as not to spoil it for those who are time-shifting it but…Sweet Holy Crap On A Stick, the last 10 minutes? The one thing I thought was the big end-of-episode turning point and then they turn around and pull THAT shit?! God DAMN, I love this show.

The ‘Pod is Dead, Long Live the ‘Pod 1

Jan

14

2007

My trusty old iPod, which I bought about two and a half years ago, finally started succumbing to the daily drudgery of being carried in my pocket without a case about a month ago. I waited patiently for MacWorld as it deteriorated further and further, but when no new standalone iPod* was introduced, I could ...