this horrible looking bruise showed up yesterday afternoon on my wrist. i haven’t the slightest idea how it got there either. lately, i’ve been wearing this sweatband on my wrist at work that i got from the oxygen network. i immediatley thought that it might have given me ringworm (as i have never actually seen a case of it, for the longest time i thought it was like a tick where a worm that was flat and ring-shaped would literally attached itself to your skin and just lay there). anyway, so it turns out this huge mark is just a nasty bruise that i have no idea how to get rid of.

the only reason i took the picture was because i decided that since i have a macbook pro with my built in isight, i should take advantage and do something creative. one crazy picture a day is my goal and this is my first. i was going to do one of those “many faces of …” projects where i just take a picture and make a different face everyday. the only problem with that is that i have been looking like crap lately.

oh yeah did i mention that i finally got a new computer? my lack of one is part of the reason i’ve been scarce for the last couple weeks.

if you’re ever bored i highly suggest spending some one-on-one time with wikipedia and soaking up some new knowledge (don’t even go there with how unreliable it is, most of it is fairly accurate). when i get bored i like to just start searching random things and discovering details about the most random things (last week i learned a great deal about leprosy). anyway, so last night i was browsing wikipedia and was looking at one of my favorite pages, 2008 US Presidential Election. i enjoy checking out all the contenders in the race. i was browsing some of the less popular parties’ candidates and i think i picked up a new hobby. i don’t mean to discredit any of those candidates but seriously, some of the campaign sites are HILARIOUS. one is a convict in jail, another is a neo-nazi/white supremicist. you read some of these sites and you almost feel like you’re reading something off of colbertnation.com. some of the stuff is just insane. good reading, i highly recommend it for its entertainment value.

this weekend i watched the pilot episode for parker posey’s new show on fox, the return of jezebel james. now before i share my thoughts, a quick summary: producers and director same as first six seasons of gilmore girls. parker posey plays sarah thompkins. she decides she wants a kid. she finds out she is unable to do so. she asks her sister, coco (lauren ambrose, from six feet under) to be the surrogate mother. at first coco says no and then has a change of heart as she figures out her sister cares more for her than she realized, and plus she could use a better living arrangement. first of all, i LOVE parker posey, as do i lauren ambrose. i’m thinking this show is going to be quite great. only one other person in our office has seen the pilot and he didn’t like it so much though. i’m interested to see how others will receive it. it’s cute and funny and it’s definitely going on my tivo list. the only thing that scares me is that the serious scenes don’t seem all that serious. it doesn’t have that same balance of humor/humility that gilmore girls did. anyway, too bad it isn’t going to be on the schedule until mid-season (january 2008) so it will be a while before we get to see anymore of this.

speaking of new shows … traveler on abc. i tivoed the preview episode a couple weeks back on a whim (and because i was bored). didn’t think i was going to like it but it looks like it might end up being a great show as well. complete surprise.

i’m tired. that’s all.

(”shout out” to alexis if she really reads this like she claims she does. my theory is she just likes to make fun of me for writing on this thing and then thinking people actually care, which i don’t. i’m a realist. i like to write because sometimes i’m actually funny and if i don’t write then i’m just never funny rather than being funny some of the time. confusing? yeah, i didn’t follow what i just said either.)

seriously, where the hell did this bruise come from?

from what everyone says it seems to be that i have ended my social existence (which i think would actually require me to have one in the first place, no?). i got so fed up with myspace today that i finally just deleted my account. i’ve been saying that i’d do this for ages now but i actually motivated myself enough to do it.

nothing too exciting going on beyond that.

move day is a week away and i’m no where near ready for it. i have so much packing to do in the next few days. i suppose that’s not really true, i just have to find the motivation to do it.

so much time. so little to do.

strike that, reverse it.

i’m so mad cbs cancelled the class.

no, i haven’t fixed this site yet. and do you know why? because my computer is freaking broken. i’m on day five of this fiasco and i’m going insane. i haven’t been without a personal computer this long in about 10 years. i can’t stand it anymore. my computer is my life and i feel like someone is strangling me. i know this is dramatic but most people who know me realize that my computer is connected to me at the hip. i took it to the apple store to get an estimate to see how much it would cost to get fixed. $1400 for all the things that need to be replaced. the case is hands down the most expensive part of that, it’s crazy that a sheet of aluminum would cost so much (of course it’s the design you pay for, not the materials). hopefully i will hear back from my insurance company later this week and i’ll be well on my way to fixing mine, or at this cost just getting a new one.

i’ll write more when the separation anxiety that has been created from this loss has gone away.

in happier news … today is my 1 year anniversary at the agency. can’t believe it’s already been a year.

UPDATE: Grrr. Something’s wrong, this page doesn’t display correctly in IE.

i finally started to update this thing with the new style. still have some tweaks to do but chances are that i will end up forgetting about it and then by the time i realize it i will be ready to switch the style completely anyway.

lots of work but i’ve been putting in some late hours and i think i’m nearly back to normal so i don’t feel as overwhelmed as i did last week.

i got my apartment situation figured out and my leased is all signed.

that’s all i’ve got for now.