i tried. i really did.

i'm supposed to stay at work until 7pm tonight, but i can't focus on anything. i don't think it's the holiday. i've been extremely manic for the last couple of days, and i don't want to be at work. so i'm not. most people have already left, so no one will notice anyway.

i'm disconnecting completely for the next three days. no computer, therefore no updates, no email. later, gators.

there really isn't much you can add that the title doesn't already say: The Day My Bum Went Psycho.
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UPN cast photos for Buffy and Roswell. is curly-haired Spike here to stay?

today's starting off well. my car insurance dropped $400. driving the elderlymobile is starting to pay off.

a few links before i depart for the day:

my new Buffy desktop wallpaper. possibly the script for "Broken Bow" (pilot episode of Enterprise). pdf prologue of Stephen King's Dark Tower V. thousands of newspapers on the net. and one Jean pointed out to me a while back, Angelus' Hair Manifesto. later gators!

to whomever came looking for this, Smallville is a WB program. and now i think i know what Xander didn't want to reveal when he said no power on earth will make him tell the rest of the "one night, a dancer called in sick" story.

this is the Xander that the searcher wanted, i think [is it a good thing that he's "extremely discrete" (see the ad) or would potential clients prefer him to be discreet?].

i and three of my department-mates will remain employed for the time being. yip for us.

also, ice cream is no longer the "soften the blow" food. guess they got tired of treating people right before they escorted them out. now, it's "congratulation, you're still employed" food. they gave us our choice of root beer float ice cream bars (blech) or those orange sherbet push pop things (yum!)

what's the proper length of time to mourn our newly jobless former co-workers before we raid their now vacated cubicles for supplies?

we're having a meeting in 10 minutes to discuss the for-now fate of those us who remain. i can't decide if we're actually staying employed, or if the supervisors took a lunch break, then decided to do a group lay off instead of talking to us individually. i'm thinking the former. if it is the latter though, should i receive the news calmly, or should i start with the wailing and the clothes rending and the gnashing of teeth before collapsing into a heap on the floor?

i've lost count, but today is the next round of the "Reorganizing People Out of a Job" program here at TV Guide. in less than 5 minutes, half of my department was gone.

bloody hell, where's the friggin' ice cream?

a review of the Xander and Cordelia action figures. i want the Cordelia figures, the regular and the Cheerleader Cordy variant, but even more, i want the Cordy figure from the Angel line up, and the Faith. as a bonus, i'm even going to request the "Vanilla Ice as Angel" figure (the Angel series figures aren't finalized yet. i'm hopeful they'll smooth out the "Play That Funky Music, Whiteboy" vibe he's giving off).

an LA Times article on Enterprise.
[via Dark Horizons]

don't have anything like this here, but *please* let me know if you find it.

i think i fixed the Incredible Growing Text problem. now i just have to wait to see what else i've screwed up, eh?

And in Oklahoma, To Kill a Mockingbird has already been removed. [article]

someone should let FOXNews know that one school district in Oklahoma is not the entire state, or they should be a little clearer about what they mean. they *are* journalists (/snicker) after all (hard to keep a straight face through that last part).

i made a purchase at lunch. Terrence is a happy camper.

The moviefone Web site has posted an image of the official poster for the first of Peter Jackson's upcoming Lord of the Rings movies, The Fellowship of the Ring.
[link and copy via Sci Fi Wire]

The Musketeer - A kung fu version? If they start making "Crouching Pride, Hidden Prejudice" I'm gone.

heh. Garth at Dark Horizons gives us a fall film guide, divided into "Must See," "Worth Seeing," "Unsure Potential" and "For Fans Only."

ATT Wireless says that their voicemail system is down nationwide due to a fiber cut. seems a little too easy to disable the entire thing that way. ATT should do something about that, lest evil anti-phone or anti-ATT forces attack.

i'm sexy! i'm cute! i'm popular to boot!
i'm bitchin! great hair! the boys all love to stare!
i'm wanted. i'm hot! i'm everything you're not!
i'm pretty. i'm cool! i dominate this school!
who am i? just guess! guys wanna touch my chest!

Bring It On was on Starz last night. i had to watch, even though i own the video.

is it me, or has someone been taking design notes from Star Trek? makes me want to poke at my screen and say "thrusters not responding!"