grocery shopping yesterday wasn't the food buying extravaganza i thought it would be. i only spent $21. i just didn't know what to buy. i ended up only with eggs, milk, a stuffed salmon something or other, and a vegetarian steak with mushroom ickiness. everytime i picked something up, i realized that i no longer remember any recipes to use that item, so i got nothing that would require me to be imaginative and creative, until i can get some cookbooks (to avoid being imaginative and creative).

i did, however, inadvertently choose what has to be the queerest supermarket in tulsa. i'm certain that, had a fire started in the store and everyone was forced to run out to the parking lot, only the lack of a large rainbow flag and two dozen lesbians on Harleys would have distinguished us from a Pride parade.

after leaving the supermarket, i drove to Borders, thinking to pick up a couple of books to help me remember how to cook. instead of cookbooks, though, i took home one of the booksellers. after a quick hour, i politely showed him the door, saying mechanically and unconvincingly that, yes, indeed, i would call him sometime, and remembering idly that if i had some pasta, parmesan, and parsley, i could make fettuccine alfredo.

don't contemporary sports team names usually evoke images of some kind of ferocity, viciousness, power or preternatural fortitude? please explain to me why anyone would call their team the Beef? it's not terribly intimidating. it may make your opponents hungry, i guess, which would be a distraction, i guess. i think this one is just a bad marketing decision.

there was a new episode of The Lone Gunmen on last night, though the season (and series) finale was a few weeks ago. i had no idea that it was going to be on, and i almost missed it. thankfully, i was watching the Simpsons right before it and saw the preview.

and you know what? it's too bad Fox cancelled this show. it's good, and i've liked the series from the beginning, but last night's episode was great. Yves kicked some ass, and she didn't use any high tech devices to take down her opponent. she used her fists and a great little boot-to-the-head move to take down the traitorous rose-colored-glasses-wearing bitch.

we got a tantalizing little bit with Yves in which, it seems, we see that she isn't hiding her identity to protect herself or just to have a Kewl Anagram Name, but that she's doing it out of fear or shame. finally, some more character development for Yves. also, she shows concern for Jimmy, not once, but twice in this episode, the second time worrying that he may be dead after being struck with a dart containing the Chinese Poison of Death.

Yves is warming up to Jimmy too. she backed off of the insulting comments and (not so) subtle allusions to his dumb-as-rocksness. Yves and Jimmy really work well together, her worldly, intelligent skankiness complementing his innocent, not-so-bright naivety. actually, because of the ass-kicking, and the character development, and the concern for Jimmy, i'll stop calling Yves a skank. she's turning out to be a cool character. she needs to keep in mind, though, that Jimmy is mine, and she'd do well to keep her hands off of him.

of course, none of this matters anymore since the show has been cancelled, though i'm sure there will be plenty of shows like "Not Really Interesting Police Videos" and "When the Elderly Attack" to fill in the space left in the schedule.

hey! guess what i get to do tonight for the first time in 4 years. i get to go grocery shopping! woo hoo!

i didn't buy groceries in the last couple of years because my roommate would have eaten everything. before that, Brian did all the shopping while we were together. 4 years is a long time. i'll need to warm up the Unit Pricing/Comparative Shopping Lobe of my brain. oooo! i can buy eggplant again! i can bake my own bread! i can have theme nights without going to an ethnic-themed restaurant!

groceries lead to cooking! hooray! i can eat the foods *i* like! i haven't had onions since i met Brian. he hates onions. but he's gone and i can cook foods with them again! being single has its advantages.

the First Lady's advice:

If your daughter(s) drink too much, it is probably best to avoid remonstration when they get home if it will inevitably lead to the typical teenage comeback "Well, at least I didn't KILL my boyfriend while driving drunk like you did Mother!" What mother hasn't dreaded those words?

[tall frosty one served by Hobbsblog]

i missed the TVGuide Online talk with Joss about the musical episode of Buffy (about which i get a little giddy whenever i think of it), but Jean has pointed towards it. i'm saddened though that this ep, the sixth of season six, will air in November, because that means the season premiere will be late September or early October instead of the August i've been hoping for.

bwahahahaha! the sport statues crack me up. try this one.
[thank you Mefi for the laugh]

headline: Jeffords reports death threats in wake of defection. fortunately, the White House stationery it was written on has given the police a lead on the identity of the threat-maker.

usually, a film has to be successful before it's turned into a cartoon, right? so why the Battlefield Earth: Animated Series, with Terl voiced by Grizzly Adams?

if you're like me and want to see Faith kicking some butt, than this rumor should make you happy: Eliza Dushku mentioned as possibility for Wonder Woman movie.

zoinks! the print version of TVGuide has a description of Joss Whedon's eight issue comic book mini-series Fray:

... it follows the exploits of a future slayer and professional thief. Set hundreds of years after the Scooby Gang's adventures, Melaka Fray is called to stake and bake a new wave of vampires and demons... "[Frey] inhabits the vast slums of a Manhatten gone wild. "The idea of magic is completely foreign to her. She's just a girl who has no idea she's the slayer," says Whedon.

ok, so this probably isn't news to those who hang out on one of the multitude of Buffy forums, but it is to me. i may have to get back into comic books for eight issues. Frey is set to hit newstands June 6.

double zoinks! here's much more information over at the Dark Horse website

heh. if the governor signs it, Oklahoma will have Agricultural Police. i wonder if we'll be seeing an episode of Cops featuring them.

"Freeze!! Drop the lasso and back away from the cow slowly!" *patting down the suspect* "you got anything on you i should know about? spurs? a bola tie maybe?"

Agpol scored a major victory yesterday against the illegal Stetson trade with the arrest of two Faux Western Wear Kingpins."

in investigating a 5 year old unsolved rape and murder, Oklahoma City police have decided to canvas the area using genetic means.

In their search for John Doe, police took blood from 200 men and compared their DNA to that of the man who left behind semen in Busken's car. There were no matches... Most of the 200 men tested so far gave their blood voluntarily, but prosecutors obtained search warrants in a few cases where people declined to provide the sample..."Police are basically saying, `If we pop a needle into enough arms we're bound to get lucky sooner or later."

if i'd had enough sleep last night, i'm sure i would have launched into a rant about unreasonable search and seizure, fascism, and a police force given far too much latitude.

"If you don't want to give your DNA, you've got something to hide," said [father of the victim] Bud Busken... "I'll stand by that until my dying day."

fuck you, pops. i didn't know the girl, didn't live in the area, and am a homosexual, but i still wouldn't voluntarily give a sample for genetic testing. cops aren't allowed to go fishing when looking for evidence.

also, let's all keep in mind that this is the same crime lab that has recently been in the news for an evidence misidentification scandal.

Numfar! "The man behind Buffy reveals all about cameos, action figures and the Cheese Man."

the Random Goth Cat Name Generator.

even Jellicle cats need Goth names.

in an effort to knock Texas out of the top spot, Oklahoma held it's 13th execution of 2001 on Tuesday night.

ok, i don't like large vehicles, often for aesthetic reasons, usually for environmental type reasons, but, by george, i'd buy one of these in a heartbeat.

With its bulletproof glass, grenade launcher, laser gun and the ability to foil pursuers with oil slicks and smoke screens, the Army's new SmarTruck is a vehicle worthy of James Bond.

i should work on getting all my Buffy and Angel links into a single post.

Harmony news! "In Harmony's last appearance on Angel, she joined a vampire cult. "They ended up cutting the final scene of [the episode]--I was in Mexico, recruiting people for the cult."

i love Harmony. i know she's not often taken seriously, but i think she has real potential at being a major baddie or a force for good (Jean and i have had discussions about Harmony and redemption. i'd love to see Harmony on the path to redemption, faltering often along the way, but making the attempt nonetheless).

and here's some Kate news. i've been wondering about her. she hasn't been seen since that whole "I never invited you in" line to Angel, but now it looks like she has herself a more regular gig somewhere else.

why is it that everytime i read mention of IML, it takes me a few moments to untranspose ("distranspose"? how 'bout "unscramble"?) the letters in my head and realize that they're not talking about film special effects?

i'm pretty sure i blogged this already, but i think i screwed the link up, so i'm putting it here again (not the screwed up link. the overall target of the linkage).

mucho thanks go out to Max for giving me something Buffy related to blog.