Sure enough, that is a canine next to Apollo, and not a mop, or a bush, or a cavernous maw into the underworld.

I don’t think I’ve been as excited about the wedding as I am now, but finding a site and picking a date kinda did that to me!

So, for all of you that want the skinny before almost everybody else, save May 2nd, 2009 for a totally face-kicking good time. We’ve put down the deposit for the Dana-Powers House, and believe me, it’s far more beautiful than the site shows.

Oh, it’s on.

What a mid-season ending. I’m still reeling. Yet again, they did it.

Too bad we have to wait for the last ten episodes till 2009! AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHH! My life force!

Wow. That’s solid parenting!

So, regardless of what the critics say, I love the new Speed Racer movie. Sure, I have an affection for the old cartoons that borders on the obscene, but gosh darnit, it’s one heck of a zany, colorful, ridiculous roller coaster ride. It had it’s laughs, and it had it’s slight twists and turns. And it had ninjas.

To be honest, I’ve never been disappointed with the Wachowski brothers’ films. Not even the third Matrix. It wasn’t what I initially wanted to see in the movie, but it was a decent movie.

I went into Speed Racer after reading some pretty scathing reviews. And they’re justified, but I have to say: the cinematography in Speed Racer is top notch. I mean, it’s an hour and a half long movie that feels like an hour long. I even teared up from the sheer mind-numbingly sugary sweet ridiculousness that was the end of the last race. Seriously, it reminded me of the end of 2001: a Space Oddysey.

So, if you have any love for the old cartoon, and even enjoy Wachowski brothers’ films, I’d say give it a shot. For me, it was as enjoyable as Iron Man, though it lacked universal appeal.

If you need a bit of refresher on how awesome Speed Racer the television show is, watch some on Hulu.

Nothing could have prepared me for giving my cat a bath.

I forgot for a while that not everything I touch turns to gold.

I know, I know, better call the waah-mbulance, but here’s my official bitchfest:

• Yesterday was so hot here, my computer just died about 6 or 7 times. I finally realized it was overheating. I’m not looking forward to any more warm weather now that it’s officially Women’s Press crunch-time.
• I gave back my Powerbook G4 this morning; the company had a better place for it, and since I got a new iMac for my desk at work, it wasn’t entirely necessary. It’s okay, I think I still get visitation rights. Since I only have my PC, which works occasionally in a heat wave, I’m a little freaked.
• The warmer weather has brought the bugs into my home, and with bugs come bug bites. I’ve started taking my Centrum, but not soon enough to stop the dozen or so bites on my arms last night.
• My sister went missing this morning, gone before my mother woke up, and after 12 hours of non-stop worrying, we found her again. During that time, all manner of awful things ran through my head, and, hoping against hope, Nicole spent a good portion of her day checking the train station, to see if she came up here on a whim. After only hearing the ten second version of why, I am forced to conclude two things:

1. My sister is one of the bravest people I’ve ever met, to face her fears and problems and let others in to be there with her, and
2. I am officially pissed off at mankind.

So, Crayola is debuting some new colors. In them, a new shade of magenta is named “Awesome.” I’m so not kidding.

Join me in welcoming next year’s new colors:

• Insolence: deep fiery red
• Tenderloin: brown with a hint of pink
• Suffering: chicken pox red
• Valhalla: dark blue
• Nom-nom-nom: pink
• Corporate America: puke green

So, here’s a strange predicament: Thursday, I updated my site to Wordpress 2.5 (mmm-mmm-mmm, good) and on Friday, 2.5.1 comes out, so I upload it to my site. Coda, by Panic software, is my FTP manager of choice. I think they added a new option when uploading, but I didn’t pause to take it in. When you upload a directory, you can either Replace or Merge. I have always just had the option to Replace, which, believe it or not, replaces the files that are new and leaves all the other files alone. Turns out this the behavior I want is now Merge, and Replace destroys the entire directory, and then rewrites it.

That means all my photos I’ve uploaded to my blog are lost, as well as the themes I’ve collected o’er the years. It’s not a huge deal, but if you were wondering why my site was sporting Kubrick until this morning, that’s why.