- Just finished watching Heathers, which great movie of course, but what happened to Christian Slater? He fell off the face of Hollywood.
- As if dealing with flood waters wasn’t enough, alligators are evacuating the swamps in Florida thanks to Tropical Storm Fay. The last thing anyone needs is to run into a misplaced gator. Good luck to everyone down there.
- Evidence that library fines are serious stuff. Take note, kids: her overdue fees were $30. It cost $172 to free her from jail. I personally would take the former over the latter, but that’s just me.
- Remember when I wrote about vanilla ice cream vs. crazy chocolate ice cream, and how I now prefer vanilla? Well, as seen on Popcandy, I guess there is a word of it– Pixifood, which is “any food substance that is highly pleasant to the taste as a child and tastes shockingly unpleasant once you become an adult.” I agree with everything listed on the site, minus Spaghetti-Os and Poptarts. Give me a couple of years, and get back with me.
These ones in particular cracked me up:
Cotton Candy
As a child it tastes like: You know, cotton candy.
As an adult it tastes like: Cotton root canals.
[ My favorite part as a kid was making it melt in my mouth. Now, its like that pack of strawberry gum I chewed not too long ago-- Sugar City. ]
Dinty Moore Beef Stew.
As a child it tastes like: The absolute best camping food available.
As an adult it tastes like: Dog Food
[ Totally true. Plus, I went to a daycare center as a kid that served this as a daily snack, and I can't even see a can of it without thinking of that place. ]Necco Wafers
As a child it tastes like: Sugar-dusted yumminess.
As an adult it tastes like: Sidewalk chalk.
[ Necco Wafers will always be the most terrible tasting things I have ever tried. And this is a girl who enjoys squid, sushi, and raw oysters, and will eat almost anything as long as its not olives. Are there olives in Necco Wafers? Hmm... ] - I have an interview next week. I’m pulling out all the stops for this one. I realized today that I had a major typo in one of the cover letters that I have been sending out, which totally bummed me out for a while, because I’m much better than that stupid mistake that I know I’ll be judged for. But I couldn’t obsess about it and let it get me down all day. I went on my daily walk a little earlier than I usually do, and it helped so much. Tomorrow is a new day.
- And yes, I will be at Blogfest tomorrow. Will you?
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August 21, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I think I seriously need to return those library books…
August 22, 2008 at 6:35 am
I have library fines in every town in the county. None more than a couple of dollars, but in the case of City of Markham libraries, that fine was from either grade 10 or 11. That was more than 10 years ago.
August 22, 2008 at 7:40 am
The biggest library fine I ever had was upwards of $12. I had borrowed this book to read because of a boy — he said it was his favorite, I said I’d read it, but it was almost 1200 pages. I ended up giving up after he and I ended things, but didn’t get back to returning it for like, two more months. So then — and this is where my story goes off on a tagent — I’m on my way to the library to return the stupid book with this guy I’ve recently met who works there, and I’m telling him this story, and he laughs at me. We part ways at the front doors because he’s late to clock in. I stand in line to return my book, then hand it to the guy at the desk, warning him that there’s a huge fine I have to pay. He looks at me, all puzzled-like, because there’s no fine whatsoever in the system. Later, I found out that guy-who-works-at-the-library managed to look me up in the system and work some library magic to get rid of my fine before I made it to the desk.
As for Christian Slater, I think he’s in some kind of split-personality show this fall. I remember doing a double-take when I realized it was him in the commercial.
My goodness, I’m in a rambly mood this morning. Sorry.
August 22, 2008 at 11:35 am
Christian Slater was in London for awhile starring in the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He was reallllly creepy in it, I saw it. Awesome. Now he’s got a new show on NBC that also looks creepy. I’m not sure why I keep tabs on a rando celeb like Christian Slater, but it might have something to do with the fact we made eye contact when I saw him on stage. Totally.
August 23, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I owe $7 in library fines at the moment. I better get on that.