*fists of grr* I hate trying to decipher subs when they freaking layer the dialog with translations of lyrics to the song playing over the scene. Like, so they show up right over each other. WHYYYYYY?? I don't give a shit what the song lyrics are, I want to read the damn dialog of the damn show I've been watching for (non-consecutive) 25 damn hours! Especially when the lyrics have already been translated 8000 times since they use the same 4 songs over and over and over again for the whole series. I do appreciate all the work that goes into subs, but it's so frustrating having to pick through the sub files to figure out what the hell was said. Just. Argh. So much argh. One of these days I need to learn Korean. I'm gonna go eat a butterfinger now.

I really, really like Google Chrome. So pretty! I am easily swayed by the chance to theme my web browser, and to theme it so beautifully. Plus I found an ad-killer to use with Chrome (it's my great love of ad block that has kept me with Firefox) and it is working perfectly. Woohoo!

"Hate On Me" cemented my love for Amber Riley. Dude, she's awesome! "Bust Your Windows" was good, but wow. "Hate On Me" blew me away. I love Jill Scott, I love that song, and Amber killed it. Killed it. Killed. It.

( Video of original 'Hate On Me' by Jill Scott )
Freakin' amazing, right? And Amber totally does it justice.

Blah blah blah baby storyline, as long as Amber keeps singing and Sue continues to be freakin' hilarious ("You're dealing with children. They need to be terrified. It's like mother's milk to them."), I will be watching Glee.

What's up, my peeps? :)

My gorgeous niece has arrived, albeit slightly earlier than planned. I was in the room during the delivery and OMG craziest most amazing thing EVER. I'm head over heels. Her and my sister are doing ok, so they should be released from the hospital tomorrow. :)

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I love Glee. I so hope it isn't canceled. It's got the stereotypical high school drama characters, but I have hope that they'll be able to subvert and twist those stereotypes into some interesting characters. Plus, great music. I need to find a download for their version of "Don't Stop Believing" - awesome awesome awesome.

And YAYAYAY! to So You Think You Can Dance being back! I think that's my favorite show ever. Wed/Thurs best days of the week now.

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I think I love kickboxing. The kind where you kick actual shit, not just hitting air. *all a-flutter* A++, would punch again!

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I am feeling a LOT better than yesterday. I just have a bit of an ache in my side now, so I think I'm on the mend. But since I'm staying fairly immobile to be on the safe side, I'm kinda bored. So... here are some links to songs I really like!

Johnny Lang - Darker Side (.m4a) Smooth and bluesy. The kind of song you'd dance to with a tall, dark stranger, if you know what I'm saying, and I think you do.

Beyonce - Halo (.mp3) One of the best songs Beyonce's put out in a while, imho.

Michael Buble - I'm Your Man (.mp3) Like that sultry, slightly lounge-ish sound? You'll probably like this. It's slow in some parts, faster in others, and it totally works for me. Plus he sings "I'll howl at your beauty like a dog in heat" and it sounds hot. To me. And:



Totes my sekrit crooner boyfriend.

The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (.mp3) I hated this song when I first heard it as a clip on VH1 or MTV. It was just the chorus bits, and I hated it. But then I heard the whole thing while driving in the car, and I loved it. The verses are so much better than the chorus, and the layered up chorus at the end rocks.

T.I. (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Dead and Gone (.mp3) I mostly adore this song because of the dance from So You Think You Can Dance Australia with BJ and Talia choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon.

( behind the cut: fabulous dancing! )

The Bird and the Bee - My Love (.mp3) Sweet, infectious pop. This is one of those bands I couldn't believe took me so long to discover.

And finally... Tupac - Keep Ya Head Up (.mp3) Because some of the lyrics in this song are so honestly put that they've stuck with me for years.

And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women

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Today has been interesting to say the least. I woke up not feeling great, but I thought it was because I was getting a cold and was having cramps. There's stuff that needs to be done at work, so I decide to go in, get that done, then go home. I got about 30 minutes into work before I realized that I had to pee.

Then it all went terribly, terribly wrong.

Picture if you will me on a toilet getting hit with intense pain in my torso and the feeling of something inside me shifting. That's the only way I can describe it. It hurt so bad I couldn't breath and immediately felt like I was going hurl. Which would not have been good, since that would have completely blocked my exit out of the stall. I am not a crier, but woooo doggies I involuntarily burst into blubbering tears. Snot was running down my face: it was not pretty. For a few minutes there I thought that I was going to be stuck in on the toilet forever because I couldn't move without it hurting more.

Thankfully, I was able to pull myself together long enough to hobble back to my office undetected, close my door, and call my mommy. Yes. I called my mommy and promptly burst into more hysterical sobbing because omgIwasgonnadie.

By 9 am, I was on my way to the doctor's office.

I just got home a couple minutes ago. I've had blood work, drank this gross stuff, had a CT, been poked at, and HEY also a shot in my ass (not that I'm complaining, the shot dulled the pain). The doctor thinks I had a cyst on my ovary that ruptured; he's waiting on the CT to confirm. I'm just grateful it's nothing worse. For a minute there I was picture my intestine trying to fight its way out of my body.

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I am drunk off a bottle of Ste Chapelle 2007 Special Harvest Riesling (Idaho wine WHAT yum yum yummeh) and watching American Idol. I am doing the ROCK SCREAM OF AWESOME. WAAAAAH Need more wine. Wine wine wine. Wine! I've decided that Adam is a douche. I'd probably like him in real life, but on the show? Douche. I haven't figured out why yet. But damnit: douche. Also, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ABDUL PERFORMANCE ABOUT? Seriously. Lip sync moar plz.

OMGOMGOGOMGOMGOMGMGM GWEN STEFANI ON AI



I <3 her OK. It's just unnatural for so much awesome to be in one bod. Gwen!

Where was I?

I don't remember anymore. Ummm... Let's see. I was thinking today. SHOCKER. I was thinking about how I make it a point (now) to look attractive. Even if it's just to the store, I look hot. Cute. Whatever. Not crazy full make-up, but I look in the mirror and ask myself, "Gina, would you hit on you like this?" And if the answer is no, I fix my shit up. But the sad part is, I sooooo roll my eyes whenever I notice I'm getting checked out. How stupid is that. I know I'm being stupid, but I can't help myself.

I need more wine.

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