A rather unusual day today. First I had to get up early so my sister and I could take my grandfather up to NG for his appointment at the hospital.

While the trip was going on I happened to notice that I seemed to be having stabbing pain in my left ear every couple minutes. It seemed quite probable that I was getting or had an ear infection so I figured I'd go for a nap when I got home in hopes that it would get better.

While napping I had a bizarre dream where I went on a road trip with a seemingly random grouping of my friends including one friend I've not seen or even talked to since she graduated last year. There were all sorts of weird problems like having to push the car when it almost went into a river (it was somehow in the middle of the river on a tiny island). I think the oddest one was when I, while sitting in the front passenger seat, had to lean over and push down on the brake AND steer the car (I think the driver got out or went into the backseat or something) while the car went down a dirt hill and into a turn/tunnel (also made of dirt). Good times.

When I woke up the ear thing was still going on so I just played some XIII, lounged and grimaced in pain every couple minutes until supper. After supper I went for another nap as I was still hoping to make my ear better and my sister was using the TV to watch Aladin on tape (our card stopped working last night).

The next nap wasn't very long but the ear thing stopped (at least for now) so it was a success. I got up around the same time my sister finished her movie and I was going to watch Futurama on DVD. My sister asked if we could watch a movie though so we did that instead. Of my movies there were only a couple she wanted to see that she hadn't already seen (Pulp Fiction and Res Dogs). She left the decision up to me and I went with Res Dogs as I've not seen it nearly as much (even though I don't think it's quite as good as Pulp). My sister bitched quite heartily at the end when she didn't get a happy ending. My sister, for some reason, has a strong dislike for non-happy endings in her movies (though oddly enough not in books and the like). I think she liked the movie overall but she wasn't happy with the ending.

My parents then arrived home and I asked my mom to reprogram the card but she A) couldn't remember how and B) lost the instructions. So I spend about 90 minutes tinkering with it before I finally got the info/programs/etc and got it working. I got to watch about 5 minutes of the Simpsons episode about how stealing cable is bad and then it went out again (oh, the irony!). So then I spent another 45 mins or so on a better computer playing with it and got it working (and as of now, it still is).

Wow, this is much longer and rambly than usual. Ah well, I'm not the one who has to read it.

Quote of the YesterDay: "This always happens. People throw me out of the window, tell me I'm Puma Man, then leave."
Not surprised nobody got this. As far as I know I'm the only person I know who has seen this particular episode of MST3K. It is taken from the ep where they watch Puma Man. A great episode.

Quote of the Day: "Oh how awful. Did he at least die peacefully?
[pause]
To shreds you say, tsk tsk tsk. Well, how's his wife holding up?
[pause]
To shreds, you say."
-?

Not a whole lot on the go today. Some things I did today (not in any real order):
Had to mow, went to gym, watched some Futurama, played some XII, was shocked by how they continue to make SD a stupider show by the week

Also found out that Enterprise is getting picked up for a fourth season. This is a good thing as the last season has been really solid and it'll be interesting to see how the crew deals with the aftermath of the whole Xindi thing (esp seeing as how they'll probably be expected to resume their exploration mission). The season finale is on Wednesday and it should be a good one.

Quote of the YesterDay: "You're a bloody puppet! You're wee little, puppet man!"
As Baka pointed out this one comes from the Angel gets turned into a puppet ep when Spike first sees puppet Angel.
Quote of the Day: "This always happens. People throw me out of the window, tell me I'm Puma Man, then leave."

I'd probably talk about the series finale of Angel that was on tonight except most of you fall into the A) not caring at all about Angel or B) haven't yet seen it and will kill me if I say anything categories.

In a related tangent, Angelathon on Monday on Space! Yay! Anyone want to make a multihour journey to come watch it with me? Marathons are always more fun with your friends. Ah well, I'm sure I'll have a good time vegging out on the couch anyway. Gotta love Space and their consistent having a marathon of something whenever there's a holiday trend.

Quote of the YesterDay: "Well America, there you have it, Frankenstein has just been attacked by the French Air Force and he's whipped their derrieres!"
This quote comes from one of the commentators in Death Race 2000 after Frankstein defeats the rebels (the gov't doesn't acknowledge their existence so instead the French get blamed). Out of curiousity, did anyone think the quote came from one of those horrible B movies I'm known for loving? I've yet to see any movie where the Frankstein's monster 'Frankstein' took on a plane. :P

Quote of the Day: "You're a bloody puppet! You're wee little, puppet man!"
I know at least a couple people who are going to get this right away but I thought I'd quote it anyway.

Got to do the doctor thing today re: allergies. He gave me some fun nasal spray AND eye drops. Also, he advised that I should try to keep the dog out of my room to minimize my exposure to dog-hair. Unfortunately, my room is also Heidi's room so that's not likely to happen. I think the spray/drops should make the symptons much more manageable though so it's all good.

In the not so good department, my ability to put the eye drops in my eyes. I missed my eye completely on my first 4 attempts and was only partially successful on attempts 5 and 6. You'd think that with a 1-2 inch drop I'd be able to hit the target fairly easily but apparently I'm not that competent. :P

Quote of the YesterDay: "And how come Batman doesn't dance anymore?"
Hbaka clearly indictated he knew this one first but Bustin was techincally the first to actually guess it. It comes, of course, from the Mr. Plow episode of Simpsons when Homer and the kids meet my god and yours, Adam West.

Quote of the Day: "Well America, there you have it, Frankenstein has just been attacked by the French Air Force and he's whipped their derrieres!"

Fergi and I went to see Van Helsing tonight. Pretty much a cheesy fun kind of movie. They also seem to be setting up Van Helsing as a movie franchise type thing so don't be surprised if more of these get made.

For the last week or so, I've had a rant simmering away within me. My mind's been going on all sorts of weird tangents (some interesting philosophy stuff too)of late. One of them is something has to do with something I've always believed but events of late have brought my belief into sharper relief. I want to give it another day or two to simmer but sometime this week there shall be a lengthy (hopefully somewhat entertaining) rant on the issue.

Quote of the YesterDay: "[Some person], whose courage is as tremendous as his appetite, is just one of the astounding space characters"
- Narrator on Rocket Robin Hood
The some person was Friar Tuck. Bustin guessed the show right but he thought it was referring to a different merry man (and also didn't mention the narrator was speaking)

Quote of the Day: "And how come Batman doesn't dance anymore?"
Thought I'd mix it up with an easier one tonight.

The non-good feelingness is out in force tonight. I actually managed to not only get 8 hours of sleep yesterday, I got more than that (probably around 9). Yet I feel very not good tonight. Fever going and I'm much with the stuffed up being and sneezing. At least some of that is a result of allergies but I'm not sure if all of it is. Fortunately I've got a doctor's appt on Tuesday (about the allergies) so if I still feel like shit I can get that checked out.

And in the world is coming to an end news, Bradshaw had a good match tonight. This is probably largely due to Eddie but still Bradshaw participating in a good match has to be one of the signs of Armageddon (thankfully I'm not referring to that damned movie, which is actually worse)

Quote of the YesterDay: "How about a kiss for luck?" *gets kiss on the cheek* "I meant tongue luck."
As Hbaka pointed out, this one comes from Futurama. Fry says it to Leela when they are at the track.

Quote of the Day: "[Some person], whose courage is as tremendous as his appitite, is just one of the astounding space characters"
I removed the name so as to up the difficulty a bit.

I saw something interesting this evening. Heidi wanted to go outside and while I was holding the door open I saw a little frog hanging off the side of the door frame. This isn't the first time I've seen it but I've only seen it a couple of times and only on the basement door of our new house. And it's always when it's warm and humid (usually wet too). I'm not quite sure what attracts them but it's kinda neat to see.

Speaking of hot and humid tonight seems to be our first dose of that unbearable consequence of summer that most people magically forget about the rest of the year. Give me so cold I need an extra blanket any day. I like to be able to sleep comfortably; I'm funny that way.

Quote of the YesterDay: "There shouldn't be any women at all in this world! Just children and men!"
- J. Jonah Jamieson (Classic Spiderman)
Nobody got this one but if you've seen the show, you're probably not surprised by the comment. Whenever he gets ranty he'll complain about just about anything (though most of the time it's directly connected to Spiderman. And then he makes that face. And then Peter and/or Betty laugh. Also, Peter will often wink, thus letting his co-workers know that he's Spiderman (well they'd know if they weren't fucking morons))

Quote of the Day: "How about a kiss for luck?" *gets kiss on the cheek* "I meant tounge luck."
-?
A bit easier than yesterday's quote. Esp given that it's from something much less obscure than an episode of 60s Spiderman.

Update: For those who missed it, tonight on Superfriends Batman had chemicals spilled on him and he turned into a junk monster. Even stupider (and funnier) than it sounds.