i've been suffering from a bad cold (which i thought was going to turn into the flu this weekend). i'm still not 100%, but a heck of a lot better than i was this weekend. and, might i add that thera-flu is liquid evil.

anyway... it's been colder than normal the past couple weeks, which inspired me to knit a warm scarf. i used a soft, wool-blend yarn in one color (officially called "wood." it has green/brown tones) and knit for six feet. to finish it off, i added my initial (in a light pink)... which i think is in fashion now, right? mine still needs work though, the "m" looks pretty sad. anyway, enjoy the monogram scarf!

i was just looking around at jamie oliver's official site, and was surprised to see a new section devoted to his band scarlet division. if you are familiar with his show, you know that jamie is the drummer in this on-again, off-again band. so, anyway i'm excited to see a music section, which has three scarlet division songs and three others (two sung by jamie and the oliver's twist theme) available to hear.

after listening to "cold out there," i can't decide whether or not jamie lost major cool points for singing a song (based on nelly's "hot in here") with the lyrics: "get on up with your roasted squash, get on up cause it tastes real posh! it's gettin' cold out there, so put on all your clothes..." yes... he did.

hello november. jeez...

obviously i've neglected this place. been keeping up at the increasingly busy adtunes, and going to a lot of tapings at night. also, seems like i go to the grocery store every other day trying to pick up odds and ends from different places -- the employees are still on strike at some and i just find that no store has everything i need. really... how is it possible that a grocery store has no fresh chicken, at all!? really annoying

a few weeks ago i went to a taping of coupling, a week before it got cancelled by nbc. i love the bbc america original, and was excited about the u.s. version... but boy did it suck! the episode i saw was a xmas one, and it actually was pretty good -- the writing wasn't word-for-word from the original and the actors weren't as stiff. too bad the episode will likely never see the light of day.

went to another show the other day with joey "whoa" lawrence, excuse me, joseph "whoa" lawrence. he really looks better with short hair, almost unrecognizable.

most random... at a different show, i sat next to this couple from alabama who turned out to be slightly interesting. there are these warm-up guys who try to entertain you in between scenes, and this particular one wanted volunteers from the audience to dance and make fools of themselves. a tiny blonde woman stands up, and the emcee asks her where she's from, what she does, etc... the woman responds with "internet marketing... we cover real estate for florida." all this said, giggling and fumbling, while looking back at her husband/partner/boyfriend for ideas. it was weird -- the lady obviously was making it up as she went along. she dances, sits down and a few minutes later, the husband-type gets up to dance and the first thing out of his mouth, while pointing back at the lady is, "she's lying... her website is called so-and-so dot com and she has eight webcams in her home watching her all the time!" (and, yes i did check the site out and holy-crap was it graphic, and that was only the free part... ugh.)