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With the start date at the new job looming, I've been slowly trying to shift myself over to a day person schedule.  I'm not going out at all, I'm doing everything within my power to get to sleep and my ass out of bed at earlier and earlier times, and hating every moment of it.

I've been nocturnal for most of the last ten years.  I love having the freedom to stay up as late as necessary to get things accomplished.  I'm used to frittering away until 3 am or so if I feel like it.

And now I have this internal pressure to get to bed.  It sucks.

I've done a lot of things to help this out.  I've set up my computer and the stereo in the living room to automatically turn on NPR when asked.  I'm trying to ensure that I have everything ready to go in the morning so I can just get started.  Once I'm up and moving, I'm fine.

I just have to get up in the first place.

It's going to be hard.  I'll need about 3 alarms at a minimum next week.

Thanks to a wonderful recruiter and some excellent interviews, I have a job!  YAY!!!

So now I have a week left between now and the end of my free time.

And I have to become a morning person.  Ideally with the running before that.

On my to-do list atm:

1. Update wardrobe so I can fill at least five days a week

2. Do my taxes so I know how much of my savings is free for other things

3. Paperwork for the new job

4. Go to sleep earlier and earlier so I can get up early in the morning.

...

I'm sure I'll come up with more.

Dear Writers of Damages...

I love you.

I love how you take our base assumption, something we've been working with for the last year and completely turned it on its head.  I love how you changed things around.  I love how you surprised the HELL out of me.

Can we borrow Patty Hewes for a couple of episodes of 24?  Imagine how fabulous that would be.

Anyways, thanks for adding to the fun.  Don't kill my dog.

XOXOXO, Pin

Bite me.  BITE MY SHINY METAL ASS!!!

I play by the rules.  I pay for access to your channel.  I watch it relatively live instead of watching it via BitTorrent.  I tell all my friends about it.

And you SPOIL THE FUCKING EPISODE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT???  AT LEAST TWICE, YOU SHOWED SCENES UPCOMING IN THE EPISODE IN COMMERCIALS LEADING OUT/IN FROM THE SHOW!!!  I HATE YOU.  I HATE YOUR STUPID FRAKKING FACE!!!

Srsly, I take every single step I can to keep myself as spoiler free as possible.  I just expect that you don't ruin the show IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW.

I'm writing a letter.  I'm contacting customer service.  I'm pissed.  I'm over it.

I can't even remotely watch the show with other people anymore.  I have to become more of a hermit in order to preserve my sanity.

Thanks so much, SciFi.

Bite me.

Now that the year is in full swing, I have to keep on top of my tasks.  I never had to come up with a resolution, because I have too much going on this year and lord knows I don't have room for anything else.

The resolutions came down to two items:

1. Finish my Masters Degree aka do the thesis

2. Run the marathon aka get back into shape.

So there's two big things that will likely encompass everything else I want to do this year.

This scans down into the following tasks:

1. Write 1250 words a day to just brainstorm about the topic.  I'm still in planning mode, and I'll get into heavy research soon.

2. Run.  Run run run run run.  This week's goal is 3 miles four times.

So tomorrow I have to get up, run and then write or the reverse.

And the next day.

And the next day.

And that's not including going to school or finishing assignments.

My life is going to be so boring for the next nine months.

I mean, I haven't laughed this hard all week.

I picked up a copy of Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game a couple of weeks ago based on fantastic reviews and reading some excellent PBEM sessions on the web, and since I haven't had time to get a game together I decided I'm going to run my own PBEM version.

I'm opening this up to my fList first to see if anyone would want to play before I advertise for players.

You can read the rules here.

Anyone?

http://www.eyezmaze.com/eyezblog_en/blog/2009/01/grow_tower.html

Answer after the cut if you don't want to play it all out:

BATTLESTAR RETURNS TONIGHT!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

One of the "made it to Hollywood" contestants from last night (Jessica Furney) is from my home town.

And they showed the "Oz Museum".

I'm still not watching until the Semis, but I'm scouring spoiler sites to see if she made it through.

You're not getting my total attention just YET, show.

Dude, how perfect was the Golden Globes?

Slumdog Millionaire swept, as it should.

30 Rock swept, as it should.

Mad Men won, as it should.

And then there were little surprises:  Mickey Rourke, Anna Paquin, Gabriel Byrne...

Making it even better was watching it on Fast Forward after switching to the 24 premiere.  All my favorites won, and I got Jack Bauer being badass.

All we need is a WALL*E nomination for Best Picture and all will be right in the world.

In preparation for Thursday's nominations:

BEST PICTURE PREDICTIONS:
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Revolutionary Road
- Benjamin Button
- WALL*E
- Milk