Veronica: Dad, come here!

Keith: You beckoned?

Veronica: Yeah. You'll never believe it - a maid from our hotel in New York found the Flash card with all our vacation photos on it. Look.

Keith: Hot dog!

Veronica: "Hot dog"?

Keith: It's an expression of excitement and enthusiasm. Joe and Frank Hardy and I used to say "Hotdog" all the time while we were waiting for the car hop to bring us our malteds at the drive-in.

Veronica: "Drive-in"?

Keith: I hate you.

Veronica: You love me.

Keith: Yeah, but it's all instinct.

(And one more, just because I'm still pulling for LoVe)

Veronica: [to Logan after sex] Woof! You should seriously consider going pro in that.

1. My friend Monelle got married on Saturday. It was a lovely wedding, where I enjoyed many an adult beverage...and the weather here in Baton Rouge.
2. T and I are officially "Ladies who Lunch." Yesterday's lunch was provided by Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro.
3. I am able to go into Target and only buy things that are either on my shopping list or on sale. Who knew?
4. Cross-stitch project #3 for 2007 is almost complete. Just have the fun of back-stitching left.
5. The Weather Channel is officially anti-Me. As it will not begin raining until I leave my office to walk across campus and wait for the bus. I think that may be Murphy's Law or something.

• The Reluctant Fundalmentalist by Moshin Hamid
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
• A River Runs Through It by Norman MacLean
• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Something with the X-men?

• Anna Quindlen - Black and Blue, One True Thing
• Amanda Quick - Deception, River Knows
• Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Welcome to the Monkey House
• Jules Verne - Around the World in 80 Days, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• Sarah Vowell - Assassination Vacation, The Partly Cloudy Patriot
• Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X
• William Butler Yeats - Irish Fairy & Folk Tales

1. Veronica truly does bring out the evil in every man she meets. Her cheerleading escapades with Piz end up as an e-mail attachment that was forwarded more than the Richard Gere-gerbil story. This forward causes Logan to beat the crap out of Piz (yet another evil Veronica turn) and a mobster to prove that he is manly enough to not be Veronica's woman. Wallace gets electrocuted while assisting with a Veronica vendetta against a secret society. Keith gets indicted for a crime that he did in the name of fatherly love, thus costing him the sherriff election. Wow. She's one busy frosh.
2. Cake and iced tea help keep the tears from a-flowin. Yesterday's going away party for my GA went swimmingly. Although, I am still in denial that she's leaving. Who in their right mind would purposively move to West Virginia?
3. Late night phone calls with friends far, far away make a girl both homesick and happy. Thanks for letting me vent.
4. Thank goodness that it's almost a three-day holiday weekend. I really need that. Really, I do. Really.
5. Me:On a Diet needs to commence again. Soon.

• I redid my bathroom decor over the weekend. It now looks like a grown-up lives in my apartment. Next room to redo: living.
• I purchased 6 books at B&N this morning. Why? Because they were on sale. Buy 2, get 1 free. Which books did I acquire? Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Middlemarch by George Eliot. Yup. This should really help my goal of reading more 'classics' during 2007.
• I am still a bit perturbed with The CW about playing yo-yo with my heart in regards to Veronica Mars. I know that they're probably not bringing it back for a 4th season, so why don't they just make it offical? That way the healing can begin. (Don't forget that the 2-hour season (series?) finale is on tomorrow night beginning at 7PM Central Time.)
• Tomorrow is my Grad Assistant's last day at LSU. We will be documenting the day with cake and iced tea. It shall be a fun, yet sad, event. At least for me.
• I have considered moving back to SD and working full-time at Barnes & Noble until I figure out what I want to be when I grow up. And I'm really kinda serious about this thought. That's the scary part.
• I have no idea what I'm wearing to Moe's wedding on Saturday.

1. Moaning Lisa
2. Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish
3. Flaming Moe's
4. (tie) Mr. Plow & Marge vs. the Monorail
5. Cape Feare
6. Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
7. Home Sweet Homediddily-Dum-Doodily
8. Simpsoncalifragilistiexpiala(Doh!)cious
9. All Singing, All Dancing
10. I'm With Cupid
11. Missionary: Impossible
12. Worst Episode Ever
13. Jaws Wired Shut
14. How I Spent My Strummer Vacation
15. Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Couples and Teens, and Gays
16. There's Something About Marrying
17. My Fair Laddy
18. Yokel Chords

1. Read a book. Way more interesting than trying to figure out who the next Pussycat Doll will be.
2. Go for a walk. Dude, that could so be a new reality show. I mean, if farmers can find wives and the nation can play BINGO, why can't we watch someone walking for an hour everyday. It's like exercising, but without the work.
3. Watch Veronica Mars on DVD. It'll be like a 4th season, without the new storylines.
4. Play NTN. BWs, here I come.
5. Ladies Nite at Champps. Mmmm...diva-tinis.
6. Cross-stitch. Anyone want a LoVe beer cozy?
7. Learn all the words to American Pie. Maybe I could have a karaoke career afterall...first, learn the words. Second, learn to sing.
8. Adopt a child. Most likely from a third-world country...like North Dakota.
9. Start an acting troop. The only requirement to be a part of the group: Must know all of the dialogue from Veronica Mars. Why? Because that is the only platform from which we will perform. Word.
10. Write a book. It is one of those things I want to accomplish before I die. Thank you, CW, for allowing me to have more time to develop myself and less time to watch television.
11. Get a tattoo. Yet another thing-I-have-been-putting-off due to incessant television watching. Or something like that.
12. Train the Jumpin' Husker Ferrets to dance. I sense disaster. Still more amusing than Supernatural.
13. Bitch. I'm really good at this one. See above for examples.

(Also, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was not picked up for a second season. Yup. I'm cursed.)

Current Mood: Exercised - walked to work!

Currently Listening to: I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow

Current # of Visitors: 8020

Today's Goal: To try and accomplish some work while waiting to hear the fate of Veronica Mars. (The CW does their up-fronts today.)

1. How I Met Your Mother is a brilliant show (which has been picked up for a 3rd season). Although, I am still in shock by the season finale on Monday night.
2. I am not a fan of either King of Queens or The Gilmore Girls, yet I watched both series/season finales this week. I guess I'm just a glutton for tear-filled finales?
3. Piz is starting to grow on me. Although, I'd still like the LoVe to return. What can I say? I'm a romantic at heart.
4. Caffeine does not always equal alertness.
5. I.see.piles.of.files.everywhere.

1. 28 Weeks Later made me realize that children truly are evil.
2. Happy hours do in fact make people happy. (Thanks, Amtrak & BigMac!)
3. Stress makes one regress. Eventually I will diet again. I promise.
4. There's a new episode of Veronica Mars on tomorrow night.
5. Starbucks is truly evil with their recent strawberry-flavored drinks/desserts campaign. Truly, truly evil.

1. Am I traveling to Branson, MO, in July for the General's wedding?
2. Should I stay or should I go? (Is it time for Me to move on from my current job to another one...in a different field?)
3. Is honesty really the best policy when it comes to surveys?
4. What sort of going away gift should I get for my graduate assistant (who is leaving me)?
5. Where should Girls Weekend 2007 be held?
6. Will I ever finish 2006 Cross Stitch Project #3?
7. Why am I jealous of the fact that I have friends that change jobs every 3 months?
8. Are men that own Harleys really that sexy?
9. Will I ever get back on track with Me:On a Diet?
10. What should I wear to M&M's wedding in two weeks?
11. Am I ever going to make krumkakke?
12. What do I want to be when I grow up? (Which should occur in less than 4 months when I turn the big 3-0.)
13. Will Veronica really tell Logan to never speak to her again?

Logan: Hey, by the way, I am throwing I birthday party for Parker this weekend. I’ve been studying up too. I watched My Super Sweet Sixteen. That reminds me, do you know where I can get about a dozen eunuchs?

Veronica: Not off hand, but I could make some calls.

I promise to have a 'real' blog entry later. Hopefully.

1. There is yet another new episode of Veronica Mars on tonight (9EST/8CST) on the CW. You really should watch this show. It's really good...and promotes good bone health. Really. It might?
2. Someone was searching for "Sioux Falls dominatrix" and was referred to my blog. Not really sure how I feel about that.
3. My mother sent me another care package yesterday full of books, cross-stitching material (Aida cloth, for those in the know) and a cross-stitching magazine. I think she's subtly hinting at which project she wants me to complete next. She's not really that subtle. No on in the Jumpin' Husker family is. Tis true.
4. The cost of a first-class postage stamp increases to 41-cents on Monday, May 14, 2007. So be prepared to buy new stamps and/or a bunch of 1-cent or 2-cent ones. You've been warned.
5. I actually confronted one of my neighbors on Sunday for dumping used keg/ice water off of his balconey onto mine. It didn't do any damage. It was just annoying. Mainly due to the fact that he had been doing it off and on for about a day. I just had enough. I really don't enjoy confrontation. So, I may not do that again anytime soon. Unless, of course, you don't watch Veronica Mars tonight. You have been warned.