Amusing stuff out of the way first.

I’m feeling completely uninspired today. It has been a busy few weeks, and I’d love to say it’s all because of my promotion, but in all honesty it has to do with the amount of time I’ve spent on the road of late. I’m really making a concerted effort not to do a blog fade like some of the blogs I’ve read for years — that inspired me to start blogging, in fact — that seem to have petered out over recent months.

I spent too much time last night obsessing about my homework for Arabic that was due today, and in all perfect honesty, I’m not sure that I finished it so much as decided that, after six hours, I couldn’t work on it anymore and just threw in the towel. (لست متاكد اذا اكملت الواجب او خلاصت معه.) Seriously, at two o’clock in the morning I was laying awake, formulating wonderfully complex sentences that just seemed to slip right out of my grasp (لا اتمسقهم) when I sat down at the keyboard and started typing later on. I have started typing my assignments, as it’s a hell of a lot easier to edit a typed document on the computer than it is to write the whole thing out over and over again by hand. It’s murder on the wrist.

The interesting thing is that I seem to have no problem getting the point across verbally, but I can’t write to save my life. Such is the hazard of being seven years out of practice, and you’re all probably really tired of hearing me whine about it.

I’m at least on the mend – I may have finally managed to get most of the remaining mucus out of my system (I know, I know: TMI). This weekend, Ray and I sat on the sofa and watched the entire first season of Dexter, because I do adore Michael C. Hall as an actor, even when he’s making out with Darla the Vampire from Buffy and Angel instead of with Mathew St. Patrick like he’s supposed to. The show appeals to my warped side.

And yes, I did see Heroes last night, and I felt a little underwhelmed by the experience. I know they’ve got to set up a new season and get everyone settled down from last season, but I hope they don’t pull a Sopranos and spend half the season doing it. I’m just sayin.

More later when the inspiration hits me. Unlike certain people, I know not to force it when my 15 minutes are over. (For the record, I just couldn’t bring myself to link to an actual Chris Crocker video, so this one goes to the much more amusing video response by Seth Green.)

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