Blogger's Block

AKA – 5 Things you may or may not enjoy knowing about me. But first – I have something to say to iVillage about their so called ‘Fall TV Preview’ that was listed under my BlogHer Ads yesterday:

I was with you, somewhat, until I got to slide 18. Your hack of a critic, Jacki Garifnkel, says “Life on Mars seems too similar to the short-lived Journeyman. If fans didn’t like that show, why would they get hooked on this one?” What the fuck are you talking about?? Most people that KNEW JOURNEYMAN EXISTED liked Journeyman. Many of us LOVED Journeyman. Heard of the Rice-A-Roni campaign?

It’s not Journeyman’s fault that it wasn’t a success. It’s NBC’s. Yes – your parent company, iVillage. They slacked completely on promoting Journeyman; it was rare you saw a commercial for it outside of during Heroes, which preceded it.

While you were struggling to get a good run out of The Bionic Woman [*cough*cough*] and using up every advertising person and dollar you had on that pile of steaming shit, Journeyman was busy being EXCELLENT in every way – execution, plot, script, acting, character development, and whatever else. It’s not the show’s fault that it was canceled, please believe that. And if Life on Mars is anywhere near as great as Journeyman, I can only hope that ABC has the common sense to exploit it. NBC evidently doesn’t realize that it had one of the best sci-fi shows to premiere in recent years [right after Heroes, and maybe better than Heroes in some ways]. So stop your ratings based jabber and actually try *watching* the show. Kthnxbai.

Ok. Back to the random crap:

• I wash my face once a week, tops. With St. Ive’s Apricot Scrub. If I wash my face more often I break out.
• I’m immune to caffeine. An energy drink, a soda, a shot of espresso – doesn’t matter. I can go to sleep two seconds after drinking it.
• I don’t think there’s anything better than finding yourself falling asleep while reading a book you’re deeply into. That fighting between your eyes and eyelids that continues far longer than it should since you know which side is going to win anyway: it’s marvelous.
• I pick my scabs. I’ve never had a bug bite or scratch heal without scarring because I constantly dig at the wound with my nails. It’s something I really, truly, cannot not do. And now, The Bella does it as well and she can’t stop either.
• I’m approaching 7 months of a Child Slavery chocolate free existence. That means no Snickers, no Kisses, no M&M’s. Just the slavery free stuff and even that only sparingly- mainly Green & Black’s Milk Chocolate Almond bars.

I had no idea so many of you would respond… what the fuck did I get myself into? I’m loving it though! This is going to be fun! If you haven’t given me permission yet – click the button and do it. I want to showcase the answers creatively…I might use this to finally update my blogroll or something. I haven’t decided.

Oh, and you know all that stuff I said about not asking you anything generic? Scratch that. There’s no way in hell I can ask 100+ people a decent question. It’s just not possible. I love you though, and I apologize in advance if you get a really shitty question like ‘what’s your shoe size?’

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