Thank you, dog-creatures.

Thank you ever so much for waking me up. Now my stomach is all out of whack.

All I've had today is a McIntosh apple. Which isn't too bad - I mean, it could be worse. This morning I felt repulsed by bread, so I had fruit. Wise choice, I think. I've not been too enthused by store-bought bread lately, but whatever, it needs to be eaten up.

Maybe I'll have a can of soup for lunch. Although, leftover brisket with a little barbecue sauce sounds great, too. But again, store-bought bread = gross in comparison to homemade.

I really should go through my GED book today. I watched the first episode of Let's Learn Japanese on YouTube, though, so that's cool.

It's been rainy for the past few days, so I haven't had that humidity grumpiness, which is good. I did a little bit of writing... yesterday? I think? I worked on a short story.

I don't know if I mentioned this before, but the Writer's Digest special issue magazine I got has writing prompts in it. It's done as a prompt-a-week thing that goes right to December. I'm gonna start doing the prompts this week.

I haven't posted in, like, 5 days.

Silly, inconsistent me.

So I watched the Super Bowl halftime show. It was pretty awesome. Then again, The Who have always been pretty awesome. Dad wasn't going to watch it (he called them 'sellouts' - how dare he! I'm never getting him a Who album for his birthday or Christmas ;) ), but Mom told him that I wanted to, so he put it back to the Super Bowl. I started putting dishes away and Dad was like "Come watch the halftime!" and Mom was like "The dishes can wait! you'll never see this again!!!" They can be so ridiculous sometimes.

And I watched a bit of the game, but I don't like football, so all this fumble and interception nonsense confuzzled me. And on commercial (on effing COMMERCIAL, PEOPLE!!!) Dad was 'shush'ing me. WTF?! So I went back upstairs and went on Facebook to check on my FishVille fish. I have a new tank now :) Problem is, I have to build up my coins again. Boo.

I'm hungry again. Maybe I'll have chips. But, alas, there's no pickle dip left. I should've got some while it was still there. Or I can eat another orange. Or I can bring up the last pack of crumpets and be all fancy. Or I can defrost some bread and have a sandwich. Hmm.

Late night reading

Either late last night or early this morning I read Twilight and listened to The Legends of Classic Rock. Normally it's on Sunday nights and replayed on the following Saturday morning, but last night/this morning, they played parts one and two of the Pink Floyd story to honor Richard Wright's life.

Once again, the music fit well with the story. I was reading the part where Bella and Edward are eating dinner at the Italian restaurant. I normally don't read at night, but I decided to try aiming my flashlight at one spot so that I'd have enough light. It worked. I had enough light to read by, plus I had my duvet over me to keep me warm. The music soothed me, too.

I'm kinda mad at myself because I didn't pick up the phone in time a moment ago. I had music on up here and didn't here the phone ringing until it was on the last ring and going to the answering machine. Luckily, it was just the library.

I think I'll go heat up some leftover pasta that I spied in the fridge. 'Scuse me.

Costco and chicken wings!!!!!

Yeah, I'm writing another post. And yeah, I'm bored.

We went to Costco today. We didn't get a lot of stuff, but we did get more instant kimchi noodle bowls. Dee-lish! Oh, and we got some baklava, and Mom wanted egg rolls so we got a box of frozen egg rolls, too. She kept saying jokingly, "I don't want them, Sam wants them!" Yeah right, Mom, you know I don't like egg rolls. No offense to people who do, though!

I had an early supper of a Stoffer's frozen macaroni and cheese and some slices of cucumber. Then Dad got hungry and asked me if I was, because he was ordering chicken wings. I wasn't terribly hungry, but I knew that once I smelled the wings I'd be hungry, so I asked for some honey garlic wings. Before my two suppers, I hadn't eaten much - I didn't really eat breakfast until at least noon, if not later. I wasn't hungry in the morning. So I had water. And I swept, as I mentioned earlier. I had a plum afterwards, and later a bowl of tortilla chips with salsa. Then at around five-ish I had the mac n' cheese and cucumber.

!@#$

You know I'm in rough shape when I've had a breakfast of water.

I have yet another cold. I must have picked it up from either the market or the grocer. I got out of bed at 11:30-ish - Mom let me sleep in because Dad's not feeling so hot either, so we weren't going to church anyway. I probably sat in bed for about five minutes, but still... if I slept in that long, I must've been tired. Well, tired and sick.

I am starting to feel hungry, though, so that's a good sign. I'm wondering if I should skip the pizza, because my throat's a little slimy. I think I'll be okay if I eat a slice or two...

Edited for clarity

Pizza!

We ordered pizza last night. We haven't had pizza in quite some time - sometimes we'd pick up a couple of pizzas from the Pizza Hut on our way back from karate, but since I haven't been to karate much we don't really do that. Besides, the location we would order from moved into a smaller storefront that has no dining area, which sucks, and one time we ordered from there after they moved and it took such a long time.

So this time we ordered from a nice place by our house. They have good pasta there, too, and I think they also have subs. Most of the time we get pizza - Mom gets her gnocchi, I get my fettucini alfredo, and Dad usually gets veal parmigiana. But Mom wanted to get pizza, so we got a medium Cosmopolitan for Mom and a large No Self Respect (all meat and cheese) for Dad and I. We got thick crust, so I only had to eat two pieces to feel full. Their pizza is so good.

We went to the market today to buy fruits and vegetables. If I remember correctly, we got some blackberries, nectarines, red plums, corn and Swiss chard. Then we went to a grocer - I think it's an independent grocer - where we got celery, some steaks, breakfast sausages, calves' liver, potato chips, ginger snaps, tarts and a bag of double salt licorice, which is the only licorice I'll eat.

Feeling better

On top of the aches I mentioned in my last post, I also had a stomach ache. I didn't eat much today. As far as I remember, I consumed:

1. A not-quite-full cup of tea (I think it was English breakfast)
2. A cup of peppermint tea (for my stomach
3. A smoked salmon cream cheese sandwich
4. Some biscuits/cookies.
5. A bowl of macaroni and cheese
6. Two mints

I had a shower earlier today, which helped. I spent the whole morning in my pyjamas, I felt that awful.

I did, however, listen to disc one of The Song Remains The Same. It has some previously unreleased tracks, some of which weren't even in the film. I started crying partway through 'The Rain Song', partly because I was happy that I'm sweet on Max. I guess I was missing him, too.

I must say, though, that I like the live version of 'No Quarter'. The studio version creeps me out for some strange reason, but I don't mind the live version from The Song Remains The Same.

I'm not sure which track on disc one is my absolute favourite. It might be 'Since I've Been Loving You'. I love the studio version and the live version. I love it when Robert Plant sings like a bluesman. Well, when you think about it, he is a bluesman. A folk musician, too. That's why I hate it when people call Zeppelin's music 'metal', because they started out recording blues songs, with rock songs (like 'Communication Breakdown') and folk songs (like 'Gallow's Pole') mixed in.

If only John Bonham hadn't died. I miss you, Bonzo...

Weird eating habits

Do teenagers really have regular eating habits, anyway?

I tend not to eat much in the morning during the warmer months. I guess I eat more in the fall and winter so that my body is insulated, because during the summer I eat pretty lightly in the morning. Like this morning - normally, I eat cereal or toast, but not today. I ate taboule. Yes, taboule. And yes, I am nuts.

By night, I scavenge for food. Any food, as long as it tastes good. I had a terrible supper of dill pickle potato chips, because there were no clean dishes and I was too lazy to wash any and actually eat something healthy.

And then I had taboule for breakfast.

I'm trying to not eat too many instant kimchi noodle soup bowls every week, because last time we got kimchi bowls, I felt tired when I ate too many in a week. I think it's because I had too much processed junk in my system. But today I was craving kimchi, so I made one. I also ate some super-spicy chips. My nose was quite clear, and I felt great - except for the fact that my lips were burning from the chips.

I have a bit of indigestion and/or heartburn, but nothing too painful. I might take Pepto, but I may not need to. We'll see.

My parents went to the market today, then went to Across the Pond, which is a British imports shop. They got plenty of Walker's crisps (they taste a lot better than the potato chips we get in Canada), and Mom got me some Munchies (my favourite!), a Toffee Crisp, and a Yorkie - but I'm supposed to share the Yorkie with her. Thanks, Mum! :)

Visiting my sister

I went to London, Ontario to see my sister Katie yesterday. My dad was meeting folks, so while we were waiting for him and my sister's boyfriend to come, the three of us - me, Katie and Mom - played Scrabble. Katie won, I came in second place, and Mom came in third. For me, the best part of the game was when I had a blank tile and got 'hijabs'. And, if I remember correctly, it was a triple-word score. Sweet :)

Also, she gave me three packs of gum. She bought this huge mixed pack of gum, and found out that she only liked one kind, so she game my mom three packs of peppermint gum and she gave me three packs of berry-flavoured gum. I was only going to take one pack when she offered us the gum, but she said, "You want two packs? Three?", and just gave them to me.

We went out to a Japanese restaurant for dinner. The food there is so good. I didn't eat any sushi (I wasn't too keen on it the first time I tried it), but I did have a bowl of BBQ pork udon, and some tempura, and some squid. Yum :) I also had a few edamame, which were quite good, and some deep-fried squid rings. Then everyone except Dad had ice cream. The servings of ice cream were small - which is actually good because desserts are often so huge. Mom, Katie and I had mango-flavoured ice cream and Katie's boyfriend had vanilla. The mango ice cream was so good!

I took two books with me for the trip there - a book about Bob Dylan, and Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce. I was going to bring my discman, but I decided against it - I hate my discman. I really don't like the buttons on it, because you have to dig your finger into them, but that might have been because I had the discman on my bed while reading or something when I was using it. Anyway, I might have to get an MP3 player, so that I have some music to take with me on those long car rides.

Kitty in the Bathtub!

After my shower, Mouse decided to jump in the bathtub. She's been known to do that - and when I'm in the bathroom, she'll wait outside the bathroom door for me. Cute. Annoying, but cute.

I still have a headache, and I have a sour taste in my mouth, which is probably from my strange breakfast - a brownie and a banana. But, on the upside, I get to go to the library today!