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…the crazy Mexican Wig Lady was practically making out with a block of C4 attached to a ticking bomb! WHY DID THEY CANCEL MY CRAZY SOAP OPERA???

What’s in two weeks? Quarterfinals.

It’s also the last episode of Passions. *sob* *flail* I’ll have to download it to see it on vacation. *cries*

Just to help spread the word, here’s the preview for the NEXT TO LAST WEEK!!!!1!

And then there was the GREAT MUSHROOM SAUCE MURDERS!!!

*SOB*

I need to get around to rewatching some shows. It started a couple of weeks ago when I realized that I had to watch all of Mad Men for the first time because everyone said it was so good. And it was good, not as good as Damages, but it was good.

My next show is Dexter, which I’ve never really given a chance. It will be restarting in September at the same time as Heroes, which I need to revisit.

Things are so far out of sync right now because of the strike. I’m sure I’m forgetting a few of my serials, but they’ll come to me. And I want to watch BSG all the way through before the final run of episodes arrive, I’ll watch the last few episodes of Lost before the new season…

I should try to write this down.

One of the most difficult parts of the summer is trying to explain Drum Corps to other people. I can talk about it until I’m blue in the face, I can even show people clips of it, but it’s just not the same as seeing it live. I can talk all I want about Santa Clara’s magic trick/costume change, but it won’t show over the internet. I can talk about Carolina Crown’s 72-member horn line, but you won’t feel it until your hair is being pushed back by the sheer volume. There’s a reality to a live show that I can’t sell on my own.

And I have no more live shows to send people until Finals.

Finals is another problem. From what I’ve gathered, my group still has two open tickets for Finals Week and I don’t want to offer them to anyone. Finals Week is for me, and the last thing I want to do is babysit others who aren’t committed to the experience. Add in the venue change and the fact that anyone who goes is stuck at the stadium until the show is over, and there’s no real way to get people involved.

I’d love to have my friends over this weekend to try and explain it, to try and show it off through the final live internet feed, but will it really work?

I’d put Bluecoats’ boxing show up there with a lot of entertainment I’ve consumed over the last year. It’s so wonderfully constructed, the narration actually adds to the program, and when they finally kick into the Rocky theme I want to cry. Carolina’s Crown “classical in a blender” show is a sight to behold, but how do I explain to non-initiates that the ending is a mélange of classic endings from the past? That the rifle feature in the company front isn’t just cool, that it’s fucking brilliant considering the show? How do I explain that Cadets are still as fast and furious as in the past, despite the soul-sucking conversation over it? How do I explain that I actually enjoy Blue Devils this summer?

I think that everyone who goes to a show with me understands the Troopers thing. Besides the bumper sticker, the decal, the rope drum rear-view mirror charm, and my corps jacket, they know it’s a big deal for me. I just can’t explain it to others.

For one weekend out of the year, I’m surrounded by other people who honestly get it. My DCI friends and I speak another language that is impenetrable to outsiders. Others talk about RBIs, I’m talking about injustices in the Visual GE Content subcaption. It’s the rest of the summer that sucks.

When I finally get a serious boyfriend again, he’ll have to suck it up but I’ve never had things sync with DCI. Before the weekend I’m alone in my obsession, and when it’s over I’m along again.

I hate it.

Yes, it’s my own fault. I blame the job, which isn’t a problem anymore. The timing just sucks this year, and since I’m tipsy I feel horrible about it.

I had better get on that Game Show to lift my spirits.

Million Dollar Password was auditioning people in Chicago this weekend, so I went down this morning to try out.

I passed the quiz, I got called back, and was even given another round of harder words to try in the callback in front of the producer. I hope I impressed them with my success on the last clue.

I may have failed on my interview, but we’ll see. They shoot the first weekend of August, so if I make it I’ll know soon.

This is the farthest I’ve ever made it in a game show audition, so I’m happy.

Dude. Chess Boxing.

It’s so made of win.

Too early to make calls about certain designers but…

Keith is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO my type. I hope he gets kicked off soon, because it’s distracting.

I’ve always wanted more control over my music in iTunes without sitting at the PC in order to do it.

And then the 2.0 firmware came out, and I got Remote.

HMOG, it is teh sexy. I can sit in bed with my iPod Touch and completely control what I listen to. I can change the volume, I can skip commercials for the radio shows that I record, I can even watch a video that I have saved on the PC if I have the iTunes window up.

Next step: attaching an A/V extender from the PC to the living room stereo to extend the functionality. This is AWESOME.

Meryl Streep can do anything Chuck Norris can, but backward and in heels.

One of the big things that was going to keep me at my job was the issue of insurance. I thought that I’d be able to get personal insurance to tide me over while I look for another job.

I just got turned down. (I assume it’s because of my medical problems a couple of years ago.)

There’s other options, I’m going to apply there, but this is NOT good news.

I’m going to sit here and seethe for a while.