1. I am, at some point, going to eat a Double Down from KFC. I know it’s bad, and that it depicts many things that are wrong with America today, but I can’t help it.
2. Hey, Christina Aguilera? You are not Lady Gaga. Hang it up, bitch. (See X-Tina’s latest video here. See Gaga’s “Bad Romance” here.)
3. I wanted to show you a video for “I Lost It” by Lucinda Williams, but there are only grainy live performance videos. For once, YouTube has failed me.
4. Whenever I hear Rage Against the Machine, especially Killing In the Name Of, I want to tape my hands and box until I can’t move.
5. And then I hear this and I’m eleven again. Definitely not boxing music.
6. I’m reading a book. Now, I read a lot of books, but this is an eye-opening book that may alter my life. It’s called “Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill.” After I’ve finished, I’m going to talk with my doctor and may ultimately decide to discontinue medication treatment of my bipolar disorder. Heavy stuff. Lots to think about.
7. Since I’m poor right now, and happened to be out of shampoo and conditioner, I was forced to economize and purchase a bargain brand: I got Suave. I’m pretty sure it’s going to make my hair fall out, which would be a shame since it has gotten so long and pretty.
[Pause for shower.]
8. It did not make my hair fall out, it only made it dull, rough, and unmanageable. Salon comparable, my ass.
9. Birthday cake ice cream? So wrong. So, so good.
10. Even if I’m poor with grody hair, I can still enjoy Justin Timberlake bringing Sexyback.
Song of the Moment: “I Never” by Rilo Kiley
I would be careful with the bipolar thing or at least get more than one doctor’s opinion. My dad is bipolar and his ex-doctor almost killed him with too high a level of lithium after he had a manic episode between my senior year of high school and freshman year at McNeese. His current doctor has him on a much safer level of medication and he is doing fine. Hasn’t had a problem since switching doctors.
-Mary Lin-