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Nintendo

I saw this inside the Nintendo DS manual:

picture6ql5 Nintendo

What is this!!! This is a highly inefficient way to plug something in! If you plug this into the top outlet, the bottom will surely be blocked! Nintendo is trying to promote bad plugging habits!

I just listened to an opera episode of The Simpsons. Oh, Simpsons. What won’t you do.

If You Seek Amy

Okay so I just listened to If You Seek Amy for the first time and I am shocked and appalled!! Not really, but I am surprised that they would try to release this as a single on the radio, like somehow no one would figure out the sheer cleverness of word play.

Natalie was freaking out because her hard drive stopped working for her… she even sent it all the way here. It’s working now and I got everything off of it for her, so she didn’t lose anything, which is good :)

My cough’s almost gone, mostly. I still cough a good bit a couple times a day, but nowhere near as bad as it used to be. At least I’m not coughing to the point of having to sit down.

Oh yeah!! I made chicken cordon bleu for dinner tonight. I had no idea how to “stuff” chicken going in, but I read around and it turned out to be really easy. I just cut the chicken in half to make it thinner and then rolled some cheese and ham into it. And I baked the chicken for the first time. Yes, I’ve never baked chicken before. It was actually really easy. It came out well :) Cooking is fun!!

Music!!

Do you ever have to “break” someone into one of your interests? I was thinking about what my favorite songs are by some artists from talking about it in my cam shows. I always start by listening to some of the “easier” songs then move onto some of the odder songs. I listen to a lot of stuff that needs to be eased into, it seems :P Since we were talking about female singers, I was thinking that I started with Tori Amos’ first album, which is good, but I don’t really listen to it anymore. Tori Amos did a lot of experimentation and got darker and weirder, and I like those albums. But you can’t just listen to Datura without thinking “what the fuck” because it’s really a bizarre song. Maybe I just like weird songs.

I mean, everyone knows that song “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan, but it’s so played out that I’ll uncheck it in iTunes and move onto anything else. But I guess if I were to tell people to listen to Sarah McLachlan for the first time, it would be a good place to start.

There was some tv show that I was listening to, and they started playing Us by Regina Spektor. I like the song a lot, but I thought it was weird that they were playing it, because it’s not so well known. If that was my first experience of her I would think it was bizarre. Better is my favorite song by her, and a little easier to listen to, I think, if you were interested in her :P I’m listening to it now and feeling good :) It’s so uplifting.

I know you guys make fun of my music, but within the female singer genre, I hope I haven’t let anyone down :P

Video Blog – Boob Sagging

OH SNAP

There’s not really anything new to report :( I started my Youtube account the other day, and added my pizza cam show highlights to it. What else should I add??

I’m also stopping my Twitter updates from being sent here anymore. I think I’m going to have them put on the side of the page in their own little thing so ummm yeah

I got a new sippy cup yesterday as a late Christmas present :) It’s blue and wide at the bottom and I am furiously sipping it as I write. I also got a bead curtain :D I haven’t opened it yet but it’s quite large!

OHH SNAP apparently someone is cheating on someone else on CSI Miami!!!

Actually I haven’t seen a full episode of this show until just now but it is getting serious!!!

I like this picture, so should you :D

big2 OH SNAP

Ramblings

What is the cutoff for deeper meanings? I was quite alert and ready to go on with my day from about 9:30 this morning, to about 12:30. I was getting a lot of things done. Then I decided I would take a little break and read a book that was recommended to me. A fiction book about Chinese religion and mythology.

I think I come across as a negative person who will reject anything, but in the case of many of the things I reject, I am also coming up with a counterpoint, which slowly unravels my mind to reveal what I am capable of.

As I read the book I became very sleepy. I knew I would become useless for conversation with other people, so I retreated into my brain. I stopped reading the book. I went out for a little bit, and while taking the bus back, I vaguely wondered if I looked out of it, or sleepy. Two guys were discussing wanting to buy a used bus. I tried to remember if Pepsi had a red can or if it was Coca-Cola, and whether I was truly unobservant or if it was understandable given that I don’t drink either. I got off the bus and realized only halfway through crossing the street that I hadn’t stopped to look if something was coming.

I hadn’t stopped thinking of the book. I don’t like it very much. I am tempted to ask the person that gave it to me what it is that I’m supposed to get out of the reading. The main character so far is described as someone who is very good at poetry. The best at poetry, even. I stopped there because I felt very cross at the idea that someone is simply “the best” at something, and the author states this as a matter of fact. I always thought the rule was “show don’t tell” but does that apply for old Chinese myths? Is this a Chinese myth? It’s trying to be, but I think that the entire book is written in a very “Western” way that denies some of the essence of Eastern writing. My head got murky from thinking more about the writing style than what was actually being said. I don’t know if I’ll ever be one of those people than can devour a good novel. I don’t know what books I should be reading that are excellent for devouring. Can someone recommend one?

See, this is what happens when I read printed books. I listen to them so I don’t think so much. It’s way too easy to set the book aside and get lost. I didn’t get past 10 pages. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Ava’s Daily Updates

  • 19:26 I forgot there is such a thing as TOO MUCH hot chocolate mix #
  • 21:05 Just put up my latest set! Called "Nurse" here’s a preview picture :) tinyurl.com/cxnouv #
  • 01:39 Took some nyquil… I’m really taking it as an excuse to go to sleep earlier :P I’m not sure it’s helping my cough at all. Good night! #
  • 09:22 Up at 9:20! That is a newwwww record :D On the list: Take cough medicine, eat, maybe some working out, annnd reading #
  • 10:05 New video is up now! Check it out, called "Pimpin Robe" :) Only at AvaKnight.com of course! #

Ava’s Daily Updates

  • 14:54 Not thinking about food. Mostly watching inauguration stuff and wanting to sleep. #
  • 15:30 Hahaha one guy on a bike drives by the presidential limo. So confused, like "what’s with all the people… and cameras" Hilarious #
  • 15:37 "There aren’t usually this many people during my morning commute… oh hey, Mr. President" *keeps biking* #
  • 21:41 I took nyquil and now I’m about ready to pass out. So
    tired #

Ava’s Daily Updates

  • 16:28 Going out to buy some medicine and new eyeliner. Gonna try out a new brand. I never mastered the art of makeup shopping. #
  • 02:41 That commercial for "Buzz Ballads" is on again, and I’m convinced now that I have no idea what a buzz ballad is but neither do these guys!! #

Bronchitis

This is about the third time in a year that I’ve gotten sick :( This time, I’ve gotten bronchitis, which is the second time I’ve gotten it. The last time was something like 5-6 years ago, so I guess I’m susceptible to it? I read that it follows a cold, which makes sense, since I just had one. And now I have a cough for the past week :( I wake up coughing, I spend all day coughing, I cough when I’m trying to fall asleep. I’ve been trying to take naps during the day because at least then I stop coughing. This is the technique I use when I’m having cramps :P It’s surprisingly effective then, but not so much now.

Actually, I thought I was good today. Well, I woke up coughing, but then I was good and could breathe for maybe an hour. It was nice. Then I got up and it started all over again.

Update: Okay I went to the convenience store and got the vaporub and dayquil, and have applied both. My chest and neck feel funny with the vaporub smeared on it. I’ve also noticed that vaporub’s container colors haven’t changed over the years.

Okay I’m just gonna sit here all greasy and smelly :(