I fell down in my living room yesterday. Well, I fell from my living room to my patio. I bruised my knees very badly and it hurts, but I turned it into a funny Facebook status. And do you know who "liked" it? A quadrapalegic. Enjoyed my joke about tripping over my own feet.

@effgeevee: I know. I'm pretty sure according to this study, I'm scheduled to die yesterday.

@MsAvignon: I just finished reading Reading Lolita in Tehran, which might be a good starting place because the novel starts in the "Westernized" Iran of the 1970's, which would largely be familiar ground to us, and then progresses through the revolution and women's rights being taken away.

@Cactus: Joe Francis has been brought up on charges for just this reason, actually. There's a terrifying article about it: [www.latimes.com]

@lilyHaze: Me too! Plus, for the next six months my nails are super-fragile and split way too easily.

@lorem oopsum: "Categorizing terrorists is a waste of time. Terrorists are evil, and therefore we should just bomb them all."

@sensitivitycop: 10 true facts about Do-Si-Do cookies:

My favorite: "The U.S. Government has actually issued us two patents for weight-loss. Two!"

I just realized I'm missing an important part of my homework. I have my characters and setting, but I'm missing the actual STORY part. I may need to turn this in late (tomorrow).

@Tropicalicey: Times like this, I highly recommend Doctor Who.

@voteforme: I've wondered about the population thing. You figure Harry's dorm had five students, and they were pretty evenly divided in terms of gender/house/age. So we can extrapolate 40 students per grade, times seven grades, 280 students. It certainly seems big enough for that. I sort of figured the population…

@leytpr4: I think that's how old I was when my mother explained the Cold War and nuclear arms race. Oh yes, the world was going to end at any minute. I could feel it.

@SUNNY1: Mildly related, but it always drove me crazy that when Harry was trying to figure out which NEWT classes he should take and what his career path should be, he never ever ever asked what his parents did for a living. A lot of people will insist they were aurors, but that's not in the books at all. Wouldn't…

@SmillaSnow: Dad: (mumbles something)

I tried to go to a Zumba class tonight but I couldn't get there from work in time. Stupid traffic. I has a sad. My lower lip is actually sticking out in protest.

@AuRevoirOeuf: PM'd you :)

@SheelaNaGig: When I bypass SM Blvd, the GPS often tells me to take Wilshire to Highland instead. I try to tell it that this is like telling me to leave my car and walk, but the communication is very one-sided. A friend told me to try taking Barrington up to Montana and getting on there, which I may try this week.…

@anteup lost her pizazz: I admit with the camera, I was a little disappointed when I checked CNet and the reviews said, "this camera is the worst possible value for the money." But I can't find any references anywhere online to the Lifetime Traffic not applying to streets. I'd try and go after the company for false…

@RisaPlata: Also, this is part of a pattern. A couple of years ago, I needed a new camera and my father bought my one for Christmas, but it was a total piece of crap. I put up with it for a lot longer than I should have because I felt bad because it was a gift, but when I realized that every time I tried to use it,…

I need to rant about something. For Christmas, I usually just direct my parents to my Amazon wishlist and then my father will get me something electronic to be my "big" gift. This year it was a GPS with Lifetime Traffic, which was awesome. Except that it turns out for this company, "traffic" and "road conditions" only…