My straight guy roommate talks to his cat all the time, less so to mine, but mine isn't very sociable.

I laughed so hard at the sunglasses thing, maybe I'm in an exceptionally good place today?

Who cares if it is, as long as she's not James Frey-ing everyone (which I didn't really think was that big of a deal anyway). It's an interesting story, and if it helped and can help someone else, why not write about it?

I just can't ignore, I think it's because I go out of my way not to be loud or annoying to others. I notice it so much more because I notice the things I do that might be irritating, or something.

In Philadelphia it was fine, but oh my goodness, I would have been livid. I've been looking forward to it and talking it up so much. Can we blame the evil conservatives that want to de-fund my beloved PBS? I mean, they'll pry my Antiques Roadshow out of my cold, dead hands.

I don't think Edith could get a grip if Mr. Carson served it to her on a silver platter.

I loved Mrs. Hughes' response to Carson's thing about keeping up standards, the internet is telling me it's "Give me some warning the next time we're expecting Germans at Downton and I'll see what I can do."

The way this makes me feel is why I DVR'd and promptly deleted the Frontline about opium brides last week. My blood pressure doesn't need to be this high. I can only hope that she recovers and the human pieces of filth that did this to her are captured and punished.

I couldn't handle kids without the sort of issues she sees everyday. I think I might write her a little note letting her know how much I admire her for getting out of bed and getting dressed every day. But, you also deserve a high five, so ...

Yeah, I was kind of floored when we were talking about vacation/sick time once and she said how much she gets vs. how much she was losing at the end of the year. Burn out is so high in their field that it's necessary. Unfortunately, she lives an hour away, so surprise anything is tough to manage.

One of my best friends from college is the program coordinator at a home for youth sex offenders. The things that she sees and has to put up with everyday, I can't even imagine. By and large they're just kids. Kids who have had a rotten time of it all around and have been taught these behaviors by rotten adults around…

If you make spotted dick (whatever that is) you win at life.

And some explicable young-British-man crushes, am I right?

Thank you madam, I'll have tea ready soon.

The US!

That's NEXT Sunday, everyone should be watching Downton Abbey this Sunday.

That picture looks like the beginning of a Penthouse photo spread, believe me, I know.

I have cousins named Kayla, Kourtney and Katey (ages 15-19), so the K thing isn't really new. Although, as someone with a low-level weird name, never getting any personalized stuff sucked. No mugs, no pencils, no license plates, no key chains, not for little Kay'lyn. It's a sad time for the childrens. Oh, how I longed…

There's also a disturbing number of Nolan "fan videos" on YouTube. Lots of slow motion shots set to emo songs. I enjoy anything that inspires weirdness. I discovered this doing a blog post for work about the best actors & actresses you won't see getting an Emmy.

It is, I didn't realize it until looked her up. I always find that hilarious, and wonder if they came to characters named Ashley and Emily or if those were changed later.