1. I no longer feel like I'm gonna die, yay! Seeee ya wisdom tooth, wouldn't wanna be ya! My jaw is still throbbing, but I suspect part of that is from the bzillion shots I needed. I counted at least 20 jabs. Curse my inhuman resistance to numbing drugs!

2. My new BFF, Extra Strength Tylenol. I still dribble water out the side of my mouth when taking it, but I don't even care.

3. Pupsitting! One wiggly, pudgy body and Pug-snorts of joy at seeing me totally make up for less than a full day of Tooth Yankage recovery time before having to pack my things and come here for the week.

4. Gale's movie Passenger Side at the LA Film Fest! If only I knew I'd be around by then. GALE COULD BE THERE OMG.

5. Randy pics from The Singing Forest. His shirt is so thin. ( I was totally looking for nipple. )

6. My Barcelona boys winning things left and right cos they're awesome. Now to just nail the Champions League next week. I neeeeeed for this to happen, kthx world.

7. ( Watched Lost's fantastically mind-bending finale. Warning: ALLCAPS O' DOOM. )

8. Van's little soap-acting self getting nommed for a Daytime Emmy! \:D/

9. New Rob Thomas CD within weeks. Nevermind how the cover makes me think Rob is going to come kill me in my sleep.

10. The Phlochte luv, yo. I swear, Michael Fred's choice of swimwear will never not amuse me. FLOWERY NEON PENIS, YOU GUYS.

11. Finishing the coverart for Growing Up Kinney. Woot! That was giving me some serious stress. Next up is to read the first part of the Cancer Justin Has Cancer series and figure out how to tackle that.

12.

Oh, flist, thank you so much for the V-Day lovin'. It made me warm and fuzzy and just, guh. I heart you all. ♥ And, omg, colorthenight, I loved my teddy bear, thank you! I adore you, sweet girl.

So, a million years ago now, Gale did an interview for German TV and was so adorkable, my glee actually made me dizzy.



( Gale Howard likes shiny things. AKA, Gale's 1000 Expressions. )

Speaking of dorks. In more super old news, my reaction to finding out that my Michael Fred got caught with the ganja -- sorry, alleged ganja. *cough* (Lookit his neck, omg. He's about to swallow that sucker, he's inhaling so deep alkjsda.) looked a little something like this---> Cos, really. You giant dork. I love you, but YOU GIANT DORK. Did Ryan teach you nothing? Get drunk in public, smoke in private!

Best Parts About All This:

• Fandom labeling it BongGate. FTW, fandom.
• Seth Myer's "Really!?!" SNL segment. "Michael Phelps smokes pot, why can't I? You can, right after you win twelve gold medals for your country."
• Fandom losing its shit. There was praying for his soul, ya'll. AHAHAHAHA.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Okay, see, amelialourdes warned me Luke was having a v. good hair day in the last ep, but I just watched and not even I could properly prepare myself for this deliciousness. It's only the best bed hair evah since Brian woke up in his blue silk robe and went to pour coffee. I like, want to organize a fan response to the hair person who did this glorious thing with everyone sending in tiny little sample bottles of gel and hairspray or something. IT IS THAT GOOD PPL. And then things just get better cos: New Luke/Noah today in two hours!!! I KNOW ALDKJA I WAS SHOCKED TOO. September was looking bleak before this turn o' events.

• I'm fully prepared for it to be an inane hour of Oprah asking the same tired-ass questions and generally being obnoxious, but I'm still ridiculously excited about Phelps (and his BFF/boyfriend Ryan and the rest of the swim team and my girlfriend Kerri and Misty and sexy beast Dalhausser and Roger and Nastia and Shawn andandand...) having taped an episode yesterday. IT'S LIKE THE OLYMPICS HAVE RETURNED TO MEEEEE. \:D/ Plus, y'know, just so many chances for Phelps!adorkableness, amen. The ep airs Monday, but ( hey, have a few photos from the taping now! )

• ( OH GOSSIP GIRL I HAVE MISSED YOU. )

• I just couldn't muster up enough interest to watch the new 90210. I tried. I did. But then the time came and turning the channel to it just seemed like a waste of time, y'know?

Know what helps fight Olympics withdrawal? TENNIS OMG. I've been watching the U.S. Open on and off for the first time in my life. I know of a few names (Federer, Roddick, Nadal, Williams sisters), but that's about it. Trying to figure out how scoring worked gave me a mondo headache (SERIOUSLY WTF, TENNIS, STOP BEING DIFFICULT), but I think I've got it down now after a few days. Well, enough to know when to cheer or groan at the appropriate times anyway, heh.

( roddick vs. gulbis )

Know what else helps? Michael being adorkable with the YMCA kids, and the one little girl faking that she wasn't a good swimmer so he'd help her, hahaha! Kid after my own heart.

And there's a Galaxy soccer game tomorrow! Mmm, Beckham and Cronin. Becks better play tomorrow. He and Donovan didn't play last week and I was robbed of my soccer eye candy. Plus, y'know, the little fact that they lost. Again. :|

...I have never talked about sports so much in my life. O.o

Oh! Here's something v. not sporty: OMG BIG GIANT VAN AND BILLY BEING SPESHUL WITHOUT WATERMARKS OF EVOL EEEEEEEEE. This one still kills me. Oh, boys, aldjfa.

Phelps I couldn't have done it without you, boys!
Olympics withdrawal has already started. Sonuvabitch.

So, yes, can we talk about the Closing Ceremony real quick? Cos that was both amazing and kinda sucked. All the singing just dragged on and on for me tonight. But, guh, thumbs up for all the vivid colors and costumes. Lots of gorgeous caps here. ( Some rambling from the closing ceremony. )

Time to clean out my The Olympics: G/R Style 2008 folder. \:D/ I had such big plans for doing these once a day and picspamming over Olympic events and, oy. Life. But, hey, here are the ones I did finish!

( FOUR MORE SPESHUL OLYMPICS PASTEDE ON HEDZ OMG )

Upside: Now I can refresh my flist without peaking through my fingers to avoid Olympic spoilers. ;D

HAI FLIST THIS IS ME (MINUS THE CRAPPY PHONE PLAN):
THOUGH MY FANGIRLING MR. PHELPS IS TOTALLY AGAINST MY WILL. I'm not even sure how it happened. I suspect Herman the Bulldog snoring in Michael's bed during that little NBC documercial might have influenced me. And, y'know, the whole swimming like a super fast fish and making me believe in hard work and dreams thing. But then there's Michael's adorkable factor and it is through.the.roof, guys, seriously, and it just makes me love him all the more and want to be the 295482629 calories he consumes every day adskja. THOUGH HIS FREAKY FINGER TOES STILL SCARE ME A LITTLE. D:

I'm so sad swimming is over. :(