Booked a plane ticket yesterday. Came home from the travel agent, turned on the news, and the big story of the day was about an incident where a Qantas jet's brakes caught fire and the passengers had to be evactuated with those inflatable slide things they have. Alright, pretty weird coincidence, but nothing out of the ordinary. These things happen, right?

Turn the news on tonight. There's been another incident involving a Qantas jet and its brakes catching on fire.

Guess which airline I'm flying with?

If you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to go hide under my bed.
posted by Abby at 8:51 AM

I like Janeane Garofalo. I really like Janeane Garofalo in tight pants and eyeliner, a la Mystery Men.

That is all.
posted by Abby at 7:11 AM

Quick note about the last post: Just to make things perfectly clear, I do not, repeat, do not find Elijah Woods attractive. However, I freely admit he makes a cute hobbit. Just like I admit Orlando Bloom is a pretty, pretty man, and he makes a pretty, pretty elf (arguably even prettier than Liv Tyler, which is no small feat). However, neither of them does anything for me. In fact, the only member of the LotR cast I found attractive was Sean Astin, aka Sam.

Oh, and Schmeagal/Gollum.

What?

Oh come on, his fish song was adorable!
posted by Abby at 4:50 AM

Just finished watching Lord of The Rings: TTT and got bored. The result? A bunch of crappy haikus! Hurrah! *note: yes, I am a slasher. Your point being?

Frodo, eyes so wide
In charge of their destiny
He's kinda cute, too

'Your Sam' hobbit said
What he really meant to say:
'Just kiss me, dammit'

Formerly was Grey
Somewhere came across some bleach
Now lemony fresh

Rugged Aragon
Just give the man a razor
A bath would help, too

Pretty Legolas
Poncy nancing little elf
So screwing the Dwarf

Gimli- short and stout
So where is his handle then?
Elf has got his 'spout'

Gollum? Or Schmeagal?
Rose by any other name
Still smells like dead fish

Last and also least
Poor old Boromir- shot dead
Before the sequel
posted by Abby at 11:02 AM

*looks shocked* I have a blog?

Wow, it's been so long since I wrote anything in here. Well, let's see... Anything interesting happened lately? Um.. no. Any big news or exciting development? Nope. Anything go wrong, or something upsetting happen that I can rant about? No. What about a post outlining my personal opinions of recent political events? Nah, been done. How about amusing anecdotes, or an observation that nobody will find funny but myself? Nup, fresh out.

...

Suddenly I remember why I stopped posting on this thing
posted by Abby at 9:03 AM

I have a sudden craving for peppermint, and nothing around to sate it with.

We have peppermint essence, but somehow I don't think that's the same..
posted by Abby at 7:00 AM

Warning: Mildly cute story coming up.

My little brother lost his second tooth today. The 'tooth fairy' went to swap it for a dollar, only to find that, rather than placing the tooth in a simple glass, he'd put it in a coffee mug. Bonus points for it being my father's "Old and irresponsible" mug, too.
posted by Abby at 9:37 AM