Mind you, it is not official, but it has been tentatively approved by all parties involved. And because I have wanted to set a date for these things for so very long, I’m going to act as though it is official for my own personal health and sanity. So here it is:

Thursday March 8, 10-12.

That’s my exam date. God willing. This means that I have another whole month to study and drive myself crazy. IT also means that all you lurkers out there have less than 20 days to cast your hair coloring vote!!!! (Come on, mom, I know you’re reading this!) The polls will close on Sunday February 25th so that I can acquire the goods in time to begin wrecking havoc on myself immediately if all goes well on Thursday.

And by special request…

Here’s another example of the purple because jason thought the last guy looked like a tool:

Thanks to you, dear readers, my humble little site is the 11th google hit for the search term “undeadening.” >:-) Perhaps this is because the film’s makers seem to be doing little to promote it in the internet world (which I think is a bad thing overall, since I’m not anticipating any major theatrical releases for this one). Regardless, I feel I should do all that is in my power to shamelessly plug my one zombie claim to fame. So here are more Undeadening tidbits retrieved from YouTube. Maybe this is a sign that the movie will actually be completed soon. I wish my scene would get posted so that I could at least know that I’d made the final cut!

Things I got for my birthday:
Several anime series that I cannot yet watch until after I take my comps.
A video game that I cannot play until after I take my comps.
A hot chocolate pot, which makes some tasty hot chocolate that I can drink while studying for my comps.
Lovingly sneezed on by my rat, who thinks I ought to be giving him treats instead of studying for comps.
Many phone calls, emails, and other well-wishes from friends that distracted me from my comps.

Oh yeah, and my friend had her baby…

Congratulations!

“To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must oversetimate his capacities.”

I think this fortune would be encouraging given all the comps crap I’m going through right now, if only I knew how to oversetimate myself.

Despite a miserable week of panic and uncertainty over my comps, which involved me putting together a 20 page bibliography and a 7 page reading list for one of my exams a mere three weeks before the exam date, things are still on track for March 8th. Incredible, I know. I’m not quite sure how I’m going to get through it all just yet. I guess I’ll know better just how much trouble I’m in after my practice exam a week from Thursday. But for now the plan is to just keep plowing ahead and pretend like I don’t know how little time I have left.

So for you readers, this means last chance to place your hair color votes! Purple is in the lead (which is just fine by me), but you’ve still got until Sunday to voice your choice.

Also, you readers can help me settle a little dispute. There’s this British sitcom called Coupling. It used to come on PBS a few years back–I don’t know if it still does really. It was a pretty funny show, at least until they brought in that loser Oliver in the 4th season… anyway, that is all merely background. My fellow Coupling-watching friend and I are at odds over which episode is the funniest. Now, I won’t tell you which one of us is in support of which episode, I will only tell you that right now, my episode is losing 2 to 1 (which is why I’ve decided I clearly need to sample a bigger audience!). So, next time you’ve got 20 minutes to kill, maybe watch an episode and write back here about which you find funnier overall or if you’re already a Coupling afficionado and you think we’re both wrong, you can say that too!

The Man With Two Legs
Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubt4LyYb9Hk
Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYN_fhM2RY4
Part III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTxp8M7WFwM

Inferno
Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF11b3jgUS8
Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rzgOL3pzbs
Part III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHPxc8qunRA

Uh-oh! We’re coming down to the wire and there’s now a tie in the votes: purple and blue are neck and neck. And no, I’m not going to dye one half of my hair purple and one half blue. So who will step out of the cybershadows and cast the tie-breaking vote?! There’s just over 24 hours to go!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The last votes are in an a winner has been decided: Purple it is!! (good thing Trev voted maliciouslyself-interestedly or there would still have been a tie!)

Which is good I think, since purple begins with a ‘P’ and passed also begins with a P. So it all makes sense, right? Yes, I think so. Now I just have to pass… But first things first: I’m off to order the dye. Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!!

:-)