to my favorite idiot.

this one color commentator on OLN sounds exactly like Daryl “Face For Radio” Reaugh. (yeah, that was ugly, but look at all those true names he gave playoff goalies.)

anyway, they keep calling this guy something other than Razor, so i’m pretty sure it’s just meant to confuse me in my well-migrained state.

oh, and could the Stars please stop taking up residence in the sin bin? i’d like to see 2 minutes of non-shorthanded play tonight, be it even-strength or on the advantage. either one, i’m not picky.

and Marty. i apologize for yelling and mumbling at you throughout the 1st period tonight. i wanted you yanked after the first goal, and i was wrong.

Brenden. bad. no penalties.

UPDATE: are you kidding me. this is my only hockey all year, and i’m going to get how many games? 4? 5?

UPDATE 2: we know i’m feeling bad if i’m being the pessimist (about my Stars anyway). i usually ban people from ever watching a game in my presence if we’re down by 6 with 6 seconds to play in the 3rd period, down 3-0 in the series, in the first round, and they don’t still think we’re winning the Stanley Cup. anyway, we’re going to OT.

UPDATE 3:  * sigh * need i bother with game 4? what a disappointment.

I much prefer them in green & black. but not those horrible alternate jerseys they have. did they use those this year? i hope they stuck them in the back of the closet and forgot about them.

i mean, when you don’t have actual metal in your mouth.

saw the internist today about the tingling in my tongue, ears, feet, hands, toes, face. he thinks it’s probably related to my migraine. either aura or pre-migraine or post-migraine. i’d say pre- or aura, since it seems to happen earlier in the day when i have a migraine. though my tongue has tingled all day today and never stopped. i had one of my worst migraines i can remember today. even after taking one of the golden pills (if they’re not made of gold, why do they cost so much? 10 dollars per pill after insurance), it’s bad. bad bad.

internist said that the tingling could indicate MS, but with me having so few symptoms of MS, he doesn’t want to go down that road and wants me to discuss with my neurologist. i see neuro next week, so we’ll have something to talk about.

anyway, i keep wanting to eat stuff just to not taste the metal. it started around 6 p.m., after i’d taken my Maxalt-MLT.

internist recommended a new endocrinologist for me. his reaction to mine standing me up was, “The DOCTOR didn’t show up for the appointment??” as if they’re normally saying, “patient didn’t show up.” he’s friends with her, too.

I can’t believe I wasn’t blogging it, stupid migraines. Kellie finally leaves us. Yes. I screamed in the livingroom. I thought it too good to be true that she might go home.

They had a new version of the “Bad Day” song, which I desperately need. They showed Kellie taking a load off her calamari-eatin’ chest, but no “what’s a ballsy”. And thank goodness. They love me enough that they just talked her up until the end of the show and didn’t have her sing. That was my favorite thing all week, Kellie not singing.

Andrea Bocelli was wonderful. David Foster’s awesome.

Chris & Katharine were the top two. Katharine surprises me, because even when I watched her again this morning it was awful. I’m apparently among very few who thought that, though. Even Simon apologized for being harsh. I suppose I can be wrong occasionally, but when I watched it again and subjected myself to her undies, I still felt the same way as last night. Though honestly, it was probably her ridiculous facial expressions — she was waxing Kellietically. Maybe I just couldn’t get past the faces.

Elliott and Taylor were the middle.

Kellie forgot to thank Vote for the Worst for keeping her in it this long.

Gotta go. Hockey’s on, and my Stars have mucho ground to make up in Denver tonight.

And by top 6, I don’t mean the best 6 singers of the season. Obviously.

I forgot to pick the songs everyone should sing this week. But Sa called and told me what Kellie sang, and I couldn’t be happier. This is going to be fantastic.

LOL, Ryan says that it was bad luck for the ladies last week, because Ace left. Frank and I both thought, one of the ladies went home.

Anyway, tonight it’s love songs with Andrea Bocelli. And David Foster (who’s produced Celine Dion a million times and written a million of her songs if I recall correctly) worked with him on this latest album, so he’s there helping out. And Foster’s like, “Are these the finalists?” when they vocalize. And showing Foster doing the critiques, I want him on every single week to critique and coach and yell.

IDOLS 01 and IDOLS 07… Katharine is singing “I Have Nothing” by Whitney Houston, written by David Foster. Katharine looks wonderful in this yellow dress with wow, that’s a lot of boobage. Ok, when she walks around in the dress, it’s not so good. I changed my mind on the great banana peel she’s wearing. The hair and eyeshadow are great. The facial expressions were awful. Aight. Down to vocal business. Sa, I must absolutely disagree with you. She was awful. After such a great performance last week, I was really hopeful she’d kill the competition this week. She didn’t. It was screechy, weak, and flat. Bad bad bad.  Randy says “nah, dawg”. Paula says “you’re pretty and I love the boobs”. Simon says “red, blue, green, green, yellow”… I mean Simon says you’re not Whitney so you shouldn’t have tried it.

IDOLS 02 AND IDOLS 08… Elliott is going to sing with a giant satin baby blue tie on. Elliott is singing “A Song For You” by Donny Hathaway.  It was awesome, the entire song. That’s all I’m saying. Randy hates the arrangement. Paula is crying, her glycerin is above her eyes, under her eyes, and the collagen in her lips has leaked out. Simon is laughing at Paula and really trying to contain himself. I’m in heaven. HEAVEN! Thank you, Paula. Thank you so much!  Oh, and Simon liked it.

[I DONT THINK SO] AND [AFTER BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?]… Kellie is singing… this is going to be phenomenal… “Unchained Melody”. Lemme tell ya, I snorted this entire song at church camp one year for talent night, and it’s never been done as well as my snortage.  So I have no hope that Kellie will do a good job. Kellie’s wearing her prom hair. She’s talking about Ghost and the pottery scene. “Isn’t that a cute scene? I don’t have anyone to play pottery with.” Yeah, that’s like one of the most erotic movie scenes ever. Real cute and playful. Wait, has she developed thighs? If so, I might have to start liking her out of solidarity. Kellie. I love you. This is what the Chinese will torture dissenters with in the future. You came through for me, and so did the judges, finally. That poor dead Righteous Brother is turning in his grave. Randy:  “Dawg, you know you butchered that right?” Paula:  “You’re not raising the bar each week. You’re pretty.” Simon:  “It’s like the Hindenburg crashed into the Titanic.” Ok, actually that was Frank, before Kellie even sang. Simon:  “I thought the torture would never end, it was so boring and monotonous and robotic and — wait! wait! I’m not finished!” LOL, They actually cut him off because he trashed the performance for so long. Frank almost felt sorry for Kellie. Me? No.

IDOLS 04 AND IDOLS 10… Paris, with her 19th hairdo since getting to the voting rounds, is singing “The Way We Were”.  Her head is bouncing a lot. First half is extremely boring. Second half is terrible, whiny, and screechy, not to mention offkey in a lot of spots. Randy liked it a’ight. Paula thought she oversang. Simon thought it was a good vocal but old-fashioned. Simon not happy about being cut off last time.

So. All the girls were bad tonight. Elliott’s the only good one so far tonight. And I reiterate about David Foster. Every week. Please.

IDOLS 05 AND IDOLS 11… Captain Tightpants is back. That’s unfortunate. Cap’n Tightpants with the velvet tux jacket. I really wish he’d stop dressing like Elvis. Anyway, Taylor’s singing “Just Once” by James Ingram (I think). I still don’t think he’s ever hit a bad note, maybe in his life. Great vocal, great finish, great night for Taylor. And no crazy dancing, yay! Randy didn’t like it but likes the tightpants suit. Paula didn’t like it. Simon thought it was hotel lounge singery, and Paula cut Simon off with a big jump up out of her seat and rah rah cheer cheer we love you Taylor, Simon’s crazy even though I said I didn’t like it either!!! Simon:  Again not happy about being cut off, this time by Paula instead of Ryan and the music. Anyway, I think the judges were wrong on this one.

IDOLS 06 AND IDOLS 12… Chris is singing “Have You Really Ever Loved a Woman” by Bryan Adams. David Foster got Chris to lie on the floor to learn to sing with his body and not just his throat. Wow. I don’t know what to think about what he’s wearing. He’s on stage with a guitarist on each side, which is great for effect. This song has always been very Don Juany for me. Very Mexico. That reminds me. I made chicken chimichangas tonight, and they were awesome. My mom loves this song, of course. I’ve always been iffy on it. So to Chris… Beginning is very good and vulnerable. One low note was “pitchy”, but overall great quality… The high notes on “tenderness” and “treat her right” — he got there, but with his facial expressions, you could tell he wasn’t sure he would make it. He made it though. I thought the performance was excellent. Randy:  “We love you!” Paula:  Jumping out of her seat, sending out seal-claps with a forward motion - what is that? A dolphin clap? “We love you!” Simon:  “Good song choice, great performance, very sexy song.” Yay! However, I’ll bet tomorrow I’ll read on a bunch of blogs and boards:  “Yeah, it was great, but he did a song that Bryan Adams already did before! He cheated!”

So the men killed and the chicks dogged it tonight. In order of vocals… Ouch, it’s a severe tossup between Elliott and Chris for top spot (we voted for both 4 times)… I have to give it to Chris, maybe because it was a little sexier, and maybe just because he was in the final slot. But Elliott was only behind by a hair. Ok, so…

Chris****
Elliott****
Taylor**
Paris
Katharine
Kellie

Prediction:  The girls will be the bottom 3. Going home? I think it’s finally Kellie’s turn. Wait, it’s been her turn for-like-ever. It’s either her or Paris. Ok, yeah, I’m going with Kellie.

it’s cool air! i’m currently not perspiring and feel like i can actually do stuff. yay!

Previously on 24, Daddy the Pit Bull SecDef got involved to try to help but ended up messing everything up by betraying Jack and trying to get things done his way, in order to save the government. He asked for President Estrogen’s resignation, but when Robocop got the recording from Jack, Estro instead asked for Daddy’s resignation. Chloe got arrested for helping Audrey and Jack when Miles the Weasel and the Unstable Sexual Harassment Girl teamed up. But Chloe escaped and threatened to recommend Unstable Girl for psych evaluation and told Unstable that Estro’s behind everything. Chloe went to Bill’s house. SarahK still wanted to know:  Where’s Rico Suave? Aaron and Marty went to meet behind the stables at the presidential retreat, but all that showed up of Aaron was his cell phone. Robocop cut Audrey’s arm and made her bleed all over her pretty white jacket. He should be executed for ruining that jacket. Jack gave up the recording to save Audrey, because he’s an idiot who loves needy women.

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What a great time to break into the Stars game! Just in time for a tied-up game and Mike Modano scoring on the power play with 3 seconds to play in the 2nd period. Man, I’ve missed this all year (ok, I’ve missed it since the end of the 2004 season). * sigh * I really miss the AAC, and I really miss seeing the playoffs from the Platinum section, where you can get that amazing barbecue sandwich delivered to your seat from the Platinum Club.

Ok, that’s a good goal, and they better not disallow it. There’s no kicking motion. BTW, I’ve been so tired of the kicking motion phrase since 1999.

What a great game this is gonna be to go back and watch from the beginning tomorrow. Dallas trailed 0-3 and are now winning 4-3? Fantastic. In fact, I’da skipped 24 for this game. I love my team.

UPDATE: I have to give it to OLN. This is one of the only games I can ever remember watching where Ralphie and Razor aren’t commentating (well, they are, but not on OLN) where I’m not so completely annoyed with the national TV hacks trying to pretend they know who they’re watching that I’m screaming at the screen. That’s typical playoff hockey for me, lots of screaming, and when I’m in the Metroplex, I’m watching the TV but listening to WBAP to save my sanity. Don’t get me started on Gary Thorne and his “Raaaaaaaymond Bourque!! Rrrrrraaaaaaymond Bourque has won the Stanley Cup!” because you know, Joe Sakic? Not on the team. Alex Tanguay? Never played. Patrick Roy? Wasn’t even on the ice. Woops, I got started on Gary Thorne’s tunnelvision. Bad SarahK.

Anyway, these guys aren’t biased for or against Dallas (they even have nice things to say about the Stars, which is a first for a national broadcast that I can remember!), and they pronounce names correctly. Sure, they sometimes mistake players for other players, but they sound like they’ve either seen both teams play before or they… wait for it… actually watch hockey! I love it that they’re not baseball commentators pretending to watch hockey.

BTW, it’s still 4-3 with about 9 minutes left in the 3rd.

UPDATE 2: Such memories coming back. Staying up late to watch the end of the hockey games. 4 minutes left, Stars on yet another PP.

UPDATE 3: Goalie interference makes it a 5 on 3. Great fun is the 5 on 3 (when you’re team’s got the advantage, of course). Now to a PP for 1.5 minutes. Is it just me, or is this a really fast game from 2 really fast teams? Dangit! Avs scored. Julie, I’m shaking my fist at you!!

UPDATE 4: See how much I’ve missed? I didn’t even know Delay of Game penalties could come from anyone other than goalies now, that’s a new one this year. And another 5 on 3 for Dallas, yay! Sweet. Mo’s killing in the face-offs. Ok, I don’t do so well with tie games in the dwindling minutes. Oh no. I don’t do well in sudden-death overtime. I’m gonna be up so late. But I love overtime. I just hate it.

UPDATE 5: What is it I remember about overtime playoff hockey? If the game doesn’t end by 10 minutes into the first overtime, the Stars will play at least 3 overtimes. I’m too sleepy, so let’s just win it here. K?

UPDATE 6:  Bad Marty. Bad. Now we have to go steal two in Denver. That’ll be hard. Come on Marty. In the playoffs, you have to be the hero. Doesn’t matter how many offensive heroes we have, the goalie has to be the biggest hero of all. You’ve been a hero all season, don’t stop now. These are not your first playoffs. You’re experienced now. Remember how Colorado just limped into the playoffs? They should be limping out of the AAC. This is bad.

when i see the internist this week, i’ll be asking for a recommendation. after all the other trouble i’ve had with my endocrinologist’s office not faxing the right stuff to the pharmacy and not returning phone calls, i got to the doctor’s office today at 12:58 p.m. for my 1:00 p.m. appointment.

doctor has left for the day. receptionist, who has already taken my copay, tells me the doc has left. now, by this time, it is around 1:15, so i’ve been checked in and waiting for the phantom doctor for 15 minutes.
SARAHK:  Even though she had an appointment with me.

RECEPTIONIST:  Yes, but your appointment was at 1:00…

SARAHK:  And I got out of my car at 12:58. You’re the first door inside the building. I was in this office by 1:00.

RECEPTIONIST:  Oh… honestly… I don’t know why she left.

i really needed to see a doctor today. any doctor.

has several new items going, my favorite of which is the 6 weird facts/habits meme. he really is evil.

how many docs will i see this week? definitely the endocrinologist. trying to also see the internist and the allergist. the neurologist is early May, so i don’t feel the need to move that up.

i don’t mind seeing so many docs, but i really hope that only one of them feels the need to draw blood (endo always feels the need). it’s not my favorite procedure.

There’s some attorney named Sokolove advertising for people to call if they or their child had video game-related seizures.

Yeah. Seizures that occurred during or after playing video games.
What a detriment guys like this are to our society.

Frank loves it, i hate it. it tastes like it has vanilla in it. i was hoping for Coke and coffee. vanilla has no place anywhere near Coke.

hockey playoffs are finally here. so NBC is showing NY/NJ here, while the Stars are relegated to somewhere west of me.

so last night around 11:15 or so, my feet swelled up huge like balloons. my toes went numb and then started tingling as if i’d just applied some Tiger Balm. i propped my feet over my heart for a while, and that helped a little, but when i put my feet back down it came back. i was pretty freaked out. Frank was sure i was overreacting, but this had never happened to me, so of course, i googled, and the most likely issue was an allergic reaction. that really confused me, because we had the same dish from the same Indian food restaurant we have every Friday night, and i can’t remember stepping in anything odd.
finally we went to the emergency room. by the time we got there, my mouth was dry, my throat was a little tight, and my head was hurting right in the front above my nose and between my eyes (where my birthmark off). oh, when i’d taken my blood pressure at home, it was 94/62 or something like that, and when i got to the ER, it was 117/82. guess i must have been really freaked out.

i’m glad my sweetie was there to give me a hard time and make silly jokes. when i told him the doctor didn’t have good bedside manner, he said…

“What has 15 rooms and is next to the bed.”

“A dollhouse?”

“A bedside manor.”

i got mad at him because i really had to pee at the time and didn’t need to laugh.

they said i had an allergic reaction and asked if i took Benadryl. well no, that’s what someone who’s had an allergic reaction like this before would have done. me, i freaked out instead and had hubby take me to the ER.

they gave me benadryl (which knocked me out - every time the doc wanted to question me, they had to spend a few minutes waking me), prednisone, and pepcid (interesting). kept me there a half hour longer. my throat was still tight. kept me there another half hour. my throat was still tight but not worse and a little better. finally, they sent me home with scrips and directions to see my doc in a few days. oh! they also told Frank to wait on me hand and foot for the next two days. i’m also not allowed to drive.
i wonder if i’m starting to have a worse reaction to my ring? i don’t know what else it could be unless i’ve suddenly developed an allergy to papad over the course of a week. i say papad, because right after i ate papad for breakfast this morning, my left foot started swelling again, but it went away fairly quickly. so who knows. i’ll call the allergist Monday and see about getting in for a full allergy test (which won’t test me for papad, i’m sure). i’ll also go see the internist again this week. plus, i have an endocrinologist appointment this week. so it should be a week of great fun.

Previously on ALIAS, there was some crazy stuff. Sydney got kidnapped and questioned by Prophet Five with some serum that Irina (hiding from Sydney behind the glass) was worried would endanger the baby. Sydney saw her OBGYN, who said the baby was fine (before Sydney was questioned). Vaughn got “killed” by Prophet Five (and Jack told Sydney he’d do anything to keep Vaughn safe, which SarahK took to mean included faking his death). Weiss moved to Langley with a CIA promotion and forgot all about his girlfriend lying in a coma. Sloane’s kinda sorta a reluctant double agent for Prophet Five so he can save Nadia’s life. Marshall found 12 sources that make up Prophet Five. And Sydney escaped from Peyton only to find that she was on a huge freighter in the middle of the ocean.

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i guess that’s the great thing about having no a/c. i sweat so much that there’s no way i can retain water.

is there anyone on the planet who doesn’t automatically hang up on automated phonecalls? there must be, because companies are still bothering with that. it blows my mind.

i don’t even wait for the message to start. if i say hello, and there’s more than a 1-second pause, i know it’s an automated call, or it’s a dialing system that’s connecting me to a marketing rep after i answer, and i hang up.

don’t waste my time! i waste enough of it on my own, don’t you know?

TxDan is sending me new screws for my laptop! Once I can hold the harddrive in, I can actually use it and access all my pictures! Including all the cute ones of me & Frank when we were long-distance dating.

you’d think they were partially made of metal or something. being a 2nd amendment lover is hard.

you know who you are… the ones sitting around all day posting on your bboards about how your sister-in-law has a spy, which she doesn’t. you can’t expect a girl to not be intrigued when her friend posts about your gossip club posting secret messages about her and being too cowardly to post them in a public forum. naturally, i tried to register and was denied because you’re not accepting new members. and no one knew i tried to get in except me. so if your secret Ovaltine message is that someone tried to get me to spy on you for them, you’re wrong. get a grip and some courage. if you want to post something about me and link to me, do it on your public blogs. i’ll be happy to respond to your drivel if given the opportunity.

i gave myself a pedicure yesterday evening. pedicures have a way of making a girl feel comfortable and pretty at the same time. i was going to go as far as paraffin-waxing my feet, too, but it was so hot in the house that i couldn’t think of putting my feet in hot wax. i even soaked my feet in cool water instead of hot.

Dead Sea Salts, EarthPeutics scrub and lotion, a pumice stone, and all the stuff that makes the nails pretty.

my feet are nice.

it’s about the only time i like her. she barks during the REM cycle. it’s the only time my walking near her doesn’t wake her up from a nap. if she’s barking in her sleep, i have to walk by at least twice to wake her.

Frank ordered the latest Toby Keith CD, which we received on its release date.

Eh. Nothing really stood out as TK-caliber greatness. Maybe I need to relisten, but both of us had the eh reaction. And we LOVE TK.

OH MY GOODNESS, I’VE JUST FINISHED WATCHING LAST NIGHT’S EP!

IT WAS SO GOOD!! FOR SNARKING AND JUST FOR WATCHING.

I’m going to miss it so much when it goes. In the nicetime, I’m so excited about the rest of the season.

Ok, gotta go rewatch for the snark.

turns out, it’s the copper tubing under the house. needs replacing. long story short, the owner of the company who installed it told us he’d be happy to support us if we fight the manufacturer of the copper tubing (because he’s blaming the manufacturer), and he said that yes, they installed “defective” copper tubing at all the houses in our homeowner’s association. which is fantastic for them, considering that most people here call the people whose number is on the thermostat. i see their vans around here all the time.

anyway, we’re through with them. we’re going to file a BBB report, because they have a clean record, and i don’t want them trying to swindle anyone else. probably won’t help others too much, but if it helps one person, i’m happy.

we had another company come out, and they confirmed that the copper needs replacing, but they don’t want to take the job, because the copper will have to be over 50 feet, because everyone in the stinking universe insists on putting the garage in front of the entire house these days, and for some reason, our installers put the unit and the air handler at complete diagonal opposite ends of the house.

we did find another company who will do it, and for the same price that the installers said they’d do it (supposedly we would have to pay at least a couple hundred more going with anyone besides them). but they won’t be here until next Wednesday. the days are ok, because we have ceiling fans and a loverly ocean breeze blowing through, so that helps the 89-degree afternoons. nights are fine, the ceiling fans are enough that the windows can close.

the great thing about all this is that our electric bill is gonna rawk this month. of course, the 600 bucks for the a/c repair kinda overshadows that. :)

i probably won’t actually take the day off, but the fact that i can means that any work i do is bonus work that i get to feel twice as good about.

So here we cut it down to 6. My hope, of course, is that Kellie leaves, but I have no hope for that. I love the replay of Kellie saying “I butchered it!” It warms my heart.

Ford commercial… “Kids in America.” Funny, Kellie looks like Carrie in her billboard. It must be the shades. I like Chris smashing the guitar, but other than that, it’s… a Ford commercial. That reminds me, we were working tonight so we couldn’t watch ALIAS. I fully intend to snark it in the morning. Irina and Vaughn are returning, so I’m all in.

Rod Stewart comes out to the tune of “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy”. Yay! Anyway, he’s going to do something ’70s rockish next.

Rod sings “The Way You Look Tonight”. It’s great, but the microphone stand swing is a little out of place in this one, no?

Next week is love songs. With Andrea Bocelli coaching.

Kellie, Elliott, and Kat are together on one side. Chris, Ace, Paris are together on the other side. Taylor’s safe and supposed to join the safe group. I think Kellie, Kathryn, and Elliott are safe. The bottom 3 are Ace, Chris, Paris.

And that’s the way it is, Taylor has shaken Chris’s hand but joined the top group of Kellie, Kathryn, and Elliott. This show is such a joke. Kellie, after that horrendous performance, is still here, while Mandisa was gone after 1 mediocre night.

Chris and Ace are the bottom 2, and Paris is safe. If Chris goes home, I’m done. It should absolutely be Ace.

Whew, Ace is going home. I was scared, y’all. After Mandisa went home, I lost all faith in voters other than me.

So what does Chris being in the bottom 2 tell us? Chris is a rocker, and if he wins and y’all make him record a pop album, no one’s gonna buy it. So there’s really no point in him ever breaking away from rock again. Y’all can all shut up about him being a one-trick pony. He showed another great trick to himself, and people didn’t vote.

Tomorrow I’ll pick the love songs everyone should sing. Starting with Chris singing “I Hate Everything About You”.

i know you’re behind this, and i’m totally gonna get you back!

details and pictures later…

i found a golf ball in our front yard. which means someone sliced the ball past the nature preserve, over the back yard, over the house, and into the front yard. maybe lessons would do that person some good.