Week in review.

I watched my roommates die of the plague.
I watched an arts & crafts project provide some added hate, but I think I've been able to fix it easily enough.
I watched a lady flub my retirement fund paperwork so that I have to wait for new paperwork to arrive (or was that last week; I can't remember anymore, but I am still waiting on the new paperwork).
I watched the weather perform perfect 10 somersaults.
I watched my phone and hoped that it might ring with news of a job interview or a job offer, but it never did.
I watched the back of my eyelids keep opening and closing during class.
I watched my bank account resemble Y=1/X (where Y=bank account and X=time) as it inched closer and closer to zero.
I watched my PC games and books gather some more dust.
I watched Hell's Kitchen Season 1 (US).
I watched Hell's Kitchen Season 2 (US).
(Must to download Season 3.)
I will most likely watch as many of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Season 5 as I can before this week is over.
I watched Dr. Who Season 3, the 7 minute mini-episode, and the Christmas Special.
corzican watched my face and verbal response to Captain Jack's departure back to Torchwood.
( spoiler behind cut )

I will most likely watch Torchwood Season 2 episodes before this week is over.
(As an aside, why settle for one when they come two to a pair: John Barrowman and his partner Scott Gill [you're welcome])

Strangest, yet most awesome show that you're not watching: Breaking Bad
I'll be the first to admit that the show has horribly slow moments followed by funny as hell fast story line train wreck sequences. This show puts you into the mind of Walter White, "a high school chemistry teacher who receives a terminal diagnosis that changes his life." This show is filled with a level of win in the subtle context of each and every scene. Even when you see the train wreck coming from a mile away this show has you waiting on pins and needles for the ensuing blood/gore/death/multiple levels of bad to materialize, which in turn is followed by jaw-dropping maniacal laughter from yourself.

Watch it, record it, TiVo it, download it, YouTube it. I don't care, but I do highly recommend that this be on your "grab a couple beers and try not to snortle through your nose" list of tv shows to watch.

Jaw Dropping Awwwwwww

A pic from today's Cute Overload!

Does the Happy Dance!

For two weeks I have been awaiting the response from my UTA graduation counselor and resisting the urge to mention this on LJ until I had full confirmation. I finally received approval to graduate not in May as originally planned, but instead in August. (I will still be eligible to walk the stage in May, since there are no official ceremonies in August. Whether or not I actually physically participate in walking the stage is still up in the air.)

The reason for the change is two-fold. I will be registering for a summer math class which is why the graduation date is pushed back slightly. First, provided that I receive an A in both my current thesis class and the math class, then my GPA will get a small boost back to where it should be. Secondly, I will be able to graduate cum laude.

I blew my chances at summa and magna distinctions with lower than A grades in a couple of recent courses (chalk that to my overwhelming need to procrastinate studies and skip classes), but the additional summer course will secure at least the basic honors distinction, which pleases me to no end. Given the pressure to secure the honors, I refuse to be lazy this semester or the next.

Simple Enough Recipe

from teh intarwebs

A grilled cheese sandwich made with truffle butter and gruyere cheese.

Must to be checking the cheese stash now.

EDIT: Wow.