MysteryGirl! saves me from going to the gym early!

I'm not done with my coffee yet this morning, so I'm going to happily roar through MG's 8 things meme while I slurp down my Seattles Best Breakfast Blend:

1. Post the rules, then list eight things about yourself. [Are these the rules?]
2. At the end of the post, tag and link to eight other people. [Nah]
3. Leave a comment at those sites, letting them know they've been tagged, and asking them to come read the post so they know what to do. [Nah]

1. I was in Alabama this weekend for theater. I've seen more good Renaissance plays in ALABAMA than I have in either DC or NYC in the past 2 years. This is troubling, people. Alabama's on to something. Send their Shakespeare Festival money now. Or go yourself! I will come with! We love.

2. On the way back from 'Bama, I basically emptied the state of peaches. They've got peaches while Georgia has only got little tiny guys and those are few and far between. Breakfast is soooooo good now. So's dessert. I had peaches and cream for dessert last night. Admittedly, I'd not had dinner, but it was gooooooood.

3. After JB's story about praline bacon I'm considering turning the room in my new place that I term the solarium into a smokehouse. I'd be smelly, but so happy. And possibly weigh 300 pounds.

4. I have officially become an adult, because I'm going to throw away all my Coppertone for this upcoming beachtrip because apparently this shit will kill me. See here. Goodbye Coppertone, hello Badger and Blue Lizard. Probably Blue Lizard since it's only 3 bucks a bottle instead of 25! Skin care bastards. I hope they smell as good as Coppertone. Damn. I'm buying a new bikini to make myself feel better. And a muumuu since I can't apparently be IN the damn sun anymore.

5. I've changed my workout at the gym to include a lot more lifting and a lot more squats and lunges. This has resulted in the development of an awesome little muscle on the inside of my thigh. I don't know what it is, but I love it. This love has resulted in mornings where I do goofy side kicks in front of the mirrors some mornings. Then I laugh. I'm not a burly person, folks. I like novelty!

6. I had a total meltdown yesterday at work because I got paid for 1/2 of my summer teaching. I realized that I will never be more than lower middle class (on a good day and only in certain cities) based on what college professors are paid. This send me into a towering rage that I took out on basically all those in my path. I'm angry and bitter still, but at least now my bills are paid and I've got food in the fridge and I just ate another peach. I just have to rethink things like ever traveling again and what kind of new bed I can get now, apart from the imaginary kind.

7. I watched Meet Joe Black the other day on TV. I have to admit that I love this film, both because I really enjoy the idea that Death could show up looking like an awkward Brad Pitt and because the ending makes me cry so hard that I wake up the next day looking like a round-faced Chinese doll. Dead parents, man. Gets me every time! (I did see Titanic was on, too, but I resent that the ending of that film wrings tears out of my sentimental self. Makes me want to punch the director. Sentimentally.)

8. I'm really really really excited about the Transformers movie but not ONE of my alleged friends will go with me. So I'm going to have to sneak into a matinée sometime this week and see it by myself. This is what happened with the Matrix, too. People! PRIORITIES!