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Thirteen Discombobulated Thoughts, 10th

Thirteen Things about J. Lynne

I really hate that new Domino’s Pizza commercial for the Oreo Dessert Pizza where the guy has a growing Oreo bits beard and the teen boy wishes his Oreo mustache was a full as the guy’s. I mean, I think it is gag-reflex disgusting. It makes me want to change the channel. I’m sure that’s not the intention.
Am I the only one who finds the timing of this latest O.J. crime spree just a little bit too coincidental? I mean, wasn’t it just last week that the media was all discussing that book he’s not getting any money from where he talks about how he “might have killed” Nichole and Ron? Now all of a sudden the attention is back on him. It just seems weird to me.
Am I the only one who thinks that Nicole Kidman’s last movie The Invasion was just another remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers? I mean, I didn’t see it, but from the previews that’s what it looked like to me — something from space, people being taken over, “don’t go to sleep” warnings. Yet I never heard anyone compare it to the Body Snatcher movie when it was being reviewed.
I managed to catch Torchwood on BBC America on Saturday night and I can’t decide whether I like it or not. It’s kind of X-Files meets Ultraviolet but with some sort of sillier edge. I do like the fact that the British aren’t as hung up on appearances for their actors and actresses as Americans are. The female lead is not a skinny-minny and she doesn’t have perfect teeth, which is extremely refreshing.
Why are there no organizing books/articles/sites written by single people for single people? Everything I read always recommends you get your husband and kids involved and that you should delegate chores. There has to be a single neat-freak out there who wants to share her techniques to those of us who don’t know what we’re doing and don’t have underage slaves to do it for us.
My goal for this week is to keep my kitchen clean. I have been succeeding by not cooking or doing anything in the kitchen. I think the key to a clean house may be to not live there.
This morning the song on my iPod radio alarm was “Bang the Drum All Day” so what I heard was “I don’t want to work; I want to bang on the drum all day; I don’t want to play; I just want to bang on the drum all day” and it seemed to just keep doing that chorus over and over. Not an inspiring song to get out of bed to actually.
Why can’t I find a pill sorter big enough to actually hold the number of pills I take each day? Clearly the manufacturer of pill sorters do not take into account the fact that some pills are larger than pencil erasers these days and that some of us have to take a handful in the A.M. and only a few in the P.M. or at night. Every pill sorter I can find is tiny. Most of them can hold 2-4 pills at most per compartment. If you are only taking 2-4 pills at a time, you don’t need a sorter. Right now I’m using two mini-Tupperware containers that can hold 1½oz to carry my morning and evening doses in my purse; they’re about 2 to 3 times too large, but at least they hold everything.
Has everyone checked out the “quote of the day” and “recommended reading” features on the right side of my home page? Feel free to send me quotes or links to interesting posts through my contact form. I love collecting good quotes and I love reading a variety of things and sharing when I find something irresistible.
Why don’t they make computer paper that is 8.5″ x 5.5″ so I can use it in my DayRunner organizer?
One of my friends has a reoccurring role on FOX’s K-Ville as supporting staff; so I’m going to tell folks to watch it even though it could use some writing help. However, I was quite pleased with the fact that they actually used the correct term for the neutral ground. I spent most of the pilot looking at the background and feeling homesick.
Now I want some seafood gumbo.
My mother has mailed me a package and won’t tell me what’s in it.

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Published:: 20.09.07 / 12am

Category:: Movie Musings, T.V. Brain Drain, Thursday Thirteen

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Maggie 20.09.07 / 9am

I’m not a huge Nicole Kidman fan.

congratulations on being the feature blog.

J. Lynne 20.09.07 / 11am

Really?

amypalko 20.09.07 / 11am

I would stick with Torchwood if I were you. I absolutely loved the first series, and here, in the UK, we’re waiting impatiently for the second.
My TT post is up here is you fancy popping by for a read.
Happy TT!

Jenn 20.09.07 / 11am

Wow, we have the same goal this week.

Vixen 20.09.07 / 11am

I just saw that Oreo commercial for the first time last eve, and it is gross and pointless. I have to say that single or married with kids…it is much easier to keep things clean if you just don’t enter or use that room.

ellen b 20.09.07 / 11am

#6 made me chuckle. Happy TT

Qtpies7 20.09.07 / 12pm

Flylady would probably work for you. I don’t think she is exclusively for parents. I know she has people who don’t have kids on there.

Malcolm 20.09.07 / 12pm

Maybe it’s because I have facial hair, but I like that Domino’s Oreo Pizza commercial. I was under the impression that “The Invasion” is a remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. I believe it was Turner Classic Movies that referred to it as such.

It’s funny that you mention “Bang On the Drum All Day” because I listened to it on the way home from work yesterday. If that was the song that I woke up to, I don’t know if I would make it out of bed.

jennifer 20.09.07 / 12pm

Great post!!!!

Mine is up on
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Buck Naked Politics 20.09.07 / 1pm

Cool list: I especially agree with #1. Congrats on the feature!

Nancy Bond 20.09.07 / 3pm

Mmm — seafood gumbo! Congrats on having your blog featured on TT this week.

Lulu 20.09.07 / 3pm

I loathe the Oreo commercial. And also the one where everyone is yawning—it makes me want to throw something at the tv.

Seafood gumbo would be heaven right now…

bernie 20.09.07 / 3pm

I believe OJ is involved in a crime spree every week, only this time he got caught.

My TT is up at 13 PETA Poses

KMcDougan 20.09.07 / 4pm

Invasion is a remake. I’ve heard and read a couple of reviews that place it as such. And, from those reviews, the original black and white version is still the best version. Though I have not seen Invasion, I would probably tend to agree with that assessment, based on the commercials and the 1980’s Jeff Goldbloom/Leonard Nimoy remake.

J. Lynne 20.09.07 / 5pm

You know, I’ve seen that version and I only remember Jeff Goldbloom…of course, it was during my ridiculous Jeff Goldbloom obsession so that might be why.

Nicholas 20.09.07 / 5pm

OJ wouldn’t be in the news if he hadn’t tried to rob that guy (allegedly — innocent till proved guilty. Ha!). The man was a professional football player, so you don’t expect him to be overendowed with brains.

I haven’t seen that Nicole Kidman film but if it is a remake it is the second one. The original Bodysnatchers was done in the 1950s, with a mediocre remake starring Donald Sutherand in the 1970s.

I’m in two minds about Torchwood. The leading lady is extremely irritating, and it’s interesting that most of the menbers of this ultra elite force hardly seem old enough to be able to do joined up writing. But I’ll stick with it. There is other stuff on BBC America I like better, though. Hotel Babylon, for example.

Forgot to say…. I totally agree with you about that commercial. What were they thinking?

Linda R. Moore 20.09.07 / 10pm

Almost nobody in the UK has perfect teeth. Dentistry is a national pastime in the USA and very advanced; in the UK, not so much. My dentist never taught me about flossing. If he had, I might’ve not had to undergo two expensive and painful surgeries.

As to the neat stuff, well, get thee to a niche blog

Wacky Mommy 25.09.07 / 3pm

#1 — yick! I agree.

#5 — such a book would work nicely for me, too, cuz Hockey God and the kids are NOT picking up or buying into the concept. It gets a little old.

ps — thanks again for stopping by.

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