I was watching Invader Zim today, and I saw Zim and Gir sharing a Lik M Aid Fun Dip pack. Man, that brought back my childhood… getting stuck at one of my younger brother’s T-ball games, but happy that I had a book and was able to get a Lik M Aid or a Ring Pop or a Slush Puppy or any of the fun sugary things that make the helpless insanity of childhood bearable.

I woke up this morning at 7:15, falling face first out of a nightmare that was so long and felt so real that I could have marketed it as a feature length film. Then I woke up the husband, who brought me meds and drink and stayed up with me and calmed me. That’s why he’s the husband.

So we watched Silent Hill on a Halloween afternoon, as you do, and I worked on Pyramid Head’s… er, head. I thought the front part would have to be reworked, but looking at the screen captures I have from the DVD and the “making of” videos on it, I think I’m pretty close. The back of the head needs to be longer, though, and may need to be weighted. The point of the front of the head throws off his center of gravity and makes him want to bend at the waist instead of stand upright. Nonetheless, I can work something out. Trust the Dollmaker.

Finally I had to stop with Pyramid Head due to lack of Heather Gray yarn; now I’m working on a personal project with the Rainbow Boucle. It’s a delight to work with, but it always makes me feel like I need a manicure to do anything to it. It catches on every single little bump or rough spot on nail or skin.

So now we’re watching the Batman marathon on one of the Family channels; so far I’ve been surprised that they’ve not bleeped anything but “p*ssy”. We’re into Batman Returns and lately it’s been my hobby to look up the imdb trivia page for anything we’re watching. One of the trivia items is that a scene at the end of this movie (no OMG SPOILERS here) was filled long after the rest of the movie and shortly before the premiere, in a great hurry and at great cost — over $250,000.

It’s also been my hobby lately to take the excesses of others and translate it into my own life terms. The husband and I do pretty well on ~2K a month (or less, depending on how sick I’ve been), so the cost of that scene would have kept me and him fed with a roof over our heads for 125 months, or 10 years and 5 months. Fun, eh? A 15 second scene, and a decade of happy married life…

Apropos of nothing, I can’t seem to stop glutenating myself lately. First with the medication, then with the yogurt, and today apparently with cheap pepperoni that was probably cross-contaminated. Yay, hot and cold flashes and stomach pain! Thanks also to the nice male nurse who treated me, who wrote in my chart that I should go to the BRAT diet: Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast. Never mind the fact that I’m outright allergic/intolerant to two options on that list, and a third will cause me issues due to the high fructose… Fantastic.

Anyhoo, that’s it for tonight. May try to go to the store tomorrow, get more yarn, keep trying. I missed Finished Object Friday due to abject depression and apathy caused by profound glutening; I’ll post some FO’s soonish. Promise.

P.S. I’m inflicting this fun little video on you, my friends, because it’s stuck in MY head and I want it in yours too.

Tags: invader zim, life, medication, movies, pyramid head