Move along, nothing to see here.

I should totally be in bed. I fell asleep at the end of Casa De Los Babys tonight and now I'm kind of wired. Oops.

Today, at two different families' homes, I was described as "pimpin'" without my glasses on in one and basically asked if I was a man-hater in another. Just another day in the life of Jude, I suppose.

My article on Strangeland got comments today. YAY!

I really gorged on food today. Ugh. I ate some Peanut M&Ms with lunch. Then we had ice cream bars, chocolate cream pie, cookies, muffins, and fruit salad at staff meeting (and no, I didn't eat one of /everything/). And then Jen and I were feeling unmotivated and ordered a pizza for dinner, which I followed with a bowl of ice cream. Oops. @set me=oinkoinkporkeroink

Eating all of that junk really set off havoc in my guts. You would think I would know better by now, and I do, but I just can't resist the junk. I have a sweet tooth so bad it's out of control.

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When it rains...

My Jennifer just called me, and she was very upset. Sometime between 2:00pm (when it was last seen) and now, someone stole her bag from the back room at her job. Apparently there is access to the back room from the behind-the-scenes area of the mall, and I have ZERO idea why it is not locked. But I digress.

I was trying to help her make a mental inventory of all of the things in her bag. The iPod I got her last Christmas was in there, as are several of her favorite limited edition pens. And her prescription sunglasses, which on their own were about $300 $450. And who knows what else. In a matter of minutes, someone walked away with nearly $1000 of her stuff.

I am just beside myself, partially because I'm here and can't do much about it except tell her to call the police and mall security right now, and partially because I have this terrible feeling that her company is going to refuse to reimburse her for her things, even though they have an unlocked area for employees to leave their personal possessions and no monitoring system.

I just don't even know what to do. I want to know when we're going to get a fucking break.

Survivor Party

My boss had a little Survivor premiere get-together at her house. It was kind of fun except that the mood was definitely dampened by the theft of My Jennifer's bag.

My boss gave everyone Monopoly money and then had one of those Survivor-style food auctions where she brought out one dish at a time under a cover. (Everything was a mystery item.) Jen totally lucked out and her money was spent on stuffed pork chops and homemade pad thai. Gina bought a fruit salad and a little chocolate cake. Ben (Gina's husband) bought a bowl of boiled rice, a can of slugs (?), and Mountain Dew and Doritos. I held out quite a bit and I bought a chicken caesar salad and bid out the last item which was a banana and a coconut. So now I will take my coconut to work.

The premiere was okay but it didn't have the excitement of previous seasons. Hopefully it will pick up. I don't remember being that jazzed about last season, either, especially at the beginning. We'll see. My coworkers keep insisting that I watch The Amazing Race but I really don't need any more television, thanks.

My boss is so hysterical in her Survivor love. She dressed up like Jeff Probst for the evening! (Then again, I wore a Boy Scout shirt and said I was Lill.) Ben was supposed to "dress" like Richard Hatch but he totally wussed out. Oh well.