hey jackie! do you collect anything?

Feh. Home for 24+ hours with evil crampage. Long story short: I hate you.

Decided that physical pain can, on occasion, help sweat out some of the spiritual pain, and just sorta went with it. If I lived in England I could just give somebody ten bucks to spank me, but they kind of frown on that around here, so I just dosed up on ibuprofin. This led to my accidentally washing my hair with Tangerine and Wheat Grass Bubble Bath this afternoon. It wasn't pretty.

Must not punch Mom in the mouth. Convenience is not an excuse. She has done no harm to anyone.

anger, denial, bargaining, depression, compensation shopping...

Since I feel horrible anyway, I went to Wal-Mart. It is an evil place, and you're gonna feel awful by the time you're done, so there's no point at all in going when you're in a good mood - it'll just ruin it.

Anyway, I wanted to look at the new Harry crap. They were still out of the soft dolls (I need Harry and Ron). The action figures were in, though, and are pretty keen.

Also some of the Legos, which are so cute that you may feel compelled to punt them across the store. Big kit is the Hogwarts Express, which is a station, engine, and two cars. There's also Potions, with Snape, Ron, and a Ghost; Diagon Alley with Hermione; and something spoilerish with Harry and Quirrel. There's also Harry with the Sorting Hat, which made me happy because Legos have multi-lingual packaging and it seems that in French the Sorting Hat is called the Choixpeau. (If you have any French, this will make soda come out your nose. If you have none, there's no way to explain it.) Total cuteness.

Two more dollies as well - Harry in his Quidditch outfit with a bunch of Quidditch crap, and Hermione with her trunk, caldron, and a bunch of Hermione-type crap.

I came out with the non-deluxe Hermione doll. She looks smug, and comes with a 'Sorcerer's Stone' that resembles nothing so much as a lump of transparent pink snot, reminiscent of the snot-launching Jubilee figure of a few years back. Well okay then.