I have a cold. Ooooh, yeah. I got a sore throat Saturday, and though I did go to the Portland Christmas Revels (which was WOOOOOOOOOOOONDERFUL as always), later my throat did get to the point where I thought I should stay in, and thus I missed Denise's Hanukah party -- for the second year in a row, dammit! Yesterday was slow and tired, but not too bad. Last night SUCKED.

I woke up about 2:20-2:25. Next time I looked at the clock, it was 2:40. Then 3:20, then 3:28, then 3:38, then 3:59...you get the idea. It was the Night That Never Fucking Ended!!! It was just roll over, nod off for 5-10 minutes, wake up (sometimes with a start), try to stick my feet out further, twitch, fidget, roll over again, nod off, try not to wake up Elf...for hours. I couldn't even think of interesting things to occupy my febrile brain; it was all just kind of a haze of fidgetting and worrying that I wasn't sleeping. I finally gave up and got up with Elf at 5:10, all honking and headachy. I watched a couple home shows and a "Ghosthunters." Now I'm just skimming LJ and posting this, and when I've got the cats fed, I'll go back to bed. Hope I can sleep!

Meanwhile, here's a silly thing from cheesepuppet for your delictation:

1. Your rock star name (first pet, current car): Jingles Prius

2. Your gangsta name (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Peanut-Butter-and-Chocolate Birkenstock (shouldn't this be my hippy name?)

3. Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal): Blue Cat (I can live with that)

4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born): Marie Ashland

5. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Strika (this is not how I first learnt Star Wars names, but it produces something less odious...)

6. Superhero name (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Green Milk to the rescue!

7. NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers): Charles Robert (or Eldon Robert, 'cause Grandpa Scripter always went by his middle name)

8. Stripper name (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Rose Dark Chocolate

10. TV weather anchor name (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Snyder Sacramento

11. Spy name (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Autumn Rose (that's nice!)

12. Cartoon name: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now): Cherry Clogs

13. Hippie name (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Oatmeal Aspen

Heh. Now to finish scanning, feed the Ravenous Maws^tm, and then SLEEP!!!