Rachel,

I saw you posted something about a cow named Luna that thinks it’s a horse. That’s nice. Do you feel a sense of camaraderie?

Do you like how I keep using the word camaraderie?

Someone said (and by said I mean wrote in a facebook message) the word “compendium” to me yesterday. It reminded me how much I really appreciate that word. I like to say “a compeeeeendium of all my knowledge.” Thinking about it though, I realized it’s because Eric Matthews said that exact thing in a very specific way during one of my all-time favorite Boys Meets World scenes. You know, that “what if” episode when Eric is a robed vagabond named Plays With Squirrels who married a moose and carries a sucker around in his long ragged beard. Good stuff from possibly the greatest show of all time. Here -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfDGIq6Z2_c

I have spent the majority of my day discussing the OC with my co-workers. Now, I know that the OC is not the most appropriate program to ever grace the bronze screen (a level below the silver screen), but it has a special place in my heart. Yesterday was just SUCH an OC day, so I went home and watched. And watched and watched and watched and watched and watched and watched and watched. Eight episodes in all. I’m halfway through season one. I’m not sure whether to be impressed or horrified with myself. Probably both. The emotion is just so real, and the sarcastic wit so fast! It’s a powerful combo. In our discussion, however, we read on Wikipedia that Kirsten Cohen is “presumably Scottish-American.” I googled her maiden name… it’s Dutch and English. So I have been sitting here, wracking my brain for an instance in the series where we get ANY hint of her Scottish heritage… it’s driving me crazy. I’m going to have to analyze the entire series to find it. #dedication #neurotic

I was telling Chelsea how I first learned about the OC from commercials that I saw during my high school Felicity obsession. I watched reruns (two) every day on WE, and they always showed this (or a similar) commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-sj6l0e_l4. I knew from the very first moment I laid eyes on Ryan Atwood that I would be a fan. That’s how it all began, Rachel. If you notice, there is a classic early 2000s Lifehouse song in that commercial. (Also notice how they paid the big bucks and got the official Hollywood trailer voice.) Lifehouse then got me thinking about Dashboard Confessional, and now I have been singing the song “Vindicated” for the better part of two hours. I have decided to deem that song a “power ballad of the modern age”. You cannot sing it without closing your eyes and clenching your fists and straining your voice. It’s a song for the people.

Danli made a fort in the office. She is currently hiding underneath it.

Another big part of the day was our discussion about what the best fast food combo restaurant is. You may have seen it on facebook; I made an official poll. I had a hard time choosing. I knew it was going to be one of the KFC ones because THAT GRAVY RUNS THROUGH MY VEINS, but as for the second? I love Taco Bell, but I was betrayed by Taco Bell fire sauce the other day, as you well know. And I ADORE the hush puppy, but that’s pretty much all I really like from Long John’s besides popcorn shrimp. So I ended up choosing KFC/A&W. I mean… chili cheese, Rachel. Chili cheese. Oh, p.s. our friends SUCK because they keep adding their own illegitimate options!! Whatever, guys. Whatever.

I mailed out my Indiana tax forms today. That’s right – paper. Man, were they a nightmare. I am thoroughly convinced that whoever devised the Indiana tax system was indeed battling a fierce demonic possession at the time.

I can’t wait to go home and watch the OC. And maybe pop a Vicodin.

Peace out homes,
Becca