1. I made the most delicious pot of chili today. It may be over 100 degrees outside, but in my heart and in my kitchen it's Fall!!!

2. My car died last night. :( I'm hoping it's just a temporary state of dead, sort of like the Winchesters' forays into hell, and not a permanent state of dead. But I won't know for sure until Monday morning when I can get it towed to the shop. Seriously, though, the timing really kind of sucks.

3. My brother is remodeling one of our bathrooms this weekend. Which basically means he's making a mess, yelling for someone to bring him tools, and will at some point, hopefully, put the damn toilet back. Judging by the looks of the bathroom tonight, I'm not hopeful that this will happen before Monday, though. :/

4. Tomorrow morning is the Phoenix AIDS Walk!!! Many thanks to the amazing folks who donated to the effort this year! Y'all make this world a better place! *mwah*

5. Tomorrow afternoon I'm getting my new tattoo!!! I talked to the artist last night and I'm super excited about how this is coming together. New ink! Yay!

Rianna was at the house yesterday and she had a new word: shivermadizzle. To her it means getting the chills because of eating or drinking something cold; the ice cream shivermadizzles her. *laughs* Yeah, I don't know where this kid comes up with these things. I just like saying it!

ANYWAY. Speaking of inexplicable shivermadizzley things, I had a crazyass dream last night that someone was calling me to tell me that Jason Manns had unexpectedly died and that there would be a service next week. Seriously, brain, what the fuckity fuck??? This is completely unacceptable as far as dreams go! I have no idea what my subconscious was on, but now I'm ridiculously concerned. Someone please tell me that boy is safe and sound and busy writing ridiculously sappy songs about K. *frets*

Let's move on to happier thoughts, shall we? ONLY FOUR DAYS UNTIL I AM FIVE ROWS FROM ADAM LAMBERT!!!!! Eeeeee!!! And I know that some of you are going to the show at the Staples Center tonight. I want to hear all about it!!! I expect texts and pictures tonight and a full recap tomorrow! I'm counting on you, Hookers. :)

Speaking of the Idols show, I still have two tickets to Monday's show in Glendale, if any of you locals are interested. I should probably post over at ontd_ai. Anyway, if you're interested, let me know.

In other happy news, I've got tons of stuff happening this weekend. Tomorrow night I'll be going to see Harry Potter. I haven't seen too many reaction posts, so I don't know what people are thinking about it. I can't wait to see it, though! Then on Saturday I'm checking out that new dance studio that's really close to my house. Hopefully it's as awesome as it looks online and I can start fitting in an extra class or two starting next week! I've also got tickets for a matinee performance of Wicked on Saturday. YAY!!! I was so bummed I missed it last time it came through Phoenix, so I am ridiculously excited about seeing it on Saturday! Sunday I've got a workout with the trainer and about a million errands to run. And then on Monday it's the Idols show and ADAM LAMBERT!!!! *bounces* So, really, it needs to be the weekend already!

- Working from home today. Which means working from my couch in my PJs, with a full pot of coffee at hand. This is a very good thing!

- Finding religiously neutral, professionally appropriate holiday cards that still managed to express a bit of individual personality turned out to be a hell of a lot more difficult than I was anticipating. I think I finally managed to find some that will work, though. \o/

- Speaking of my religiously neutral, professionally appropriate holiday cards...if you'd like for me to send you one (and I'd LOVE to do that), drop me an email with your address at jessipsaloquitur at gmail dot com.

- While I'm on the holidays, my niece has declared that all decorations this year shall be candy canes and reindeer. Nothing else, she says. Just candy canes and reindeer. Where does she get these things? *shakes head*

- There are several movies out right now that I want to watch -- "Enchanted," "No Country for Old Men," "Hitman," "Love in the Time of Cholera," "American Gangster." So many movies, so little time. Apparently I'll have to prioritize my movie watching. So, those of you who have seen any of these movies, which should I watch first?

- Reaper is officially my happy place. OMG I love this show! *draws hearts*