death by chocolate

I know this isn't really a laughing matter, because someone died. But I can't help it. Dying in a vat of melted chocolate?


There are huge blisters on the knuckles of my left hand where I forgot to take the asbestos gloves to dig through the -80 freezer yesterday and I freezer-burned myself. Ouch.


Ugh. Slept for 8 hours last night, and still can't wake up. But since that sleep included an unexpected fandom-related dream, I shouldn't complain.


/morning random

love, loss, like a bullet's path

• *facepalm* I might be considering going to Atlanta to see Green Day the first weekend in August. I'll miss them when they're in TX/LA, and there's no other weekend date that I can manage. Plus, it's inkandchaos's birthday that weekend, so we could hang out. Do I need to see Green Day on this tour?
  
  
• Sometimes sports metaphors make no sense. When there's a runner on 1st and 3rd and baseball commentators say there are "runners on the corners" I don't get it. It's a DIAMOND. EVERY BASE IS A CORNER.
  
  
• And to complete my rantiness, a science rant: I'm reading Twinkie, Deconstructed right now.The chapter about enriched cake flour (#1 ingredient of Twinkies) explains the enrichment process, including the addition of iron to prevent anemia. There are two sources: ferrous sulfate and "reduced iron". But the reduced iron the author talks about is "food-quality iron that has been reacted with carbon monoxide and/or hydrogen to get ferric oxide". I get that while the CO is present, there's probably pi-bonding to the iron that makes its electronic state not "look" like it's ferric. But ferric oxide? NOT REDUCED. In this case, the iron has one less electron than it has in ferrous sulfate.
  
  
• Bird wings are fluttering in the chimney. Sandy is camped out in front of the fireplace, waiting for a meal. She's ridiculous.
  
  
• Why don't I have any Veruca Salt in my iTunes library? This must be corrected.
  
  
• Electric Touch tomorrow at Warehouse Live. Y/Y? It's been WEEKS since I had live music in my ears. Must go.