So yesterday I was going to spend the day in the darkroom and them go to Gregg David's show in the evening, but I woke up with cramps and decided against it.

When I rang Gregg David and told him that I wouldn't be coming, he asked "Are you still sick?" and I answered "No, it's cramps," and he said "...o..."

I do think it's funny, guy's reaction when you tell them that. Not that I'm one of those people who feels comfortable yelling "I have my PEEEEEEEEEEERIOD!!" far and wide (though I clearly have no problem telling you people), but the look of horror on a guy's face when he asks what's wrong and you actually tell him...

I mean, I'm not gonna lie and say that I have appendicitis. If you wanna know why a woman doesn't feel well, and you see no evidence of a runny nose or broken arm, brace yourself for the possibility of finding out something that you may think is icky.

And then get over it, for heaven's sake.

My favourite reaction was my friend John's a couple of years ago. He grew up in a house full of women, and has no particular squeamishness about the subject, and once when I commented that I didn't feel entirely up to snuff, he fixed me with a gimlet eye and asked "You got your hoo-hoo?"

Will someone please explain to me the weirdness of the translation for The Iron Chef?

How come at the beginning of the show when they are setting up the challenge and at the end when they are doing the tasting, the translation careens wildly between subtitles and dubbing--often a subtitled question is asked, and the answer is dubbed.

Did they forget to dub something and right before air they realize "Great heavens, these eight lines were not dubbed, quickly, type something!"?

I have decided that the opening sequence where Chairman Kaga bites that yellow pepper and turns his head and grins evilly at the camera is about the scariest thing that I've ever seen in my life. I know it's trying to convey how much he loves food, but to me it conveys "Keep your children away from this man! If given the opportunity, he will suck out their eyeballs!"

On Friday's show it was Japanese cooking and the ingredient was sweetfish, and one of the dishes that the Iron Chef Japanese made that was a great big hit was chocolate covered fish innards. Onna stick.

This is exactly 100% why I don't eat Japanese food. You never know when they are going to sneak chocolate covered fish innards onto your plate, and you accidentally eat some and then you have to kill yourself.

In reading my year ago entries, it is bizarre how much is exactly the same. I had a cold and missed my flu shot, just as I did last week, but I got a new appointment for Thursday and will have to rush home, just as I am doing this week!

Am I living the same year over again? Can't say I'm really interested in that.

Today's horoscope:
Listen to your intuition! You could have flashes--just a sense of knowing without knowing how you know.

One year ago today:
I was being sensible. What the hell was I thinking?

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