Waking up to a closed throat worries me, but more than that, it pisses me off. I had big plans for today. I woke up bright and early at nine a.m. and fuck! I can't swallow. And what's this feeling in my bones like I've been run over repeatedly by a cement truck? Goddamn it, I was sick last week and got it out of my system just in time for New Years and the beginning of the school quarter and my new job. Relapsing is not on my 2008 to-do list. (I guess that's the one thing Lohan and I actually have in common... or is it? I suck at gossip-type quips now. Fuck!)

Clearly my throat had other plans. I went back to sleep and was awakened nearly three hours later by the insufferable sound of the Imperial Death March from "Star Wars." In that moment, I made two very important decisions: one, my ring tone needs to change; two, my plans stay concrete. What, I can't swallow? That doesn't mean that I'm incapacitated, pharyngitis. Take that, asshole.

At a solid eleven hours later, I've done nothing with my day except watch season three of "The Simpsons" and wince every time I swallow. My plans have all been shifted and I turned down a sweet hipster date with Ghey that included all of the things that I desperately wanted to do. The only reason that I haven't gone into fits of fury is because I'm holding on to the thin hope that this was a 24 hour bug and when I wake up tomorrow morning I will feel energized and fantastic.

The other thing that kept me afloat today (aside from Krusty the Klown, Ricolas, and Alex, aka the best roommate EVER) was finding the following lovely photoshoot of James Marsden after being inspired by Fuller's most recent blog. Look and love, as I have.











Sigh. Thank you, January GQ.

Thanks for listening to me bitch. Here's some random-ass music.

ANNIEMOSITY'S DUDES OF '08 (...so far)
(Bombard, that last one is for you.)

Mason Jennings - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (thanks, Bob Dylan.)
Dio - Holy Diver
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes (thanks, Juno.)
Genesis - Land of Confusion
Tevin Campbell - Stand Out