I bought this shirt today:

It makes me laugh way, way more than a joke that old should.

But now I keep finding MORE shirts that I want. 

They make me happy in a silly, superficial way, and I must have them all.

Tonight, I watched:

If you need me, I will be in therapy for the fact that I still find him sexy as Wonka.

I did my taxes tonight, which made me very sad.  I had been expecting to get around $900 back, but instead I'm getting more like $300.  Apparently, the IRS and I have had a falling out.  Oh baby baby, where has our love gone?

I've been feeling somewhat craptacular the last few days.  Remember my old friend Acid Reflux?  It usually isn't a problem, but I guess I've been drinking way too much tea and coffee for my stomach to be happy, and it really got back at me on Wednesday.  The whole reflux thing aggrivates my asthma, and when I was driving home from Springfield on Wednesday night, I could barely breathe.  I dug out my old asthma inhaler, which had expired 2 years ago (I haven't had problems with breathing in a long time!), but it still seemed to work.  I went to the doctor on Thursday to get a perscription for a new inhaler, and she threw in one for pills for the ol' reflux.  I've tried eight zillion medicines, none of them work, but I filled it because it was only $4, so I figured it was worth a try.  Now I just have to get around to actually taking it.  I basically just have to avoid anything that tastes good for a week or so, and I'll be back to normal.  You may want to avoid me until then, however, since I can't drink coffee, and no coffee does not make for a happy Crystal!  (Technically, I am not supposed to have any of the following in my diet:  Coffee and other caffinated beverages, chocolate, tomato products (such as pizza sauce, pasta sauce, etc.), alcohol, spicy foods.  Have you people seen the contents of my kitchen?  That list?  Pretty much it.  It's amazing I don't starve to death when I have to avoid this stuff for a few days, I would certainly perish if I had to cut it all out for good!)

Hmm, what else to say?  I refuse to end this post with news about my gastrointestinal system.  Oh yes!  I am waiting to find out if I'm a finalist in a contest I entered- if I win, I get to go be a pirate at Disneyland for a few days.  Much excitenemt!  Free trips = good.  Free Disney trips = Better.  Free Disney trips involving dressing as a pirate and possibly interacting with Captain Jack?  Damn good.  My entry video basically sucked (I found out about the contest at 5am, having not slept yet, and entries were due by that evening, so I slapped on some eyeliner and made a video.)  so I'm not counting on being a finalist, but hope springs eternal!  Maybe the universe will smile down on me and say "Hey!  You!  You need a free trip to Disneyland.  Here ya go!".  Although I'm not sure if the planning nerd in me would be satisfied with less than 3 months to plan a trip to a place I've never been!  But for a free trip, my inner planning nerd will shut up. 

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