November 06, 2004 - 8:02 p.m.

I love wasting money.

I just thought I'd like to add that little note, because it is true, and I enjoy doing it.

Snake: But if you enjoy doing it, it isnt a waste now, is it?

Well...yeah but the money could go to the elderly or something..

Audience member #44: Elderly have their own money! And Veterans pay!

Audience member #91: And discount bus fares!

Well the point to my statement is that I bought a video game.

Audience member #64: Was it Halo?

Shut up about Halo!! (I hate Halo)

It's the Sonic Mega Collection Plus. Dont ask me what the 'Plus' is for. Im guessing deliciousness. It's fun but in the years I've owned Sonic Ive grown rusty. In short, I suck at it. but it's fun!

There's like 20 games on it. I only bought it for three of them. So the other 17 are a bonus.

COPS is on. It's exciting. Some dude just got in a car chase with the cops. Really neat. Cops are sexy (when they arent ticketing you for speeding or being a retard)

I changed my belly button barbell! It looks great now! And it went in with no problems at all! I was going to get my piercer to change it the first time, but her shop was closed, so I went and did it myself. Here's a play-by-play:

7:00pm - Get offline with my buddy Jo, telling her Im going to have a shower and see if I can change this S.O.B. Jo wishes me luck.

7:02pm - I get my titanium barbell (the one I paid far too much for but looks very cool!) and wash it clean with antibacterial soap, then I lay all the components out to dry on a clean piece of toilet paper as I go have a shower.

7:04 - Have shower.

7:25 - Conclude shower.

7:30 - Stare long at hard at the jewelry, hoping it will install itself.

7:32 - Jewelry just sits there.

7:33 - I take a gamble. The healing process technically isnt over (it hasnt been the standard three months...and whose to say I'd heal in three months?) so I scare myself with various images of taking out the old barbell and not being able to get the new one in, or stabbing myself with the new one, or GOD FORBID I lose the top ball of the new one, costing me 25 bucks in the process and then UNABLE to get the frigging thing in, costing me 64 bucks for the piercing. Finally, I stop yapping to myself and unscrew the top ball or the old barbell. So far so good..

7:34 - Barbell slips out with no problem. It actually looks really clean! I congratulate myself on my ability to remove barbells. My belly button looks sad without it.

7:35 - I lube up the threads with some of my dad's antibiotic gel (what a great thing to have!). I slip the new bar in. It's shorter and lighter (the other one was bulky and heavy by comparison!). It goes in with relative ease and I hardly feel it. I havent died of blood loss. Success!

7:37 - I finally get the top ball screwed on. It takes ages! My fingers are clumsy. I curse the jewelry for not installing itself! I pray I dont drop the ball! The ball screws on, and with shaking hands I tighten it, heaving a huge sigh of relief. I will not be doing that again for a while! I brag to myself and flex a few muscles and whatnot, telling myself I rock, then I wash the jewelry with antibacterial soap and dab it with tea tree oil just to be safe.

7:45 - I show Mum and Dad. Mum thinks it's great, Dad agrees it's better than what I had in (he doesnt like the fact I have holes in my body but admits it looks nice).

That was Tuesday (the 2nd) and it's still doing great. In fact, the redness is starting to recede, since the Titanium one is lighter it doesnt pull on the top hole, which was what was causing the redness in the first place. Infection? Nope! Leprosy? Nuh uh! Clumsy Finger Syndrome? You bet!

"Dont you point your pickle at me!" - Brent Leroy chastises Hank Yarbo for his misuse of his dill pickle at the lunch table. Pickle pointing is a federal offence! (And it WAS a pickle, not a 'pickle'... ah, forget it..)

This update brought to you by COPS!

Keep the neighbourhoods safe!

- Lara

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