Ever feel you get “slap happy” after too many days with little sleep and many deadlines?  It’s gotten to the point I’m just a liability!  Before class today I could not stop giggling about the word “farfegnugen.” Don’t ask.  Later, I ask my friend what “the birds and the bees” really means.  He then asks the class, aloud, on “my behalf” — thanks, Ryan.  Then I can’t even put on my “happy, happy, I agree face,” so I was probably giving my professor the death stare after he turned down my interpretation of The Bostonians.  wow.

I’d give 12 years old a bad name and I’m 25. How I miss the wisdom of age that comes with getting more Zzzzzs.

So, since I am officially drunk from exhaustion, I shall give you a hodgepodge of topics!  (Plus I really like the word “hodgepodge,” don’t you?

New Food Finds

• Craisins’ Cranberries 100-Calorie Packs, Costco, $5.99 (there was a $2 off manuf. coupon)

36 100-calorie packs for $5.99 comes out to $0.17 a bag! wowza! I like to carry bagged cranberries in my purse and love when they’re pre-portioned because, as with almonds, I have little self-control eating them from the bag and could easily consume hundreds of calories in one sitting!

• Trader Joe’s All-Natural Flavored Waters in Mint and Lime, $0.99

While I’m generally opposed to paying for bottled water, I think this is a good alternative for people who get bored drinking water or have trouble drinking it enough. This also reminded me to brighten up my own water jugs at home by adding lemon slices and mint! How refreshing!

Did You See?

• Paula Deen on “The View” here? Paula is notorious for her fatty, Southern food and she’s written a cook book for families with children.  Barbara Walters asks Paula if it “bothers” her that she’s contributing to “childhood obesity.”  As she literally licks her fingers, Paula answers, “no, not at all” and mentions we should teach children moderation.  While I kind of want to smack her upside the head with a big fried chicken drumstick, I equally throw up my hands and sigh.  Children aren’t the ones with expendable incomes.  It takes an adult to buy the book and then to cook the food.  I’m just sayin.  What do you guys think?
• Jon Krasinski on Conan O’Brien do “the marionette”?  *Swoons*  Watch him be even more adorable than you thought possible here.  What occupation would you have asked him to do a la marionette?

In The News

• Science Daily’s, “Racial Disparities In Diabetes Prevalence Linked To Living Conditions” (9/30/09) here
• Science Daily’s, “Eat Soybeans To Prevent Diseases, New Research Suggests” (10/1/09) here

Give-Away Round Up

• Win some Pepper Dog Salsa here
• Win a gift basket with Two boxes of PureVia, Starbucks coffee, body scrub, an aromatherapy candle and a yoga to-go travel deck of cards here
• Win some MD Skin Care products here
• Win some raw chia seeds here
• Win some Perricone Alpha Lipoic Acid Cream Active Tinted Moisturizer here
• Win some pumpkin-based goodies here
• Win some Nature’s Path cereal, Larabars and more here (but you only have until tonight!)

Ever get slap-happy after too many sleepless nights or out of sheer exhaustion?  Ever make a fool out of yourself in class or a meeting?

<3, The Cranky One