sleep... sometimes

I overslept on sunday morning. I really can't allow myself to sleep late on weekends, because then I can't get to sleep until late that night. And I've been having trouble getting to sleep, lately. Sunday night I went to bed at 1:00. Was still wide awake at 2:00. I played games on the computer for too long - until after 4:00. Didn't feel particularly tired, and didn't get to sleep right away. I ended up getting around three hours of sleep that night. On top of that, I had a slight pain in my ear on sunday. Yesterday, it was a definite pain. So by last night, I was not feeling well. I went to bed around 8:00. I got up at 7:00 this morning. That's around 11:00 hours, but I wasn't sleeping very soundly after 4:30. The pain in my ear (and throat) is worse today, and I still don't feel right overall, so I guess I'll see a doctor.

no guilty pleasures

Nice of them to give the html table a background color that matches the text in my journal. Feel free to remove the "BGCOLOR" attribute from the code, in yours. Or put it behind a cut.

Guilt	What is yours?	Explain yourself
Culinary:	none	I am not ashamed
Literary:	none	I am not ashamed
Audiovisual:	none	I'm not ashamed
Musical:	none	I am not ashamed
Celebrity:	none	I am not ashamed

to complete this same Quiz, Its HERE.

they must be nervous

Rove counting heads on the Senate Judiciary Committee
http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Rove2.htm

The White House has been twisting arms to ensure that no Republican member votes against President Bush in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation of the administration's unauthorized wiretapping.

Congressional sources said Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has threatened to blacklist any Republican who votes against the president. The sources said the blacklist would mean a halt in any White House political or financial support of senators running for re-election in November.

"It's hardball all the way," a senior GOP congressional aide said.

The sources said the administration has been alarmed over the damage that could result from the Senate hearings, which began on Monday, Feb. 6. They said the defection of even a handful of Republican committee members could result in a determination that the president violated the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Such a determination could lead to impeachment proceedings.

Over the last few weeks, Mr. Rove has been calling in virtually every Republican on the Senate committee as well as the leadership in Congress. The sources said Mr. Rove's message has been that a vote against Mr. Bush would destroy GOP prospects in congressional elections.

"He's [Rove] lining them up one by one," another congressional source said.

Mr. Rove is leading the White House campaign to help the GOP in November’s congressional elections. The sources said the White House has offered to help loyalists with money and free publicity, such as appearances and photo-ops with the president.

Those deemed disloyal to Mr. Rove would appear on his blacklist. The sources said dozens of GOP members in the House and Senate are on that list. So far, only a handful of GOP senators have questioned Mr. Rove's tactics.

Some have raised doubts about Mr. Rove's strategy of painting the Democrats, who have opposed unwarranted surveillance, as being dismissive of the threat posed by al Qaeda terrorists.

"Well, I didn't like what Mr. Rove said, because it frames terrorism and the issue of terrorism and everything that goes with it, whether it's the renewal of the Patriot Act or the NSA wiretapping, in a political context," said Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Republican.