Little Notes: Why We Need the DVR

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an actor that I really like.  Really, really, really like.  I like his face...  He's a pretty good actor too.  Well, JGL was a host on Saturday Night Live last week, so naturally I was excited.  Also naturally, I missed it.  No problem!  We have a DVR!
My roommate: "I forgot to record SNL."
Me: "...I'm moving out."
Okay, I really wasn't that upset, because we can watch it On Demand.  However, while watching the SNL episode, I noticed that something was off.

Oh yeah, that's right.  They freaking cut out the host introduction!  Those introductions are the best part about SNL having famous celebrity hosts.  All I wanted to do was watch JGL stand on stage, look cute, and crack a few jokes.  Even worse; I was watching Ellen and JGL was a guest.  They noted that he had done sexy Magic Mike-esque dance.  What the hell?  And I missed it?!  I hate On Demand.  And AT&T U-Verse.  And Life.

Honestly.  What was I doing Saturday that was more important than watching this?

Also, Mumford and Sons were the guest musicians, but they were also cut out.  *Le sigh*.  Off to YouTube, I go.

Little Notes: "Mighty Morphlin' Power Rangers"

I'm currently reading Catching Fire, the sequel to the recently popular Hunger Games.  While reading the book, I notice that the narrator often mentions a substance called "morphling".  Now most things in this dystopian future that the author created are like upgraded versions of modern objects or animals (e.g.- a "mockingjay" is a genetically altered bird).

I assume "morphling" is an altered version of morphine, or morphine mixed with some other substance, and I'm sure it will be explained later in the book.  But, for now I'm getting more amusement out of imagining that the author really has no idea what morphine is, heard someone talk about it one day, and just spelled it and pronounced it how she thought it would be.  You know...  Like how the Rugrats talk...