shakespeare and i have parted ways. i think it's a good thing. over the past three days, he's been looking for me online, calling my house incessantly, calling my friends' cell phones to see if they'd heard from me... everything short of sending out a search party - all this after my "i need space" speech the other day. so, we've moved into the "can't be friends, can't even talk to each other" realm now, which is okay.

in other news - FYI - (read this very carefully):
toothpaste applied to certain body parts causes a burning sensation. apparently, it's almost unbearable after about thirty minutes. kudos to captain america for keeping it on for the entire hour, despite the extreme pain. insert evil laugh here.