"You know you have a permanent piece of my medium-sized American heart..."

Didn't update as soon as I'd planned because of a thunderstorm going through the area. I think this was the first time in my life where I've seen an EAS alert on TV and not have it be a test. (It was for a tornado warning -- nothing came of it, as it usually does.)

Got my blood test results back today; everything checked out perfectly normal, except for the fact that I have high cholesterol. This actually makes sense as to why I'm having trouble sleeping -- my body simply isn't used to it. It's not excessively high, but it really is just as I thought -- poor eating habits. For the record, I was having trouble sleeping the past few nights, but I've actually managed to sleep. And finally getting around to reading Watchmen before bed helps somewhat. ;-) At least now I know for sure what's wrong.

Oh, I almost forgot: eska_rina has a post I think you all need to read here.

Will probably post a linkdump on Iran either later tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime, this week's song. It's nothing too experimental, but I'm starting to fall in love with this band, and the video is awesome:

For context, the video that spawned this is here.  :D