Cooking a whole chicken. Excuse me if you "don't eat no meat!"

Today is the first time I bought and am going to bake a whole chicken; skin, bones and all. I asked my facebook fans for advice and some chimed in with amazing recipes and tips:

" I like stuffing mine with lemon and thyme and roasting with root veggies around it."
"Use plenty of fresh herbs and put lemons on the bottom of the pan. Also, I cook mine at a higher temperature to get it crispy. 400 degrees for an hour."
Simple recipe where they do not use butter: Her advice "watch out for your smoke detector b/c of the high temp... Also get twine and truss it! (this video is helpful)"
Herb Roasted Chicken Recipe
"Boil it and make chicken noodle soup. Its easy, just labor intensive. "
" I like to have a thin layer of water on the bottom of the pan too - keeps it moist and baste, baste, baste!"
"Stuff it with lemon. Put sea salt, fresh ground pepper and a little bit of olive oil on top."
"I was scared the first time I cooked a whole chicken too but it's super easy. I use Ina Garten's recipe. Also I don't eat the skin (and I'm guessing you don't either) so I cook it breast side down and it stays super moist!"
Roast Chicken Magic, their secret is Citrus!

I have decided to cook my chicken tomorrow because I will not get home until 7:30 tonight and my chicken will not be ready until 8:30pm, which is kinda late for me. Because I have the chicken today, but am not going to cook until tomorrow, I am thinking about brining the chicken in order to make it super moist. Have you ever tried this? Does it work?

I am looking forward to my adventure today when I brine, and tomorrow when I cook. I have no problem (usually) eating a nice cleaned chicken breast, but when it comes to touching the raw chicken it kinda grosses me out... anyone else?! EW I am flinching just thinking about it. I have to over come my fear of raw chicken and cook it. I am going to cook it like a CHAMP!

One of my favorite movie scenes from My Big Fat Greek Wedding! Skip to 4:15 for the "eat no meat" reference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3N5V9ml2VU