Would you all be so kind as to think happy thoughts for me tomorrow (Friday) at around 1:30 EST? You see, I will be interviewing for a job that I think is rather awesome and I could certainly use some psychic backup. I will be happy to reciprocate later in the day and send psychic transmissions to all of you! Just think about it. If you wish to participate, just think happy thoughts at the designated time and then wait for your very own personal psychic broadcast later in the day.

Example of happy thoughts:

Thank you!

Dear Donna,

There’s strong. And then there’s Army Strong.

I salute our military, I really do. I just couldn’t imagine serving. Besides, what is the army doing trying to recruit a 34-year-old woman? They should be out hunting for fresh meat.

Things are status quo for me right now. Being a displaced worker, I want to make sure I can last as long as I can without tapping into my reserves. And so I have decided that I am not going anywhere and I am not buying anything. Yes, I joined the gym but that was for my own sanity. Otherwise my shopping fix is only met when I go to the grocery store to buy food. It’s strange not consuming. I keep finding myself thinking things like, “I could use a new pair of jeans” or “I should go buy a decorative box to store my magazines” or “I want pretty yoga pants!” It’s like I have a little shopping id inside of me that just wants items for items’ sake. I find myself constantly saying, “NO! You need nothing!” It feels like I am going through withdrawal. All I know is I REALLY want to go to TJMaxx! But I am reining myself in.

Just finished watching the movie version of Brideshead Revisited. I am just so biased– I knew it would never live up to the miniseries! The kid they had playing Sebastian wasn’t pretty enough and he seemed to be channeling the very dainty John Inman as Mr. Humphries in Are you Being Served? Aloysius barely had any screen time! Anthony Blanche was also severely cut. I guess scenes had to be compressed when all you have is 2 hours to tell the story. The fellow playing Charles Ryder wasn’t bad but I think that’s just because he reminded me of Jeremy Irons.

Flight of the Conchords finally started back up in January after a very long hiatus. I don’t have HBO so I can’t watch them on TV. This means I must turn to my faithful friend, the Internet, for my Conchord fix. YouTube seems to have really cracked down on uploading TV shows since I couldn’t find the episodes there. I also checked Hulu and got nothing. Finally I found the episodes on CastTV!!! So happy! And the episodes were cute! I just love them!

OH NO! Even Dilbert has been laid off!!!

At least I am in good company.

I rented two movies from Redbox over the weekend: The Rocker and Step Brothers. They were both entertaining enough. I laughed. But I laugh at potty humor, I can’t help myself. Regardless, I am not going to recommend either movie. They were just okay.

Spent time on the elliptical and then took a yoga class. The instructor has an accent, I think it may be Russian. At the very end when she has us all on our backs, she tells us to relax every muscle in our body.
“Relax your face, relax your lips, relax your eyeballs…”
She kept going, naming all the parts of our body.”
“Relax your belly, relax your hips, relax your crotch…”
CROTCH?!?!
I couldn’t help it… I snorted.
Luckily everyone’s eyes were closed so I don’t think anyone could tell it was me.
Thank God she didn’t say Vajayjay. I’d hate to think what I might have let loose.

I watched most of the Super Bowl yesterday. I missed some parts because I decided to thumb through the latest edition of Vogue and then I got on my computer trying to find a picture of the khaki pants Isaac Mizrahi designed for his Liz Claiborne collection that were inspired by Katherine Hepburn. I didn’t find them. I was rooting for the team with the red shirts on. At one point I said to Pookie, “Pookie, why does the cameraman keep focusing on Omar Epps?”
“Who the heck is Omar Epps?”
“He played Link in the remake of the Mod Squad, he’s also in House.”
“I have no clue what you are talking about”
“There– there he is, that’s Omar Epps.”
“No Donna, that’s Mike Tomlin.”
“Who the heck is Mike Tomlin?”
“He’s the coach of the Steelers.”
“Ohhhh, he really looks like Omar Epps.”

Don’t they look like twins? Or is it just me? It could be me.