Philaldelphia Magazine has a good article this month on being single and the dating scene. I was a little hesitant to read it having gone through it personally. I was pleasantly surprised at how she really nailed the whole Match.com experience at least from the female perspective. The endless (witless) emails, the stupid “winks,” the guys who seemed to get their jollies wasting girls’ time, the great dates that just never called back, trying to figure out how to sanely deal with the rejection…. It was especially nice how she ended the article without having found her soul mate. In fact, she found a guy she liked but he never called her back. That, my friends, is a lot more typical than the smiling couples they show on their commercials. It took me awhile but I did find somebody on Match.com. What kills me is I still haven’t gotten over the whole experience leading up to it. I mean, I think back to it and I still feel the rejection just as deeply now as I did then. It was truly pulverizing. Online dating is not for the weak, that’s for sure. I do hope the author finds love and she doesn’t have to go through torture to find it.
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Wonder Woman
Erin’s party was a blast! And I was a designated driver so for me to say it was fun means it was fun without the added benefit of alcohol. I went to Target yesterday afternoon hoping to find a costume. Target was totally sold out. There were only a few adult sized costumes left. I got a Rock n’ Roll Pirate jacket for my pookie bear and I got a WONDER WOMAN COSTUME for me! I tried it on over my jeans and turtleneck and it seemed to fit. I brought it home and ripped off the tags and tried it on… and although it was okay at first, the more I walked around the house the more it started to slip. But then I had a brilliant idea! I put my strapless bathing suit top on underneath it thinking it might fill me out more. Unfortunately it didn’t work. I ditched the outfit. In it’s place I put on my Wonder Woman underroo top and over it I wore my black dress that zips up the front. It has a nice 60’s look to it. So then I just unzipped the dress a little to show my Wonder Woman top underneath. I thought it would be a hit but unfortunately I think everyone just thought I looked silly and maybe a little sluttish because the dress was a tad bit too short. Oh well!
Talking to my mom on the phone this morning she told me I should have paired the Wonder Woman outfit with a navy blue turtleneck and tights and I would have been okay. Why does this not surprise me?
Lentils and Beans
I am having this odd desire to infuse my diet with lentils and beans. I don’t know why. (Perhaps I am getting tired of triscuits, pickles and cottage cheese?) I found this entry and it links to a ton of different lentil recipes. I couldn’t get through it this morning so I decided to link to it here. This way I won’t lose it and I can explore it later.
Joan Jett
Slumming around Rhapsody this morning I stumbled upon a song by Sweet that I honestly thought was a (relatively) new Joan Jett song! The song is A.C.D.C and the Joan Jett video featured Carmen Electra. It was right around when this video came out I posted an entry admitting I had no idea Joan Jett was gay and I was oddly surprised. Listening to the Sweet song, I noticed the lyrics were changed just slightly for Joan. Women became Fellah. I guess they had to do that to keep the whole AC/DC vibe going. Otherwise it would be AC/AC or maybe DC/DC? Is alternating current male or is that direct current? I have no clue! At any rate, it got me thinking of another Joan Jett song, Crimson and Clover. That was originally an old Tommy James and the Shondells song. (Is Joan the world’s best cover artist?) Joan didn’t change the words for that one. She sang, “I don’t hardly know her, but I think I could love her…” I remember, years ago, sitting in the car with Audra and Lisa and this song came on the radio and I said, “I wonder why they didn’t change the lyrics?”
“What would you change them to?” asked Lisa.
“Well, she could sing, I don’t hardly know HIM, but I think I could love HIM.”
And then Audra said, “Yeah but then the next line would have to be, Crimson and Clovem, Ovem and Ovem.” I don’t know why but I still get a kick out of that and whenever I hear the song I can’t help but sing it as, Crimson and Clovem, Ovem and Ovem. 🙂
Sweet:
Joan:
It’s funny what I don’t mind as long as it has a good beat and I can dance to it.
A Cure for Stagnancy?
My Rhapsody home page reports that The Cure have come out with a new album. I also heard that AC/DC also came out with a new album as well. These two bands have something in common– an absolute refusal to adopt a new look. Right? Robert Smith please stop smearing your lipstick and eyeliner all over your face. AND COMB YOUR HAIR! You are just a silly caricature of your old self. MOVE ON! Same thing with you Angus Young! GET RID OF THAT STUPID SCHOOL BOY COSTUME! You are no longer a teenager. MOVE ON!
I do apologize but I’ve been holding this in for years! I remember back in High School thinking that Robert Smith’s goth look was tired-looking. And that was a LONG time ago!
Can you think of any other celebrities who are stuck in a silly rut?
(I really shouldn’t smear Robert Smith, he did save us from Mecha Streisand)
Anything Can Halloween!
If I didn’t post this music video, I know Audra would be very angry with me!
Watch the inimitable, Mr. Tim Curry, in his greatest role ever!
[spoken] It’s great to be here, with you young witches, on this fabulous night! Remember Gills, show the world, let them know it’s Halloween. Hit it!
[singing]
I wouldn’t change places
With anyone tonight
We’ll carve pumpkin faces
And watch the witches flight
Every human heart will shudder
Every soul will shake with fear
Tonight, the creepiest
Tonight, the scariest
Tonight, the most wonderful night
ahhhhhhhhf the year
Anything can happen on Halloween
Your dog could turn into a cat
There may be a toad in your bass guitar
Or your sister could turn into a bat
Christmas time brings the snow
Summer time brings the sun
But on Halloween your blood begins to run
Something’s funky going down now*
Anything can happen on Halloween
It’s better than a video
Gremlins gonna mess up every cassette
From London to Idaho
April first can be fun
New Year’s Eve is a ball
But on Halloween your flesh begins to crawl
Oh, I’m losing control*
Anything can happen on Halloween
Your toenails grow long and your hair turns green
Your teacher could become a sardine
Your dentist could turn into a queen.
Has anybody seen my tambourine*
I may start playing
Begin the beguine
The craziest night you’ve ever seen
This hairy, scary, creepy, crawly,
Halloween.
*My favorite parts
Me so…
I am so tired. I DO NOT want to go to work today. I am POOPED! And here’s the thing. I’ve been pooped ALL WEEK! On Tuesday I thought to myself, “How can it only be Tuesday!?!” The next morning I woke up and thought, “Wow, tomorrow is Thursday!” It’s amazing the power of a Wednesday to transform the beginning of the week to the end of the week.
Last night I watched Ghost Adventures. It was the episode in which they locked themselves into the Goldfield Hotel. TOTALLY FREAKED ME OUT! The only proof they gave that I thought was credible was the brick that flew across the basement room! Holy Ghostbusters, Batman! I’d love to know if they toyed with that or if it really happened. And if it really did happen why did that wimpy jerk have to run away? He should have stayed and filmed! Obviously he wasn’t keeping his eyes on the prize.
Gift Idea
Need a gift? How about sending a picture of Bo?
I swear, he’s the cutest puppy dog EVER!
Another Literal video
If I reset to factory settings…
Remember to install:
Stellarium – Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
AlwaySync – This helps keep my external hard drive in sync with my laptop
Picassa – Photo Organizer
Mozilla Firefox – My browser of choice
Google Toolbar – Such a great search tool that I don’t mind they are spying on me
SpySweeper – What keeps the spyware at bay. Hopefully
CCleaner – Crap Cleaner
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer – So I can view the PowerPoint presentations people send me
OpenOffice – Because MSOffice makes me cry.
EyeFi – I don’t even know if my eyefi card still works but if it does– gotta load this baby.
Microsoft Money – I recently bought a copy although I’ve done nothing with it.
Rhapsody – I usually just go online anymore so it might not even make sense to download the actual software.
Norton 360 – Bastards automatically renewed my subscription so I might as well load it up and use it. I hate Norton! It’s supposed to guard against viruses but I swear it sucks all my system resources like a leach. I think it’s a virus.
AcrossLite – So I can do the NYT Crossword puzzles.
TomTom – The only way I find my way around… anywhere
GIMP – Because PhotoShop is too expensive
Netflix Movie Viewer – So one day I can sit and watch a movie on my computer, although that hasn’t happened yet.
Snipping Tool – Tom loaded this Snipping Tool icon onto my taskbar, I have no clue how he did it but I do love it and I suppose if I can’t figure it out, I can always invite him and Joan over for dinner and have him install it again.
DVDShrink – I used to use this program but it doesn’t seem to function correctly in Vista– so probably not worth the bother of loading.