Don't Laugh, It Could Happen!

It's Wednesday and it's my blessed day off! Most people like me who work crappy retail jobs don't get a set schedule where they get only day hours and the same days off every week like I do, so I'm really lucky for that. You know what's kinda depressing? As soon as Halloween is over, all the leftover Halloween shit is moved to a corner and Christmas crap is put out. They've already sent me some of the display signs. Sigh.

Life is still good and copacetic. Ooh! We had a fabulous day last Saturday! We went to see my oldest son in the Home, and he was awake and alert and happy. I think he got a big kick out of my boyfriend's tall green mohawk. But before we went there, we went to a little Greek place to eat. Now we've been there a few times before and the food's pretty good, but my one complaint is that they don't serve Greek salad (how can a Greek place not have salads with feta cheese?) or Turkey Lemon Soup. The owner's wife and his daughters are absolutely gorgeous and it's so not fair. Then we went next door to what I know is basically a head shop but with really cool skateboards and CD's and posters. My boyfriend bought a Direnger CD which is a band we saw a few weeks ago at the Korn Family Values show. After our wonderful visit with my son we went to a carnival. Oh how I love a small town carnival! It was everything you'd expect. There were 4H cows and sheep. Politicians handing out bumper stickers urging you to vote for them for state representative. Lemon Shake Up's. Tattoed and Toothless carnies. And my favorite, the loud speakers behind the Scrambler playing ACDC (YES!!!!!!! Would it be a carnival without You Shook Me All Night Long blaring from the Midway?)?

Best Movie I Saw: The World's Fastest Indian. I purchased this movie on On Demand for the sole reason that I knew my boyfriend would dig it. I wanted him to get involved with actually watching a movie with me instead of just lying there in bed next to me with his laptop looking at page after stupid fucking page of cars and car parts on Ebay. It worked. He watched the whole thing with me. This is a true story about a man from New Zealand who wanted to set a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats with his 1920 Indian motorcycle in the 1960's. And of course he did. The theme of course is that you need to take risks and don't let anyone stand in the way of your dreams. Kinda blah. But always inspiring.

Best Song I Heard This Week: Sexyback by Justin Timberlake. I know. There's not much substance there. In fact, I downloaded the whole album and I'm a little dissapointed because I thought that his first album was a lot better. Why? Because the overall theme here seems to be "you're a hot chick in this club and I'm taking you home". And that's all right but almost every stinkin song is about that? That doesn't win any awards with me. However, Sexyback is a cool song. It's almost as cool as In Da Club. Almost.

Book I'm Reading: I'm not. But I did read Vanity Fair. It will always be known as the infamous Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Suri cover. Yawn. But you know what? He got a lot of flack for jumping the couch on Oprah when he was talking about how much he loved his new girlfriend, but I don't see why that was such a big deal. What's so wrong with doing something crazy like that if you love somebody that much?

Top News Story: Now this is some scary shit: A new Mom was at home one day with her newborn baby and a woman came to the door and asked to use the phone. Then she stabbed the Mom and took the baby. Thankfully the story has a happy ending. The kidnapper has been caught and the baby was returned.

You know, talking about that new Justin Timberlake album has got me thinking... Going home with somebody you meet in a bar is just so empty and depressing. Oh sure, it's fun while you're doing it but afterwards when you know that all it was was just sex and that's it and that guy don't give a shit about you, it's sad. Which is why a monogamous loving relationship is better. I shouldn't say better, because it's really the BEST. After you make love to someone, isn't it the most natural thing in the world to say "I love you"? You can't do that with some lousy one night stand! Sure, maintaining a relationship is very hard, and you gotta put up with a lot of bullshit, and lord knows there are times when I wish everybody would just leave me alone (especially HIM) and go away for like a couple of months or so, but there's no way I'm gonna ever go back to that ole' way of life, even IF Justin Timberlake himself wanted to take me home. Hey, don't laugh. It could happen. His girfriend is about the same age as me!