We just got back from our yearly vacay in Missouri. Sigh. Overall I enjoyed it... BUT it's just that... WHY DO MY FUCKING KIDS HAVE TO DAMN NEAR RUIN IT EVERY TIME? There. Bad, inapropriate, Mommy had to say it at least once. I've complained about this before. So, if I do go on vacation next year (which we usually do when I get the tax refund check) they're not goin. I said that too in my post about the last trip to Chicago, so if they read it here, it should surprise no one.
With that said, let me tell you all about the highlights. My fave? The fountain light show in downtown Branson. The best things in life are free ain't they? The only complaint I have is that they need to have more than one song for the show. I watched it three times and all three times it was set to the tune of Rocky Mountain Way. My other fave was The Pythian Castle. This used to be an orphanage and homeless shelter in the earlier 20th century and during WWII the Army took it over for an administration building. In recent years the place had fallen into a state of disrepair and a lady from California bought it and is in the process of renovating it again into her private residence as well as a bed and breakfast. Yeah, it was a really cool place and she's got a lotta work to do, but the damn place is officially haunted. Which makes me want to stay there just once just to torture myself.
We did the amusement parks and they were typically fabulous in the Branson kind of way. And here I was, all excited about finally, FINALLY getting to see a real Branson show, The Darren Romeo Experience or whatever it's called- ooh I just looked it up on google- it's called Siegfried & Roy present Darren Romeo The Voice of Magic- except it was Darren Romeo The Voice of CANCELLED. I was even tempted to make Darren Romeo my next Dirtbag Of The Month. That's how pissed I was. But I don't know why the show was cancelled. We think that maybe it's because of not enough ticket sales. To which I say, he should have done it anyway. That's just my opinion. So guess what we did instead? Sat outside on the strip and watched the cars go by. Oh but they weren't just any ole cars, they were car show cars. My boyfriend was in HEAVEN. Me? I'd rather watch paint dry but I sat there for about two hours and pretended to be interested. You gotta do that for the one you love sometimes.
Best Movie I Saw: Ghost Rider. We watched two movies last week. The Sandlot 3 and Ghost Rider. Sandlot stunk and you could see why it was a straight to video, but it gets a half star from me because Luke Perry was the hotness. Ghost Rider was good. Not great, definetly not Spiderman but Good. I don't usually go for this type of film starring comic book characters because it's all so formulaic but I could sit thru it all right. And the good thing to come out of it was in the car on the way home from Missouri we talked about the characters and themes in great detail. It's a good time waster when you've got 8 hours to go.
Best Song I Heard: The Way I Are by Timbaland. Okay. So talk about formulaic, it sounds like every other Timbaland produced song, but I Dig It! I like what he has to say too.
I ain't got no money
I ain't got no car to take you on a date
I can't even buy you flowers
But together we could be the perfect soulmates
Talk to me girl
Well, now that I think about it, I wish my own man did have some money or at least a job (don'tcha just love how I manage to get in this little jibe in every post?). But this is kind of a refreshing theme for hip hop don'tcha think?
Book I'm Reading: I'm reading Dry by Augusten Burroughs. Again. I can't help it. It's wildly entertaining. I'm not an alcoholic but I see myself in parts of that story. I have an alcoholic mindset and reading this book has made me see that. If I quit drinking entirely, I'd mourn the loss of that relationship just as bad as I did over Beau Moore in 11th grade. However, I did eventually get over him, it just took about a year that's all. I just don't drink a bottle of Dewars every nite like the author did. Shit, I'd be in the Emergency Room right now if I'd drank a whole bottle of scotch. I'm on my second lite beer right now and I'm not drinking any more tonite. I plan on getting laid and I don't like to have more than 2 before sex. More than 2 and it takes me FOREVER to come.
Top News Story: Karl Rove is resigning. What perplexes me is this: Why doesn't Mitt Romney want him? Well maybe Karl will show up in his life later, but his shit must be really stinky in the GOP right now.
It's good to be home. Missouri, Springfield and Branson specifically are really really nice. It's a little bit too perfect, sanitized for your protection, cookie- cutter-yuppieville-houses-are-what-we-aspire-to-live-in, and not ethnic (meaning, lots of blonde haired Ambercrombie and Fitch wearing youngsters and few blacks or mexicans!) enough, so therefore in my opinion not culturally significant enough. It's a possibility that I might even live there some day. I could probably be happy there but I don't know for sure. I love my hometown. It's old and historical. People here prize intelectualism and not the label on the back of their pants (did I even spell intelectualism right? Probably not, but I swear I'm kinda smart. Kinda.) We have our share of crime, and I'm sure that Springfield and Branson do, too but you just couldn't see any evidence of it, and there are only a few yuppieville new subdivisions here. People aren't building new houses here. It's economically depressed, but I'm sentimental about it anyway. Is it weird that I actually want to live in a place that isn't growing and changing and is dirty and depressed?
If I think about my life and my past, it makes perfect sense!
