The Bachelor: On the Wings of Insanely Ridiculous People

Ok, so I'm watching the Bachelor, not something I normally do, but lately there's been a lot of buzz about this show. So now it's piqued my curiosity.

Jake: handsome, seems romantic, pilot.

The women. OMG!!!
Gia, now, I really liked her. She seemed honest and sweet. Not to mention beautiful. Ali..... she left the show because of her job. Did she not realize when she signed up that she could be gone from work for, however many weeks this show lasts? Or did she just have such low self esteem that she didn't think she'd stay in the game that long? Vienna. Well, I didn't have to go bungee jumping snuggled up to her to to tell that she's just a touch on the trampy side. The rest of the women, I don't recall since I just started watching this show two weeks ago.

Tonight all of the women Jake sent home are on this show. Discussing how they felt when they were there and when they were sent home. Seriously? You come on national tv and say things like, "I really loved him!" "I was totally in love with him and ready to marry him." Are these women nuts? How on earth can you possibly know this? In a week, in a month??? And how, after only spending what, MAYBE thirty minutes a week alone with him?

Either there's a lot more desperate women in this world than I thought or there are more nut jobs in this world than I thought. This is really just a cleaned up version of the Jerry Springer show.

I'm watching it because I think it's hilarious to watch these women sit and cry about a man they fell in love with in ten minutes. Who know nothing about this man but act like they've never met anyone like him before. It's a competition chicks! You'd act the same way fighting over a pair of Jimmy Choo's! Not the way I want to find my husband. Wait, I'm married. I knew my husband 5 years before we got married. I knew exactly who I was marrying. I'm glad I went with the traditional way of finding my husband. Plus, I didn't have to make a complete ass out of myself on national tv.

Since I'm not a fan of this show, and I'm not really sure how many bachelors there have been in the past, I'm just curious to know what the success rate is. I'll have to check into this.

Barnes and Noble: my therapy

Tonight I went to my happy place. Barnes and Noble. The smell of books and Starbucks coffee just gives me that, "I'm home" kind of feeling.
You grab a bunch of books that you don't intend to buy, find the comfiest chair in the place and snuggle in like you're getting ready to watch a movie on tv. It's the most welcoming store I've ever been to. You sit and read, do a little people watching .... it's the perfect end to any day.
Walking out with your green B&N bag full of books and magazines in one hand and your venti coffee in the other, you feel like you're leaving the spa.

"911- What is your emergency?"

After a long twelve hour day at work yesterday, I just fell into my bed at around 9:00 last night. I was so tired. I think it took about two minutes for me to actually fall asleep. I was so excited to think I was actually going to get about seven full hours of sleep. Until....... "ding dong"....... I woke up thinking it was a dream. Who would be at my door that late? Then, "ding dong, ding dong." Somebody really wanted to get my attention. I rolled out of my bed and stumbled to the front door. I looked out before opening the door because, well, isn't that what you're supposed to do? I saw a police officer standing there. My heart sank. My son had just left an hour before. I opened the door and this officer looked at me with obvious concern on his face. I said, "is something wrong?" The officer looked at me and said, "ma'am, are you ok?" I said, "yes, shouldn't I be?" He proceeded to tell me that someone called 911 from my residence and hung up. After my heart got back into a normal rhythm, I advised him that I haven't had a home phone in four years so this was not possible. He looked perplexed. And I'm sure that I looked pissed, as this call was obviously not made from my residence and I was woken up from my deep sleep for this? As I've been a police dispatcher in the past, I know that when a cell phone calls 911, it does not give a physical home address. So how they got my address out of a 911 cell phone call is beyond me. Needless to say, I crawled back into bed, tossed and turned and could not get back to sleep. So my wonderful seven hours of sleep turned in to 5 hours of tossing and turning.

Cyber cheating? Is there such a thing?

I personally believe that when a man/woman flirts, has virtual sex, sends messages back and forth with a person of the opposite sex who is NOT their significant other, this is cheating. Don't you agree? If they are not happy in their relationships', then why not tell their significant other, rather than go and get "what they aren't getting at home" from a cyber relationship. To me, this is no different than going to a bar and picking up the first person that will show any attention. This is just wrong on many levels, but most of all, it's just morally wrong. When you are with someone, either married, long term relationship, whatever, this behavior is wrong. You have now put doubt in the other's head. "Can I trust him/her?", "is he/she cheating with an actual person?". Now, how can you expect this person to ever be able to look at you the same without thinking that you are thinking about someone else. If you are that unhappy with your current marital status, then either work on it with your spouse or move on the the one that's getting your undivided attention. Most of the time, the only one who knows that you are unhappy is you. If you are not open with your spouse, then, you are just hiding something. If it bothered you that much that you just had to go elsewhere for the attention, you are just an attention whore or you just have no morals. You pick.

Wooooo hooooooo ! It's Monday

I'm taking a different approach to the beginning of the work week. It's usually, "blah, blah, it's Monday......" but not anymore! I'm going to try reverse psychology on myself. Just think, I'm 1/4 of the way through my work week now!! Yes! Awesome! Oh what a great day!! Let's see if that helps!!

Miley..... an adult????

Ok, I'm getting really tired of seeing Miley Cyrus on my magazines. She is what? 16? So, put her on the cover of Teen Vogue, not Cosmo, Elle or any of the other "adult" magazines I pay $5.00 for. I don't want to read about her voyage into womanhood. I've been there.... I want to read about the other women who are there, who've been there. I have a son not much older than her. I read "my" magazines for adult issues, not one's I deal with everday. They are my "girly time". Please, stop putting her in the adult magazines. Let her grow up like a normal "child". She will be an adult soon enough....... and we wonder what makes these kids want to grow up so fast.

"Funny People"........not so funny.

I just went to see the movie "Funny People" with my husband. Of course, Adam Sandler was great and so was Seth Rogen. The problem was that the movie had some really funny parts, but they were too spread out. The movie just kind of dragged on, and when you thought you were going to drift off to sleep, a funny part came on, and then it got your attention again. The storyline was good, but, it could have been done in less than two and a half hours. I would suggest you wait for it to come out on dvd rather than spending the money at the theater. I did see a great preview tough and can't wait for it to come out. It's called "Extract", starring Jason Bateman and it has Ben Affleck in it as well. It comes out on Labor Day. That appears to be quite funny, also. Can't wait! Wow...my first move review!