Monthly Archives: October 2007

10.30.07
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“I wanna put on a tight skirt and flirt with a stranger…”

Name that tune? ;)

“Out Tonight” from the musical RENT, of course! Lyrics, here.

Today, I woke up and decided to wear *First Date Skirt* A lovely little red plaid skirt that always makes me feel great and has worked it’s charm on a few first dates. Of course, it’s retired. And so are the stories…at least on this blog. ANYHOW, I’ve probably put it on once or twice since my first date with Mark. Maybe? But today it was calling out my name.

In retrospect, when I just heard the commercial for Nip/Tuck and I said “Oh, Dr. Christian Troy somethingsomethingsexyhotbeautifulbadbadmansomething” Mark asked out loud if that’s why I wore first date skirt today. No. Um, I don’t think so.

So here’s the real story.

I went in the kitchen and said to Mark. Paraphrased because I lost the exact words when trying to write the sentence above about Dr. Christian Troy. ;)

“So, I’m wearing first date skirt…”

“I see…”

“And it’s making me want to go out and flirt tonight…what’cha gonna do about that?”

“Do we have any soup?”

“DO WE HAVE ANY SOUP?” The romance is dead. And of course we have soup who do you think I am?

“I didn’t hear the last thing you said.”

The romance is dead.

10.30.07
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Reply, Delete and Unsubscribe.

Holy moly. I’ve somehow been MIA lately even with email and I’m not sure why.

Of course, as my good friends know, I’m terrible with calling people back. Terrible. Horrible. No good and downright bad at it. I’m just not a fan of the phone, unless in those rare occasions, I am. Last night I finally called back Joey, and talked most of the night away.

Why am I such a bad friend sometimes? I don’t get it.

Anyhow, I just spent my lunch hour going through the inbox and replying to most of the emails I received the past few weeks. Some of them have really been piling up, and like I said, there’s no good reason for it.

The one thing I have found the time to do though is DELETE and UNSUBSCRIBE. My oh my, I subscribed to a crazy amount of e-newsletters and mailing lists that truthfully? I just don’t look at. So over the last few weeks, while archving notes from friends I’ve opted out of, well, at least 25 different crappy BACN mails. And I’ve been ignoring all the social networking sites too. No need to lick or poke or send me candy corn…I’m just not really around lately. No real reason, just how the story goes.

I wonder when I’ll shift back?

I have been overwhelmed with work stuff…yes. And I’ve been pissy and cranky and not feeling the greatest again with the allergy stuff and semi-chest cold reemergence. (doctor appointments next Monday.) But geez.

And now this afternoon? Suddenly I’m all coughy. Eurgh.

10.30.07
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“Tell me what you don’t like about yourself.”

Damn it Nip/Tuck. I’m sucked in.

All those commercials during It’s Always Sunny in Philadephia 0n Thursday night just keep on reminding me how much I love to hate these characters. What a wicked thing that Dr. Christian Troy. So KevinCostnerCrashDavisBullDurham cocky but 1000 times more so…

What I don’t like about myself? My ability to get sucked into television shows. I’ll be watching.

10.27.07
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Body fat protects women again negative moods? Curvy women have smarter babies?

Really?

So why the hell am I such a grump?

They found that the higher the BMI and body size, the lower the number of symptoms of depression, anxiety and negative mood. In fact, the most depressed were all thin, while the largest were the least miserable.

For explanations, the psychologists turned to biochemical research that suggested the possibility of a link between oestrogen and mood, and the brain chemical, serotonin, the target of widely used antidepressant drugs. They say very potent oestrogens are primarily found in fatty tissues, suggesting that women with higher body weight may have higher levels.

And really?

Shapely hips and thighs hold essential nutrients that nurse brains and could produce smart kids too, say Steven Gaulin of the University of California at Santa Barbara and William Lassek of the University of Pittsburgh. “

The explanation lies in omega-3 fatty acids, which are tucked in the hips and thighs and also compose much of the human brain. Girls begin storing these fatty acids below the waist once puberty hits. The body hoards the biological building blocks in anticipation of a woman’s third trimester of pregnancy, when the fetal brain is in its most rapid stages of development.