The other day I walked past a J.Crew store and in the window was the most beautiful dress! I was stopped dead in my tracks! I reached out my hand, I wanted to pet the material but the cold pane of glass stopped me. “MINE! MINE! MINE!” I cried! I haven’t bought it– perhaps I will try it on. What do you think?

Isn’t it glorious?!?

And then, just now as I was browsing the J.Crew Web site, I found this:

Mama wants both!

Riding the train at midnight last night, feeling a little fried; I thought how things like this never happened to Mary Richards on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. She and Mr Grant never went out and ate too much and drank too much and talked too much. That’s a shame.

It was not easy getting up at 5:30 this morning. SO I DIDN’T! HA! I stayed in bed until 6:30. The day went well. I grabbed an early train home and here I am, stretched out in bed, waiting for Lisa to pop by and take me out for food. Donna HUNGRY!

The waiter from last night’s restaurant looked EXACTLY like Alan Cummings! He even had his ACCENT! No joke! I couldn’t help but smile at him and he would smile bashfully at me which just made me want to scream, “I LOVED BERNARD AND THE GENIE!” I didn’t say a word about him being Alan Cummings’ doppelganger. That could be akin to telling a straight woman she looks like Jody Foster or Portia DeRossi. It’s a compliment yet….

It’s almost 8:30am but I tell you, it feels like 5am. I bought coffee and I took two tylenols. I need to lift this haze I am in!

It was a short week yet I am looking forward to Friday, 5:00. I gotta work on my attitude. I am wallowing in a sea of negativity. I need to hire Zig Zigler to be my constant companion and keep me enthused. HA! I can do it on my own. Starting…… NOW!

Driving home from the train station, I was listening to XM 50’s on 5 and I heard Eydie Gorme singing Oba Oba. At first I thought she was singing Oh Bo, Bo Bo. This made me super happy because I kept picturing my little Bobo spinning around and dancing to the music. I tired to find a Rhapsody link but unfortunately Eydie’s version isn’t available but Astrud Gilberto’s version is….

I have a splitting headache. I think it’s from staring at a computer all day. When I got home, rather than get in front of my laptop, I decided to get in front of my TV. So I watched a stupid VH-1 countdown of the best teen idols. I was hooked by the promise of a Shaun Cassidy segment. During the commercial break, I saw an ad for Almay Smart Shade Makeup. Supposedly you rub this white cream into your face and it magically takes on the exact same shade as your skin! I can’t imagine that this could possibly work! And what if it did work? If the darn thing takes the color of my skin, wouldn’t that mean that it would also take on the discoloration that I am using the foundation to hide!?!? I don’t get it. Regardless, I am sure I’ll buy it just to give it a go. I am curious.

What a nice holiday! Lisa and I spent the afternoon together putzing. At around 5, she left for her evening class, leaving me to puppysit Bo. I watched some episodes of La Femme Nikita as I converted the video I took at Drummer Mike’s 40th Birthday to WMV and added titles. It’s hard for me to figure out the songs– they all sound the same to me. Kansas, Styx, Rush, Triumph, Boston, etc… I wouldn’t be surprised if Rob finds I mismatched a song or two when he watches the DVD that I am making.

It’s time for me to go to sleep. I gotta wake up early. I gotta go to work. I gotta bring home the bacon.

This morning I slept in until 9am. It was nice feeling knowing that today is a holiday and I could do whatever I wanted. I got a couple things accomplished like sorting papers and throwing junk mail away. I then noticed my Paint By Numbers kit I bought a couple months ago at Urban Outfitters. There’s something so kitschy about Paint By Numbers that I had to own it. Plus, Rob has been on my back that I need an artistic outlet. So I opened up the kit and filled in a space ship. I can’t say I feel artistically fulfilled but it was a nice little activity. I used to be quite artistic when I was younger. Erin can vouch for me! In fact, I wanted to be an artist at one time. In my senior year of High School, my father asked what I wanted out of my life. I told him I wanted to be an artist. I remember very clearly his response. He said I had no talent and I should consider another profession. This may seem very cruel but in fact he was absolutely correct. Unfortunately rather than realizing that art could be a hobby, I just killed it from my life completely. What I would like to do is shift some of the time I spend on the Internet to doing something artistic like drawing or painting. Heck, even if it’s paint by numbers it’s at least a step in the right direction.

On the train this morning I was reading “The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio” by William J. Bernstein when I noticed my fingernails are not smooth but actually have vertical ridges. This puzzled me and so when I got to my office, I googled: Ridges in Fingernails and I found the following:

Nail textures: Vertical ridges that appear on the nail can indicate disorders as simple as iron deficiency, poor absorption of vitamins and nutrients, overall poor health or they could indicate something as serious as kidney trouble. (So, you see why consulting your physician is so important.) These vertical ridges, as well as bumpy nails, can also suggest that one is prone to developing arthritis. Ridges running horizontally across the nail can indicate physical or mental stress.

OH MY GOSH!!!!!! I gotta start taking B12!

Islands In The Stream – (with Kenny Rogers) Dolly Parton
Sneakin’ Around – Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds
I Got You Babe – Sonny and Cher
All I Ever Need Is You – (with Sonny Bono) Cher
Dead Ringer For Love – Meat Loaf and Cher
When You’re Gone – Bryan Adams & Spice Girl
Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus – Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
Somethin’ Stupid – (with Frank Sinatra) Nancy Sinatra
Some Velvet Morning – Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
Sand – Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
Jackson – Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
Stumblin’ In – Chris Norman and Leather Tuscadaro
Candy – Iggy Pop and Kate
What Have I Done To Deserve This? Pet Shop Boys and Dusty
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Elton John and Kiki
Somethin’ Stupid Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman
That Old Black Magic Louis Prima and Keely Smith
Baby It’s Cold Outside – (with Cerys Matthews Of Catatonia) Tom Jones
Burning Down the House – (with Cardigans) Tom Jones
Hot Legs – Tom Jones and Tina Turner

LISTEN!

Unavailable on Rhapsody:
Paul Westerberg and Joan Jett “Let’s Do It” and Kinky Boots by Honor Blackman and Patrick Macnee and Paul Anka’s You’re Having my Baby.

I put away the tree! It wasn’t so hard. I just had to push up my sleeves and DO IT! I listened to some pretty cool music on Rhapsody as I undecorated the tree. Here, have a listen…

Walter Wanderley’s Talkin’ Verve
The Reverb Syndicate’s Sputnik A-Go-Go
Elsa Cross’s Unavailable

I also listened to some French music that I won’t link to because if you aren’t used to it as I am, you might turn gay.

I got home around 6:30. My dinner consisted of cherry vanilla ice cream and sesame seed candies. I lit a fire in my fireplace and I grabbed a beer from the fridge. My plan is to take the Christmas tree down. Why are such simple tasks so difficult for me?