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I left a key detail out in the Rodeo Butt-Kicking story. Just a day or two before that cat fight with the chicky-poo at the rodeo happened, I went to lunch with Naomi at Bennigan’s. The poor waitress, she accidentally spilled my Coke all over me. My sleeve was all wet, my dress was wet. Did I get mad? Heck no. I am nice and even-tempered. I laughed about it and told her it was ok. Naomi was stunned. She said that a lot of people might have let it ruin their day or at least the meal. Nope, not me. I don’t get mad. Unless you are a nit-wit that can’t handle selling Chelsey gumbo in a cup at the Rodeo. Then you had better look out! Poor Chelsey, she really didn’t think I had it in me…

I enjoyed reading the writings of James Lileks and especially liked the his Fargo, ND site. I was born in Fargo, ND back in 1969. I don’t remember much about Fargo, we moved before my first birthday. I found his site thanks to The BradLands where he mentioned TiVobligation: The feeling one ought to watch all those old Miami Vices you taped, even though you really don’t want to. I know how that feels! I was also amused by TiVomission: That’s when the machine should record something based on your preferences, but doesn’t.

Oh Say Say… I am laughing so hard over the whole rant on the double standards about homosexual behavior. “Oh, watching two women together … that is so hot …” Yeah, ok. Whatever. I don’t like double standards.

Amazing what you will find with a little browsing… astro(b)logy: the fault lies not in the stars … which I found at Zippylog which I found at Graphically-Virtual. I find it rather interesting to study the links I follow that lead me to certain places.

It’s a quiet day at work today without Kymberlie here. I miss having her on the other side of the cubicle wall. Speaking of people at work – shameless plug here for Laura whose new site is looking beautiful. She has a webcam sitting at her desk and she was making faces for me earlier through it (the joy of IM, she told me when to go look). I want a webcam. Or two. One for work, one for home. Don’t you guys want to look at me all day long? I am soooo jealous – Laura got to go see Barry Manilow on Saturday at the Rodeo. Yes, I really did want to see him, although the Astrodome is not the venue I would choose. A nice concert hall would be much better. “At the Copa … Copacabana …”

Kymberlie… we miss you, mopyfish.

A little tale I forgot to share a while back… about a week or so ago I got an e-mail from a guy in Alabama named Dan. He did a search for Bad Windsheim, Germany – a town 3km from where I lived, Illesheim. He said he couldn’t figure out why my site came up, but it was funny and he liked what I had to say. So we exchanged e-mails back and forth, and come to find out he is going over there because he is “the Quality Test Coordinator on the Armys Apache or AH64 helicopter. You may remember it from Desert Storm. Thats why I’m going to Germany to head up the transfer of ten Apaches back to the states.” May remember them from Desert Storm??!? I lived with them! That is what the ex-husband worked on, day in & day out. They flew over my house twice a day. Well, Dan of course didn’t know that – but I thought it was amusing. He went to Germany over the weekend – hope he is having a good time! Hey Dan – if you read this – don’t forget to have that shot of tequila for me at the Green Goose!

Well kick butt. We now have a new excuse to be whiney, crabby women! First there was PMS … but now I can have PMDD too! Yes, I too suffer from tension, sudden mood changes, sadness, overwhelmed, bloating the week before chick week. Think it’s PMS? Oh no, think again! It’s Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. And it can clearly interfere with my daily activities and relationships. “A distinct medical and physical condition” Thank goodness for Serafem, which contains the same active ingredient that is in Prozac. Ok, but here’s the catch. Side effects include tiredness, upset stomach, nervousness, dizziness, and difficulty concentrating. So what’s the point? Why on earth would I want to swap one for the other? Do they bother to even tell you what the difference is between the two in the commercial? No! That just annoys me. It’s hormones, people!!! Accept it! If you are human, you have hormones. I really question messing with them – what is going to be the side effect 5 or 10 years from now? … Sorry, I just saw the commercial again and I just had to rant. I think it is simply insulting to women that the fact that we have hormonal swings means we need to be medicated with a prozac-like drug. Insane.