Last night, in the space of three hours I:
— Woolite-d my delicate camisoles and my fishnets and then hung them up around my bathroom to dry. Just like you see in the movies.
— As I did the Woolite thing, I blasted Kelly Clarkson.
Then I:
— Gave myself a facial
— Gave myself a pedicure
— Poured a glass of Merlot and sipped it slowly and daintily
— Sat down to watch Legally Blonde – my feet propped up with pieces of tissue in between the toes
— Oh yeah, and earlier – before the facial – I also inaugurated my Swiffer, which I absolutely adore. The easiest dusting and mopping I have ever done.
And then two hours later, I got choked up at the end of Legally Blonde. I literally sat there, watching a movie I have already seen about five times, with tears in my eyes at the end.
What the hell happened to me last night? It makes me feel like I need to go out and … build a carburetor or something.
A good merlot has the same effect on me ;)
Well, I did just the opposite. Sat around watching a definite guy movie my husband picked — “Lord of War” with Nick Cage — about a gunrunner. There were explosions and shootouts and deaths. Despots and skanks and cokeheads. Grenades and machine guns and Uzis.
I liked it.
BUT — unfortunately, I was far too busy biting my fingernails to do my toenails. Stupid boy movie.
Tracey – between the two of us, it’s like we balanced out the universe last night.
Some days you just gotta float in the Estrogen Ocean. . .
That’s why I always have girlie night with my 7 year old niece. Then I can blame all the uber-girlie stuff on her. :)
Don’t worry; I cry at the end of “The Little Mermaid”, even when I’m not drinking.
Building a carburetor is a very specialized hobby thing. What you mean to do is rebuild one. Just make sure you wear neoprene gloves; the cleaning solvents suck all the oil out of your skin.
[Anyone under the age of 20]What’s a carburetor?? [/Anyone under the age of 20]
I’ll send you the carburetor from my lawnmower–you can clean the varnish out of the float bowl. ;-)
…ay, when you’re done with that, I need a new Heater core in my Mazda.
I’ve often blasted Kelly Clarkson. But somehow I don’t think we mean the same thing. Well actually I probably blasted my granddaughter when she’s playing Kelly Clarkson. Why can’t she crank up something decent like Uriah Heep? Ok, so I didn’t blast my granddaughter. She’s just too darn cute for that.
Kelly Clarkson is the real deal. That chick can SING. I’m listening to her right now.
I believe we have had a raucous discussion on this blog about her before. I resisted her at first … and now I have succumbed – with awe and admiration. I look forward to what she will do next.
Putting in a carburetor kit is a highly over-rated activity.
Kelly Clarkson has a fucking INCREDIBLE voice. To tie two threads on here together, people who’re dismissive of her because she was found through American Idol kind of remind of the same attitudes others have toward Norman Rockwell, if that makes any sense.
Sorry Dave.
I think I was the only one slightly dismissive of her and I never mentioned American Idol. And I’m sorry but no that doesn’t make any sense at all.
Yes, I think she’s a great singer. Just not my style.
I don’t think he was addressing you, David, actually. He didn’t say your name.
I know plenty of people who just “pshaw” her cause she was an American Idol. Again: not saying it’s YOU. But that’s who I thought Dave J was addressing. I was one of those people who just didn’t even give her a chance – because of where she came from – until I actually listened to her second album and realized: good GOD, listen to her!!!
I also think his Norman Rockwell analogy makes a lot of sense. People dislike Norman Rockwell because he’s not “high-brow” enough for them – he’s too popular – If you think it’s bad to be POPULAR and you think an artist should suffer in obscurity for decades, then you will not like NOrman Rockwell … So people dismiss his obvious gift. I think Kelly Clarkson gets painted with a broad brush by music snobs – who don’t like her just because she came out of a teen idol competition.
Don’t snark at someone who didn’t snark at you, David N. You’re projecting.
Sorry Sheila, but I still feel he was aiming straight at me since he pointed at two threads dismissive of Kelly of which I was the only one.
Your contextual placing of his analogy does help it make some sense. However I’ve never viewed anything in that manner so it didn’t come across to me like that.
And I apologize to you if I was being snarky.
FWIW, I wasn’t really “aiming” at you, David N, or at anyone in particular. It just seemed the natural followup to what Sheila had already said.