Wow, when did this blog become a weekly (or perhaps monthly) periodical-type thing? Is it ok if I claim “complete swamped-ness” and tell you that I hope you are my friend on Facebook or following me on Twitter? Because maybe if you do either of these things, you feel a little less like I’ve been in some black hole for the past few weeks. It’s true, lately I’ve only had time for microblogging, and no, I can’t believe I just used the word “microblogging” in a sentence without irony of any kind.
So, let us start with health, which is (obviously) the most important thing. Thank you for your well wishes. Stephan’s mom is doing much better and is on the road to recovery. It’s been a hard year for her, but her surgeries this year have gone well, and she is expecting a good 2010. I am also feeling less stressed since our refinance closed (seriously, I want to give you the number of my mortgage guy. He is amazing), I got a chance to take a break from L.A. and get some perspective, and since this year is just about to be over and it seems like things are trending in a positive direction. And, aren’t we all? I mean, aren’t we all kind of ready for 2009 to be over?
Another reason why I’ve been kind of MIA is because I was totally immersed in the launch of this awesome website. I’m sorry, I know it’s uncouth to say that something you worked on is awesome, but I really like it, plus I’m excited about the project. In case you haven’t seen the ads on MTV, Hot Spot is a new product from Zeno, and (I’m not kidding) I have been using their products since they first came out, so I was super excited to work on this launch. If you haven’t already tried Zeno products, I will personally attest to the fact that they work really well and clear your pimples in 24 hours (using heat to kill bacteria, read more about it on the website). Anyhow, that launched on Monday, so that is awesome, and tell all of your friends to buy one.
What else? We are staying up in Carmel through the end of the year, and as a result I have once again been watching tv with commercials, to which I have to honestly ask…..what is going on here? I saw a Radio Shack commercial involving a nutcracker as a DJ and the lyric “I make music for my friends,” and I actually looked at my watch to see if it was one of those Saturday Night Live parodies, because it was just that bad. Have advertisers just given up, since they know everyone watches tv online or zaps through commercials with their DVRs anyway?
Oh, also? We went on a work trip to New York last week, and it was awesome. Hello! That’s like a whole other blog post. Suffice it to say that I got all my stuff done, and that I know I’ve been in California too long, because it was 26 degrees and I had on two coats, a scarf, a hat, and two sets of gloves, and I still let out one of those cold weather groans every time the chilly air hit me. Wimpy!
I have so many more things to report, of course, like how I watched that episode of "Hoarders" where that woman had 4,000 pounds of adult diapers in her house and then I lost sleep about how gross that was, or how I was blown away by the season finale of Dexter, or how I went to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Annex and now I have a whole new respect for Yoko Ono, but I thought I would get this “I’m acknowledging that I’ve been negligent in posting” post out of the way first to break the ice. Hopefully this will do until I can transcribe a post or two from my notebook that will really entertain you.
In conclusion, clearly with the new evidence of Tiger Woods having fourteen mistresses, I have to amend my earlier "guys on the road will be guys" statement to simply state that Tiger Woods is an ass. Yup. Fourteen mistresses is just lame.
OMG, you and I really are twins separated at birth, because I almost NEVER watch "Hoarders" (too riveting and upsetting), but I WATCHED THAT SAME EPISODE AND IT REALLY DID KEEP ME AWAKE AT NIGHT, I am not even kidding you. Lori! I was totally traumatized! And I'm a psychologist! Honestly, that show (and Interventions) is really hard for me to watch as a mental health professional. The hoarders just seem SO in need of medication. I am convinced it is mainly a brain chemical aberration. Anyway! I've got to go--my daughter is due at the bus stop! Just had to say this!
Posted by: Shannon | Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 05:45 AM
1. Was it really 14? I haven't been following it, but I had heard that it was more than 1. But, I thought that meant, like, three.
2. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE somehow watched that Hoarders and that Dexter. I feel like it's all I hear about.
3. Xenu really works? Sorry - Zeno? Better than Proactive? I might have to try it out.
Posted by: Rachel | Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 08:07 AM