12-12-2004 - 9:36 p.m.
A few random notes for a little D-land catch up:
Last night I saw a fantastic rendition of the Nutcracker by this Russian ballet company in AC. Not only was the show surprisingly beautiful and not in the least boring, but it was nice to hang out with Jane and catch up. It's been awhile since we've just chilled without anyone else so we had some major catching up to do. Granted, we were a little distracted by men with rock hard butts in shiny red tights. How exactly does a man decide to be a ballerina anyway??? And are they all gay and/or celibate because I can't imagine any woman being like "Hey baby, you looked damn fine in those skin tight getups, wanna hang out some time?" The other big mystery of the evening was why the oriental dancers had their index fingers pointing up at all times. Do Asian people walk around like that and I just never noticed? The best was when we were leaving and we saw this huge Asian family making fun of the index finger pointing Orient dancers. It definitely made my night.
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Today I had a full page color spread (including 3 photographs) in the newspaper thanks to the cooking lesson thing I discussed previously. It was a really nice article about how I learned to cook in order to make dinner for my hardworking Mom. Then the writer had to go and totally make me look like a jackass by stating that "true to my word" my meal included "scorched" pasta because I burn everything I make. Ok, a few pieces of pasta got slightly browned in the pan but I would definitely not use the term "scorched" to describe anything that I made that night!!! And the best part is, I never even told the chef guy that I messed up a little, which means that the stupid photographer sold me out!!! And even better is the fact that the reason I turned up the heat on the stove in order to make it cook faster was because he showed up early to take the pictures and I wasn't ready! What an asswad!
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Lately some events have made me seriously wonder why and how people decide to get married. Have you ever noticed that it's the guy who decides when the time is right (meaning he goes and buys a ring and proposes to the girl), yet if you look at couples many times it's the guy who's really not that into things? Like, at so many weddings the groom looks scared shitless. Or later on he rolls his eyes at the old "ball and chain" that's his wife. My question is, why do so many guys make the decision to get married when either they don't really want to, or they're just not ready yet? Lately I've just been noticing young people who are married or engaged and it seems like the only reason is that it was the next logical step. It was what they were "supposed to" or "expected to" do. I just hope and pray that when I get married, 6 months into the deal I'm not telling my friends to "never do it", like some people I know...
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And I'm soooooo pleased to have found my now discontinued perfume from Victoria's Secret on ebay! Granted, I paid like 20 bucks more than it cost in the store, but I was so devastated to learn that they no longer made it that I couldn't help myself. Damn, I smell good ;o)
