A Few Random Thoughts...

• I just left a party downtown.  The party was at a friend's apartment.  The apartment's living (party) area is about 1000 sq ft. The party attendees were about 150 people and three dogs.  The host served a full dinner.  Everyone ate.  Nobody sat.  There were cocktails and cigarettes and cheese, OH MY!  Candles everywhere, dogs running about.  It's a wonder the place did not go up in flames.  Apparently Brazilian dancers are making an appearance later in the evening.  They appeared at his last soiree.  Quite an evening.  I love NY.
• Times Square smelled like BBQ this morning.
• Maternity wear can be hot.  Not the temperature, hot, but HOT!
• Blueprint magazine, a Martha Stewart publication, needs more direction and is too hit or miss.
• Never has grapefruit juice tasted so good to me.  That said, I have now become a Jamba Juice addict.  I hate chains, but even I am not immune to a tart, delicious smoothy.
• These fires in SoCal are horrifying.  I have a colleague who has had to evacuate his house in San Diego.  I cannot imagine what that must be like.  Stop and think about what you would take.
• My cat Stella seems to know I am pregnant.  She gets into bed with me and puts her paws on the belly.  Weird.  But cool.  Animal instincts, you know.
• I cannot figure out if Facebook is cool or a waste.  I may have mentioned this before.  In either case, it's huge and only getting bigger.  And more of my friends are on it than I had expected.
• I am already craving turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce.
• Have you seen that Hasbro has come out with Monopoly for girls?  It's pink and girls can buy malls and go shopping!  Because that is all girls do, wear pink, dream of owning malls and shop all the time.  To make matters worse, the same company (run by the man pictured here...I am sure there is no correlation...) has been progressive enough to bring us the Rose Petal Cottage!  I saw a commercial for it the other day, and immediately looked around for the time machine.  Had I been propelled back to 1950, perhaps?  The commercial, here, is a MUST see.  A place where little girls can allow their imagination to grow...as they take care of the baby, bake muffins and do laundry!  I was a tad disappointed to see that there was not a boy in sight in the commercial, but perhaps the next version will have him coming in through the door, donning his blue suit, home from a hard day's work so that the little girl will learn how to greet him "Leave It To Beaver" style with a cocktail in hand...for him.  Am I overreacting?  I mean, I am all for women choosing to stay home but let's not pretend that laundry is fun and full of imagination and confidence building opportunities for girls.  Seriously.  If that is the case, why doesn't Hasbro suggest little boys check out washing and folding, or how to turn an oven on and off. 
• And while I am on my feminist tangent, can someone explain to me why so many women on TV start off intelligent and then become ditzy idiots?  I am talking mostly about the women of Grey's Anatomy.  I mean, Izzy is darn near intolerable to watch these days, and that other show, Private Practice...since when did Addison become the Ally McBeal of medicine?  She trips and falls, acts just plain silly.  Was it so bad to show her as tough, confident and smart?
• On a lighter note, did you know that October 26th (TODAY!) is Frankenstein Friday? It's true, so go paint your face silver and look it up.  And scare a neighbor.  It's also National Mincemeat Day (I will not be celebrating) and Workaholic Stop and Smell Something Day.  I will be celebrating that last bit.  Have a good one :-)

Comments

[Rob]

your husband sounds like a nudge calling 311 all the time. plus i'm jealous.