Another Country Heard From…

Who am I to chime in on this here blog-o-sphere after such a long silence? 

Well, I’m the author of this blog, that’s who… and I’ve got lots of catching up to do.  My absence may have involved a Superbowl/Mom’s 65th Birthday party… an awful cold that felt more like the full-on flu… some minor repairs to our place… a pitch at work that took up more time than it should have… and a weekend spent thinking, “I should update my blog”, and then — of course and as you can see — not doing it.

So here I am… just the way I am.  Inconsistent at best, missing in action at worst. 

But you still love me, right?  Right?  Please?  Say you do.

So some random thoughts to get me back in the swing of things…

1.) I am strangely tempted to purchase the 25th Anniversary edition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, but I can’t bring myself to do it because I still think that Whacko Jacko is totally guilty of those pervy crimes and I don’t want to give him my $10.  But then, I think to myself… will the gloved one/masked one every see YOUR $10, Self?  And at what cost to YOU will you make this stand?  No updated version of Billy Jean featuring a duet with Kanye West… and certainly no remix of PYT.  Real Estate is expensive on the moral high ground.

2.) This weather makes me want to not get out of bed.  It snowed last night, which was all pretty and sort of fun… but now it’s turned to nasty pouring rain and the streets are full of slush.  I do not enjoy wearing sensible shoes to work, and yet my high heeled boots present a huge risk for falling on my ass on an icy sidewalk — so really, as you can see, I’m screwed either way. 

3.) The Brit and I are organizing an upcoming Scrabble Tournament — a $25 buy-in per person.  The final pot of $300 (12 people) will be split as so: Winner gets 70%, runner-up gets 20% and the LOSER — that’s right, the person with the lowest score of the night — gets 10%.  Is it wrong that I am planning to hedge my bets — knowing that we have some heavy hitters coming — and I will be intentionally going for the lowest score?  Is that cheating?  Because if trying to get my money back plus $5 by making lame words like “cat” and “run” and “at” is wrong, then you know what people?  I don’t want to be right…

What’s that?  Welcome back, you say? 

And I say — thank you!