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So I have been watching streaming video from ON AIR with Ryan Seacrest, where they play random videos, old and new. Ciara and Missy Eliot’s “One, Two Step” just came on and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen that video, even though I’ve heard the song a ton. Something about Ciara just mesmerized me. Sure, she’s gorgeous, but it is more than that. She just has a presence on screen. She seems incredibly comfortable with her own body, and I can’t help but wonder how that happens. I have known beautiful women before who are just not comfortable in…

And the distractions. While I certainly love that I can work in my pj’s from the comfort of my home office where all of my fun pens and notebooks and references are within easy reach, I can’t help but wonder if I would get more quality writing time in if I was out of the house. You hear all the time about how a writer composed some famous novel or poem in a cafe or park. Maybe there’s something to that. I am not getting nearly enough writing done in a day. Right now, I am lucky if I get…

Season 7 of American Idol has begun!! I didn’t actually watch last night’s audition show, but I recorded it and I am looking forward to watching it this morning. The audition shows always crack me up, even if they are contrived and set up in a way. My cousin Kevin went to the auditions in Nashville a few years ago, and he said that there are several rounds you have to get through in order to actually audition in front of Simon, Paula, and Randy. Judges are set up in little mini-booths that are crammed together in rooms and hallways…

I am not going to write much today, because my left hand is killing me. Well, specifically, my left wrist hurts. I must have been holding it wrong when I was typing or something, I am not sure. All I know is that for the past 24 hours, it hurts like hell to do just about anything, and it is extremely annoying. Especially when you are a writer who plays computer games for fun. I am going to take it easy again today on the computer, though, and hope that tomorrow I am feeling all better.

Ah, the Golden Globes. I usually am right there, front and center, waiting to see each and every designer shoe that hits the red carpet. I LOVE watching the stars arrive at the awards shows, I have to admit it. There were years in the past when I used to print out all the nominees and circle my favorites, hoping and praying they would win, cheering for them from my humble sofa. The past couple of years, though, I haven’t been invested enough in watching current movies or television to care as much about who wins, unfortunately. (And after looking…

Even though am not working a “traditional” job these days, I still love the weekend. Mostly, I love it because G and I get to spend a ton of time together. We are even going to a big formal party event tomorrow for his work. I guess they do this every year and it’s a big to-do, but G has never been. I am very excited about it. I am also, wonder of wonders, actually excited about going to my weight watchers meeting today. I usually follow the FLEX plan, where you have a set number of points that you…