Tonight I'm going to do an exercise from middle and high school. You know, the one where you write and write about whatever comes to mind for a certain amount of time or space to come up with ideas for writing. Well, this isn't to come up with ideas - it's more to get the damn ideas out of my freakin' head so I can go to sleep. Insomnia sucks ass! Anyone have any cures (besides medication - I'm trying to limit my meds to just those that are necessary - like when I was dying in pain from my migraine the other day - seems to me as though sleeping pills will just make me rely on them to sleep anytime)?
My brother Brad is trying out for Jeopardy. He has an invite for the San Francisco Contestant Search Sept. 11th. I wish him great luck! Maybe he can become the next Jeopardy winner to go on for months. I hope the subjects are music, gay culture, designing, furniture, and clothing brand names. If so, he will do well.
Charles and I want to nominate our family for Trading Spouses. I really want some woman to come here and be mommy for a week to my kids and try to do the activities we do here. She'd have NO problem with Charles - he is easy-going and would probably appreciate anyone here who is easier to live with than me - I think that'd be a pretty easy person to find. I am a bit moody and difficult to comprehend at times. Hah, but let the woman try to find effective strategies for parenting Dylan and Alyssa. I love my kids dearly, but I know a mom not used to them and their temperaments would go crazy. She'd be crying to go home. Plus, I really want $50,000. I know the other mom would decide how we spent it, but Charles would know just how to plant the ideas in her head so she knew what to let us spend the money on. Just don't send me to a staunch Republican household or a household where the guy is into someone like Rush Limbaugh or obssesses about sports. Then I may have to hurt some people. You'd see crazy lady on the tv screen. It would make for good tv, though I might get sued. LOL
I didn't think I'd watch the Olympics. I hate how we're supposed to root for the USA to win everything. Other Olympians have interesting stories and spend years of their life devoted to preparing for the Olympics too. They deserve praise and cheers as well. Although I didn't think I'd watch, I've actually watched quite a few events. Gymnastics has always interested me - I can remember the 1984 games the most- maybe because they were in LA and boycotted by several countries. Hey, I bet if this year's Olympics were being held here in the US, there'd be some boycotts from other countries. Anyway, I loved watching the Japanese men's gymnastics team win gold tonight, and the US team win silver. The contest was tight and the performances were amazing to watch. The Japanese were amazing on the high bar. I've also watched the women's quailification rounds and several swimming events. Charles was up last night, unable to sleep due to a belly ache (poor guy), so he watched water polo at 3 am. That doesn't sound like a fun sport to play. Not at all. All that treading water. Yuck!
Oh, I saw this story on our local news station yesterday. A local reporter from Baltimore was over in Greece, making all sorts of freakish comments and joking about the Greek plumbing system. How the pipes are only about 2 inches wide, so people are not supposed to flush toilet paper in the toilets. There are trash cans with lids for that purpose. People who live in Greece are used to this - it is part of their culture. Their plumbing system is centuries old and toilet paper can cause terrible problems. Signs are posted everywhere to make athletes and visitors aware. This stupid reporter went so far as to laughingly report "violators" to Greek police and mock the way things are done. Does he not realize he is perpetuating the stereotype of the ignorant American who expects all cultures to be just like ours?! Idiot. If he was working for me, his ass would SO be fired!
Times up for my free thoughts. I bet you're glad. Until tomorrow.....
Go BRAD! How cool is that? We'll be rooting for him, too!
Olympics are a great show. I enjoy them. I think my fave part is hearing the stories of the olypians. One of my favorite runners from the days of Jackie Joyner Kersey and Florence Grifith Joyner (Flo-Jo, RIP), Gail Deevers, fell from an injury during her best event, 100 m hurdles. I've always been amazed by the female runners. Gymnastics are neat, but I think they're also a little freakish. I love to watch, though. specially when my hubby ison night shift.
Trading Spouses? Is that for real? Oye! I think that'd be awful. You are more daring than I.
My little brother and his wife are expecting! Yeehaw! Can't wait.
My GloryBlue is just a fartin layin here. It is ultra nasty.
Is that really a tv show? I cant get over that.
Posted by: Candice | Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 08:44 PM