random stuff 'cos it's random

It's almost 8pm on Sunday night. I'm back at work tomorrow. I've already had a shower and a shave because tomorrow I might be short of time. Yesterday maria fell, tripped, and smashed her knees into concrete. Last night was not a great night, she was in a lot of pain, and kept disturbing. This, of course, disturbed me. We aren't going to go to bed until 11pm tonight (it's the final of Celebrity Apprentice and yes, we are this sad). I'm pretty sure I will fall asleep quickly but there is a chance that my brain is already thinking about tomorrow. Worse, I haven't woken up before 7/8am for two weeks. When the alarm kicks in at 6:15am it is going to be a struggle to get up. There is a chance that I really don't want to shower and shave. Plus, maria's knees are really hurting her, she can't drive. I'm going to have to drive to work tomorrow. This isn't a particular problem except, except maria is in pain, her knees hurt, and the only way she can distract herself is to think. Thinking about me driving in Mexico causes maria an immense amount of pain. In theory, she's not worried too much about me, it is every other eijit on the road. In her mind, she'd be happy if I set off to school at 4am, when there is less traffic. So I have to leave early. Now do you understand why I've showered and shaved already?

We've got neighbours. All of a sudden the block of flats has moved from only one occupied flat (us) to full (all four occupied). Last night the two students downstairs, in flat one, had a party that went on until 5am. The good news is, it wasn't that bad. The music was awful but it wasn't too loud - we could hear it but (in those moments when maria wasn't crying) we could still fall asleep. The woman next door, in flat four, moved in this weekend. We think she might have a dog. We aren't sure because it is a small, whiny, yappy-type dog if it exists. We've heard weird noises and not been able to put our fingers on it yet. We've been warned told that flat two is also to be occupied this week. All of this is good news/bad news. The bad news is that we are now surrounded by people who will have parties, will make strange noises, will annoy us at some stage. But the good news is that we are now surrounded by people - which makes us feel safer.

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Just received a phone call from a friend. He's convinced that his company is going to fold within the next couple of months. Some people would freeze at this moment, my friend just sees it as a world of opportunity. How much opportunity? He's invested in a taco stand and has spent the weekend selling tacos on the street. Absolutely fantastic!

It was Mother's Day today. May 10th is always Mother's Day in Mexico. It isn't a Sunday, it is May 10th. Got that? Mother's Day is a big event in Mexico. I realise that Mother's Day is a big thing world wide (because Hallmark has made it so) but in Mexico it isn't commercial, it's honest.  Example: after dropping the kids back off at their dad's (yep, even though they've been with us for two weeks they had (HAD) to return and spend time on Mother's Day with their mother), we parked the car and the guy who lives on the other side of the road was walking into his house, shouted at maria: "Felicidades!" Congratulations on being a mother. It is an important thing in Mexico.

I've never liked Joan Rivers. This is not important in the whole scheme of things, and I'm pretty sure that she isn't losing sleep over it. However, I've had Joan Rivers thrust upon my every Sunday night - we've been following Celebrity Apprentice. The one thing it has done for me is to move my feelings for Joan Rivers, change them totally. Now, I no longer dislike her...I actively hate her. Hate is something I don't do a lot of, I really don't have the time or energy for it. But, this moment, I hate Joan Rivers. The good news is that by tomorrow I'll have reset back to dislike. Which really is shorthand for "don't care".

Not mad keen on Dennis Leary either, always thought of him as a poor man's Bill Hicks. However, give him his due, every time I come into contact with him (normally via the boob-tube as he rarely visits) he manages to change my opinion of him. As much as it grieves me to say it, I kind of like him (that noise you can hear is Bill Hicks trying to hunt me down, and kill me). Anyhoo, he's doing an advert for Hulu at the moment. We loved the Seth MacFarlane Hulu advert - how freaky is it to hear all those different voices come out of one perso's mouth. But the Dennis Leary advert includes a line that, every time we hear it, we repeat to each other:

Your bliggity blogs, your facey spaces, your tweety pages.

Which reminds me, in case you missed it, we are no longer on Facebook. Simple reason (and it might be a warning to you), maria wasn't happy with the privacy. She had blocked someone from her page, ticked all the correct boxes, even visited the page to make sure that her updates weren't appearing there..and then that person commented on an update. Privacy/security is important to us. Facebook failed maria and, even though she loves her farm(s), it was goodbye to Facebook.

We had sushi today. I had my first curry at the age of six/seven. I didn't have my first Chinese meal until I was 18. I had my first McDonalds when I was 21 - yep, honest truth. It wasn't until 1982 that a MickeyDee opened up in Twickenham. I didn't have sushi until I was 35+. Today we had sushi. I'm crap with chopsticks. Do you know how weird it is to watch an eight year old, a fourteen year old be so much more coordinated with chopsticks than this here 47 year old? Hey, ho. I love their rice by the way. Bought an extra portion so that I can have it for lunch at school tomorrow...I'll be using a spoon.

[Look away Croila] The Mighty Blades drew on Friday, drew away - so the away goal counts double if it is all level at the end. Monday (tomorrow, in fact in less than 12 hours as I look at it) the second leg takes place at BDTBL (that's Beautiful Down Town Bramall Lane). Positive thoughts (you're exempted Mr. TLC) would be appreciated.

I realise that my love of reality programmes (Hell's Kitchen, So you Think You can Dance, Celebrity Apprentice) probably demeans me in your opinion but that's just the way I roll. Anyhoo, I'm one advert break away from the winner of Celebrity Apprentice being declared and I am so fucking annoyed. Why do some people think they have a given-right to demand they should win, just because...some people need to be slapped. So if anyone wants to go round and slap Joan Rivers, count me in. And then I hear that the Miss California is about to be stripped of her title. This means nothing to you (and should mean nothing to me) but the woman has been mocked, ridiculded, and attacked for her personal beliefs. When asked, in the Miss America final, her thoughts about gay marriage, she answered honestly. She accepted that it was legal in her country (although it isn't in her state, the state she represents) but was not for her or her family. Now, my politics aside, this is a fair answer - it isn't for her and her family. Unfortunately, her questioner was a gay man, annoyed about the fact that a vote (a free democratic vote) went against gay marriage in California. Now, it doesn't matter how wrong I, or he, thinks this vote is. This was the choice of a state in America, a state that has the fifth largest economy in the world. Of course, I disagree but let her say what she believes (I am that liberal), he has a blog with millions of readers, and she becomes a national target. And so, weirdly, I find myself not only defending a beauty pageant winner, but also a person against gay marriage  - there are moments when being this liberal really freaks me out.

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[Blue Witch]

How apt is my post today when I read comment crap like that?

Hope school has gone OK. Glad you've seen through FB. Shame most of the rest of the world don't...

[(S)wine]

This just in (via Twitter):
"Donald Trump will let Miss California USA Carrie Prejean keep her title despite controversy over semi-nude photos and charges by state pageant officials that she had abandoned her duties to devote time to opposition to same-sex marriage."

What I find eyebrow raising is the line: "...charges by state pageant officials that she had ABANDONED HER DUTIES TO DEVOTE TIME TO OPPOSITION TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE."

Hmmm...so now, if she actively works AGAINST gay marriage, then, does that change your opinion? Because that definitely puts a different spin on things.

You are a good man and you give people like this the benefit of the doubt; I am a bad man and I assume the worst...and unfortunately I am, most of the time, vindicated for my curmudgeon-ness.

Cheers.

[(S)wine]

this here lady is getting waaaay too much press, i agree, but lookie what i found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwkTAzcToic

[will]

You've got to lurve Keith Olbermann - the man is just genius. I don't know if you ever catch him on NBC football, but his summarising is just fun, fun, fun.

However, to the point, yep - I see the good in everyone, you see the bad, and maria believes that is what gives the universe balance. But I think I'm going to have to give this one to you - I lose! The woman is an idiot and shouldn't be allowed near a microphone, never mind be given an audience for her verbal ramblings.

In my defence, I had just watched Miss Congeniality, and was thinking well of "pageant-partakers" (plus I really do hate whatshisface, the guy who asked the question). But, I've had enough now. She's had her 15 minutes, she has nothing to say, I'm bored - bring on the next shiny thing that can distract me.

[(S)wine]

and all this back and fro' and on the Daily Show Jon Stewart was basically like: PEOPLE! WHO GIVES A FUCK?! so there, yea. oh, it's not about winning or losing an argument...i was pissed that she worked against gay marriage and appeared in some radio ads or lobbied for the conservative wing.

whatshisname with the celeb web site is a douchebag, i totally agree.