Sunday, October 24, 2010

Just so I can say that I've written something lately...

I'll post this: I have nothing to say about much of anything. Except I am being worn down by rejections from publications. And I told the people who wanted to represent me "No". I may have sealed my own fate like a moron.

And my son's hair is an abomination. Both of them look homeless. It pains me. Oh well. Nothing new there.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Best.Dancers.EVER.

I admit I've become rather addicted to aimless wandering through YouTube. I can't help it. You can find ANYTHING on that thing. It's amazing. There is probably a video of your first kiss or the time you walked out of the restroom in high school with toilet paper stuck to the bottom of your shoe on that site. Or not. Maybe it's just me. Anyhow, a friend of mine found a video that she shared with me, and it's potentially the best video I've ever seen of anything. To include the videos of the births of my children. I LOVE those videos, but nobody else does. EVERYBODY loves this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aWTHBa9FJY

Seriously, do yourself a favor and watch it. Now. Go. Now. Then come back here. I'll wait.

Did you do it? Because isn't it the single most amazing display of ...what? I don't even know what to call it. It's just awe-inspiring. I would like to find those two men and hire them. Filthy pants and Peruvian hat and all. The whole deal. That stupid assed song is stuck in my head, too. I could do without that, but it does make it easier to imagine the fiercely superior dance moves of the two maestros of rhythm.

I have come to feel that I know them, those two anonymous hoofers. I not only feel that I know them, but I think I'm in love with them a tiny bit. How could you not be? To have that...joie de vivre...that...j'nais se whatever...it would change your world like no amount of mind altering drugs, no Yoga ashram, no meditation, no praying...nothing...nothing could possibly be that deeply moving. Just to be able to smoothly make those motorcycle revving motions with one's hands whilst simultaneously kicking oneself in one's own ass whilst wearing white trousers...it would be the end all and be all of the ultimate "bucket list".

How did you like my masterful usage of the word "whilst" not once, but twice in one sentence? I am pretty impressed with myself, to be quite honest. We don't use words such as "whilst" nearly often enough. Also, we don't pronounce the 't' in the word "often" nearly often enough. It makes it sound much more ummmm...what's the word? Much more....smart. No. NO! I thought of the word I was looking for: intellectual. There. It makes one seem much more intellectual. Yeah. Which brings me back to the Amazing Dancing Duo.

I doubt they are very often called "intellectual", or even "smart", but one cannot deny their animal magnetism. They are dancing a veritable tribute to life at that Quincenera. They are shuffling and stomping their way into the collective whatsitcalled. The unconsciousness? The subconsciousness? Just the consciousness? I'm not sure which word it is I'm looking for there. In other words, soon, EVERYONE will know them. You will be able to simply say, "Hey, you know those two drunk dudes dancing?" and everyone ..EVERYONE will know what you mean.

Maybe they can get me a decent book deal, then. With my luck, they'll be too busy or whatever to help, though. Bastards.

Monday, October 4, 2010

My days of protesting in Paris and being tear gassed....oh you disbelievers...

well, get ready to believe. I found it on Youtube. In case you were unaware, you can find ANYTHINGon Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK_i9N2Ckj4

We were there. I thought it was a "street festival". Don't ask. It was the cops beating their nightsticks against their riot shields. However, who can say they were tear gassed during a French Student riot in Paris during Spring Break?

And the dreadlocked guy? TOTALLY started the riot we were in. He had a megaphone, so it sort of sounded like latin music where they holler rapidly in a megaphone, and actually he was inciting people to throw stuff at cops who were guarding St. Sulpice Cathedral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v-NuZtErl1AJY

And please excuse the horrid Euro Techno music. I have no explanation for that.

FYI: We were not the "troublemakers". We were killing time until our dinner reservation, which we never made because we were quite unpresentable because of tear gas and basic freaking out. And yes, it was Paris in the Springtime. Which is freezing cold, btw. Enjoy!!!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

This jacked up economy

"Jacked up" is not the phrase I wish to use, but I'll try and pull back on my cursing for a moment.

Here's the deal: I have all of my family on my health insurance which is "provided" by my employer. "Provided" is a real misnomer because I pay over $1,100 a MONTH on health insurance. Seriously. I work in order to have insurance. My husband is retired, we have one child in college, one a senior in high school and our youngest is a freshman in high school. I provide the insurance. I can't just up and quit because of the insurance. So, we've decided to get creative and find ways to cut back on it. I've looked into actually PROVIDING it ourselves, and the cost is barely less, if at all. Our children are legally supposed to be provided insurance by my ex husband, but based on his not having insurance in the past and telling me that he did, and us being told at the Dr.'s office that my children weren't insured, I've begun carrying them myself in order to make sure they are covered. He now promises me he does indeed have them covered, and he'll send me the card. I will believe it when I see it, and then I'll call the carrier daily to check that they are insured. Problem is, if I take them off of mine, I cannot add them back for any reason for a year. We have the little window called "open enrollment" in October, and if you take them off, they are off until the next "open enrollment" comes around. Same with our daughter, who does have a biological mother who is IN MY OPINION the sorriest excuse for a human being I've ever seen in my life. Ever since my husband and I married 11 years ago, and combined our families, she has been a pain in the ass. When they divorced, she didn't want custody of her only child who was only 6 years old at the time. So, my husband had sole custody. They made some deal so that she didn't pay child support. The ONLY obligation she had was to provide health insurance for her child. Which she did VERY grudgingly, and with constant bitching. Now that the child is 19, she is no longer covered under her mother's plan because on her 18th birthday, her "mother" cancelled her. Therefore, I do carry her, because I am not a piece of shit. My husband's retirement health plan was expensive, so we put him on mine. If you have one dependent, it's the same as 20 on my plan. So, I added him. Therefore, we pay a King's Ransom in health insurance premiums every single month. It's criminal.
We are going to try and fix it, but let's face it...the options are severely limited.
I am in a craptastic mood as a result. This is all I have for now. I hate insurance companies.