Tres Hombres

On the recommendation of slcup, I ventured to tees Hombres to try the Zacatecas Enchilada for lunch. A large flour tortilla filled with crab, shrimp, chilis and cheese. Covered in Spanish sauce. Delicious, but I wish it had a little more fire power. $12.99. An impressive tequila menu.

Todays Song: For Whom the Bell Tolls, BeeGees.

He Didn't Start the Fire.

Behold Billy Joel. The man landed Christie Brinkley!

Today's Song: Allentown, see above

UPPING MY GAME

As of late, I've been a little disappointed, I mean bored, with several of the blogs I read. Most importantly, my own. So I'm going to put in a little more effort today by posting TWICE, and this one will include MULTIPLE subjects, and REQUEST READER PARTICIPATION.

Last night I saw No Country for Old Men with B-Lo. She wasn't thrilled with it. Why, you ask? Here is her review: (POSSIBLE SPOILER, but not really)

"As for the movie last night, I got home, walked into my room and fully expected to get shot. It's not that I don't love to see all the Oscar movies, but I just need to see one with a little lightness and uplifting human message. I guess it's just not the year for that. It's not like filmmakers are getting happy ideas in the news or pop culture. This is certainly no country for old men.

I actually really liked the movie last night, but you know me, I always want the person to make off with the money, get the girl, and keep their drugs."

In her defense, the movies she's seen in the last weeks include: Control, American Gangster, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, The Lives of Others, and No Country for Old Men. Not good selections for a die hard Mandy Moore fan. Stella and Greg, however, love that setlist.

Next subject, In the pre-iPod, pre-internet days, I bought alot of cassette singles. CD singles were too expensive and full albums had too much filler. I sorted through old tapes recently, and here is a selection of some of my cassette singles:

1. If You Go, Jon Secada
2. Dreams, Gabrielle
3. All I Want, Toad the Wet Sprocket
4. Punk Rock Girl, Dead Milkmen
5. Whoomp! There it Is, Tag Team
6. Ya Gotta Be, Des'Ree
7. Macarena, Dunno
8. For Whom The Bell Tolls, Bee Gees
9. Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop), Q Feel
10. Send Me An Angel, Real Life

Am I alone here? Anyone else throw down their $1.99s for cassette singles? SJ?

Next subject, and more reader participation, if a man, say me, were to buy a pair of winter boots, which pair should he buy?

These:


These:


Or these:


Seriously, I want to hear from you. Vote in comments.

Palm Beach Winter

VT sent me this picture from the Palm Beach Lights on Party that was held last night. Wine and cheese was served. People wore typical madras shorts, Polos, sundresses, and sandals. Now that is a winter celebration I can get behind.

As it stands, this is as close as I'm getting to Palm Beach Lights on Party:

Sadly, that is not white sand in the background.

Today's Song: Move This, Technotronic (I had the cassette single!)

Signs, Signs, Signs

For years I've walked by this sign posted at Mrs. Backer's Pastry Shop on South Temple. I never saw any humour in it until today, when I noticed the duct tape. If you can't tell, the duct tape was recently installed to cover LDS BUSINESS. So essentially, until recently, if, say, a couple of home teachers wanted to buy a cake for a family, or maybe a primary teacher wanted to get some cupcakes for his or her class, they absolutely could not park in Mrs. Backer's lot. Now, however, they've relaxed the rules and if you want to conduct some LDS Business at the shop, you can go right ahead and park in their lot.

Of course the reason I never before noticed anything odd about the sign was that LDS Business College was right across the street from the shop. Now that it has moved to Triad, the lot is now able to accommodate whatever LDS Business traffic comes its way.

But actually, the sign is now even worse. "No IBM or PARKING ALLOWED" - so keep your typewriters, copiers, computers, and whatever IBM produces (as well as IBM employees) out of the parking lot. Furthermore, don't even bother parking in the lot. No parking in that parking lot. FULL STOP.

Off Topic: It's sad when the only candy you have immediately available is a package of cough drops. It's even sadder when you let it pass as candy.

Today's Song: Golden, My Morning Jacket

The Hap-Happiest Season of All

It's that time of year when the really good movies start getting released. This weekend I saw American Gangster (long, but I liked it), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (super good, but what happened to Ethan Hawke?), and saw The Lives of Others on dvd (slow, but mesmerizing). I intended to see No Country for Old Men, but that didn't pan out.

Now, a story about No Country for Old Men. I subscribe to Esquire magazine (quite cheap: like less than $8, and well better than GQ). Last month, I read this article about Josh Brolin who stars in NCfOM. Well, go figure, but that tale of the Coen Brothers accidentally casting Josh Brolin instead of his father, James Brolin, really stuck with me. Such that weeks ago, when Stella was talking about wanting to see the movie - I told her the story of the miscasting. She was surprised by it too. But, it turns out that maybe it was just a joke? And well it wasn't even maybe a joke, it was a joke. I fell for it though, and quite frankly, I'm glad other people did. I don't think the Coen Bros. and Mr. Brolin should be "blown away" that we were. Because the Esquire article was pretty well written.

Moral of the story: I can no longer believe everything I read in magazines. And that totally rocks my world.

Today's Song: Karma Chameleon, Culture Club

Fw: And I thought I couldn't spell!

Todays Song: Deck the Halls, Dean Martin

FIRST!!!

I LOVE SUNBURST!

No song today.

So This Was My Favorite Show

when I was 10: Cover Up.

Read about it here. I was terribly upset when the lead actor died on the set.

Today's Song: You Could Be Happy, Snow Patrol (a repeat, but it's just so good)

Happy Thanksgiving.

This year's Thanksgiving sweater. I knit it myself.

Today's Song: Lips Like Sugar, Echo & the Bunnymen

Three for Retirement

There comes a time when a person needs to remodel, revamp, and upgrade. I've reached that time - specifically, with respect to some of my, for lack of a better word, catchphrases. I've got three that are well-overused and are overdue for retirement. Accordingly, I am retiring the following phrases from my lexicon:

1. "Let me tell you a deep, dark secret . . ."

2. "Can we talk openly and honestly . . ."

3. "You want to hear something controversial?"

The deep dark secret of it all, is the secret is rarely, if ever, deep or dark. Openly and honestly, is usually open and honest, but all too often boring. And that controversial something, generally no real controversy exists. So! Those phrases are now retired. Like a Cornflower or Burnt Sienna crayola from the old 64 count pack.

In other news, last night I up a silver tinsel Christmas tree, decked its boughs with Urban Outfitters ornaments, and put up Christmas lights. I figure if I kick off this holiday season early, perhaps it will help me with my goal to enjoy winter this year.

Also, I went to Fashion Place mall yesterday. At both Dillards and Sears, I saw way too many "Sexy Santa" costumes available for purchase. What's a "Sexy Santa" costume? At Dillards, it's a plush red and white THONG with a plush stocking cap. Mind you, this festive display was right next to the Polo sale rack. At Dillards, it was a plush red and white boxer situation with stocking cap. Gross. If those sets sell out, they'll have to change the lyrics to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa" to "I Saw Mommy Kissing a Scary Pervert."

Today's Song: Lazy Eye, Silver Sun Pickups

The Sign Said "One Way"

I think about this classic sketch way too often.

Which is probably why I am going to have to buy this. And this.

A Gripe

Make sweaters more fitted so they don't have to be pinned to look good.

Todays Song: Return of the Mack, Mark Morrison

Some Random Thoughts

1. Gap, The Naturalist smells exactly like Jo Malone's Basil Tonic. Which is good, because the Jo Malone Basil Tonic was discontinued quite a while ago.

2. The huge pilsner glass for sale at Urban Outfitters only holds 48 ounces as opposed to the alleged 60 ounces. The wine glass, however, does hold an entire bottle of wine.

3. If you're wearing Heelys, you're going to get ID'd. Automatically.

4. It takes about two hours to really get the hang of Heelys.

5. A bottle of champagne doesn't go very far with six people.

6. DO NOT DOWNLOAD "JUST ANOTHER DAY" by ANGELINA. Public Service announcement.

7. Slcup is fun to shop with.

8. It's been a year since I lost my passport and I still haven't replaced it. I am not the jet setter I thought I was.

9. I got a job application for Urban Outfitters.

Today's Song: Goodbye Girl, David Gates

Always

take time to smell November roses.

Happy Birthday Susie.

Todays song: shadow of the day, Linkin Park

First Apartment

Todays song: Faithfully, Journey

Shoes.

Let's get some shoes. (And for Stella. Probably NSFW.)

I have had my eye on these for about seven years:

And I've had my eye on these for about two years:

But when I found out yesterday that these were available in my size, I forgot about the two above and placed an order for overnight delivery of these:

That's right: Heelys for Big Boys. I've wanted a pair ever since some little kid went whizzing by by me at the mall with his super speedy roller shoes. If they get here before lunch, I'm wheeling down to Gateway to check out the Urban Outfitters store. And I'm seriously hoping I don't end up in hospital.

EDIT: THESE BITCHES ARE HARD TO MANEUVER. I DO NOT THINK I AM READY TO HEELY TO GATEWAY.

EDIT 2: I may have spoken too soon. Am moving around the office quite well.

EDIT 3: I felt more than a little silly rolling around Gateway. The hipsters at Urban Outfitters weren't impressed with my mad skillz.

Today's Shoe:

Today's Song: Shoes, Kelly

Today's post inspired by slcup.

The Not So Soft Side of KOSY

Who wants to hear about me catching a mouse in my house at 2 a.m.? No one? Alright, I've got another topic. Some of you may have already heard the story on morning radio, but some of you, say maybe Deanna in Chicago, probably haven't. So for those of you, here goes.

Brief background, first: KOSY is a soft rock station in SLC. Very, very soft. Like "Have You Never Been Mellow" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "I Want To Make It With You" and "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" soft. I know! Dream station, right? Well it would be except for there's whole lot of Celine Dion, Elton John ("Circle of Life" as opposed to "Levon" which is a very important distinction), and Gloria Estafan mixed in. So not so dreamy after all. There are two other things KOSY is known for: Showtunes Saturday Night (self-explanatory) and the fact that they start an all Christmas music format every year around, say, Labor Day and it goes through Martin Luther King Day, I think.

So, here is an e-mail that an actual KOSY listener recently sent to the station:

From: ***Redacted***
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:57 PM
To: ***Also Redacted***
Subject: KOSY_FM Site Message from ***Redacted*** visitor

Not only did you get rid of Erica from the morning show and especially
SHOW TUNES SATURDAY NIGHT, but you are playing Christmas music again?
It isn't even Thanksgiving. Can you give us a break?

And why did you get rid of Erica? Have you listed to the person that is
on Show Tunes Saturday Night now? She is boring and plays songs no one
knows.
________________

Okay, so KOSY's PR department, replied to the e-mail as follows:

From: ***PR Guy at Clear Channel Owned KOSY***
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:06 PM
To: ***Redacted Listener name***
Subject: RE: KOSY_FM Site Message from ***Redacted*** visitor

WOW. You wanna back that down a notch? The audience seems to really enjoy the Christmas music. The fact that you are this bitter might keepyou from having a good time but many are delighted that we are playing it. Maybe you've got some idea what we should tell the people that depend on this station doing well to put groceries on the table. 18thplace isn't cutting it and that's where the KOSY morning show was ranked in the ratings. 18th place!!! That's the best thing you have to do on a Tuesday night at 9:00 PM is tee off on someone about the Saturday night show? Great. You don't like the show. What now? Which part of "no one" have you surveyed to see if anyone knows the songs on Saturday night? Yourself? Laura has been an actress for years and a show tunes fan herself for her entire life. Maybe it's not the show for you. We try to deliver something enjoyable. Many like what they hear, if you don't I sincerely hope you find a station you enjoy and I thank you for the time you've spent listening to KOSY.

***REDACTED name of PR GUY***
KOSY 106.5
***Redacted telephone number***

__________________________

Not exactly the response you would have expected from KOSY, right?

Today's Song: Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels), Jim Croce

Story re: today's song. New Year's Eve - 2002, I believe. I'm in San Diego with Jim and Susie. It's January 2. We're due to fly home that day. Jim is never, ever fun on the last day of a trip. He wakes up, and he's already gone to home in his mind. So we sit down to a pre-flight lunch at Croce's - named after famed folk singer, Jim Croce. I say to Susie, "Susie is Jim still alive?" Susie reaches over, pats Jim's hand and says, "Well, he's a little tired but I think he'll make it." Rolling my eyes, I said: "Croce, Susie. JIM CROCE!"

Bah dum bump!

So I Love Old Pictures

especially of places I am very familiar with. For example, Salt Lake City, Farmington, Kaysville, etc. Did anyone out there ever see the "Utah in the 50's" series that ran on KUED Channel 7 for a few years? I loved that series. The old pictures and the old-timers talking about shopping at Paris department store and going to concerts at Lagoon and seeing movies at the Orpheum, etc. I went to a fundraiser on Monday night and there was a well-to-do society lady there and yesterday I "googled" her to find out her family history. That led me to this site on the history of Main Street, the rise of the downtown malls, and the decline of Main Street. In addition to some really neat photographs, the site also has a plethora of interesting facts. For example, the K-Mart at Parleys Way was Utah's first K-Mart and it was recently sold to Walmart and Cottonwood Mall opened in 1963 and it was the first mall to open west of the mighty Mississip. My favourite is the picture of a bustling Main Street circa 1950. Now, to see a site like that, you'd have to go to Fashion Place mall on a rainy Saturday. I think that is pretty sad.

I am almost done with season 1 of Tell Me You Love Me. And I pretty sure I knew this before, but I'm more certain of it now: I like my drama series dark. And I think this show is pretty dark. Not dark in the "how is that paraplegic deaf mute ever going to survive the Holocaust" dark, but more dark in the way that it portrays the trials and tribulations of everyday relationships and lets the characters be screwed up. The music though is the highlight for me. At the end of episode 7, Snow Patrol's "You Could be Happy" played and I was so taken aback by the lyrics that I teared up. Seriously, listen to that song and tell me you don't wish that you could end relationships with such sweet words. Like Dr. May Foster says, and I paraphrase here, the ending to a relationship should be treated with just as much gentleness, caring, and respect as any other part of the relationship. Snow Patrol says, "Somehow everything I own smells of you - And for the tiniest moment it's all not true - Do the things that you always wanted to - Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do - -More than anything I want to see you, girl - Take a glorious bite out of the whole world". How sweet is that? Almost as heart wrenching as Jude's, I Do. (That one gets me teary each time I hear it.)

So those will be today's songs: You Could Be Happy, Snow Patrol and I Do, Jude

(Lyrics to I Do: I got a letter today
An invitation
And the writing looked like you
Hello how are you and by the way
Please RSVP I do
I thought of writing sad words of how it used to be
But I didn't want to bring you down, no
I guess the bells will ring pretty well there without me
Don't worry 'bout me baby I'll wear the thorny crown
I will play the clown
(Chorus)If you think that I don't love you, you're just wrong
And that don't matter now anyway
I couldn't bear to see you up there with a white dress on
Here's my vow to you
I'll stay away
I remember when in a lover's whisper you said
No other man would ever share your bed
Well we both know that's not been so
And I wish I'd never let you go now
You found a better man instead
I wish you health and wealth and a white house on a hill
and I hope you raise a family
Little boy and a little girl, a little more joy in this little old world
Well, that'd be enough for me
(Chorus) Time rolls on
And dreams they die
And I've thrown out the pictures I had of you and I
And if you're ever wondering if love can be true
Well, think of me and remember darling like I, like I do
Old friendships fade away, love falls apart
And you've not spent a single day outside my heart
But, there's just one more dream that I have left for you
I hope you're smiling when he turns around and says I do. . .I do I do I do I do)

And tomorrow - more songs to make you cry . . .

Maui Babe

In Ko Olina, "Yeah, I stole Ava's smoothie. So what."

Todays song: My Name is Jonas, Weezer

Look at this

Selling parking strips as ad space. Who thinks of this?!

Todays Song: Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis

The thing is

He or she looks uninterested, but after this picture was taken I got licked.

Todays song: Paint it Black, The Rolling Stones

Multimedia message

Woe that I were a mere bud light.

Copy Cat vol. I

Look, if I am going to do a post every day of this month, I'm going to have to either (a) get creative, or (b) plagiarize. And I choose (b).

Today's post is inspired by a blog I read all the time: DeeDee's.

I remember first flipping through a J.Crew catalog sometime in, probably, 1988. I think Linda Evangelista was modeling in it - if that tells you anything. Anyway, I've been a J.Crew fan for, holy shit, ahem - excuse me - nearly twenty years. I am either THAT OLD or I was just really fashion forward as a tween.

Moving on to the point of the post: I love the J.Crew Christmas catalogs, but the online store is getting better and better. Seriously, check it out right now, right here. Although I preferred the Scotland video they did last month, this month's homepage video is pretty good too. The behind the scenes'ness of it. Damn. I'm still not to the point of this post.

Here we go: Here are some things I really like at J.Crew right now . . .


I had a J Crew peacoat on my Christmas list for a few years running, but some for reason they were always on backorder so I would change my mind in favor of something else. This year, I'm getting a peacoat. The thing is, do I go with the J.Crew version or go with the much, much cheaper Old Navy version. Something to think about.


I love J.Crew's new redesign of the classic Oxford shirt. Their version has a narrower collar and a tighter, trimmer fit. A definite must buy. (Though you really can't go wrong with the $19.50 standard trim fit Oxfords at Land's End.)


I like to get a new sweater for Thanksgiving each year. It's become one of my select traditions. I like the look of this sweater because you could wear it casual or dress it up for work or a party. In fact, it would go nicely with the Oxford above. And to give the look extra pop, I like the idea of this tie:


With faded jeans it would be a sharp casual look for a Friday, but with slacks (what word do you use?) it could almost be slightly formal. This tie though may be one of those J.Crew items that looks awesome in the catalog, but then you actually look at in person and it isn't at all what you thought it would be. In the olden days, before there were actual J.Crew stores where you could go in and look at an item before you bought it, you had to go off pictures in the catalog. All too often the delivered item and the pictured item did not match up. And the merchandise went back to J.Crew in Virginia. (Come on, who remembers those dark days?) With respect to this tie here, if it lived up to expectations, it would be a great Happy New Year! celebration tie. For such an occasion, I see it with a black or dark grey suit and a crisp white shirt. And a microphone, a cover band, a buffet, a martini bar - sorry, tangent.


I've had my eye on this ID bracelet for a few months now. It's another one of those things that I kind of like the idea of, but am not sure it would play out well in practice. People would assume I have high blood pressure, or diabetes, or am allergic to bee stings or some other condition that requires a MedicAlert bracelet.


This item clearly falls into the great idea in theory, but totally worthless in practice category. A key chain flask that holds one ounce. These will surely be flying off the shelves.

Okay, so then tomorrow I will tell you all about football and my fantasy league team.

Today's Song: Cigarettes Will Kill You, Ben Lee; Ride, Cary Brothers (both in concert tonight at In the Venue - should be really, super good - see you there maybe)

Does this count?

As, like, a full post? I mean I really just want to say one thing:

The idea of Nicole Kidman on the CMA red carpet with the likes of Kellie Pickler just kills me. It shouldn't, I know, but it does.

I'll say a couple of other things for some, um, filler, if you will.

I've always been bad with commas.

I don't like that the upstairs tv's at my new old gym only feature news. At old gym, there was a tv dedicated to MTV. And the little bit of time I spent on the treadmill each week watching closed captioned MTV made it possible for me to carry on conversations with Susie. Now, I'm lost. I don't know anyone that wants to talk about what they saw on the evening news. Maybe B-Lo. For whatever reason, she loves the CNN.

I wish I would have worked at least one retail job while I was in college. I've probably already told you that. But then, as now, I worked in an office and I just sort of feel like I missed out on something important, you know. Like employee discounts on socks and shirts.

Tell me you love me. Just kidding. Tell Me You Love Me. Who's watching this show on HBO? I'm a late comer to it and I find it really depressing, but yet I'm hooked. It has great music, and well, good music has been enough to keep me watching Grey's Anatomy.

Today's Song: Strange and Beautiful, Aqualung

I got peeped.

Or maybe I flashed? Either way, I was naked. This morning I had to walk from my bedroom to another room where my laundry basket was loaded with clean clothes. I needed boxers and a vest, so, well, I walked into the other room to get them after my shower. This caused me to walk by a window naked. Not a big deal right? I'd think not, but as I passed back by - I noted a ladder at the window and a someone standing on it. Turns out it was a guy on the ladder painting a shutter. I learned this later when I went out to my car to drive to work.

You want me to think you are illiterate? Simply say "ex-et-er-uh" to me over and over.* Last I checked, the word is spelled e-t-c-e-t-e-r-a and not e-x-e-t-e-r-a. I mention this because an attorney kept mispronouncing the word in court yesterday. I don't really get hung up on things like this.

I mastered the "Easy" level of Guitar Hero 3, and now I have to start all over again at Medium which means faster play and an additional key. So far Medium is not going well.

Someone called me the other night at 3:16 a.m. (Does anyone recognize this number: 688-2011?) Caller didn't leave a message.

I am ashamed to say I didn't vote yesterday. I never not vote. I'm glad the elections turned out well even without my vote.

Today's Song: It's Not Right, But It's Okay, Whitney Houston (for Susie)

*Jim, obviously, this does not apply to you.

Today I took back Starbucks.

My local Starbucks anyway. In early September I went to Acme Burger after a U game. While waiting for a table, I spied a table full of my local barristas having a birthday dinner. In a regrettable though not unprecedented move, I went over to the table and chatted them up. The problem is I don't chat them up when I buy coffee. In hindsight it was no big deal, but I feared at the time that I had been too friendly and too eager. So I then avoided that Starbucks until today - nearly two months! Today I faced my fear and went in. The girls were sweet and asked about my bum foot (evidencing the length of my absence). Am glad to have my local back.
Today's song: Flipside; the Click 5 (played during preview for this week's GA)

NaBloPoMo 4 Me

I missed, let's see, one, two, and three days of posting in November, but I don't think it is too late to commit to a post everyday this month. Especially with mobile blogging capabilities. So it's on, I guess.

I spent the weekend in St. George. I've never found St. George to be a particularly pretty city, but this time, this visit, I actually did. Maybe it was because Stella took us out into nature for a grueling hike. Or because I got to swim in November. I made a stop by Brigham Young's "Winter Home" which I've wanted to do the last few times I've been in St. George, but never got around to it. It's about what you'd expect.

Coffee House is the best channel on Sirius radio, in my opinion.

I've been playing quite a bit of Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock the past few days. If I weren't such a rock star, I'd feel like a total dweeb.

Today's Song: Blue Monday, Flunk

Out of Sorts

I went to a charity fundraising breakfast this morning. I've had it on my calendar for a couple weeks and was well aware of what time I had to be there (a few minutes before 8:00a.m.), where it would be (hotel downtown), and that I should dress up. I went to bed last night with all of these details firmly in my head.

Nevertheless, I messed up my alarm clock (anyone else ever aim for the "Snooze" button, but actually hit another button, say "white noise", which subsequently prevents the alarm from going off again as intended?). I woke with a start at 7:52a.m. Jumped out of bed and looked in the mirror to see red, puffy eyes, two days of stubble, and hair like Doc Brown's in Back to the Future. So here's what I did: Rohto for the red eyes (one of my favourite products); Origins "No Puffery" also for the eyes (another great product); dipped my hair in the sink and slicked it back with Ted Baker's fixing wax (this stuff is awesome). I left the stubble (why is stubble so much more acceptable these days?). I threw on a shirt, tie, pants, socks, shoes, and shot of Bond No. 9 "Wall Street". I then raced out of the house in manner of Charles in Four Weddings and A Funeral. I believe my shoes were even untied.

Traffic on 500 South was heavier than I expected and parking was a monumental task. I arrived at the breakfast, oh, 15 minutes late and worried that the law school classmate that invited me and chaired the table was going to be rather upset. I wasn't the only late one, however, and it all worked out.

Except for one thing. I didn't shower this morning.

I can say that in all my post-graduate school years of working, there have been maybe three or four - well, maybe half a dozen - times that I have been so pressed for time in the morning that I had to skip the morning shower. And every time that happens, I am just off for the whole day. That morning shower - Monday through Friday* - is the actual start of my day. That, more than say, coffee or cereal, is the official kick-off for my day. And if I miss kick-off, the day is off to a losing start and I have a very hard time turning it around.

So, I'm out of sorts today and contemplating a return home at lunch to shower.

Today's Song: Broken Heart, Motion City Soundtrack (my heart though is actually just fine)

*I am compelled to specify Monday through Friday because there have been times, generally in the summer and generally when I'm in, like, maybe Las Vegas, that I can go two or three days without actually showering. And certain people, like, maybe B-Lo and Susie, take great pleasure in pointing that out whenever they can. So I am beating them to the punch here and stating that sometimes showers are optional on weekends and vacations - especially when you spend most of that weekend or vacation in water anyway.