I wish that I had Jesse's girl.

Not really. I heard she's an ass.

This just in - Pantene is the shampoo that promises to take your hair to Electric Avenue. (where you can, this weekend only, buy a fridge and pay nothing until 2007!)

I got a very lovely newsletter and fortune cookie at work today courtesy of a certain someone’s hard work and crazy overtime. I haven’t read the whole thing, but something caught my attention in the descriptions of what you’re supposed to be like if you’re born in a particular year. I was born in the year of the snake; according to the research, I am romantic, deep thinking, wise and charming, although I tend to dismiss others too quickly and am a bit stingy with money. Mostly true (jury’s still out on whether or not I get the gold for Most Charming this year), except I never really thought of myself as stingy with money. Stingy says to me I’m not willing to help others out if they need it and that’s never been the case. I do have issues with spending money on myself, though, and I don’t know if that qualifies. A lot of it is leftovers from never having ANY extra money back in California - the cost of living is way higher there and I was earning slightly less than I make here. Through that I learned to be super practical about spending. This translates to I never went shopping. Ever. I got into the habit of putting blinders up when I was out shopping, because even if I was at the mall I couldn’t afford to shop so why bother even looking. And I’m far from rolling in the dough now, but since the move there is actually a little extra money after all the bills get paid with each paycheck. I'm finding the never shopping is a very hard habit to break.

Another side to this is little pangs of guilt over feeling like I should be helping to support my younger brothers and sisters. I know it’s not my responsibility. I feel bad anyways. But that, my friends, is a whole other set of issues for another time. I’m going to take care of the mountain of dishes in my sink, and then I think I’m going to Target for some swanky Swell stuff since I don’t get The Jamie Kennedy Experiment on my tv.

(You remember that one Simpsons where a bunch of the kids got stranded on a desert island? "It'll be like Lord of the Flies but with swearing. We'll live like kings! Damn hell ass kings!" I have no idea why that just popped into my head.)