So this was one of
those "just-before-you-wake-up" dreams that was
extremely vivid...
I worked at
Sterling Cooper. I was in a small office, it was my
office, and I was franticallly walking around
people to get things done. There were about 7 people
in a confined space everyone was a client except Peggy
who was my secretary and Don who was her
husband. He was pointing out how she was doing
too much for me being very defensive. I started to get
in his face (he stayed seated). I finally said
"There's nothing she does for me that I wouldn't
do for her. I'd get her coffee." He said something
else demeaning and I told him to fuck off and
walked out of the room. I heard the head boss say
that I would go on temporary suspension for that.
The voice was Obama. !??!
So I go into
the elevator to go down to the ground floor in an
effort to make a badass getaway as I told off Don
Draper. Joan smiles at me as the doors clothes and
inside I scream "YES!". Didn't even care that
I may lose my job. In the elevator is a
WILDLY drunk Sterling who can barely stand up.
Dancing around being crazy. The door opens to a
masssssssssssive lobby for the entire building and
Sterling bounces out. Obama is at the bottom trying to
fire me when I point to Sterling saying we really
need to deal with this (because more clients were
downstairs). Obama is still focused on me as Sterling
gets to an escalator and proceeds to fall knocking
down everyone on the escalator. Obama finally hears
this and turns to get him. Remember, Obama isn't the
president, he's just the "Bert Cooper" of Mad Men. We
finally get Sterling and I have to hold him down on a
cot type thing because he's trying to break free. He's
really drunk. I notice one of the girls making fun of
him saying he can get the sex change operation in a
couple of years. I look back? I'm holding Joan
down, not Sterling. And the woman being caddy is
basically telling her she can be a man soon as a type
of "cut" to her femininity. I of course realize
I'm holding down Joan and think to myself "well this
isn't bad." And I wake up.
What the fuck
right? Clearly Season Five can't come soon enough.
Unbelievably linear dream though. ALLLL of my
dreams change CONSTANTLY. Like at the end when
Sterling turns into Joan? That's usually my entire
dream. The setting changes every few seconds, it's
totally A.D.D. So this was really odd. Good
times.
2) God's
Gift
So I was
responding in a thread on Facebook and added a few
people that made me laugh. My Facebook isn't personal,
it's for networking so anyone mildly pleasant I add in
a heartbeat. Usually all industry folks. I was
immediately messaged by one woman who demanded to know
why I added her. It was funny considering she clearly
accepted and instant messaged. I explained that I
just thought her comment was funny and tend to add
industry people I find humorous. "Shouldn't you
be paying attention to your wife instead of adding
single women on Facebook?"
(sigh)
Seriously? If my
scam was to "skeeve women" on Facebook, ya think
I'd have pictures of my wedding day as my profile
picture or cover photo? Or, I don't know post
songs I write for her constantly? Get over
yourself already. This isn't the first time I've been
jumped on for completely innocuous statements or
network adds on Facebook. Some women think every
single man is just dying to sleep with them and
it's their duty to SHOW THEM. What a tiring
pastime that must be. Believe me, (insert outdated
mysogynist word for a woman here), you couldn't hold a
candle to the life I have and I blocked
you the instant you were so presumptuous. Stop
confirming adds if you don't wish to be friends.
That's kind of the entire point of Facebook. <rolls
eyes>
3)
GASSSSSS!
Look at this
shit:
Wow. And do
I get into the political aspect? Sure, for just a
tiny random...
4) Politics as
Usual
It doesn't matter
what the truth is, this is bad for the
president. It was bad for Bush, it'll be bad for
Obama. I remember when this happened in 2008 and
the country was a mess. It added to it. Now of course
the country is improving so it just slows that. And
mind you, I'm completely talking about mindshare and
the political aspects. The truth just doesn't matter.
The president can influence oil production (it's been
up every year he's been in office) and lower
dependency on foreign oil (it's under 50% for the
first time in a decade) and up regulations on
efficiency (they've been upped to ridiculous amounts
in the next 5-10 years). That's it. The rest is
speculators and ironically? The GOP candidates talking
up war with Iran. And seriously - that's pretty badass
politics right there. I love the strategy of it all
and how awesome (ethically uneblievably irresponsible)
is it to talk war, war, war with Iran - have it lead
speculators to drive gas up $1 a gallon and hurt
Obama? It's all they've got. Doesn't
matter.
5) Romney, Romney,
Romney
Ignore all of this
shit. It's Romney, it's always been Romney, it will
always be Romney. He has the money, he has the
organization. All this other shit is for show. There
is nothing close about this. He has more delgates than
all other candidates combined. He will just get there
SLOWER, but he will get to 1144. No brokered
convention, nada. Move on.
6) Really
Jon?
So my roomate runs
in and asks me why there's 29 days this month instead
of 28. "Isn't there always 28 days in February?". This
man turns 29 next week. I almost want to change
his name for this.
So I say "It's
leap day. You know, leap year." He laughed and walked
away. Comes back later and is talking with Talya. He
references the day and says to me "What did you call
it again? Jump year?" And starts to laugh.
Uhm.
I don't like to be
a know-it-all. Ya know? Like, I don't want to
treat people like complete idiots, but how the
fuck can you live 29 years and honestly, never
have heard, of LEAP YEARS. ?!?! He's been around
for 7 of them. He had no idea. I finally went up
to him and (as kindly as possible) said "Come on man,
you're just playing with me, right?" He wasn't. He had
literally, never paid attention before and today was
the only time he realized there were 29 days in the
month as opposed to 28. And of course, clearly, it
blew his mind when he processed this fact.
I mean... just... wow. I still can't even
believe I'm typing this random.
7)
LINSANITY
How happy are we
all for this kid? So awesome. I think things will get
a little hairy now that Amare and Carmello are back,
but they should be able to make it all work.
He's a point guard and his only issue is turnovers
(though that is a pretty big issue), they should be an
incredible team in the playoffs that Miami or Chicago
will NOT want to play. Yes it's bigger 'cause he's
Asian and there's nothing wrong with that. Rarity is
exciting. The underdog is exciting. Stop trying act
like race is a bad thing. It's not the only
thing, but of course it's an aspect. What a fun
story. And in New York!!! So cool. Here's hopin' the
chemistry doesn't get screwed up with Carmelo and
Amare. <fingers crossed>
8)
SUPER SICK
Man, some women
have a little morning sickness, some women have
nothing, and some women are so sick they can barely
move. Guess which one Talya is. Goddamn it is so hard
to watch. Completely helpless. If she tries to move,
she pukes. So she literally never moves. She'll be
good for a few minutes and then she's down for the
count. Constant nausea. We've tried every trick we can
find and nothing seems to help. And we've got a whole
'nother month to go. Thankfully she can hold off on
her pilates hours for a bit and I'm around to take
care of her... but just wow. This is really bad and
I just hate that there's nothing I can do
but rub her back as she pukes up nothing. :( Come on
second trimester.
9)
Ectopic?
So I guess
the first hurdle in pregnancy is it being an Ectopic
Pregnancy where the baby doesn't attach to the lining
of the womb, eventually ending the pregnancy. Jesus. I
wonder if we have too much info at our hands?
I don't want to sit and worry about every
horrible thing that could happen to this baby
IN the womb - that's what
AFTER THEY'RE BORN is for. LOL. We'll know
at the first ultrasound next week. Ugh.
10) Stop expecting
when expecting
After that last
random I read yet another thread of women and
their problems. Down Syndrome, ectopic pregnancies,
miscarriages... jesus mother-loving christ. I'm done.
Like... I want to be the greatest dad ever, but
what the hell is the point. If the baby is supposed to
be born, it shall be born. We got pregnant doing it
the right way after ONE TRY so if
something happens, then we can certainly do
that again. But I have to stop reading
this shit. I'll read the weekly stuff about what's
happening, but the constant worrying about all the
things that can go wrong - done. Seriously. I'm not
gonna be that type of dad later, so I sure as hell not
gonna do it now. So to the kid? Here's hopin' this is
your time, because I certainly can't wait to meet
you. It may not be. I nearly died at birth, lungs
collapsed, in an incubator - but it wasn't my time to
go. So here we are. We're both super healthy, stopped
the heroin addiction the MOMENT we find out about
the pregnancy, and she now only drinks alcohol WITH
food. Duh.
