You Got Hit By The Karma Stick

I often tell my best friend that it seems that the Gods really want to change my mind about being an atheist.  Because fate/karma/whatnot does a number on those that seek to harm me.  It seems unfair in light of how rarely I'm harmed.  
Lets just say there is a high percentage of junkiedom, life failure and death amoungst my detractors. And no, it's nothing I do directly. I'm just a good shield for that 3 fold rule. If it was something I could aim I'd pick more worthy targets than the hodge podge of idiots, losers and assholes flailing sadly in the wake of my pique.
But sometimes well sometimes its just funny. For a very long time, I had my own personal boggieman. An abusive ex who stalked my for years. I had nightmares about him. Until I saw him recently.
To be honest I couldn't have been anywhere safer than next to my husband. But that wasn't even why. He was a sad broken grey bald old man hunched over an old pink Nintendo. He was about as threatening as your average fern. And slightly less decorative.
Wow amazing what being a physically and mentally abusive pathological liar can do to someone's karma. Yikes.
But i am so very very not afraid anymore. In not even terribly amused,  it was THAT pathetic. I'm not really happy he's broken. I don't care enough. I am, however relieved to set aside the burden of that fear.
Zombies? Fear defeated.  Ex boggieman?  Fear defeated.

Taking Faking It Too Far

This is not about attacking bi sexual or poly people.  My best friend for over 20 years is both.  Bi and poly I get.
I don't get people pretending to be one or the other to attract a partner. It makes no sense to dangle bait you are going to have to live with. Great, you faked being bi and poly. Now you get to keep faking it and fake being happy.  Worth it?
Because I have never heard anyone rave about what a great idea it is to lie about a core personality aspect to get into a relationship. It sounds pretty awful to me and I just don't get it.
And the total relationship fail always seems to come as a big old shock. Well DUH! Maybe next time be honest. Be ok with who you really are so you don't think you have to false it to be "enough" and you will be for someone who is looking for who you really are. Most people have some redeeming value. Not all people do. If you don't have any other redeeming value, pretending to be bi and poly isn't enough long term to cover that.

Musical

I went to see Les Miserables today.  It was pretty well done.  The casting of Javert and Cosette were a bit weak and the Thenardiers was just schlocky, but otherwise it was a pretty solid cast.  Considering editing is possible in film where it is not on stage, there is absolutely no excuse for Russell Crowe being flat in Javert's suicide.  I did find it a bit odd that they excluded Dog Eats Dog and Beggars At The Feast.  If I recall from that horrible Sweeny Todd abortion a few years ago, it was probably best not to let Madame Thenardia squawk her way into destroying yet another flick.

Loved that they included Colm Wilkinson (THE Jean Valjean) as the priest in this film.   Its funny, I didn't recognize his face at first but the second he opened his mouth I know exactly why he seemed so familiar.  Eponine and Gavroche were perfect.   As always, the final song made me cry. 

It has a nice beat and your can dance to it... I give it a 9.

2012 In A Glitter Covered Nutshell

I have had a wonderful year and I have so much to be grateful for. 


We lost a close family member early in the year.  It was hard, it was heartbreaking, but by the end it was a blessing when the suffering came to an end.  We became closer as a family. 

I started training for a half marathon. I started in the Spring but, thanks to a muscle pull, ended up doing a lot of the heavy miles in the heart of summer.  I recovered from my injuries, and thanks to my trainers and my doctors and all the support I have at home, I survived.


I celebrated my first wedding anniversary with the love of my life.  Our original reasons for getting married were practical ones.  We had already built our life together and we are a family.  I didn't need a ring to know he loves me.  He makes that very clear every single day.  However, I find that we have grown even closer.  I didn't even think that was possible.  But its wonderful.  I wake up every morning knowing I have the most wonderful man in the world and I couldn't be happier.  Oh... and he is absolutely spectacular in bed.  I'm not saying its why I love him, but it sure doesn't hurt.  We have been together almost a decade now and still... fireworks.


This year I became a runner.  I finished my first half-marathon in November in my favorite place in the world - Disney World.  A night run was perfect for my pale sunburn prone ass, ending with an Food and Wine Festival after party at EPCOT with my wonderful husband and walking back to our room at the Boardwalk.  I <3 already="already" and="and" at="at" camera="camera" damned="damned" display="display" everyone="everyone" festival="festival" finisher="finisher" finishing="finishing" for="for" hand="hand" hollywood="hollywood" husband="husband" i="i" in="in" it="it" lights="lights" line="line" me.="me." me="me" medal.="medal." my="my" nbsp="nbsp" of="of" osborne="osborne" p="p" perfect="perfect" pretty="pretty" proud="proud" run="run" s="s" so="so" studios="studios" supportive.="supportive." the="the" there="there" through="through" too.="too." unbelievable.="unbelievable." up="up" waiting="waiting" was="was" weather="weather">
Christmas was magic, full of happily cheering kids.  We rocked the Mom and Dad of Awesomeness this year. 

And now this fantastic year is drawing to a close.  We are spending the night at home, after an unbelievable gourmet dinner we made together (my husband has taken up cooking as a hobby and OMG, yes, he is pretty much perfect) and even dessert.  I'm looking forward to that bottle of champagne and those New Year fireworks with my beloved.

Mental Notes

1.  Holy shit, Lindsey Lohan is still alive?!?!?

2.  I love Big Bang Theory.

3. I am addicted to Middle Eastern food.  Mixing those spices with the lower calorie lower fat ingredients makes my tummy and my waistline happy,

4. A plot to kill Justin Bieber?  Really?  Isn't easier to just wait for time to let the full "Leif Garrett" effect take hold?  They will need someone to host "Canada's Dumbest".

Dear Bearded Lady...

I was getting my nails done listening to a woman with a beard argue with the girl at the salon that it wasn't a "lot" of hair. This bitch looked like Gandalf, and she's giving them a hard time about it costing extra. Look we are mammals. Some chicks grow a beard. You can't control that. Some leave it be for religious reasons. Some cause they like having a beard. Some cause they are too lazy to take care of it.
But if you are at the salon asking you aren't keeping your qualifier for the ZZ Top look a like contest. You didn't keep up with your grooming. This is not the fault of the salon staff.  So shut the fuck up Sasquatch, you're paying double.
The crap salon workers deal with is unreal.

I think I am the only person on Earth that needs a safe word to get out of non-consensual physics lessons.

It doesn't work.

Now I know what Maxwell's Demon is.