Top Ten Random Thoughts For The Week

1.  The recent rain brought every earthworm in the neighborhood to our back patio.  Allie observed that worms' heads really do 'look just like their rear-ends'...(thanks to the book "Diary Of A Worm").

2.  A Christmas tree can have too many decorations and lights.  When this happens, it no longer brings memories of Christmases past, it brings memories of wild nights on the Vegas strip....which is disturbing.

3.  Handling ornaments covered in glitter serves to remind me that glitter really IS the herpes of craft supplies.  Once you've been exposed, you can't get rid of it and you find it everywhere.

4.  Job hunting is really NOT fun.  Also?  It is guaranteed that you will NOT get a call-back from a prospective employer until you are physically incapable of answering the phone...like the moment you step into the shower.

5.  Movie theater popcorn does not actually smell irresistable on its own.  It is flavored with something called "Flavicol" that is meant to enhance the aroma of the popcorn and increase sales up to 25%.  Its the biggest secret in the popcorn industry....we, the consumers, are having our smell receptors hi-jacked for profit. 

6.  I am helpless in the presence of 'Flavicol' and will suck down massive quantities of popcorn once exposed to it, reminding me of a drug-addict left alone in a pharmacy full of controlled substances. 

7.  I have a couple of relatives on my mom's side that I can't help but compare to glitter (see No. 3, above).

8.  One of them refers to me as a bitch.  Interesting choice of words...I prefer 'Diva' but there's no accounting for another's command of the English language.

9.  I thank my lucky stars everyone tells me I'm more like my dad and my Grandma M., their genes must have been more dominant or something.  I don't want to be glitter...unfortunately, I'm more like glue that can't shake all that glitter.

10.  I don't know much about reincarnation but I'm thinking it wouldn't be a stretch for some of that glitter to come back as one of Allie's worms.  As it stands, I can't tell their heads from their rear-ends either....