Ok, so I don't surprise myself that much (see 12/24/01. Whatever "surprised" me didn't surprise me as much as I thought it would, as I no longer think what I once thought.

I do think there is something wrong with my blog though, as I've updated a few sections, and everytime I hit "publish" and "refresh" I see no evidence of any refreshments...refreshements? Uh yeah... :(

Ok, it's late, I'm tired...goodnight, and goodbye until the next time I attempt to write something intelligent.

Take the Corporate Mascot Test at Willaston's Lounge!

Today, I saw one of my favorite entertainers while dining at The Farm in Beverly Hills for lunch. I won't reveal who I saw, because of the comment I'm about to make. My star sighting subject looked awful, yes indeed. This particular actor looked as if s/he were about 5 bijillion years old. It was obvious that this actor had their face pulled about as far as the skin would allow. It is quite sad and unfortunate because I thought this person is good looking. Under the bright lights, the heavy make up and the veil of the camera lens, I guess anybody looks great. **sigh** It's amazing what fame and fortune can do to a person.

Honestly though, why do the rich and famous get face lifts? Do they really think we won't notice the difference? We are an observant bunch of people - how can we not notice a nip and a tuck there? Why can't they leave well enough alone? I understand that as entertainers, their livelihood is based on their appearance, but when a 50-something gets a face lift and tries to pass as a 30-something, well, I hope they understand that nobody actually believes what they're trying to pull off. Oh well, I guess it's none of my concern.

Something is wrong...blogger keeps posting my entries in reverse chronological order if I publish more than 1 post in a single day. Grrr.

I seem to be having problems on my site...so pardon the dust. :-I

Very interesting...I just took my colorgenics test online. It states that "by choosing various colors in order of preference from a particular spectrum, that it is possible to ascertain various characteristics of a person at a specific time":

So, according to colorgenics , my profile is as follows (pay special attention to the 4th paragraph. I wonder if my profile will change after Friday or after January 4th...heh heh heh):

"You are a very sensitive person and you try hard - (perhaps a little too hard) - to make favorable impressions and to be recognized by your peers...but you have that inherent need to feel appreciated and admired. You are easily hurt if all of your endeavors go by unappreciated or not acknowledged. Stop trying so hard.

You are feeling very disillusioned at this time and you feel that you are being left out of things. You know - or you think you know what you want, but you seem unable to exert the effort to achieve your objectives. As a consequence, you are feeling left out and neglected. You would like to be afforded greater security and fewer problems.

In spite of the fact that you believe that your hopes and ideas are realistic, it is hard for you to accept that your needs and desires are misunderstood by almost everyone within your sphere of influence...and there is no one to turn to or rely on. Your pent-up emotions and inherent egocentricity make you quick to take offence, but as matters stand, you realize that you will have to make the best of things as they are.

You are feeling trapped by the situation as it stands at this time and what is more, you feel powerless to remedy it. You are stressful, angry and disgruntled. You feel that everything that you try to do to change the situation is thwarted and your hopes and aspirations all seem to be receding into the ever distant future. You have reached the state where you now doubt whether your dreams will ever be achieved...and this is not only causing mental stress, but heartache. You need to get away from it all. You need to have time to think...to recuperate...to be able to make your own decisions.

You are trying to build up your own position and you resist all external influences. You insist that you are your own person and you will not tolerate any outside interference. Decisive and proud, you are true managerial material."

What do you think?

I am officially exhausted! It's late Saturday night (or Sunday morning depending on how you look at it) and you'd think I'd be going to sleep being as exhausted as I am. I spent the the day with Carol and her bridal party and we shopped for shoes and jewelry for her upcoming July 2002 nuptuals. We had great fun, ate lots of food and spent LOTS of money. After a day full of shopping (which began at 11 AM), we went out to dinner and came back to my place played games, drank some plum wine took silly pictures and watched movies while folding origami cranes - in Japanese tradition, 1,000 cranes signifies good luck, thus Carol's including it in her wedding **interesting side note: my middle name, also has some kind of 1,000 crane meaning**.