Things like THIS...

make my day....

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a man for about six months. We are both in our 40s and have grown children. Things were becoming serious until about a month ago, when he said he had some personal problems "that I wouldn't understand." Well, yesterday he finally told me what the problem is. Apparently he likes to dress and act like a woman sometimes. He says he does it to "release tension." Some of what he told me seems petty -- he likes women's hygiene products. But I don't understand why he would find release by dressing as a woman because we have an active sex life. He said he has been to counseling many times, and it hasn't helped. I really like him, but I'm not sure if I can handle the whole dressing-like-a-woman thing. What would you do if you were in my situation? -- TOTALLY CONFUSED IN IDAHO

DEAR TOTALLY CONFUSED: If I really cared about him, I think I'd ask to spend some time with his "other self." Then I'd make up my mind about whether or not I could accept the situation. Many cross-dressers are happily married and have perfectly normal marriages except for this one "quirk." (And let's face it -- is anyone completely quirk-free?)

And the other things that make my day...

1.] It's Jackie's Birthday. 26. Welcome to checking the next box on any survey you ever fill out from this day on... and secretly wondering if people reading it think you are nearer "30" than "26" ew. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE!!!! [Blows Birthday Noise Maker in tribute!]

2.] The 4th of July is TOMORROW!!! I'm heading out to COTM for fireworks YAY! I love Independence Day! I'm such a Patriot! I love my country!!!!

3.] I'm Special!!!! That's all [YOU] need to KNOW!

It's Monday...

I.Am.Addicted.



To Strawberry Lime Trident Splash. And Apple Raspberry too. Seriously. If you haven't tried it, do it soon. Or not at all if you have another vice. It's like my cigarette or something, even though I'm not a smoker. I guess I'm a chewer? Whatever.



In other news, my neice and my dad are well on their way back to Georgia. My neice Autumn has been in town for 5 weeks now and she was more than ready to be home, missing her mom and all. I saw my brother Friday night, a rare occurance even though he is only 15 minutes away. I've seen my older sisters more than I have him in the past 6 months...and they live on the East Coast!! haha =]

That's about it for now...after all...it IS Monday.

Fit for a Princess...

I hear Katie Holmes won some award for a Celeb. Magazine as [one of] the most influential celebrities because of her "refreshing, girl-next-door look". I laughed because if an up-and-coming starlet is stupid enough to let the likes of Scientologist Tom Cruise destroy her career before it ever hit its peak, have her pregnant & married before she could blink twice, and basically shove his beliefs down her throat, she is not very influential, just star-struck & gullible. Not to mention one of the other "most influential celebs" happens to be Rosie O' which is just...ummm...wrong & sick.





How could ANYONE define influence in those terms? Because they have natural/fake beauty? Because they do insane, off the wall antics that scream for attention? When did being "owned" and "controlled" [JMO] become influential to society in these terms? When did dressing your child up in full soldier's attire, bullets and all, become influential to society in these terms?





I am not saying these women have NO influence on anyone. I'm not even saying that they have no right to be an influence. But INFLUENCE, by definition is:




Influence: a power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort.




Oh yeah...that's Rosie O'. [insert eye-roll here]




The MOST influential person of all times is not Katie Holmes, or Rosie O' Donnell, nor is it Anna Nicole Smith's baby girl, Dannielynn.




It's Diana Frances Spencer. A.K.A. Princess Diana of Wales.




Princess Diana was the epitome of humbleness, humanity, love, grace, royalty, and extremely influential in THESE terms. Her grace, tenacity, and overall empathy for the human race as a whole was quite overwhelming and it is hard for me to imagine that anyone else would be able to do what she did with the elegance and intensity that she did it.




Princess Diana made you feel she was speaking directly to you, even through the television. When people watched her walk down that aisle in the 80's, there was a reverence far beyond the norm. I was a young child then, and I still remember seeing it.



Watching her children now, being the men that she taught them from a young age to be, gives me some hope and some reassurance that her traits and her beliefs and her loves did not die with her, but live on with them. I hope that they will continue to carry on the love and grace that their mother bestowed upon them and the public.



Today, I salute Princess Diana. For what she was, what she is, and what she continues to be.



She will be forever missed.