I Got You, Babe!

Before Al Gore invented the internet, I used to wake up in the morning and sneak outside to grab the newspaper from the end of my driveway, hoping nobody saw me. I’m not like those soap opera characters who awaken with only a single strand of hair out of place and freshly applied lip gloss.

Now that the internet and particularly blogging are here, I no longer have to make mad driveway dashes. I can sit here, sip my coffee and read about anything that I choose.

One of my first stops every morning is to This Eclectic Life. This morning, Shelly had a wonderful post called Bloggers Are Like Fireflies. She says that bloggers just have to keep on blinking and “their kind” will come around.

Shelly is right. My mom always told us never to do things, wear things or think things in order to fit in with other people. She always said to stop chasing the popular crowd and instead stand still, say “this is me” and let the people come to you. That is how you will find your true friends, your “kind” and throughout my life, I’ve found many people who are “my kind” by doing this, Shelly included.

For the most part, my mom was right. This doesn’t work with people like Bon Jovi or Brangelina, though. You definitely have to go to them and wear some extra blinkers and even that doesn’t always work. I tried blinking at the Bon Jovi concert and ended up looking like E.T. The only thing I was going to attract with that look was spaceships.

It is kind of amazing how in this huge vast world of billions of people, most people do find others who are their kind. Here’s a perfect example. Right after reading Shelly's post, I saw this article and I think the coffee I was pleasantly sipping came out my nose. Yeah, not so pleasant.



Paris Hilton thinks that Nicole Richie will surely be the “best mom ever”. First, though, Nicole has to serve her jail sentence for DUI and beat that drug addiction.

I guess it could happen. Nicole Richie could be the best mom ever. No?

I agree....the answer is no, but it’s good they have found each other and are friends, I suppose. Although, it does make me wonder what exactly it is that these two dimwits use for “blinkers”.