Pi Girl

I have a new favorite show. I got on the bandwagon along with the rest of America but I wasn’t sure if it was must see until tonight.

If you are not addicted yourself yet, then you may not have figured out that I’m talking about Desperate Housewives.

I love that I have to come to love and understand all the characters. And by all, I mean the 4 main stars - Terri Hatcher (Susan), Marcia Cross (Bree), Eva Longoria (Gabrielle) and Felicity Huffman (Lynette). I’m trying to decide who my favorite character is, but it honestly changes every week.

So far, Susan is the only one who has not topped the list because while she has the loveable quirkiness down, I can’t relate to her “flaws” like the other ladies. She’s the kind of person who would be my friend, but not me.

Bree has that “I’m perfect” thing going on that I could never live up to. But beyond her perfection exterior, she really has a layer that cares. I was touched by the help she offered to Mary Alice’s son, because he clearly needed it.

Gabrielle is extremely selfish and so manipulative, it’s a wonder she doesn’t sell her secrets to make money. But there are signs that she could be broken and could use her powers for good once in a while instead of evil.

Then there’s Lynette. I just know that would be me with the kids, doing crazy-ass things to get them to behave and just overall feeling like I’m about to have a breakdown. I’ve already threatened Jason that if he doesn’t help me out with these kids that he wants to have, that I will crack and turn to the kids’ Ritalin, now that I know what they can do to someone who is not ADD.

After watching his first episode tonight, he was quick to say he’s all for equal parenting time.

I just got a random email from an old friend I haven’t talked to in ages. That has to be one of the best warm fuzzies out there - random emails from old friends. It puts a smile on my face to recall those old times and it’s nice to know he was thinking of me.

Nostalgic moments have been coming up a lot lately, with the 10 year high school reunion and the Silk and Satin Reunion Carol Jacobe Retirement concert both being planned for next summer. I’ve been on Classmates just to see who’s going to the hs reunion, and while at first I was kind of excited about going, I’m not so sure anymore.

My fondest memories are of the weekends shared with my church friends. The hs school friends I loved the most were a part of the church friend crowd and we often thought life would be ideal if only we could live and go to school at the Thornfield Conference Center where most of those weekends took place.

I’d prefer a reunion with that group. Then I could meet up with people like my old friend who sent me a random email.

I am very concerned about a new friend and her relationship with her husband. She recently reconciled with him after being separated for almost a year.

Being a new friend, we had chance to bond and she confided to me that the husband was being abusive to her and she stood up to him and left him. Unfortunately, she left him for another guy who also treated her badly.

Now she is back with her husband and while he seems like a nice guy now, his behavior concerns me. He is loving and wants to spend all of his time with her. But he appears to be demanding that she also spend all of her time with him and doesn’t trust her when she is out with me.

She is seeing a therapist and wants things to work out with her husband but feels frustrated with him most of the time.

I feel like there is a calm before the storm and that some serious crap is about to let loose and I worry how this will affect my friend. I am arming myself with resources to help her out and will do what I can to support her.

But I ask you to keep my friend in your prayers. And if you have any advice for me, please et me know.

I’m hooked. I was having fun before but I am so energized now and I want more. I went to the Harmony Inc’s International Contest and Convention this weekend with the Crystal Chords.

It was so much fun. Performing on stage was such a high. The audience loved us and we loved them. We took 5th place out of 24 choruses. We also got an award for having the best presentation (of the non-medalists anyway).

I only got to see the Quartet finals and a little of the Chorus competition. And I wish I had gone earlier to see more.
Saturday night, the entire hotel was filled with floor after floor of barbershop harmonies floating in and out of every other room. Groups wandered from party to party performing for each other, others stayed in their rooms to soak up the sound, drunk guys from the wedding downstairs asked to be seranaded by talented ladies.

I want more. I can’t wait for the next contest!

Jason remembered our 1 month anniversary with flowers! He’s so sweet!

I feel like I’ve got hearts just exuding out of me, like you see in those comic strips.

I can’t believe it’s been a month already. We haven’t even done our thank you cards yet.

Ooh, I think I’m in the mood to pull out the wedding pictures again. I can’t look at them enough. (and you can see them too at aerinandjason.info, assuming you’re not sick of them yet)

I love you, Jason!

Are you upset with your country’s outrageous decision to re-elect Bush? Have you pledged to move to Canada? Are you looking into ways to become a legit Canadian citizen?

Well, look no further, help is on the way!

And if you do find your soulmate across the border, please invite me to the wedding! Jason isn’t convinced that moving is the right answer, but if we come for a “visit,” it will be alot easier to brainwash him.

You have to check this site out - www.sorryeverybody.com

It gives me hope. And a very odd urge to want to contribute a picture.

I am upset. Really upset. I’m kind of surprised that I am so upset because it’s not like I can do anything. I did what I was supposed to do. And it didn’t work. I feel hurt and betrayed and most of all, I just cannot understand how the people of this country can overlook so many problems to re-elect Bush. It’s completely unfathomable.

Are these people living in some alternate universe where the economy is ok, where we can sleep at night thinking it’s perfectly fine to bully every other country in the world, where it’s ok to start a war for personal revenge? I am very sad for this country and shudder to think how much worse it could get for the next 4 years.

Argh. I need a support group.