"Nobody 'Cept You"

Well, I had a dream a few nights ago. Let me just say it was a glorious, glorious dream. I was over at someone's apartment hanging out, and they asked me if I was going to the enrichment activity next door, which started in just a few minutes. I had not been aware that there was an enrichment activity, but I said sure, and went next door and sat down. Turns out the activity was Bob Dylan coming to perform for us! THE Bob Dylan!

Wait. It gets better.

Not only was Bob Dylan two feet away from me, singing song after song, strumming his guitar, as I sang along (because my super-power happens to be knowing the lyrics to EVERY song ever)... but I was the only person who showed up to the activity!

I know! Right?

Me and Bob Dylan. Just the two of us. Basically he was serenading me.

And, he wasn't old and ugly-looking like he kind of is in real life. He was handsome and had very blue eyes.

Then, after he'd played a few songs, he got up to go... but before he left he took some coupons out of his pocket and handed them to me. They were for some random store I think.

"They say 40% off, " he said, "but tell them they're from me, and you'll get it for free." Then he winked at me and walked out of the room.

The rest of my dream I don't remember... but i do know that the entire time I kept thinking how jealous Haley would be when I told her I got a private concert with Bob Dylan. Her upcoming jealousy made me sooo happy. (sorry Hay)

When I awoke in the morning and realized it had all been a dream, I was so angry.

Man I could have used those coupons...

This amused me...

PSYCHO

Um... I stumbled upon this beauty of a shower curtain online today. Kind of disturbing...

But it would be hilarious around Halloween-time.

Also, note the review that one satisfied customer left:

"Lightweight and easy to hang. Will look good in the bathroom with an assortment of body parts and blood."

It's finally happened. My first boyfriend from high school is getting married.

Wow.

But in reality, what's really surprising is that neither of us is married yet!

Well, congrats to him and his bride-to-be. She's lovely and he's deserving of all happiness.

Cops no longer make me break into a cold sweat

Deposited paycheck into my bank account.
Took car to the shop for safety and emissions testing. Also my left blinker blinks again, and I have a new O2 sensor. (120 bucks)
Worked on my quilt.
Biked 12 miles along the P. river trail.
Renewed registration for my car online. (47 bucks)
Paid the ticket I got a few weeks ago for having expired tags sans two late fees. (30 bucks)
Printed off temporary registration to stick in my back window at the public library. (ten cents)
Stuck it in my back window.
Bought a plane ticket for my visit home in August. (77 bucks)

I am feeling both very proud of all I got done today... and also very poor.

But it sure feels great to have a much shorter "To-Do List"!

I think I need a nap now.

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie...

I just woke up from a much-needed nap. It was glorious. Better yet, I realized when I awoke, that I had been doing a crossword puzzle in my dream. Well... I don't know if I would call it dreaming, because all I was doing was a crossword puzzle. I can't remember any of the clues, but I do remember that I felt extremely proud of myself for getting the last answer. "ZECTOR"

In my mind it was the Phonetic Alphabet term for the letter Z. But when I woke up I realized there is no such word as Zector. And in my sleepy state of mind, I thought, "Oh, that's funny, I confused it with the term for H, which is HECTOR!"

Nope, wrong again. H is HOTEL.

Perhaps it was a three-letter mix-up, because V is VICTOR? I don't really know.

Well anyways, I still feel that the answer was right in my dream, and I'm still proud I got it!

Here is the entire list, for your enjoyment. Maybe it will inspire an impromptu game of cops and robbers, or truck drivers...?

A ..........	ALPHA	N ..........	NOVEMBER
B ..........	BRAVO	O ..........	OSCAR
C ..........	CHARLIE	P ..........	PAPA
D ..........	DELTA	Q ..........	QUEBEC
E ..........	ECHO	R ..........	ROMEO
F ..........	FOXTROT	S ..........	SIERRA
G ..........	GOLF	T ..........	TANGO
H ..........	HOTEL	U ..........	UNIFORM
I ..........	INDIA	V ..........	VICTOR
J ..........	JULIET	W ..........	WHISKY
K ..........	KILO	X ..........	X-RAY
L ..........	LIMA	Y ..........	YANKEE
M ..........	MIKE	Z ..........	ZULU

"It's Dumbo!"

I bought some headphones on amazon yesterday. I wanted some that I could actually wear running without them falling out every 6 seconds. So, I looked around and read a lot of reviews from buyers... but how can you really know which reviewers you will agree with in the end? There are so many conflicting opinions!

Here are a few excerpts:

"They're very light and reasonably comfortable for something that's sticking just into your ear." "It needs to be mentioned that, with music playing all up in your eardrums, these things do a startling job at blocking out other noises, so be careful not to jog into a moving van or anything. Safety first!" "When I put these on, they make my ears hurt after only ten to fifteen minutes. " "These headphones are all right, but are not meant for people with small ears." "The real problem with these headphones is that they're seemingly programmed to break down after 90 days." "So I have funny shaped ears. They are kind of elfish so, needless to say, my ears don't take very well to ANY headphones unless they go on the outside of the ear. I can't wear earbuds at all. But these badboys are amazing."
Some LOVED these headphones, other HATED them... what was I to do? I bought them. We'll see, they were cheap at any rate.

But I've found myself pondering if I have small or big or medium sized ears and how that will affect the way these headphones fit me. If they fit me well, does that mean that I have man ears? Wouldn't it be cool if people had ear sizes and we could shop for headphones in our size... just like shoes and pants?

I wonder if I would be a size 3 1/2 like my sister Genuine...

And I hope i don't run into a moving van... Was that reviewer cautioning from experience?