i love the idea of listing those things that i’m grateful for but i don’t want to make it an everyday thing. first of all it will be hard to be original and secondly it would probably get boring for the 2 other people that look at my blog. so i’ll add some of those things now and then amongst my other ravings.

today…i’m grateful for my mom who sews and who made me an awesome apron for christmas. (it came a bit late but that’s ok.) i’m a messy cook…a really really messy cook. i probably splash or splatter on myself everytime i cook. maybe that just means i’m really involved in it but none the less…i’m always a mess. the apron covers me enough that i don’t have to worry. i love the pockets too. i keep my blackberry in the pocket and usually a towel since it never stays on my shoulder.

what was the rest of my saturday like?

i have been down lately. california living can be stressful. it’s ridiculously expensive here. even groceries are more expensive. taxes are outrageous. home prices are outrageous. some days i just don’t know if sunshine and warm weather is enough to make up for the constant gouging of our budget.

finding out that jersey shore was renewed for another season didn’t help my mood. this show is pure trash as are the people on it. do they aspire to new lows? i’m a self-confessed tv addict. i watch often and i watch a variety of shows. but this…garbage…is disgusting. i rather be subjected to bill o’leilly than have to watch this stuff. people who know me know that that is saying something. i won’t say anymore as anything else would just be further insults to these sub-humans.

i was cheered up after watching a rerun of obama’s crushing of republicans friday. for republicans to say that they won this debate in anyway is a joke. they spent the meeting, for the most part, trying to score points. as the president said to jeb hensarling, his “question” was basically a soliloquy of talking points. few of the questions posed to the president seemed to be actual questions. they seemed to be framed as talking points which would score points with the base and then any answer after that didn’t really matter. i wish that the president’s message would resonate, especially with the average voter at home but i’m afraid with the 24 hour news cycle that is afraid to call a spade a spade, it won’t.

speaking of the news cycles…i’m so frustrated with the trend of the last decade or even two decades. this incessant need to be “fair”. this isn’t a bad idea…just watch fox and their supposed fair and balanced reporting. but fair doesn’t mean that both sides are correct. if a news organization truly wanted to be fair you should look at the issue and report the truth. don’t give both sides a fair shake if it isn’t warranted. if one side has lied or bent the truth or don’t something wrong, you don’t need to give them a fair shake. they were wrong…say that they’re wrong! don’t try and find something wrong on the other side to compare. just report the news. argh!

michael and i saw ‘legion’ today. i love paul bettany and he was in top physical form for this movie. wow! however, the movie itself was a let down. the trailers made it seems as if it was a high action movie but in reality there was very little. the story line could have been good but it was disappointing. i think they left it open for some sort of sequel too. we’ll see.

i’ve been feeling dizzy lately…maybe it’s an inner ear thing. i’m not sure. i was just sitting on the couch watching tv and all of the sudden…i was feeling dizzy. i think if i had been standing i would have starting listing to the right. it happens quiet a bit. the dr. told me on wednesday that this crazy ear thing that i keep having (swelling and pain of the whole ear and sometimes right side of my head) my be relapsing polychondritis and after looking that up, it says that it could affect the inner ear.