.... this afternoon I am going to see Speed Racer with my nephew, he's 9 years old. I love Emile Hirsch and Matthew Fox ain't too shabby either.

I also have a real date scheduled this weekend. I grew a gorgeous zit right between my eyes for this auspicious occasion. Figures.

I wonder how long frozen juice will last in the frig. I bought some frozen pink lemonade for a recipe and put it in the frig to thaw out. Then I made something else and promptly forgot it was in there. It was hidden behind the giant tub of butter, which I never eat. Do you think it could go bad in five weeks if it was never opened?

The hot Santa Anas are blowing. I love 'em. Firefighters are not too fond of them tho. Serious big danger.

I was walking out to my car the other night to go to work and I saw this thing coming down the driveway herky jerky. It was a skunk. It was running to get under my car and hide and I was running to get into my car and hide. Whew! I won.

I am reading Whole Truth by David Baldacci. It's about an immoral, greedy CEO who makes weapons and invents trouble around the world so he call sell them and make tons of money off of wars, It reminds me of Dick Turn the Lights Down Low Cheney.

The jacarandas are blooming.

I won $8 playing the lotto. That's the most I've ever won. Whoopee.

Y'day it was so hot I ate a whole box of popcicles.

I get a buzz from two letters this week but will put an orange cone around one.

Woman's Rights?

I am in the middle of this shit right now. I am working brutal hours to cover a co-worker who "has daycare issues" and is lazy to boot.All she does is fucking talk talk talk. Is it fair, hell no! Why should I get the screwed hours because I am childless? I work harder than her, have more experience and never call in.

I cannot say never anymore. Monday I was supposed to be at work at 2am. I didn't go, didn't call. Screw them. Tuesday rolls around, I am there and here comes bossman.

"Hey. What happened to you yesterday?'

"I took the day off. I was exhausted. I haven't had a day off in weeks, I worked Mother's Day like you asked, got all my work done in advance and as far as I was concerned, you didn't need me."

"But you didn't call."

"I was on my own mini-strike. If I had warned you I wasn't coming, you'd have covered my shift. Then YOU wouldn't know what it is like to work with someone completely unreliable. I noticed you didnt' call me either."

::silence::

"I need help boss. If you cannot get her to come in earlier and help me, then get me someone else. Someone without daycare issues. I work my ass off here and you know it. I do all the shit work and get none of the benefits. You've had three weekends off to my one day off. I have to work six days to make what you make in one."

"Have you tried talking to her about this?"

"Hell yes I have! Even tho that is your job. She says as long as you dont have a problem with her work she has no reason to change. So. Who is your problem with- her or me?"

Sooooooo, Woman's Rights. Work your ass off to earn fairness where it is important. There is more to work than just money. A dollar? Gimme a damn break. YOU try waking up at 12:30am to go to work.

::kicks over orange cone::

Don't slip in the drool.