This and That

Dennis Rodman is very sparkly. I was exiting the subway this morning and thought to myself, "Who is that Sparkly Man being interviewed by Fox?" Dennis Rodman. Sparkly! Must be why they decided to do an outdoor interview with him in November. The indoors cannot hold his sparkle.

So, I have no voice. And I have no idea who to blame. I mean, I should probably blame myself for not sleeping and running myself ragged and opening myself up to any and all manner of nasty bugs. But... where is the fun in that. Sheena and Lovey think I should talk less and suck on cough drops more. I think they're just tired of hearing me run my mouth. So I'm going to talk more to torture them. I just hate it. Muppet says some folks find the 40-year chain smoker voice sexy, but I hate it. The tone is all weird, people can't understand me and I mainly feel like I'm just squawking at everyone. SQUAWK!!!!

And of course being sick still hasn't kept me quiet and still and home. This weekend was fun, but exhausting. Heading back to the Phi is always a little weird for me these days. I was an undergrad there and was very involved. I knew everyone and lived in the house and it was very much my space. And while I'm now still very involved and am on the alumni Board of Trustees and come back 4-6 times a year, I just don't have the same sense of My Space. I don't know everyone, they don't all know me. I don't live there (wouldn't want to live there either as I'm 31 and it's a frat house), I don't know the ins and outs anymore... But it's still the house that was a huge part of my life for three years. So I come back and I feel like it should be My Space. And it isn't. And it still throws me. Not in a bad way. Just in a "huh?" kinda way.

But it was a good time. I got to see lots of friends and meet new people. The board meetings were long and boring, but stuff was accomplished so they didn't make me cry or anything. People humored me. And mocked me. And there was a lot of talking and laughing and singing. Pumpkin's cutest dog in the world gave me lots of good lovin'. And while Mrs. Skipper was not around to girlie it up with Dr. Muffy, Pumpkin and I added two others to our circle of sparkliness with Cricket and Dancing Girl joining us in the ladies lounge for changing, glitter application, giggling, "you're so pretty"ing and clothes sharing. Good times. Maggie was off flirting with hot undergrads but got glittered later and will be dragged into shopping & changing girlie nonsense next time, I have no doubt. And hopefully Mrs. Skipper will be back in the fold then as well as she was sorely missed. I also got some good time sitting on the stairs late at night giggling with Dancing Fool and SpyGuy while watching gee_tar in all his drunken glory. And some time sitting on the new porch. I don't know. It's all kind of a blur. But I do remember that I had fun and that I didn't get nearly enough sleep. But such is the way of the Phi.