The DN

Say Cheese.

1  Great moment on Am Idol last night. They all took off to the beach and sat at the sunset with guitars.

2  No way that was bad!

3  Been a fun season.

4   LOTS of guitars and singing. 

5   Hope springing eternal.

6   I headed into the mellowness.

7   Moving On, Part One: I took the night off last night.

8   Got home after coming off one of the most stressful weeks ever and decided that the school simply has to take a back seat now and again.

9   Sorry.

10  You just ain't all that.

11   You just ain't. I relaxed and processed. You don't stay in this profession very long if you suffer fools. So I relaxed. It's healthy to relax at home and set folly aside. It let's you process. It lets you breathe. Friday advice to everyone out there suffering fools: Don't. Live life; love life. = ) <---------- smiley emoticon dude. Old Skool. 

12   I got so relaxed last night I even smiled at the commercials that kept showing sunsets at the coast and humans being stupid. No shortage. 

13   Moving On, Part Two: I flipped off a truck driver last night before I turned mellow.

14   I KNOW! I KNOW! I was merging on to 280 when some eighteen wheeler started gaining on me, challenging my merge. 

15   I had to swerve to get out of the guy's way and almost sailed into an embankment. 

16   He then barreled down the freeway tailgating some other poor guy.

17   I KNOW you're not supposed to do freeway things, but I had to speed up to see what the quintessential moron looked like. 

18   Just as stupid as I pictured. 

19   I looked up and raised the flag. 

20   I couldn't believe I did it, because first off it's childish, second, I'm an upstanding citizen, and fifthly iono it was plain stupid. 

21   Felt great.

22   I gave him the stank eye. 

23   The guy slowed WAY down.

24    I didn't speed up, he just withered away in the rear view.

25    I don't think what he did was deliberate; I think it was more inattention. He humbled, like we all do. 

29   I don't think it was the stank eye either. 

30   I'm thoroughly convinced there is something in the water. 

31   A space alien told me that. 

32   Nah.

33   I DO have a space alien in one of my classes. He claims he is 1,665 years old. 

34   Pretty fun. 

35   Am Idol ended just as fast as it began last night. 

36   No problem over here. I don't have to report names and facts this way. 

36   My fave kind of journalism is the kind where I don't have to think.

37   I decided last night that the week was pulling me out of my game. 

38  Don't let stuff pull you off your game. 

39  The people who try to cut you at the knees each day?

40  Space aliens. 

41  The evil ones. At least according to my sources. 

42   I have no proof nor any resources.

43   Know why?

44   'Cuz last night I decided not to do a thing.

45    Nuttin'.

46    Worked.

47   I got home safely and made a shake with dark leafy veggies, zucchini, strawberries, blueberries, yogurt, avocado, and three other kinds of fresh lettuce. 

48   AND a banana, because I find them appealing. 

49   Anybody lookin'?

50    I slipped in some asparagus and blue cheese. 

51    Instantly better. 

52    So I go in today with one more click to see if I have jury duty. 

53   I wasn't thinking about it when I wrote this last night. 

54   I'm in the eve of the storm and it feels  wonderful. 

55   Wish me luck. Gottago. Hope this put a smile on your face. 

56   See you again.

57   Peace. 

~H~