I'm curious to know....

.... who decided this was a good idea?? I mean, it's not a bad idea, but doesn't it seem a bit redundant? I love caramel - those old skool Kraft caramel chews are the bomb. I love caramel with chocolate - I mean do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo? And there is nothing more satisfying than the classic Reese's Peanut Butter cup held by thumb and forefinger in the middle whilst first nibbling around the ruffled ridged edge leaving finger licking chocolate for the finale...mmmm....but the infusion of caramel...eh...it just does nothing for it in this case. The caramel flavor is barely evident and it just serves to make the bottom an oozy mess while diluting the dense peanut butter goodness. Now Reese's Crispy Crunch bars are an entirely different story - yeah, I could have just had a Butterfinger, but the interior is a little more toffee like in consistency and the roasted peanut crumbles in the chocolate shell just make it that much more complex... If it is not already apparent, yes, I did crack into the Halloween candy! Remind me not to buy any until Halloween day next year!!!

The Halloween Festivities Begin

So the kiddo may be completely burned out on getting costumed by Wednesday, but I am all for getting the most out of the cuteness that is this plush zebra!

Layton had the great idea to march our menagerie through the annual Del Ray Halloween parade Sunday afternoon. Eamonn brought out the monkey adorableness.
Of course, the festivities trumped nap time and mom still has a sore left arm from carrying this ball of plushness for most of the route!
And this is our second round of pumpkins after our aggressive and ravenous squirrels devoured the first weeks ago. They have already crunched and munched their way around the eyes in spite of my tossing the innards and seeds and good stuff to them.

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Now I love David Lynch as much as the next gal. Rather, more than the next gal, but, ummmm...INLAND EMPIRE??? Words escape me. And here I thought that nothing stranger than Eraserhead could come from this man's brilliant mind.


I hadn't noticed the caption "A Woman in Trouble" on the poster before now, but I guess that is pretty much what the film is about. "I guess..." being operative here. I can appreciate its ambition, and its pure, unfiltered Lynchian dreamscape. Would I go out and recommend it? Probably not to anyone who hasn't invested a lot of time into Lynch appreciation or at least taken more than a passing fancy with surrealism. I don't even think I could coherently tell anyone what it is about. Longtime Lynch muse Laura Dern plays a fading film star who gets a break at a romance co-starring Justin Theroux (hot) directed by Jeremy Irons (double hot.) She gets lost in her character and spirals into a nightmarish rabbit hole. Period. That's about all I can venture to describe the "plot." And there are Polish maffiosos/gypsies. And anthropomorphic rabbits speaking to a canned laugh track. And a posse of prostitutes who break into song and dance to Locomotion. And did I mention Justin Theroux/Jeremy Irons? Unfortunately their characters are pretty much dismissed about 1/2 to 2/3rds of the way through once Laura Dern's descent into madness (???? I'm really not sure....) takes over to carry the rest of the film.


Bottom line is, if you've got 3 hours on your hands and want to be completely confounded, check it out. But I'm not going so far as to recommend it. Well, maybe I am. I'm still not certain!

Dear Blog,

I have not forsaken you. Have just been sneaking off for interviews and researching for said interviews when not feigning interest in current professional responsibilities. I have not even had the chance to read Pink is the New Blog once this week...

HS Reunion

Can anyone spot Massi, Julie and I in our Sr. class picture?? Yikes!!
And here are all 12 representatives of the SSSAS class of 1992 from the weekend activities.

The Cuteness

OK, so I am just in a very random frame of mind today, but am I the only one out there who thinks that the Dalai Lama is the cutest thing ever? Seriously! I know I shouldn't describe a high holy man as 'cute' and I have such tremendous respect for his life and work, but he is precious and always so very smiley no matter the circumstance.
Here's hoping he's showing our 'leader' the way to enlightenment so that he causes no further damage to our nation, people and reputation in his waning months (wishful thinking!)

This too...

...from our future Attorney General on waterboarding:

"...it depends on how one defines "torture."

Holy Moly! Even the CIA has supposedly banned waterboarding from its interrogation techniques. Not so sure about Jack Bauer...