(I couldn't access my account for a few days.. so here is all my blogs... posted all in one day. This blog is from 2-6-08.)
My daughter's birthday is coming up and I haven't the slightest clue what I'm going to get her. She'll be turning 6. She's a precious rock and crystal collector... along with marbles... and the occasional piece of gravel. She needs no more of these things, so that option is out. It seems like she used to be a lot easier to shop for. When they're littler, they can't really tell you what they want, but the range of playthings that is going to delight them is much larger. As they get older, they can tell you exactly what they (think) they want, but the range of entertainment -or interests- is much smaller. I can keep my 2 year old happy as a lark with a baby wipe and a spatula... but my eldest is tough to shop for. She says she wants a Barbie. Not just any Barbie, it's a special kind of Barbie... like a theme-Barbie or something. She got one of these for Christmas. A theme-Barbie that I can't remember the name of (some kind of Island fairy or something) it's a pretty Barbie with glittery dress and long silky blonde hair that's fixed perfectly. I think she has matching shoes and a purse or something too. Anyway, this Barbie has a long dress with a thing on the back that folds out into a peacock tail. Not being able to remember theme-Barbie's name... I call her peacock-butt Barbie. So only a few months ago peacock-butt Barbie was the shit (-so to speak). Everybody had to have their own peacock-butt. It's what the girls at school had, and all the commercials are about. Peacock-butt even has her own collection of talking woodland animal friends that you can buy... separately of course . So, she gets the Barbie that she's been asking for months for. She also gets the PlayStation game and a DVD (-came with the Barbie I believe) that is about this certain Barbie. Guess what... Peacock-butt isn't the "thang" now. Yeah... it's some kind of Blue-Swirl-Head Princess Barbie (or maybe she's a queen?). She's the shit now. She's got wings and a shorter dress (that is the same damn color as Peacock-butt's!!). Blue-swirl-head Barbie is "what all the girls have mom". She also has matching shoes, a purse... and guess what else(!!!)... she has her own frickin woodland friends too! But mom, Swirl-head has different animal friends than Peacock-butt! As far as I can tell... the only difference is the wings on this one. I'm sure we could come up with a set of peacock colored wings from somewhere . I can't really say a whole lot about this Barbie fad... I had close to 50 Barbies when I was a little girl. And you betch'yer ass they all had matching shoes and purse too.
We got some snow today. Got a little bit of sleet and rain also. Sounds like a nice day huh? Nasty, sloshy crap everywhere. Guess where m'brother Travis is at?-- On a frickin Bahama's cruise! Wearing his shades, sittin in the sand, drinkin down a B'Mama... (I bitch a lot, don't I?) I'm ready for spring.
An awesome Wednesday to ya!
Oh... and Obama got the vote (here in my state). Right on! I was hoping ole' Clinton would get her knock-down. Hilary has some issues I'm just not for. I'm not for all Obama's words either... but I am more for him than Ms. Clinton's. The way I figure... we're screwed with any of these quacks that run for office... but I at least want to pick the quack I go down with. And no, the Muslim, Karan (-sp?), National Anthem/Pledge Of Allegance deal (about Obama)... is NOT true. Those are internet rumors people-- if you believe everything you read on the net then you must send this to 105 people in the next 2 seconds or you will contract toad warts on your right ear.
