You know, this isn’t the first time that I’ve gone back to read something I posted from my iPhone and gone, “WTF??”  Because really.   That post makes it all seem very sturm and drang and BLAH BLAH BLAH, boring and STUPID!  I think my eyes rolled reading my own post so I can only imagine how the two of you out there who are reading this reacted.

For that?  I apologize.

Yes, last week was very had.  Yes, I had a lot of crabbyness.  Yes, I let my feelings get hurt over stupid stuff that isn’t supposed to hurt my feelings.  Yes, there are times I want to high-tail it to the border just so I can have a break.  But holy cow, doesn’t everyone?  I hardly think I’m unique in that respect.  So please know that the pity party thrown in my post last night wasn’t QUITE as dramatic and pitiful as it came across.

I may be a loser, but even I have standards.

I honestly think maybe it’s the teeny screen of the iPhone that you have to type out a blog post on that makes all the stuff I post from there come out all weird and un-evenly toned.  Yep.  That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.

Thankfully, I don’t think the heat will get the better of me this week (yes, I do think that the heat contributed to 90% of my crabbiness… y’all need to believe me when I say I HATE THE HEAT).  Kile put our window a/c unit in the living room today and I’m currently enjoying some machine-generated coolness and am loving it more than I can express in words.

It’s not ALL bad.  Yes, I am mildly depressed.  I’m pretty much used to it by now and I think most of you are used to it too (you know, all two of you).  But like I said, BIG DEAL.  Who cares?  I don’t care.  You don’t care.  NO ONE cares.  Moving on…

It’s Sunday!  And I had a fabulous breakfast at Mimi’s Cafe this morning that may have made my toes curl.  And Evie almost choked on a honeydew melon!  It was good times, all around. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go decide whether or not I need to have something to eat right now.  This is going to require a lot of thought.

A picture from the drive-in.  Just cuz I can.

A napping girl.  Cuz she’s cute.

I’m sitting here waiting for my in-laws to arrive for the weekend.  The wee ones are napping, the eldest is at school, the hubs is at work, the television is (blissfully) off, the dogs are napping in a sunbeam.  I’m cruising the web and enjoying the calm and quiet.  

I noticed, on a webpage, on of those “I’m a PC” ads that Microsoft (I think it’s Microsoft?) has been running lately.  They’re not entirely unlike McCain’s gag-worthy “I’m Joe the Plumber” ads that were meant to make people feel bad for ripping on Joe the Plumber because, lo, Joe the Plumber is ALL OF US.  (That sound you just heard was my eyes rolling into the back of my skull.)  They’re obviously a response to Apple’s insanely popular “I’m a Mac/I’m a PC” ads.  And it got me thinking… 

Did Microsoft even UNDERSTAND those commercials?  

Because I always took it to mean that the nerdy dude was a physical representation of a PC computer.  What a PC would look like, mind you, if it were a human being.  Kind of nerdy.  The Mac, on the other hand, is a young, hipster sort.  The kind of guy who is relaxed, has fun and a lot of cool friends.  A bit of an overstatement on both counts, of course, but that’s the basic gist.  And then each commercial would address something else, relating to these fundamental differences.  PC’s music versus Mac’s music, PC’s movies versus Mac’s movies, how PC crashes a lot, etc and so forth.  Smart, funny and effective. 

And somehow, STRANGELY, Microsoft has seen fit to take the insult and go, “Hey!  Look what they’re saying about us!”  Now, remember, the nerdy guy is a PC.  As in a COMPUTER.  Not a person.  This isn’t what Apple says that PC people look like.  Just their computers.  Comprende?  So then why would Microsoft do their “I’m a PC” ads showing all sorts of people of all walks of life and ages and stages and races proudly proclaiming that “I’m a PC!”?

Yeah, I don’t think Microsoft gets it.  

Which, you know, wouldn’t be the first time anyone has had to say that.  *cough*