10.19.04

a word to those who send out press releases: do the recipient a favor and kindly tell them when you've decided to change the date and/or place of a meeting. It's no fun to drive up to an empty building, after driving 30 minutes north, when home is an hour south and am all ready for a juicy meeting but only to find the lights are out. Lucky for you I didn't submit it to the Calendar of Saturday's edition.

but no matter, I suppose, just gave me and the new car more bonding time. still need a name for it. I thought maybe Stella. Dad suggested Zelda. Tested out Belle and Sebastian on the speakers at full volume. It covers up the sound of the road noise. Another plus found tonight - the gas tank is only 11 gallons, so it's no more than $20 a fill up.

So on the way home from my non-existent meeting (you do realize the media determines the importance of issues in the community based on the accuracy of press releases, so don't expect to see me covering this one any time soon), I stopped by my favorite red-and-white chain "everything" store to do a perusal of all things never necessary in life:

-a purse with a light inside it (make things easier? just carry a wallet and a cell phone)

-essential, ultra and satin floss (what is the difference?)

-America The Book - (actually, I believe this is a necessity and it will go on the Christmas list - thank you Jon Stewart)

-glow-in-the-dark candy wrappers (this is actually sort of cool)

-a promo product attached to my face wash that will never become a mainstay in the Dove line of lotions, therefore already wasting the ridiculous amounts of plastic and cardstock used to display it

-of course, the usual check to see if Schick had decided to start reproducing the original purple razors without the aloe strip (the strip does absolutely NOTHING - that's what lotion is for)

But alas, no luck.

However, swell items of the week: two ads inviting the world to dress like a zombie and go to the Sand Point Naval Base in Seattle on Oct.29 to help reenact the dance from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. And a check from my old insurance company.