I've been trying hard to live by the "if he makes her happy, then I'm happy". But that has completely worn thin.

I guess KCD called her today and "flipped out" and did I know why. Well, I do, but I wasn't going to go into that in front of the bf. Plus, I have no control over KCD and what he decides to say to anyone.

I am so far beyond frustrated with the two of them.

Which will still be there tomorrow? (I found slim pickings for half-priced candy, myself.)

Good point. Maybe I should hit Godiva and then if there is nothing there go go Bevmo.

Or I could just go to Target and get cheap candy and cheap wine.

The thing about the Carnival Cruise stuff that nearly made me scream with laughter is some women next to me at lunch were talking about the horrible situation and the thing that they felt was the absolute capper to the fucked up nature of the incident was that the passengers had to eat tomato and CUCUMBER sandwiches!

I had no idea until this Carnival Cruise fiasco that cucumbers were a hated vegetable by the U.S. public.

(I was carefully not thinking about that Katrina thing, but man, having watched that video, fuck you, CNN reporter. The systematic screwing-over of a poor and minority populace is not comparable with people who had a terrible vacation.)

There must be some way to turn this epic struggle to be able to keep doing your job (which you are doing well and which needs to be done) to your advantage. Novel? Screenplay? Something. It's truly unbelievable and that ought to be worth something.

Just think, if it gets made into a movie you can make final casting say a condition of licensing and pick an actress you loathe to play Work Nemesis!

I read that passengers were literally walking around on floorboards squeaking with raw sewage. This goes beyond a "terrible vacation".

And I hadn't realized comparisons to Katrina were being made, since I don't watch any television news. I am tired of everything being compared to Katrina because it's pointless.

I don't doubt that the passengers were miserable, but the rhetoric has really been over the top.

but the rhetoric has really been over the top.

I should check out the NY Post headlines to see what they've done with "The Cruise Ship of SHIT!"

Gawker just asked me to help beta test their new features.

Uh, I've been using them to put up stupid "blog" posts for almost a week now. I'm playing along, but way to go to pay attention to your product. Still, I bitched enough about their lack of beta testing before, but, seriously, they do need to actually pay people to do this.

I'm looking at all these shows ratchet up the tension, and I'm beginning to think I'm not a fan of tension. But, say: Scandal, Revenge, Grey's, Suits, Supernatural-GA has managed to ditch 80% of any accumulated fondness I might have for their characters, so I don't really care so much. Revenge has me too confused about the truth of things, so I don't know what I'm supposed to be tense about. Scandal is...Scandal cannot keep escalating. That just seems like basic fact. And if they somehow did, I'm not sure I can keep paying attention. OD. Suits, on the other hand, with about the fewest episodes, has got me emotionally attached to the outcomes and moods of the most people of all of the shows, and Supernatural has me at--fine, you can break my heart, but don't kill, more than 20% of the recurring cast on your way out.

And, damn, Scott Foley is hot. I'm not sure I was expecting that. Not this much.

BTW, I got a travel advisory from my mother's job (she booked the tickets to PR through them) that recommended bringing your own condoms when you travel abroad.