Does He Love You?

i saw this on my way home today

and i mass texted the photo.

my favorite response:

"Aww. But do they return the favor?"

these are a few of my favorite things

do you ever wonder, "whatever happened to arsenio hall?" i asked myself this question the other night. his official website informed me of a couple things: he has returned to stand-up comedy and toured for the first time in over a decade, he is represented by the William Morris Agency, but most importantly, his website informed me of his favorite things.

a couple things we have in common:

• favorite condiment: tabasco
• cartoon: scooby doo

diva.

on my walk home today i was waiting at a crosswalk for the light to change, and i noticed the woman in front of me at the light is singing along to the tunes in her car. but she wasn't just singing along, she was really singing. almost performing a one woman concert in her car. i watched her for a little bit, wondering what she could be listening to. she also had a modest dance routine going along with the song. her window was rolled down so i casually took my earphones out and tried to listen in. honestly i was hoping to hear beyonce. instead it was guns n roses. pretty quickly after that i think she noticed me creepin' because she stopped singing, smiled at me, then her light turned and she drove away. even though it wasn't beyonce as i continued to walk home i kept thinking, way to go stranger-car-singing-diva. your confident and carefree performance is an inspiration. i often wonder, as i tend to sing along with my ipod when i'm biking/walking, if people look at me and think i'm a confident and handsome looking young professional, or just crazy. then right before i got home i saw this van and started to wonder what kind of music this person sings along to...

"But some people came that like did not RSVP. I was totally buggin."

i have this habit of reading webmd for fun. if i feel at all like i could possibly be getting mildly ill, i'll look up the symptoms. i also enjoy the featured articles. anyway, today there was a featured article, "Swine flu: 10 Things Not to Do." i'm reading down the list, and found #3 to be particularly interesting- "Don't hold or attend a swine flu party." according to the article the guest of honor at a swine flu party is someone who, as you might guess, has swine flu. the point of the party is for all the attendees to become infected with the virus so they can just get it over with, in the hopes they leave the party with a mild case of the virus and then will be immune for the rest of the season. "that's a bad idea," according to the article, and the CDC. i was intrigued by what a swine flu party might be like so i googled it to see what would come up. turns out the new york times wrote an article back in may reporting on mothers who thought this would be a good idea for their children, even tweeting about the idea to try get others interested in setting one up. apparently this taking immunity into your own hands approach is common for viruses like chickpox. normally i will use almost any excuse to get dressed up and go to a party, but this may be the one exception where i have to decline.

well, here's where the magic happens.

i decided to start blogging again. i really like the idea of people reading things i wrote while sitting in my pajamas, drinking coffee and thinking they are funny and insightful. jessica valenti is pretty much my inspiration for this idea. also my friend, allison. and maybe my neighbor, too. the only time i see him leave his house it is for very short periods of time, and he often has people stopping by his house for short periods of time. i've decided he is either a professional blogger, or drug peddler. today his british wife, nikki, ran outside to get in her car, turned on techno music loud enough i could hear it in my dining room, then beeped her horn. my neighbor (her husband) ran outside without shoes, but wearing headphones, and blew her a kiss. professional blogger or drug peddler, jury's still out.