Someone has sent me a gift subscription to US Weekly, and my first thought was that it had to be a joke.  No one has owned up to it yet though.
I sort of flipped though this weeks issue just because I was curious.  I've never really understood why people read the things.  Obviously people enjoy them because there are tons of them out there. My grandmother and aunt have read them for as long as I can remember and they used to give them to me when they were done with them so I could tear stuff out if it gave me any artisitc inspiration.  Other than that I never really gave them any thought. 
I kind of feel like they are an unfair violation of people's privacy.  I wouldn't want the events of my life whether good or bad made so easily available to people who I don't know.
This week they have an article on Michael Phelps's love life.  The guy makes olympic history, and now he gets his privacy taken away in return. 
In a way it makes me treasure my anonymity. I hope if I ever am fortunate enough to become a popular writer that I'll be able to keep most of my privacy anyway.  A penname can help with that some, but in this day and age it is very hard to keep your true identity a secret for very long.  Fortunately it seems that writers aren't very high on the list of celebrities to be watched and followed, unless you are J. K. Rowling.

Soooooo.... I basically spent today helping my Dad manuver a 16 foot ladder around the house.   We were vacuuming the ceiling fans and all the cobwebs on the ceiling.... if you've ever been to my house you know what a monumental task that is. :-P  

Other than that I've just been getting ready to go to SC tomorrow.  I'm very excited.  Unfortunately Amtrak is evil and is making me take a 7:30 am train because the next one isn't until 4pm and I don't want to leave that late.

I can't wait to see my buddies because they are the coolest people ever!! ;-) 

 Lately I've been intrigued by the idea of "The Law of Attraction" which is the theory based on the idea that like attracts like, and that we cause good and bad things to happen to us based on our having positive or negative thoughts.  Supposedly we can attract things to us by having positive thoughts about it.  This is a really cool idea, but I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it.   Is it really possible?

On a different note, I think I experienced real chemistry with a guy for the first time this weekend.  :-P  It was really strange and absolutely pointless because the chances of my ever seeing him again are not great.  I guess the important thing was that I can learn from the experience.  But the chemistry was really there and tangible in the air within about an hour of our meeting.  We kept getting drawn closer together and kept mirroring each other's movements.  What was even cooler was that I could tell that he liked me, and I'm pretty sure he could tell that I liked him.  If he couldn't, well then I need to work on my body language some more. 

I'm also getting really excited about going down to SC to visit for Lolly's graduation!!