Solonor's Inkwell

Holy crap. I just got home from the mall where the Mrs works. Whiny and I decided to go there and taunt her and Pepperkat (who was dressed as a “Random Muggle”), then take in the Hulk (which was way better than I expected). It was unbelievable! It’s 2am now, and when I left they were still mobbed. I’m going to try to stay up until they get home, but that doesn’t look like it will be any time soon.

About five minutes after I wrote the last post, I got in the car and turned on the radio. Yep. “Cheeseburger in Paradise” was playing. Argh!

I have a package of M&M’s on my desk. It’s one of those fund raiser things for the daughter of a co-worker. The last of five packages, actually.

It is mocking me.

Since Sunday, I have been on a too-cheap-to-buy-the-book-so-I’ll-figure-it-out-myself version of the South Beach Diet. No carbs for 2 weeks. No pasta. No potatoes. No soda. No sugar. No M&M’s. And do you know why I’m doing this? Frickin’ Gnomedex. Like anyone but me cares that I’m a fat slob when I meet them in person. Me’s bad enough, I guess.

But Jehosephat this is tough! If it weren’t for the fact that I feel better than evah just from getting off the caffeine, I’d zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…huh? whuzzat? Oh, yeah. M&M’s…

I’ll be back to chocolate and other delectable goodies in a couple weeks. I just want to transform myself from gently caressing the candy wrapper like Gollum (“My preciousssss”) to casually tossing aside the temptation like Aragorn. I will rule chocolate. It will not rule me!

I think the M&M’s are laughing.

Tonight is the night. If you don’t know what that means, then welcome back from solitary confinement, bud.

My beloved works for Barnes and Noble. She “gets to” dress up as a Hogwarts professor and conduct a midnight party for the screaming mob of rugrats and their bankrolls parents. She couldn’t be one of the professors in the book, however, so she had to make up her own costume and persona. Flossie Slapcabbage is a pet name that her father used to annoy her with, so that’s what she’s going with. At press time, she still didn’t know what she was professor of exactly…

To compound the excitement, hers is one of like 4 BN’s in the country that is in a mall, rather than a standalone box. Not only that, but it’s positioned in the mall right next to the movie theater… not only that, but tonight is opening night for The Hulk (not even counting how many teenie boppers might be headed to this monstrosity).

Then she gets to work Saturday, too.

I’m thinking somebody’s gonna need a nap before this weekend’s over.