A Birthday Blog For Judy

On a chilly March 30th, many moons ago

A sassy, silly infant was born in the frigid Chicago snow

Perhaps it was the city, or maybe the lingering chill

But that day begat our Judy, everyone's favorite "bitter lil' pill"

From an early age dear Judy knew how to get one's goat

He'd parade around in mom's high heels, or at his brother he would poke

In the 80's Judy blossomed into a "typical" teenage boy

Be it body wave or clean white keds, the trends he did enjoy

In the 90's it was nursing school and the thrill of saving lives

Assuming of course that a smoke break came first, he knew how to prioritize!

Now Judy is all grown up, with a mortgage and bills to boot

You can even find him doing yard work in his skorts and do-rag suit

So Happy Birthday Pinocha, you finally got your blog

Now go watch some Steel Magnolias while wearing your man clogs

Love, Love

Love as frequent as your trips to the post office

Love, Jef

BLAHHHHHG

To paraphrase the late, great Karen Carpenter, "Rainy days and [Sundays] always get me down." It has rained all weekend, and I am truly one sad clown with no hope of turning my frown upside down.

Actually, I guess I'm more of a bored-out-of-my-mind clown. And for the record, clowns are terrifying so I really should stop comparing myself to them.

Nonetheless, I am filled with that ennui that only a day of incessant rain can bring. You know, that weird drive to be busy that's overpowered by the urge to lay around and do nothing while gorging mindlessly on comfort food.

And to make matters worse, I have totally exhausted my TiVo and Netflix reserve. I had hours of Netflixed Veronica Mars Season 1 all ready to go (don't judge) , but I got too greedy and watched them on Thursday night. Damn my thirst for teen angst TV! As for the TiVo, I'm all caught up on Real World Key West - so far, I'm routing for that sassy straight-talker Tyler.

I've also depleted all my repertoire of nerdy housey design/improvement shows, including my latest fav Neat - the trials and tribulations of a professional organizer.

In my boredom, I even looked up all the people who do the voices for Drawn Together online. And Jack Plotnick, if you are reading this (and I know you are) just know - I HEART you.

Love, Love

Love as rhinestone encrusted as the lining of my rain cloud

Love, Jef