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You want to be mad but you just can't resist these puppy-dog eyes.

Now this is ridiculous. I am turning into one of those people who once a month or so checks in with an "I'm sorry baby, I know I've been neglecting you but it won't happen again, just take me back this one last time and I swear things will change," but you know they won't, those ungrateful bastards. Hmmph.

So this weekend was the infamous and dreaded work event. After months of trial and irritability and printing problems, all went well. And my goodness did I ever look fabulous. For those of you who remember the Great Reunion Dress-buying Event of 2003, I finally got a chance to give that hard-won garment a second outing.

However, return to the workaday world I must, and this morning was rough. For one thing, all the fancy dressing and jet-setting left discarded shoes and handbags all over my apartment, the better to trip me and prevent me from finding important items like keys and wallet. For another, the lingering effect of a fancy party is always to raise my standards of dress for a few days afterward. Suddenly I'm not happy with merely finding some pants and a shirt that don't make small children cry, oh no, suddenly I want to look fashionable. This is a lofty and despair-inducing goal for a Monday morning, at least in the cat-hair-bedecked Tron household.

Speaking of playing dress-up, last night I caught Bruce Campbell's excellent turn as an aging, mummy-battling Elvis in Bubba Ho-Tep. Hie thee to the local indie theater and see it, if you get a chance: even if you think you don't like horror-comedies, you will probably be surprised at the depth of thought and sensitivity that went into creating this portrayal of What Might Have Happened if the King had lived. Well, except for the mummy probably.

Cheers, I'm out. And honey, I promise I'll be back soon. Don't look at me like that, darlin' - you know you drive me crazy.

Posted by hilatron at October 20, 2003 10:08 AM | TrackBack