Perhaps I'll blog...

(Originally posted on 11/28/2005)

I feel like a lame duck President. My current contract ends Friday, so I’ve taken it upon myself to do little work, if any. However, constantly searching the internet for things to read about Ryan Reynolds is itself work. Also, I must remind myself every 45 minutes or so to take a stack of papers and walk around the office for a bit. This gives off the illusion that I am actually doing work-related things on my computer and not reading Knots Landing episode summaries I found on Google.

What type of influence would Knots Landing have now in our post-9/11 world? Would Karen Mackenzie’s kindness unite us despite our differences? Would we simply agree to disagree on abortion and gay marriage because our mutual love for Gary Ewing put things into perspective? Would George W., faced with his constant comparisons to the shady and manipulative Abby Ewing (or in the later seasons Anne or Claudia or even sometimes Paige) finally admit to all the lies and beg for the world’s forgiveness?

Man, that show had a lot of villians.

My friend Jill got engaged last week. This means that I now only have two of what I would consider close friends that are still single like me. One of them I’m certain couldn’t give a flip (meaning that he’ll wind up happier and more in love than anyone I know). I’ve begun envisioning living with the other one when we’re senior citizens, fighting over who let the cat out or how many times you can actually reuse coffee grinds. I’m picturing a sad, strung-out, trailer park version of "Will and Grace."