CHARISMATIC MEGAFAUNA

By Quiconque

A Few Good Things

DumbOkie, who is by no means dumb, has a blog. She sums up perfectly my anger and frustration over the recent (relentless) infertility hoo-ha directed at women over 35. Perhaps I'm more sensitive to this crap now that I am in that age group, but it seems to me that this summer the news has been rife with chastisements against women who "wait too long." My reaction to such broadcasts was always, "Shut the Fuck UP!" Okie has found a more eloquent and persuasive way to say it. (FYI, Okie's spelling has acquired a decidedly British cast now that she's living in Wales.)

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The Swing Dolls will be appearing in next week's episode of The Gilmore Girls. One third of the Swing Dolls is none other than Ms. Andrea Lee Davis, a college friend and former music director of a certain a capella group I belonged to. Andrea may be difficult to spot--I couldn't make her out in the promo for next week's show--her straight blond locks are covered by a curly dark wig.

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I have a job, I think, working as a factotum for an eccentric millionaire. The job entails many confidential matters; so I probably won't be blogging about it much.

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A maybe job means a maybe car, which I may purchase soon. The car I have my eye on is no great thing--10 years old, a little dented, lots of miles. But it may just be what I need to get around for the next year or two. Asking my mom's permission to drive the minivan is getting too infantilizing.

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I'd given up on Donald Trump's Apprentice because, well, frankly, it has sucked royally since the second season. But Martha's is awesome. Not so much for the cast, who are just as dumb as the folks the Donald picks, but for Martha herself, who, despite her recent legal and financial mistakes, seems far more savvy than the Donald ever did. When she called everyone back to the conference room because she didn't agree with the losing PM's choice of whom to fire, I stood up and clapped at the TV. I can't wait to see the episode where she threatens to lose her temper. I have a friend who worked for her. Trust me, you don't want to make Martha lose her temper.
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READING: Halloween costume catalogs. Someone needs to have a party.

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