Bits and pieces for today.
1. At first I was completely underwhelmed by the iPad. Halfway through the press conference I was thinking that unless this thing sucks my toes and makes me cookies, it is just a big iPhone with more firepower and no phone. But, the more I see of it the more I am impressed. It is pretty slick, and while I don’t have a need for one at all, as I am not into watching movies online, games, or ebooks, I am really interested in seeing where the technology goes in the next few generations. That said, I still kind of want one, so obviously everything is functioning properly at Apple. I don’t need one. I don’t have a lot of use for one. I can’t afford one. And yet, I want one. Apple products are the aloof, unattainable men of the computer world. I swear, they rub pheromones on their products or something.
That said, I am going to resist all of the obvious and overwrought jokes about the name, and just say, WTF, Apple? There are so many other things they could have called it that would be less menstrual. It reminds me of the spoof on the old iMac commercials.
2. I went back and bought the shoes of course. I also wandered into the clearance department which was either serendipitous or a mistake, but there it was: red.
I don't know why, but every time I look at this picture, I hear Ralph Wiggum saying, "I'm oxygenated."
So I bought red and blue heels today. (New Halloween costume idea: wear one of each and go as slutty ventricles. HOT with a HAWT.) The blue ones are by far the most comfortable four inch heels I have ever worn. They are stretchy, and just firm enough to give some support at the ankle, just the kind of thing you might see around the old strippers home. The red ones are just hot. Thirty-four more days.
3. In celebration of the new shoes, I repainted my toes, back to standard red, and I made two discoveries: a) those toe separator things are bogus. I couldn’t even get them between my toes. I’ll stick with yoga toe dexterity, thanks; and b) base coat. Why on earth have I resisted a base coat until now? Also, for some reason I was extra clumsy with the polish today, and until everything dried, half of my toes looked like clown lips.
4. Holy crap, grad school starts tomorrow. I could be all Hermione Granger about it and, like, prepare or something, but instead I am enjoying my last day of non-mayhem with shoes and geekery.
5. Max is blinky. I hope that he just got a little poke or something and this is not going to turn into a thousand dollar vet adventure. That said, there is something really pathetic about a blinky wiener.
It was quite difficult to get that picture. Usually Max is on the move so pictures either look like this:
Or most often, like this:
It is almost impossible to get him still unless he is sleeping, and lest someone tell me that there is an app for that, there IS actually an app for that: dog whistle. Unfortunately, it just doesn’t work on our dogs.
