I'M OBVIOUSLY GETTING MY MONEY'S WORTH FROM MY CAMERA PHONE!

Is that a banana on your sidewalk or are you just happy to see me?!

(please excuse the sophomoric, Beavis and Butthead-esque caption for this picture. couldn't help myself. after all, this blog is simply here for MY amusement really.)

I took this picture of a banana on the sidewalk outside of my house this week. What you need to know is that it sat there for THREE SOLID days before I picked it up. I'll admit, I was a little puzzled when I first came out in the morning and saw it there. Kinda baffling.

I thought I should pick it up but then thought, "Hmmmm. What if terrorists have some new, sinister plot? What if they are randomly throwing arsenic-laced, seemingly harmless pieces of fruit in front of people's homes...just waiting for them to pick them up?!" (Um, yes. I do watch too much television. I admit.)

I walked past the banana several times over the course of three days. (Maybe I was waiting on the fruit fairy to pick it up???? I don't know.) Finally, I decided that the neighbors may start talkin' about the crazy lady up the street who allows food products to fade in the sun in her front yard. It's a historic neighborhood. Trust me. They have rules!

I finally chose to discard the banana--but of course I took a picture first.

Later that same day, David returned home from a three day business trip. He looked on the computer...

HIM: "Uhhhh. L? Why do you have a picture of my banana on the computer?"

ME: "What do you mean your banana?! That's been laying on the sidewalk."

HIM: "Yeah. Because I dropped it on my way outta town but didn't realize it until I got down the road."

*sigh* I guess there was no elaborate terrorist plot.

Life is never as exciting as it is on TV . . . . .

WORDS FAIL ME

I'm not enough of a wordsmith, philosopher, scholar or counselor to attempt a blog entry on the events of this week. Everything that I could type about the horrible occurrence at Virginia Tech would seem, quite simply, trite.

I've been like you this week...transfixed, yet repulsed, by all of the news coverage of the killings that took place on that beautiful, sleepy, college campus. The whole situation sickens me and makes my stomach churn.

Today, I came across a great article by a college professor (Dr. Tony Beam) at my alma mater. In an article entitled Can We Just Shut Up and Mourn? he said it beautifully . . .

"I was interviewed on a nationally syndicated radio program a few hours after the shooting. One of the questions I was asked was, 'Where was God in all of this?' My answer was simple... God was huddled in the hallways with frightened students as they waited to see if they would be next in the line of fire. God was riding with wounded students to the hospitals, comforting them as they fought for their lives. God was strengthening the hands of the surgeons and nurses who worked feverously over the wounded trying to save their lives. God was comforting the distraught parents who were receiving word that their son or daughter wouldn’t be coming home again."

But do I REEEAAALLLLY mean it?

This is HUGE for me.

I'm a self-confessed reality show junkie. People, I even watched My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss a couple of years ago.

If that doesn't scream, "I need help. Someone please stage an intervention", I don't know WHAT does!!

I've proudly and enthusiastically watched American Idol from episode ONE. I couldn't begin to recount the ohmygosh-can-you-believe-what-she-was-wearing and is-it-just-me-or-is-he-totally-tone-deaf conversations I've had around the watercooler on the "mornings after."

Chris Daughtry? Oh yeah. It was pretty much love at first sight.

I sat around a table of NOTHING but guys recently and the entire conversation (approximately one hour) revolved around American Idol.

It's truly a cultural phenomenon. You have to agree!

This season, however, has been somewhat of a disappointment. I'm especially saddened that my absolute favorite resident mop top (Chris Sligh) is now gone. TOTAL injustice!!! I'm bitter.

This whole Sanjaya situation must be resolved. AND quickly!

In general, I'm not much on boycotting. Personally (don't care if you agree or not) I don't think it actually does much good in the long run.

However, I'm seriously considering foregoing the remainder of this season of AI if Sanjaya doesn't go home this week.

That being said, take a second to watch this video. You'll find that the anthem is both annoying annnnnd catchy. You'll find yourself humming it under your breath in NO time!

Don't say I didn't warn you . . .