1/30/2006 02:18:00 PM|||MarcieCrim|||

I am again driving legally. Today was the day I paid off a very over-due speeding ticket and received a new drivers license. My photo is about 10 times more flattering than my last license photo where I resembled a corpse. However, I still don't think it looks like me.

I believe I might be S.A.D. According to an article on MSN, I may be afflicted with this condition. I had suspected it before, but now I'm pretty positive. The article begins like this: "It happens at the same time every year: Your girlfriend who is so frisky and fun-loving during the spring, summer, and early fall reacts to the end of Daylight Savings Time like an eight-year-old mourning the loss of her pet hamster. She starts eating more, becomes cranky and argumentative, and by the time mid-winter rolls around, all she wants to do is sit on the couch and watch TV. When you ask about her odd behavior, all she says is something vague like I hate the winter. It's more likely that she's having a bout of Seasonal Affective Disorder (or S.A.D.), a temporary depression triggered by lack of sunlight during the darkest time of the year."

Symptoms are: "S.A.D. is marked by crying jags, extreme moodiness, and lack of sex drive, among other symptoms."

I don't want to be S.A.D. anymore.

Today I was struck with how slowly government workers work. At the courthouse, the post office and the DMV. It's really very odd. Customer service is not stressed in government desk jobs. I'd like to see these people work at an inside sales position with their rather large behinds and love of ignoring people that are staring right at them.

A friend just found out that her 2.5 year old son was taken into a dark bathroom (so cameras wouldn't record) at his pre-school and hit by his teacher. He was also abused in other ways, physically and emotionally. How do you find the strength to not hurt the teacher?

Tomorrow night at Natasha's Cafe there is a very special performance by a special guy. A Marine guy that went to Iraq, came back and then came out of the closet on CNN with Paula Zahn. Lance Corporal Jeff Key has put together a one-man show about his time in Iraq, drawing almost all of the material from the journals he kept while in Iraq. Some of the reviews he has received are:

"His performance really soars...He'll be an unstoppable force."
-L.A. Weekly

"Monumentally epic...Could some day change the world."
-Backstage West

"A powerful one-man show...From humor to outrage in the blink of an
eye."
-The Advocate

He'll be at Natasha's Cafe tomorrow night (Tuesday) for one night only in his one-man show. Call for reservations 859-259-2754.

I had other things to say, but I can't seem to recall them. Perhaps they were unimportant.

Oh! I'm moving Saturday, who wants to help carry my furniture?

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