Aaaand We're Back!

My friend Dave is a dedicated and talented writer/filmmaker/actor/computer animation type person, and it is thanks to him that I am actually blogging tonight. Here's an abridged conversation we had on IM this afternoon:

Dave: hey.
Me: howdy. i didn't get to read your blog yet. i am lame. sorry.
Dave: Well to be fair, you still have crocheted snowmen on your blog.
Me: yes. i do. because - i am lame. i really have a lot to blog about too. i am just lame.
Dave: I don't know if that meets the standards of "Parenthetical Thoughts" or "She Steals Souls"
Me: what, being lame? probably not.
Dave: yeah.
Me: okay fine, you have guilted me into blogging! i will put SOMETHING up tonight.
Dave: Go forth and blog!
Me: ha ha. okay.
Me: sigh

We learn a few things from this conversation: (1) at least one person is still looking at my blog to see if I've posted; (2) it doesn't take much to lay a guilt trip on me; and (3) I am lame. And have an aversion to correct punctuation. But you probably knew that already.

Thanks once again, Dave, for inspiring me to write. Everyone go visit Dave's blogs at A Gaggle of Deer and Less Than Genius. Dave, I have linked to you! Yay! I am still on dial up and can't load any of your videos but I'm sure they are all fab.

It's true, I do have a lot to blog about. For one thing, I am dating someone, and have been for a few months now. He is a cool guy and things are going well. I have been hesitant to blog about this for a couple of reasons. First, I don't want to jinx anything. Second, my blog started as a quasi-Bridget Jones-esque narrative about the life as an inept singleton. Now that I’m dating someone and it’s going well, I’m afraid I won't be amusing anymore. I mean, TV shows always go downhill when a singleton character starts a relationship. For example:

• Will and Grace, after Harry Connick, Jr. came on the scene.
  
  
• Who’s the Boss, when Tony and Angela finally got it on.
  
  
• Deep Space Nine, after Odo and Kira got together in the single most unbelieveable TV hook up EVER. (Well, maybe tied with Brigitte Nielson and Flava Flav. Maybe.)

So, if you were only here to mock my ineptitude with men, you will have to find your fix elsewhere for the time being. Might I suggest Lisa Loeb’s new reality show? You can't go wrong with shows that make you feel superior to celebrities.

That’s all I have in me for tonight, peeps. Thanks AGAIN for not giving up on me yet. Here’s what’s coming soon to Parenthetical Thoughts:

• A Night of Nelson and Too Much Wine;
  
• Shaz on the Lam;
  
• In Which I Become an Activist, or at least try to;
  
• More Car Trouble;
  
• Dating Ron Burgundy;
  
• Things I Will Never Do, Such As Buy a Pair of Uggs, or Climb Mt. Everest; and lastly,
  
• Why I Fear Beluga Whales.
  
  

So stick around, and please keep guilting me into writing, as it seems to work. Thank you for your assistance.