  For those who lived with me in the past, I think you'll see the truth in today's horoscope...;) There are not a lot of ways you can go awry today. But with the planetary energy at play, you may risk accidentally saying the wrong thing at the wrong moment, or make that one comment that everyone else has been sensitively avoiding. The problem is your lack of tact. If you can master this, then you may just hit the jackpot. Earlier this week I tried to post a reply to all of the comfort you offered when I took down my personals.
Apparently, it wasn't something that should have been read because the blogger ate it. The long and the short of it was thanks for staying hopeful for me. And Em, I know you love me, but I'm just not gay...;) It was worth a try, though, and your valiant effort has been noted.
I've been watching "Chicago" quite a bit lately. I really like the "He Had It Coming" song. Romantic comedies have just been pissing me off, but a good old fashioned movie about a woman who is sent to jail for murdering her boyfriend, well, that's right up my alley. When we went up to Chicago last weekend, we were listening to this really funny book by John Grisham called "Skipping Christmas," which is about this middle-aged couple who decide to go on a cruise instead of celebrating Christmas because their daughter went away to Peru with the Peace Corps. Much wackiness ensued, and in the end their daughter flew home with her fiance to surprise them. I really liked the story until the kid came back with her Peruvian doctor fiance. Then I just wanted to smack her. Seriously, I'm going to be the poster child for premature old and bitterness...;) And this whole longest night of the year thing is getting just a bit out of hand.
I don't know what the weather is like where you all are, but it's rainy and really dark here. And I mean DARK . The blackness of the bare trees is only a subtle contrast to the deep blue-grey of the sky. Very cool, but not condusive to getting out of bed in the morning. Anyway, Merry Christmas, Joyful Yule, Happy New Year! Don't know if I'll be checking in here or not before next Monday, but you all have my number and my parents' number and my cell number, so if you need anything, just give me a call. Have a good one! 
