  urlLink BConklin1@nc.rr.com Hi! No update yesterday....I was too busy livin' it to write about it. I have discovered that spotting the male mexican species sporting a raging hard-on is an omen that soon you will be taking your teenage daughter to the mall and spending massive amounts of money on school clothes. Its true, its true. 2 pairs of jeans and a pair of sweat pants - $88.00. It flips me out how much stuff costs these days!
But Sparkle had outgrown her jeans except one pair so she had to have them. So now she has 3 pairs of jeans and I will be able to get her more later because I am working that overtime. And she has Bam Margera shoes so she feels like her coolness factor is intact. Sheesh, a Led Zeppelin T-shirt used to do that for me. And this was the tax-free weekend....which is actually a bunch of bull schivosky. I figured up if you spend $60.00 you end up saving like $4.00 and some change.
I'm not complaining but I don't get into a frenzy if I don't get all the shopping done on the tax-free weekend. I wish they would have a 50% off weekend. Now I could really get into that! I found a new CD store here in Durham that appeals to me. FYE does NOT appeal to me! This little place is at Brightleaf Square and is called Offbeat CDs.
Its basically all the stuff I love and then some. They had this Johnny Depp DVD called "Dead Man" that I had been looking for years to find! And its Johnny Depp, so you know I was all over that anyway. This store is cool enough that they were going to be getting in the new Mark Lanegan CD ANYWAY on Tuesday, I didn't have to, like, special order it. And the guy actually knew who Mark Lanegan was, which means this store was batting 1,000 in my book. They had a Led Zeppelin T-shirt that I'm going back to get later, so I can regain my former coolness.
We came home immediately and Sparkle, Bitchard (her boyfriend) and I watched "Dead Man. " Wooooo, it was a typical Johnny Depp artsy-fartsy eclectic flick....very strange yet totally appealing. Johnny plays a little tenderfoot city slicker from the East who heads out to the Wild West during...well, the Wild West days. Its a total disaster trip and one thing leads to another and the next thing you know, Johnny and his cool Indian pal are on the run. I totally loved that movie. That was one of the flicks Johnny was honing his acting chops on so he could wow the masses with "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Secret Window".
I just loooooooove me some Johnny Depp, good lord what a man! Not only does he have tremendous talent, I just admire the way he seems to carry himself in public as being humble about how truly great he really is. That's always the sign of a superior man on Planet Brenda, baby. And then to top it all off, he's TOTALLY HOT . He's so hot that even the straight men know he's hot. And that's when you're really hot.
I was disappointed that Hollywood didn't give the Deppster the Oscar this year. I'm sorry but I am one of the ones that just didn't like Mystic River all that much. I'm sure Johnny could care less if he wins an Oscar but I want him to get one within the next 5 years. He was robbed this year. IMHO. So anyway, if you love Johnny Depp ( I know you do) and you can stand a little strange film-making with a weird ending, then Dead Man is for you.
If you can find it. Good luck. (Bet you'd have to get it off the internet). Planet Brenda expresses condolences to the family and friends of Rick James...Super Freak and Partier Extraordinaire. You'll be able to take those kinky girls home to mother in heaven, Rick. RIP. 
