It was Uptown Girl’s birthday recently, so I decided to surprise her by having flowers delivered to her doorstep. I wanted to show her I was sincerely interested in her, and I admit I was kinda hoping the flowers would tug at her heart strings a little more too.

I got several text messages from her when she got them, so that’s encouraging. Nothing about me of…..

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I don’t believe it. Uptown Girl actually emailed me back.

She apologized for not getting back to me sooner and wrote that she was very moved by my email. Words fail me. Words utterly fail me. I thought for SURE I was never gonna hear from her again, and to see her write this, I have to wonder if I’m being punked here.

Since then…..

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My ass.

I recently saw the movie Blood Diamond, which provided just a small glimpse into the violent world of diamond trade, and I tell ya, it’s enough to make me never want to buy a diamond for as long as I live.

Honestly, I never understood it’s appeal. It’s a rock. A bloody useless friggin’ rock. It does nothing except to prove just how utterly vain and shallow…..

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