At work, one of the ladies was deciding on a password for a work contest and asked me to help her. She wondered if she should use a secret name as her username and quietly said, "Like She-Ra. That would be a good username." Then said she should maybe use "Princess of Power" as her full name. And I howled. And she howled. And tears were streaming down both of our faces as we kept repeating it: She-Ra, Princess of Power. She wondered how many people would call for her at work, asking for Princess of Power. All our co-workers were watching us cry from laughter until I told them what we were discussing. They didn't laugh as hard as we did, but we're used to laughing more than others.
Today I wore my bright blue raincoat to work to try to perk myself up. As soon as I got on the bus I realised I was the brightest person there (visually, anyway), a little beacon of colour on an otherwise dreary paletted bus of riders. Why don't all raincoats come in delicious colours? I wish I still had my rain boots; they were minty green and also made me feel happier when it was raining, but they cracked and let water in so I had to get rid of them. Sigh.
Currently reading :
Miss Misery: A Novel
By Andy Greenwald
Release date: 27 December, 2005
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