Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania

Kathy Griffin was talking about the problem her tour manager Tom has.  Trichotillomania.  I'd never heard of that word until Kathy Griffin mentioned that Tom had it.  What happens is the person sits there and pulls out their eyelashes or eyebrows without even knowing they are doing it.

One website said that it affects more females than males but so far I count 2 males.  Tom from Kathy Griffins My Life on the D-List and my very own partner Chip.

Chip does it all the time.  I'll be watching tv in the living room and he's sitting there pulling out his eyebrows with his thumb and finger and he doesn't even realize it.

Isn't it funny how we humans have our ticks?  I've had my share of ticks of course.  When I was a kid around 12 I remember blinking my eyes really hard and there would be times that I would just blink a lot.  I also have a strange eyebrow tick where I move my right eyebrow down, I can't explain what I do but it makes me feel good to do it but other times it affects my eyesight.  I can imagine what people must think when they see me do it.  Luckily when I'm in public I don't do it so nobody sees me except Chip.  When I see him look over at me I stop lol.

I've had strange ticks since I was a kid.  They are always different but the 1 tick can last for months even years at a time before I finally stop but then I pick up a new tick that I can't shake.  But luckily I haven't started pulling any hair out lol.

Whitney Houston Comeback Failure?

They were talking on the news about how Whitney Houston's comeback was a failure because she was losing her voice.  She did apologize but she blamed it on Oprah lol.  She said that she did an interview with Oprah and she talked so much during the interview that she lost her voice.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3F5SU929vI

She didn't sound too bad and I don't understand what the problem is.  Most singers can't sing live anyway lol.  It always sounds better on the CD (or mp3).

I loved her in the 80's, I had 2 of her CD's from way back when, I even have them on my Dell DJ to this day.  I don't listen to it that often but it's fun to hear when I'm into it.

I am glad that she is out of that whole drug thing though.  It makes me happy and good for her for making a come back.

Don't Play With Guns

Hehe lesson learned, message received!  Hehe yes I do realize this is an old video.  Someone emailed it to me years ago but someone reminded me of it today on Facebook.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seGVhlUw6xg

PVC Bike Trailer Update

I was looking at a forum where the PVC guy Roy was engaging with people about making this trailer drawing so he can get an idea of what to make and how to make it.

I don't remember who said it but someone said that it cost him over $800 to buy all the parts to make this thing.  Actually what he made was much bigger, it may have been for some other project but he did show a picture of the inside and it was pretty big.  I think it was something to haul with a car or truck so I don't think his was for a bicycle.  But that was kind of discouraging for me.

Roy the PVC guy doesn't buy any of his materials.  He goes to work sites where he finds crews that are building houses and he goes through the trash pile and takes the leftover pipe and joints and stuff and wood so he doesn't pay much for his trailer.  I don't have that luxury because first of all I'm too shy to just go up to a work site and start going through their pile of trash lol.

You remember in high school when you liked someone but you were too embarrassed to go talk to them so you sent your best friend to ask her if she liked you or not and if so ask her for me if she would go out with me lol.  Yeah, I'm like that although the conversation would be more like "Chip can you go ask them if we can have their leftover pvc?".  Well, I know Chip.  He'd say screw asking, just go get it lol.  I'd be all no you do it.  He'd be all but I don't want it and I'd be all well go with me and when we get yelled at I'll tell them that you forced me to do it lol.

I'm a wuss lol.  I'd rather just go to Home Depot and buy what I need.  But if it's a lot then forget it.

Also I'm not quite sure that I'm sold on the idea of PVC because it's too bendy.  I'm afraid that the first thing that's gonna happen is I'm gonna get in and the PVC is gonna start to crack and break lol.  Then I'll be on the road in Timbuktu and my floor is now bowed.  I mean I'd screw the wood to the PVC so that should help there but I just don't know how durable it is with my fat ass lol.

And I'm afraid that if I get too small it might be too flexiable, if I get too big it might be too brittle.  I don't know anything about PVC.  I know that I have seen brittle PVC but I don't know how old that is or maybe it was defective or not.  I need some PVC education.

I still want to make the trailer part for going to the grocery store to buy groceries to test the waters (or the pvc rather lol) and maybe sit in the trailer for awhile and move around to make sure it's sturdy for me.  Then if it doesn't break start adding shit that I would probably have with me while camping in it lol.

I know one perfect use for this.  If I'm in the dog house at home then this will be my dog house lol I can go to bed in there the night I'm in the dog house rofl.

Tanning Salon

It's on the Bakersfield news that this woman has been going to this tanning salon for the last 5 years and she bought a bottle of this lotion for $22 and was promised a whole month of free tanning with the purchase of this bottle.  She saw them moving some boxes and when she went to the store to ask them what they were doing they hid from her lol.  Next thing you know the store is empty and a sign on the door saying they moved cause they lost their lease.

She said that they didn't tell her where they moved lol.  I smell something and it's not cocoa butter, it's a PIA customer.  They probably didn't tell her because she has probably been a pain in their ass for 5 years.

"I take tanning very seriously"

Ok Georgia Hamilton.

I really hate to bring this up but there is a more natural way of tanning and it's free.  It's called a beach towel, your back yard or wherever you can go, maybe the park? And the SUN.  The sun provides free tanning all year long no matter the time of year, the sun is always out there.  Unless of course it's raining or there is a fire that is causing a lot of smoke in the sky.  Or a giant woman wearing a Tarzan bathing suit that is as high as the Bank of America building in downtown Bakersfield.

Now I don't go tanning at a tanning salon very often, well never really because I find better uses for my spare cash, like oh I don't know, groceries.  So I don't know if there is a huge difference between the damages that the sun causes compared to the damages that a tanning salon causes so I really can't say that it's better to be in the sun as opposed to the salon.

When I am able to ride my bike or even just being outside I get a nice tan on my arms and legs then of course I have a tan line which is my t-shirt arms and my shorts lol.  Normally I try to stay out of the sun as much as possible because I'm burned in 5-10 minutes.  When I have to sit at the bus stop I usually have a baseball cap on to protect the ol' chrome dome and my forehead from turning a nice beet color.

Anyway, I'm sure she can get the tan she wants by laying in the sun for short periods of time here and there everyday and she doesn't have to spend a dime, well except for the sun tan lotion of course.

Do you tan?  Tell me which is better.  The sun, tanning salon or spray tan.

6-12 Episode Seasons

I've noticed that some shows are now down to only 6 episodes in a single season.  The British shows like Being Human and Primeval both only had 6 episodes for the entire season (or as they say, series).  I understand why Primeval only has 6 episodes because of the CGI and the money it costs to produce that much CGI per episode.  But what about Being Human?

There are also some summer shows on SyFy that only have 12 episodes per season like Eureka, Warehouse 13, Sanctuary etc.  What happened to 24 episodes per season?  I mean they could have those shows air from fall to end of spring like the network shows and have 24 episodes with repeats here and there.  I kinda feel cheated.

Also there are shows that are only on for 2 1/2 months because they air the episodes back to back.  You get to see them during the summer but that's it, you have to wait a whole year to be able to see the next season.

And what about Merlin?  They have been showing 2 episodes on Sunday nights.  It seems like they are rushing that show.  But at least that show has more than just 12 episodes so I guess I should be grateful.  But I miss it every Sunday night, I don't know why I always forget to watch it.  Thank goodness I have Bright House cable with Primetime on Demand so I can watch it the next day.  Also if I miss an episode I can go to Hulu or the NBC website to see it.

I guess I should be lucky that they even have these supernatural shows so I shouldn't bitch about it, just be grateful they are producing them hehe.