Just something to lighten up the atmosphere:

Ever since I met Ali’s cousin, Jay, I’ve been jealous of him. He’s young and successful. He has lots of money, a big house, several nice cars, a boat, and so on. I wanted what he had.

Today, he had to make the decision to remove his wife, Cindy, from life support. She passed away at around 5:30 pm. I’m certain that he would give everything up in order to have back the mother of his children.

I’m not jealous anymore. I’m really beginning to appreciate what I have. I’ve never had to deal with anyone even remotely close to me dying before. This is new for me. I don’t even really know Jay all that well, but I could feel the intense pain when he held on to me so tightly when I hugged him as we were leaving the hospital, and I never want to feel that way. I appreciate what I have, and I’m so grateful for it.

Michelle pointed out this cool site to me today. It’s Shawnimals.com. They sell one of a kind stuffed animals that are bizarre, but really cute. Go, make Shawnimals huge! Let’s have another Internet success story!

Today, my father passed on to me the knowledge of The Sauce.

And God looked down upon The Sauce, and God smiled, and it was good…

Vermont was great. I’m probably going to go back there with Ali next month for her birthday. If I’m feeling less lazy at some point I’ll probably post some pictures. That’s it for now. I promised an update, so I felt obliged to give you one.

Fashion Week is done, and we ended on an interesting note. Cindy Crawford was at the show. No, she wasn’t in the audience…she was one of the runway models. This is the first time she’s walked the runway in about 10 years. It was very exciting for a lot of people.

I’m off to Vermont tomorrow, and I’ll be there through the weekend. I’ve never been to Vermont before, so I’ll let you know what I think of it when I get back.

I’ve been in NYC since last Thursday working on shows for NYC Fashion Week. Tonight’s show was for Heatherette, a rather famous (in the fashion world) design firm. Lots of important people were in attendance, most of whom I did not recognize because they are primarily famous in the fashion world. Liza Minelli and Joan Rivers were there, and I’m told that Alicia Keyes was there, although I did not actually see her. I’ve done enough shows with enough famous people to not be phased by this, but it definitely added a certain energy to the atmosphere of this particular show. Here’s a few thoughts that I had tonight during the show and in the train on the way home:

- It’s odd to go home after a show like the one I had tonight. When I get home, everything just seems so ordinary. It’s not that ordinary is bad, but it’s odd to return to it after such a high excitement level. NYC, itself, adds to the excitement, being a place that is so alive all the time, lit up even late at night with people moving about and shops and restaurants open at odd hours. The energy of events like this one is really one of the things I love about what I do. It’s not a world I want to live in. I like where I am. But it is a world I’d like to visit more often…

- Ella Fitzgerald probably had a better mastery of her instrument than almost any other female vocalist. She seemed to not only know and understand her voice, but also to really understand music and music theory, and to really know how to use her voice to great effect.

- I’m sorry, Ali, but I love looking at beautiful women. If that makes me a bad person, so be it. I love my wife, and I would never consider cheating on her or doing anything with any of these other women, but I can’t help looking at them. There are so many beautiful women at these shows. I’m not talking about the models. They’re generally the least attractive women there, actually. The women who come to see these shows, though, and the interns that they have working on them….they’re just great to look at.

There may have been some other things, but I’ve forgotten them, which means they probably weren’t that important. I’m still in NYC until Thursday night, and then I leave for Vermont on Friday morning and won’t be back until Sunday. More later…

Joss Whedon, when asked if there were any more Buffy spin-offs planned:

“I’m working on Buffy: Deep Space Nine. It will be dark and badly received.”

The only nice thing about not having my reidsound e-mail address active for a few days was that during that time I did not receive any junk mail. I can tell that it’s back, because the amount of junk mail has gone up exponentionally. It’s unfortunate that it’s really too late to fix that without elminating that particular e-mail address altogether. If I had been smart, I would have started using a “junk mail address” when I would register at various websites. But I didn’t think about it and now it’s too late. Oh well. It’s not that hard to delete them, it’s just really annoying.

Sorry for the interruption. It seems my domain had expired and no one knew about it. But we’re back in a timely fashion, and I thank Bryan for taking care of that.

I’ve had a whole slew of things on my mind while we were gone, but I didn’t bother to write any of them down since there was no site. Now I have a headache and don’t feel like writing them at all. Perhaps another time.

I’ll be in NYC for a bunch of days starting tomorrow. I’ll probably see some of you there.