She always prayed to headlights

Ohhhhh, the silly randomness of life.

After just complaining about the 91 freeway never not having traffic anymore, I drove home at 6:30pm on Monday night and had an almost completely traffic-free drive. I don't get it, but I like it.

I pulled on to my street on this same drive home and saw a new character. Now, in addition to the man with a huge gray afro that drives the little yellow car living around the corner, and the scary red-haired guy whose head never turns side-to-side across the street, there was a person on the corner who was there merely for my entertainment, I'm convinced. I enjoy walking on my street while making calls, so this was a good excuse to get a closer look after a long drive home. This person wore a maroon sweat suit with a yellow and green basketball jersey poking out from underneath, with green high top converse and a big beach hat, which was replaced by a day-glo orange beanie when the air turned a little more brisk. This person was standing on my corner apparently singing, but you had to strain to hear as you walked by. I know this because I passed closely by-- twice. Only a faint "baybaaayy" or "ohhh yeeeahhh" could be heard and at one point two kids walked by but a quick "theatrical" movement of this person's hand scared the bejeezus out of one of the kids who flinched and broke into a dead sprint. I keep referring to this character as a person because frankly, I'm still not sure if it was a man or woman. I took a picture with my new camera phone and as soon as I learn how to get it from my phone to computer, it shall be seen below.

*home of future picture*

Alias tonight featured a man who melted in the opening scene. I did not need to see that. Pretty sure it will haunt my dreams for at least a few nights. It also again featured Sydney in a life-or-death situation. Why do they continue to try to make us think she might actually DIE???? She's the freakin' star of the show. And she's got a contract at least until the year 2034, so just stop it. Pretty sure she'll be around for a while. It's getting old.

Someone who won't be around for a while is Nikko. He finally got the boot and I couldn't be happier. Well, I could be happier if it was stinkin' Anthony Federov. I'll admit, he had my sympathy vote in the beginning with the whole "kid from Romania who needed a tracheotomy who was never supposed to be able to talk again but is now singing in a huge American singing competition thing. Now, in comparison, you stink so just go away. I don't want to see you shake your Clay Aiken-wannabe booty anymore.

I'm also totally into America's Next Top Model and am not ashamed to admit it. Next week Tyra actually yells at someone during elimination and I can't wait. Plus, the show is on UPN, which is also home to Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's new "reality show". How much better does it get than that??

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