| July 15, 2006 - I was almost Halloween King |
| Dear Friends, have you ever just lain in bed on a Saturday morning, thinking of all the hateful things you have to do, like laundry and Pilates, when you suddenly remember something that happened a long time ago, but you thought you had forgotten? Well, I was doing just that when I suddenly thought of being in 5th grade and how I was almost elected Halloween King of my classroom. In the small community we lived in, each class picked a Halloween King and Queen; not just for the class, but for each classroom. So if there were two 5th grade classes, each class would have a Halloween King and Queen. Then those Halloween Kings and Queens would go door to door asking for money for UNICEF. Whichever King and whichever Queen collected the most money were the official Halloween King and Queen for the school and got to ride on a float in the Christmas parade (which meant you could have an 18 year old King paired with a 6 year old Queen *shudder*). It was kind of like the Neewollah Queen in the movie "Picnic" (a must see if you haven't done so already). Anyway, in my 5th grade class, I was nominated along with another boy for Halloween King and everyone had to vote. I was really surprised that I was nominated, because I was not popular at all. Anyway, we all had to write on a slip of paper who we voted for, and I, being the gracious gentleman, of course voted for the other guy. Well, the other guy won by a close margin and I was devastated. Some little chickie came up to me later and said, "Gee JOHNNYLEEN, I'm sorry you didn't win." And I said, "Oh, it doesn't matter. Thanks for your vote anyway." And she said, "Oh no, JOHNNYLEEN. I didn't vote for you, I voted for the other guy." Huh? Well, anyhoo, I was just lying in bed a short while ago and that memory suddenly came back to me. And I thought, "Fancy that. I was almost Halloween King." And then suddenly it dawned on me that the whole thing was a farce, like "Carrie". They only nominated me in order to see what my reaction would be as the votes were counted! Thank God I'm old enough now that it doesn't bother me, but can you imagine what my feelings would have been like at 10 years old if I had realized what they were doing? Speaking of bitches (not that they were speaking of them), what's up with that crazy Naomi Campbell? I read she's being sued by yet another maid for being hit by a cell phone tossed by a very angry Naomi. I can tell you one thing; if that haughty bitch ever hit me with a cell phone, she'd never be able to use it again...it would be so far up her ass her fingers wouldn't be able to reach the buttons! And that nasty Britney Spears! I'm assuming all of you by now have seen the pictures of her exiting a gas station restroom barefooted. Seems she wants to entertain again, but while being safe about it, no dangerous, no safe, no dangerous. And she's so proud of that husband of hers....why is beyond me unless it's because he managed to knock her up twice. Did you read that she dyed her hair dark and posed nude for a magazine? That's a must see just for the laughs alone! Well, when I start ragging on Naomi and Britney, you know much isn't going on in my life and I had better sign off. Ta ta for now. Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |