Shut up and eat

Yeah ok, so I'm a sucker for advertising. I succumbed to the M&M commercials beckoning poor chicks such as myself to step over to the dark side - dark chocolate M&Ms side that is.
My first impression...yuck. Disgusting, unappetizing colors with a flavor that doesn't taste too different from the regular fun colored candies. Colors like gray - ooooh yummy; maroon; dark blue; dark chocolate brown (only good choice) and then strangely a light violet color. Right there, like a moth seeking a fire I was ready to flip back to the light side. I considered sending them back for a refund. Instead I just let them sit on counter in a zip lock bag.
Tried them again tonight - still not as dark chocolate flavored as I would like, but today they do taste better. I just wish they weren't the hideous colors. What would be so wrong about them being the bright happy colors? Chocolate is supposed to be a mood swinging food - swinging you to the light side. When I'm in a funk I don't want candy that appears as dreary as the mind set I'm about to eat my way out of.
My plea to Mars - make the damn things cheerful and I'll visit the dark side on more regular basis. Otherwise, I'm sticking to the milk chocolate on this one.

Call me crazy. I get a phone call this week about a job opportunity that suits me. An old friend tips me off Tuesday morning and that afternoon the potential employer leaves me a message asking for my resume. Any sane person who is looking for employment would have faxed off a resume that second. I am not that person.
I wait. I proscrastinate. I find the disk that says "Resume 2004" and discover that the disk no longer has a resume on it. What did I do with it? I scratch my head. I search through other disks. And then I start to think of other projects that sound more appealing than cataloging my previous work experience on an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper. Like what's for dinner? Shouldn't I be doing the laundry? My god, the tomatoes! I haven't watered the tomatoes.
I know I need to get on with this task - why is it so painful?

Last rites for the maiden hair fern and utter amazement at the hydrangea that refuses to give up after a near death experience. Even the Japanese maple saplings have sprouted new leaves, allowing me hope that a bonsai project may finally materialize. It is gardening time once again on the balcony.
The annual tomato plants were set out a few weeks ago. Basil grows large in a red clay flower pot next to them. Only a matter of time before summer salads can be had, picked fresh from the garden outside the front door.