Current mood: amused 
 

Hi Everyone,

The following conversation will be brief and may or may not remind you of discussions in your home:

Eeny: You hogged all the hot water. I had to have a cold shower!

Meeny: Well, didn't WE get out of bed the wrong side this morning!

Eeeny: Listen, you ugly bastard. It was the good side until I found all the hot water gone! How long do you need to shower anyway?

Meeny: You need to shut up. You're giving me a headache.

Eeney: You're telling ME to shut up? I hate you! You always leave the toilet seat up. What are you anyway, a freakin' Neanderthal?

Meeny: Who are you calling a Neanderthal?

Now this conversation is not taking place between a man and a woman but two men. Yep, men need to er…man up and admit they too, get male PMS. Technically speaking it is referrerd to as Irritable Male Syndrome, or as my Jamaican friend Basil calls them, "Lady Days."

It may not surprise you to learn he's been married and divorced four times.

The above conversation happened between me and my brother. His girlfriend, who acompanied him on his visit to me wisely kept her mouth shut as we sniped at one another. It was all forgotten by the time we'd had our second cup of coffee but she tiptoed around for a good hour until then. Poor thing. She still looks traumatized.

Men get stressed. Men bottle things up. And then we act like nine year old girls over things like hot water, no gas left in the car and somebody stabbing his disguting cigarettes out in my tropical plants on the balcony.

But I digress. Yep, you too can be the proud paramour of a guy who loses it over incidentals. It isn't just gay guys who get those…well, hormonal fluctuations. My lovely friend Heather mentioned this yesterday and I thought it was about time to address this issue since well, it's my day to blog again. I mean, I probably owe apologies to millions of people by now for bad attitudes on my er…lady days.

But I won't. I will bottle it all up, carry it deep within me, all with a smile on my face until the next time some wiener cuts me off on the freeway. Yeah, them we'll see about how ladylike I can be. Now pass me the Happy Pills, please.

Aloha oe,

A.J.

Currently listening : Jukebox - Deluxe Edition By Cat Power Release date: 2008-01-22