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 I’m sitting here wondering what to write. I could bitch and moan about job related matters but then I feel bad, because frankly I’m happy to have a job. I honestly don’t have much of a life, so I have to stop sometimes and turn to my sister who doubles as my spouse and say, “We’re not pathetic. We have each other, we live in a cute place, we have jobs that we like, and at least we aren’t Cuddy with that horrible baby.”
I have TV shows that I love like House, Gossip Girl, Lost, Ghost Hunters, Grey’s Anatomy, Battlestar Galactica…ok, that’s sad, but still, it’s a reason to keep going. And Ghost Hunters is a good show. (But skip Ghost Hunters International because Andy Andrews is weird and Barry makes everything up.) I have a website that’s not busting traffic numbers but has a solid base. It gives me a chance to plug things like A & E's “The Exterminators,” a “funny family docusoap about the zaniest pest removal company on the planet.” And really what could be better than that poster? I want a full size one. I can plug The Authority Show, a pop culture radio show hosted by my new Facebook friend Chris Catania. You can listen to him on Monday nights at 6pm online. Click where it says “Listen Now” – quick before that website gives you a seizure. Better to look here instead if you want to know more. I have friends that I watch swiped Academy screeners with (loved The Wrestler, think The Reader is A Good Movie but doesn't stay with you, couldnt get Benjamen Button to work, clearly they were on to us). I'm invited to weddings (three this year!). I have Facebook and Linked In friends (sorry MySpace, but I couldnt handle any more dating site ads. Quit it with the hints). I rarely talk to any of these friends except over those mediums, but I know that they're there. I have my VW Beetle. She's a lemon and I'm in the middle of a lawsuit with Volkswagon, but she manages to get around and my lawyer is on my side. So there's that. I've discovered a new salad in a bag called Pacifica. Toss some apples in there, a little sourdough bread on the side and it's a yummy dinner for anyone who can't cook. Books! There's the public library, and now the Beverly Hills one has Kelly's Cafe with those disgusting non fat chocolate chip muffins that I eat only because they're non fat. Borders sends me a coupon every week and every week I head there and buy like a good little consumer helping the economy. So look. See? I'm thankful. Usually this is the time of year when I start wondering what I'm doing with my life, and what I have to show for my time on this planet. But this year, I'm not going to do this. I realize that my life means nothing and it's all about the little things like TV shows, Facebook, and plugging friends' projects. And Ghost Hunters. And The Exterminators poster. GET TO KNOW THE EXTERMINATORS CAST (Come on. This is all kinds of awesome.) - Billy: The Rock Star exterminator and the fallible hero and founder of the Vexcon Exterminating Company. He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders.
- Ricky: Billy’s younger brother and the black sheep of the family. He used to be a partner in the family business, but now is just an employee, and he wants back in. Ricky is the pawn blamed for everything and is always caught in the middle.
- Donnie: Billy and Ricky’s mom and also the queen bee of the Brethertons. She will be the first to admit that when she is wrong she is never wrong. As the Office Manager of the family business she concedes, “I know they call me a bitch behind my back. But I don’t care.”
- Bill Sr.: Billy and Ricky’s dad. He is the ever-worried and beleaguered patriarch. He’s still recovering from a recent heart attack so he can’t be out in the field helping Billy, but likes to call meetings to discuss how the business is failing. Donnie says, “When daddy ain’t happy, nobody’s happy.”
- Mary: Billy’s very clingy wife. She calls Billy several times a day like a teenager calling her boyfriend. Mary works in the office but does not draw a salary. She is not very well liked; Bill Sr. and Donnie consider her more of a liability than an asset, because she’s not too bright.
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