Ships that pass in the night and speak each other in passing; / Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; / So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another, / Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (1807-1882)

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The ratings for "Joe Millionaire" are out, and it was an incredible success. The beginning was boring, but I loved it. I totally loved it! I love the catiness of the women; I love the insecurity of the I think incredibly unattractive cro-magnon bachelor man, and I love the corny as all heck butler. This is so much interesting than that frothy and idiotic Sex and the City. Real life is so much more interesting than fiction.

I heard an interview with Katy, one of the women who was rejected on the first night, and she said that all the women received an all expenses paid vacation in Paris for a month, and it was totally worth it for the free trip. I mean, I think I'd get on the show for a free one month trip to Paris, but I've also been fantasizing on going on "Love Connection" for years. Remember that old TV dating show?

I'm writing a novel on women's power games, and this show is like a bonanza of research material for me for how competitive women really are and how they behave. I got a big taste of bitchy, nasty competitiveness women at my last job, but that was on the career business level. I think how women play high stakes power games in corporations is similar to how they play power games with men, and it will be interesting to see if I'm right. People say men are nasty power game players, and they're right, but women aren't that far behind. Men at least don't seem to take the business stuff personally, whereas the women I've had to deal with were totally scary vicioius people. I never felt fear going up against a man in a business meeting, but I've learned to become very wary of women, especially women VPs or women who would kill to be VPs. And believe me, they would literally kill to be VPs.

Stats for 2002 from my Palm, which I bought in June 2002.

I read 29 books in 2002. I decided not to count all the movie scripts I read in 2002, even though they're like books and I had to analyze them for people. I definitely need to read more books in 2003. I'm such a bad bunny girl!

I saw 52 movies, rented or in the theatre and not counting TV, since June 2002. That seems like a lot of movies to me, but I know there are people out there who see way more movies than me.

I didn't keep track of theatre plays, but I probably saw at least a 12-15 productions in 2002. This is normal for me.

I saw one ballet, two operas, one dance festival, and one symphony performance in 2002. I definitely need to see more opera and ballet productions, more dance festivals and go to symphony more. I saw a music concert while in West Virginia, but I didn't count it.

I took five seminars and one class in 2002. It was a good year for personal education.

I flew to LA to see the Andy Warhol exhibit, which was tres cool!