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I love reading the blog, dooce.com. She has a way of captivating her audience that I feel I can only dream about. She has the right amount of sarcasm, wit, and anecdotal humor. No wonder she can MAKE A LIVING off of blogging.

Such a dream job!

She also made the genius decision of starting a chat forum on her page. You can pose ANY question and all of her readers can answer and start a discussion.

I'm a long time creeper. I've asked only a few questions here or there and answered probably even less. But I love hearing everyone's opinions. I love that the forum is so open and mature. The people who go on there are genuinely open-minded and interested in hearing different opinions. The exact epitome of what makes the world go-round takes place there and I love it.

While doing my usual multi-tasking of being on the internet and watching TV, I was watching Long Island Medium on TLC last night. Theresa Caputo is a Medium, who claims she has the ability to connect with the deceased and be the middle-man between the physical and spiritual world. She has the ability to connect with people through minute details that only the deceased and that person would know.  She brings people to tears of solace. Sometimes I start tearing up like an emotional baby because these people just feel so connected to someone they thought was forever-gone and I want so badly for it to be true.

I often wonder about people who capitalize on their "gifts". Those who feel they were 'called' to this Earth
I started to wonder how many people Theresa Caputo encounters that she DOESN'T read properly. It has to happen. I can't believe she's dead-on every time. So I figured I'd pose the question to the Dooce Community.

And I got to be one of the top featured questions!!

I'm Never Sure What the Universe is Telling Me

Through my latest spat of joblessness and, thus, self-depravity, I went to the omniscient universe to find a sign. Through my harsh discouragement, I needed a sign that my life isn't a complete waste of energy, skin, and sarcastic personality.

I usually go with an online Magic 8 Ball to tell me a flat yes, no, or "reply hazy" (which means no, but your future is bleaker than a Mattel toy cares to tell you). Sometimes I play the "radio game" to let the music gods tell me my future. However today, I went with news headlines. I sought out to self-interpret someone's fact-packed, creative 8 word quip.

First, I chose the Yahoo headlines. The first one to come up...

JENNIFER ANISTON'S HUGE ENGAGEMENT RING

Score!! The future predicts I will be rich and beautiful with a handsome (potentially fiscally responsible) man, and PRETTY JEWELRY*!!! Woohoo. I could breathe a sigh of relief. THERE'S STILL HOPE FOR ME YET!

But, I have a level head on my shoulders. I can't predict my future off of one little news headline.

So, NATURALLY, I went to AOL. Where it proceeded to say...

ROMNEY: 'HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY'

I can't really put my finger on where my life is headed...


*I don't actually care about jewelry so much as shiny objects in general.

I'm watching 'Til Death on Netflix trying to place the voice of one of the actors. I just KNOW he's done voice-over work. So naturally, I go to my favorite website, imdb.com and look this gentleman up. Turns out he was not only the voice of Norbert on The Angry Beavers, but he was also...wait for it...the voice of Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch. 

Now I can't watch this (incredibly hilarious) show without seeing in my mind that the this pasty, ginger actor, Nick Bakay, is a black animatronic cat...

One Can Only Hope...