April Winchell

It's A Small House After All

Dear God. I am losing my mind.

I managed to get online and I'm sending out my SOS to the world. I have to type quickly, before they come back and board me up in here, like a bad Poe story.

The point is, I am in a living hell of my own making. There are now 4 rooms we can't use, so we're living in about 800 square feet.

With two dogs.

And all of our shit.

And the paint fumes are maing me feel . . . altered. It reminds me of the episode of Quincy I saw today. It was called, "Slow Boat to Madness". A two-parter. And get this: The special guest star was — MIMI ROGERS! What the hell is that all about?

Anyway, the whole episode was about people dropping dead on a cruise ship. And Quincy figures out they were actually poisoned by a hallucinogenic fungus that was growing on the tortilla chips.

Where was I?

The point is, Roger is a good man. He edited the two most recent KABC shows for us, and I'm going to upload them as soon as I can.

Which brings me to . . .

5 Reasons to Be Happy

I have to admit, I have not been happy lately. I'm disorganized, I'm displaced, I'm cranky and I'm smelling paint. Plus I had to go to a funeral Sunday for a very nice lady. So I'm a little off.

But now I'm thinking things may be looking up. At first I thought it was my imagination, because you and I both know that things don't get better. But I was able to isolate five separate things that merit some strain of happiness, and I thought that was significant.

So here they are, in no particular order.

1. "Who Will Be America's Next Top Model" is on tonight.

2. I'll be on this Friday with Mr. KABC, 9:00 to midnight, discussing the star sighting I had at Bank of America, and debuting a special commercial for Stroud's.

3. This new addition to the Amazon Gateway.

4. Dokaka.

5. This picture of Christina Aguilera.