More Reader Mail

I didn't even realize that I'd neglected this dumb blog for almost a week now. But it was a weird week--too many late nights and early mornings. That's not to imply that I've magically aquired a social life (because I haven't), it's just that I stay up until the middle of the night most of the time, even when I have to be at work by 8:00am the next morning. Why? I don't know. I'm fucking stupid, I guess. Let's take a look at some reader mail, as I have nothing better to do at the moment;

To: goodnight_tonight@yahoo.com
From: "Carl Marcus" carlmarcus@earthlink.net
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 22:52:41 -0400

I liked your column on the power ballads, but you left out Whitesnake. I mean, if you're gonna whine about Def Leppard selling out, what about Coverdale yowling while that girl was writhing on the car?

I didn't forget about Whitesnake, but hell, there were only ten spots on the list. Besides, I liked watching Tawney writhe on that car--it helped make a shitty song much more palatable. It's like when Warrant's "Cherry Pie" video comes on; that song sucks, but I'll bet you leave the video on whenever you come across it. If your song is going to suck anyway, you might as well load the video up with eye candy. You have to give David Coverdale credit for knowing that. And um... you know, Warrant.

To: goodnight_tonight@yahoo.com
From: "brad" ig_ca@yahoo.com
Subject: for jeremy
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:40:29 -0500

I hope this is going to the blogger that wrote so damned much about gweneth paltrow. I was tired and bored down here in bocas del toro, panama (check out bocastown.com) and after researching a perfect pickled egg recipe for my restaurant Boca Bills I typed in damn it all anyway and I got this guy's blog. He writes: AM I THE ONLY PERSON IN AMERICA WHO PLAIN DOESN'T GIVE A FUCK??? about gweneth paltrow. But you seem too give a fuck. why are you even wasting valuable energy thinking about this person. Do you know her? Does she have anything to do with you other than saturating your media sources which you seem to be very much into.Take a vacation.Get out of your element.Check out Bocas del Toro, or San Juan del Sur, or Prague, maybe Riga, Latvia or the Basque country. Get out for a while and then figure out how best to use yourself.

Take care,
Brad Scruggs

Huh???

I've been writing on Dean's Planet for several years now, and I've been writing in this blog since July. In that time, I've mentioned Gwenyth Paltrow ONCE... just once... and even then, I just bitched about how "Apple" is a fucking retarded name for a child. I'm not sure how that translates into me writing about her "so damned much." In fact, this guy just wasted a hell of a lot more "valuable energy" thinking about her than I ever have.

So, now I need to take a vacation? Huh? This whole thing smells like a cheap plug for his website--but that's fine with me. I doubt many people are checking out this blog from Panama. I have some weird readers.

From: Ginalynn72@aol.com
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 02:31:39 EDT
Subject: re: your photo
To: goodnight_tonight@yahoo.com

You look so young for your age..whats your secret?

Ha, that's cute. If I still looked like that REALLY, I'd never be able to buy liquor. But if it makes you feel any better, I haven't matured emotionally one bit since that picture was taken in 1976. Physically, yes. Emotionally, no.

I'll have a new column on the site within a day or so.