Silly But Fun

I started reading the Houston Chronicle when I moved to Houston in 7th grade.  They have a four page comic spread that I have not seen equaled in any other newspaper.  And pretty much every day from 7th grade until now I’ve read my favorite comics, though now I read them on chron.com instead of the actual paper.

The horoscopes were always in the same section as the weekday comics and I would read my horoscope, Pisces, along with the comics.  It was always irritating because inevitably it would say something like, “you have charisma that is turned on around certain people” or “there’s finally the chance to confront that domestic issue that’s been irritating you. Express yourself and the problem is solved. The memory of it will mysteriously disappear like socks in the dryer.”   Like socks in the dryer? Really? My socks never disappear in the dryer.

I like the idea of a horoscope even though there is no way any of that stuff can be true. Emilia and I share the same astrological sign and were born within two days of each other and there is no way that both our memories of domestic disputes are disappearing like socks in a dryer.  I, for one, rarely forget disputes and enjoy a holding good grudge now and then.  Anyway, we have really different personalities and yet whatever is happening to her, astrologically speaking, should also be happening to me.   I’m pretty sure it isn’t.

Yet, in spite of all that, every month I read the Astrology Zone….for no apparent reason other than I love cheap thrills.  It’s my monthly guilty pleasure and much more interesting to read than the ridiculous daily horoscope in the Chronicle. So if you are in need of a guilty pleasure I recommend this one.