bono, believe it or not.

it's only the third week of january, and already i've abandoned all items on my resolutions list.  have i been exercising?  have i even submitted a single job application?  have i called my dad lately? 

typical.  just typical.  this is why i don't make new year's resolutions and for the life of me, i don't know why i did this year.

in any case, my number one concern right now is my weight.  just by gaining a mere five pounds, my cheeks have puffed out like a goldfish.  my waist has thickened and my tummy, well, let's not even talk about it.  all this i saw under the unforgiving glare of the bathroom light in the hotel we were staying along hollywood boulevard over the weekend.  the husband and i, at the last minute, decided to drive to LA to take part of the universal studios experience.  more for my benefit really, he having gone to universal some years back.  it was my first time there and the cold weather  notwithstanding, it was a fun experience.   

one of the highlights of our weekend trip was seeing bono at the universal city walk.  we were trying to place the beautiful blond woman being followed around by a camera crew, only to realize that it wasn't her they were filming — it was bono! — who was walking just a few paces behind her.  the husband and i were stupefied.  we were rooted to our spot for a few seconds, not believing our luck.  so we followed him around while he was being interviewed by that guy in Dateline NBC, taking pictures of him with people who were brave enough to come up to him (we weren't as brave).

now, back home and breathlessly telling people about our bono sighting, we are met with cynicism.  are you sure it was bono?  maybe it was just a look-alike.  far from trying to convince people it was the real mccoy, i just keep quiet and let them believe what they want to believe.  the important thing is, i know it was real and that nobody could take away that experience from me — the experience of seeing an icon in the flesh and finding out that he is just a regular person too, despite being larger than life with his music and charity work.  

people will always question, will always speculate.  and that's a good thing too.