M has a fear of tsunamis. Even though we're about 10 miles inland and don't live on the bottom floor of our building, she's convinced that this particular natural disaster will be the main factor in her demise. Here's our conversation from today;
Me: Do you know how big a tsunami would have to be to damage our home?
M (with a dead serious expression and tone) : Impossibly big!
13.8.09
6.8.09
I would call my job soul-crushing, but...
I don't believe in the soul. I do believe in the mind, so I will say this job is mind-numbing. It's very, very, very slow around here during the summer. But at least it's air-conditioned and has super speedy internet. So I will consider this my summer vacation and entertain you with a list of things I've done on summer vacation;
* Spaced-out
*Day Dreamed
*Discovered the world of wallpaper(as decorative paper that goes on walls, not desktop backgrounds) , and found the inexpensive corner of it which I can inhabit. I have a wish list, but I haven't purchased anything.
*I go to insurance-covered therapy once a week in Beverly Hills. On the bus. But it's kinda like going to a fancy spa, right? A brain spa. No? *sigh*
*Spent hours of my work day reading on-line comics.
*I didn't go to any movies this summer, but I did read the spoilers for every mainstream horror movie that came out.
* I got hit on by a variety of homeless men.
*Our car was broken into- so M and I got to travel to LA's TJ to replace the window. Very exotic. The place we ate breakfast at even had a parrot that can say, "viejo gordo (fat old man)".
*I've gone out drinking with some very hard drinkers, but I haven't thrown up.
*Slept with my eyes open, while typing nonsense at work so I look productive.
*Obsessively checked my email, myspace, and facebook.
I know it's an impressive list, but one shouldn't be jealous.
* Spaced-out
*Day Dreamed
*Discovered the world of wallpaper(as decorative paper that goes on walls, not desktop backgrounds) , and found the inexpensive corner of it which I can inhabit. I have a wish list, but I haven't purchased anything.
*I go to insurance-covered therapy once a week in Beverly Hills. On the bus. But it's kinda like going to a fancy spa, right? A brain spa. No? *sigh*
*Spent hours of my work day reading on-line comics.
*I didn't go to any movies this summer, but I did read the spoilers for every mainstream horror movie that came out.
* I got hit on by a variety of homeless men.
*Our car was broken into- so M and I got to travel to LA's TJ to replace the window. Very exotic. The place we ate breakfast at even had a parrot that can say, "viejo gordo (fat old man)".
*I've gone out drinking with some very hard drinkers, but I haven't thrown up.
*Slept with my eyes open, while typing nonsense at work so I look productive.
*Obsessively checked my email, myspace, and facebook.
I know it's an impressive list, but one shouldn't be jealous.
28.7.09
My little brother congratulates me...
on my transition from woman-child to childish-woman via email.
"you have finally shed the husk of nymph-hood and pupated into a mature human.
Soon, you will have a thick wool cardigan, three snotty kids, and a suite of woodworking tools in your spacious garage. You will need coffee and whiskey to live, and will find the mores of 19-year-olds offensive and baffling. Your mandibles will grow heavier and sharper, sickle-like. Your thorax will lose that glossy iridescent sheen common to immature specimens, darkening to a metallic bronze.
Congratulations on becoming an adult, big sister."
"you have finally shed the husk of nymph-hood and pupated into a mature human.
Soon, you will have a thick wool cardigan, three snotty kids, and a suite of woodworking tools in your spacious garage. You will need coffee and whiskey to live, and will find the mores of 19-year-olds offensive and baffling. Your mandibles will grow heavier and sharper, sickle-like. Your thorax will lose that glossy iridescent sheen common to immature specimens, darkening to a metallic bronze.
Congratulations on becoming an adult, big sister."
I have posted this without consent, for I do indeed have the largest mandibles in the family and my sibling should be grateful that I did not devour him as I did the others.
Our car was broken into!
Yesterday, actually. And our stereo was stolen. I didn't know that people stole those anymore, especially ones like ours where it cost way more to install than it did to buy... Anyway, I'm particularly shocked that I don't feel violated or threatened. I think it's because it wasn't just our car that was smashed and robbed, but one of six cars (all belonging to various neighbors of mine), it took away the sting. So did the fact the this apparently happened to a bunch of people last week, and the week before that, and before that...
So (almost) needless to say we're now paying for a parking spot in a gated lot, that has a security guard.
And I would like to state for the record that our thief was very considerate and when s/he ripped the radio from the dash that s/he didn't damage the wires that control the AC. They did a very good job.
So (almost) needless to say we're now paying for a parking spot in a gated lot, that has a security guard.
And I would like to state for the record that our thief was very considerate and when s/he ripped the radio from the dash that s/he didn't damage the wires that control the AC. They did a very good job.
27.7.09
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