Posts Tagged: weather


23
May 10

part 2: noodle straps

9 year old on her vitamin: “it tastes like a dog’s throw-up that a monkey swallowed and then pooped.”

me to 6 yr old: “hey, what’s that on your tush?”

6 yr old, “nothing. you just want to squeeze it for fun.”

me to girls while looking at a flyer: “hey we should go see this show.”

6 yr old: “i am already going to see it with daddy.”

9 yr old: “yeah, and i don’t want to see it. it’s for ages to 5-8 and i am almost a tween. u know, a tweenager? that’s what they call it these days.”

joke written by 9 year old. she has warned me not to “plagiarize,” therefore it is reprinted here with her permission:

what did the client say about the hairdresser?

she is nice and easy-combing.

9 year old: “she said that i could babysit when she has a baby, but that won’t be for awhile because he hasn’t popped the question yet.”

9 year old: “what is the weather supposed to be tomorrow?” me: “i’m not sure. we need to check when we get home.” 6 year old: ” it will either be warm or cold.”

me to 9 year old: “are you sure you want to sleep with such a warm blanket?” 9 year old: “yes. i get cold even though my personality is warm.”

grandmother to 6 year old,” ok. let’s turn the light off for bed time.” 6 year old: “no, leave it on.” grandmother: “how are you going to get to sleep with such a bright light on?” 6 year old: “i will turn it off when i fall asleep.”

upon learning a couple is going to have a baby who is not currently married, 9 year old asks,” isn’t that illegal?”

9 year old: “mommy, take that backpack off the counter. this is where we eat and we are going to get germs in our food and get sick. we will get what they call the H1N1 Influenza they have been telling us about in school.”

one morning, i accidentally turned off my alarm instead of hitting snooze and woke the girls up for school a wee bit late. since we were rushed, 9 year old sprung into action to help me get both girls ready. when i got downstairs, she was busy making lunch for her sister and said to me, “you had to have another one?”

scene: double play date at my house

6 year old and her pal decided to paint their nails without asking me. i wasn’t pleased and muttered to myself that they “dragged all the nail polish downstairs to the basement”  within ear shot of 9 year old & her pal. the friend misunderstood & asked incredulously, “she drank all the nail polish?” to which i replied, “no dragged it.” and 9 year old added, “yeah, she’s 6, not mentally retarded.”

9 year old consoling 6 year old: “it’s just a fly. nothing to be scared of. it’s only 3 letters.”

how the tooth fairy got hustled

9 year old: “make sure you tell the tooth fairy about my tooth, so she leaves me a gift.”

me: “didn’t you tell me that you don’t believe in the tooth fairy anymore?”

9 year old: “no, i do.”

me: “okay then.”

next morning after collecting her loot:

9 year old “i know you’re the tooth fairy.”

me: “but last night you told me you believed in the tooth fairy.”

9 year old: ” i know. i just said that to get the money.”

me: “oh, i see.”

9 year old adding insult to injury: “also, it’s not that i don’t appreciate the “fairy dust” and all, but could she use a little less? it’s all over my bed & i have to change my sheets now.”

9 year old walking past plum tree in front yard: “i can smell the plummy goodness.”

6 year old to 9 year old: “you can teach me spanish.” 9 year old: “let’s just leave that to dora.” [the explorer]

6 year old: “this week is ‘poem in your pocket’ week. i have to rememberize a poem.”

6 year old: “there are different parts of your tongue for tasting different things. this part here is for butter.”

after observing meal laid out upon the table, 9 year old to grandmother: “you really know how to put together a dinner.”

9 year old discussing a friend: “she misses a lot of school. she is going to end up in the street with credit card debt and invalid health insurance.”

note in my lunch from 9 year old on a morning i had an upset stomach before leaving for work: “dear mom, i love you. stick it out.”

6 year old singing lyrics that say come closer: “get cole slaw”

grandmother to 9 year old: “3 lion cubs were born in a zoo the other day.” 9 year old, “who’s the lucky couple?”

9 year old: “hello, loser.”

6 year old: “hello, idiot.”

9 year old. “touche.”

9 year old: “she [6 year old] can sleep in my room in her sleeping bag.”

me: “well, i really don’t want her to sleep on the floor.”

9 year old: “no, in the sleeping bag in my bed. it contains her – she kicks.”

while cat-sitting my mother’s kitty, 6 year old was beckoning the cat to follow her up the stairs which prompted 9 year old to admonish, “he’s a cat, not a seeing eye dog.”

9 year old & i had the pleasure of watching a puppet show performed by 6 year old in which one of the characters became extremely wild and had to be “disciplined” by 6 year old. 9 year old turned to me and said, “you will have to excuse him [the puppet], he’s on medication.”

6 year old: “mommy, i can’t wear this shirt to school tomorrow. it has noodle straps” me:”ok, but i think you mean spaghetti straps.”

9 year old: “why would a cleaning product be called bleck?” me (barely containing my laughter):”that’s bleach.”

among other items i had put out for bulk collection week were 2 female dress forms – one black and one white. upon discovering that scavengers had taken the white one, but not the black one, 9 year old exclaimed, “how racist!.”

quote from 6 year old’s mother’s day project: “my mom is: as pretty as a flower and a unicorn.” that is the highest compliment i have ever received.

9 year old: “when i am an adult, i am going to have a purse & shoes to match every outfit.” me: “well, my work here is done.”


make mine extra dirty, please.

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10
May 10

file it under gggb

from the i am getting too old for this files:

i have been out with my pre-tween girls on more than one occasion when i clucked disapprovingly at what “teenage girls are wearing these days. it’s just disgraceful that their mothers allow that.” pictures from my high school years would reveal that i dressed like one of those tramps myself.

no matter how routine she knows it is, and despite her seemingly huge annoyance with it, any woman over 30 will always be secretly thrilled to be carded.

at 2 am there is nothing sadder than a drunk, over-botoxed, orange spray tanned, too skinny, bleached blond cougar in spandex with new tits on an old body alone at the bar for last call waiting for someone (anyone) to take her home for a mercy fuck. i am going to retire early from the singles’ scene before i can be described as doing even just one of those things (well, except for drunk).

from the that will ruin your day files:

upon sitting in the pedi chair for a relaxing treat after a long hard week, the tiny asian bitch looked at my gut and most likely trying to make conversation said, “you have baby?” i said, “no, apparently i gained some weight since i was here last, but thanks for noticing.” consequently,  she was quiet for the rest of the time which was nice because i always hate when they talk to me anyway.

while purchasing tickets for a movie, my mother asked for the senior discount. the vacuous 18 year old behind the counter then turned to me & asked if i would like the senior price too. at first i wanted to cry, but then i thought, “what the hell?” a discount is a discount.

from the hangover files:

i decided i must make a clean break from dirty martinis.

my liver can’t recover  like it used to. in college i could party as late as i wanted for as many nights as i wanted, pop 2 tylenols before bed & resume all of my daily activities. now if i want to binge drink for even one night, i need to plan for a week of recovery.

a friend remarked, “when people say they have to quit drinking, it makes me nervous.” i told her that’s why i never quit.

from the beauty files:

i decided i won’t  torture myself anymore to lose that last 5 (10) pounds because i realized there is no way you’re gonna get these perky 32DD’s (which are real AND spectacular) on a 5’0 frame without a little extra padding elsewhere.

my mom was never high maintenance (none of us have any idea how she raised me) but she did impart some valuable knowledge that has allowed me to preserve my glowing youth so successfully: 1. it is never too early to start using eye cream. 2. stay the fuck out of the sun especially when you are fair & have skin the thickness of filo dough.

it is not advisable to wear new fuck me heels in which you are unaccustomed to walking after a fresh pedi, because when you fall off them & twist your ankle, you will indubitably scratch up the fresh polish.

after a full day of personal maintenance, it occurred to me that i was all groomed up with no one to fuck.

i quit the gym, but it’s okay because i have some new behaviors in place: 1. i am going to jog to the fridge. 2. i will hide my remote & manually change the channels on the tv. and 3. i will put diet soda in my vodka.

from the lost poetry files:

roses are red.
violets are blue.
it’s been so long since i got laid,
that my legs i no longer shave.

from the irritable bowel syndrome files:

at dinner my pal thought her phone was vibrating, but she realized it was just her intestines.

after a long day or full evening of holding in my gas, i love when i am finally in my car alone and can let loose, but i am concerned my intense flatulence is obliterating the new car smell.

i often wonder what would happen if farts had a color and differed in color according to intensity of stank. kind of like the national state of emergency chart of color level for terrorist activity but for methane intensity. i think we would have no choice but to deem farting socially acceptable. except you might cross the street if you saw someone blow a dark green cloud knowing it was going to be especially foul.

the smaller the girl, the bigger the farts.

you ever think its safe to freely fart in an empty room at work and then someone walks in after you did? they have to know it’s you. no one else is in there.

you know your gas is intense, when you have to roll down the window.

you know you are in a solid relationship when you can lean to one side & lift a cheek and let it all out.

from the random musings files:

why is that i can instantly get most anything delivered to my house except for what i really need? vodka.

so, since i started writing, i can’t simply have conversations anymore or participate in any aspect of my life without wondering if its blogworthy and surreptitiously taking notes on my phone. to be fair, i tell people, “i am so using that in my blog.”

i tried to quit coffee but the withdrawal was so intense i didn’t want to live. plus i was tired and confused all the time. if i owned a drug company, i would develop a caffeine patch or a gum for those trying to quit or who just need a steady delivery system of caffeine to make it through the day. (hey merck, this is a freebie.)

being in bumper to bumper traffic has a domino effect: the guy in front of you moves up 2 millimeters, then you do, and down the line it goes. sometimes when sitting at a traffic light i will notice a space between me & another car that i can either ignore or move up few inches. i usually choose to move up because there is a delicious sense of power in knowing i just set off a major chain of cause & effect for all those poor slobs behind me. i am the traffic queen!

some commercials are so intentionally cheesy i can not imagine that the advertiser even thinks they are good. i figure that the production budget was so low, they advertiser just didn’t give a shit as long as the product was on tv.

i think we need to buy products on infommercials that will “save us so much time” because we wasted all that time watching said infommercials. they are just sooooo fucking long.

why was it when we were in high school (last century) the kids in the band & drama club were usually considered to be giant dorks, but as adults, musicians & actors are some of the most revered people in our society? same is true for the computer nerds whom we now worship when they fix our technology.

there is one good week for women in a month and that is the week immediately after the last day of her period when all of her jeans fit. the rest of the month she is either getting it or has it.

there are now studies extolling the virtues of eating chocolate, taking naps, drinking wine, having orgasms every day, laughing, and limiting hard core exercise. it can’t be long until we find out being a bitch is good for you too.

i think the reason bad weather is so infuriating is that there is no one specific on which to lay blame. you can bitch all you want, but you can’t do shit to change it. weather is the one thing we as humans will never be able to control & that simultaneously freaks us out & pisses us off.

i spent mother’s day with my mom & sister at my friend’s house with her boyfriend’s family for an hour before she came home. when she finally  walked in, i told her i was about to text her: “10 more minutes and this becomes a blog post.”

i am all about having a sense of humor and i really don’t understand how someone can lack one. when i run into a humorless person, it immediately becomes my personal challenge to make them laugh and walk away with a smile. i have a warped need for approval.

from the parenting files:

your child’s entire sex education & knowledge of profanity occurs not from your well thought out talks, but from riding that damn bus back & forth to school every day. that is what happens when you put fifth graders & first graders on the bus together. sound travels up from “the back.”

a woman is always most fertile right after losing that last bit of baby weight.

i don’t know why that no matter what my kids ask me to do, my first response is always to want to say no.

i hate hosting playdates, going to birthday parties, and basically anything  that requires dealing with other peoples’ children but does not involve booze at the same time.

happy hour used to mean going drinking after work with friends. now it’s that one hour after the kids finally go to bed when i think about drinking but fall asleep before i find the vodka bottle.

god, my kids are perfect, brilliant, well -behaved angels…i have never loved them so much as when they’re sleeping.

my friend had to get off the phone with me the other day because, as she put it “she had to bathe the bitches.” see, we all agree that we adore our children, but we are kinda over the mommy thing.

sometimes i overhear my 9 year old  & her friends complaining about me or saying i am mean after i get annoyed with them for asking me for something every 10 minutes and i think “why, you little ungrateful bitches.” then i think, good, i don’t want these fucking princesses to come back here anyway. what happened to the good old days when you were afraid of your friend’s parents and avoided them as much as possible?

from the files of i wish i said this:

i heard a comedian remark that marriage was like the stockholme syndrome. having been there & done that, i must say this is brilliantly true.

from the fashion police files:

i have noticed that generally, most heavy, slovenly dressed, unattractive women, carry the most expensive designer purses. it must be because you don’t have to be thin to wear a purse or even look in the mirror to try it on.

why is it that thin women have more modesty than the big girls? it seems the fatter the woman, the tighter the pants & shorter the top.

men revere summer as a time when women run around half naked to beat the heat. i dread it as the time of year when my retinas are burned by being forced against my will to see far more exposed bodily hair & flab than i could ever have imagined existed. some people need not to dress seasonally appropriately.

from the break-up files:

i realized it’s not the boyfriend i miss so much, it’s the 24/7 texting i have a hard time living without.

i won’t exactly be out on the street after my divorce, but my lifestyle will change significantly. it’s kind of a “riches to rags to story.”

in the process of leasing a new car a few months ago, i discovered going to car dealerships is far better than going to singles’ bars.

when i think about dating again, i refer to that old addage about many fish in the sea, but then a friend said, “same ones keep getting thrown back in the pond.” so i decided to buy the club pack of AAA’s.

from the working girl files:

if he is cute, it’s flirting. if he’s not, it’s sexual harassment.

now that i’m working again (for pay), i am one lazy bitch on my day off  – no more guilt about napping immediately after the school bus leaves.

from the sex files:

a woman scorned will undoubtedly make at least 1 of these 3 revelations immediately after the break-up: 1. he had a tiny penis. 2. she faked ALL the orgasms. 3. he was terrible in bed.

how we know when it’s really over as summed up by a fellow gggb: “my vagina is dry for him.”

i have a vibrator that is so good, that i don’t scream, “oh god.” i scream, “i don’t need a
man.”

women try to rationalize sleeping with a married man by saying, “if it’s not me, it will be someone else.” while that may indeed be true,  i say, let it be someone else, girl.

men have turned online dating sights into a free prostitution ring. keep that in mind, ladies.

once in awhile i get lonely & think i need a man in my life, but then i get some fresh batteries and in 60 seconds, i am over it.

masturbation, by it’s very definition, is a solo act. so let’s agree that i won’t bother to pretend to jerk you off and you don’t have to hold the vibrator.

in case you were wondering: it is possible to burn out the motor on a vibrator.

faking orgasms is like eating potato chips: you can’t stop at just one.

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14
Mar 10

monsoon watch 2010

so i knew the weather was crappy when i left at 8:30 am for my very first day of work yesterday (which i promise to tell you about in my next post), but since i don’t smoke, i used my breaks to pee; and i had no idea just how bad the storm got during the day and that cows were flying through the parking lot by 3:45. always happens when i pay no attention to the local “accu-weather forecast.” but never mind that, i needed to eat. my search for food only yielded uprooted trees and downed power lines which meant most of the roads were closed. when i got home by 4:30, i was starving & the garage door opener was not working which meant one thing: the power was out.

the girls were already home and pounced on me like cats on a drowning rat. it was clear they needed entertainment and there is nothing like a power outtage to show you how pathetically dependent you are on electricity for such:

let’s watch tv: can’t

let’s listen to music: can’t

let’s watch our shows on dvr: can’t

let’s surf the net: can’t

let’s watch a movie: can’t

let’s make some microwave popcorn: can’t

let’s play light brite: can’t

let’s do perler beads: can’t (no iron. “but, i can melt them together with the lighter for you.” “umm, no thanks mom. that’s alright.”)

you know nothing electric works but the habits are so ingrained, that we can’t stop trying: i must have flipped the switch in the bathroom 10 times before i realized i was just going to have to suck it up & pee in the dark. we complained incessantly about the lack of power until we got sick of listening to ourselves and imagined how much it would suck to be amish. then nightfall was upon us and we had to get provisions. we gathered all the candles we could find, the torch lighter, the emergency flashlight, all the batteries from the toys, and every single overpriced flashlight collected from all those kid’s shows i suffered through. who ever would have thought those would actually be useful one day: go forth elmo, dora, & wiggles car: light yonder way to the board games…

we gathered all the board games we could find: don’t tip the waiter, candyland, perfection, superfection, chutes & ladders, boggle, mastermind, spill & spell, & blokus. there is a reason these games are called, “bored.” because they fucking are.  you try showing children who have lived with technology their entire lives how much fun it is to figure out if a mastermind peg is yellow or white using a dim flashlight or if the square on the candyland card is blue or green by the light of a shabbat candle. and it turns out a 6 yr old is just as sore a loser when you kick her ass at memory in the dark as she is in the light. after 30 minutes, we blew through all the games and were once again whining how bored we were. “mom, will you play with me?” “you want me to play more? ummm, is your DS battery charged?”  i started to consider an early bed time. “you’re sure you’re not tired yet?” “no, mom. it’s 6:45.”  i began to wonder if tylenol pm came in children’s doses.

there really is just nothing to do when the power is out. my oldest said, “we can’t even cook.” to which i wholeheartedly agreed, not reminding her a.) that the range is gas and b.) like i ever cook anyway. “here’s a box of black out cereal, kids. enjoy.” i couldn’t use my cell because i had 1 bar left and no way to charge it. i was getting desperate – i wasn’t far from sitting in my car  in the middle of a monsoon to charge it off the battery. i couldn’t text. i had no one to have sex with (that would kill 20 minutes at least). nor sext. there was only one thing left to do: pour a tall one.

finally we all settled into my bed (i with drink in hand, girls with crumbly snacks) and decided to read by flashlight and candle light. i was down to six votives and the large shivah candle i got when my dad passed away. i carried it around the house like jack who jumped over the candlestick which is probably not what the rabbi had in mind when he gave it to me, but i know my dad would find that hysterical. i was praying the remaining votives would last long enough for me to finish my book – like the oil during that first chanukah. it’s a power outtage miracle. i had only enough candles for 1 hour, but they lasted 8! finally, i decided to power off the computer to save whatever juice was left and make my blog notes with an actual pen and  paper, rather than on my new LG (which has already been totally marred despite my very recent promises to treasure it). last to shut down was said cell phone which was a very traumatic separation. one electronic device at a time i was admitting defeat and decided to go to bed when the last votive flame flickered out. it was actually quite romantic with all the candlelight in my room, but i had 2 roomates and no batteries left…

and all that time you are essentially stranded in your own house, you are thinking to yourself, “they will have it fixed soon.” we put all of our faith in this faceless “they,” but really, we have no idea. it’s just like religion. we fervently believe in something we have no proof will come to pass. and 14 hours into zero power, i imagined “they” said “fuck it. we’re soaked. we can fix it in the morning.”

in summation, i learned a few things about myself from the loss of power:

1. i would not handle solitary confinement very well.

2. i can not raise children without the aid of television.

3. i am electricity’s little bitch and i like it that way.

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9
Jul 09

the rainbow

in honor of happy july 9th day, here are 9 of my random confessions in no particular order of randomness:

1. as i wheel out my groceries at wegman’s, i frequently watch the cart-jockeys, as i like to call them, scoot about (when i am not wandering around like a mental patient looking for where i parked my car & obsessively playing auto marco polo with my car key beepy thingy in the hopes of using sonar to locate it like i am fucking bat), i decided that it must be one of the suckiest suburban jobs to have. you never get a feeling of satisfaction that you completed your task because the minute you think you’re done, some jappy bitch on her cell phone leaves a cart in the middle of the parking lot. you’re mostly in all kinds of bad weather; plus, you have to gather all the crap people leave behind in their carts (guilty as charged, your honor) & dispose of it.
2. . i have seriously considered writing a book called suburban girl: a life spent in wegman’s & nordstrom‘s since i have spent a great deal of my milf life in these two places. i oft wonder if i will be still sitting there in 30 years drinking coffee & eating salads with the same yentas after the senior bus drops me off there.
3. another job that i am sure would suck: being the asshole that puts those flyers underneath everybody’s windshields. dude, we all fucking hate you & pitch those things immediately. if i eat take out from your restaurant i already have your menu. if i don’t, your restaurant sucks. i don’t need my gd windows cleaned and i am not getting my cleaning service, pet sitter, babysitter, or math tutor from a randomly placed flyer in a parking lot i was in for 10 minutes. ditto for the mailbox & door flyer stuffers. way to go tree-killing litter makers.
4. i have absolutely no issue with gay people. i wholeheartedly support you & your freedom to do anything you want including having your own logo, but what made you think you could take the rainbow, something so universally & innocently loved by adults & children alike, & just claim it like that? i happen to love rainbows & now can not wear them or display them ever again. you should have asked the rest of us earthmates if we minded if you borrowed it. what happened to your pink triangle? we had no issue with that. we thought it was clever and it wasn’t in our everyday vernacular. case in point: the story of my dad & “the rainbow.” once upon a time, my parents were vacationing in rehobeth beach which apparently has or caters to a large gay population. my parents were patronizing the local haberdashery as it was my father’s custom to buy a bb cap as a memento of his travels. so, my dad spied a cap with a rainbow on it that he really liked. he brings it up to the cashier, where the woman is just looking at him oddly b/c he is obviously not the typical dude to buy this kind of headgear. finally after an uncomfortable silence, she says, “sir, i don’t know how to tell you this, but this cap signifies the gay lifestyle, & i can’t let you buy it & walk out of here without knowing that.” my dad gratefully chose another cap. and that is my exact point, rainbow hoarders, we all dig the rainbow and i want it back as communal property.
p.s. after sharing this rant with one of my friends, the reply was, “don’t worry, you still have unicorns.” witty, but not the same fucking thing.
p.p.s. i took that picture of the rainbow above from my car – guess from which locale i was departing? nordstrom. i am nothing, if not consistent.
5. i was way ahead of my time as a curly haired girl. humidity has always ruled my social life. in high school i used hand cream to smooth out my frizzies & deep conditioned regularly. in college i had a major curl routine which involved a complicated pattern of wisps. i had figured out how to control the locks. now its a billion dollar industry. unlike al gore & the internet, i am sure i didn’t invent the frizz control products, but where were you when i needed you in the 80′s and the 90′s before straightening irons hit the scene? hmmmmmm? now i have 32 varieties of frizz fighters under my bathroom sink & have to be monitored in the hair care section to prevent me from buying any more.
6. it is a little known fact that wifedom & motherhood is fancy for “keeper of the crap.” i am keeper of all the items in my house. i know where every single thing is in my house and will withhold that info when asked for a missing thing if i am pissed at the crap seeker. first of all even, though i was unanimously appointed keeper of all things rosenthal pre-divorce filing, i didn’t ask to be elected (post filing, the head mental patient keeps it all under deadbolt & key. never know what a disgruntled ex-wife to be might do to your precious concert tees, mr. paranoia). i don’t care about your crap, darlings. i know where my stuff is. i wield the power of my elected position irresponsibly when i feel like it and throw stuff out whenever i damn well please. sometimes my kids catch me & pull stuff out of the garbage and i ain’t the least bit remorseful. i hate the mounds of stuff that results from combining 2 lives & adding kids to it. i hate the endless purchasing of unnecessary crap for said kids due to multiple grandparent inability to say “NO,” & new super-daddy overindulgence. just viewing the sheer volume of useless crap causes me to need a xanax. i don’t look at my pending divorce as losing 1/2 of my shit, i am divorcing all of his crap. another bennie. yay failed marriage!
7. ever have people in your life you have been just acquaintances with for so long that you don’t remember how you even know them? and it has never progressed beyond the “hello, how are you?” (and “please don’t really tell me because i don’t really give a shit anyway.”) stage? i usually have no interest in pursuing it past that with said people. well eventually i get sick of the routine & just stop saying hello without even trying to feign not seeing them in front of me. then i am actually relieved i cut it off already. turns out i am one of those aforementioned snotty bitches.”
8. let’s all agree to stop pretending to be horrified when we get a re-gift or find out someone we know got one. you know you have all done it for a variety of reasons: to save money, to get rid of something you dislike but can’t return, you plain forgot to buy a gift & it’s the last minute, or maybe you really just don’t give a shit about the person for whom you have to get a gift. if it’s unused, wrapped, or has tags, it’s new. what is the bfd? get over it. if you get a re-gift you don’t want, pass it on. just make sure you are passing on a re-gift of equal value or greater to a previous gift you received from that person. and whatever you do, keep tabs of who bought you or your kids what. i once re-gifted the exact gift someone got for my kid’s b-day to their kid a month later. awwwkwaaaard.
9. the real reason i never got a tattoo is not that i am morally opposed to them or find them that offensive. not even the imagined pain bugs me. i find miami ink fascinating but i am not a huge fan by any means of the major coverage tattoo. i can see how a small, hidden one is cute. sexy even, because only a special few would get a peek. the real reason is that i can’t commit to one thing being on my body forever. i change my hairstyle & color every time i go to the salon & re-invent my personal style seasonally (= a reason for shopping). i would get bored with whatever i got eventually and we all know how i do with remorse. also the places i would want to get one are so done already: the tramp stamp, the treasure trail, etc. last july, i was very close to getting a “fuck you, i am getting divorced” tat of the japanese kanjii for strength (chikara), but opted for a necklace that said it instead and guess what? i got tired of wearing that damn necklace because the phase had finally passed. life really is just a series of phases anyway, as someone quite wise once told me.

norm’s hat collection. he didn’t fuck around.
we buried him in in his favorite (note the empty peg).
gawd, i miss him.
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