Archive for February, 2009

Muppets

Netflix suggested watching the Muppets Movie, so I did. I was kind of surprised since this does not seem to reflect my usual watching habits at all (action movies). But it’s so crazy, it’s actually pretty funny. I loved it!

Dunkie’s Math

Location: Dunkin Donuts, Roanoke, Virginia Overweight customer: “How much is in a half- dozen? Is it 12?” Whoa!

Dream Drawing With Ladybug

I dreamed last night that our old house in Virginia had been remodeled. The remodeling job was really crazy and the sedate blue Colonial had turned into in a hot yellow- orange stuccoed place with weird patterns of windows and a shiny purple and green sculptural glass roof. Anyway, so I drew a picture of [...]

Best Buy

Today we went to Best Buy. It was fun playing with the iMac. We also went to the Thomas Kinkade store. Surprisingly, I couldn’t hate the Thomas Kinkade paintings. (It could have been because yesterday I screwed up my back at the gym and today I was feeble. Not really because I am getting old, [...]

Masonite Fail

Today I went to Home Depot at 8:30 AM to buy some Masonite to paint on. The problem is Masonite comes in 8 foot by 4 foot sheets so they have to cut it for you at the store. They don’t let customers use the saws and you cannot get around this because you have [...]

Parking Peril

“I can’t believe your neighbor parks in your spot!” shouted my crazy downstairs neighbor’s unpleasant mother yesterday, when she showed up to clean his roach infested hellhole of an apartment, as she frequently does on Sundays. She was talking about me, of course. I heard her since I was sitting on the porch enjoying the [...]

Rhinestone Cowboy

Today we went to the Western store, where I tried on rhinestone belts while Mike looked at cowboy boots. This one guy- fifty years old, unshaven, six foot, two hundred fifty pounds, in Carhartt overalls, wearing baseball cap, stared at me for a long time but I avoid eye contact in places like that. Eventually [...]

Neighbor Stench Horror

My neighbor stinks. He smells awful. I can smell him through the walls. It is body odor on a whole new level. Or, it WAS. Last year shortly after I moved in I was trying to eliminate his stench with a lavender Glade plug in. It covered the smell but gave me a splitting headache. [...]

Dream Ethics

Last night I dreamed I was in Ethics class and this is what the professor- a fiftysomething blonde battle-ax- gave us as our ethical scenario: Here’s your scenario: You are in a room with a desk. The desk has a hutch. Your roommate is sitting at the desk. He or she is using your computer. [...]