Friday, November 13, 2009

Light on content, heavy on the Bubs.

Random tidbits- much like the orange dust at the bottom of the bag of Cheetos, now clumped and sticky from the drunken sloshings from your glass of Franzia Mountain Chablis.

Now! New and improved! In that bullet form the kids are all so keen on these days!
  • When I was walking Bubs yesterday, he stopped to sniff obsessively and (of course) pee on a fire hydrant. And older dude in a tan trenchcoat walked by us as Bubs was mid-stream. Old dude looks at me, then at Bubs. He then says (still looking at Bubs tinkling), "Yeah, that's how I do it too" and continues walking. Huh. I hope that I don't get what he meant, but nonetheless I still feel bad for his neighbors.
  • One of my neighbors is getting a new roof. When I was walking Bubs a few days ago (seriously- this is all I do anymore), one of the roofers seemed to take a shining to me. I can't say I blame him- really, who can't resist a sexy broad wearing faded yoga pants, tennies so old they are considered "antique", a sweater with used kleenex hanging out of the pockets, no makeup and a mismatched knit hat? He appeared to be of Latin descent, and from what little Spanish I know, he seemed to be expressing his appreciation for my lovely bottom as well as requesting that I help him perform some sort of "job" with him. When I turned and gave him a look of disgust and said "Really?!? Seriously- REALLY??", he then called me an ugly dog. Or he was admiring Bubs. Or something. Really, my Spanish is limited to ordering fancy margaritas and navigating the deli counter at the Mexican grocery, so what the hell do I know- I'm no roofer.
  • Lesson learned: never turn one of your favorite pans on high with olive oil in it and then think you turned it off while you ran upstairs to pee. Also: never stop (after peeing) to snuggle with your kitty cats, put away a little laundry, stare at your pores and then pee again while said pan is still on the stove. We'll just say that my house smelled like a tire fire for three days, and my favorite pan now looks like this (and is currently on day 5 of soaking in the kichen sink):

  • I seem to have developed a bit of a birdseed addiction. I am currently going through about 20 pounds of it a week, and yesterday I tried to give the cashier at Petco a handie in exchange for some "really good seed". Had the cashier actually been male, this may have worked. My devotion to my kitties and wanting only the finest birds for them to bonk their heads against the glass porch door in a sad effort to eat the tweeters knows no bounds.
  • I get my groceries delivered. There, I said it. I'm not one to splurge on extravagant things- up until recently I always cut my own hair, I refuse to spend more than $40 on a pair of jeans, and I use my nail clippings and shed hair in craft projects that I sell on street corners. But this? This, I deserve. I go online Thursday night, tap-tap-tap in my order, and Friday morning a fresh-faced delivery dude greets me (usually still in my jammies, no bra, with serious pillow face) with a stack of green tote boxes filled with everything from kleenex, to eggs, to booze. This is the best thing I have ever done for myself, aside from that one time I gave myself the Nobel prize for snack-food themed literature. Anyways...they ("they" being the grocery wizards) seem to think it's funny to send me the latest issue of "Parent" magazine every few orders. And the answer is no- no they do not mean "animal parent". They actually mean "human parent", which is just plain stupid. I mean, the volume of boxed wine that I order should tell them that I am unfit to be responsible for something that will eventually hate me for not letting them get facial tattoos and move to Europe to join a tulip-farming commune. Wait- maybe the booze is exactly why they think I have kids. Again, I'm confused.
  • Not much else, just work, cooking, wining and dining with friends, thinking about finally unpacking from the San Fran trip, scratching itchy spots, and internet shopping.
Happy Friday, my little feathered nuggets of itchy goodness. Happy Friday.

XO

13 comments:

McGone said...

So the cashiers at Petco get handies left and right (no pun intended, I don't think), but roofers are shit out of luck? I thought you were more open-minded than that, WM. For shame.

Dr Zibbs said...

You should have challenged the old dude to pee on the hydrant.

SkylersDad said...

I speak roofer. I believe he was asking you if you liked the composites or were more of a shake girl. Of course not hearing what he said limits my translation abilities.

And when you mentioned fresh-faced delivery dude, why did I suddenly start hearing bow chicka wow wow music in my head?

Anonymous said...

You beat me to the punch, SkylersDad! I was thinking the SAME THING. Sounds like the mailman's been replaced!

amysuehere

LegalMist said...

You just reminded me why I've missed you... a whole post about nothing much, yet I'm chuckling away like a senile woman watching Teletubbies!

Happy Friday to you, too!

Kate said...

God, I'm so glad you finally came over to the dark side on the groceries. You're lucky on the booze - they only deliver to El Norte on Tuesdays & Thursdays when I'm in The Cloud, so no booze for me. Jerks.

They give me that parenting mag too.

Kate said...

Try filling the pan with water to just over the grunge, with a generous helping of baking soda. Bring to a boil. Should scrape right off.

Ghost Dansing said...

uptown girl.....

Cowguy said...

How much for the leetle dog?

Iheartfashion said...

I've done that to more pans than I can count!

Anonymous said...

Mr. Bubzy is the bomb! He makes me feel like quoting that famous line the Wicked Witch of the West says in The Wizard of Oz: "I'll get you my pretty,and you're little dog, too!"
Too cute....
~ Renata1967

Chris said...

Kitties are involved in a lot of attention-deficit related kitchen accidents. Although my burning olive oil smells more like a fish fire. Must be the omega mu's -- er, threes.

John said...

You've inspired me Whiskey. I think I might be able to scrape up enough anecdotal amusement to assemble a bullet points post. Or perhaps not. I enjoyed yours though. And I would totally make lewd comments about your ass if I was a Spanish-speaking roofing guy.