Random Things
I need to start putting the cap on my toothpaste. Apparently a spider crawled in there and was very surprised to suddenly find himself on my toothbrush this morning.
I changed six lightbulbs today. It was either that or get night vision. I decided that surgery was too drastic.
I got a haircut and then smoked a pipe. Here is a photo that captures both events! Wow!
I decided to let my DirecTV subscription lapse and go with Netflix instead. The advantages of this are two-fold. First, Netflix is cheaper and I can get any movie I want lickety-split. Second, Netflix is already paid for this month and DirecTV isn't. Yay!
I was talking to my Mom yesterday about my impending move, and she was surprisingly supportive. She even mentioned that I might be able to make some cash by selling prints of some of my photography. It's worth thinking about!
I think I get my car back this week. It's been in the shop for a while, and I miss it.
I've managed to keep my resolution to take a photo every day and to write something every day. Here's a photo I took last Tuesday in Central California:
[hi res] recommended!
I grew up just a few miles from where that was taken. It'll be nice to a) be someplace consistently beautiful again, and b) have the time to appreciate that beauty.
I changed six lightbulbs today. It was either that or get night vision. I decided that surgery was too drastic.
I got a haircut and then smoked a pipe. Here is a photo that captures both events! Wow!
I decided to let my DirecTV subscription lapse and go with Netflix instead. The advantages of this are two-fold. First, Netflix is cheaper and I can get any movie I want lickety-split. Second, Netflix is already paid for this month and DirecTV isn't. Yay!
I was talking to my Mom yesterday about my impending move, and she was surprisingly supportive. She even mentioned that I might be able to make some cash by selling prints of some of my photography. It's worth thinking about!
I think I get my car back this week. It's been in the shop for a while, and I miss it.
I've managed to keep my resolution to take a photo every day and to write something every day. Here's a photo I took last Tuesday in Central California:
[hi res] recommended!
I grew up just a few miles from where that was taken. It'll be nice to a) be someplace consistently beautiful again, and b) have the time to appreciate that beauty.
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15 El Commentos:
Wow, I am trying to wrap my head around how awful a spider on my toothbrush would be. Yikes.
i think the spider was more freaked out than i was. :)
You are the only person I know that would actually happen to.
it's true, bitsy. sadly, i think your sister itsy went down the waterspout. is that why you're blue? and also scottish?
ewwww on the spida! I had a big stag beetle on my bathroom floor this morning, waving his antennae at me. I wan'st impressed and sent him for a swim.. An impending bug invasion, perhaps??? I am rooting for you on your big move!!!!!! It's very brave to do that. I think it's just what you need, besides a screen door on the toothpaste tube.
arachnophobe
there is nothing in those woods but yeti and pygmy yeti
cat: i will work on that very small screen door.
fatrobot: don't forget pterodactyl yeti.
Awesome prank idea: using a chopstick or other long skinny object, push several raisins deep into the victim's toothpaste tube. (That sounds violent, doesn't it?) Raisins will expand over time, becoming unidentifiable, also DISGUSTING.
A former coworker of mine was persuaded to try this on her boyfriend via their shared toothpaste. When the swelled-up raisins finally popped out on his toothbrush, he was repulsed and enraged! He called the Crest customer service people to complain. He thought the raisins were bugs that had fallen into a vat of toothpaste at the factory.
Oh, how we laughed and laughed at him. Those were the days. We cooked up all kinds of horrible schemes for that guy. I'm sure her willingness to torment him is contributing to the longevity of their marriage.
Know anybody you'd like to try this on?
see, i KNEW i liked you. EVIL.
yes, i can think of a person or two who could use a good solid toothpaste raisining (that sounds silly - like HALLOWEEN 36: THE RAISINING).
alas, i do not have access to their tubes, so i can only dream.
You could maybe send them free samples from the toothpaste company?
yes! maybe tom's of maine!
OR!
i could send a kit. tube of toothpaste, box of raisins, and some instructions (to be read while asleep, so as to not spoil the surprise)
i think your idea is better
rekabek, where was that sensational prank possibility when I had teenage boys still living at home? Damn, I could have scored some major points with that one!
Right up there with your spider incident is my own memory of squeezing a living wiggling earwig out of a tube of toothpaste one time when I was little. Iccccck!!
Since I was an only child, I suspect it's unlikely that either of my parents planted it in there specifically to freak me out.
Should I live long enough to see either of our sons procreate, I am *so* going to remember to suggest this to one of their children :-)
ewww - earwigs are nasty. and of course, i have an earwig story.
my ex (ex ex, not recent ex) really liked straws. couldn't drink anything without a straw. so we had a vase of 'em in the kitchen. when she was thirsty, she'd grab one, insert it into her frosty beverage, and enjoy.
i think you can see where this is going. one day, an earwig was hiding out in one of the straws.
i'll spare you the rest of the details, except to say that shrieking was involved, and lots of "PTOOOIE" sounds.
Carroll, it's not too late to send raisin-infested tubes of Crest to your sons under the guise of well-meaning parental concern. Of course, when the raisins plop out, your sons are going to have some questions for you. But I'm sure you can come up with a convincing explanation when the time comes.
does it have to be a raisin? Will any dried fruit work?? A craisin maybe??
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