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It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter anyhow

-Bob Dylan



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Friday, June 03, 2005
 

Erratica.

How do you know if a fish likes you or not? Dogs lick your face, cats purr, horses nuzzle your neck, but fish -- just how do you know? Does his mouth open a bit wider? Does he come to gaze at you longingly through the aquarium glass? Does he leap up when you walk by? I want to get a fish, but I'm worried I won't know if he loves me, or just wants me for my multicoloured food flakes. And hello...I dated that guy already.

With all cuisines, there is an expected aftermath. When you eat Chinese food, you anticipate being hungry an hour later. When you eat Mexican food, you expect a little bit of gas. When you eat Italian food, you know your breath will reek of garlic for days. When you eat McDonalds, you expect to die shortly of cardiac arrest. But has anyone developed a theory for what results from the excessive intake of Tootsie Rolls? Because I should know -- it's fairly urgent, actually. I just ate nine of them. And if you tell me I'm just gonna look like Dustin Hoffman in drag, well...

Universalities: everyone thinks they have good taste in books. Everyone thinks they are generally a safe driver. More often than not, we think we're right. Nobody likes a whiner, a quitter, a complainer, a lazy ass, a tattletale, or a telemarketer. Do your best to avoid being any one of those things.

If it comes on a stick, it's probably tasty. If it comes with extra butter, it's probably tasty. If the kitchen staff gathers to watch you eat it, I'd order something else.

Self-destructive behaviour can be defined as cutting the cheese off the mold.

I owned a pair of clamdiggers once. Damn lazy pants just sat in my drawer until I gave them away to Goodwill.

It's funny that, when you buy things on the Internet, you shop with a browser. I hate shopping with browsers. If you haven't found one thing to try on in two minutes, it's time to leave the store.

For fun, try asking the changing room attendants if you can get something "in another species".

If you try something on, and a part of you spills out, do not purchase it. If there is something appliqued on it, wear it only around your mother-in-law. And if an animal ever slept on it, peed on it, or wore it at a party you threw, it's not okay to wear it to work.

People who have PayPal links on their blogs should be forced to tap dance in chicken costumes to Ace of Base songs while children tossed Nerf balls in their direction. At least I have some experience in this area.

If I were a piece of land, I would be a beach. If I were a song, it would be by Ella Fitzgerald. If I were a party favour, I would be a sparkler. If I were a time of day, I would be twilight. If I were a drink, I'd be an Orangina. If I were a vegetable, I would be a jalepeno pepper. If I were an item of clothing, I would be a pink ballgown skirt.

And if I were any more random, I'd be....happy.


9:53:36 PM    build me up, buttercup... []

Wrinkles.

I get wrinkles when I smile, but this isn't really holding me back from grinning, just yet.

I get wrinkles in the sun, but it's hard to make me come inside.

I get wrinkles from worrying, but I doubt I'll ever permanently de-stress.

I get wrinkles from getting older... and fat chance I could succeed at stopping time.

Am I worried about wrinkles? Am I worried I can finally see them in pictures? Am I worried that no one thinks I'm 20 anymore?

Nah. And see, by not worrying about that, I've already slowed the process.

Here's to wrinkles. In pants, on faces, in time, and those crazy dogs with too much fur bunched around their eyes.

And me.

 


6:49:59 PM    build me up, buttercup... []


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