Monday, December 8, 2008

long division

the world is loosely divided into two camps: those who will read this post and laugh hysterically (or at least snicker a couple times) and those who will click away in disgust.

in which camp do you pitch a tent?


THINGS TO DO IN PUBLIC WASHROOMS (excerpts - in all their grammatical glory- taken from this site)

1. Cheer and clap loudly every time somebody breaks the silence with a bodily function noise.

2. Say, "Hmmm, I've never seen that color before."

3. Grunt and strain real loud for 30 seconds and then drop a cantaloupe into the toilet bowl from a high place six to eight feet. Sigh relaxingly. (i found the notion of someone smuggling a cantaloupe INTO a public washroom and then getting somewhere 6-8 feet above the toilet funny in and of itself)

4. Say, "Now how did that get there?"

5. Say, "Humus. Reminds me of humus."

6. Fill up a large flask with Mountain Dew. Squirt it erratically under the stall walls of your neighbors while yelling, "Whoa! Easy boy!!" (particularly enchanting if you're a woman. although generally funny despite anything else, cuz i don't know about you, but i don't tend to have carbonated or flourescent pee)

7. Say, "Interesting....more sinkers than floaters."

8. Using a small squeeze tube, spread peanut butter on a wad of toilet paper and drop it under the stall wall of your neighbor. Then say, "Whoops, could you kick that back over here, please?" (again, more hilarious to me is the fact that someone took the time to put peanut butter into a little tube...!)

9. Play a well known drum cadence over and over again on your butt cheeks. (i suggest the surfer tune, 'wipeout')

10. Before you unroll toilet paper, conspicuously lay down your "Cross-Dressers Anonymous" newsletter on the floor visible to the adjacent stall. (i think even funnier would be a baked bean recipe...while muttering 'never again')

12. Lower a small mirror underneath the stall wall and adjust it so you can see your neighbor and say, "Peek-a-boo!"

Sunday, December 7, 2008

CHRISTMAS Q & A

1. wrapping paper or gift bags?
wrapping paper - always. even if it's round. and beautiful ribbon and bows. even the stocking stuffers. i love wrapping gifts.
2. real tree or artificial? phony little charlie-brown tree...love the smell of real, but not really the mess or the idea of mass carnage of conifers!
3. when do you put up the tree? this year? ha. i think it was november 20? my love would probably put it up for halloween if i'd let her...
4. when do you take the tree down? after ukrainian christmas day (jan 7th)
5. do you like eggnog? vomit. no.
6. favourite gift received as a child? i can't really recall a favourite....i do remember a great doll i got one year that pooped our her psychadelically-coloured baby pablum when you pulled a lever on her back...i also got this really great garage thingy for hot wheels cars that i adored
7. hardest person to buy for? parents. definitely. what to get for the folks who have everything?
8. easiest person to buy for? no one's easy when you are obsessed with trying to figure out the perfect gift and want to avoid getting the things that people ask for, instead hoping that you can dream up the one thing people had no idea they wanted. (i know. why indeed?!)
9. do you have a nativity scene?
we used to. actually it was less of a scene, just jesus and his two parents carved out of some kind of wood...i don't know where it even came from. or went, for that matter...i was told it was 'scary' and somehow, it disappeared after that. meh.
10. mail or email christmas cards? um...how about you're lucky if you get either? (and holiday cards. we only give holiday cards if we give anything here, folks!!)
11. worst christmas gift you ever received? a key chain and flourescent toe socks from my aunt. and no, she wasn't 80.
12. favorite christmas movie? da grinch! (jim carrey one!)
13. when do you start shopping for christmas? um...differs each year. this year? only bits and pieces. it's kind of hard when you don't physically have the cash to go nuts...
14. have you ever recycled a christmas present?
i'm sure i have
15. favourite thing to eat at christmas? peanut butter marshmallow square thingies. and my mom's nuts n' bolts. and wifesaver (from the 'best of bridge' series) on christmas morning, with steaming mugs of coffee, mimosas, and fresh fruit.
16. lights on the tree? obviously. but if you mean what type, then this year, we have little wee multicoloured ones...
17. favourite christmas song? i'm a sucker for 'o holy night.' and 'ave maria.'
18. travel at christmas or stay home? staying at home...what a novel idea. never happens. either we go to my parents or b's parents...both a 2.5 hr plane ride (or two day drive) away. when there are babies...they are coming to us, folks.
19. can you name all of santa's reindeer? yup. but you didn't ask me to actually name them, didja? you tricky people - i'm on to you.
20. angel on the tree top or a star? star
21. open the presents christmas eve or morning? one on the eve; the remainder in the morning
22. most annoying thing about this time of the year? obsession with materialistic shit. insistence on happiness and joy to maintain the proverbial christmas spirit (assuming that it moves all of us in the same way, i suppose) . lack of neighbourhood carol singing (i love christmas carols!)
23. favourite ornament theme or color? whimsical. we have a vast combination of old and new, meaningful and frivolous, beautiful and tacky...
24. christmas dinner? the usual...
25. what do you want for christmas this year? one guess (hint: we're meeting the duck lips on dec 22 & 23...)