Category Archives: Flotsam / Jetsam
memories (or lack thereof)
I was writing a post about How I’m Coping, and I somehow deleted the whole thing. I went through my drafts folder in hopes that it was hiding there, alas it was nowhere to be found. I did, however, find this:
Opposite Day for the Guy Who Never Did Anything Right
Once upon a time, there was a boy who never did anything right. He lived in a pyramid that was shaped like a square. When he was a baby, his shadow looked like a monster. One day he said “Eh, time to take out the trash.” Then he took out the trash. Usually he missed the trash can. But today was opposite day, and he didn’t miss the trash can! He found the key to something and opened the door, and behind it was another lock! It said “Unlock this with an apple core or a medicine pill, whichever one you choose.” And then lightning struck his power line, and he was like: “Hey, my power’s out! I can’t watch my favorite show!”
I have zero recollection of this. It was dated February 16, and it sounds like it could be something Pete wrote. But I really don’t have a clue. It’s National Blog Posting Month, though, and I couldn’t let today slip away without posting something.
Let’s call this one an ‘I Will Continue Doing NaBloPoMo’ brain dump.
Today I woke up at 6am and then spent six hours in a school cafeteria while Pete competed in his first chess tournament. One of his games was a tie, one was a buy and two were losses. He had a blast, and I read Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” I’ve never seen the movie, but they must have changed the story and the Holly Golightly character significantly. I didn’t find her winsome and wonderful at all. Or maybe I have the completely wrong idea of what the movie is about.
I dropped a bowl of ice cream on one of my toes yesterday — losing all of the ice cream in the process — and at the time I thought it was broken. It bled a lot and throbbed all night. It’s hurting less this evening, but I wasn’t able to stay off of it as much as I probably should’ve today. I’m pretty sure my toenail is going to fall off. That’ll be a new experience for me.
I’m tired and my laptop battery is about to die, so I’m going to post this old-school brain dump of a post and cozy up with an episode of “The Crown.”