08.01.2005
Hippie Hippie Shake
Today is my parents’ thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. As anyone with a brain and a photograph of me can figure out, I came along late in their marriage. When Rob and I have been married for thirty-five years, he will be seventy-three, and I will be fifty-eight.
Good lord, I like older men, but not that much.
Speaking of older men, my grandfather went home from the hospital today. I went to visit him at his retirement home, and they gave me a free milkshake just for walking in the door. Actually, they gave it to me for sitting on a bench outside the door. Why walk when you can sit? Why not drink a milkshake when you can drink a milkshake?
It was chocolate.
Speaking of man purses, I might have to start carrying a man purse. I discovered that carrying my mobile phone in my front left pocket has been creating an almost intolerable blockage of qi in my left leg. Also, carrying my wallet in my back pocket is hurting my ass when I sit down on it. It is thick, not with money but with membership cards for every consumer loyalty scheme known to man. This is funny because I’m the most disloyal consumer on earth. These trappings of consumerism will be the death of me yet.
posted by
David at 6:57 PM
I know exactly what you mean!
In the Summer, I have to wear cargo shorts to accomodate all my junk, and sometimes it weighs me down!
A man purse might be a good idea....
posted by:
Hanuman on 08.01.2005 at 7:16 PM
Must be horrible to be born way, way, way out of wedlock like that. Damn hippies.
posted by:
Crash on 08.01.2005 at 11:15 PM
I recently switched from satchel to this. It's lightweight and convenient, and it does away with the lopsidedness that a murse puts on whichever shoulder it hangs from.
(You should of course confide whole-heartedly in my advice and forego buying a man purse at all.)
posted by:
Logan on 08.01.2005 at 11:49 PM
My man purse consists of a smallish multi-pocketed leather back-pack that a friend bought me a few years ago in Germany. It works great. You can wear it over one shoulder, or two, or just carry it in your hand.
Thanks to you, I am now craving a chocolate milkshake.
posted by:
Joel on 08.02.2005 at 10:34 AM
my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard / and they're like, it's better than your / damn right, it's better than yours / I could teach you but I'd have to charge
posted by:
Mushlette on 08.02.2005 at 3:08 PM
Hanuman: Even in cargo shorts, the cell phone is a danger to my qi.
Crash: I know something that is more horrible.
Logan: I'm having trouble with links appearing in my comments section, so I'm not sure what you were pointing me toward, but I'm sure it is as lovely as a murse.
Joel: But can it double as an evening clutch?
Mushiette: I don't need to learn anything else today, thank you.
posted by:
David on 08.02.2005 at 7:44 PM
Thanks for the kind words for our special day!!!! What do you mean you came along late!!!!!
posted by: Mom on 08.02.2005 at 10:16 PM
Yeah ... now we're getting the gist of how long it took you to pick out your parents.
posted by: barb on 08.03.2005 at 11:11 AM
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