Sunday afternoon Mai Tai's were brought to you by boredom and sunshine.
We also felt the need to throw some shoes around. Because 01: I need to practice, so I don't disgrace myself in front of my family and 02: there was nothing else to do.
This is what a ringer looks like!
This is the cutest little kid I have ever seen! (and possibly the only one). Meet "Baby Corn"! What other name could you give the kid having a father named Corn Nuts, and a mother named Sally.
Isn't he adorable!?!?!? Also sometimes in Alturas when you get bored, you drink four bottles of Sparkling Wine mixed with vodka. And you do it like you mean it, and by that I mean really janky. Make-shift ice chest because there are not any chilled bottles around this town and it so happened to have snowed. See even nature wants us to drink.
Dill pickle seeds are the grubbin' in a bag. And I meant to put the grubbin', I am trying something out. :)
Yes, it's true, since I started working I have had less time to entertain you fellow comrades. Please don't hate me, because I made you this spiffy new video and have a few pictures to go along with it!
So enjoy that and know that I am obsessed with this next song. That will be all for the day more to come, tomorrow. (This is the smallest size they had, (that's what she said?)).
Basically, when you are unsure about hanging out with people, it is probably because you are somewhat insecure about the conversation and whether you will have fun or not. Sometimes, there are people who I would love to reconnect with, but for whatever reason I choose not to hangout with them because of the first casualties of the conversation. This even applies to people in my family. It is hard to hang out with people when you know you will spend most of the conversation explaining: where you live, your job, school, relationships, goals, etc. But after you get past that first, "What the fuck have you been doing in your life?" You get to the real conversations, you get to the fun. This is why when I first meet people, mostly at bars, I choose to stay away from the mundane questions, such as:
"Where are you from?"
"Why are you out tonight?"
"What is your major?"
"Where do you go to school?"
"How old are you?"
"What is your name?"
"Does your face have something interesting to say?"
Recently I have been ignoring my friends, and it is really easy to do that because if they don't live here I don't see them that much, also if they do live here, I don't have time to go see them. And once you start not talking to your friends, it is hard to start talking to your friends. Dodging calls, not responding to texts, "FB wall? wtf is that, I didn't even know you got on this thing." Just kidding, but after reconnecting and getting over the, "what have you been doing?" You can get to the, "Is _____ the same in the _____ and the _____?" :)
The last two days I have been substitute teaching for elementary level kids in 01: music and today 02: computers. Let me tell you something about kids, they say some pretty awesome and some pretty random things. I'm glad to never have to deal with them on a 24/7 basis, but it was fun watching them play/sing to "Grizzly Bear," and "Old Gray Cat." Crazy kids.
Only imagine this: a small room with 20 kids and you in it, you have never heard this song before, and the kids are singing along with a cd player. You forget to pay attention once the song starts, and the kids get really, really quite (because they love this song), then BAM! The grizzly wakes up, and the kids laugh at you because you jumped in fright! Good times.
Only in our rendition, the kids crawled around the room girls the cat, and boys the mice, and then chased each other. a fun musical game of tag. :)
So this one kid and I had an interesting discussion:
Yesterday in Music
Kid: "You like black a lot, don't you?"
Me: "Yeah, I guess I do." (looks down at what I'm wearing) "Only my pants are black."
Kid: "But your shirt has black in it, and so do your shoes. And that yellow just really sticks out."
Me: "Hmmm....ok, anyway..."
Today in Computers
Kid: "You again!"
Me: "Yep, still here."
Kid: "You REALLY DO like black!"
Me: "It is my favorite color."
Kid: "Does anyone call you Goth? Black pants, black shirt, black fingernails, black on your wrist, black heart on your shoe..."
Me: "No."
Other kid: "Goth."
Weird kids I tell you.
01: My shirt was maroon the first day, my pants were dark purple the second day, my shoes were purple, one day I had rainbow shoe laces, AANNND I like to wear black.
02: I so do not look Gothic.
03: That was a really hilarious experience.
Today is the Vets' birthday. Happy birthday. Cheers, I wish I could be there and also can't wait to see you guys!!!
JP: my friends are always saying, "I want to meet this man, you always talk about this John Pham guy."
To which I reply, sadly, "Man? That sounds so weird, I mean everyone I know are boys and girls. To be a man you have to be (clenches fist toward chin and shows teeth), we aren't ladies, I mean we still have snacks, naps, and I make them all play with toys!"
Wah, I'm just a baby. The big Two-Five makes me feel like maybe it is time to grow up, but honestly I can't foresee that happening. I mean I just love toys way too much!
P.s. I have been called lady like ten times in the last two weeks by freakin' 80 year olds, and if I get called lady one more time I think I will snap. Seriously?! You are like a million years old and I am 24 why are you calling me lady? You crazy old psycho.
