The torch is a giant joint. August 13, 2004 ~ 11:46 pm
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , comments closedIt’s true. Look at it. It’s a flaming doobie.
Certain people are insisting that I point out it’s phallus shaped as well. But mostly it looks like a joint.
And the torch is finally lit. Thank you, Goddess.
O-Yimpics August 13, 2004 ~ 10:35 pm
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , comments closedThoughts on the Olympics opening ceremonies, in no particular order, taken from my IM conversation with Kim L.:
“Ooooh, Centaur.”
“Ooooh, gods and goddesses.”
“Awww, look at the kid in the boat. Wait, he’s heading for the sinkhole in the middle! Watch out, kid!”
“Wouldn’t it be cool if the drummers fell in the water?”
“Blue hair. More blue hair. Purple hair.”
“Yay, the Afghani women aren’t wearing birkas!”
“Yay, America! Hey, they’re cheering for us! They like us even though Dubya is our President!”
“What letter are we on in the Greek alphabet? Aren’t we done yet?”
“Yay, Canada, our neighbor to the north!”
“Where’s Barbuda? Is that like Barbados?”
“Jump, Cube Man! Jump, jump!”
“Damn, they drained that water fast. I wonder if it made a sucking noise?”
“Wait, it’s sunset there. Are we on a time delay? Damn time delay!”
“Yay, Mexico! I’m so moving there if Bush gets re-elected and Canada won’t let me in!”
“YAO!”
“Hot (Mozambique, Irish, Norwegian, British) guy!”
“Why do the Koreans get to have a joint team? Why can’t we have a joint team with Canada? The Northern North America team!”
“Are we at the end of the alphabet yet? No? Damn.”
“Stop! Stop with the marching! Light the torch!”
“I thought the Greek alphabet ended with Omega. Didn’t they already do the O’s?”
“Why are there all these old people? Is there some sedentary sport of which I’m unaware? Shuffleboard?”
“They’ve got to be almost done! The middle’s almost full. Fuck! Twenty more nations!”
“Nice hat.”
“Way to wear a sarong, buddy.”
I would write more, but it’s still going. And all comments are going to be about how long the parade is lasting. Get to the torch lighting, already!
It’s Friday the 13th August 13, 2004 ~ 12:04 pm
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , comments closedBad if you’re a Knight Templar, okay for everyone else. And how many of us are Knights Templar? Really, I learned this in The DaVinci Code. Friday the 13th is considered unlucky because it was on a Friday the 13th that the Pope sent out a command for the Knights Templar to be attacked. Unlucky ever since.
Unluckily here, we’re in for more rain. On top of the two days of flash flooding we’ve already had, thanks to asphalt and concrete convering everything so the rain has no place to run into, Charlie is coming. Who invited him? I know I didn’t. My little basement home is already so damp I’m sticking to the damn tile floor in my bare feet. My sheets are slimy feeling and lead me to hbave dreams of swimming in the ocean. And there’s mildew growing on my back wall. I’m not lying. There was apparently a flood down there a couple years before I moved in, and the mildew is in the walls because of that. Can’t get it out. Yuck.
I’m just gonna crank up the airconditioning this weekend in the hopes of drying out. I’d like to stop feeling like the captain of a submarine, ya know?
