January 2010
30 posts
Kate and Leopold
Fail
I moshed to this song last night in Montrealls.
I'm totally addicted to the cuteness →
Facebook Event Comprehension FAIL
alliemyers:
FOOL
Dubs all →
So much percent dubs →
Dubs is my life! →
I said more dubs →
More dubs please →
I need more dubs in my life →
A New Addition
Today in the hardware store I wandered over to the garden section and strolled through the plants looking for deals. Since I had moved my bed, I have ample room at my windowsill for sun-loving friends. My eyes were turned to some of the hanging plants, various Ivy and Fern types, but I wanted something more appealing. I turned a corner and noticed the marked down holiday leftovers. Hanging there, close to the bottom, was one apparently healthy Zygo Cactus, or Christmas Cactus. The signs were unclear as to how much it had been marked down.
He looked at me and said,
"Hello, I am the only Christmas Cactus left and I am lonely."
A tale most chain hardware store plants tell to try to get you to buy them. I had heard it not moments before, "I'm the only African Violet left and I'm lonely! Buy me!" so I was not convinced this hanging cactus was sincere. I asked what made him worthy.
"Well, besides my supposed low price, I am attractive and unique and I do not look quite nearly as pathetic as most of these other discount saps. I have been overlooked thus far because, well, I have all these feelings and I am very confused."
I asked, "Are you emo or something?"
He replied, "No. I am called a Christmas Cactus because I flower in cooler temperatures making me a lovely gift around Christmas time, but I do not feel satisfied that I am only a quaint and momentary gesture of kindness for a holiday of the birth of some religious leader. Apparently this guy was and still is a big deal, but no one has ever explained it to me and I just don't feel comfortable with the whole thing."
I was shocked at the plant's sentiment. Feeling a bit jaded from the holiday season myself, (I decorated Macy's for Christmas, ahem, I mean, "The Holidays," for two long months for the first time,) I could understand how he might feel since I celebrate Chanukah in a primarily Christian society.
"I See," I said to the cactus as I picked him off the rack, "I have an idea. Why don't you come home with me. I am Jewish and maybe you might like to learn about Judaism and live with me in my room. We can study Torah, observe the holidays, and I can teach you about Jewish traditions, customs, and history. Then, you can even choose your own name."
The plant looked delighted.
"I think I would enjoy that. Do you have other plants at home?"
We chatted as I continued to pick up the items I had come in for. At the speedy check out, the happy cactus rang up eighty one cents. It was meant to be.
So I brought home the happy Jewish Christmas Cactus and placed him by the window next to the spindly but growing asparagus fern and we welcomed him to the family.
First Person Tetris →
forty15:
elserracho:
robot-heart:
straydogsick:
this shit fucks with your head, man.
This made my headache even worse. But it’s awesome.
dear god, that is painful.
i like the music
I gave my resume to this company →
My profile icon looks good in your collecetion of others who follow you
Big move
I am going to attempt to move my bed from beneath the window in the red area of the room to the area under the slanted roof opposite from the top of the stairs near the other window. This will be a big change, but I think it will open the room up a lot. I like changes and I think I am due for one. I am also purging stuff and making bags of trash and rummage. A bike ride later depending on how far...
“You guys should have gotten The Beefy Slayer Burrito”
– Libby Long
On reading the T-Bell sign advertising the Beefy 5 Layer Burrito
