** My father (a Republican) has purchased a Toyota Prius– something I thought would never happen, would assuredly mean either the end of days, or dogs and cats living together. He’d like you to know that he’s not going to be wearing Birkenstocks while he drives his new car, though, and he’s not growing a ponytail. So, I guess he’s safe, and they won’t revoke his Republican card.
*** Today I was sitting outside of Starbucks, writing, and a firetruck pulled up and parked in the red zone. "How rude," I thought. "Taking up the whole curb, just so they can all get coffee." As it turned out, though, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM had dry cleaning they had to pick up. So, that’s not weird at all. I guess that justifies it.
***NaNoWriMo word count: approximately 13,000 words, mostly all hand-written in Composition books. If you’re wondering how I estimate this, I use the following formula: 300 words per page X about forty pages, give or take about 100 for doodling and to-do lists. Scientific! Yeah, that’s going to be just great to transcribe. Jim gave me a copy of Naturally Speaking, but I can’t get the microphone on my computer to work the right way, so I think I might be stuck doing it myself. Or, I could take the leap into the information age and just learn to write straight into the computer, like the new-fangled folks is doin’.
***Twice this week, I’ve had conversations with people, tried to tell them something, and they’re like "um….yeah, I know. I read it on your blog." So, now I have to think of random, totally secret facts to tell my friends.
*** My husband does not seem to like it if, when he’s cooking me dinner, I stand there and go "um….is that done? What’s the expiration date on that? Is that too much garlic?" You’d think this commentary would be helpful, but apparently it’s just annoying. Go figure.