Random Tuesday Thoughts

This is my first time doing one of these "link up" thingies, but hey, all the cool kids are doing it so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

You know, because I'm such a follower and all.

Anyways, I'm linking up with this cool chick here... check her out, she's hilarious.

And if you're new and stopping by from the link-up, apologies that I'm not super exciting and witty today.  See, when I'm feeling random it's because my mind is having a meltdown.


A few of the random things I pulled out of the sludge pile... er, my brain today:

Why do slow drivers always travel in pockets and side-by-side? The road is clear as far as the eye can see, all the lights are green, speed limit is 45 with no cops in sight, and... you're stuck behind a couple blue-haired grannies having a turtle race on their way to bingo.  Sound like something you'd read on FML, but nope, it's just my life.  Which is usually fucked, by the way.

I never eat tomato soup because it's gross there are so many better soups to eat, but Hubs wanted it with grilled cheese for dinner tonight, so I made some.  While I was slurping it off my spoon, it suddenly dawned on me that tomato soup tastes just like Spaghetti-Os sans the spaghetti.  Kinda vile if you think about it.  I did, and I almost puked.  Things that look the same going down as they would coming back up should not be considered edible.  From now on, it's grilled cheese sans tomato soup for me.

My mother called earlier today and I didn't answer because I'm a shitty daughter like that so she left a message.  Later while I was listening to her message, I realized that when she doesn't say why she's calling it means she has some gossip, something "juicy" to tell me.  When she actually has something important to tell me or a question she needs answered, she always states on the message what she's calling about. *Light bulb flashes on*  It only took me twenty-some years to figure that one out.  She's for sure getting screened all the time now.

Some people just don't have a fucking clue and probably never will.  Like the little Yeoman from School of Ship during a brief this morning.  She started nodding off in the middle of the brief, which was being given by a Commander (a scary ass Commander, I might add, because he was prior enlisted.  Officers who used to be enlisted are not people you want to fuck with, trust me.)

Commander: (in a dangerously kind voice) "Oh, excuse me Miss Jackson, are we keeping you up?"

Jackson: (jerks awake and looks at him) "Huh?"

C: (looks at her in disbelief and then mimics her) "Huh? Are we keeping you from your beauty sleep?"

J: (makes that lip-smacky sound and rolls her eyes) "Oh. No...."

C: (still in the nicey-nice voice) "Good.  What's your rate?"

J: (smacks lips and tosses her hair back) "YN."

C: "Oh, so you're a Yeoman, eh?  Goody!  You might even get to come work for me, wouldn't that be fun??"

J: (again smacks lips while still unsure if he's mocking her) "Uh... I don' know?"

C: "Yes, you do.  It would be fun.  Trust me."

Some people make me crazy.  It is a baaaaaad idea to fall asleep on a Commander, and if you do, smacking your lips and slouching in your chair while addressing him is not going to redeem you.  And she totally didn't catch on to the fact that he was mocking her, she just kept right along coppin' an attitude with him.  No standing at attention while talking to him.  Not even so much as a "Sir."  She just committed professional suicide for the remainder of her time on this ship.  And if the Commander was a pirate, she'd be taking a long walk off a short plank.


The killer rabbits were eyeballing me while I was out having a smoke tonight.  Still.  And they're still not scared of us at all.  Creepy little buggers, I'm telling you.

Aaaaand... that's about it. Bed-d-d-d-d..... ♦