Yesterday? Yesterday I got up really late, wanted to wash my face but realized the man to fix our water heater was here. You see, last Thursday it caught on fire and then started leaking everywhere. All over the garage. At least, by this point the garage had been sufficiently sprayed with fleas several times and I could venture in to turn off the smoking machine.
So, I wanted to wash my face, but alas, the water had been turned off and I stood staring at the mirror for a good ten minutes before I decided to take a dip in the refrigerator. I grabbed the PUR water picture from the refrigerator, took it into the bathroom and dipped my tooth brush in. I brushed, it was minty and exciting, for several long minutes, and then I poured water over the brush to rinse.
Stuffing my hand into the frigid water, freezing them all the way to the wrists, I scooped up the icy water and slurped into my toothpaste ridden mouth. Burning. I swished as fast as I could, but when you mix super minty toothpaste and ice cold water in your mouth you produce the strangest cold burn. It is nothing like a hot burn, when you eat pizza while it's still steaming or drink really hot coffee. It's an entirely different sensation, akin to the feeling you get when you put icy hot on a tender spot.
I spat it out, sadly disenchanted but still toothpaste sticky, and took another big swig of the water to swish around. Two, was enough for me. If there was any residue of toothpaste it was swallowed.
With a sigh, I dipped my hands back in, scooped up more frozen water, and splashed it on my face. It was cold, but refreshing. A nice dip, a wakeup, tightening of the pores. I put wash on my frozen fingertips, smeared it around on my face without really feeling what I was doing, and set about the rinse job. Several splashes later... frozen hands, frozen face, and a minty clean mouth, done.
I dumped the water, set the pitcher by the sink to await a wash in cold water. Moseying to the bathroom, I change, put on makeup, brush my hair.... ready to go. Vaudevillains meeting for the new show "Smoke and Mirrors" to debut soon. I'm excited to put together new routines and make new costumes, except for the money..... I never have the money. I scrape together what I can.
Get in the car with a friend (not my car, mine is still in the shop. The car is fixed but the insurance people haven't paid them yet, so I am still without.) We head to Ybor (said E-bor no Y-bor) and park in the garage about 8 blocks down from the place where we are meeting. It's a walk, in the Florida heat, but I'm ok with that. I like the exercise. What I don't like is the weight of my laptop bag on my shoulder. I know it's not heavy, in theory. Anyone else could have carried it just fine. Is there something wrong with me? I tough it out.
We get to the plaza, sit and await the others. I'm not so sure who is coming so I text Vita, and she gives me the quick rundown and says she's parking. Cool. First was Ivanna Martini, and I'm excited because she is so adorable and smart and funny... and a fellow crazy Scorpio. Then Vita DeVoid, she's tall and slender and too pretty for words with her bright pink hair and perfect skin. Next, Ariel Hola and she is all attitude and fun loving, friendly, in charge with curly hair and big perfect lips. I've always been jealous of her caf Au latte skin. I smile, good to see her again. It's been a while. Seconds later there is Anatrice, curvy and beautiful and laid back with dark coffee skin and full lips. She's wearing a wife beater and I'm jealous because I'm in a t-shirt and it's so HOT outside. Lastly Evelyn Rose with a good natured frown, probably from the heat, and cool summer clothes.
We get up and go into the caf around the corner. People stare. They aren't used to seeing so many beautiful, different, strange girls together in the same place. We smile at them.
The caf is small but lovely. They sell espresso and cigars for the upscale smoker. We are the only ones in the place, so we take up the whole corner by the windows, couches and chairs. Coffee's in hand we go about the discussion for the new show. Ideas flow from everyone, they are all prepared. I'm flying by the seat of my pants, the way I always do, but come up with some off the wall interesting things that everyone seems to like.
My friend Christina is sitting beside me in a chair, just relaxing. She isn't part of the show, but she's part of the family. A man wonders in and starts talking to her. She smiles politely because he thinks he knows her. She excuses herself and sits at the bar with him for a minute. We go on with our work. The man comes back and leans way into my personal space, and I can smell his disgusting cigar and wine breath, and see his glazed over eyes through his expensive framed glasses.
"Don't touch me." First words from his mouth.
"I'm not trying to be rude," he says.
"You're doing a poor job."
"I think your friend is beautiful."
"I know she is," I say.
He smiles stupidly. "She should spread her legs for the world to see her."
I stop and stare at the man.
"Excuse me, you do not speak to women or about women like that....." and I proceed to go off on a tirade of sorts, and the man looks offended. I'm thinking, since he is Cuban, perhaps he isn't saying what he means to say correctly. I let him speak.
"I'm gay honey, I don't mean no disrespect. I don't even like PUSSY."
"That's nice. It's still not ok."
"I just mean, she is beautiful and she should show her beauty and don't be ashamed of herself (because my friend is a transsexual)."
"We are having a business meeting here."
"Oh, you don't need to do that."
"Go away."
He wanders back off to the bar. Christina comes back over and sits with us. Ok, he's a jerk. I'm sad for her because she seemed interested at first.
At this point my coffee is gone, I've had a water, and I have to pee. I get up and head to the bathroom but it's locked. The 'guy' is in it. Ok, I can wait. I wait for a while until he finally comes out. I'm relieved. I really have to pee. I open the bathroom door and there is vomit everywhere. Up the walls, on the floor, everywhere. I gag and retreat back to the girls. I will never have to pee "That Bad."
I warn them not to go to the bathroom.
The guy wanders back over and tries to talk to Christina with his vomit breath but she's fed up and shoos him away. I tell the woman working that he barfed all over the restroom, she frowns and sighs. I leave her a tip and the girls start wandering away to do other things. Natasha and then Anitrice leaves.
The rest of us decide to go and get food, so I suggest the Alaskan Tacos. I have a free card in my bag for two tacos. I'm excited, and since I'm broke I can eat. Ivanna is having problems with her bank, has money but can't seem to get her card to work, so I offer her one of my free tacos. Yum. We are all excited. We exit stage right and walk another 4 blocks or so to the taco place.
This is what I have to say to you. Deep fried chicken taco. In case you were wondering what an Alaskan taco is. It's like a little deep friend meat patty (fish, chicken, beef). They put the frozen patty in a taco shell and dunk it in the deep frier together. Yum. The top it with cheese, their homemade salsa, and lettuce. It is the best taco EVER.
We eat, talk, be merry. We all go home. It was a fun day, despite the idiot.
I get home, thirsty from the heat. Take the PUR pitcher from the refrigerator. Smile because the dishes are done and Rel got to take a shower. The hot water is working again. Our home warranty put in a new one (we pay 200 to bring the things up to code). I pour a big glass of water, down it. It tastes funny, kinda like soap...face soap.
"Rel, did you wash this?"
"No, why?"
"Uh I used it to wash my face and brush my teeth."
"You used the pitcher? I thought you poured the water in a bowl or something."
"Nope (but thinking, why didn't I think of that)."
I take another long drink, giggle about the taste of face wash in my water. dump the pitcher, and wash it out. Oops. She laughs at me but puts some dinner in the oven for me anyway. I'm still hungry. Once taco just didn't do it for me. I eat, we watch Law and Order on netflix and she goes to bed.
She has to go to bed early. She gets up at 4 am. I stay up watching law and order, playing Mario Brothers on my Wii, and thinking of nothing.
Today..... I wake up at 4pm. I wasn't really asleep all day, but rather laying in bed with my eyes closed watching movies in my head. The things I can dream up are so vivid and are way more interesting than real movies or TV. I feel lazy. I'm awake now, going to take a hot shower because I can. Then, today I need to clean up the house, since I feel like it is gross...the no hot water thing again.
Q: What was the last book I read? 10pts.
Q: What is the name of my band, the burlesque troupe I'm in, and the drag king show I work with. 20pts but you must get all three answers correctly.
Q: What is my favorite television show? This does not include anything on channels like Showtime or HBO. 10pts.
Good luck, and have a great day.
So, I wanted to wash my face, but alas, the water had been turned off and I stood staring at the mirror for a good ten minutes before I decided to take a dip in the refrigerator. I grabbed the PUR water picture from the refrigerator, took it into the bathroom and dipped my tooth brush in. I brushed, it was minty and exciting, for several long minutes, and then I poured water over the brush to rinse.
Stuffing my hand into the frigid water, freezing them all the way to the wrists, I scooped up the icy water and slurped into my toothpaste ridden mouth. Burning. I swished as fast as I could, but when you mix super minty toothpaste and ice cold water in your mouth you produce the strangest cold burn. It is nothing like a hot burn, when you eat pizza while it's still steaming or drink really hot coffee. It's an entirely different sensation, akin to the feeling you get when you put icy hot on a tender spot.
I spat it out, sadly disenchanted but still toothpaste sticky, and took another big swig of the water to swish around. Two, was enough for me. If there was any residue of toothpaste it was swallowed.
With a sigh, I dipped my hands back in, scooped up more frozen water, and splashed it on my face. It was cold, but refreshing. A nice dip, a wakeup, tightening of the pores. I put wash on my frozen fingertips, smeared it around on my face without really feeling what I was doing, and set about the rinse job. Several splashes later... frozen hands, frozen face, and a minty clean mouth, done.
I dumped the water, set the pitcher by the sink to await a wash in cold water. Moseying to the bathroom, I change, put on makeup, brush my hair.... ready to go. Vaudevillains meeting for the new show "Smoke and Mirrors" to debut soon. I'm excited to put together new routines and make new costumes, except for the money..... I never have the money. I scrape together what I can.
Get in the car with a friend (not my car, mine is still in the shop. The car is fixed but the insurance people haven't paid them yet, so I am still without.) We head to Ybor (said E-bor no Y-bor) and park in the garage about 8 blocks down from the place where we are meeting. It's a walk, in the Florida heat, but I'm ok with that. I like the exercise. What I don't like is the weight of my laptop bag on my shoulder. I know it's not heavy, in theory. Anyone else could have carried it just fine. Is there something wrong with me? I tough it out.
We get to the plaza, sit and await the others. I'm not so sure who is coming so I text Vita, and she gives me the quick rundown and says she's parking. Cool. First was Ivanna Martini, and I'm excited because she is so adorable and smart and funny... and a fellow crazy Scorpio. Then Vita DeVoid, she's tall and slender and too pretty for words with her bright pink hair and perfect skin. Next, Ariel Hola and she is all attitude and fun loving, friendly, in charge with curly hair and big perfect lips. I've always been jealous of her caf Au latte skin. I smile, good to see her again. It's been a while. Seconds later there is Anatrice, curvy and beautiful and laid back with dark coffee skin and full lips. She's wearing a wife beater and I'm jealous because I'm in a t-shirt and it's so HOT outside. Lastly Evelyn Rose with a good natured frown, probably from the heat, and cool summer clothes.
We get up and go into the caf around the corner. People stare. They aren't used to seeing so many beautiful, different, strange girls together in the same place. We smile at them.
The caf is small but lovely. They sell espresso and cigars for the upscale smoker. We are the only ones in the place, so we take up the whole corner by the windows, couches and chairs. Coffee's in hand we go about the discussion for the new show. Ideas flow from everyone, they are all prepared. I'm flying by the seat of my pants, the way I always do, but come up with some off the wall interesting things that everyone seems to like.
My friend Christina is sitting beside me in a chair, just relaxing. She isn't part of the show, but she's part of the family. A man wonders in and starts talking to her. She smiles politely because he thinks he knows her. She excuses herself and sits at the bar with him for a minute. We go on with our work. The man comes back and leans way into my personal space, and I can smell his disgusting cigar and wine breath, and see his glazed over eyes through his expensive framed glasses.
"Don't touch me." First words from his mouth.
"I'm not trying to be rude," he says.
"You're doing a poor job."
"I think your friend is beautiful."
"I know she is," I say.
He smiles stupidly. "She should spread her legs for the world to see her."
I stop and stare at the man.
"Excuse me, you do not speak to women or about women like that....." and I proceed to go off on a tirade of sorts, and the man looks offended. I'm thinking, since he is Cuban, perhaps he isn't saying what he means to say correctly. I let him speak.
"I'm gay honey, I don't mean no disrespect. I don't even like PUSSY."
"That's nice. It's still not ok."
"I just mean, she is beautiful and she should show her beauty and don't be ashamed of herself (because my friend is a transsexual)."
"We are having a business meeting here."
"Oh, you don't need to do that."
"Go away."
He wanders back off to the bar. Christina comes back over and sits with us. Ok, he's a jerk. I'm sad for her because she seemed interested at first.
At this point my coffee is gone, I've had a water, and I have to pee. I get up and head to the bathroom but it's locked. The 'guy' is in it. Ok, I can wait. I wait for a while until he finally comes out. I'm relieved. I really have to pee. I open the bathroom door and there is vomit everywhere. Up the walls, on the floor, everywhere. I gag and retreat back to the girls. I will never have to pee "That Bad."
I warn them not to go to the bathroom.
The guy wanders back over and tries to talk to Christina with his vomit breath but she's fed up and shoos him away. I tell the woman working that he barfed all over the restroom, she frowns and sighs. I leave her a tip and the girls start wandering away to do other things. Natasha and then Anitrice leaves.
The rest of us decide to go and get food, so I suggest the Alaskan Tacos. I have a free card in my bag for two tacos. I'm excited, and since I'm broke I can eat. Ivanna is having problems with her bank, has money but can't seem to get her card to work, so I offer her one of my free tacos. Yum. We are all excited. We exit stage right and walk another 4 blocks or so to the taco place.
This is what I have to say to you. Deep fried chicken taco. In case you were wondering what an Alaskan taco is. It's like a little deep friend meat patty (fish, chicken, beef). They put the frozen patty in a taco shell and dunk it in the deep frier together. Yum. The top it with cheese, their homemade salsa, and lettuce. It is the best taco EVER.
We eat, talk, be merry. We all go home. It was a fun day, despite the idiot.
I get home, thirsty from the heat. Take the PUR pitcher from the refrigerator. Smile because the dishes are done and Rel got to take a shower. The hot water is working again. Our home warranty put in a new one (we pay 200 to bring the things up to code). I pour a big glass of water, down it. It tastes funny, kinda like soap...face soap.
"Rel, did you wash this?"
"No, why?"
"Uh I used it to wash my face and brush my teeth."
"You used the pitcher? I thought you poured the water in a bowl or something."
"Nope (but thinking, why didn't I think of that)."
I take another long drink, giggle about the taste of face wash in my water. dump the pitcher, and wash it out. Oops. She laughs at me but puts some dinner in the oven for me anyway. I'm still hungry. Once taco just didn't do it for me. I eat, we watch Law and Order on netflix and she goes to bed.
She has to go to bed early. She gets up at 4 am. I stay up watching law and order, playing Mario Brothers on my Wii, and thinking of nothing.
Today..... I wake up at 4pm. I wasn't really asleep all day, but rather laying in bed with my eyes closed watching movies in my head. The things I can dream up are so vivid and are way more interesting than real movies or TV. I feel lazy. I'm awake now, going to take a hot shower because I can. Then, today I need to clean up the house, since I feel like it is gross...the no hot water thing again.
Q: What was the last book I read? 10pts.
Q: What is the name of my band, the burlesque troupe I'm in, and the drag king show I work with. 20pts but you must get all three answers correctly.
Q: What is my favorite television show? This does not include anything on channels like Showtime or HBO. 10pts.
Good luck, and have a great day.
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it's only a STEREOTYPE that we scorpios are crazy!
it's still TRUE, of course!