nautideux

I went to get some blood drawn the other day and startlingly enough, the whole building the "lab" was located in, was given this strangely unsettling Sante Fe motif, with different levels given various desert-type names. My destination was down in back, on the Mesa level. And each sign or numbered plaque or emergency exit had this bulbous, stout looking cartoon cactus on it with this snotty little smile. And, you know what? It really pissed me off for some reason. Let alone that this was NYC. Let alone THAT. But the Sante Fe crap and turquoise trim and various terra cotta do-dadsoh man.. it really kind of made my blood boil. But those arrogant looking cactus signs REALLY pissed me off. Their whole manner, the way they were drawn....well it was just about like they were almost giving you the finger. Their overall posture and attitude... well trust me, it was just awful. The confrontational smile and the hands on the hips and that arrogant little lean. Oh man, they honest to god really pissed me off. Luckily though, the group of people coming down the hall, didn't see me giving one of those fat arrogant cactus the finger back. THAT could have made me look like I had a serious screw loose. At least I'm pretty sure they didn't see me. To be EXTRA sure though, I whipped my arm up to my head to make it seem like I had just simply paused for moment to fix and gently pat down my hair. The fact that it was right in front of one of those snotty cacti was merely a coindence. I'm almost positive though they didn't see me. I really am pretty positive. And if they DID, If they honestly did see me standing there kind of, more or less tauntingly, "waving" my middle finger at that little fat bastard, I'm absolutely POSITIVE it probably had nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that shortly there after, outside the door, while I was busy inside getting my blood drawn, I heard the unmistable crackle and squabble of security walkie-talkies. Three of them. THAT, I'm almost 100% positive, had nothing to do with me. Nothing at all.