So what do we do when we don't have enough to post a real, honest-to-goodness post? We take miscellany of course!----------------
So we are still remodeling Matt's place, and we took a huge leap on Saturday - putting up almost all of the drywall and getting a working toilet in the already-tiled and -painted bathroom in Taylor's room (which is what we've taken to calling the room where I used to live... probably because that's where the baby is going to stay, but I'm thinking it MAY be because having me leave the house was like getting hit with a Lawrence Taylor-sized truck of emotion...) Anyway, as we were DONE with the drywall, the klutz that I am stepped on a nail... and it went through my sneaker, popped my air pocket, and went straight on through the bottom of my foot...
The picture isn't very good, but I have a perfect pinhole in the ball of my left foot - truth be told it's not that bad, but it's causing me too much pain to run (that's right, I'm not Joe) and that's driving me crazy. Luckily I got my long run in on Saturday and didn't wait until Sunday like I was planning on, but not being able to run is KILLING me... so I've taken to swimming in a feeble attempt to keep my fitness up... and that's not the same thing...
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Yesterday I was sitting in a committee hearing room all day listening to EIGHT different panels square off against the Legislature on the Delta Water Package that I've been working on... it was a day so boring it made me with I was being treated by Michael Jackson's doctor... (what? too soon??)
But it brightened up a bit when I got this video from Kellie:
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That's (from left to right) Ryan, Me, Matt, Joe and Paul... I personally think I look good... not like the rest of those goofballs... I only wish they would have made me more like me and not that out of shape bastard that's in the video...
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So yesterday I was in Target to get the new Simpsons DVD that came out and some essentials for the Yankees game tonight (Twizzlers and peanuts) and I decided to walk through the store to see what was new (they recently renovated it)...
I went to the clothing aisle and found some new stuff, and I was looking through the shorts for a new pair, and I found some that I liked, but they were scuffed... as was the next pair... and the pair after that until it finally dawned on me that they were all like that - they had been pre-scuffed at the shorts factory...
Now, I know this is not new - we've all seen the scuffed jeans and "destroyed" or "aged" or "frayed" or "Afghanistanized" clothing that they sell, but this really got me to thinking, how lazy have we as a society become that we can no longer be bothered to scuff our own clothing?? Can you imagine trying to explain that to someone in the Third World?
"No, they're not old but sometimes we make our brand new clothes look old because we like the way it looks... we give out ACTUALLY old and worn clothes away to stores that sell them to people like you, who can't afford brand new, PROFESSIONALLY-scuffed clothing..."
Do you think this will filter into other products? Do you think down the line we'll be able to pick up a professionally pre-dented Chevy? Or maybe professionally pre-skidmarked undies? Because really... who can be bothered to do it themselves??
4 comments:
HA! Great post. I was wearing a pair of Sevens with "designer holes" in them and Brent's granmother offered to patch them for me. I had to humbly explain to her that I bought them that way. Then I realized how ridiculous it must seem to an 80-something year old women that someone would spend over a hundred dollars on holy jeans!
It's not too early to make Michael Jackson jokes. That guy was a train wreck.
Joe
Hilarious post. Never was a deep thinker about the scuffed products. Hmm. My boy, you are amazing! I'll never look at new scuffed products the same way again. I'm definitely in lined for the new skid marked undies. Boy, those sound nice. Not! As for swimming rather than running - MAJOR BUMMER. When I broke my foot and was trying to do something to stay in shape, it was sit-in-your-chair aerobics video (hilarious!) or swimming. I was tempted to put a boot on the other foot so I could be balanced and go running. We'll pray for a quick recovery. BTW, Happy Birthday. When was it? Or did I read it wrong and it is your buddies? We'll celebrate when you get here. Can't wait to see you. Our kids are already fighting about spending time with you -- you made a good impression. Later.
B - I've actually gotten a couple emails like that with that same story - you're lucky, one of my friends actually had her great aunt patch them up... I guess they're one of a kind now...
J - Yup...
A - Yeah, tis a bummer, but we overcome, and move on... it's setting me back but I'll still be okay... my birthday was back in May (the 23, the best date ever...) and thanks - stinks that I'm causing dissention in the ranks, but can't say I'm at all surprised...
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