Was at the grocery store, where the line to checkout stretched back an entire aisle. It was clear that while it was orderly, it wouldn't have taken much for complete order to break down and panic to set in. Panic is just under the surface.
Of course, when you are standing in a line that stretches down a whole aisle, and that aisle happens to be the treats and snacks aisle, and you are hungry, you end up with purchases like the Oatmeal Creme Pie 12 pack. Turns out, they are a lot smaller than they used to be, and when i couldn't stop eating them, I threw the rest of the box away, but I didn't just throw the individually wrapped pies away since there was no way for sure to guarantee I wouldn't go dumpster diving for them later, I unwrapped the 5 remaining before tossing them in the garbage can.
It reminds me of when I used to smoke and couldn't quit (long time ago) - I'd buy a pack, and then throw the rest in the garbage, but would invariably go back and fish them out, even if I took the time to break them in half. Only way to ensure no fishing was to ruin them by pouring water into the pack, or throwing the whole god damned pack out a moving vehicle, which wasn't even fail-safe since I could go back looking for them if not too far away. Addiction, glad the only ones I have left are less harmful.
I also ended up with Doritos, Gatorade 12 pack, and a few other notables.
I didn't know bird watching was cliche, but appears Im not the only one sitting around watching birds, researching their type, and naming them. This red bird's name evovled from 'Red' to "Lipstick'. The bird feeders have really become a hit after a slow start. I seem to have 3 or four types of birds -
Red, or Lipstick for the Cardinal
Tufty, or Mullet for the Tufted Titmouse
Sunny for the yellow one.
Nutty, for the white breasted nuthatch.
This Lilienthal Berlin watch was really impulsive, which was interesting primarily for 3 reasons. 1, I don't wear watches, 2, I've been on the down slope random consumerism, 3, the instagram ad targeted me precisely.
Talk about big data nailing me. The style, price, need, etc... hit me I guess where I was most susceptible, and now I'm a watch wearer. While I'm not totally excited about being profiled like this, since they nailed it, I'm ok with it. I've actually noticed the ads and catalogs I've been served & mailed lately have been been pretty right on, which I respect, since it must mean that my consumer interests have been refined, curated, and now have a specific identifying trait, which I like to name Tasteful, Restrained, Expensive but not too, Discretionary but Not Dumb, aka TRENDD. Wow, an acronym without even trying - most times you have to turn yourself in knots to get it to work.
I have noticed now that it doesn't have a light, is not glow in the dark and doesn't show the date.
After I got my new toaster - see previous posts - I started eating a lot of toast. Which I like with butter and jam, and I wondered why the jam tasted funny and about 3 weeks in looks like my 'jam' was actually sunday topping, sugar free no less. My ex always says, in moments like this, 'and how did you become a millionaire?" or "and how do you run a $10m company?" It's a fair point which I ask at times too.
Was out on Luxton Lake Road yesterday, and had to stop by and take a picture of this 2009 beauty we built. Just a great house. Less than 1000 sq ft originally, then expanded with the build out of the basement.
And a mini-barn going up in Narrowsburg.
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