the last 24 hours

yesterday, i went to the bank and ordered a credit card, thus compiling my non-credit history.
it was very exciting.
one of those "i don't want to go to work right now, i might as well start building credit" whims.

also, the make shift photo studio my boss ordered came today. today i'm a photographer. i'm a jack of all trades. like bert on "mary poppins". tomorrow i'll be jumping into chalk drawings.

i went to the park last night with the three kids i was babysitting. a dad came up to me and said, "these aren't your kids, are they?" yet another occasion where complete strangers sense my lack of maternal vibes. i told him, no, they weren't mine. and he gestured towards his wife and said, "see? i told her there was no way you'd had three children."
i guess that means i'm skinny?

Comments

barnesanova said…
skinny reinforcement. always good, especially when coming from a completely unknown man, apparently a husband, whose wife stands by in agreement/admonishment after being scolded for disbelief in her husbands assessment of the tall, early-20s woman standing in the park that her husband has just checked out right in front of her.

i was once told that sarcasm is humor for the stupid, as anyone can use it. i however believe that 'good' sarcasm is an art, and if it WAS common and simple minded, there would be a lot more quality examples out there.
Tiff said…
Yes you're skinny - good thing.
Ummm, when you jump into the chalk drawings will you please take me with you? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - it's a childhood dream of mine.
Andrew H said…
No, she just figured no real parent would let their kid fall into the pond...
kat said…
hey! you said jacob knew how to swim.
Nama said…
i'm with tiff!! take me with you so we can dance with penguins and watch the horses!!

then we can all be chimney sweeps and sing: "It's the master! steppin tim, It's the master! steppin time..."
Jon said…
"Never need a reason, never need a rhyme,
It's the master steppin time!"
Kirsten said…
when I was in 7th grade I wrote an essay about my favorite movie: Mary Poppins. I was very good in convincing my teacher of my love and with stood much taunting from the boys I sat by in class.
Leah said…
I'm shamelessly proud that I can call myself a jack of all trades, master of none. It's cool.
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Jay said…
What the deuce ?!?! Who's gets hired by an online dating service to comment advertising on people's blogs. Is this where advertising is going ?!?!

I give it a year before there is some new legislation dictating that companies NOT advertise through personal blogs. Until then, I'm sure we might see more of this.

Now I wonder if a program could be written to search out the most current comment box and post comments using a fabricated username and password. Kind of like the web crawlers that Google uses but focusing on comment boxes.

Hmmmm.....
barnesanova said…
t'would be easy jay. a simple service that polls the blogger site by clicking through the 'next blog' button, randomly hitting blogs, screen scraping the html returned for the inputs (as they are constantly named), and simply grabbing a given item in the collection.

jeesh, do i smell startup!
kat said…
a dating service?
a dating service??

i give up.
Anonymous said…
you'd think it would at least be one for tall people kat. odd that the non-talls are targeting you.