Once upon a time there was a little girl who bought a bag of chocolate chips and a container of oatmeal to make baked oatmeal cups.
Then one day she realized the bag of chocolate chips was empty.
The oatmeal container wasn’t even opened yet.
And they all lived happily ever after.
The End.
You may not remember me and that’s okay because I’m pretty positive that I’m just another notch in your belt but we shared a beautiful moment while I attended the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop a couple weeks back.
You were serving lunch, I was eating lunch. It was very cramped, you had to work your way through tables that were very close together… no?
Maybe a picture of my cheek will jog your memory? 
Granted this was taken in the sunshine and not in the ballroom of Kennedy Union, but I think it would help just the same.
That cheek and a certain cheek of yours became quite acquainted, if you know what I mean.
Here’s the problem- although my husband often annoys the piss out of me, I do love him. I’m pretty sure I saw a ring on your finger as well and as fabulous as our moments in that crowded ballroom over that delightful lunch of cold chicken and salad were, I sadly don’t see a future for us. There, there Robert… I’m sure there’s another cheek out there for you to love.
Please realize that while I had many great experiences at the workshop- the talks, the sessions, the friends I’d only met hours beforehand but felt like I’d known for years, the inspiration, all of it… none of it will compare to the time we spent together.
We’ll always have lunch, Robert. :tear: We’ll always have lunch.
Sincerely,
Me (the woman sitting by the door on the far left, no, left if you are facing the doors, I guess it would be far right if you are facing the front, seriously you don’t remember me? I’m beginning to feel a bit like a cheap floozie here Robert, like our time together meant nothing to you. Did it mean nothing to you Robert? DID IT?!?!?! Answer me!!!! I need to know!!!! ROBERT!!!!!)
As most people who read this know, RISTLTMB stands for “Random Internet Search That Lead To My Blog”. It is something that I usually find such humor in because most of the time they are ridiculous.
Unfortunately today’s is not.
I had noticed that last couple of days that the search for Megan Tysinger was bringing a lot of traffic. Megan is someone who has commented on my blog a few times, and because she used her full name, google searches have led here.
Because of this uptick in searches for her name, I got curious and went searching myself.
It turns out that Megan was either killed or committed suicide (from what I can gather, the official cause of death is suicide but there are many very vocal people who suggest that it perhaps was not and that the police have not done a good job investigating. Let it be known- I have absolutely no idea what happened, don’t know Megan or her ex-husband, don’t know any of her family members, don’t know any of the police; I’m just leaving it as either/or.) on the 23rd of April.
It is always sad when someone dies in a violent manner, either suicide or not. Always sad that a situation can devolve into such despairs that someone can see no way out but death.
I, sadly, know of this situation all too well and wouldn’t wish it upon my worst enemy.
My thoughts go out to Megan’s family; including her two daughters. May they find peace in this awful time.
Actually it’s “the end of my day… in pictures” because I didn’t think to take any while I was in the process.
So after the poison ivy overrun of 2010/2011, I was really ready to get a garden back in this year.
You would think as excited of the prospect I was, I would have thought to start this process last month sometime when it was somewhat cool.
You would be wrong.
Oh hell no. I waited until today when it was 84 and the sun out in full force.
But it is now done. Thankfully. Now I just wait for everything to start growing and I’ll be eating zucchini in no time!
Descriptions in no order, mainly because I’ve clicked of “create gallery” and don’t remember what order they are in.
There’s a couple pictures of the garden itself. There is cucumbers, zucchini, squash, eggplant, cantaloupe (going to have to pay attention to that bad boy for fear it will take over the whole garden), lettuce, radishes, and beets.
The picture of a small planter by the wall is watermelon.
Not pictured is a thing of strawberries and a pot of basil.
The picture of the chair underneath the magnolia is where I sat down to get a respite from the sun and a dead bird fell on me. Yay.
Picture of me in the bathroom, still looking somewhat chipper although I just had dead bird and me and am moments away from heat stroke.
The pool is a picture of a pool. I set it up for the first time today and it was greatly appreciated. Bronco loves that thing.
The vine with a bud is my confederate jasmine that should be blooming here soon. My carport is going to be the best smelling in all of Georgia.
And pictures of the three dogs because why not.
My mom says he used up all 9 of his lives and after 12 years Comma is up on top of that big dryer in the sky.
He will be missed.
Okay so it isn’t that random seeing as it is what I was basically talking about (sort of) in my last post but I did enjoy seeing someone else trying to find some obscure bit of knowledge about a prop in a movie.
Someone needs to start a site for all of us prop noticers out there.
Anyways- the RISTLTMB is…
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why is there a bunny picture on lillians end table in thr movie bridesmaids Very good question! |
So I’m watching Bridesmaids for the 20th time and I notice on a table in Lillian’s apartment is a white ceramic (I assume) dog statue. It is very cute.
Thinking that I would like to see about procuring a similar statue for myself, I turn to google.
First I tried to get really specific- “white ceramic labrador retriever statue on table in Lillian’s apartment in the movie Bridesmaids”.
Apparently if you include the word bridesmaid anywhere in your search, you get almost nothing but results about being a bridesmaid and bridesmaid dresses and various and sundry other topics directly related to being a maid to a bride.
Not helpful.
So I try to open it up a bit- ”props used in movie Bridesmaids”
Sadly, also not very helpful although I did find a place that apparently owns the old lady monster that’s in the episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Buffy gets a job at the Doublemeat Palace. ”Manny the Manager- if I ask him really nice think he’ll let me write a children’s book called that?”
As awesome as that was, not quite what I was looking for.
I decide to go a little more broad- “movie props”.
After an hour spent perusing those results, I have a brand new appreciation for the props department, but still no ceramic dog.
Finally I decided to just screw the movie part of the equation and instead look for “white ceramic labrador statue”.
Ooohhh, so close. So very very close.
PS- I did just find this and while it isn’t the white ceramic dog I’m looking for, I might be able to envision this on my front lawn.
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