January 4th, 2007
Thursday Thirteen Things I Wonder About (#19)
My mind works in strange and mysterious ways…
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- How often do other people change out the underwear in their underwear drawer? I mean, so they schedule a regular amount of time? Twice a year maybe to go through and throw out all the ratty old underwear they wouldn’t wear on vacation or on a date or in front of their cats and replace them?
- Speaking of underwear, am I the only one who’s ever bought new underwear just so I didn’t have to wash clothes? Or whole new outfits even? Or a couple of days-worth of clothes?
- What do other people think about during their commute to work? Do they just space out and not remember how they got to work? Do they think about the AIDs issue in Africa, last night’s Daily Show, what they’re going to make for dinner? Am I the only one who has whole imaginary conversations and arguments with myself that I might have with other people that just piss me off further when I’m already pissed off or help convince me more that I’m right about something?…What?
- Do other people worry that they might look up and find someone staring in their window at them, especially at night? Every night? Even on the second story? Or driving in their car? Especially when looking in the rear view mirror?
- Why can’t someone invent a spray that discourages my puppy from poo-pooing on my rug? They make stuff to clean it up. They make stuff to “neutralize” the smell. Can’t they make something that makes him sniff that spot and think “naughty!”?
- Why can’t all my pets learn to use the toilet like me? Is it really that difficult? I mean, they’re always watching me, studying me when I use it. Surely by now they’ve figured it out.
- Why do people think South Park is funny? Seriously. I just don’t get it.
- Why don’t Target or WAL-Mart carry white floating shelves? Do people really only decorate in dark colors anymore? Don’t the people who order stock for them watch HGtv or TLC at all?
- Was my old apartment building filled with mold like my crazy old neighbor claimed and was it making me sick? I have to say that I’ve had a reduction in headaches since I moved into the house. Though before I moved into the apartment, I suffered from chronic migraines for 20+ years. However, the fibromyalgia did become a problem while I was in the apartment and it’s been better too. Granted, I’ve been eating my strict pseudo-vegetarian diet and doing aquatic physical therapy. It’s hard to tell. But the mildew problem on my furniture and in my kitchen is gone now that I’m in the house. (The allergist said I wasn’t allergic.)
- If my mom isn’t coming for my gall bladder surgery, who is going to drive me to and from and take care of me and is it wrong to be annoyed at my grandmother for taking up my mother’s time? My grandmother isn’t actually physically ill, but she is bipolar. She has to be watched because she won’t take her meds or eat like she should because she’s decided she doesn’t want to and she didn’t like the nursing home she was in. She demanded that my parents take her with them from Ohio to New Mexico for a visit after Thanksgiving and she shows no signs of wanting to go home. My dad shows no signs of wanting to take care of his own mother so it falls on my mom. So, now that I have surgery scheduled in February, I don’t have my mommy to take care of me and I’m a little disappointed. Does that sound too selfish?
- Has TNT been showing a 3rd season of The Closer and I’ve missed it? I think I missed this season of Monk too. They don’t seem to be showing them regularly. When will there be a new season of Eureka? There are simply too many shows I like now. It’s too much to keep up with and they’re all on at odd times and their seasons are all weird and even the DVR is getting confused.
- Has anyone else noticed that Amazon’s Prime shipping is not worth the price anymore? Very few things are covered as “free shipping” and very few things are included in their “expedited” 2-day shipping either. I almost always am paying added shipping costs even on some books and for standard shipping, some things aren’t shipping for weeks, even two of the books I ordered (that I don’t have time to read). Since I usually buy $100-worth of stuff at a time, I don’t understand why I never qualify for free anything. Why am I paying for this extra service?
- Do people only come here to read the Thursday Thirteen? My uncle told me that one of those news channels said that most blogs have only one reader. Am I posting to myself the rest of the week?
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The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
tags: Thursday Thirteen, blog meme, meme, bloghopping, WAL-Mart, Target, the puppy, South Park, underwear, The Closer, Monk, Eureka, T.V., Amazon.com, mold, mildew, fibromyalgia, migraines
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on January 4, 2007 at 7:43 am
Harley said:
#1 Not very often.. when it gets so moth eaten it falls off.. then I’ll change it
Although I’m gonna put your feed in my feedreader now so I’ll be readin readin readin. Great list!
#2 Nope I’ve bought underwear for that very purpose, lazy lazy.
#3 Wow sounds like you’re in my head. I usually run through conversations I will have/have had/won’t ever have in my head, while listening to my mp3 player. The tone of the conversation depends on how angry my mp3 player is
#4 Nope am not worried about that one.
#5 I wish! I have a six month old pup that pees on any rug I might care to put down. So I have no rugs down. Maybe if we condition them with vinegar or something?
#6 Oh yeahhh have had daydreams about this one.
#7 I find it mildly amusing, never hilarious though.
#8 Not a scooby, I can’t stand white furniture :S
#9 It’s possible..
#10 Nah not selfish. It’s just one of those situations. Why couldn’t your mum take your granny with her while she takes care of you?
#11 No idea
#12 Most of the time my postage costs more than the book. Sucky.
#13 I think we all post to ourselves
on January 4, 2007 at 9:19 am
Raggedy said:
My thoughts and prayers are with you for the surgery you are facing. I hope your Mom will be there for you.
Good list. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Have a wonderful Thursday!
My TT is posted
on January 4, 2007 at 9:52 am
Chickadee said:
You said “Am I the only one who has whole imaginary conversations and arguments with myself that I might have with other people that just piss me off further when I’m already pissed off or help convince me more that I’m right about something?…What?”
I DO THAT!!!! LMAO!!!
My vet’s office actually sells something that discourages poos and pees on the rug…talk to your vet. It may be something that is just sold in the veternarian’s office.
My 13 are up.
on January 4, 2007 at 11:35 am
Brad said:
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the tips. I’ll definitely be checking it out soon.
P.S. I’ve added you to the links at the end of my post.
on January 4, 2007 at 11:39 am
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on January 4, 2007 at 11:41 am
JHS said:
Yes, I’ve bought underwear to avoid laundry, I throw them out as I notice that they are getting ratty, and no, you haven’t missed the 3rd season. It hasn’t aired yet.
on January 4, 2007 at 11:54 am
Cheryl said:
I haven’t cleaned out my underwear drawer in some time now! I take things on a case by case basis! I post mostly for myself to get the creative juices flowing. Other readers are just a bonus!
on January 4, 2007 at 11:57 am
Darla said:
LOL! Definitely things to ponder. I toss out ratty underwear when I’m doing laundry… or when we move. The last time we moved, I threw out two garbage bags full of clothes that were too ratty even to donate.
on January 4, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Aimee said:
I have done the buying new clothes to avoid doing laundry thing. I hate laundry, I always mess something up.
on January 4, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Sparky Duck said:
oh this will be fun
#1-when they dont fit anymore, or have too many holes.
2-im a cheapskate, so ive never done this
3.I people watch, or read
4.when I lived alone, I had the window thing, though never the car thing
5.i though they did
6.I wouldnt want to have to clean up after me and the doggy. well the wife would do the cleaning sheesh
7.i dont know
8.Try Lowes
9.booo mold
10.you will figure it out and no your not wrong to be annoyed. Shes your mother, your blood
11.no just replaying season 2, though they had a new episode on to wrap up cliffhangers in season 2 so they could start fresh.
12.sheesh, I dont pay to shop
13.of course the news organizations would say that, less people are watching the news because of blogs
on January 4, 2007 at 2:08 pm
SciFiChick said:
I don’t think Amazon Prime is worth it either. It’s free shipping when you spend $25 anyway.
on January 4, 2007 at 2:17 pm
ChupieandJsmama said:
I can’t answer most of these, but I do # 3. I have a feeling you have more than one reader (#13). Great list. Very entertaining. Thanks for visiting and happy TT!
on January 4, 2007 at 3:12 pm
n. mallory said:
ChupieandJsmama — yes, but I’m naturally paranoid…
on January 4, 2007 at 3:14 pm
n. mallory said:
SciFiChick — For some reason, most of my purchases don’t qualify for the $25 because they break them up by who’s shipping them.
The only benefit I get from ordering from Amazon anymore is the points on my Amazon credit card toward gift certificates.
on January 4, 2007 at 5:23 pm
L-Squared said:
Great list! I’ve wondered about a lot of those things before too (especially 5, 6, 12, and 13).
My very first TT is up.
on January 4, 2007 at 5:26 pm
ali said:
this is my first time here. great tt!
on January 4, 2007 at 5:46 pm
alyndabear said:
Wouldn’t it be EXCELLENT if pets could use the toilet? I was only thinking that the other night, helping train a friend’s puppy. Gah!
on January 4, 2007 at 6:50 pm
~kathryn~ said:
love this list - i ponder about unusual things too
might have to make that a T13 of my own sometime in the future !!
thanks for dropping by
on January 5, 2007 at 8:52 pm
D Cootey said:
#10 Good luck with your surgery. I’m sorry you have to go through it. I had major surgery five years ago and I don’t know how I would have managed without my wife to aide me. Hopefully, your grandmother won’t eat up too much of your mother’s time…
#12 That is one of the reasons I haven’t plunked down the cash for that Amazon.com service. I just didn’t see the point to it. But then, I don’t order a lot from them. However, it sure came in handy to have a friend who was signed up for the service this past Christmas. I was able to get free expedited shipping and get an item before Christmas. Santa delivered. My advice? Go in on the service with a trusted friend. Then have that friend order things for you. Alternate years with you taking a turn the other years.
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on January 5, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Caryle said:
I have been trying since yesterday to leave a comment here, but I’m determined!
No, I don’t think you’re wrong to feel sad your Mom can’t be with you while you have surgery. I’d be a wimp, too.
I do check in here periodically, so I’m not just a TT visitor.
on June 16, 2007 at 6:32 am
Poetry said:
4 June 2007
After the storm, my mind cleared.
And a high wind arose and blew the tropics north.
running quartz crystals through a blender.
sand through your engines.
bubbles in your bays.
estuaries reaching out toward forbidden seas…
sand through your eyes.
5 June 2007
Calm as baby’s breath
as peaceful as the storm’s eye
Clouds spread and drawn with rough strokes of stratospheric winds
a warm and windy tropical day.
7 June 2007
Black water at dusk.
Lighting on the horizon.
Warm winds coming in across the darkening waters.
A flash of white wings as an egret takes flight.
And Thunder like God clearing his throat.
8 June 2007
Morning star in the still of the clear, dark waters.
a sky as clear eyed as a young girl.
bruised and tattered storm remnants limp off in the gathering light.
9 June 2007
Tickled her fancy.
giggling all the day long.
pretty good for a Saturday.
Clouds on the lake floating aimlessly by.
She smiled big–grinned really.
12 JUne 2007
A silver sky
ripe for the mirror.
you can not see yourself in this mirror
you can only see others
moreover, you can only see what others choose to expose.
Their houses, their boats, their sea-doos.
Birds skimming low over the water could
like as not
see them selves if they were to look down
as they skim low over the water
but they never do.
Rather they allow their reflections to chase them
quick and sharp over the still, glistening waters
while the bird’s mind remains ever fixed on
food, or other birds, or escaping those damn noisy humans.
A dense forest impenetrable as a gaze.
13 JUne 2007
Like angry bee’s eyes
the metal screen seen through the bamboo blinds.
A million insects dot the lake spreading micro ripples
14 June 2007
Of Fly Catchers and hidden lakes.
Of sleeping lizards and morning dew.
It is of birdsong and misty dawns
and fleeced clouds floating in a still pool.
The waters ripple awake in the gathering morn.
The first water birds head out for the far shore.