August 16, 2009
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Summer Weather at Last!
I must say that I have enjoyed the past few days immensely. One reason is that summer is finally here–hot days, warm nights, lots of reasons to be in the pool. As a matter of fact, yesterday, to celebrate the fact that I finally got the coat of primer finished on my porch railings, we spent the day in the pool, invited a family over for a cookout, and played pinochle to late in the evening. What fun! Today I found out that yesterday was National Relaxation Day. How fitting.
Have you seen the website My Life is Average? I love it. http://mylifeisaverage.com/
It’s a website of ordinary people who do slightly amusing things in the course of their average lives. Here are a few entries:
Today my friend almost choked on a LifeSaver. I laughed at the irony.
Today, both my mother and elderly grandmother were texting at the table. Not wanting to feel left out, I took my phone out and pretended to text. My mom caught me fake-texting, and my grandmother called me ‘lame’.
Today, I ordered a pizza online. The website gave me the delivery boy’s name, so I quickly put on a shawl and my mom’s glasses. When I opened the door I said “Welcome, Tom.” He looked terrified.
Today I pretended the mashed potatoes I was eating for dinner was a volcano and the gravy was hot lava that I quickly ate with my spoon to save the countless civilians living in an imaginary village below. No one else at the table suspected anything.
Last night, I was lying in bed, thinking about clothes. I got a crazy idea about designers sewing a shirt and a skirt together. I felt like an inventive genius, before I realized that was called a dress.
Today, I was in a parade. It looked like it was going to start raining. I got excited that it might literally rain on my parade. It rained. I was excited.
Today, I was on a subway and someone’s watch was ticking quite loudly. I said “Hmm, what is that mysterious ticking noise…” with a fake British accent. Someone began singing the, “Snape, Snape, Severus Snape” tune. I yelled “Dumbledore!”. We exchanged smiles. I think I’ve found my soul mate.
Comments (10)
You are a hoot! I had a good laugh at these. Choked on a lifesaver….you can’t help but giggle at that though lol….glad your friend is ok though.And summer weather is finally there, summer is close to over here…I mean school has started back, maybe another month of hot weather.
It always seems like “summer” just lounges around and then when school starts back and people quit going to the beach by the droves she realizes that she’s losing her following. So, she (summer) jacks up the heat and long days just before it fizzles out just to make us realize that we really weren’t ready for school to go back after all. I think summer is jealous of fall. (he-he)
I’ll have to check out that website. Looks funny.
thanks for sharing the humor. they were great little tidbits of life, esp the lifesaver one and the pizza delivery one. i’ll have to bookmark that site.
i’m glad for the warmer weather, too. i’m thankful for the a/c in my house, although we certainly don’t keep it cold like most buildings are. a friend said to me once, “we’re trying to make the weather the same year-round. if people want to live like that they should go to florida. in the winter i expect to be somewhat cold and in the summer i expect to be hot. that’s what different seasons are for!!” i agree.
Glad you are enjoying the summer days! We’ve had an unusually cool summer here, too. Thanks for the link and the grins today!
Very amusing………lifted my spirits. Thanks.
Those are great. I can always count on you for a great post.
Is it possible that a non-xanga member can comment on a Xanga blog? I am finding out!
This could be an entry for My Life is Average, couldn’t it?
Mary, MLIA is hilarious! It did take me a couple of pages to realize that one person wasn’t that clever and it wasn’t the weirdest male in the universe or a incredibly humorous lesbian doing all the writing. I wonder if other guys think it is funny. What about the Good Doctor?
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He thinks it is a waste of time. N and D are always on it, and we chat about it. Both N and I have submitted stories, but so far, we’ve not been published.
Thanks for post. It’s really informative stuff.
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