Fill in the blanks

November 26th, 2007

Some numbnuts tried to speak to me at Trader Joe’s. I just walked in off a 2-hr, caffeine-fueled, 4,000 word binge at Borders and as I walked in they clanged that stupid fucking bell and I about jumped out of my head. And then some worker was all “YELL REALLY LOUD SOMETHING RIGHT NOW!” practically in my ear so I was putting the bob back in discombobulated and then I picked up this goat cheese and spinach quesidilla and it was all #1 ingredient enriched wheat flour and I was all “not for my $2.99, bitch” and I put it back down and this guy that was standing there as I walked away said something to me. And yeah, I was startled, so I heard this “Mumble blah blah mumble back at my house.”

Fill in the blanks for me people, and make it make sense. It’s making the only kind of sense that’s not right now, so solve it for me whilst I sleep. Ow my head. Stupid people. Here’s a clue, fellas. If you want to talk to a distracted looking chick at the grocery store and she already seems jumpy – DON’T. Fecking hell.

Observe now my wall of kicking ass:

Observe too how I am a grown up and if I want to paste a bunch of random inspirational stuff on my wall I can do that shit, do that shit.

Mood : buh? Music : Rihanna - Breaking Dishes

Filed under: NaNoWriMo, art stuff, introversion, the feck? | Comments (8)

8 Responses to “Fill in the blanks”

jenipants on November 27, 2007 5:14 am
My wall o’ inspiration is smaller. It’s got a print of my creepy-ass babies ;) I’m going to be putting up a poster from Morrowind on my wall next to my new desk, though ;)
Anyway, I think he was talking about going home and playing hide-the-salami back at his place. What? It’s my favorite game! *ggl*
SuperBadGirl on November 27, 2007 7:36 am
yeah except he wasn’t creepy acting like that though. he looked normal and had a normal expression on his face. I am going to fill in my own blank with “There’s non-enriched wheat flour quesedillas back at my place.” I decided, so i can take that part of my brain that is trying to make it make sense and use it for something else.

Also as I left there last night I was wondering if he was a psycho killer and I was fully prepared, in case he was hiding behind some carts or something, to bash his face with my gallon of organic milk, because that is how I roll, people.
Dimreaper on November 27, 2007 1:52 pm
If the general public in the US is anything like over here then:

“Mumble blah blah mumble back at my house.”

Probably translates as:

“I am a complete mentalist who shouldn’t be allowed out and there are men in white coats waiting for me back at my house.”

Before anyone says I’m too cynical, that’s not true – I’m a teacher so I get to see the little ******** at a much earlier stage of their development on the way to becoming full-fledged mentalists. I consider myself a realist, and it’s not my fault the world is full of morons.
SuperBadGirl on November 27, 2007 2:31 pm
While I agree with you on principle, as I was preparted to wallop said guy with my $5.26 organic gallon of milk, I have to point out that in American English I don’t think that “mentalist” has the same connotation. That sounds as if it’s someone who can perform great mental feats or something. I guess that translates for us to “mental case.” Or head case. Or nutcase. Some kind of case, prolly.
SuperBadGirl on November 27, 2007 2:32 pm
and when has anyFOOL ever accused anyFOOL of being too cynical? Never, that’s when. Be as cynical as you wanna be.
Dimreaper on November 28, 2007 12:16 pm
Actually it’s pretty much the same over here. Traditionally a “mentalist” is a showman – normally a hypnotist or something like that. However, I do like to misuse words occasionally both for fun and to keep people on their toes – such as telling someone that Bill Gates is very effluent, or telling them that I consider myself to be a learned man (pronounced learned rather than learn-ed). Most of the time no one thinks to correct me.

Generally though, over here if you say “That guy is a bloody mentalist” then they’ll know what you mean. ;-)

Best story I ever heard of this though – an ex pupil of one of my colleagues was asked how her older sister was.

Student replied “She’s not well, I thing there’s a bit of an academic going around.”

Teacher: “Not around here there isn’t.”

Student: Yeah *nods in agreement*
Dimreaper on November 28, 2007 12:18 pm
Another thought – David Blaine is definitely a mentalist…in ALL meanings of the word.

*Legal Disclaimer* This is not necessarily true, or the view of anyone on this blog except me – good luck finding me.

*The Dim Reaper melts into the shadows*
Heidi on November 29, 2007 8:01 pm
I translate it as, “I’ll eat any damned thing at this point, since there’s no food back at my house.”