Sing Along

Posted February 3, 2009 by Christy
Categories: Musings

I have a song for everything — Ask just about anyone who has spent any length of time around me. I always have a song running through my head, a readily available ditty to dance to (whether anyone else can hear it or not), or a contextually relevant song for whatever the situation. (Thanks to my mother, I also tend to have a silly song for any occasion as well, but that’s another story.)

While putting The Kid’s hair into a ponytail the other day,  she winced, grunted, and said “oooo-eeeee-oooo.”  It was no surprise to either me or my sister that my immediate reaction was to break into bouts of “Oo-E-Oo-Ah-Ah-Ting-Tang-Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang. Oo-E-Oo-Ah-Ah-Ting-Tang-Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang.”

The Kid looks at me like I’m insane and asks “What was that?!” To which I respond, “It’s a song.”

She obviously doesn’t believe me and is ready to argue so my sister (19) backs me up by explaining that it is indeed a song, an OLD song, and it’s been around even since Grandma was a kid.

I agreed and finished with “You know, it’s from back before they had words.”

“OOOoohhhh” responds The Kid as she walked away, now convinced of the song’s legitimacy.

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Public Education Sale – 3/$1

Posted January 26, 2009 by Christy
Categories: Humor

I arrived home from work today to hear about The Kid’s day at school. Apparently, they had a small party in class to celebrate the Chinese New Year. I’m not sure what exactly they did learn, but she came home with 2 special treats – a fortune cookie and a large package of Nissin Chicken Cup Noodle. That’s right, a giant cup of just-add-water ramen noodles!

I’ll pause to allow you to gasp and grab your desk for support. I know I did. This blatant distasteful racial stereotype WASN’T my doing.

Don’t be fooled – I checked and there are absolutely no indications of anything but American influence on the packaging. No Chinese characters, “made in China” labels, etc. In fact, the warning label is printed in both English and Spanish. (Don’t get me started). It appears, the teacher picked up a bulk pack of soup from the Cosco this weekend and threw a class party.

When asked what the year was, The Kid couldn’t answer – after all, she learned that in kindergarten (private kindergarten, I might add). After some research at home, she learned that it’s the year of the ox, she was born in the year of the snake, and she can now list the Chinese years for all immediate family members.

I guess we should be glad the Wal-Mart calendars have the holiday marked. Otherwise, the teachers never would have had an excuse to empty that fast food drawer next to the fridge in the teachers’ lounge.

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How Do You Spell Relief?

Posted January 22, 2009 by Christy
Categories: Wanderings

I found it to be a great relief to discover that the toilet seat I sat on recently in a public restroom was not actually wet, but was just so cold my thighs couldn’t tell the difference.

Now, if only I could get my nemesis (an unidentified person who regularly uses the same restroom) to stop turning the tissue so it dispenses in the wrong direction.

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Trivial Things

Posted January 20, 2009 by Christy
Categories: Procrastinating

Today seemed like the perfect day to post a link to a site providing random useless knowledge at every refresh. Enjoy!

Unnecessary Knowledge

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Shuffle The Deck

Posted January 6, 2009 by Christy
Categories: Procrastinating

When I was a kid, I loved card games and one of my favorites to play with my brother was Speed. It’s a simple game of +/-1 as fast as you can lay down the cards. Back then, we had to play it with actual paper cards, but in this day of the new-fandangled innertubes, you can play online. Isn’t technology wonderful?

Speed

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