When my folks showed up for dinner tonight, Mom walked in with a bottle of toilet cleaner. I asked her what it was for and she replied "I'm cleaning your toilet." I have 1 and 1/2 bathrooms, and the toilet she was referring to was in the 1/2 bathroom (the 'guest' bathroom). I rarely use that toilet; it didn't look like something you'd find in a frat house, it just had a ring at the water line because of the funky water in my building (it turns my shower pink in days, and I don't even give it to my cats -- they get bottled water). I reminded Mom that she's 69, I wasn't gonna let her clean my toilet. I would do it when they left. After an uneventful meal, Dad goes into the same bathroom to take a leak before they leave. When he emerged, he announced "you've gotta clean that toilet." I guess some parents just can't stop parenting...
Friend Bruce (who lives in Coconut Grove) and cousin Bruce (who lives in Hollywood) both called tonight to let me know they have power. Hopefully Mom & Dad get theirs tomorrow -- I'm beginning to worry about Dad. Then again, if they get electricity but no cable he won't be satisfied because he still can't watch sports. When they came over for dinner last night he mentioned that he wanted to watch the Virginia Tech-Boston College game. I told him my cable was still out and only got ABC. He grumbled, then asked why I don't have cable. I had to explain to him that I indeed subscribe to cable TV, but my cable was out due to the storm. He just grumbled some more.
As I was walking up to a Walgreens today to pick up a prescription I noticed a guy sitting up against the wall of the building. As I got closer, he said to me "only Jesus." Not sure I understood him, I said "excuse me?" Once again, he said "only Jesus." Normally I could finish that sentence a hundred different blasphemous ways, but due to the situation down here I didn't have it in me, so I just replied "no comment dude." I just didn't have it in me. Although yesterday I went out to lunch with co-worker Shrek (aka Chris, the Jehovah's Witness), his wife Kathy, their 1 1/2 year-old son Sean, and the other Chris who works with us. While we were waiting for our meal, Shrek and Kathy were telling us how Sean replies to any question you ask him with "yes." "Sean, do you want some chicken?" "Yes." "Sean, do you love Mommy?" "Yes." "Sean, do you want to play with your Legos?" "Yes." Then I said "Sean, do you worship Satan? Yes." Kathy didn't see the humor in that, saying something along the lines of "oh my gosh, don't say that." She was obviously upset. But I thought it was funny...
I've got some news show on in the background and they're doing a feature on Geena Davis, who's playing a female president in some TV show. The reporter just said that in a recent poll, forty-something percent of those polled said they would not vote for a female presidential candidate. What fucking year is this??? Nearly half of those asked would not vote for a female, regardless of how qualified she was? That's unconscionable. So much for any faith I gained in the human race in the aftermath of the storm...
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