Ok, I know that it's after midnight, so really, April Fools is long over, but there was a lot of foolin' going on today, so I feel the need to post some silliness to mark it's occasion. 1.) I go down to my car this morning, and lo and behold, the exhaust pipe is about 6" off the ground. Upon closer inspection, I note that the bracket that holds the muffler up is corroded to dirt. *shiiiiiit* Naturally, this happens the day before pay day...I return home to a.) wake up husband (Me: "Sweetie, wake up. I need help MacGuyvering the muffler to the car!" Him: "Guh?" Me: "Put on pants, follow me..." and b.) call work to tell them that I'm going to be late. They immediately think I'm hoaxing them. I assure them that this is real, I'll be there asap. Their reaction? "Yeah, right!" Punks. I then go raid the studio for some sturdyish wire that I could use to MacGuyver the muffler to the car ...I emerge, a few minutes and many swear words later, with PINK coated 14 gauge copper wire. Nice. Find me a pink hammer and I'm all set...Anyhow, Mike emerges with clothing, and we're off. To get down under the car, in the oil stains and the dust, ass-cracks in the air, buttocks waving hello to all the bleary-eyed peeps dashing to their cars for their morning commutes, with pink wire, to fix the muffler. 10 minutes (and some neat and tidy wiring) later, I'm satisfied that Car can make it to work. I fire her up, and the whole underground parking lot thunders with my mufflery badassitude!! I sound like a biker gang! Kickass! I book it to work as fast as possible, gunning as much as I can to make as much noise as possible. Hugely satisfying so early in the morning!! Make it to work, inspect pink wiring handiwork: muffler is still attached. I'm only a half-hour late (thereby dissolving all suspicion of attempted hoax on my co-workers...they are actually impressed that I got there so quickly!) A small victory. The drudgery of a day at cash begins....
Until...
2.) The temp sign set up by Moores (men's clothing warehouse in the same plaza) has been creatively rearranged during the night, no doubt by the potheads who spend each evening drinking shit Tims coffee, dealing contraband, and comparing penis size, um, I mean tricked-out Hondas in our parking lot. I had to hand it to them...this was some pretty great reworking:
We all laughed to tears over this.
Within an hour it had been 'cleaned up', but our enterprising visual merchandiser managed to snap it before the situation was 're-erectified...' For once, my hat goes off to the potheads.
I spent the rest of the day listening to the howling wind that was assaulting our front entrance and to the digi-bird calls being squeezed out of the plush song bird toys that are irritatingly near to cash. By 4 pm, I was having knife fantasies. Knife in eye fantasies. 5 pm couldn't come fast enough!!
Once home, I was able to decompress, eat a massive salad for dinner (thereby making more virtuous the following:) make peanut butter cookies (damn, they are transcendentally good) and spend some quality time with Twitter and Etsy. Read Ms. Excellence's recent postings...her writing has me in stitches, constantly. Happy to note that I'm in another treasury, I'm feeling really honored and lucky to have been chosen for as many as I have...I loves loves loves the Red Bloom earrings that were included in this one:
Managed to knit together enough brain power to upload another new piece to the etsy shop. The newly reincarnated Fiorella earrings, with honkin' big rose quartz briolettes. So pretty. They make me think of rainy strolls, April in Paris, the crocuses on Parliament Hill...
It's almost time for bed, and Mike calls me over to his computer to show me something awesome; and again, we're laughing to tears. I guess that's a good finish to April Fools, right?
Hope you enjoy this as much as I did...sometimes pure silly is just what the doctor ordered. May I present to you, Habanera by The Muppets.