How do I say this cutely - I poured an entire large coffee from Tim Hortons on my creamy khaki capris clad lap about half way through the 90 min. drive to my ceilidh (fiddle concert) last night. Good job. I thought I could just send the dancer that is always there home to get me a pair of pants to borrow, but Chris thought it better to check local clothes merchants first. So I ended up having to pick up a pair of semi-strange denim highwaters for $25. Not something I would normally do, but I was in a pinch, as my entire underside was a tad bit coffeefied, I was headed on stage in like 20 minutes, and most other options in this tourist trap were upwards of $100, most of them slight little summer dresses or -Ack! - shorts! Heaven help us, my white legs in shorts... let's not go there. SOME of us are not blessed with Maori colouring. :)
Ms. Clouseau is of course a reference to the accident prone Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther detective movies from the 70's.
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I always thought those people were weird who could rhyme off incredibly detailed information about sports history/trivia, like who pitched for what team, what game, what year and their stats.
Then I realized I'm basically like that for fiddle stuff. I have scared people on more than one occasion. I'm wicked at playing "Name That Fiddler" within a certain stylistic spectrum. I trip people out when I tell them who is playing piano or fiddle on some home tape I have never heard, and what year it likely was. So I guess I'm a higher ranking geek than I knew.
Hey, can you get a cookie for that? I should look into it. I would love a cookie.
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Anna has started a delightful new game of quizzing/drilling me on Irish vocabulary! I love it, and think it is hilarious too. She will go on for Quite a goodly time asking, "What is fridge in Iwish? What is window in Iwish? What is couch in Iwish?" etc. indefinitely, til I get a sizeable unsolicited, but much appreciated review session of every noun she can think of. Isn't that funny or is it just me?
2 comments:
Sorry to hear about your pants--on a positive note I've heard high water jeans are all the fashion now in Hollywood. Also I am planning to go visit Elizabeth next year--yikes(Do you want to come?)! Actually I've been tropical/beach hungry because Derek and I are going to Florida for our 10 year anniversary--double yikes! I'm planning on finding shells for family and friends, tell me the iwish word for shell and I'll find a special shell to send to Anna.
ahhh... I too suffer from the Clousau malady, but the worst case I ever saw was my mom, who was on a plane that hit a rough spot of turbulence just as she was lifting a glass of tomato juice, her white pants were marred rather unfortunately......
Sis-in-Law Denise
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