Where is my habit?
We have a new network drive at work where we can drop drawings to get approved into the system. They call the drive “toaster.” While my boss was waiting for drawings to get approved, he let everyone know that “the drawings are stuck in the toaster.” I thought that was amusing.
I’m annoyed with myself for (among other reasons) misplacing my favorite Halloween costume – my nun habit. I have 2 costume parties to go to this weekend and I have no idea where it is. I know I wore it last Halloween because I was looking forward to passing out candy but it turns out no kids trick-or-treat in my ‘hood. So I got dressed up for nothing. I’ve practically turned my place upside down looking for it. I don’t think I let anyone borrow it and I didn’t ever mean to get rid of it. But where it is, no one knows.
When I came back from Vegas and I broke even on betting on 2 NFL games (they were games I “had a hunch” on), I was thinking maybe I could supplement my engineer’s salary by just betting on every game, figuring that I’d do better than .500 on the season. So starting in week 3, I’ve been picking who I think would win each NFL game. In week 3, I went 8-6. In week 4, I went 8-6. In week 5, I went 12-2. I was starting to feel pretty cocky. And then it’s all fallen apart in week 6 (a dismal 4-9). Bah. I guess overall, I’m still ahead in my imaginary betting la-la land, but I think I’m learning an important lesson – betting on pro football is just too risky.
A couple weeks ago, I viewed and tried to follow alongwith a pilates video. I was so far away from my element, it was laughable. The focus is breathing, keeping your abs tight, doing slow movements to increase your strength and flexibility. Those are all things that I'm not very skilled at. I know I'd get better if I kept practicing but it just does not appeal to me AT ALL. At its core, I don't think exercise should be a spiritual experience and pilates seems oddly cultlike to me. I think I'd rather run, lift weights, stretch, and then relax on my couch with Sports Illustrated. That's plenty calming.
posted by CollaterKal @ 1:28 PM
3 Comments:
I'm in favor of the nun habit only if it involves a hip-high slit in the side and BRIGHT red lingerie underneath, because what's fun about dressing as a nun if you don't get to whore her up a little?
No one has ever found out what lies beneath my habit. All I'll say is that it's not very nunly.
Usually I also wear a little sign on the head piece that says "nun 4 u." (It came with the costume.)
I'm sad that you lost your habit, but thank you for the reminder to start looking for mine before the big day. I'm hoping we have more trick-or-treaters this year in our new 'hood than last year's 4 trick-or-treaters brave enough to risk their lives for candy on the streets of DC.
~Liz
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