Monday, February 27, 2006

Not Quite A Bag of Tricks Up My Sleeve

.1. I’m back and at level II. I can do a pretty mean speed bag.

And “no”, my wraps aren’t red.

.2. Eep! This will be held against me, I know. I LOVE PAUL WALKER. Is there rehab for this?

I watched Into the Blue twice. That’s how much I actually loved this film.

And for the record: Jessica Alba has a great bum. So too does Paul, though. And lucky for them that their bodies are so accomplished because their acting talent is so not.

You should still see the movie. Paul looks fabulous without a shirt on.

.3. Jack Black is Nacho Libre and he may just rival Gerry Butler in this girl's books. The trailer for Nacho Libre actually nearly made me wet myself.

Uncertain as to whether this is because of Jack Black’s hair, his accent, the ‘training’ pants you see below or the white pants…you have to see it to believe it.

 trang pants

 nacho libre

You’ll snort. Because it’s that funny.

.4. I was eating pizza during a lunch meeting the other day. On this pizza were onions. I was wearing my black velvet blazer.

Beginning to speak was the fellow Manager seated next to me. Because am unfamiliar with my own history, I chose that moment to take a bite from my pizza.

And that’s when several (& only) pieces of onion decided to make the great escape (Vive la Liberte!), via the sleeve of my velvet jacket. I was a little shocked by the feeling of the onions against my skin and so chances are, I may have potentially did some sort of a dance in my seat. Because everyone – including the aforementioned Speaker Of The Moment – stopped and stared.

I tried to explain. As I fished for the onions out of my sleeve. Which I couldn’t get at, because my jacket is lined with satin and so the onions kept slipping away farther and farther. That I was vertical meant they couldn’t hide in my armpit…but they probably didn’t know that because they’re onions and onions don’t think like humans.

So. There I am fumbling when I finally have no choice but to take off my jacket in search of the vagrant onions. Only to find nothing. Anywhere. Not in my sleeve, or in my pocket, or in my hair, or on the ground, or even in my mouth. Everyone in the meeting was searching for the missing onions, until someone said “But. There were no onions on the pizza.” like a Valley Girl and so it really sounded like “Uhm, duuuh? Like, there were noooo onions on the pizza? Oh my god?”

And so to her tone of voice I responded with “Listen Bitch, there were onions on my slice of pizza. I’m not hallucinating, you cow. I didn’t just make up the fact that some god damn pieces of onion FLEW INTO my sleeve through the NON EXISTENT window. Retard.” But it sounded more like “Uhm, ok. Maybe I made a mistake. Thanks.”

There were onions. For real. They’ll turn up sooner or later.

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10 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like Jack Black to. I saw this trailer and found it helarioes!!!!

T

Mon Feb 27, 04:19:00 PM  
Blogger Uzi said...

Putting a whole onion under each one of your armpits will raise your body temperature to quite a few degrees above normal. Its an excellent way to fake a fever and stay home from the math test you did not study for.

I tried it, it worked like a charm. However, it would be wise to mentally prepare yourself for the pungent onion smell that will linegr around you for a few days afterwards. But, I really really hate trignometry you know.

Mon Feb 27, 05:20:00 PM  
Blogger Fifi said...

uzi! fabulous suggestion! *shooves an onion under each armpit* perhaps it will ward off my boss, Mr VivaLasVagueness.

maha i have the same problem with my mangoes. durn things are always sliding into my armpits. esp when i lie down. ;)

as for Jack Black: good golly miss molly! did ya see those butt clenches? surely they rate above Miss Alba's. :O

Mon Feb 27, 05:36:00 PM  
Blogger just a girl said...

Uzi -- You know that your knowledge of such a technique is a little bizarre. BUT I WON'T JUDGE YOUR WEIRDNESS if you don't judge my general stupidity.

Happy to know it worked for 'ya, though!

Fifi -- Who knew onions and mangoes were interchangeable ;)

The butt clenches nearly made me drool. That's how hard I laughed.

love,
m

Mon Feb 27, 07:24:00 PM  
Blogger Anjum said...

haha - the onions story is priceless! especially the silent response to the valley girl ;-)

Mon Feb 27, 07:30:00 PM  
Blogger ♥ m said...

And for the record: Jessica Alba has a great bum. So too does Paul, though. And lucky for them that their bodies are so accomplished because their acting talent is so not.

Oh c'mon, you liked Jack's bum action, admit it! ;)

But following your logic above re: state of body is inversely proportional to acting ability...

Jack's a flipping genius!

Loved the onion story. It's like phantom limbs, but with vegetables!

Tue Feb 28, 09:52:00 AM  
Blogger ♥ m said...

PS: you are on a ROLL woman! love these. You've made me laugh harder than I could ever convey!

Tue Feb 28, 09:55:00 AM  
Blogger just a girl said...

Thanks Anjum! I seem to be doing a lot of silent responses lately :)

Meesha There is no bum action like Jack Black bum action. How can I argue with that? And I'm glad you're laughing darlin' >> that makes me smile!

mmmmmwah,
m

Wed Mar 01, 12:49:00 PM  
Anonymous LP said...

Maha darlin - I've been catching up on your blog and must say - miss ya dearly over at gb.net.

I haven't laughed so much in I don't know when.

I'm with you regarding onions - if it was on the pizza I'd know, cuz I can't eat onions - they overpower anything else and that's all I taste.

lana

Mon Dec 11, 11:16:00 AM  
Blogger just a girl said...

Lana, hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

My good lord it's been forever! How are you? I too miss everyone over at gb.net...but the thing is, if I return to posting there, I'll never write here :)

So, I'm excited you've found me and it has *always* been a pleasure to know you're laughing at me ;)

Come back and keep commenting; you are among the best laughers out there!

xox
m

Mon Dec 11, 05:11:00 PM  

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