Image by JohnONolan via FlickrNo one messes with me or my man, unless they wanna have a chat with Rita and Tootsie-- my right and left fists.
Sorry, I just had to get that out. I woke up this morning feeling very confused and it took me a while to realize that what happened in the dream did not, in fact, happen in real life. It was reassuring to know that I didn't just almost kill someone, but also a little frustrating. Wiling out on that betch was a great stress relief, at least in my dream.
You may find it funny to know that I've never actually been in a fight in real-life. I used to get picked on (all the goddamn time) in grade-school and some of the girls would pull my hair or push me around, but I never fought back. I don't know why, but it could be a reason why I'm so anxious to fight these days. Well, I don't really want to get into a fight with another person, unless it's in a ring and declared a "fair one." I don't need some idiot stabbing me in the gut just because I want to punch someone.
I'm not a super violent person, honestly! But I did study Muay Thai, and I do enjoy watching UFC matches. So what?
For Day 11 of my ongoing challenge, 30 Tweets to 30 Peeps, I am to address a deceased person who I wish I could talk to. When I was little, my dad would take our family to Manchester, England to visit my Granddad and Gran. I still have very vivid memories of playing in their house as a child, listening to my Granddad tell stories and jokes and play the fiddle, helping Gran in the kitchen and getting hollered at for watching "rubbish" ghost shows on television. I'm crying as I type this.
@Gran&Granddad: I wish you were still around and I miss you both. There is a lot I want to share with you, but I can't. I just hope that you are proud of me
Okay, to lighten the mood, I am going to share some hilarious headlines that my boyfriend e-mailed to me this morning, courtesy of The Chive (a shoot-off of The Onion, or a rip-off?). Enjoy!

So, I get the pun "Close Shave," "Close Save," but in this case it does not work. At all.

She's just really happy for her lonely dad. Wouldn't you be?

Hahaha, WHO wrote this headline?

What happens when the Male Jacks do well?

Meh, I don't feel sorry for him. He was asking for it.
11 comments:
hi tsarista! thanks for the comment on my blog! like what you have going on here!
I've actually never been in a girl fight, but I've fought two guys. I think it's the Jersey-ness in me.
And love those headlines... my fave was one I saw about a company name (forget what it was, let's say "Smithson") "Smithson acquires BJ Services."
I used to have dreams all the fucking time that Andy was cheating on me, and I would wake up and be SO PISSED at him and then he would get pissed at me for being pissed for no reason and... yeah. It was a pretty vicious cycle.
dreams are a fuckin' trip. even more when they actually pan out in real life and/or those lil coincidences that make you tip your head and go, "did that really just happen?"
That sounds like a pretty cathartic dream.
Those headlines are awesome - the chick with the sexist colleagues is my fave. Love it.
I'm sorry about your gran and grandddad. I know how it is...
Great headlines!
No one better mess with your boyfriend! I have lots of fighting dreams, but it always feels like I'm under water in them. It's so hard to swing my fist and I can't hit hard. Frustrating!!
I can't believe these headlines are for real. There is no way these are accidents. That'd be like flipping a coin and watching it land on its edge. We've got some punk newspaper writers among us.
Thanks for sharing. :D
That's such a sweet and wonderful tweet! Also, those headlines are HILARIOUS! I used to be a copy editor at a newspaper and would have to fix similar headlines (or worse) all the time. Writers would try to sneak in all sorts of things!!
Woo-hoo I got an award! OOOA! OOOA! (in high-pitched voice.)
I'm an editor for five newspapers so I love that you did this...extremely entertaining.
Every year we go upstate for a press convention - we go to an awards ceremony and we take a few classes as well. One class for editors taught us to always edit with a dirty mind (should be easy for us), because when it's on paper it can obviously be perceived much differently than intended.
In my little workspace I hung up a dummy page of a headline that would have been printed if I didn't catch it. It was a story about two brothers who raised money for their school by selling firewood. The picture has them in the woods smiling with one's arm around the other. The headline my editor used: "Doing good with wood." Yikes.
I also caught a jump on the front page that said "See CUNTY DA on page 9" instead of "See COUNTY DA on page 9." The DA is a woman...that would've been rough. I'm sure something bad will get printed eventually.
Aw. That was a wonderful tweet. But sometimes it's hard to revisit the good memories of people that we can't share them with anymore. :(
RAT-CHETT! ass headlines.
I just stopped when I saw that "Kuntz" one.
Dead.
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