Showing posts with label swine flu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swine flu. Show all posts

Monday, May 18, 2009

A Hypochondriac's Tale


We haven't blogged in almost a week, and I'm not sure what Parker's excuse is, but mine is that I've clearly come down with a strange new ailment; one that is most likely related to the "Swine Flu", but perhaps originated from some lazy-ass Slug Species somewhere in South America, where it was obviously passed on to me via a Dole South American banana that a slug had shit on, and I subsequently ate. The symptoms include: 
  1. Excessive fatigue (requiring a minimum of a 2 hour nap on any given weekday and a 3-4 hour nap on a weekend or day off work); 
  2. Perpetual and uncontrollable weight gain ( most notably in the mid-section, resulting in the onslaught of several inches of back fat and stomach rolls per week); 
  3. Constant thirst (one that no amount of vodka or wine can ever quench); 
  4. Brittle unmanageable hair (think Lita Ford circa 1983); 
  5. Raging mood swings often resulting in yelling obscenities at the television or running in my room locking the door and hiding under the sheets (see symptom #1)
So I blame you, "Slug flu" for my messy house, lack of blogging, gelatin-like body and so much more. In the meantime, I will be going on a Gandhi-like hunger strike (without the political repercussions and right after I eat my plate of creamed chipped beef on toast), drink more water (less wine), deep condition my hair, remember to take my meds (and not skip them for weeks at a time and wonder why I am acting like the crazy cat lady on the Simpsons) and lastly, watch less reality TV (or if I do watch it, blog about it instead of screaming empty threats to "The Donald" or the "Bitchy Cheerleaders" on the Amazing Race, because they can't hear me, but my neighbors probably can!
Val






Friday, May 1, 2009

Things that Piss Me Off

by Val

  • When I'm trying to buy my morning gallon of Pepsi before work and the crazy lady in front of me is buying lottery tickets with with a baggie full of change.
  • How I can clean my garage (or should I say Tom can clean our garage) and within 3 weeks it looks exactly like the outdoor set of "Sanford and Son". This also applies to my closet. Since when did I become the Pied Piper of Crap?
  • When I slow down or stop to let a person exit a parking lot in front of me and they don't give me the universal "thanks" wave. Bastards.
  • When my TIVO cuts out just before the last song on American Idol (or the scenes from next week's "Real Housewives of New York")
  • That it takes almost a year to grow out my bangs, yet when I shave my bikini area it takes less than 24 hours to turn into Sasquatch in a thong. 
  • That the show "NCIS" is still on the air. Really? I don't know a single person who has ever watched an episode. 
  • "Swine Flu Watch". Enough with the hysteria. For crying out loud it's the FLU. Call me when the Black Plague is in town.