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hellzabethSpent all day lazing about the house because I have a cold. Feeling much better by the end of the day. However, I have been EATEN ALIVE by bugs. They must have come inside to escape the encroaching cold but did they have to give me 9 BUG BITES?!
They itch like hell.
One of them is on my hand so whenever I brush against anything it ITCHES.
Blarg.
Day 21 – Another moment
"Here's your lottery sir." I say to the distinctly Indian looking man at the till with a smile. He's been a regular customer lately, I'm fairly sure he's just moved into the area. Only this time he's not buying his paper, he's brought his wife along, and he's getting some lottery tickets.
"Thank you very much." he says, accent thick but clear.
"Haha, it's fine, just doing my job." I reply, flapping my hand at him jokingly. He smiles and nods at me and says something in Punjabi to his wife, whose eyes go wide. She grasps my hand and kisses it.
Kisses it.
Bows her head.
Kisses it again.
I stare for a moment.
They both leave the shop.
I am deeply confused.
I remain deeply confused to this day, despite it being nearly a month since then.
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Aside from the injustices of the world and the large scale of unfairness and evil that goes on and would depress the fuck out of anyone?
It upsets me when people don't listen to other people. It upsets me when people are rude or snappy with me for reasons beyond my control. And, if I am 100% honest with myself, criticism upsets me too. But that last one is probably a good thing; I need to be knocked off my high horse every once in a while or I'll ride too fast and hit a tree branch that'll do it for me.
This metaphor is getting a bit tortured so I'm going to go write FT now.
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
Day 02 – Your first love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – What you ate today
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your day
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A moment
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – What you wore today
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – This week
Day 14 – What you wore today
Day 15 – Your dreams
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – This month
Day 21 – Another moment
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – A first
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your aspirations
Day 30 – One last moment
They itch like hell.
One of them is on my hand so whenever I brush against anything it ITCHES.
Blarg.
Day 21 – Another moment
"Here's your lottery sir." I say to the distinctly Indian looking man at the till with a smile. He's been a regular customer lately, I'm fairly sure he's just moved into the area. Only this time he's not buying his paper, he's brought his wife along, and he's getting some lottery tickets.
"Thank you very much." he says, accent thick but clear.
"Haha, it's fine, just doing my job." I reply, flapping my hand at him jokingly. He smiles and nods at me and says something in Punjabi to his wife, whose eyes go wide. She grasps my hand and kisses it.
Kisses it.
Bows her head.
Kisses it again.
I stare for a moment.
They both leave the shop.
I am deeply confused.
I remain deeply confused to this day, despite it being nearly a month since then.
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Aside from the injustices of the world and the large scale of unfairness and evil that goes on and would depress the fuck out of anyone?
It upsets me when people don't listen to other people. It upsets me when people are rude or snappy with me for reasons beyond my control. And, if I am 100% honest with myself, criticism upsets me too. But that last one is probably a good thing; I need to be knocked off my high horse every once in a while or I'll ride too fast and hit a tree branch that'll do it for me.
This metaphor is getting a bit tortured so I'm going to go write FT now.
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
Day 02 – Your first love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – What you ate today
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your day
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A moment
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – What you wore today
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – This week
Day 14 – What you wore today
Day 15 – Your dreams
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – This month
Day 21 – Another moment
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – A first
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your aspirations
Day 30 – One last moment
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Date: 2010-10-01 10:08 pm (UTC)...and that would totally creep me out. Have you seen those people since then or is it just going to remain a mystery ~forever~?
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Date: 2010-10-01 10:24 pm (UTC)Oh, thanks for the link to the FT Eng/Port boat story, but it wasn't that one. If I remeber correctly, it features them as children running into each other on a boat... It might be elsewhere, but you're the main source for Eng/Port stuff, so I'm sure it was here... blah.
Random thought - what about a drabble concerning 'The Last King of Scotland'? You know, the guy Idi Amin who visited the Queen with no warning, announced himself King of Scotland and banned flipflops in his own country of Uganda, and gave any breakers of the ban the choice of EATING said offending footwear, or being shot on the spot? It'd be funny to see half the world rant about him and the other haf just go "WTF", like I did.
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Date: 2010-10-01 11:35 pm (UTC)The place I worked didn't really have an official shop front, customers stand at the front door to get served but these two just walked about. I don't even know.
Itchy hands are never fun either.