171: "I'm Lost in the Vids," Cried the Little Fox
So. Hi! I've been recovering from surgery for the past, um, two and a half weeks. (For the record: ouch. But my defective part is gone now, and I am supposed to be nearly as good as new, at least when the swelling goes away. In the meantime, I have drugs
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This is so reminiscent of when they installed data and cable lines in the dorms when I was in college. They didn't finish before the semester started - so they just went ahead and invaded our room every day, moved our shit around (never putting anything back), left brickdust and sawdust everywhere and generally disrupted our lives for two weeks. When they finally finished the tech guy (TG) put his tools away and turned to me:
TG: All done! If you show me your TV I'll help you hook up the cable!
Me: We don't have a TV.
TG: *blink*
TG: *blink blink*
TG: Oh...well if you show me your computers I'll show you how to connect the data line...
Me: We don't have a computer.
*awkward silence*
TG: Err. Ahem. I'll just get out of your way then...
Me: That would be nice.
"Id," "Ego," "Superego,"
*Snort* Those have got to be the best nicknames for Jayne, Mal and Simon I've ever seen. And I knew exactly who you were talking about with "Twitchy," "Badass," "Boob Queen," and "Sunny Delight." I'm going to refer to Kaylee as Sunny Delight from now on :-)
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Okay, I love that. Because after the bricks and the sawdust and everything, that's what I would have said, too, but I would have been thinking, "OH MY GOD, JUST GO AWAY." In all caps, just like that.
Those have got to be the best nicknames for Jayne, Mal and Simon I've ever seen. And I knew exactly who you were talking about with "Twitchy," "Badass," "Boob Queen," and "Sunny Delight." I'm going to refer to Kaylee as Sunny Delight from now on
Yay! (And I am so incredibly thrilled that everyone knows who I'm talking about when I say those names. I got them right! I would dance if, you know, not for the recent surgery thing.)
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