It's beginning to look a lot like...
Springtime (do-do-do-DOOT!) everywhere I go (doo-DOOO-doo)...So maybe I've been decieving myself for the last 23 years because I seem to remember winter coming after Christmas, not spring.
I stopped at a Taco Bell last night (after driving to Ft Wayne and back just for the fun of it...TRAVIS!!!!!) and I was having a somewhat frustrating evening and running on four hours of sleep and worked late to work on something mildly important. I decided to go inside rather than drive through because I had to go pee really bad. So I went. I went inside. I went pee. I went hands wash. Then I went to order my food. I did so (the #2, previously the #10) and went to fill up my pop (Cherry Pepsi; thats probably the only thing I don't appreciate about Taco Bell is the fact that they don't have Coke products and I think burritos would taste much better with an ice cold CocaCola Classic) then walked back to the counter to wait for my food. I noticed the usual little "coin aquarium" that always sits on the counter offering the opportunity to win free food if you're "good enough" to "make" your coin land on one of four platforms. I had a quarter and a nickle and the nickle prize was cinnamon sticks and I hate cinnamon sticks, so I decided to put a quarter in for a chance at a bean burrito.
--pause story--
I am at work right now and they play music at a low volume over the pa/loudspeaker/communication system thingy and right now that stupid song "The reason is you" I think its called is playing and they play it all the time. MAN I HATE THAT SONG! Not so much the lyrics, because I think they are actually decent, but the guy who sings it sounds so freakin whiny when he's singing the chorus. "I'm not who I used to beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...blahblahblahIdon'tknowallthewords...and the reason is yoooooooooooou..." Am I the only one who finds this annoying?
--unpause story--
So I position the platforms just so and drop in my quarter. And what do you think happened next?! IT LANDED ON ONE OF THE PLATFORMS!!
"Huho! No way! Heh heh." I said as I looked up at the lady making my grilled stuffed burrito whose look of unexpression did not match my joy at having won,"I got it!"
She didn't say anything and just kept making my meal. Eventually she walked over and stared at it, "Which one..." interrupted
"Its a quarter," I said matter-of-factly.
"Ok, so thats a ... bean burrito...do you want it right now?" she asked dully.
"Yeah!" I half exclaimed while my head jerked back and my eyebrows raised as high as possible as if to say, "DUH!"
So I went home with a bean burrito for a quarter. I found my winning to be very anti-climactic, but was still pleased. So whats the lesson in all this? You always feel better after you pee.
I stopped at a Taco Bell last night (after driving to Ft Wayne and back just for the fun of it...TRAVIS!!!!!) and I was having a somewhat frustrating evening and running on four hours of sleep and worked late to work on something mildly important. I decided to go inside rather than drive through because I had to go pee really bad. So I went. I went inside. I went pee. I went hands wash. Then I went to order my food. I did so (the #2, previously the #10) and went to fill up my pop (Cherry Pepsi; thats probably the only thing I don't appreciate about Taco Bell is the fact that they don't have Coke products and I think burritos would taste much better with an ice cold CocaCola Classic) then walked back to the counter to wait for my food. I noticed the usual little "coin aquarium" that always sits on the counter offering the opportunity to win free food if you're "good enough" to "make" your coin land on one of four platforms. I had a quarter and a nickle and the nickle prize was cinnamon sticks and I hate cinnamon sticks, so I decided to put a quarter in for a chance at a bean burrito.
--pause story--
I am at work right now and they play music at a low volume over the pa/loudspeaker/communication system thingy and right now that stupid song "The reason is you" I think its called is playing and they play it all the time. MAN I HATE THAT SONG! Not so much the lyrics, because I think they are actually decent, but the guy who sings it sounds so freakin whiny when he's singing the chorus. "I'm not who I used to beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...blahblahblahIdon'tknowallthewords...and the reason is yoooooooooooou..." Am I the only one who finds this annoying?
--unpause story--
So I position the platforms just so and drop in my quarter. And what do you think happened next?! IT LANDED ON ONE OF THE PLATFORMS!!
"Huho! No way! Heh heh." I said as I looked up at the lady making my grilled stuffed burrito whose look of unexpression did not match my joy at having won,"I got it!"
She didn't say anything and just kept making my meal. Eventually she walked over and stared at it, "Which one..." interrupted
"Its a quarter," I said matter-of-factly.
"Ok, so thats a ... bean burrito...do you want it right now?" she asked dully.
"Yeah!" I half exclaimed while my head jerked back and my eyebrows raised as high as possible as if to say, "DUH!"
So I went home with a bean burrito for a quarter. I found my winning to be very anti-climactic, but was still pleased. So whats the lesson in all this? You always feel better after you pee.