2003-05-21

Possum #2. Apparently the cats ARE planning to bring the entire family of possums, one by one, into the house.

Bill O’Reilly wrote a column about Madonna this week that I wholeheartedly agree with. There’s just nothing sadder than someone who used to be pretty cool, who starts to take themselves far too seriously. (Thank you to Fred, who sent me the link)
Spoilers below for the season finale of The Bachelor. I watched the season finale of The Bachelor last night (it was on Sunday night and I taped it and watched Malcolm in the Middle instead), and I’m happy that he chose Jen instead of Kirsten, because Kirsten’s entire voice and personality just grated. Jen was classy all the way – never saying anything mean about Kirsten – while Kirsten was happy to say “Jen doesn’t like animals! She’d never fit in here!” and “The thought of Jen and Andrew together makes me want to throw up.” On the other hand, who the hell doesn’t like animals? What’s that about, Jen? Freak. Heh. The whole time I watched it, Fred sat and smugly said “I know who wooooon! I know who won! I know who won!” Apparently he read something about it somewhere. He didn’t know who was who, though, and had to ask me. The most excited I got, though, was at the end when they announced that Bob was going to be the next Bachelor. I LOVE Bob, and I’m REALLY looking forward to that show!
I finally had a chance to visit the new Sam’s – the one that’s only about 3 miles from home – and was mightily impressed. Everything was so shiny and new and clean, all I could do was wander around with glazing eyes, trying to take it all in. The only downside was that there were no fresh chicken breasts. What the hell’s up with that? The butcher (one of them, anyway. There was a gaggle of butchers standing around chatting it up.) said they’re still getting set up or something, but they’ll definitely carry them. Bastards. Chicken breasts were the whole reason I went to Sam’s! Of course, I managed to find plenty to buy. The day I walk out of Sam’s without buying something is the day y’all oughta start finding god, because I believe that’s one of the signs of the Apocalypse.
Our government has just raised the Terror Alert to orange, and in three days I’m going to be putting my 14 year-old daughter on a plane by herself to fly across the country. Yep. Didn’t have enough to worry about already. My only consolation is that she’s not flying into LAX, and one would assume that if terrorist acts were going to be committed at an airport, they’d be one of the larger ones.]]>

21 thoughts on “2003-05-21”

  1. I laughed too hard at that picture of the possum with Miz Poo. her stance, the look on her face, the way she’s staring – it all screams ‘that’s mine, momma! put it back down here!!’ hilarious.

  3. Angel – oh, she WANTED the possum BAD. She spent most of the morning sniffing every inch of the floor where the possum had been, making whiny “Where’s my toy?” noises. Poor Poo – we never let her have any fun!
    Becky – Amen, sister! You see the huge packs of (whatever) and think “I’d actually be saving money!”, without bothering to consider that it’d take you 10 years to finish it off. 🙂

  4. Just from looking at that picture of that nasty
    O-possum I can understand how someone could say they don’t like animals. Those bastards are NASTAY.

  6. I think the next time they try to attack something it is going to be in a stadium. Maybe a sports event or something. The Spud will be fine, but I bet it is SCARY.

  7. I’ll be sending positive thoughts the spud’s way this Saturday. I’m sure she’ll be fine. It sure is scary, though.

  8. Just be glad that the cats are just bringing in the baby possums!! Try having the big ones, eat around your pipes and coming in your kitchen cabinets!! Yucky, they are so disgusting, also when you walk in the laundry room and find them sitting on your washer, eating the dog food. Anyway, that was a mobile home we lived in couple years ago and we finally got rid of them, had to poision them, because the big ones bite! lol, i’m sure you wanted to hear that. The pictures give me chills.

  9. I was so excited to hear about Bob being the next Bachelor. Tonight is the ‘reunion’ show between Andrew and Jen, I can’t wait.
    Sending lots of good thoughts for the Spud’s flight.

  10. Next Friday my 7 month old and I are flying as well….into LAX. Thanks for easing my fears Robyn! 😉
    You know, I really love Bob as well, but the thing that bothers me is how many of these women that are going to be on the show would be interested in Bob if he wasn’t ‘the bachelor’? Hopefully he’ll find himself a decent woman and not some skank ho!

  11. I know the fear of putting your kid on a plane by themselves. I had to do it recently with my daughter (9 years old) and it sucked. I was a mess until I knew she had landed safely and was in the care of her grandparents. I’m sure your daughter will be fine, but *big hugs* for when you’re feeling stressed about it. 🙂
    As for possums — we get those nasty things in the yard all the damn time. Dante always kills them, so when we clean them up, they’re usually VERY dead. 😛

  12. Oops, forgot to add that I respectfully disagree about Madonna. I really think she’s changed and that she doesn’t care that much about being “true to her school,” as was stated in the article. People can’t change? Madonna has undergone some spiritual awakenings in the last 4 years that have changed her life and the way she perceives herself. I’m not saying she doesn’t want to sell her albums, but from what I can tell, it seems like it’s less important than her family and her soul. I think people are hard on her because they expect her to be the same Madonna she’s always been. But she’s older, perhaps wiser, and definitely not the same Madonna who was pumping out the hits for two decades. I say give her a break. But that’s just my two cents. 😉

  13. Bonnie – how much of a dumbass am I that I read your post and thought you were making a joke about the cats attacking something in an arena, in a pay-per-view kinda way? Duhhhh. Heh.
    Melissa – Obviously, that was a typo. I MEANT to say that if the terrorists are going to pull something, they’ll do it in a big airport on the EAST coast. Heh.
    I actually think that Bob will have a better chance of finding someone right for him than the other bachelors did. The women who will be in the show with Bob will know who he is and have some idea of what he’s like. At least, that’s how it worked with Trista on The Bachelorette.
    I just hope like hell that Kirsten isn’t the next Bachelorette! I actually turned to Fred before the end of the Bachelor last night and said “I almost hope he choses Kirsten, because Jen would be a perfect choice for the next Bachelorette!”

  14. i too am so excited about bob being the next bachelor!! he is the shit. question – is anyone else curious to see if women on his show will be less attractive than the women in the past, just because bob is allegedly less attractive that the past bachelors? that will irritate the fuck out of me.

  15. dumbchick — I TOTALLY had that conversation with my Mom last week. On one hand, it would be nice to see some women on that show who don’t look like supermodels — but on the other hand, it would be irritating. I’m excited to see Bob every week, but I’m afraid ABC & The Bachelor’s producers can’t win! Maybe if they did half supermodels and half normal women…..!? :c)

  16. Oh, Robyn, that little opossum is so cute. 🙂 I’m dismayed by so many saying that ‘possums are “nasty.” I don’t think they are any “nastier” than cats or dogs when they aren’t bathed or sheltered.
    To those of you who think they are nasty, I would ask that you please keep an open mind and check out some good sources of information such as http://www.possumrescue.com/ and http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/
    ‘Possums are beneficial animals. I’ve fed ‘possums on my porch, and they are quite interesting, cute and docile little creatures. 🙂

  17. I LOVE Bob- and I don’t think he is any less attractive than Andrew and he certainly is better looking than Alex was! Ewww…
    Anyway, that will be a fun show!
    During the reunion bachelor show, I found myself not liking Jenn as much. I thought she was rude and insecure and she did say rude things about Kirsten during the show too- it was hilarious when he played the tape going back and forth between the two… and boy, did she grab at that ring at the finale or what? Me thinks there is more to her than meets the eye… just my opinion.
    My son flies solo almost every weekend from CA to Washington state- he has flown solo since he was 5 and he is now almost 11- if anyone needs any tips or such not about kids flying alone- let me know, I run a UM support group via email- (UM is unaccompanied minor- age varies per airline).
    Have a great day!

  18. My first apartment had a semi-enclosed porch that was apparently a hangout for wild critters in my neighborhood. I had a couch out there, a little table… it would have been a nice place to sit at night if it weren’t for my guests. I nearly fell down the stairs one night on my way out when an owl hooted at me from the back of the couch. On another night I came home from work to find a possum scowling at me from its comfy spot on the couch. Other than giving me dirty looks, he gave me no trouble. Freaked me out a little, because I lived on the third floor of a house so that possum had to reeeeally want to be on my porch to climb all those stairs. I had more trouble with Trianglehead, because once he realized there was an intruder on the porch he spent the rest of the night growling and hissing at the door.
    Anyway. Possums are cute. I don’t think they’re nasty, just kind of dirty and smelly. But they’re not housepets.

  19. I have to say, I think Bob is WAY better looking than Aaron could ever hope to be. And I’d take a funny, ugly man over a bland good-looking man any day.
    (Lucky for me I got one who’s cute AND funny. 🙂
    I think that the idea of having Bachelorettes who aren’t as good-looking as the former ones isn’t going to really happen. And of course, beauty really is in the eye of the beholder – god knows that I’ve heard people rave about how beautiful someone is and thought “Whuh?”
    I haven’t watched the Reunion show yet – we taped it last night – but I’m definitely looking forward to it! Thinking back, it doesn’t surprise me that they never showed Jen saying anything bad about Kirsten – surely they edited it so that in the end it would look like Andrew was leaning toward Kirsten, but we really REALLY wanted him to pick Jen because she was so sweet.
    We need to start a Bachelor Bob fan club. 🙂

  20. Sam’s. Feh. Costco woulda had chicken breasts! I know blahblablah Sam’s is closer. But it don’t matter how close they are if they don’t got yer chicken boobies!

  21. Man, I wish that our Sam’s had a butcher section! We suck. Heh.
    They are remodeling, though, so maybe we will unsuck soon.

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