Hidden talent

When I don’t have any commitments, I naturally fall into a nocturnal schedule. This happens on many weekends, including this one where I again find myself awake at 4 AM. At least this time I’m sitting on my couch and able to move, but there’s still a problem: There’s not much to do at 4 AM. So, I’ll let you know about something I brought up once when asked if I had any hidden talents.

Back at my home in Pennsylvania, we have an older CRT-based TV. I learned at an early age (probably when I was around 10-12 years old), that I could consistently get it to do the old-school shrinking circle thing when turning it off. Most of the time, turning it off will not cause it to look exciting at all. But, if I turn it on, and then turn it off right before the picture appears (about five seconds), then it does the cool circle thing.

Awkward

On Halloween morning, just before I got out of my car at work wearing a skirt, my last thought was, “I really hope today is Halloween and I didn’t get confused this morning.”

Also awkward: Mixing up No Meetings Day with No Pants Day.

This morning’s thought: I really hope today is No Pants Day.

One of my favorite stories about Nelson

I first heard this several months ago but never got around to blogging it. I was reminded of this story today when Koklynn and Charlene were discussing the fate of my hair.

Nelson’s sister told him that she would tell him a secret, but only if he let her paint his nails. Nelson agreed, and she painted his fingernails purple. After his nails were painted, she followed through with her end of the bargain and told him her secret: She didn’t have any nail polish remover.

Maybe I should create a “Nelson” category for my blog.

24 hour protection*

Anyone else ever have this iPhone bug happen to them? It’s happened to me before. It looks like one of those puzzles with sliding tiles.

Listerine bottle with label reading 24 hour protection 2x a day. image is segmented.

The reason I took the picture was I thought this label was funny when I saw it in the store. It says “24 hour protection,” but that’s if you use it twice a day—each use lasts 12 hours. Is there any product that couldn’t be labeled as lasting “24 hours” under this system?

Update: Looks like I’m not the first to notice.

My biggest giraffe yet

Oh boy, how do I explain this one? I told Mike this story at lunch* today and he advised me not to repeat it. However, I’m waiting for Beah’s clothes to finish in the washer so I have nothing else to do.

Sometimes I think of ideas, including jokes, while I’m still waking up. It’s at these times that I often come up with a creative solution to a problem at work or a great idea for a blog entry. But sometimes the idea is just silly.

This morning, for some reason I was thinking about the similarity of the words gaffe and giraffe. I thought it would be hilarious if I would make some incredible mistake, nay, a series of mistakes, involving giraffes. When the media covers it (in my half-conscious/half-dreaming state I must have thought I was famous), the headline could read: “Wysz’s biggest giraffe yet.” Get it?

I’m still giggling tonight just thinking about it.

*Lunch was awesome, by the way. Potstickers, bacon fried rice, some noodles, watermelon, and mini cinnamon cupcakes, which Mike described as “festive.” They did remind me of the holidays.