Last year, Good Friday became Great Friday when I was sent home at 1pm. Good Friday 2009 just did me one better – as I was walking out the door to work, I got the “you can work from home” email. Hellz yes. I am wearing my work badge til 5pm, just to make it official.
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So far, working on my birthday has not been bad at all! The posts, phone calls, emails, and texts from all of you have been making the day fly by! Plus, I got offered a permanent job today! CRAZY!
Question: is there any shame in eating a Jack-in-the-box taco while ordering at the Burger King drive-through?
Answer: Not on July 2, bitches!
Better question: which is more embarrassing:
Answer: neither!! Cuz it is July 2!!
I’m not sure if I have ever double fast fooded for one meal. If so, Kimmers or shane probably witnessed it. Please advise.
So, the lunch binge was brought on by a spirited email exchange debating what I should have for my decadent birthday lunch. For a while it was a dead heat between Showmars and Chik-fil-a. Points (milkshakes, gyros, peanut-fried chicken) and counter-points (lack of good taters, jesus freaks) were given serious consideration, but the field opened up when I jokingly suggested that I stop at Jack-in-the-box to get some curly fries and macaroni bites to tide me over until I arrived at Chik-fil-a. Once I had mentally eaten those curly fries, wild horses could not have dragged Pria away from the JITB that I pass 4 times per day M-F. A JITB that I had never patronized. Until today. I gleefully ordered the fries and bites, plus I threw a Monster Taco in for good measure…I almost made it to Chik-fil-a, as planned, until I saw the Burger King and was taken back to a happy place in the late ’80s where I would get a BK original chicken sandwich while dining with my family every Sunday. So Chik-fil-a lost by a nose. It literally shares a parking lot with BK, I was ALMOST in nugget heaven. But somehow I really needed the mayo and shredded lettuce that comes with the BK chicken sandwich. And the sesame seeds on the bun. Chik-fil-a will have to wait. Maybe tomorrow. I know the West Coast boys will be upset about the Chik-fil-a diss, but don’t forget brothers, around these parts, Chik-fil-a are a dime a dozen!!
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$1.2M payday! Nice work, pirates! The 26 members of the hostage crew were released yesterday and in good health.
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I can’t believe it took me 8 months to figure out how to change the color of the header.
But you were always picturing red & black anyway, right?
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The Wire makes me cry.
Bubbles has his Emmy moment on this week’s Wire and it is a tear-jerker….more on that after the official Sunday night showing.
But what I am crying about right at this moment is my newest TV makeover show discovery, “10 years younger”. Each segment starts with the makeover recipient standing in a plexiglass booth in some sort of made-for-tv town square, while 100 passers-by are polled, “How old do you think he/she is?”. I just watched a 26 year old woman breakdown as she was informed that the average age guessed for her was 44. She is receiving her makeover so that she can wow her husband when he returns from Iraq. Sniff.
I hope I am not giving too much away when I tell you that most of these makeovers boil down to new teeth. Porcelain veneers can do wonders! Throw in a haircut and a body slimmer and, next stop, Rock of Love!
I also just saw an ad for “Little People Big World” where the drunk driving dwarf dad has his day in court. They are luring me back in. I don’t think I will shed any tears over that though.
OK, “What not to wear” just came on and I am getting sucked into my 3rd hour of makeover tv. Must…break…free…
I’m going to go buy some art.
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I will be SO sad when the construction in my office building is complete. Above is the t-shirt I saw in the office today.
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What an eery coincidence, I have just learned that the late Brad Renfro and I have the same tattoo! cstar alerted me to this delicious tidbit, nearly overlooked due to the Heath Hoopla…Apparently Brad got the tattoo just days before his own untimely death…what are the odds that someone else would think to get “FUCK ALL Y’ALL” inked onto their back? I think I will get an exclamation point added to mine.
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Shane and I are getting ready to do the East Coast Thanksgiving Tour….Pawley’s Island for Turkey Day and then Virginia (West Point) for the weekend. The Prius should pretty much know how to drive itself to both places by now. We thought it would be kinda fun to stay at South of the Border on Thursday night to break up the trip. (Read: excellent fodder for BdJ!). I last stayed at S.O.B. with my fam when we moved back from Texas in 1983. And lest you report my parents to DSS for some sort of retro-punishment, my brother and I were BEGGING to stay there. When you have spent much of your life driving up and down I-95 to see your grandparents, 8 hours away, S.O.B. billboards become old familiar friends, inviting you to Pedro’s promised land. How clever that they have catchy “Pedro Says…” billboards running up and down the East Coast. With every new “Chili today, hot tamale” or “You never sausage a place”, I would get more and more excited to see that giant sombrero in the sky. (Epiphany: is BdJ the S.O.B. of the internet? Just South of the Border of appropriate blogs?). My favorite is, “Kids, tell your parents to turn around! You just missed it!” posted a tenth of a mile on either side of S.O.B. GENIUS!
Like Einstein Bros Bagels, South of the Border has terrific marketing, and shitty execution. If they put half as much effort into their accommodations and dining as they do their clever billboards, this might be a legitimate operation. However, even my undiscerning 10 year old eye knew we were in a bad place when we checked into our matching orange and pink stucco rooms back in ‘83. Judging from the research I have done on the internets tonight, things have not changed in the 24 (!) years since I last graced S.O.B. with my presence. (For the record, I have stopped to eat, buy souvenirs, and use the restrooms a couple of times since then. Big red flag: where else do you have to PAY to use a filthy public restroom?) Here are a couple of excerpts from some online reviews:
Those were 3 separate reviews, and the only 3 that I read. I was kinda excited for the feral cat family, but the TV and A/C issues are BIG no-no’s for us. It also appears from the website (last updated in 2000) that the best amenity they offer is that “each room has it’s own covered carport. Your wheels are at your door”.
Smell ya later Pedro!
If Einstein’s is a misnomer, S.O.B. is a yes-nomer.
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