sarah · dessen

You know, I HATE it when I lose things. Mostly because I am a really organized person, for the most part, so it doesn't happen that often. But somehow, in the last year while switching over from one computer to another, I managed to misplace the power cord for my scanner. Not the scanner. Not the USB cord. But the power cord. And I.cannot.freaking.find.it.anywhere.

It's really driving me crazy. I mean, it's like it's personal now.

I'd pretty much resigned myself to the fact that it was gone a few months back when, planning for my parents' 40th anniversary party, I had to pay ten bucks (Ten bucks!) to have their wedding picture scanned at a local place here. But then, a few weeks ago, I went looking for it again. No luck. It's gone, I told myself, I must have accidentally thrown it out, or given it away, or some gremlin came in and snatched it just to cause me this kind of stress. Give it up, it's over. But I can't. Every once in a while, I find myself digging through my office stuff AGAIN, looking for it, like it's suddenly going to just pop up and appear. Maybe I should just order a new one. Admit defeat. It's time, I think. But as soon as I think I have, I go to look for it One More Time.

*sigh*

Maybe this is just a Monday thing. Entirely possible. Or maybe I'm not just pathetic (as discussed in previous entry) but also crazy. Oh, well. Maybe I'll just look for it one final time, and that's it. Seriously. I mean it, this time.

have a good day everyone!

So this weekend, while out buying a housewarming gift, my husband spied this next to the register. "Oh, yes," he said, grabbing one and adding it to our purchases, which were being rung up, "we NEED this." Called "Mr. T in Your Pocket," it is a small plastic contraption with a few buttons, and pushing each gets you Mr. T HIMSELF saying one of his signature phrases. (My personal favorite: "Quit your jibber jabber!" although "Shut up, Fool!" is also catchy.)

I have it on the kitchen island, and I cannot resist: everytime I pass, I hit a button and get a little T. Makes the day that much better.

I've been thinking, over the weekend, that this is a great marketing idea. Someone should sell one of these where you can record your OWN catchphrase, to give to friends or familly or whatnot. I think if I was making one, I'd definitely put on some of the things I say most often, like:

(to my dogs) "Monkey. Get off the door!"
(to my students) "I think you have the skeleton of a story here, but what you need to do is fill it in a bit more."
(to my husband) "I did clean that, earlier. What, can't you tell?

and miscellaneous fun phrases I say to everyone and anyone:

"No, I'm taking a day off from writing today. No, I am. I am!"
"I just want to sit here with my wine and my pimento cheese. That's all I want. Is that too much to ask?"
"Yeah, but it was on SALE!"

And so on. Maybe not as catchy as jibber-jabber, but it works for me. And as far as the personal catchphrase recorder, I think I'm onto something. Hmmmm.

have a good day everyone!