The Way My World Works
It stands to reason that it wouldn’t be very long before this here vegetarian got called in to audition for a Wendy’s spicy chicken nugget commercial.
That day? That day was today.
Also?
Some old creepy actor dude molested me in the lobby of the casting office.
Also?
Today marks the day my PLASTIC water bottle opened in my bag and coated one beautiful new gorgeous Theory high-heeled shoe in water, permanently staining it and more importantly, soaked into the inner mechanics of my iPod, rendering it dead for all time.
You guys?
Today is not my day. Not. At. All.
I’m broke. I’m tired. I had a disastrous meeting with someone important, something I wanted to go well more than anything. And worst of all, I can’t put on melancholic music and cry myself into the fetal position because my f*cking iPod drowned. Yes, I just cursed. No, I don’t care. I’m off to wallow in avocado and cucumber sushi.
Here is to waking up tomorrow feeling one hundred million times better than I do right now.
WHO’S WITH ME?!
STOP!
Put your iPod in some rice for a couple of days and see if you can get the water out of it that way.
I just googled rice + wet + ipod and here’s the first result:
http://www.tech-faq.com/repair-wet-ipod.shtml
My Dad was the ultimate optimist, so I am going to give you some really annoying advice (and yes, this is the way my brain works because of my him!):
1. Audition: interesting; this will give you the opportunity to explore how you really feel about this type of work and how you want to handle it in the future.
2. Creepy Old Guy: probably the last feel he will ever cop because he is near death; think of it as an act of generosity on your part.
3. Plastic bottle: just the inspiration you need to ditch the plastic.
4. Ruined shoe: you probably were going to trip on them so this was the universe’s way of protecting you from a broken leg.
5. iPod: an opportunity to learn about the rice method which will come in handy in the future for you or someone else.
I have learned that the above can cause people without the optimism DNA sequence to fantasize about strangling those of us with it!
If nothing else, I hope it makes you laugh!!
On more thing, I swear I am going to stop!
My niece gave my sister-in-law’s Blackberry a bath and by using the rice technique (she left it in for 3 or 4 days), viola, good as new!!
Green In OC – Would you sort of believe I am an optimist by nature? Probably not judging from this entry. I suppose we are all entitled to a bad day/pity party every now and again. That being said, I love you? And, will you marry me? I am going to try the rice method tonight! And as for the other stuff – IT IS ALL SO TRUE! I am on my way to see some improv comedy tonight with my friends. I’m thinking it’ll be the perfect pick me up! Thank you!!
Look at it this way, if a worry/gripe/whatever shared is a bad thing halved, then you have broken up that string of misfortunes into little bite-size pieces. Here’s to oceans of good karma rushing into make tomorrow better!
Um, yeah, the last 24 hours haven’t been too pretty around the Crunchy household. We’ve had a health insurance nightmare in that our insurers have dropped all my husband’s cancer providers from their plan starting January 1st. Right at the time my husband’s cancer markers are elevating, so we are already on a hair trigger about that.
I just about burst into tears at the oncology lab this morning while they took twelve (12!) vials of blood. So, I’ll raise you one dead iPod for one dead husband.
I’m so sorry, Crunchy. That just sucks.
Also, I’m sorry, but I don’t care if some old dude is taking his last breath, there’s no upside to it.
Sorry you had such a crappy day! Hoping tomorrow is better!
Your mother loves you, your dad is coming to NYC to eat lunch with you tomorrow and God thinks you’re awesome and you are too gifted to not keep going…He told me to tell you that! Love, Mom
The only good I can see in this would be if you got the job w/ wendys you can get revenge on the meat eaters (me) by using the $$$ to buy a cute NEW pair of shoes.WHAT WOMAN DOESN’T LIKE SHOPPING FOR THAT!?!! Hope today is a better day.
Deanna – OMFG!!!!!! You win the award for Worst Day Ever. I am so so so sorry. Thinking of both you and Hank right now. Eeek.
Guys – THANK YOU. I did not have to eat chicken nuggets at the audition. So, there went that. And after two Amstel Lights and some sour patch kids and an improv show, I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!
I hope it works out, Deanna. As I just said to Jo in another post, you’re in my prayers, too.
Sorry about copping a feel in the lobby of the casting office, Laura. I was overcome.