2005-04-27
my one attempt at joining PETA and i failed.
Year of the cat is playing right now and I feel like Miss Linguist should be here to hear it.
I played hookie today because I had a sore throat as well as a fever. So maybe it's not really hookie but saying it is makes me feel more dangerous. And sometimes I need to feel like James Bond female version.
While reading my new favorite cabin-boy's latest entry about lobsters and frightful dinner companions, I was reminded of Herbert.
You see Herbert was my pet lobster for a short period of time. I saw him in one of those tanks at the market and instantly felt bad for him. He was obviously not the kind of lobster people would take home and eat because he was smaller and a little older than the rest. He looked up at me with his beady little eyes and I immediately fell in love with him.
So when no one was looking I took Herbert out of the tank and stuck him up under my shirt and my jacket. He still had the little pink rubberband pinchercuffs so I knew he could do me no harm. When we got home I put him in the bathtub and filled it with enough water to keep him properly hydrated[how i knew how to do that at seven years old is beyond me to this day]
I had Herbert until the next morning when Miss Linguist stumbled upon him while attempting to take her morning shower. The worst part was watching the mean old market worker put Herbert back into the tank. He looked at me, I looked at him but I quickly looked away. I could see the contempt in his eyes. What was I supposed to do? Miss Linguist and Irishman O'Swoon were both more red with anger than a freshly boiled lobster.
R.I.P Herbert. I'm so sorry. Forgive me?
Quote of the day:"Argh ahhh ahhh. What the...what is this...Ahna Marie Viola Mai get in here right now!!!"-[Miss Linguist's reaction upon discovering Herbert]--yeah she even brought out the unused third and fourth names eek.
French phrase de jour:Avoir le cafard(ah-vwar luh kah-far)To have the blues, to be depressed Literal:To have the cockroach.--if i had a cockroach i would not be sad, i would be freaked out.