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March 18, 2003
Oh, there will be M&M's tonight
Girl-E is a little stressed. Not that, 'oh my god I have so much to do in so little time' kind of stressed, but that 'people are making my life hard, why don't they just stop sucking and let me drink my coffee without making me feel hostile' kind of stressed. The problem is that she's got a dirty job that someone's gotta do but it would be far nicer if that someone weren't her. We won't go into details, but the main facts are that it involves a) whiny, spoiled children who don't speak English, b) whiny, discontented adults who don't speak English, c) projectile items, and d) ear-shattering volumes. If she wasn't sure before, it is now quite clear that she should limit her business with these things in the future. Someday she'll chalk it up to the character-building experience that prepared her for some of her greatest successes, but right now it's pure dread.
It's times like these that cheap beer and contraband Easter M&M's play important roles. The absence of bacon in this country is leaving a large gap in the comfort food inventory, but she seems to be improvising well enough. Frankly, we think this suffering is good for her. She has a bit of a superiority complex that lowers her tolerance for unintelligent behavior. As far as we can tell, there's a lot of it that goes down in this world, and she'd be well off to learn to cope with it. Speaking from sheer self-interest, though, the discomfort caused to us by her stress outweighs our satisfaction at seeing her flail, so we'll be happy enough when she returns to her natural surroundings. Oh fab, here she goes to the CD player, please woman lose your "hip-hop makes me feel empowered" thing.
Posted by The Twins at March 18, 2003 02:30 PM
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