Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
I have nicknamed our new upstairs neighbor “Drawers.” This is because s/he is a total clothes horse and obviously spends a lot of time opening and closing his/her drawers looking for just the right outfit. Starting at 6 am: “sliiiiide — slam! sliiiiiiide — slam!” S/he does it for usually 15 to 20 minutes before finding that perfect oufit.
Then again after work: “sliiiiide — slam! sliiiiiiide — slam!” Must be picking out the couture for this evening’s date? It’s almost impressive.
However, Drawers pales in comparison to Clogs, the upstairs neighbor I had in 1998. He liked to wake up early on Saturdays and march around his hardwood floors in clogs. I know because once I went up to ask him to quiet down a bit, and he answered the door … in clogs! He was vacuuming his rugs in clogs. At 8am. On a Saturday. Drawers may be bad, but s/he is nothing compared to that.
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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michelle
April 3rd, 2003 at 8:54 am
Aha! I’m thinking Clogs’ sister lives upstairs from me in Ravenna - she insists on vacuuming the hardwood floors (?) while wearing her clogs and is partial to 8am Sundays…
Tumbleweed
April 3rd, 2003 at 10:04 am
See, there’s a _reason_ why we have the death penalty in the U.S.