Strange Things are Afoot at the Circle K.
That above reference makes me nearly a thousand years old. (But I only look half that!)
The heat has hit Southern California, but thanks to this new little philosophy called "thinking ahead" we have a portable air conditioner. Which is not portable in any real sense, but it is hooked up, so while the rest of the universe is a balmy 102 degrees, it's 71 and breezy here in our personal batcave. Of course, it's a thousand degrees in every other area of the house. If you need me, I'll be receiving visitors in the boudoir, but there's no way in hell I'm gonna leave.
...except that Will just came in and the following exchange occurred:
Will: I'm going to Ralph's [local grocery store] to pick up lunches for the week, do we need anything?
Me: Check around and see.
Will leaves. And returns thirty seconds later.
Will: I don't know what that means.
Me: Check for stuff we only buy at Ralph's.
Will: Okay.
He leaves. And returns thirty seconds later.
Will: I'm still not exactly sure what you're getting at.
Me: Toothpaste. Toilet paper. Dish detergent. Stuff to clean the house.
Will: Y'know, we'd save a lot of money on stuff to clean the house if we didn't clean the house so much.
Me: Who is this "we" you speak of?
So he made a list and we left Daisy in her air-conditioned crate to head to the Ralph's together. Once inside the air-conditioned store, he pulled the shopping list out of his back pocket to go over what we needed when item #4 caught my eye.
Me: My love?
Will: Yes?
Me: What aisle is the "Anti-Bitch Powder" in?
We're beating the heat the old-fashioned way -- going to the mall with all the other people who don't have air-conditioning.
Posted by:Neil | May 17, 2008 at 04:44 PM
During a previous heatwave (not the one we have just had in SF) I once got on board BART in Millbrae, got in the last car (which I figured would be mostly vacant during the trip) and sat in the very back with the sunday paper and enjoyed the a/c and virtually no other passengers to speak of. Took it all the way to Dublin and back, for a mere 4 bucks!
Posted by:greg | May 17, 2008 at 05:17 PM
Fuck this fucking California heat! Mon Dieu!
So yeah, sticking to the house here with my AC.
Posted by:Andrea | May 17, 2008 at 05:21 PM
It's 81 degrees in Seattle today. My brain is melting. I'm just unaccustomed to this shiny thing in the sky people call "sun." I moved here for rain.
I think the anti-bitch powder is next to the tampons.
;)
Posted by:sizzle | May 17, 2008 at 05:33 PM
I thought I just commented but it didn't take.
I said something about it being over 80 degrees in Seattle and how my brain is melted. And also that the anti-bitch powder is usually next to the tampons.
;)
Posted by:sizzle | May 17, 2008 at 05:35 PM
I'm running the A/C like a bordello. Go away, heatmeiser...
Posted by:ThatGirl | May 17, 2008 at 05:50 PM
God bless PG&E's average billing because I've had my A/C cranked all day. So hawt. :(
Posted by:kr | May 17, 2008 at 09:14 PM
I think I win this "weather thing" for once...
Maine doesn't get really hot until late June - mid July.
Posted by:Caveman | May 17, 2008 at 09:30 PM
Will is SO a keeper.
And I can't even imagine how people survive without wall-to-wall AC. I actually start panicking because I can't BREATHE if the AC goes out.
*gasp* Now I have to go take a Xanax.
Posted by:Belinda | May 17, 2008 at 10:16 PM
For the first time, I'm happy that my apartment/cave is ALWAYS freezing cold.
Also, the heat prompted me to by my first sundress in YEARS.
Posted by:Mace | May 18, 2008 at 03:02 AM
102 at 9am is just not fair. Thank God I am not in retail any more. I can hide in the house all day.
And I think Shawn would like to know where that particular item would be found too.
Posted by:cc | May 19, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Wow..102...it was hot here this weekend. I'm so glad I left the a/c on for the pets. We were in Nevada and it was only 104, so not much more than here.
Posted by:Jodi | May 19, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Yeah, I came home from Illinois on Saturday and my cat was lying half dead on the carpet being like "bitch, I can't believe you turned the AC off when you left. You know I wear a fur coat 24/7!"
The house took, I shit thee not, 3 hours to cool down to an acceptable temp.
Posted by:monkey | May 19, 2008 at 10:51 AM
Unless I missed it, it's totally heinous that a shout out has not been given to the mistressesses' awesome headline reference to "Bill & Ted."
Recognize people! [air guitar]
The wife and I actually went walking around an open house tour of Angelino Heights in Sunday's melter. On our way back home down Sunset we dove into the Gold Room bar for Pabst on draft and its sub-zero AC. Frankly I don't know why we're still not there.
Posted by:Will Campbell | May 19, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Ditto on Will's comment. & no that doesn't make you a thousand years old. Just the same age as most of us!
Posted by:VampD | May 19, 2008 at 03:50 PM
WYLD STALLYNZ!
Posted by:Jeremiah | May 20, 2008 at 07:44 AM
OMG...I feel you on the heat thing, we were so hot last weekend, we just got in the car and drove around. I mean, I know gas is expensive, but holy crap, we were melting...
Funny how you have different lists for different stores, we do the same thing and for some reason, Christine writes them on different sheets of paper, so we always end up with the Trader Joe's list while at Vons and vice versa...kind of maddening!
Especially in this heat...yikes...
Posted by:yeti9000 | May 20, 2008 at 08:09 AM
Somehow I tied the title of this post to the footjob in the prior post.
Is that weird or is it just me?
Posted by:HeyJoe | May 20, 2008 at 02:39 PM
my husband is from the north where they don't even have a.c. in most of their homes. i was told they didn't need it. oddly, my first day of living there it was a record 100. i was all like, "wtf?" it's just as hot here as it is in the south.
and? for the record, ya'll got rednecks up north too.
Posted by:Piglet | May 21, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Strange... It's unseasonably cold here in Wisconsin.
Posted by:Liz | May 24, 2008 at 06:09 PM