:: its.not.an.octopus ::

:: Friday, March 12, 2004 ::

Carbless

The other day my friend and I drove up to Carl's Jr for lunch. To save time we went through the drive-thru. As I drove closer I could see that they had a new computer screen for you to view you order. This is how the conversation went:

Carl's Jr Employee: Welcome to Carl's Jr may I take your order?
Me: I'd like the Low-Carb Six Dollar burger and a large Diet Coke.
CJE: Would you like that in a combo with the side salad?
Me: No thanks.
CJE: As an added benefit to our customers we have a new computer screen for you to view your order. To make sure that we have everything correct would you take a moment to look at it and let me know if it is.

So I'm looking at the monitor and all I see is:

1835 $2.69
Lrg Diet Coke $1.49

Me: Is the 1835 the Low-Carb Six Dollar burger?
CJE: (pause) uh, yeah
Me: Then that is correct.

So much for efficiency.

:: Erin 3:41 PM [+] ::
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Oh look, it's that five again!

What was...

1. ...your first grade teacher's name? Mrs. Pugh. She was very short, I was tall at the time, tallest in my class in fact. Now I'm short.

2. ...your favorite Saturday morning cartoon? I always slept in Saturday mornings, so I don't really know for sure which cartoons were on Saturday morning. I liked He-Man a lot, was that after school or in the morning, I don't remember.

3. ...the name of your very first best friend? A tie between Mark Nelson and Jenny Perkins. Mark was my preschool buddy and we did everything together. I met Jenny at my brother's soccer game when we were three. I was playing with my Strawberry Shortcake dolls and she had hers there, too.

4. ...your favorite breakfast cereal? Lucky Charms or Frosted Mini-Wheats

5. ...your favorite thing to do after school? Take a nap. I usually would lay down in the middle of our living room floor and sleep with my face planted into the carpet. This was a regular occurence, my family got used to walking around me.



:: Erin 9:51 AM [+] ::
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Am I asking too much?

I've decided that a prerequisite for dating me is either:

A-You own a car and have the ability to drive that car or,
B-You have access to a car and have the ability to drive that car or,
C-Have the ability or license to drive a car, so you can drive mine when I get tired or don't feel like driving.

This may seem a little extreme or shallow to some, but let me explain. We'll start with the most recent guy I went out with, his name was Curt. He lost his license to too many dui's, so of course I was the one left to do all the driving. Now I don't mind driving, in fact, I kind of like it, but I also want to have the option of not driving and in this case that wasn't possible, because if he were caught that would be bad for Curt. There was no chemistry, so I don't see him anymore.

Now the one before him was Mikie. Mikie didn't have a license at all and didn't really know how to drive a car. Okay, so he grew up in a big city where mass transit was so good he didn't need to drive a car. Also, he had other issues, but still not being able to drive a car once again left me to do all the driving. It wasn't the car thing, but rather his issues that ended that relationship.

Then there was David. For the first year and a half of our relationship he didn't have a car. So I would pick him up then have him drive my car if I didn't feel like driving. It worked, I was happy, but then David got a car. That's when the trouble started. I felt like after all that time of using and driving my car it should be his turn to do the using and driving. He felt differently. Anytime he wanted to come over he still wanted me to come and pick him up. Also, if he drove for one night then the next three nights he would use that against me saying, 'I drove the other night'. He also did that when I picked out the restaurant or movie, but that's another story. Needless to say, that, and many other issues is what eventually drove (ha, no pun intended) us apart.

Now we're to John....he didn't have a car either. Suprise, surprise. We didn't last long, because he had issues, of course. (Where the hell to I find these guys? Do I have a sign on my forhead saying, 'If you have issues go out with me?)

And to start it off with there was Ryan. Ryan had a really cool, red sports type of car, until he burned up the engine. He never really wanted to get into the particular details of it, but of course, after that I was the one left to do all the driving. Which really sucked, because at that time I didn't have a car either so I had to borrow my mom's. That relationship ended too, but not because of the car situation, but rather he had started hanging out with this other girl and well..she was kind of his girlfriend. Ouch. Get the fuck out of my car loser, you can walk that sorry ass home...ahem, uh..yeah.

So as you can see, I'm not shallow, because none of these relationships ended due to the lack of car factor. However, I just think it would be nice to be the one waiting to be picked up rather than the other way around. That's all.
:: Erin 12:47 PM [+] ::
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