The Supercilious

Following please find the random thoughts I had driving home from the gym a little while ago, windows open and AC blasting in a bid not to barf.  (I'm healthy - I just had my ass kicked by my trainer today.)

* In the area around Elston and Milwaukee Avenues, there are dozens of full color signs up about a lost pet.  Obviously posting these notices shows how much the people cherish their lost family member and I feel for them; really, I do, and I hope the pet makes his way back safely.  However, the animal in question is a parakeet.  I'm not sure he's "lost" so much as he simply "left." 

*  I was behind a guy in a brand new convertible Mercedes today with a vanity plate reading ALL MINE.  Um... dude?  Showing a modicum of humility or self awareness can make the difference between being a happy motorist and being the guy whose car gets keyed every day.  Perhaps when it's time to renew your plates, you'll opt for a more benign VRY GNROUS or U LK PRTY or TNY UNIT.  Just a thought. 

*  I'm completely loving having access to the community pool although I'm also aggravated at myself.  I've lived within two miles of it for the past ten years and I never went there before this week.  The water is really nice and the whole scene is way less Caddy Day at Bushwood than I thought.  (Or, at least somewhat.)  I'm hoping the pool staff is better at preserving life than they are at preserving order, though.  At some point I assumed the lifeguards would stop the fourteen year olds from trying to drown each other, but not so much.  Am sorely tempted to bring a whistle and start beaching the troublemakers myself. 

OK, am less queasy finally, so I'm going back to work.

Or possibly the pool. 

Comments

[motherofbun]

Ohhh. Go to the pool!

And to Tina who just ordered Bitter? You will not be disappointed. HILARIOUS! I was reading it on a plane and started laughing so hard, I think people were getting a bit nervous.... T'is awesome.

[Pool Lover]

I'm not sure why everyone is hating the pool. It is much cleaner than a lake. The chlorine (watered down version of clorox) kills bacteria. That is something you don't find in a lake. Although a pool is nice, the beach is better!!!

[tghatt]

Wow - Jen. Just finished "Bitter is the New Black". Thank you. I read a lot at work so for the past few years, unless it comes in the form of a magazine with lots of pictures of celebrities, I had no interest in getting lost in a book. Until I met "Bitter is the New Black".

As a girl from Ft. Wayne (aka "Ft. Fun", you know, it's a NE Indiana thang) your references to Southtown Mall cracked me up. Southtown was AWFUL! I'm surprised you didn't get beat up for being such a smarta$$.

Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed your book. I'm going to read "Bright Lights, Big Ass" starting tonight.

Oh yeah, first I am going on a parakeet-hunt becuase if I found the bird, it would be such rich fodder to share with you.

Wish me luck.

[Tina]

I just read your book "Bright Lights, Big Ass" - except for the republican thing, YOU ARE ME! I could not even believe the similarities. I just ordered "Bitter" and can't wait to read it.

[Texie]

Okay, just going to intrude one more time here. The photos of my famous high school classmate are up! And personal communications from two different contestants from On the Lot that have occurred since them. Weirdness.

Texie

[Daphne]

You all don't know what you're missing; the public pool is a godsend during a Chicago summer, seriously. The one in west Bucktown is great.

[Lisa M]

ALL MINE looks like ASS HOLE to me. ;-p

[Jessica]

This comment has nothing to do with this post, but I thought I'd point out that I am under the weather this evening, so I'm home, and when I just checked the T.V. Guide, it informed me that "Independence Day" is on again, so I'm watching it for the 8 billionth time. YAY!!!!

[Liz K]

you've previously stated in interviews that you dont want to be like seinfeld with his "whats the deal with airline peanuts" schtick, yet your whole parakeet observation is classic seinfeld. your better than that.

[Rebecca]

I think the parakeet made it as far as the LP. Someone in my building posted a sign in my elevator saying they found a parakeet near Sheridan Rd. and they are giving it away. Poor thing was so close to freedom.

[Aimee]

I hang out at the community pool too. Actually it's the YMCA pool. And the primary reason I go there is because I have a 6 year old daughter. I don't know that it would occur to me to go there without her. The truth is, if I didn't have my daughter, I would be working somewhere outside the home full time and wouldn't have time to go to the pool. So, I guess I never thought about it. But that being said, I love the pool. It is clean, well kept and now that daughter can swim on her own, I thoroughly enjoy laying poolside reading (with the occasional dip to cool off).

[Texie]

Okay, the comments on the last entry are closed so I am putting this here. I am having a "Friends of Jennsylvania" special at my blog, http://southermother.blogspot.com/

Tonight, actual historic photos of an actual celebrity (then and now) I went to high school with will be posted, just for y'all.

I have been reading Jen since her original blog was hand painted on an old fence board and she was still looking to take over the corporate world. Many of those posts became part of her first best seller, Bitter is the New Black.

I was one of the many who assured her that her actions did not, in fact, indicate that she actually wanted to be part of The Machine again, but that, in fact, she ought to become an author.

Obviously, despite her flithy Ann Coulter worship, she is now rich, famous, and successful now just because she listened to me.

Texie

[Olivia]

That is so funny about the lost parakeet because I live in that area and had this whole conversation with my husband of the likelihood that they would find the parakeet. My husband, always one for a good debate, tried to convince me that it knows its way home and would return. I think that bird is halfway to a tropical climate by now.

[Kristabella]

Yeah, I didn't even know they had public pools in the City.

I must find one near me! Thanks for the tip!

[Shelly]

I think you make an excellent point about the parakeet.

*snicker* I'm sorry they're without their pet, but I think that was his choice.

[Julie]

I am shocked that you would venture to a public pool. You are a better person than I am. The idea of jumping into a public pool is just as gross as being in some else's bath water. (the idea makes me throw up a little in my mouth)

About the car you know men they always have to compensate in some way but it's not always a bad thing. My boyfriend is 12 years older than me and has to have 2 cars the reliable SUV and the $60,000 convertible. (no comments I do satisfy my man)I'm not against the convertible especially when I drive it.