It’s a holiday weekend here in the U.S.
The roads are bogged down with traffic and people are everywhere, like ants invading a slice of watermelon left unguarded by a careless picnicker.
For people (like me) with social anxiety and boundary issues, these are stressful times.
I feel like I need to surround myself with a force field of barbed wire, with yellow police tape that says “Do not cross.”
I also imagine having a Taser on the end of a really long stick, so I can zap the ones who wander a bit too close.
Of course I wouldn’t zap any of you people here at sp.
Probably.
In the meantime, pay close attention to your watermelon slice.
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Now I am picturing you with a cattle prod -_-
Fun!
How is the holiday weekend in the ol’ mitten besides the massive amount of people that os
*is
The weather is great. Not too hot, not too cold.
Pleasant. Good picnicking weather, if someone happened to be into that sort of thing.
Yep, holiday weekend.
I inquired about renting a room for one night at a nearby Motel 6. $206 for a one nights stay. “4rth of July Holiday Rates” they told me.
No thanks.
I went to a place owned by Hindus, it smells like curry. $88. My kind of people. (I like the posters depicting purple anthropomorphic dieties too).
206 bucks for a Motel 6 ????
Crazy!
The world has gone mad.
Again.
Holiday weekend rates.
You charge people as much as you can get. That’s how opportunistic capitalism works. Someone’s gonna pay, someone’s gonna earn.
Opportunistic Capitalism….
And here I’ve been calling it Dirty Rotten Price Gouging fueled by Greed.
Po-tay-to,
Po-tah-to,
I guess.
You could show them pictures of Barney The Dinosaur and claim that it’s an anthropomorphic purple deity cherished by certain people here in this country too.
If I can find a good spot tomorrow with a good amount of space and privacy, I wanted to park somewhere and enjoy a tiny amount of nature while reading a good book or two. (Remember reading a bunch of classic literature was on my bucket list. )
But at this rate, the barbed-wire-and-police-tape thing seems more likely.
Does WalMart sell tasers?
It doesn’t seem like the sort of thing an old “mom-and-pop” store would carry.
I don’t know what to say.
Everyone takes time off at the same time.
Everyone in America has synchronized their period.
It’s pretty bad.
That’s why everyone drives in the same direction going to work and then again leaving.
The rat race.
Everyone’s in a hurry to get nowhere as quickly as possible.
I’m breaking up my thoughts into separate paragraphs.
I enjoy doing this.
Does anyone read these comments?
I don’t know.
I don’t care.
Hindu deities are multi-limbed, you know.
In addition to being purple, they’ve got like four fucking arms and dots on their forehead.
I would know.
I saw a poster today.
LOL.
You crack me up. 🙂
SP is quiet tonight so most of the North American folks here must be on vacation too. I think I’ll wait until later this month to go traveling.
yeah like nothing is being posted, giving me not much to comment on :/ is really sad 🙁 it forced me to do dishes as I had nothing else to do -_- I BLAME YOU ALL
Use paper plates and you will never have to do dishes ever again.
(!!!)
😮
I’ve started doing that, but I still have all the dishes that were previously dirtied left to clean 🙁
Step 1: Burn the house down.
Step 2: Move somewhere else.
Step 3: Always use paper plates.
That’s a brilliant plan ^_^
Definitely wait til later for the traveling.
Unless you want your steering wheel to have fingernail gouges worn into it by the end of the trip.
Heheh. Maybe I’ll just take a flight somewhere. Been 7 years since the last time I did that.
Wonder if there are any good vacation spots for someone on a budget.
When I’m broke, I just sit there and close my eyes and think really hard and say out loud “I’m somewhere else, I’m somewhere else, I’m somewhere else. ”
It kinda freaks out the people at the other tables at McDonald’s, but what the hell.
Haha. I know all too well the pain of being broke.
I kinda admire people who are brave enough to go on backpacking trips or whatever with barely any money, and use services like CouchSurfing to find somewhere to sleep. I couldn’t do that alone… too many creeps out there. I wouldn’t feel comfortable in a stranger’s house anyway.
I’d be relying on the most inexpensive motels instead (as long as they don’t look *too* sketchy).
Really?
There’s such a thing as CouchSurfing?
Fascinating.
Serial killers everywhere probably rate that app 5 stars.
Or 4.5, if the person managed to escape.
a lot of people tend to tell their loved ones where they are staying though when they couchsurf…. Although I guess it would possibly be easy to be a couch surfing serial killer though, I am uncertain how the hosting side works, just the traveler side…. it seems decently safe
Dear mom and dad:
I’ll be staying at this guy’s cabin out in the woods. He’s built a secret underground chamber which can only be accessed by a trap door. He swears there’s a couch down there. I thought I heard faint screams and the rattling of chains, but he says it’s probably just a raccoon. I’m sure I’ll be fine! What’s the worst that could happen? See you in 2 weeks!
Love, Billy
I need to buy paper plates. And food that doesn’t need to be cooked. That’s what I’ve been missing, thank you.
Fresh strawberries, bananas, peaches, teriyaki beef jerky, chips, and cute tiny tomatoes.
Crackers and bread too, bread is actually one of the cheapest things you can find that doesn’t need to be prepared. ^_^ Peanut butter is also pre good for that.
Great ideas. I’m on a really limited budget plus have no motivation. Not the best combination. I have some of those cherry tomatoes in the fridge. They are expensive here now that it’s winter, so I got them half price (on clearance). I do eat a lot of bread too.
I’m working all of the holiday weekend. Plus the rest of the week. Lots of fruits and veggies in the fridge. Can’t really go to sleep early till atleast Tues or Weds, people around here are far too obnoxious with the fireworks.
Achh!
Sorry you have to be working.
🙁
Just got home. We tried to find a quiet spot in the mountains but everywhere was packed – everywhere one could reasonably reach without off-roading or hiking a distance.
I know!
It’s crazy!
Ate yummy chocolate, though
Let’s not give the police any new ideas lol
What, the “taser on a stick” idea?
I kinda liked that.
Thank baby Jesus I’m not a U.S citizen, no offense intended. From the outside looking in, the 4th of July weekend looks like a, mostly, family friendly version of The Purge.
It is indeed a crazy time.
Yes, I know how you feel about crowds. I am not the best in crowds of people. I have trouble walking like you… and yes I also have a little bit of social anxiety and so forth… so I can relate to your post. Well I wish you the best and I hope and pray that people that come anywhere near you are respectful of your boundary issues and treat you politely.
I luv ya!!!!
Last resort is to fart loudly and see if that clears the room.
i bet your farts are sweet! you’d attract people like bee’s to honey!!! 🙂
And yet my family claims the exact opposite…
There jealous of your special talents.
i really don’t like holidays other than i get a day off! i don’t like crowds, traffic, and so on, if i were to go somewhere like Disneyland it would be on off hours and like on a Monday, no lines and enjoy the rides, that’s why i’m here on SP today because it’s the happiness place on earth!! ha ha 🙂
SP is a lot cheaper than Disneyland, with far fewer screaming toddlers.
That alone gets my vote.
YEP! I agree, sometimes you just want to drop them down the wishing well!
worried mother: where’s screaming Johnny???
Rocketman: looking innocence and rolling his eye’s 🙂
LOL!
“Screaming Johnny”.
Johnny: WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
Cordless: Dear Wishing Well, I beg and plead for peace and quiet. Thank you. Here’s a quarter.
Rocketman: (*grabbing quarter*) Sounds good to me! (*Picks up Johnny in mid-scream and tosses him in*)
Wishing Well: (*long pause*…… *SPLASH*)
Cordless: “Thank goodness. Er, I mean, thank you rocketman. Can I have my quarter back?”
Rocketman: “No.”
Cordless: (*shrugs*) It was worth it.
(*peace and quiet*)
What a team we’d make!! 🙂 LOL!
Today’s projected high temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit (22.2 Celsius) for Oceanside, CA.
The beaches are packed.
Most of the parking spaces are occupied.
Thanks to the bicyclists I average 15 mph when driving on the road next to the ocean.
Everyone and their brother seems to go to the beach on summer weekends.
Man, paradise sure got crowded.
(I might be turning into a grumpy old codger).
i wish i had your problem again i loved living there! 🙂 girls in bikinis woooo!! where i live you take off your shirt and they want to throw you in jail for indecent exposer, really backwards. unless you have horse shit between your toes your not normal.
You’re right, there’s no shortage of eye candy.
Staring at girls is like staring at the sun. You can only glance for a second, then you must look away. Unless you’re wearing sunglasses; then you can stare for as long as you’d like.
I always picture you wearing sunglasses.
Now I know why.
You might be turning into a grumpy old codger?
What exactly were you before?
Just curious.
I’m a misanthrope with social anxiety and boundary issues.
Can’t even make a good acronym out of that.
Before being a grouchy old codger, I was young, dumb and full of rum. A happy materialist who enjoyed pursuing goals, which in retrospect were hollow victories.
That’s ok though.
I was at different stage in my life’s journey. That was then, this is now.
“Young, dumb, and full of rum”.
Nice choice, since not many words rhyme with “vodka”.
Whiskey: “Frisky”,
Bourbon: “Urban”,
Rum: “Dumb”,
Beer: “Cheer”,
Wine: “Fine”,
Tequila: “Bob Vila”….
Vodka: nothing.
How ’bout rock ya?
Get the vodka,
We’s gonna rock ya.
(That was pretty bad).
Mock ya?
Shock ya?
Talk ya?
Pretty bad, yes.
Still, better than having to make up a song about Tequila and Bob Vila.
yea! Morris!!! you saved the day!!!
i’m gonna rock ya with some vodka mamma baby baby mamma!!! 🙂
Haha.
We clearly have too much free time.
Rhymes with vodka:
Allah
Aficionada
Americana
Wanna?
Gotta
Marijuana
WRONG! Latka rhymes with vodka! 🙂
He was on TAXI
And latka is a jewish pancake
A lot of help that does? your right nothing! 🙁
I stand corrected.
(sitting, actually.)
That doesn’t happen very often! YOU HAVE A BRAIN BIG AS A BASKET BALL! 🙂
That explains why I have so many headaches.
Take bigger aspirin!! 🙂
Latka & Vodka could be the 2AM special at some smoky dive bar where a lounge singer, (think Richard Cheese), is playing the piano while belting out his rendition of hits.
I guess the comments on this thread have veered off topic. I hope you don’t mind.
I’m at the harbor right now looking at boats. Maybe they’re yachts, I don’t know what differentiates a boat from a yacht from a ship. Size maybe?
Anyway, I’m looking at sailing vessels. It would be nice to live on a boat. A 20-30 footer would be sufficient for me. I could sail to Japan, Alaska, Hawaii or Australia. I could cut through the Panama Canal and hit the Atlantic, then travel north to Europe. I could stop at little islands along the way, do some fishing, and try to avoid pirates.
The only part I haven’t figured out is how I’m going to pay for all this.
That does sound nice.
Adventurous yet comfy.
Unless you get seasick.
You could follow shatterediris’ example and creep up behind an owner of a yacht at night and knock him unconscious with a blunt object, then grab his keys and sail away as quickly as possible.
J/k
That’s not how this Skipper rolls.
Taking something from someone else without asking permission first is called stealing. Stealing is only ok when you’re stealing from the government or from corporations. (And you don’t get caught).
Besides, those yachts look like they’re outfitted with GPS tracking systems. It would be difficult to hide in the open ocean.
Has anyone ever tried Alter Ego chocolate from San Francisco? It’s pretty good, and the bonus is that, apparently by purchasing this chocolate, one is helping replenish the Amazon with trees (which help absorb excess carbon dioxide/ C02).
(The farmers who grow cacao also helm a reforestation project.)
Nah, I don’t have much of a sweet tooth.
Seems like a worthwhile cause though, I guess.