Funky Fresh Fate

Funky Fresh Fate

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
I walked out of the pooping closet and informed my husband, "From now on, you will address me as Super Ferret Funky Fresh."Olivier pulled the toothbrush from his mouth. "Why?" He asked, slightly muffled by foam."It's my hip-hop name. I decided that I needed one just now when I was pooping," I said.He shrugged and turned to spit into the sink. "Okay. Super Ferret Funky Fresh. Got it."The next morning, I was informed that I would now be referring to Olivier as Hyper Furry From the Galaxy. There was really only one thing left for us to do: sing a theme tune.Which we did. It was only a matter of time before we had a hyper-funky mix safely stored away in iTunes.Several months later, we were walking through the mall in Créteil after another annoying visa-related visit. We passed a myriad of the typical stores that one would expect to find in a mall.We eventually came upon one particularly in-your-face...
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Monaco

Monaco

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
"...I had a continual restless feeling that there was nothing at all real about Monte Carlo; that the sea was too blue to be wet, the casino too white to be anything but pasteboard, and that from their very greenness the palms must be cotton. ... in atmosphere and spirit the entire kingdom of Monaco is an extension of the casino."  - Willa CatherHad it not been for attending the Monaco Grand Prix with our visiting American friends, I don't think that Olivier & I would have had much motivation to travel to Monaco.  Everywhere I looked, I saw only boats & buildings.Oh...excuse me - yachts.We had actually driven all the way from our home near Paris to the in-laws' house in l'Auvergne (central France) when we realized that we had forgotten the Grand Prix tickets.Damn.Luckily, it turned out to be no big deal - a phone call was made & duplicate tickets were issued.  All we had to do...
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Tomatoes, Travel & a Change of Scenery

Tomatoes, Travel & a Change of Scenery

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
Wow...it's been a while since I posted anything on here.  The reason being that I'm really not that interesting.  Ok...that's bullshit.  I'm actually quite interesting, it's just that I'm fucking lazy & have lost touch with my writing mojo lately.So, what have I been up to?  Well, I've switched to a stronger deodorant.  It seems to have been a wise decision.I've also been fancying myself as quite the gardener lately.  Out on our balcony mint, basil, catnip & tomatoes are thriving.  I'll soon be adding an avocado tree & maybe even a bean that I'll grow in a Styrofoam cup.  Well, maybe I'll skip the bean project.  It's too bad that I hate tomatoes, though...I just don't see how anyone can eat those slimy, stinking things.The balcony is just one perk to moving out of Paris.  Another is the view, which has gone from this:To this:Sometimes, we can even have ridiculous amounts of wine & meat outside...So, what else have...
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Sinners, Marriage & Mockery

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“I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints Sinners are much more fun...” -Billy Joel ◊ So there was this woman that was living in sin – yeah, you know what that means – the avoidance of matrimony, holy or otherwise, and she had the nerve to live under the same roof with a man. “I don’t know if he’s the one," she said.“I’m not ready for that,” she said.Of course the parents that she was stuck with – the ones that she never saw – didn’t approve of this one bit.“It goes against the Bible," they said.“We don’t know what to tell our friends," they said.Well, this woman just went on living her life because she knew that trying to please them was a waste of time and would only create misery for herself. She was selfish like that.She cared even less about their Bible or their friends. She was an asshole like that.“You should really think about marriage,” her stepmother...
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Contribute to the Silence

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
“He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.” -Lao Tzu“There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.” - Albert Guinon (1863 - 1923)“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.” - Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)“It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)Sometimes I wonder why you feel like you have to answer for me whenever someone else asks me a question.  Maybe it’s because you think that I can’t answer for myself.  Wait…nah…that’s not it.  If it were, I suppose that you’d be capable of responding correctly, rather than shitting out of your mouth.It must be the same reason that you feel like you have to be the one talking whenever someone else is speaking...
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13 Reasons Why I’m a TV Junkie

13 Reasons Why I’m a TV Junkie

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1. PRISON BREAK Yeah, yeah...I know...this show just hasn't been as good since the 1st season. I've heard you & still don't care. I'll be there when season 4 starts up. However, I do miss Michael's tattoo.    2. SCRUBS If nothing else, it's worth watching this show just to see the janitor & hear what bizarre & hilarious thing he'll say next.    3. 24 Honestly, the last couple of seasons pissed me off & I wondered why I was still watching. Then, I remembered that I wasn't obligated to keep tuning in. I swore that I was done with this show...then I found out that they were bringing Tony Almeida back, so...yeah...playing the Tony card to win back viewers wasn't a bad idea.     4. MY NAME IS EARL Sometimes I wonder if I should start my own list of bad things that I've done...then I think of how much work that would be & how it probably...
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