That Moment...

TMW you decide to pick a fight (on the internet, no less) with a friend who likes using rape metaphors in his support of his favorite team.

ETA: And it seems the wannabe mouth-rapists preferred team lost. I assume he'll be on his knees soon to pay his forfeit?

Probably not.

 

TMW you are re-working the first chapter of your fantasy and your MC is now enjoying her first smoke under the teachings of her friend.

Great, Mishu's now a smoker.

 

That moment when it isn't over, but you're getting so sick of all the broken promises that you're starting to think it probably should be.

 

LOL! Forgot about him....

 

TMW that I just realized that both my fantasy AND my historical mystery have the horrid 'I Am Your Father/Mother' cliche. True, my fantasy's "twist" isn't that the reveal isn't from a villain to the character, but... damn. Gonna have to figure out how to avert the hell out of this.

 

TMW you realize a phrase that your dad used to say all the time, that you actually used in your first book as a tribute to him...was in fact a quote from the movie Caddyshack.

 

"So I got that going for me, which is nice" ?

Just a shot in the dark, but one of my favorites.

 

Nope, it's "The world needs ditch diggers too."

hashtag my dad was not an OG

 

TMW you almost need a change of pants because of some road maniac who decides it's absolutely safe to pass a tractor right before a hill on an icy road when you can't even see if there's a car coming ahead... Holy shit of course there's gonna be a car coming ahead, it's 9am!

It was a close call, but I'm still painting mental pictures of the ugly accident two cars colliding at 80km/h would've made, and I bet me and the tractor would've joined that merry crash too had it happened.

 

Occasionally The Force is with you.

 

I was just watching some dashcam videos of just that sort of thing yesterday. Not so much fun IRL.

 

That moment when your best friend asks you if Yoda is your favourite character in Lord of the Rings.

 

I've watched those dashcam vids from Russia. Crazy stuff.

One of the most common things I see around here is gross speeding on icy roads. This week has been particularly harsh winter-wise, yet people are driving like it's summer...

 

About two or three years ago, we got snow that actually stuck. Osaka is at about 34 and a half degrees north latitude, so somewhere between Los Angeles and Gibraltar, if that makes any sense. I'd say it was two to five centimeters on the ground, but the blacktop roads were all just wet/slightly slushy.

The city cancelled the bus service for the day, and all the taxis were running tire chains! On simply wet roads. That's the first time in fifteen or so years I've seen snow actually stick, why the hell do they even own tire chains?

 

Lol! Never used snow chains myself. it's usually around December people realize they should probably change to winter tyres...

 

TMW you enjoy your job so much you hum to yourself.

(Hums Battle Hymn of the Republic)

 

Is it safe to hum that down there?

 

Considering no one flayed me alive for singing "that dad-gum Yankee song", I think I'm in the clear. But I did learn that they have a name for Northerners who come down to the South during the winter: "Snowbirds".

 

That moment when your boyfriend cancels your plans for Valentine's day and you're not sure if it's because he's still sick from the bug he just had or if he's planning to break up with you.

Followed by that moment when it wasn't because he wanted to break up with you, but you're both forced to acknowledge the fact that it isn't working and break up anyway. Still on Valentine's day, and on facebook.

 

Haha yeah I had one the other day. Some random twerp posted a pic of a woman with a bald head and it read 'My husband thinks I won't get many likes because of cancer...blah blah blah'. Needless to say, I didn't share the post, but I did comment on it saying 'Well then, your husband is a c***.' It was...cathartic lol