the iron.

sometimes smart people do dumb things. thats all i have to say about that.

st. pattys day is an odd, odd day. dick needed to stop by costco to buy his weekly 64 pack of pepsi (thats an exaggeration. his weekly 32 pack of pepsi) and so i people watched for a good 30mins.

some people go all out for st. patricks day. one woman had a shamrock necklace to match her earrings. one elderly man had a leprechaun hat. one girl dressed up like a leprechaun from head to toe. she is an inspiration to me. most people just wore a hint of green somewhere in their clothing. i appreciated their effort.

and then there are the party poopers. these people seemed to have made an effort NOT to wear green. one snooty old lady was wearing a magenta dress suit. as in, both the jacket and the skirt were magenta. if you can stand going in public wearing that, you could stand wearing green on this one day of the year. i think the world could unite via everyone wearing the same color one day. but its people like this who shatter my dreams for world peace.

the little lad who collects the shopping carts from their "corrals" was my favorite of all. he was wearing a green shirt. that is all the green he wore. but the way he walked, his gander if you will, was that of a leprechaun. he skipped and pranced about as he pushed the carts back to the warehouse. i dont know for sure whether he was trying to look like a leprechaun because it was st. patricks day or if that is just how he normally walks, but either way the effect was wonderous.

donnelly wore green today. he also knocked the iron off the ironing board today. and he picked it up by the part thats metal and hot. i think he may have scalded himself pretty badly. which i would have been concerned about had the premise of what had just happened not been so humorous. i mean, andrew donnelly is an intelligent guy im sure. but picking up an iron by the metal part is something usually saved for looney tunes. im glad it happened backstage at the grapes of wrath.

when youre in a theatre and someone tries to slide in front of you to get in/out, generally the polite thing to do in order to allow them to leave with ease is to stand up. at the matinee, some lady in center section, in the middle of a row of elderly people, decided to leave during curtain call. my fbbf nick thought all of those people standing up to let her out were giving a standing ovation. but then they sat back down. bummer.

meg came and had dinner with me tonight. for some reason when the panera employee asked me my name, i shouted at her as if that was a ridiculous question to ask someone of my stature. then i apologized. and dropped my buzzer. and got a smoothie with a giant straw. and a half cooked grilled cheese.

sometimes when i laugh hard, i cry. at panera, that happened. then i started yelling 'stop it your hurting me!' towards meg to make it seem like she was either doing me some great injustice or (more obviously) harrassing me. good way to wrap up our panera trip.

i wish smart people wouldnt do dumb things.