700th Post: Words Sting
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I’m sorry this isn’t worth 2 weeks of waiting, or a great post for my 700th. I must say, you all stumped me this time! I’m afraid that there isn’t much to this story, and your words stick out like sore thumbs. If nothing else, I hope you can relate to the pettiness of many arguments!
“Hey, Janessa, what’s up?”
I suddenly felt shy, though the questioner was my best friend, Rachel. I mumble a satisfactory answer, and she leaves me alone. I slide into my desk as my earrings jingle, stuff my backpack under me, and open up my science notebook.
Our biology teacher, Mrs. Enders, is used to my obstreperous ways, so she is more than glad to have felicity in her classroom rather than my usual shenanigans. Of course, there is no way for her to know that I’m not actually happy. Still, being left alone is an elixir in itself.
As I look down at the diagram of the esophagus in my folder, I can’t concentrate. I unconsciously gulp, thinking of that bitter pill I have to swallow. I close my eyes, but all I can see is Nick’s hirsute arm pushing me away as he laughs.
I then think ahead to sixth hour, band. Perhaps I could ameliorate the situation with Nick then. I can even picture him wetting his bamboo reed and tightening the ligature on his saxophone as I explain how he hurt me, but I am willing to forgive him.
Of course, this problem would have never happened if I had just kept my mouth shut about my cousin’s wedding. From weddings, our discussion went to marriage and finally to domestic duties and the appropriate infrastructure of the home. He joked about wanting an obsequious wife, but I knew he was joking, so it didn’t bug me. I even suggested he should find a magician who could give him some stardust to make his wife obey his every wish. No, that wasn’t it. Instead, the meridian of our argument was something so petty, yet so hurtful.
After class, Nick approaches me as part of his homogenous group of friends. He and David step up to me, but I can tell by the look on David’s face that he intends to stay a mugwump, and is only there because Nick made him come.
“Parlay?”
“Nick, we’re not pirates.”
“Fine, then. truce? Look, Janessa, I was the epitome of a jerk earlier. I thought we were joking around.”
Still, his words stung, because I know what meal I have ready for us when he comes over for dinner for the first time tonight.
“Throwing together a meal in a crockpot isn’t cooking.”
July 29th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Oh – I do like the way you have used all the words. You’ve captured the essence of a petty argument.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:15 am
YEAH for you, Babe…
July 29th, 2009 at 10:02 am
My favorite two lines were:
“Parlay?”
“Nick, we’re not pirates.”
I had flashbacks to Pirates of the Caribbean.
Great job!
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July 29th, 2009 at 10:19 am
That is AWESOME.
July 29th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I loved the “Parlay” sequence too. You did a much better job than you might think, Ronnica, and certainly much better than I could do. I enjoyed it.
July 29th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Congrats on your 700th post! PS: you have a way with words….very entertaining!
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July 29th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
WOW. 700 posts! Congrats!
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July 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Congratulations on the 700th post. That’s awesome. I was wondering how you were going to throw parlay in there – but you did it. And oh, so well, too!
And I agree with your main character – crockpot cooking IS SO cooking! LOL (I have to laugh, though, because often times what I ‘cook’ is what TMB considers ‘heating up’ – like frozen entrees: fish, tator tots, etc)
July 29th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
@Lady Fi: Thanks. We all do it!
@Jacki: One of the best movies ever.
@Caity & Barry: Thanks. I really didn’t feel great about it, though!
@E: Thanks. (I feel like I’m repeating myself!) Words are like really fun play doh!
@Iva: Yeah, that was a toughie, but not as bad as some! I’ve never “cooked” in a crockpot, but I think that it should count. I mean, cooking is really turning into something that’s not edible into something that is, right?
July 29th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
700. Wow. Congrats! And nicely done. Those words weren’t too simple!
July 29th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
That was awesome! I loved the PARLAY bit! Actually it was all great. Well done and congrats on 700 posts!
July 29th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Well done, Ronnica! I was happy to contribute a word this time. Usually I read the post asking for words after the deadline has passed. Congratulations on 700!
July 29th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Obstreperous? Too funny? And what a cute idea. As they say in Texas politics, looks like you made chicken salad out of nothing but droppings!
You asked for 5 special words. Here they are, my dear. Can’t wait to see what you do with these. And felicidades on 700!
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July 30th, 2009 at 2:13 am
hahaha! loved it. i coul see the entire thing happening in the halls of the school i went to, and in the band room too! hehehe. great job. and seriously funny, because when i gave you my word i went with the first word that poppsed into my mind. and here I thought my randomness might just stump you, but you did AWESOME!!!
July 30th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
You did it again. Took me back a few years to school days.
Great story.
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