Fish Out of Water

Musings and observations about life from an East Coast native now living on the Left Coast in the California State Capitol since 2004. This fish has made her home in Madison, WI (7 years); Portland, OR (2 years); Las Vegas, NV (7 months); Middlebury, VT (3 summers); Marne-la-Vallee, a small town east of Paris, France (6 months); Middletown, CT (3 years); and Marshfield, MA, the fish's coastal hometown 40 miles south of Boston (17 years).

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Location: Sacramento, California, United States

8.25.2004

Poor Pete

So Pete the Planned Parenthood protestor was pouting profusely yesterday, perchance because Pete prefers to protest with his posse but Pete was protesting solo with only the peaceful paltry three female prayers for companionship. Poor Pete.

Pete definitely gets riled when he's ignored or when I stand and smile angelically at him as he attacks PPMM or tries to get under my skin with his comments. And he certainly doesn't like that I know and use his name. So he decided to bestow his own monikers on me and on an older gentleman who has become a regular escort. According to Pete, we're now going to be known as "Mabel" and "Jake."

Hmm. Think that's some sort of veiled reference to Cain and (M)Abel? As I mentioned to my other younger escort colleague, he should perhaps be named "Elwood" to pair with "Jake." But this escort suggested "Steve" instead, as in "Adam & Steve." I'm guessing Pete might miss both of those references...

Pete also started to preach to us about how short this life is compared to eternity, and he decided to use the analogy of snaps to make his point. So Pete and the older escort only have about half a snap left, whereas I and the younger escort have two snaps left. But maybe only one and a half. And perhaps even less than that, since I could get hit by a car tomorrow.

I particularly liked the snaps bit and suggested that Pete was taking lessons from the Fab 5, but he didn't at all understand that comparison. He thought the Fab 5 was a music group of some kind. Poor Pete. He really should brush up on his pop culture references.

Snap! Snap! Snap! (with accompanying Z shape in the air, of course)

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

LNJ says-
If I start snapping and singing, could I be a Jet?

12:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

LNJ wonders-

In reference to the Fab 5... you had mentioned Pop culture. Fab 5 is in there a lot. I assume that you refer to US woman's soccer, but the 1992 Michigan basketball team that went to the NCAA Finales that year was also known as the Fab 5. Furthermore, if you go into the history of Rap music you have Fab 5 as well, although, that Fab 5 is not a group, but one man.

I know, I know... I shouldn't give Pete's cause or claim any help, but I wondered as well, upon first reading, if you were referancing woman's soccer or the old Michigan basketball crew.

9:15 AM  

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