this 'n' that

So, until I can get in for my crown installation (appt. May 11th) I have this freak abomination of a tooth where they did my root canal. Luckily, it's located off to the side a bit, so it's not immediately noticeable. No worries. It made me think though, that it would be sort of a hoot to have a tee shirt that read--

"PLEASE EXCUSE OUR APPEARANCE WHILE WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION"

Well, I thought it a funny notion, anyways. And it wouldn't just apply to the very specific niche of people who are awaiting cosmetic dentistry. There a hundred (or so) different ways one could consider oneself "under construction". Might appeal to the huuuuuge segment of the populace trying to drop a few lbs. Or you could be for someone between dye jobs , who's plagued with hideous white hanks of hair. (relevant tangent: My own coiffure happens to be in a bad way right now, actually. Next week being semana de cinco de mayo, I might just sport a sombrero until my Thursday evening hair appointment. Note to self: see where you might procure a sombrero quickly and cheaply; preferably a sombrero that is *not* infested with the swine flu)

I was so pleased with my tee notion, that the other night I was trying to think of other things that would be good on a tee shirt. Well, I was driving at the time, and so mostly I was pondering this to keep me from nodding off and waking up amidst twisted Taurus wreckage in a ditch. I was not coming up with a damn thing until some Biggie Smalls started playing on my iPod and I thought maybe "I Love it When you Call me Big Poppa" would be good on a tee. And in my mind's eye, this hypothetical tee had a pic of Papa Smurf on it. Oh yeah, I went there. . . I have no fear of the MINDBLOWINGLY CORNY.

Bought some stuff from Amazon the other day...

For my niecies: What Do you Say Dear?
What Do You Do Dear? (both by Sesyle Joslin)
Animals of the Ocean, in Particular, the Giant Squid (Dr Doris & Benny Haggis-on- Whey)
for yours truly: Little Dorritt DVD. I had DVRed some of this miniseries as it ran on Masterpiece Classic, but had missed an episode here or there, and YOU KNOWS I can't stand to watch things in bits & pieces like that. I like this stuff ab ovo and in its entirety. I am kind of rooting for a drab rainy day tomorrow so's I feel justified into settling down to watch this whole thing -- all 452 minutes-- in one sitting. We shall see...