oh, poop May 9, 2006
Posted by mandaloo in life stuff.trackback
today was good. i have learned that "conference" and "trade fair" are old chinese words for "come and walk around and schmooze and get lots of free stuff to take back and occassionally go to a class or two."
so that's what i did. i was glad that i bought those ugly, flat shoes this weekend b/c i was on my feet most of the day. my pants are too big. that always happens to me… i go in a dressing room and things seem like they fit but then i take the tags off and put them on and BOOM! – they're huge on me. so while i'm at my aunt's house tonight, i'm going to wet them and throw them both in the dryer on super high heat and hope those suckers shrink some.
i got a ton of free stuff that i don't need. but it's fun to go from booth to booth and get coasters and squeezy things and flashing pins and flashlights and cups and stuff. it feels like you've hit the jack pot when you find the "next cool free thing." ha! my company is giving away packs of bluebonnet seeds. not nearly as fun as the free toys, i know. there are these drawings, too – you drop your business card into the jar and hope that you get chosen to receive a free ipod or dvd player or something. and yes… i said "chosen" b/c i was informed today that most of the "drawings" are rigged… companies choose winners from companies/organizations they think they can get work from. i'm not surprised. but i put my name into some applicable jars anyways.
the classes that i attended were all on wastewater, so i am becoming a poop water expert. ha ha ha.
on the way to lunch today, an evil austin bird pooped on my arm. *sigh* i shook my fist at that jerk. it was gross, but i lived. at least it wasn't my head or something. ugh.
what a smelly trade fair.
yay for free stuff.
at the old school district fairs everyone went too, the drawings where often rigged for school that would use the products and services teh companys offered. being from a high tech school, we always came back wtih techie toys and gift cards. never any cool stuff like dvd players or free software.
p.s. when you get back in town, we’ll go shoot some clay birds to show that jerk austin bird what he’s in for.
I always wondered what the odds were of a bird pooping on a person. They seem to be dangerously high.
Oh, and what is that little black plastic barrel? I was going to call dibs on your pile of free stuff, but I’m afraid I don’t know what half of that stuff is! … Or else I already nabbed one from a “free junk convention.”
oh, neener… the odds are high. this was not my first time to be pooped on, believe it or not. the first was when i was heading out of a restaurant to go to fall formal – wearing an expensive gown (and yes – the jerk hit the front of my dress). my date rushed me to a nearby friend’s house and he sat in the bathroom with me… scraping off bird poop, washing it off, and drying it with a blow dryer. it came out, thanks to his efforts, but it was crazy.
the plastic black barrel is a squeezy stress reliever thing shaped like a drum (for waste materials and such). i got more free junk today… most of it is going to jeromy’s neice and nephew… i’m sure they’ll appreciate the fun stuff.