Crime theme

Sis and I have been sitting around enjoying some good gallows humor.

Her favorite story: She worked as a mental health counselor for Oregon state. When a client was drifting backwards, he was said to be decompensating. One day the receptionist came to get Sis, alerting her that a client was in the lobby decomposing.

My favorite (and, yes, I have told you this before): The ad agency account executive was suffering from narcolepsy. The person delegated to explain his absence to the client unfortunately announced he was suffering from necrophilia. Either way, the client was no doubt glad he was gone.

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The crime scene:
Crime scene

The victim:
The victim

The suspect:
The suspect

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Since moving out here to Strangeville, I have not had great luck building up a circle of women friends, well, except for the coven. In my campaign to spend less time sitting in the corner sucking on the mop (my aunt’s phrase for sulking), I’ve been trying to meet more people. So far I’ve met the Odd One who works at the nursing home and is a true believer in vampires. But she stays out too late for me.

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The way we treat a throw rug at our house is a crime. The collie sheds on it, the pup unravels it, Charlie rolls on it making disgusting grunting noises, and Bella, well she actually grunts on it. It’s a dog’s life for a rug on the back nine.

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  1. Comment by Archie | 04/29/08 at 7:00 pm

    It seems it is a dog’s life for rabbits in your home :)

  2. Comment by Gina | 04/30/08 at 7:05 am

    I have a brother in law who likes to talk about his acid reflux - or as he calls it - his “sarcophagus problem”

  3. Comment by Quiana | 04/30/08 at 9:48 am

    I’m sorry that you are having a rough time up there in the rain shadow. It is sometimes really hard to get into a new group of interesting people. In my experience, once you make one solid acquaintance you can usually mooch right into a group of awesome people.

    Have you considered attempting to volunteer with a local charity? I know that you are super-swamped, but like-minded intellectuals flock together and I find that they usually recognize their own, once they are thrown in together.

    I volunteer at a few different places and 70% of the people there are very nice (very nice, by which I mean, not terribly brilliant), and 20% are wee bit with the crazy, but I find the little 10% awesome crowd and muscle in on that action.

    If you were in Seattle I would tell you to come on over and plop into my good chair.

    Good luck! I’m sure you don’t need much though, I like you and I hardly like anyone.

  4. Comment by Mister | 04/30/08 at 10:28 am

    When I was young, I would read in the paper about people who broke sodomy laws, and I never quite understood exactly what that crime was. Couldn’t get any straight answers about it, either. I was a young adult, I think, before I finally realized is was a catch-all term borrowed from biblical tradition. In our day, it had come to mean doing anything with your body that lawmakers didn’t want you to do.

  5. Comment by Jennifer | 04/30/08 at 10:32 am

    Oh, do I hear you on the difficulties of making new/close friendships as an adult. I don’t know if you read Jonniker, but she lamented about that a few weeks ago, and the commenters jumped in with agreement. It’s here (in her archives) if you’re interested: http://www.jonniker.com/?p=473

    Seems to me that adults are so busy that we don’t make the time to put in the effort to meet people and then follow up. And our potential adult friends are in the same boat - not much time, and many other things going on in their/our lives. And maybe the second problem is, as adults are we more guarded? Not as willing to let others in? Too anxious to retreat back to the safe turtle shell of our own home and comfort and away from risky new people? Gah.

    Too bad we don’t live closer, if it weren’t an (undependable) ferry ride plus many miles of road between PA and B’Ham, we could totally hang together. We could meet at the coffeeshops, that’s safe ground!

  6. Comment by Linda | 04/30/08 at 11:56 am

    Quiana and Jennifer, you raise many good points. A friend of mine is a Chicago transplant to Bend, OR … she says the new people that still need friends are all so, well, needy. I have always preferred the 10%, too, Q. About aging, I seem to be entering a second childhood. I have strong opinions, but have managed to keep them to myself most of my adult life. This has allowed me to get to know all types of folks. But now I bleat out beliefs left and, well NEVER, right. I am prickly as a porcupine. I haven’t been this opinionated since high school! Anyway, one of these days, we all three need to meet up. Have car, will travel.

  7. Jan
    Comment by Jan | 04/30/08 at 5:15 pm

    Oh dear, you are more opinionated than you were 20-some years ago??? I can’t believe it - how wonderful!

    Not every new woman to Bend is needy - I just seem to attract them. I require outspoken and funny people in my life - not merely breathing. On second thought, the air is thin up here so breathing (in order to laugh) is a good thing.

    You have always attracted very special people in your life - you will find a friend whose thoughts compliment yours, laughs when it’s appropriate (or not appropriate) and shares your passion of shopping for very cool shoes.

  8. Comment by Carolyn J. | 04/30/08 at 8:16 pm

    Did you see this?

    http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/04/good-thing-he-h.html

    This type of crime is on the rise.

  9. Comment by Linda | 05/01/08 at 6:11 am

    Carolyn: Wonderful. As is the Sarcophagus, Gina.

  10. Comment by Jennifer | 05/01/08 at 11:24 pm

    There is a cool shoe store in Fairhaven (south end of Bellingham mini-city-center), I’ll show you when you’re up here for the Char-broiled Red Toyotas festival.

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