tequilaanddonuts

tequilaanddonuts
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Seattle, Washington,
Birthday
July 01
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I'm middle aged and pudgy, and I'm sure my roots could stand a touch up. ________________________________________ Most Wednesdays are spent with my mother. She has seized control of my blog. She is quite proud of that fact. ______________________________________ I am occasionally.. ah.. grumpy. There will be rants about things that absolutely do not matter. _____________________________________ I champion elder rights. You want to rile me up? You just show some disrespect to seniors. For the most part, you have time on your side, please show them patience. You'll need that karma on the flip side.

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DECEMBER 26, 2008 10:27PM

Boogie Mom

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 Sign at my mom's retirement home games room

(sign in the games room)

[ring]

"Is that doctor friend of yours still a lesbian?"

"...ah.. yes.  What are you talking about Mom?"

"I was just wondering.  We're bored here.  They're having a movie marathon in the games room.  Everyone is bringing tapes and DVDs."

"How did lesbians come up?"

"Someone brought an Ingmar Bergman movie.  She was a lesbian."

"Mom, Ingmar Bergman was a man.  Why in the world would someone bring an Ingmar Bergman movie to share?"

"Well the theme today is 'Movies You Wouldn't Usually Bring to Movie Night' night.  Are you ever going to come see me again?"

"Mom, you know I'm snowed in right now.  I'd love to come get you, but I can't get out of my driveway."

"I know, I know.  Terri-Sue saw your diary.  Says you're all snowed in with flies and you're acting crazy.  I'm just bored."

"You have enough food?"

"Yes, I'm eating a big tray of Al's Fredo from Costco.  I don't like it, but it's big.  I'm just bored."

"I'm sorry Mom.  I'd come if I could."

"I've been cooped up for two weeks now.  I'm getting punchy.  The only high point of the day is the fact that I've been getting to the newspapers first.  After that, blaaaaaahhhh."

"We're bored here too.  The flies have been a distraction though."

"Maybe I should let a banana rot so I'd have some playmates."

"Don't be sarcastic Mom."

"I'm just teasing.  Okay, I'll call you back later.  The next movie is starting in ten minutes.  I don't know what it is, but there's a sign in the elevator that it's 'FOR WOMEN ONLY'."

"Wow.  I wonder what that's about.  Maybe they're going to tell you about your period."

"::snort:: ...I'll let you know."

[ring]

"Do you think Dirk Diggler's thingie was real?"

"::gasp::"

"Well I guess his was real, but I mean the actor.  Was that real?"

"I'm hanging up."

"Don't you dare hang up on your mother!"

"Was that the WOMEN'S ONLY movie?"

"Yes, Boogie Boy.  So, do you think it was real?  Maybe it just looked that big on the big t.v. down there."

"You all sat around and watched Boogie Nights?"

"Well there wasn't any men there!  We fast forwarded through some of it.   You know, I never learned how to roller skate.  I guess it's too late now."

"Was roller skating in the movie?  I don't remember.  It's been years since I've seen it."

"Yes, there was this roller skating girl.  She did it on roller skates.  I won't be doing that in this lifetime."

"Good to know Mom."

"So, was it the actor's real thingie?  How would they stick on a fake one?  If they glued it, it would hurt.  Maybe they made a cartoon of one and flashed it over his real thingie."

"Mom.  I think I read that it wasn't real.  They made a rubber prosthetic for the actor to wear."

"How did they get it to stick on?"

"I don't know Mom."

"Well I just called to let you know about the movie.  I came back up to make some microwave popcorn.  They won't let us use the one in the break room anymore since Mave put the popcorn in for ten minutes the last time."

"Is the next movie co-ed?"

"Yes, it's Basic Instinct.  Someone said it would balance out Boogie Boy."

"Gee Mom, why don't you guys just have porn night?"

"Don't be disrespectful!  We're just trying to have some fun.  We're old.  We earned it!"

"Okay, okay.  I want you to have fun.  I miss you."

"I miss you too baby.  I'll call and tell you about the movie.  Supposedly there's this one scene where you see her who-haw!"

"Yes, Mom.."

"Don't ruin it for me!  I wanna see it for myself.  Love you."

"Love you too."

 

 

 

 

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(apologies to those that asked to be mailed with a Mom Day notice - my mail box here is such a mess, I can't find all the requests)
Hilarious. Now I see where you got your zany sense of humour. rated
Fun! All kidding aside, T and D, I am holding you are your family
safely in my thoughts. Take care and don't freeze your butt off,
unless you want to! That goes for ::Dear Leader:: as well.
Oh, Tequila...I'm crying a bit, that was funny. I can't count the number of times I'd walk into one of my care facilities to find a large population of wheel-chair bound dementia patients watching Jerry Springer because that's what the aide staying with them wanted to watch...

(Needless to say, that practice changed every time once I had the 'process talk' with the facility administrator. I think I would have collected scalps if I'd walked in on them watching Boogie Nights...)

::bump::

(Hope you got the virtual delivery, btw)
Oday otnay elltay erhay aboutyay hetay eliveryday!
Oops, I meant "Virtual Drosophila Reduction Kit"...
What are you two talking about?
Um...yeah...well, see...um...you wanna take this Freaky?
I now have a picture in my mind of all those elderly ladies giggling and oogling Boogie Nights... can't wait to hear what they thought of Basic Instinct. All I can say is I hope I'm that damn lucky when I'm their age!

You know, Deven, lots of babies are born 9 months after big snowstorms... I'm not suggesting conception, just, well, it beats hitting fruit flies all night.
::gasp:: THE HORROR SALLY! No no no no no! I have a friend that just had a baby. She's 43. No way, no how.

Freaky just went scampering off. She's covered in Cheez dust.
Wtshing you a happy new Mom Year Deven.
You are very funny! I liked the tags you used to. This was so good.
John Holmes would be proud. Rated for membership.
Ingmar Bergman was a lesbian man?
Your mom is awesome.
Does your mom give laid back mom lessons? If so my mom REALLY could use them! I'm getting pretty desperate here. My mom still asks me if I've changed the oil in my car and how my tires are. I long to talk about man meat with her, at least periods...
Maybe if they showed Boogie Nights at my grandma's nursing home she'd be in a better mood :D. I'll suggest it to my mom, hehe.
Wow... just wow.

Thanks for the belly laugh. I love her calling it "Boogie Boy."

That was just too much...
this was an eye opener. dirk diggler in the Home! and i thought ingmar bergman was a lesbian too.
It's not real??!!! I heard he blacked out each time he got excited. Oh well...
I love your mom's home! Perfect! I'd love to be a fruit fly (NOT on your counter) but in that rec room while they watched it. You may need to liveblog this for us...
Hope your snow (if you have claimed ownership that is) is melting, but not. too. fast.
Why, when I think of folks in a senior home watching soft porn, does the term "all revved up and no place to go" come to mind?

I love your mom. :)
Great post and I hope it was fake. Congrats on making the cover of salon.com.
Awesome! How did they get that on him? God. Still giggling.
maybe someone said Ingmar Bergman was Lebanese...
Roger, this is true, but you'd have to understand how the ladies watch movies. I'd explain it, but I'm bored to tears and still snowed in. I'm thinking about calling Mom later and getting her take on some of the movies they watched and reporting back. I wonder if she liked Basic Instinct.

Jess, my mom is strung tight too. I edit our conversations down. Since the snow, she calls a few times a day to see if our power has gone out. She calls a few times a day to report that she still has power. As far as the car stuff, oh lord, don't get me started.

Thanks for the comments guys. The flies seem appreciative too.
Sorry Tequila, I didn't mean that I hoped that the post was fake, but Dirk Digglers appendage:)
Your mom is a riot, she is her own entertainment show. Those women watching Boogie Nights??? I want to be doing that when I'm her age.
pffffffttt... I'm such a dink Roger. I probably projected that meaning because when Mom called to tell me that were watching Boogie Nights I thought to myself, "no one is going to believe this."

Later this weekend, I'm going to post instructions on how you can form your own Mom Movie Night, and do it just like the ladies at the retirement apartment.
Keep it comin' Deven - it's all bad sad news whenever I bring in my morning copy of The Washington Post.

Big belly laughs are preferable. HA! Your ma rocks.
I wanna see it for myself.

I can relate, mom; I can relate.
Your mom is hysterical! Good for her!!!
What an awesome post! You and yr mom are just adorable, and the love you have for each other just shines through in every post. And what's cool is that you don't idealize things, even as you edit them down.

My mom's getting older too, and she can be a pain sometimes. "Yes mom, I always wear a helmet. And yes, I'm still dating the woman with the tattoos..... No, I got laid off, I didn't get fired." It's them getting even for all the hell we put them through for 18 years.

I have access to my mom's Netflix queue, and occasionally I'll throw her a little changeup to all the Bette Davis and Joan Crawford: "Yes mom, in the end it turns out he was really a man, but the point is that in the end it doesn't really matter, because they loved each other."

Just be glad the home doesn't have pay per view.
Yeah, my mom loved Boogie Nights too. And the best Mother's Day we ever had was the year we went to go see Fargo together.
Are they going to watch Requiem for a Dream next week? ;-)
Oh goodness - I have tears running down my face from laughing so much. Dirk Diggler's thingie?....lol.

I can visualise these lovely girls commenting and discussing his appendage and whether it was fake or not.

Gosh you will have to tell us all what she thought of Basic Instinct.
It's nice to see some people still know how to live.
And a sense of humour.
A great read.Thanks.
It's finally raining, thank god. Free at last...
hee hee As always, I love your mom.
Awesome, as usual. It cracks me up your mom is having more fun than you are! Hope you get to escape your house soon!
If I EVER have to have a conversation like that with my mom, it will end with a gunshot on my end! :-D

rated!
whitenoise, I am so going to suggest The Crying Game!
Hope you thaw soon, Deven. I can't imagine there being much of a fruit fly population left at your place now.

Thanks for the mom stories - they always make me smile.

::GRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLL::

(That's just for you, in case your mom hasn't growled at you lately)

Thumbed.
Deven, I think you and your mom are the next great comedy team. Seriously.
you and your mom always make me smile. thanks - I totally needed that. hope you're digging out soon.