What is "giving a rip"? Rip? huh? Now, in looking it up, I've learned a new acronym - DILLIGAR (do I look like I give a rip?). I'm not sure that would work well in texting or email because of the "look" part, maybe it would have to be IDGAR, or make it IDGAS. Is this common and I'm just discovering it?
This last week, I've been inappropriately telling people how I feel 'off' and can't explain it. They looked at me strangely as you expect they would. One attempt at it was allergies since the air has been hazy, then it became emotional allergies, then it became neurotransmitter allergies. I was discussing this weirdness with Beth and CC in the parking lot after dinner last night. Beth suggests, rather out of the blue in a way, that I might be supersensitive to plate tectonics and a big earthquake is coming. I then state that I have been more sensitive to vibrations recently....every time my gluteus maximus twitched, I thought, damn! Was that a little earthquake? So, perhaps Beth is the supersensitive one, or we are Wonder Twins of sorts, because....
Earthquaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake! Sunday evening, about 8:30 p.m., a 5.0 near LA. Where was I? In a movie with Ken, who is a good informative presence to be with on such an occasion. I did remain pretty calm (and darn proud of it!) being that it wasn't terribly long....maybe 10-15 seconds. Also, for the first couple seconds, I thought the movie was vibrating my seat as it tended to throughout due to loudness. Dammit, Jim! I'm a midwesterner, not a .... oh, I dunno. Gotta be something there. I'll work on that. Guess what movie I was in...
Speaking of, I've been compiling this very useful list, which I'm sure the Universe will obey --
Places I Don't Want to Be in a Big Earthquake:
- In the shower
- Changing clothes anywhere
- On the commode
- Waiting at a stoplight under an overpass
- In an elevator
- California
This is it so far.
I was in an earthquake once in Hawaii. It woke me up at about 6 AM. Oh, yeah, and it turned out not to be an earthquake after all -- just a bunch of Marine jets that all broke the sound barrier at about the same time while they were too close to shore. Hmmm. Have I told you this story before?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it was pretty alarming, and I wouldn't want to be in a real one.
Missing you.
I am glad you (and everyone I know in Cali) is safe from the quake!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am jealous that you saw MacGyver!! You know that I use that name as a verb and have since his show has been on the air. Richard Dean Anderson...whew, he takes my breath away! :) Go get me some duct tape and a toothbrush!
Take care of you!!