What I’m Reading
Mar
10
All The News That’s Fit To Blog
Filed Under Uncategorized
So many things, too many things. What to tell you about? First I guess I will mention that I am having a mini-celebration tomorrow for my Quiz Bowl kids in honor of their undefeated season. I bought them these ridiculous gold paper crowns and ice cream sandwiches and soda and I am pretty sure they are going to pee their pants with excitement over it.
Buying those paper crowns meant going into one of my least favorite stores in the world, iParty. I was dreading it but I had looked everywhere else and I couldn’t find what I wanted and I knew for a fact they had them at the party store. So I dragged Chris with me to the Ghetto Glen Mall, also known as sketchiest mall in America, where the nicest store in there is a Marshall’s. Which is next to a Panda Express, an Old Country Buffet, and a store just called Open Box Store that I am too afraid to go in. Anyway, my trip to the iParty was not going as dreadfully as past experiences, but then it was catapulted into downright delightful with the discovery of this:
The Passover Bag of Plagues! God, it must be awesome to be a Jewish kid these days. Screw Christmas, this thing has locusts and blood! Even better, the back included an inventory for this bag o’ fun.
Cattle Plague! Death of Firstborn in a nine piece puzzle! I tried to make Chris buy it for me but I was denied. I should have bought it for myself and put the lice in his pillowcase.
Afterward we went down to Davis Square to grab some dinner and found that there were about 15 news vans parked all along the road near the train station. Apparently, U2 is performing a super secret, invite-only show at the tiny theater not a mile down the street from me. If I liked U2 and was invited to this super secret show I’m sure this would be very thrilling news, but I do not like U2 and I was not invited anyway, so instead I am going to avoid the Square entirely tomorrow and pray that there will still be parking on my street. Drunk frat boys, beware! I will smash that Solo cup right out of your sloppy hands if you get too near my newly-washed car.
And now Chris is playing XBox online with one of his New York friends. Listening to only half of a conversation that goes something like this: “I just hijacked a sports car! Let me go around the back and meet up with you. No, I’ll come to you! Where are you? Hello? Okay, look at your map,” is like listening to a loved one who has developed Alzheimer’s and is talking to a pile of dirty socks in the corner of the room. Creepy, and a little bit sad.
Comments
23 Responses to “All The News That’s Fit To Blog”
Leave a Reply
I need a Bag O’ Plagues! Why don’t they sell those in Yellowknife?
I can’t believe you didn’t buy the death of firstborn nine piece puzzle!!!
I have seen that bag o’ plagues! It was on the Internet, though, so I didn’t get to see the handy reference card. Thank you so very much for sharing that.
I have many thoughts, but I will try to limit them. First, I think that thing about dust turning to lice and covering everyone will give me nightmares all week. Second, I love that the “TERRIBLE BEASTS!” plague is represented by finger puppets. Finger puppets! Rrraaaawwwrrr! My finger is going to get you! And finally, death of first born, represented by a nine-piece puzzle? NOT a dead baby? That’s the coward’s way out, Rite Lite company…
(I am KIDDING on that last part. After a kerfuffle in my Facebook comments yesterday, I feel the need to clarify that.)
To be fair, I think Kohl’s is the nicest store in that mall. I’d certainly rank it higher than Marshalls. But even so, that’s not saying much.
Bono told me they’re actually playing at the original location of the Littlest Bar in Boston!
I have never heard of this iParty store, but if it has PLAGUES in a BAG, I may have to find one.
Also, I’d kill to go to that U2 concert. Seriously, I’d inflict bodily harm if I had to. I don’t think Bono would approve, but I’d donate some money to Africa to get back in his good graces.
Bag o’ plagues?! WOW. . .that is awesome.
The first time I heard of iParty, I thought, “Has Apple gone and made ANOTHER iProduct?”
But, no.
That is a little bit sad.
But the Bag of Plagues is awesome! I’m glad you took a picture. Darkness was a plague? Dang- I’m cursed with that at least once a day.
That bag of plagues was freaking delightful. I would have totally bought that and then found it years from now, laughed and then wondered why i kept it so long.
U2 secret concert?!?!? I would have been so excited.
NPW….
Did you see that you were featured for this entry on Universal Hub?? http://www.universalhub.com/node/23759
And…..
I HATE HATE HATE iPARTY also. The one near me is in the same shopping center as an IHOP… enough said.
One more thing.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE U2 and I tried mercilessly last week to win tickets on BCN. But alas, I am not attending the thrill of a lifetime.
I mostly like U2, but seeing as how they’ve been performing on TV twice a day every day for the last two weeks, the double secret concert wouldn’t be all that appealing.
“The entire land was enveloped in darkness” = sunglasses. Ha.
Wow. That is quite the thing to gift your child.
J does the talking/Xbox thing sometimes too. I love it when I walk in the room, say something completely idiotic, b/c I’m just talking to J and we are weird and silly, and then realize that one of his friends probably heard me. I just love it.
How does Mick T know Bono? Can he get tickets?
You are dedicated. I hope those kids know how lucky they are to have you.
Mumsie: I wish I really knew Bono! I’ve been a fan since 1979 and would love to have been able to see them in an smaller setting. Alas, I was too young in the early 1980’s to see them before they got really popular. The last smallish event they played in Ireland was Phoneix Park in 1983> I was lucky to attend and it was a small intimidate crowd of 20,000? I was actually lucky enough to be near the stage and there’s was a pic in the paper showing myself and my friends at the gig!
Sure we could all meet-up with a boombox and play “Eleven O’Clock Tick-Tick” at 11pm!
Wow, this is a really nice blog. I have been reading you for the past 20 minutes.
I2 seriously dislike U2
wow. that is really an impressive find, i may have to go check this out myself. why do people hate iparty? everytime i go in there it makes me wish i had a reason to have a super themed out party.
Partyrama in Salem is the same…..always out of whatever I need and the store is a frightful mess.
I am late to the iParty, I see. Stupid bloglines (yes, I am still whining).
I am so glad you took a picture of the bag of plagues. That is all kinds of awesome.
I’m coming to this post a bit late. I added you to my Google reader and then got way behind on all my feeds, so I feel now I should say, HELLO! Fairly new reader here, can’t remember if I’ve ever commented, and it sounds like we live right near each other.
ANYWAY.
1. My parents came to visit recently and since I had been looking for a new chair and have no car of my own, we decided to venture out while I could take advantage of their car. We ended up at that mall… Wow. We DID go into the “Open Box” store, which was totally bizarre, but my favorite was 90s Nails. Both the name and the displays in the window.
2. A friend and I walked over for dinner the night of the U2 show (unintentionally) and it was kind of bizarre but I enjoyed it. People were just sort of milling around in peaceful excitement. I didn’t see any drunk or obnoxious people, it was just more of a festive atmosphere. We ate sushi and then went over and got some ice cream and sat and watched the crowd for a while. So, I’m not really into U2, but I say thumbs up to their fans. If you were going to inconvenience the Square, at you were pretty nice about it.
(That should be “at least you were pretty nice about it,” duh. Hate typos.) (Also, I used “bizarre” twice. Things are strange around here.)