Let us rejoice and be glad
Dave, Beth’s husband who always ends up with half of his meal on his face and who owned half cow print, half acid wash shorts in college, took this photo of Leta and me doing a Hava Nagila dance in front of the truck I had parked in front of their crazy neighbor's house. You can't see it from the perspective of this picture, but those neighbors had taped hand-made signs to the trees in front of their house that said, "DO NOT PARK HERE." Now, come on. That's 1) illegal and 2) just plain ornery. And the best way to fight ornery is with ornery.
So I parked RIGHT THERE in front of their trees and celebrated my defiance with a little jig.
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Stephen McKenna said:
This hair situation MUST to be addressed pronto. It looks like you have a receding hair line, mullet/rat tail disaster on your head and I just can't believe this can actually be true.
Unbelievably sexxy legs and shoes though!
11.18.04 - 06:33 AM / 1Em said:
Awesome. Jig of Defiance! You go.
11.18.04 - 06:27 AM / 2Maz said:
C-R-A-Z-Y neighbors - wow! I'd be freaked out - good for you dancing the little jig!!!
11.18.04 - 06:28 AM / 3megan said:
OMG, WEEVILS! I should have been invited to that tupperware party (so what if I live in CA and you don't know me?) because we have HAD weevils, and they are nasty, stubborn, fly-out-of-a-corner-after-you-think-you-got-them-all BASTARDS. Obvisouly, I need tupperware. And lots of it.
11.18.04 - 06:28 AM / 4Karen Rani said:
OMG - from the thumbnail pic, I thought you were gonna show us a pic of a rooster....I love your shoes and I covet thy legs!!
Hugs,
Karen
11.18.04 - 06:29 AM / 5Mo said:
we had neighbors like that once. the lady would actually run out of her house and yell "WHY-ARE-YOU-PARKING-THERE!!!??" To which we would answer carefully, while backing away slowly, "because i can...?"
its folks like that who give other crazy cat people a bad, crazy name.
11.18.04 - 06:30 AM / 6Sonia said:
Damn, and I thought my legs were long! I mean... damn!
Don't those people know that "Do Not Park Here" translates to "Please Park Here Because I'm a Huge Asshole and Deserve To Be Annoyed"?
11.18.04 - 06:31 AM / 7Sarah said:
Karen Rani....I am so glad you said that about the rooster! I totally though the same exact thing, and then thought I was just a freak.
Oh wait. I am a freak. Oh well!
Just glad I'm not a lonely freak.
.....
I am Jewish, by the way...I just said I'm not a 'good' Jew.
11.18.04 - 06:32 AM / 8abc said:
How is it that crazy people always marry crazy people? They sound like they have Parnoid Personality Disorder and they FOUND EACH OTHER. Amazing. Beth should stick a telescope at her window. that would really freak em out.
11.18.04 - 06:32 AM / 9Liz said:
Way to piss off the neighbors! Yay!
11.18.04 - 06:04 AM / 10beachgal said:
I want to know more about those shoes! I'm trying to enlarge the picture, to get a better look, but it's not working!! Please...show a larger picture of the shoes!
11.18.04 - 06:06 AM / 11Heather 2 said:
I would start visiting Beth more often, with the main purpose being to park in front of their tree. They're TOTALLY asking for it.
11.18.04 - 06:08 AM / 12Paige said:
I think it's much more awesome to be LAST LAST OMG I'M LAST WOO HOO I was doing other things, then saw a post, and holy crap, I'M LAST!
P.S. I'd leave the truck there all friggin' night. Maybe even sleep in it. Then just wave to the crazy people when they look at you through the windows. Yep.
11.18.04 - 06:08 AM / 13The Other Brian said:
Fighting ornery with ornery rocks!
11.18.04 - 06:15 AM / 14jen said:
you go, girl :D
11.18.04 - 06:16 AM / 15popsicle said:
a couple of important notes-
-i love the red shoes.
-since everyone else commented how long your legs are, i think i will comment on how much i like those jeans.
-beth's story is wacked. i would cover their signs with "Park Here Please" and see how long you can get away with it. 'shut your blinds' - sheesh - how about 'shut your mouth, mad crazy spooky cat loving neighbor, go crawl back in your hole'.
11.18.04 - 06:18 AM / 16Drew said:
Heather, you are truly a lady after my own rebellious heart. If you shouldn't do it, then you must!
Those neighbors are FREAKY! I wouldn't be able to resist a little harrassment myself.
11.18.04 - 06:18 AM / 17Regan said:
funky red shoes! the perfect shoes for ornery hava nagila dances. and ass-kicking in general ;)
11.18.04 - 06:21 AM / 18Jenny said:
Look at those long legs - I wish! Lucky Leta - such good genes! My sister stole all the tall genes ... and I got the stumpy ones :(
11.18.04 - 06:22 AM / 19elissa said:
wow, you sure are leggy. :)
11.18.04 - 05:52 AM / 20Jessica Raab said:
I just read that whole scary neighbor story. Eek. I especially enjoyed the ironic twist of dedicating a whole page on the web to paranoid freaks who want their privacy.
On an unrelated note, I'm jealous that you can eat all those wings and still be a supermodel.
11.18.04 - 05:53 AM / 21Marie said:
love that shit-eating grin on heather's face!!
and beth's story freaked me the fuck out....wtf?
11.18.04 - 05:56 AM / 22Mo said:
HEY!!
This sidewalk is for REGULAR-WALKIN!!
NOT FUNNY-WALKIN!!
(fight the power!)
11.18.04 - 05:56 AM / 23maura said:
what a scary neighbor....looks like you both have interesting *friends* next door! ha ha ha ha! i would do the EXACT same thing....what else do they expect with a home made illegal sign?
where can i get legs like that?
11.18.04 - 05:56 AM / 24FrenchBenj said:
I thought you were a blonde these days. Is it the return of poopy red?
11.18.04 - 05:57 AM / 25Brooke said:
YOu have some looong legs, lady.
11.18.04 - 05:58 AM / 26pismire said:
Might as well teach the ornery jig to Leta while she's young.
11.18.04 - 06:00 AM / 27krissy pants said:
While in college I attended a Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity formal, otherwise known as Sammies. The Sammies were a bunch of quirky, charming young Jewish men. And I was a naive little shiksa. It was here that I first danced the Hava Nagila. I was put in a cheap reception hall chair and the boys lifted me up above their heads dancing around, then dropped me on the portable, faux wood dance floor because they were so drunk.
Oh, where has my youth gone?
11.18.04 - 06:01 AM / 28susu said:
Uhhhh... the hair? THE HAIR? What did you do to your HAIR?
11.18.04 - 06:03 AM / 29Jenny said:
Did you scream IN YOUR FACE? I might have.
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