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Tue, November 21
Minding My Manners
On Sunday night on our way home from dinner Brooklyn, J got on my case for talking with my mouth full. To be fair, I had told him I get the feeling that sometimes he silently judges my eating habits ever since the time he yelled at me for eating directly off of an appetizer plate of fried calamari instead of putting it on my own plate first. And I got SUPER PISSED at him because:
a) he should be so lucky to have me, period.
b) I hung out with his friends and family ALL DAY and entertained them with my wit and charm.
c) I don't get on his case for not unpacking the boxes that have been in the apartment for five months, or say, using two q-tips instead of one when cleaning his ears.
d) I don't yell at him for not cleaning the bathroom (his one chore) in a timely fashion while I'm the one to do the laundry, vacuum, and dust. I'm a veritable house mouse.
It was minor, but in the end, I think he was in the wrong for picking on me. He reduced a whole fun day of me listening to his friend's problems, hung with them for hours and didn't mind them tagging along with us on our couply day, to the fact that I talk with food in my mouth.
Which is really wrong of me, but that's neither here nor there.
I also discovered that I have a new nervous tick but it took one of Jesse's friends and a waiter in Brooklyn to point it out. I don't look people in the eye and tend to stare at a spot on their shoulders. The waiter got really hot and bothered by this. I asked him what he recommended more, the risotto or the fish, and instead of responding he yells out exasperatedly, "What?! Why do you keep staring at my T-shirt?!?" I had no idea I was staring at his T-shirt. It wasn't that cool of a T-shirt, jeez dude, calm down. Wierd, huh?
I told Emily about my inability to look some people in the eyes, and she said, "Now why do nervous ticks exist, but there aren't any confident or calm ticks?" Good point!
Posted by lexzog at November 21, 2006 03:10 PM
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