“Why did you send her here?” my sister whispered angrily into the phone. “She’s driving me insane.”
“I didn’t
send her, she said you invited her!”
“Why would I do that? All she does is bounce around the house like
she’s on crack or something and shout out ideas. Oakley!
You should invent a doorbell that when you ring it, it sounds like a dog
barking! You know, for little old ladies
that live by themselves. Or,
Oakley! What about a horn for the BACK
of your car, so if someone honks at you for no reason, you can honk back? And Oakley!
Can you build a washing machine that is ALSO a dryer all in one so that
people don’t have to move the clothes from one machine to another?”
“Those are
kinda some good ideas, you have to admit, I mean, especially the one about the washing
machine—”
“MOV,
no! Focus. She is here 24/7, in my face.” “How long has she been there?”
“She got here
this morning.”
“Well, then
that is not technically 24/7 because if she hasn’t even been there a day yet,
then—”
“That’s
beside the point. When will she leave? I can’t handle all her ideas, it’s like she
just wakes up thinking about stuff and wanting other people to do it.”
“Umm, that
is sort of what a Muse does, you know?”
“I don’t
know how you can take it.”
“Well, she’s
not here every day, she just shows up when she has something I should write
about, like the other day, she had this cool idea that I could write about what
if we all had to vote on our favorite type of chocolate, and then you had to
wear this tattoo proclaiming what type, and that is how people were grouped,
instead of Democrat and Republican, it would be milk chocolate and dark—”
“Gah, that’s
another thing! She is eating all my
chocolate! I just bought some from that
little European market I like, you know, the one up the street that I can bike
to—”
“Hey, that
reminds me, when are you and Muse going biking?” “Excuse me?”
“Muse said
you were going to bike across America together?”
“She
did? She told you that? Where does she come up with this stuff?! I never agreed to bike with her. I'll bet she doesn't even own a bike.”
(to be
continued …)
MOV
She's so cute and entertaining from afar. I think she'd drive me insane as well. I'd be milk chocolate.
ReplyDeleteMuse is addictive though (cannot say the same for milk chocolate-- my heart belongs to dark!).
DeleteShe ate all the chocolate? Well, that is unacceptable! I'm a dark chocolate gal -- but not too sure about having that tattooed on my person somewhere.
ReplyDeleteJust a little Goidva morsel tattooed on your ankle?
DeleteI love this dialogue. MOV, she ate all the chocolate, there's something perfect about a muse that loves chocolate--if she likes cookies too, send her to my house, that's ALL woman. ":))
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Muse has a bit of a sweet tooth........
DeleteI've heard of a combination washer/dryer before. I don't know that I would trust one, though. It's like a Republican insisting he's also a Democrat, or a milk chocolate person insisting he really likes dark chocolate.
ReplyDeleteThe whole washer/ dryer thing scares me. You know, electricity and water? I always thought they don't go together.
DeleteI would be upset about the chocolate, too. :)
ReplyDeleteMuse needs to replace the chocolate I think.
DeleteThere are definitely combination washer/dryers. A number of people who RV/caravan have them in their RVs. It takes up less space. I've also seen larger washer/dryer combos for sale at appliance and big box stores. They're pretty expensive.
ReplyDeleteMilk chocolate here!
Why am I the last to know about the washer/ dryer thing?
DeleteWow, with all of her adventures, is Muse working on (or having you work on) her own book?
ReplyDeleteHi Andrea, because of you, I gave Muse her own blog. Now people can click on the Muse pic on my sidebar and go to all the Muse archives (she has 13 previous stories). Her blog is called:
Deletewww.AdventuresOfMuse.blogspot.com
Dark chocolate for me, please.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
me too!
DeleteOh my God... the washer/dryer idea is ingenious!
ReplyDeletethank you, but now everyone tells me it is taken......
DeleteYes, as the others have pointed out the washer/dryer combo idea is taken and so is the barking dog bell but the horn in the back, I think is waiting for you to run to a pantent attorney before someone steals your idea.
ReplyDeleteI think Muse is going to not be welcome anywhere if she can't keep her paws off of other peoples chocolate. Muse would lose a hand if she went after white chocolate at my house.
I kinda like the horn that honks in back. :)
DeleteI wouldn't mind tattooing my favorite type of chocolate on my thighs, because that's where it all ends up anyway.
ReplyDeletebwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! classic!
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