(edited for spelling, slightly abbreviated - 'cause we go on and on and on.....)
Marin: For you, of course. I'm still in the brunch zone.
11:47 me: feidl trip for a bagel? (OK, that IS a typo)
Marin: I did just have a bagel. We get free donuts, bagels and fruit on Fridays at the office.
11:48 And I have an apple waiting for mid-afternoon crash time.
What I don't have is cookies.
me: (I am NOT singing the cookie song. Or maybe I AM)
Marin: And doing the cookie dance to go along with it.
I can hear you from here.
me: actually, am drinking fruit smoothie.
11:50 Marin: That sounds pretty good too. I should do more smoothies. I think I'd enjoy them.
Can you put oatmeal in fruit smoothies?
me: its a commercial one - Naked Mighty Mango - its got 4 and a 1/3 serving of fruit in it
if you want you can
i wouldn't
Marin: I wonder if you can get powdered oatmeal for that purpose. I'm thinking of the fibre and cholestorol-lowering benefits.
me: i would maybe start with one of the soluble fiber mixes first
i mean I see the point, but i dunno...
Marin: I was hoping you had some experience. It sounds like a bad texture idea
to me, but surely I'm not the only one who wants a complete, delicious breakfast in a glass.
me: well, what about citrucal or whatever it's called?
Marin: That's a possibility. I don't know if it's as magic as oatmeal, but it
might be an admirable and less gross substitute in a smoothy.
me: the bobybuilders put all that crazy protein powder in - it tastes like chalk to me
Marin: Total departure: Nathan Branch informs me that No. 4 of the Six Scents line comes in a bottle with a skull on it.
me: well, i see you will be buying one then
Marin: Most of the protein powder leaves me gagging. My brother turned me on
to some good stuff, so if I ever get to a place where having protein
powder on hand makes sense, I know what to get.
Marin: Yeah... I had a, "Do I even care about the juice?" moment when I found out about the skull.
me: I know :)
12:06 the reader comments say put the oatmeal in first and make it a fine powder then add everything else
Marin: Now, that makes a ton of sense.
Oh, the magic of the Internet.
me: i know!
Marin: And, once again, somebody else was my guinea pig. It's a good day
12:08 me: it looks good, except for being suspicious of the oatmeal.
but hey - you go first
Marin: I guess I could guinea pig for you on this one, since you took the Jean Nate bullet for me.
me: totes
are you ready for the cookie?
Marin: I didn't see you eat the broccoli.
I don't think you can have a cookie until I'm sure you ate the broccoli.
me: what's your phone number
Marin: Wow... extreme measures to get to the cookie.
me: number?
Marin: *** *** ****
A girl in the office that just changed a bunch of codes in the data
system said, "Just let me know if you need anything else!" I said, "A
cookie would be nice."
Oh. Cookie porn on my phone.
me: did you get my picture?
Marin: Oh, yes. And I sent you a picture of my snack. Only it took me about
fifteen minutes to get all the picture and all that worked out.
me: heh
that's a handsome apple, but the cookie was better<
Marin: I know. Mine is but a pale attempt to taunt you. The apple dance? Not as compelling as the cookie dance.
me: well, MAYBE in a NY State orchard in October
a free apple makes you understand about Eve and the snake
Marin: That's kinda deep. me: that's me
it should be fresh not free though
Marin: I would venture that a free apple is nothing to sneeze at, but maybe not worth pissing off God.
12:24 me: true
nothing like a 1200 dollar sale to round out lunch
12:25 Marin: Woo-hoo!
me: which makes this month...almost not shitty
Marin: Now there's a rousing endorsement.
me: i have my own particular KIND of optimism
Marin: I get that.
There's a whole range of optimism that goes, "That didn't suck quite as hard as I thought it would."
me: heh
12:27 ok i have laughed out loud.
Marin: It's another successful day.
:)
Posted by: Romi | 27 June 2009 at 12:28 PM
Heh. In college my daily aim was "to fail to suck".
Posted by: korinthe | 07 June 2009 at 09:14 PM
You know, after going 'round and 'round with you two on Twitter, I can just *hear* that conversation as it types itself out on your respective screens.
Posted by: Nathan Branch | 05 June 2009 at 06:03 PM
LOLOL One of the phrases my best friend and I are fond of is "Well, that didn't totally suck." LOLOL Fits right in with your particular brand of optimism.
Posted by: Lynda the Guppy | 02 June 2009 at 03:55 PM
I've become a big fan of parfaits lately. They're kind of like an oatmeal smoothie, but without the smooth. But, granola + yogurt + fruit = good.
Posted by: jenny | 29 May 2009 at 10:57 PM
I have always understood about Eve and the snake. But then, I have a particular love of apple-picking.
Posted by: Lizbon | 29 May 2009 at 10:28 PM
I almost didn't read it - not being a texter - but "this cookie is made of win" made me laugh out loud and returned my time investment handsomely.
Posted by: Shannon B | 29 May 2009 at 06:29 PM
Your brand of optimism made me laugh. It reminds me of my mom's famous adage: "Cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse." Sales and laughter, not a bad day at all. (Not to mention the cookie, which I now want.)
Posted by: Jocelyn | 29 May 2009 at 04:35 PM
That's exactly the sort of conversations I have all day. Punctuated with, 'I'm bored' and the ever popular 'I am soooo unmotivated today'
Posted by: Katie | 29 May 2009 at 03:32 PM