TEETH WILL BE PROVIDED!

There are various words going through my head, randomly but repetitively. Among the obvious ones are 'interrogatory', 'transubstantion', 'antidisestablishmentarian', 'spoon', and 'heat dome'. More bafflingly, 'skeebeedee' and 'wendigo'. Plus 'shu' ('so'). Wendigo is more properly spelled 'windigo', and refers to a formerly human cannabilistic giant such as is common in the wilder areas of the red states.

Odd crap like this is fairly standard when caffeine hits.
I'm sure you've experienced something similar.


My apartment mate has left for the day, I have closed her bedroom door and lit up a delicious smuggled-in ciggie, and am enjoying the morning quiet. There's a small stuffed sheep sitting on my pile of clothing seriously demanding that I treat his sister right, and other than that it is calm and delightfully peaceful here.

For some reason I'm also thinking of a coworker headed to Asia soon, Manila and Bangkok. Where it is not too much warmer than here. Ten degrees. No, he's not going there for the brutal exploitation of younger members of the opposite gender as so many Americans do. He's too old for that, as well as being too gentlemanly despite being an asshole.
Dental surgery. Cheaper there than here after deductibles.

I'm sure that at some point (several points) he'll say something stupid there that will offend the natives and might get him in trouble. Probably after drinks.

Shu ('so' in Cantonese) is a general term for vegetables, commonly called 蔬菜 ('so choi'), which is a somewhat formal usage often encountered on plastic bags advertising a grocery store, along with terms like 新鮮豬肉、雞、鴨、魚、急凍食品、雜貨 ('san sin jyu yiuk', 'gai', 'ngaap', 'yü', 'gap tung sik pan', 'jaap fo'); fresh pork, chicken, duck, fish, frozen food, mixed goods. Everything your heart (and stomach) desires might be in that bag of groceries.


It is more likely that stupid crap will come out of his mouth in Manila, where many people speak English and act American, which might fool him into thinking that it's safe. He's never learned to shut up. Let's hope he simply spouts antivax and space alien drivel rather than politics or religion. Those can be dangerous there.



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