In attempting to present another fun filled episode of “what’s on Jodi’s t-shirt today” I realized, looking at the shirt in iPhoto, that I had put my shirt on backwards. The graphic is such that it shows both on the outside and inside of the shirt. That made me laugh, for a while. I haven’t done that in almost a year.
Friday afternoon, Evildeb and I went to an off-site work party. We were only marginally invited. But our PSM really wanted us to go. I spent my drink tickets on Dr. Pepper, while Evildeb spent hers on wine. We did a little mingling, and ended up talking to someone in Program Management, about some recent staff changes at the executive level, a vp was leaving. He asked me what I thought about that, and I said “Ummm… yeah, he was pretty good,” I had no clue if he was any good or not, “he used lots of corporate speak and anacronyms.” Everyone started laughing. I didn’t think it was that funny. He did… use a lot of both. I looked around at the group, and knew that I had done something dumb.
Evildeb: You said “anacroynm.”
Jodi: I did? [still not hearing what I had done wrong.]
PM: that’s good ANAC-cronym. That’s a great word!
Jodi still laughing with everyone else: well, you know me!! hahahahaa!
Evildeb: did you mean acronym?
Jodi – ashamed and not at all drunk: yeah. I did.
I’ve always screwed up that word. I have the hardest time saying it. But I looked into it, it’s a real word. anacronym. Sort of. People use it to describe acronym’s that are so old, nobody remembers what they stand for anymore. Like SCSI and ASCII. [Except for me, maybe. SCSI=Small Computer System Interface and ASCII=American Standard Code for Information Interchange] So playing it cool was the smart thing to do. When I got back to work, I found a website that explained the meaning of Anacronym, although I don’t think it’s in the dictionary. I mailed it to Evildeb and my PSM. Who forwarded it to the PM. Who still thinks it’s a great word and is willing to suspend disbelief that I meant to say it.
Louise is still intent upon teaching me to knit. She is actually making me knitting needles and found a pattern that is just crazy enough to make me learn. Only so I can answer when people ask me the inevitable.
“what are you knitting, Jodi?”
“Vibrator cozies” I’ll say, sweetly.
Evildeb is not down with this plan.
Evildeb: why would you want to make those?
Jodi: come on! it’s genius! we’ll make vibrator cozies and sell them at I heart rummage! They’ll sell like hotcakes! Sexy hotcakes!
Evildeb: I don’t think you should make that. What do I need with that?
Jodi: Well, it sounds like you should go right out and fill it! You’re a healthy girl, surely you have something that runs on batteries.
Evildeb: make iPod covers.
Jodi: NO! you can come shopping with us when we go buy the floor model vibrator for our sales booth. Nobody likes a chilly sex toy. [which may or may not be true, actually.]
“Nobody likes a chilly sex toy. [which may or may not be true, actually.]”
It depends.
I’ll buy a vibrator cozie from ya, Jodi.
Oh yeah, I totally forgot to say that I also say “anacroynm”, too. I think it’s due to my association with a few members of the SCA.
“….I also say “anacroynm”, too…”
Gah! I think it’s time for a nap.
I’m replying to myself….how very Jodi of me.
“I’ll buy a vibrator cozie from ya, Jodi.”
I knew that you would, Romy. You’re sexy like that.
“I’m replying to myself….how very Jodi of me.”
who better to reply to you, than you? i’ve always said.
haha! vibrator cozies… that’s awesome. i bet you’re right, they would sell like hotcakes!
Don’t you gals have a built-in vibrator cozy?
You forgot SCUBA: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
well, i guess you could call it that. perhaps you could consider this an auxiliary cozy. one pattern has a loop in it so you can hang it on the wall. conveniently.
The knitted cozie is for safe keeping when we’re not using it in our own, built in, cozie.
yeah, besides, nobody actually ever said that a girl can only have one toy. the more toys you have, the more cozies you might need.
hrm… i originally came into the comment thread to post about the word anachronism, but i see that we have already deteriorated far away from linguistics.
but that does not mean you can’t bring back on track.
Yeah, right. Once the discussion turns to sex toys, there’s no getting it back, “on track”. =)
thank goodness!
You would have to take special orders with dimensions. Nobody would want a loose cozy.
i’m telling you… they’ll sell like HOTCAKES!!
i think needs to be a travel version so one can wear it around like a lightsaber on a belt.
with pride! why hide your sex toys, people? why not accessorize with them! take them along with you, you never know when you’ll need a friend!