Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Doritos!(!!!)

I love Doritos. Right up there with the Arizona Green Tea and V8 when it comes to gas station snacking.

Some friends from college love them even more. They made this little ad that might appear in the Super Bowl (wtf?) if they get enough votes. It's a long shot but the music is actually really engaging.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Why it's hard


This conversation took place while my mom was in her office and my dad and I were in the kitchen, cleaning up from dinner.




My dad walks out into the living room for a second.
Dad: Who threw away my pinecone?
Mom: I don't know what happened to your pinecone. I didn't throw it away. Maybe Andrew did something.
Me: I didn't throw away your pinecone.
Me, remembering I did actually throw away a pinecone about a month ago: Wait, you're just talking about a regular pinecone?
Dad: Yes. It was a pretty big one.
Me: When did you last see it?
Dad: Oh, sometime last spring.
Me: Well I may have thrown it away about a month ago.
Dad, disappointed: Ok.
Me: Why were you saving that?
Dad: I wanted to make a button for my Peruvian sweater. It's missing a button. It has pinecone...leaves, or whatever...as buttons.
Me: Can't you just go get another pinecone under a tree somewhere?
Dad, as if he spends all his time looking for pinecones: Well I'll just keeping looking.
Me:...
Dad: It was a nice big one.

Turns out the pinecone is still there, sitting kinda near the fireplace. I didn't throw it out. Probably thought about it. And the sweater will be complete again.