[Alf is feeding the geese in a park]
Unlucky Alf: Not many pleasures remainin’ in life for an old gent, ‘part from poppin’ in t’ park for an hour or so to feed the geese. [to geese] Come on, come on me little friends, g-oooh!
[a goose appears and pecks at his crotch]
Unlucky Alf: Ooh, bugger! I didn’t realise that were goin’ t’ happen. Ooh! Not that I’ve got much use for it anymore, I suppose -The Fast Show

The silver lining on having to drive that awful commute all this week and next is that Geeky works in the same town as I do. We’ve been making it a point to get together for a lunchtime walk at least once a week until my last day. Yesterday we met up at a local park for our walk. We were having a lovely little chat, catching up on her wedding plans and fun girl gossip about everything from the best blackhead remover to how I should wear my hair for Match’s graduation when we came across a goose that looked a lot like THIS:

We tried to avoid the gaggle of geese because geese are always a little bit vicious. I guess this particular goose had it out for Monkey because before I knew what was happening he was CHASING US!! Geeky screamed and bolted into a dead sprint, dropping her keys in the process and hiding behind a nearby building. I ran the opposite way with Monkey, who didn’t seem to notice we were in grave danger. He just kept trying to pee on everything and wagging his tail like usual.

Once we got away from the goose we couldn’t stop laughing. “It was like every man for themselves!” Geeky said. We both had split off in opposite directions, not even looking to see if the other was ok. “What about Monkey?” I asked. “He didn’t even defend us! Some watch dog!”

We were laughing about it all the way back to our cars. I posted that picture I found of a goose on her facebook and I’m pretty sure we’ll be talking about that Evil Goose for years. Have you ever had a run in with an evil goose? Did you stand tall and brave or did you run away like a girly girl the way we did?

Lauren: when you’ve disrespected someone so much, they arent going to be there for you.
Audrina: No, not at all.
Lauren: And at this point I have no intention of being there for her.
Audrina: Oh well, what can you do?
Lauren: All I know is thank you for getting out of my life because now I have a better roommate and a better apartment and I’m just in a better situation.
Audrina: Yea.
Lauren: Cheers, Frankie’s birthday.
Audrina: Let’s go have fun, who cares, it’s done and over with.
Lauren: It’s going to be a long night. -The Hills

Yesterday all day at work I was counting the hours until I could go home. I’d had a late night hanging out with Baker Chic the night before and I didn’t get much sleep (Match was all about the snuggles and I just couldn’t resist ok?). Match and I had originally planned on going out to eat for date night before he left for work, but as the day wore on I got more and more sleepy and sweatpants were calling my name. So we decided to do take out from our favorite Vietnamese place and have our date night in.

After dinner Geeky came over for a long overdue gab sess. I bought these scrumpious almond chocolate cookies from Trader Joe’s and we cracked open a bottle of Late Harvest Zin (courtesy of BT’s family). We hadn’t talked just the two of in what felt like forever, and we ended up staying up til 1 AM! The night before Baker Chic and I had watched He’s Just Not That Into You and had a gab sess as well. I love hanging out in big groups, but sometimes it’s really nice to have that one on one time with good friends.

When Geeky was over, she mentioned that she doesn’t like Drama Chick anymore. I high fived her because seriously I don’t get why people continue to hang out with that girl. She’s rude, bossy, and above all, she is completely disrespectful to our friend Couple Wife. Drama used to sleep with Couple Wife’s husband way back in the day, long before CW met him. While that’s awkward enough, Drama goes out of her way to MENTION it at every chance she gets, to Couple Wife! I just don’t understand how a woman can be so gross and disrespectful not only to herself but to her friend like that. What’s funny too is Geeky, Baker and I all agree that while CW is a total Alpha Female in some respects, she just can’t seem to tell Drama off and she continues to spend time with her. If it were me and an ex of Match’s were hanging out with me, constantly bringing up details of her past with my man, you can bet she’d be getting the business side of a knuckle sandwich and some choice words.

It was funny how the two gab sessions I had with Geeky and Baker were like convex mirrors. Both times we lamented on the dating game and how relieved that we’ve found good guys, and both times we also talked about how sometimes men can be so clueless. Geeky and I laughed about how both our men are so oblivious to the female attention they get all the time. They never seem to catch on that girls are hitting on them! I love having girl nights like last night and Thursday. I’m going to have to get Baker Chic and Geeky over because I’m sure the three of us we’ll have lots to gab about.

When’s the last time you had a girl’s gab session with a close friend?

 

Carlene: Oh, Mary Jo. You are just the best girlfriend I’ve ever had! I mean it! If you were a man I’d marry you. I would!(pondering) But Julia, you know what . . . I would find you very attractive too. It would be a tough decision . . . Mary Jo or Julia. I can’t decide! Allison, what do you think?

Allison: I think you need a date — bad!!

Carlene: You think so?

Mary Jo: Oh, don’t pay any attention to her. She’s just mad because none of us want to marry her

-Designing Women

These past few months I’ve been really missing having a good girlfriend to hang out with. Coast Sister is by far my best gal pal, but unfortunately she lives across the country (come on Coast Guard, make her hubby get stationed in CA!!). I was really missing having someone here to do things with, like go see chick flicks or just sit around and girl talk. 

 

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Lois: The only thing you create before 9 AM is exactly what you’ve turned my show into.
Peter: I think my work will speak for itself. [walks out of room and comes back a few seconds later] Oh, ha, ha. I just got that. A poop joke? That’s real creative, Lois. -Family Guy

I really do think that we girls are a whole lot more perverted and just plain gross compared to boys. I think it’s because girls have a tendency to talk about everything with each other. We don’t dumb it down, we don’t sugar coat it, at least not with our true girlfriends. We share everything.
I mention this because just the other night Match and I went out to dinner with Couple Friends. While Match and Couple Hubby were talking about cars, Couple Wife and I were having a truly cringe-worthy discussion about poop. (more…)