March 04, 2006

Day + 5

Update - haiku style


I have a fever
It is 99.9
fevers scare me bad

I have not eaten
Or had anything to drink
In two or three days

My pee is so dark
The color of Shiner Bock
That cannot be good

My throat really hurts
And I can't even swallow
Makes me hork sometimes

Morphine makes me itch
And I always feel so high
Not in a good way

I want to go home
But that won't be for a while
I miss my big bed

Disneyland or world
Zoe is at Disneyworld
Had to look that up

Sis #2 went
She took her whole family
They are the brave ones

I hate feeling punk
Makes me so want my mommy
But she has a cold

I'm at the right stage
Doctor says I'm doing well
Stay on target, yo!

I am hangin in
I have your love and support
I can so do this


Your assignment today (wow, I just nodded off and did a head bob thing)... anyway, your assignment today is to list your best "stupid human trick." Aside from being able to make any topic into haiku, I can do this odd wink thing with my eyes. Like I hold one closed flat and open the oher So let me have them.

Posted by debutaunt at March 4, 2006 09:30 PM
Comments

You can so do this.

Posted by: D at March 4, 2006 10:15 PM

ok.. stupid human trick #1
I have boobs that are so big, I call them my "natural koozie" I can drink a beer from a bottle resting in my own cleavage..
don't even let me get started about others drinking from my cleavage.. that's for another day ")
bottoms up!
biscuit

Posted by: elizabeth at March 4, 2006 10:20 PM

I'm not sure I have a stupid human trick. I most definitely have a stupid human though, and if you count the kids, I have 5. But the two youngest really aren't stupid, so I guess that is 3, and really the boys are just stupid sometimes, so we're back to one. And it isn't ME!

Oh, yeah, you asked about tricks. I honestly don't think I have one. I wish I could magic away your fever though.

(from the north of Mexico; Huatabampito to be exact, the southern part of the state of Sonora to be much less exact)

Posted by: kathy at March 4, 2006 10:33 PM

I think you know my stupid human trick. All my
accent's. How did that walk go "Nancy Sinatra"?

You can so do this. Remember you crave candy now.

Your loyal subject,
The Yiddish Yoda Master

Posted by: Shoshie at March 4, 2006 10:38 PM

My stupid human trick. I can vacum, cook, run
4 kids around, answer the telephone, and manage
Shoshie. Shoshie is like the toy in your
cracker jack box, you never know what you are
going to get.

Stay focused Deb. Sounds like you are doing
a bang up job.

Night,
Sam

Posted by: Sam (Shoshies Husband) at March 4, 2006 10:52 PM

i can speak in yoda-speak. i don't have a good one.

hang in there, deb, we're praying for you.
xo

Posted by: kristin at March 4, 2006 10:57 PM

Stupid human trick... hmmmmm... just one?? Ha! I can tie the stem from a maraschino cherry into a knot using only my mouth. I can also flip my tongue completely over in both directions; also touch the tip of my nose with it. Yes, I've heard all the jokes about women with talented tongues...

Posted by: eclectic at March 4, 2006 11:52 PM

Stupid human tricks
I can’t burp the alphabet
I can’t roll my tongue

Not double jointed
I can’t sing while drinking beer
Standing on my head

I don’t know one trick
I wish I would have learned some
So I could now write

Should not have done this
For now I am stuck because
I suck at haiku

Posted by: D at March 4, 2006 11:57 PM

My only stupid human trick is surviving one day to the next...

Hang in there!

alan

Posted by: alan at March 5, 2006 01:18 AM

Deb, hang in there. You're right, MomoG does have a cold, and coughs during the night. Thankfully, I had to get up early this morning.

I don't know what the best "stupid human tricks" are, notice the plural, but they are too many to count and at my "age" can't remember much. I don't know if it's a trick but passing gas in front of grandkids might be considered, human, stupid, and in some cases a trick. But now that I mention it, maybe I will try and not perform that trick so much. It started in college, 50 years ago, walking between classes.

Anyway, take care, and you are in all of our prayers. Everyone I see at Church asks about you and they all mention that you are in their prayers. And prayer does work - sometimes, the response to the prayers may seem a little slow, but God does respond with love and compassion. I love you, "The Dad"

Posted by: Jess at March 5, 2006 06:44 AM

I can turn the end of my tongue upside-down. I can also make it fold in half.

Hope that fever goes down soon.

Posted by: Squirl at March 5, 2006 06:47 AM

No tricks that I can think of. But I did see that
Eclectic is quite the talented young lady. Since
she can do two tricks. I will borrow one of hers.

I wish I could trick the fever into going down,
and the mouth sores away. BUT they will move
on soon and not be so bad.

I can only imagine how much this SUCKS for you.
But I do know it will get better and you
will be home in your own bed.

I hope today is a better day DEBUMA.

Love,
Nikki

Posted by: nikki at March 5, 2006 07:58 AM

Well, I'm not very tricky. I was all going to talk about some tongue stuff, but it's not nearly as impressive as eclectic's . . . I can make the "live long and prosper" sign EFFORTLESSLY, though, so yea, here you go . . . two of them, just for you . . . ..........

And . . . I almost always have a song playing in my head. I might get trickier (or more stupid) as the day goes on; I'll let you know ;)

Posted by: Susie at March 5, 2006 08:23 AM

I have flexiable toes so I can open door handles with my feet. Really handy when your hands are full. I'm working on being able to peel bannanas.

Thinking of you and wishing you speedily down the road of recovery. x

Posted by: lynne at March 5, 2006 09:02 AM

Her Royal Highness, I regret to inform you that I will be out of our royal realm until Wednesday. Susie and the SWLF gang will be filling in for me while I'm away. I expect you to be resting and healing during this time, so hopefully you'll be much better by then. Blove,
~The Duchess of Delft

Posted by: eclectic at March 5, 2006 09:35 AM

Dear Queen of the Universe, your cadre of court jesters waits in the outer chamber to entertain and delight you at your leisure...

My stupid human trick is to do lots of odd things with my feet - pick up & throw stuff, flip a bird (well, it used to work until the bunion surgery and arthritis...damn old age sneaking up on me!), turn pages, etc. My dad says to me, "Some of us have been out of the trees a little longer than you..."

Then there's Bren-logic... which on most accounts is claimed to be a stupid human trick but that's only because the lower lifeforms are too quick on the uptake.

I'm also a word-junkie and think 'out of the proverbial box' so I'm thinking with your mouth sores that today 'it sucks' may not be a good visual for you. Maybe 'it blows' is slightly better?


My best trick is that I have incredibly good luck and get blessings beyond what I deserve (to be sure!). I share this now with you - good luck, blessings and prayers for comfort and healing.

Posted by: Bren/Cody'sMom at March 5, 2006 10:15 AM

DOH! - "Then there's Bren-logic... which on most accounts is claimed to be a stupid human trick but that's only because the lower lifeforms AREN'T too quick on the uptake." is what I meant to say. Yeesh, sometimes I hate my fingers!

Posted by: Bren/Cody'sMom at March 5, 2006 10:16 AM

Good Morning Queen Deb. I know no stupid human tricks. I wish I did, i'd do them for ya!
I pray you will do better and better with each passing mintue, hour and day.
I'll keep praying and checking in to see how you're doing.

God Bless you!

Posted by: Stalker Dawn at March 5, 2006 10:55 AM

I can put my right leg behind my neck. Does that
count as a stupid human trick?

Ewwww a fever and dark pee-pee. We can't have the
Queen of the Universe with those problems.

I will summon all the royal doctors to your kingdom
from every country. I must get my carriage ready
so I can perform my task.

Your Royal Highness I hope you feel better.

The peon
Lisabeth

Posted by: Lisabeth at March 5, 2006 11:23 AM

I can flip my eyelids with ease.

Posted by: Mr. Fancypants at March 5, 2006 12:02 PM

I hope you are feeling better today. I am still
boycotting any new Yiddish words until I see
you say I feel a little better.

Love,
Shoshie

And if you even thought about laughing at Sam's
comment, I will be so peeved. He is such a smart-ass.


Look what I did just for you :)

Posted by: YIDDISH YODA MASTER at March 5, 2006 12:15 PM

You know how some people can roll their tongue? Well I can do that and then pooch out both sides so that it looks like a clover leaf. When I was a kid I had to go to speech therapy for a while, and my therapist said he had never seen anything like it; he brought his video camera in the next week to film my freakishness. :) My brother can do it too, but neither of our parents can.

Posted by: Ern at March 5, 2006 12:50 PM

99 is not so bad --
it must be the energy/heat of your body kicking ass.
I am thinking about you all the time...

I can make the sound of horses hooves, running fast on pavement!

Stay on target is right!

Posted by: blackbird at March 5, 2006 12:51 PM

Yay for right track!

My trick? I can sing any song like Ethel Merman or Bob Dylan.

Posted by: mrtl at March 5, 2006 12:53 PM

Hi Deb, sorry to hear about the fever but 99.9 isn't so bad, could be just too many blankets but the dark pee is because you can't drink. ask them to open up the IV's and help your system out.
as for stupid human tricks i have none, but i can pick items up with my toes.
I am wishing the fever gods to move on and take the numbers with them. we love 98.6. and try to drinks sips, it might help with the dark pee.
this day will pass and when your in the basement things can not get any worse. so hang in there and rest. your doing a terrific job. your body just got the crap beat out of it and it needs time to mend.
prayers and peace
nanct

Posted by: nancy at March 5, 2006 01:11 PM

A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

A man walks into a ar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says, "A beer please and one for the road."

A guy walks into a bar with a duck on his head and the bartender says, "looks like you've had a helluva day, Charlie!"
"You don't know the half of it,' answers the duck.

Guy walks into a bar and pulls a tiny grand piano out of his pocket. Then he pulls out a little guy who site down and begins to play. "Where'd ya get that?" bartender asks. "I have a magic bottle; you rub it and get a wish," customer replies. Customer agrees to let bartender try it, and pulls a grungy old whiskey bottle from his pocket. Bartender rubs it, and the room fills up with ducks, flying everywhere. "I didn't wish for a million 'ducks'," says bartender. "So, did you think I wished for a ten-inch pianist?" responds customer.

A guy walks into a cafe and sits down at the counter. A man walks up and says "What"ll ya have." The man says" I want two eggs, one of 'em almost raw and the other hard. I want a slice of toast, scorched and burnt around the edge. I want three pieces of bacon cooked as black as you can get it." The waiter says to the man, "I can't do that!" The man says, "Ya did yesterday!"

A bear walks into a bar and the bartender says
"hey buddy, what'll it be."
THe bear respondes "I'll have a beer.....
.....
.....
..... and some of those peanuts."
The bartender says "hey sure thing, but why the big pause?"


Guy walks into the bar with a set of jumper cables slung over his shoulder.

Bartender says, "Hey Buddy... I'll let you sit down and have a drink... Just don't you go start'n anything."

A mushroom walks into a bar. After a few drinks he begins to get friendly with the female patrons. One after another, they shoot his advances down because he is a mushroom. Disgusted, he leaves the bar. As he reaches the door, he turns and yells, "I may be just a mushroom, but I'm a real fungi!"

A guy walks into a bar, sits down, and orders a drink. All of a sudden, he hears, "Hey, love the shoes!" The guy looks around, and decides he was hearing things. Then he hears, "I really like your shirt." The guy's head sharply looks up, and listens for awhile. However, he doesn't hear it anymore. He goes back to his drink, but is interupted by a voice saying, "Wow, those are very nice cuff links." The guy is freaked out by now and calls the bartender over. The guys says, "What's going on, I've been hearing all these things from a voice!" The bartender replies, "Oh, it's the peanuts. They're complementary!"

Just finished listening to Prarie Home Companion and working a couple hours; found these for you and thought you'd enjoy.

Posted by: kathy at March 5, 2006 01:12 PM

I'm guessing that fever is your body's way of fighting off those sores! Let's give it more power so they get the heck out of Debuma!

My SHT: I can voluntarily flare my nostrils, it looks like a rabbit. Not quite like the "Bewitched" thing, but if I could have figured out how to do one side and then the other, I'd have that down too. I taught myself how to do it when I was in junior high. This girl named Jackie used to do it involuntarily whenever she talked, and I liked to show my mom what she was doing when I got home from school. It made for lots of laughs around the dinner table.

Got quite the surprise this morning. We had seven newly hatched baby turtles in our front yard. About two years ago, we found one and took him in. His name is Jake. Jake is about the size around of a grapefruit now. The hatchlings are about the size of a half-dollar. They are adorable but I have no idea what the heck I'm going to do with seven. The neighbor has agreed to take one. Maybe I could talk her into two. I'll probably let them go into the "river" by our house, where their mother lives, if I can't get rid of them all. I had intended on putting Jake in the backyard pond this spring but was telling my hubbie that it would be nice to have a little one to take his place. He told me this morning, when he found the first hatchling, I got my wish! Now he's saying, be careful what you wish for! They're sooooo cute! The kids just love them!

Gotta feel better! I'm amazed you can do that hiaku thing feeling so cruddy!

Praying hard and frequently for Debuma:
Denise

Posted by: Denise at March 5, 2006 01:52 PM

I can recite the movie 'White Palace' (1990 with Susan Sarandon and James Spader) word for word.
It's my all time favorite movie (well duh).

Thinking of you Debuma and sending many prayers up . . . .

Posted by: Lisa O at March 5, 2006 02:33 PM

I don't have any stupid human tricks, though I suppose I can pick up things with my toes well enough.

This is not a stupid human trick but rather a strange gift: I have an abnormal knowledge of the NFL draft such that on draft day I get calls from all over the country asking me what I think of various picks. This is not to say that I am right about my opinions but rather that I have them.

BTW, I am thinking of entering this:

http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/tonydanza/beontheshow/beaguest.html

"Football-Loving Mom"

This would involve some video tape but maybe I will just send them a TiVO of me beating up ACF--I think I can just record that off of the TiVO. And maybe send them a note along with it.

Other categories might apply to you. :)

Posted by: Sis#1 at March 5, 2006 02:50 PM

Just checkin in to see how its goin. Rest and let your body fight the bad stuff. Love and hugs to you and everyone around you.

Posted by: Stalker Dawn at March 5, 2006 03:07 PM

So sorry to hear you are feeling shitty. I hope that goes away pretty fuckin' quick. I don't have a stupid human trick although I have a real talent for cussing.

Posted by: Von Krankipantzen at March 5, 2006 03:34 PM

i love my mom. i love my mom.

xox

joy is poking my bootie.

(aunt j. is typing with one hand.)

Posted by: Zoe at March 5, 2006 03:35 PM

All this time, and I just realized, I DO have a stupid human trick.

cow lickin'!!

Posted by: Stalker Dawn at March 5, 2006 05:53 PM

The closest thing I have to a stupid human trick is that, like Susie I can do "live long and prosper" with both hands. In addition, with my right hand I can keep the middle finger and ring finger together, while spreading the index and baby finger apart. (I still can't do that with my left hand. I'm thinking it's a little late to teach myself now, it being such a useless skill and all.)

Thinking of you always, Deb. I am glad the news is good, even if what you are going through now sounds very difficult to endure. My son does the monkey cheer almost every night. I hope you feel the (b)love being sent your way.

Posted by: Philosophical Karen at March 5, 2006 06:08 PM

Sis # 1 I think you should enter that contest.
I clicked on your little linkie and "yep" you
could be a winner.

I am checking in on the Queen of the Universe.
Hope you are feeling a little better since you
wrote this early this AM. I see your little
Princess Zoe wrote you a lovely note. What more
inspiration does a Mom need " I LOVE YOU MOM".

OY...

Now Susie and Philosophical Karen indulge the
poor little Yiddish Yoda. What the heck is the
live long and prosper thingy with the hands?

Love,
Shoshie

Posted by: Shoshie at March 5, 2006 07:09 PM

Shoshie- hold out one of your hands, dosent matter if you are looking at the front or back.

I'm guessing you have 4 fingers and a thumb, right?

Put all 4 fingers together, and keep them together, then separate them in the middle. 2 on each side.

There ya go- live long and prosper!

Posted by: Stalker Dawn at March 5, 2006 07:35 PM

Wow, the talent in this "room" is astonishing. Makes the Oscars look like Romper Room. OK, this isn't so much a talent as a . . . "feature." My belly button is REALLY deep. I'm talking half-way to my first knuckle. Anybody top that? I didn't think so. I think a deep belly button is a sign of um . . . you know, being DEEEEEEEEP. Which you can tell by my comments, I so obviously AM.

Hey, YYM! The live long and prosper sign is a Star Trek thing. You keep your pinkie and your ring finger together, but separate them from your middle finger, index finger and thumb, keeping those three together. (I think the thumb is together. I can do it either way.)

I imagine Zoe wins the talent competition here ;)

Posted by: Susie at March 5, 2006 07:38 PM

OK, Stalker Dawn the cow-licker, way to explain it better than I!

Posted by: Susie at March 5, 2006 07:39 PM

I can peel a banana with my feet!

Posted by: Jenna at March 5, 2006 08:27 PM

Ok so somebody thought "we the sister's and Nikki
all broke up". We have been using our own names.
So we will go back to signing our own names at
the end. Everybody with me here?

Thanks Dawn and Susie for the explanation. I had
everybody here try that out. I can only do the
trick with my left hand. My kids can do it with
both hands and so can Sam. Grace can't do it with
either hand, but I chalk that up to her age.
Lisabeth can do it with her right hand. I am sure
everybody really cares.

Two more bits of trivia. We all think George
Clooney is so sexy. If I were single I would
hunt him down.

And we have a question for Dawn/Stalker Dawn.
Any chance you could entertain the crowds here
with another name like "cow licker"- or "licker
of the cows". We have had more laughs about
your mishap over the cow's. You are a dear and
a very good sport.

DEBUMA are you watching the OSCARS. I bet if
George Clooney showed us as your Murse your
fever would go way up. We also like what you
call the "head bob". Nikki does the "head bob"
sometimes when she's been on call. We will
call you "the bobbers" or "the bobettes".

I hope you can keep all this straigh here
QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE.

I would sing you a good night song but it
would make you HORK.

Love,
Shoshie

Posted by: SWLF at March 5, 2006 08:47 PM

I'm thinking if George Clooney showed up in Deb's ultra-spacious room, he'd have to sit on the edge of her bed regardless of other furniture being available. Then, if my guess is on target, her fever would sky-rocket, though she'd be quite happy for it. Just a little happy visual prelude for ya.

Posted by: Bren/Cody'sMom at March 5, 2006 09:08 PM

How could I refuse such a wonderful idea!
Licker of the cows sounds much more professional than cow licker. When I do something, I do it professionally.

That.Is.All.

Posted by: Licker of the cows at March 5, 2006 09:30 PM

Whoa! Me and Eclectic could be sisters! I, too, can tie a marachino cherry stem in a knot with my tongue! I cannot, however, touch my nose with my tongue...thank goodness! I guess I can't spell marachino too great though! Ummm, as for other stupid human tricks...I'm sure there are lots of them but you'd have to ask my family right now...I do sing pretty good though and have recorded two cdz. : )

Posted by: Traci at March 5, 2006 10:28 PM

p.s. You can SO TOTALLY DO THIS! MWAH!

Posted by: Traci at March 5, 2006 10:29 PM