Loading ...Can you believe I have a pimple? Does my skin not know how old I am. I’m long past pimple age. Of course, even during adolescence, I never had pimples. I suppose I’m now being punished for having had good teenage skin, when everyone else was suffering.
Oddly enough, I felt left out because of it. When all the other girls were discussing skin care, complaining about zits, I had nothing to discuss. Yeah, I know. Just a terrible problem right? But really, when you’re a teen, those kind of bonding discussions are important.
But I’m not sure what could have given me a pimple now. I haven’t really changed my skin care regimen or anything. Not like its a fancy regimen anyway. I wash my face. Thats about it. Put lotion on it when its dry.
I wasn’t always that way though. Johnny Bill and I used to go mad for skin-care products. But we never used anything that didn’t cause us a considerable amount of pain. We’d arrive home from the cosmetics counter, put on our new lotion. “Ooooooo”, he’d say, “feel the burn”.
“Yeah…. s’good stuff”
I’m not sure why we didn’t just go to the hardware store and buy some sodium hydroxide in bulk, and stick our faces in it.
“How do I look?” he’d ask.
“Nothing but skull”, I’d say, “and me?”
“The same - white, polished bone.”
“Great!”, I’d say, “lets go clubbing.”
See, that was our idea of avoiding wrinkles. To have no skin on our faces at all. But I needn’t have worried. I never have developed wrinkles. I am blessed with very good skin.
Except for that one damned pimple.
Buy me a beer!
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Sounds to me like a classic case of pie and cake redrawal symptoms Che!!
When was your last proper pie meal?!
:cake:!
:pie:!
mmm
You could very well be right, Bas. My mother and I have both been craving. Earlier today she said, “Don’t you think you should make some brownies?”
Notice the terminology, as if there is some urgent imperative. Don’t you think you should?
My answer was no, since we were out of ice-cream and I prefer my brownies with ice-cream and caramel topping. And nuts. And whipped cream. And a cherry.
So I baked cookies instead. As soon as I ate one, my pimple disappeared.
The second I took my second sheet of cookies out of the oven, my mother said, “I think I should make a devil’s food cake.”
Hey… who am I to argue?
Its obvious I need a certain amount of pie, cake or cookie in my diet to maintain balanced health.
Yes, sugar-laden baked goods and a few frozen dairy ones are important parts of a nutritious diet. In fact, I’ve survived for many years in great health primarily by eating these delicious treats. Of course some alcoholic bevvies, cheese, and pasta are also required for good, healthy living.
It’s no wonder your poor skin revolted against you. You were in brownie deprivation mode! What a horror!!!
You’re right, though. Why bother with brownies if you have no ice cream, whipped cream, etc.? Dull, dull, dull. Cookies, however, can be had a la carte, and at any time. Mmmmm, homemade cookies!
Everyone should have pie, cookie, brownie, and cake fat regardless of the condition of their skin!
And why did I say “fat” instead of day? Because this is my last series of posts (perhaps my LAST post with BlackBerry).So when BB wrote “fat” and not “day” I kept it in in tribute to the many posts BB mangled.
It is a somewhat sad day for me and BB. Not as sad as Che’s pimple but sad nonetheless. I will miss it, but I won’t miss the job that provided it!
First day at new/old job. No fewer than 10 people hugged me for returning! Maybe I shouldn’t have left.
So farewell, friend BlackBerry. May your new owner nude his or her time with you well!
See, now thats what I love about the Shattered Prayer. We understand each other here. Its almost like we don’t need a blog at all. We could all just sit around, sans blog, and just understand at a distance. But of course, if we did that, then other people in the world wouldn’t see how funny, bright and superior we SPians are.
I too, will miss the Blackberry. It has contributed almost as much to SP as I have. Maybe more. But I’m glad the job that provided it is a thing of the past, and that you are greeted with many huggins at your new/old job. Of course they missed you, R the P.
Now I need a cookie… or maybe that cake is ready.
Mmmmmm…. Jersey Devil’s food….
I am sad to lose BlackBerry. If only the plans were cheaper (much cheaper, in fact)! This also means fewer posts during the day from R the P, which is also sad. Leaving that crappy job which provided the BB plan, however, is a very good thing, indeed.
BlackBerry is touched by your well wishes!
I’m about to turn it in.
Farewell!
Poor BlackBerry. So much fun, but all things must come to an end. It will bring joy to its new owner who will be able to post cryptic and bizarre comments to her heart’s content!
Oh well. Unfortunately, I’m still thinking about baked goods. Not a good thing.
Bye, bye Blackberry.. Blackberry blogging in the dead of night..
You probably need a feel-good cake now Richard. No more digi-zit. Time to win the lottery big time. We’ll all get Blackberries and sit on the Tahiti beach looking at the weather forecasts of the places we left behind..
Mmm… What’s Tahiti weather like these days anyhow?
On cakes and fat; i’ve heared it takes a lot of energy to burn fat. You can’t even burn fat if you don’t have sugar to provide the energy. So better make sure to add enough sugar to the butter and cream
Superb health advice, Bas! You NEED the sugar to burn all that fat. Brilliant ;-P
I agree! Bas is my new dietician. We should all heed his advice.
And I also love the idea for Tahiti, sitting on the beach reading weather reports for the places we left behind. Brilliant.
Yes, Bas should be our social director and dietitian when we get to Tahiti. If it’s too much work, he can quit with no problems. Tahiti is our paradise, after all.
Its the Holy Land!
Have you noticed that most religions have a really crappy Holy Land? its either in the middle of a desert, or on top of some mountain….
I think we were pretty smart when we picked Tahiti.
Precisely! Who the hell would want a holy land in a desert or on a damn mountain?! Why even bother to choose that? What is the likelihood that anyone would want to spend eternity or even a day in those miserable places. It just proves that hyper-religious types have more than a little something wrong with them. And not in a good way!
You had me laughing so hard with that. But I feel the exact same way. If your god wants you to spend any time at all in those place, then for fucks sake, get another God!
My Lord wants me to go to Tahiti.
Mine too. We have the same god. At least when it comes to paradise destinations!