A White Sports Coat and a Pink Crustacean

[howeird]

The white suit absolutely floored the folks at work. To their credit, after a couple of seconds of "surprise, surprise" on their faces, the two students from Lacrosse, WI (who were wearing the usual jeans and casual/polo shirts) just took it in stride. You never know what you'll see in California, I guess. My co-workers were another story. During my break in my cubicle, they peeked over the wall like I was some zoo animal. I asked them to throw me some peanuts or a banana, but got nothing.

The day started with my semi-annual dental appointment, and though I was wearing just the white shirt/pants/shoes (no vest/tie/jacket), what they all noticed was how much weight I'd lost. The last time I saw them I had only dropped about 15 lbs, and now it's almost 50. The change from white to black hair and the goatee also probably played a part. But their response was amazing. And very flattering because they're all really cute themselves.


    


Yesterday after work I went to Ranch99 Market and bought a lobster, and boiled it while I was having dinner. Tonight I had lobster tail for dinner, but it wasn't till I started typing this entry that it occurred to me I had just lived the title of the first Jimmy Buffet album I'd ever bought: A White Sports Coat and and Pink Crustacean.

Comments

[howeird]

that beard is so black

Yup, I made two major mistakes. First is I used the wrong brand of hair color, and then I left it in way too long. My skin was dyed black as well as the hair. It took me about an hour with diluted bleach to get it off my forehead, cheeks and ears. I didn't try getting it off my beard because I was afraid it would streak. Turns out that after-shave works well too as a solvent.

you're lucky the dentist & crew somehow managed to avoid getting any goop on all the whiteness

It was just a routine cleaning, so anything they got on me would have been white too. and I wasn't wearing the vest, jacket or tie, just in case.