Today's PSA: Nudity Gone Wrong

Public Service Announcement:



If one has to drive to the hospital in the wee hours of the morn and decides to take a shower a few hours later to perk oneself up (and maybe wash off that less than desirable but highly fragrant odour one may have discovered as it wafted under one's nose) one should make sure one locks the bathroom door before one strips down, tosses her bra into the air and hops into the shower stall.



If one doesn't do this one may be toweling off and drying one's er, private parts when a hospital janitor who doesn't speak a lick of English and may be slightly deaf, walks in to said bathroom right as one is whipping the towel above one's head while shaking one's bottom and singing "Baby Got Back."



The hospital janitor will grin while thanking his Gods for such divine luck while one blushes all the way to ones toes as one tries to cover up important naked parts before realizing one is A.) Standing in front of a big mirror reflecting prime hind real estate and several tattoos and B.) Trying to make a hand towel magically stretch to the size of a bath towel.



If this happens to one, expect the nurses working on the pediatric ward one's child is in to laugh and tease you about it for the duration of one's child's hospital stay.


Also expect the janitor to make several unnecessary trips to empty an already empty garbage bin in one's room and the cross-eyed male nurse who may or may not resemble Marilyn Manson to stop by with an alarming frequency just to inquire as to whether one needs something. Like a towel or a bar of soap.



This concludes today's public service announcement and marks the death of any dignity one may have once possessed.


A Note to A Little Red-Headed Criminal

Dear Little Red-headed Man at the Computer Store,


Last Friday my darling Boo visited your fine establishment (cough*WestWorld Apple* cough) and brought you my beloved laptop computer to repair it's mysteriously blackened screen. You were beside yourself with delight to have something to tinker with as you spend the bulk of your day twiddling your thumbs as everyone knows Macs are darn near indestructible except when placed in the greedy hands of a certain blonde Canadian Redneck.



You fawned over my husband as you peered into the inner realms of my precious baby and made promises of gold star service, speedy computer recovery and the delivery of the ever mystical two-headed unicorns as a bonus.



You work with Mac products every day, therefore my handsome husband took you at your word and believed you would set right his beautiful wife's world which had spun upside down and inside out when she discovered the darkened screen and the impending prison sentence of being tethered to her mighty if not painfully slow desktop computer.



With me sitting at home beside a candle I kept lit for my precious baby's speedy and safe return, my husband handed over my laptop and went on his merry little way to await the arrival of our new two-headed unicorns.



Time passed agonizingly slow as I waited for the day I could swoop in and rescue my beloved from your diminutive little clutches.



Dear red-headed man, you promised its safe return by Tuesday morning. Since I was bedside with my beautiful Jumby at the hospital enduring all sorts of torture and pain I was unable to pick up my precious laptop. But trust me Mr.Red-headed man, it was never far from my thoughts.


(You try spending your days locked inside a pediatric hospital room waiting for your child to be safely returned from a six hour surgery without a computer to feed your wi-fi addiction and then you can judge me.)



So it was with a spring in my step and light in my heart as I drove myself to your fine establishment FAR AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL where my baby boy lay broken and bleeding and needing his mommy.



I endured rush hour traffic to be the first customer to knock on your door and retrieve my precious computer and still make it to my son's bedside before morning rounds were made and he woke up and noticed my absence.



With a flourish of glee I rang the little silver bell sitting on the counter to summon you from your hidey hole.



"Hi, my name is Tanis Miller and you are holding my laptop ransom. I'm here to rescue it." I chirped merrily while smiling my most winsome smile. Dudes like that I find. Especially computer geeks.


"Do you have the service order?" You didn't even look up to see my charming smile or how I stood with my shoulders thrown back highlighting my perky boobs.



"Um no. My husband must have forgot to tell me," I smiled even harder to you.


"Phone number then," you yawned at me, clearly blind to my beauty and special brand of charm.



"1 800 REDNECK," I droned automatically while trying to peer at your impressive fancy computer screen.



Taking a few seconds to scan the screen which you adjusted to ensure I could not read any of it's top secret info, you pursed your rat thin lips together and finally looked up at me.



"Sorry. Your computer isn't ready yet."



That sound you heard was my heart breaking and sanity shattering.



"What do you mean my computer isn't ready yet?" I gasped, slightly panic stricken."You promised it would be fixed by Tuesday and it is now Wednesday," I cried as hysteria creeped into my voice.



"I'm sorry maam. My computer says your computer isn't ready." You were clearly unimpressed with the panicked female act I was using so I decided to switch tactics.


"Well can you tell me when it might be ready for pick up?" I asked with a hint of annoyance in my voice. (All right. It was more than a hint. I was dripping with aggravation by this point. I wanted to smack the freckles right off your pasty white face.)



With barely a glance at your computer screen you informed me you had no idea when it would be ready to go.



Imagine me ripping my hair out by its roots and kicking and screaming like a toddler having a temper tantrum. That is what I was doing in my mind Mr.Red-headed man, as I spoke to you with deadly calm. "Well then can I speak with someone who MIGHT have an idea?"



"Nope. Sorry. I'm the only tech here this time of day," you replied while clearly having no idea of the imminent danger you were in at that very moment.



"Can you at least tell me what is wrong with my computer then?" I huffed indignantly.


"Haven't the foggiest," you murmured as you stared at the computer screen to avoid the stabbing daggers shooting out of my eyes.



"That.Is.Not.Good.Enough." I gritted through my teeth.


"Well it takes time to sort through these things," you bravely explained to me like I was mentally challenged.



"Yes. Just like it takes time for me to drive to the furthest corner of the city to pick up my computer at the crack of dawn. The computer you promised would be ready by Tuesday," I snapped. "Time that I am losing because I am unable to take care of my business because I don't have a computer."



It was then that you and I locked horns and danced around one another in a duel to the death.



It was while I was stabbing you with a dull butter knife in my mind that I noted you were a a short little man, barely coming up to my chin. It was then I noted how I could snap you like a dry twig in between my muscular thighs.


You simply stared at me, laughing silently at my frustration as steam poured from my ears. You knew you held all the cards and you knew I knew it too.



I loathed you and your beady little eyes as I stuttered out, "This is unacceptable." Really I meant, 'I am going to make you moan in agony you sorry little troll.'



You smiled an evil little grin and cackled, "Someone will call you when it's ready. And I'm not giving you your two-headed unicorn now because I don't like your attitude. Bow down to my power Wench!"


I stared at you and I knew I had a choice. Walk away with my pride at his feet or make a stink and get my laptop back with a Portugese operating system installed.



"I'll be back," I whimpered, er, whispered. "I really need my computer," I said as I tucked my tail and turned away empty handed.



"Try using your blackberry. You can send emails that way," you laughed as you waggled your teeny tiny little boy fingers at me.



Ya. Thanks for that tip you evil little Red-headed man. It's only taken me two hours to peck out this post with my freakishly large man hands and these stupid little buttons.


You better have my computer ready for me tomorrow. One more day sitting in this hospital jonesing for my Internet fix and I am holding you personally accountable.


I promise you, I will use my Blackberry. As I shove it up yer arse and beat you senseless with my freakishly large man hands.


Signed,


A Loyal Mac Lover Who May Have Developed a Twitch.


Somedays the Universe Just Wants You To Stay in Bed

What happens when you let a rural Canadian Redneck loose in Los Angeles for a few days?

Nothing good I assure you.

Sure I sweet talked Donald Sutherland as he stood before me in the security line and cooed over my radiant beauty (okay, he said I was cute. I may be using some artistic license here,) while he fondled my tattoos (okay so maybe fondle is too strong of a word. Perhaps he merely glanced down and commented that he liked them,) hence distracting him with my sparkling personality so much so he forgot to take the coins out of his pocket and the three foot long Samurai sword he had tucked in the back of his pants thereby landing him straight into the Do Not Pass Go Line in airport Security as they snapped the rubber gloves on and cackled maniacally.

I got to meet Donald Sutherland. While admittedly, he isn't quite as sexy as his son Kiefer, he is a Canadian icon worthy of immediate texting and bragging to my husband.

I'm sure Donald Sutherland probably wishes he spent a little less time talking flirting with me after he was bent over by an rather large security officer with a sincere lack of humour.

And this was the high point of my trip. It only got lower from there.

The trip started out on a somber note, as I prepared to face my own nightmarish demons and little boy ghost as I attended the beautiful goodbye celebration my friends held for their baby daughter. I knew this trip wasn't going to be a boat load of tickles and giggles but I totally underestimated just how shat-tastic my karmic adventures could go.

(I no longer believe in karma by the way. I use to like to sprinkle pixie dust and rainbow glitter  where ever I went believing that karmic purity will find it's way back to me eventually.  But then the Universe confused all my joyous glittery karmic goodness with that of a festering, pus leaking boil and repaid my karmic intentions with a slap upside the head and a boot up the arse. A big waggling middle finger to you Karmic Universe. I renounce you.)

Ahem.

First there was the car accident. Oh ya. This is what happens when a Canadian redneck is set loose upon American traffic, more specifically the 405. Let's just saying the traffic on a Yankee freeway is decidedly different than driving on a dusty gravel back road dodging a few moose and white tail deer.

What the hell is up with those damn red light thingymajigs on the exit ramp as you merge onto the highway? Why can't you be more like Canadians who simply slap up a yield sign which is promptly ignored as we gun it and cut off any and all oncoming traffic? That's half the fun of merging. Counting the number of birds flipped at you and listening to the melodic harmonies of horns blaring.

Really. You Yanks suck the fun out of everything.

After a slight fender bender (oh okay, fine. There was no fender left. Nor a front end. Let's just say the piddly ass rental car I was in crumpled like an egg being hurled at a brick wall) I then got an up close and personal lesson with Southern California Highway police. Nice uniforms by the way. I, personally, would have chose a colour other than khaki, perhaps a festive purple because purple makes everyone smile but hey, to each their own.

A big friendly Canadian hello to a certain Officer Carter who not only didn't ticket us after playing bumper cars during rush hour but also graciously spoke on my cell phone to give the rental company accurate directions to where the remains of our car lay littered over the freeway and where I happened to be strolling along side traffic pretending to be an exotic hooker with a limp.

Then came my trip to the LAX, where I anxiously waited to fly home and away from freaky traffic lights, six lane freeways and rental cars resembling crumpled Easter eggs. Wherein I met the aforementioned Donald Sutherland.

I then promptly had to go pee from the excitement of the moment. (Don't judge me people. I've squeezed out three nine pound babies.) Shortly after exiting the washroom, my traveling buddy and doppelganger Mr. Lady was robbed of her passport and boarding pass by a lunatic with grey hair and teal sneakers.

You know what happens when a passport gets swiped in the departing lounge of LAX? Picture total lockdown and armed guards rushing around with M16's. Well, okay, maybe that only happened in my head. What really happened was Mr. Lady broke down in the ugly cry and I ran to vomit in the nearest sink because oh my hell, Mr. Lady is a freaking American hiding out in Canada and the nearest thing I have to a next door neighbour and Canada WON'T LET HER BACK IN!

As they were leading Mr. Lady down to the dungeon below to torture and rape her file a police report, a security officer grabbed my elbow and lead me kicking and screaming to my gate. There is nothing quite like being perp walked down an airport runway because some silly over anxious American security officer is worried I'll make a run for it and try and smuggle my doppelganger across the border.

Then to add insult to injury, as the plane was taxiing down the runway and catching the wind beneath it's wings (sorry, I couldn't resist) I felt something funny down in my lady bits. 

Oh for Gawd sake, Mother Freaking Nature decided to knock on my door a few days early and deposit Aunt Flo on my door step like some unwanted relative. Great. Getting up and hobbling to the bathroom while managing to knock two dudes in the back of the head with my gigantic purse I discover the loo is out of business. 

When I finally manage to waddle off the plane with a roll of toilet paper shoved down my pants, I actually considered kissing my beloved Canadian soil. But I was a little worried about bending over at that point. So I drove to my parents house to pick up my beloved dogs before being reunited with my children.

Imagine my surprise to find my darling little puppy has morphed into a woman in my absence. Poor little Nixon the World's Greatest Dog, Ever. looked on in horror as he watched the free sex show his room mate was putting on.

I raced out of my truck when I drove up because I saw my poor sweet baby was being raped. By her DADDY. Yelling at the horny dogs proved fruitless as they were stuck together. I raced inside and tearfully explained to my father that his dog Rupert was raping my dog, his daughter, and I really didn't want Rupert to be my dog's baby daddy as well as their grandfather.

"Well, what do you want me to do about it?" my dad chuckled.

"Um, I don't know, stop your dog from impregnating my dog!" I yelled back.

"Toss some cold water on them and they'll go their separate ways," he helpfully responded.

Thinking this was a brilliant solution, I grabbed the dog dish filled with water and ran outside where I dumped it on the two dogs. 

"Oh great. Now I have two wet dogs humping madly. Why don't I just provide some lube and turn on some Barry White for them while they're at it," I moaned as my dad just about fell over from laughter.

After fruitless efforts of trying to coax the dogs apart - including actually picking up my dog only to have her daddy firmly stay where he was implanted and just sort of dangle behind her (bastard wasn't letting go no matter what) I eventually just gave up, sat down and waited for them to finish up.

I am now the proud owner of one dog impregnated with what is most likely to be two headed babies. Free to the first ones who ask, y'all. 

My trip to America couldn't have ended on any other note, I thought to myself as I finally sat down in my own house, on my own couch. It was like insult to injury with each step I made on my way home. You might think America was punishing me for leaving. Or entering. Either way, it felt like I was getting boot f*cked.

Thank goodness that's all over, I thought to myself as I grabbed my laptop to tweet about my two headed puppies to be and how Karma really kicked my ass over the past two days.

Right then I opened my laptop to discover it died a mysterious death while I was busy terrorizing the USA.

It was the icing on a miserable cake from start to finish. So I did the only thing I could to make myself feel better. I opened up a box of wine and broke out the cheese spray and crackers.

It was good to be home. America hates me. And Karma really is a bitch.