Poonilda Devine
I just spent $75 on a “hair iron” because with the coming of Spring I get obsessed with my hair. I would like to get it cut much shorter but for now, I will settle for something a little different. There is no evidence that I will be able to straighten my hair since I am impatient about such girly things, but I am going to give it a try.
I would also like to try something like this. A BOOTCAMP! To get me to exercise more! And do strength training! Of course, the problem is that If I did a morning class I would have to get up at 5AM three days a week. And if I did it in the evening I would be either running or bootcamp-ing every weeknight. Either scenario sounds like a recipe for a tired, irritable me.
Speaking of irritable, this weekend I had a coffee incident. I asked for my coffee “dark” and got it “black,” which is becoming more prevalent. Is this a regional problem? Are dark and black synonyms in…say…Ohio and then the Ohioans come here and give me their snotbag attitude when I try to patiently (ha!) explain that I said dark…NOT BLACK. Soon I’m gonna sound like one of the Bev3rly Hillbillies when I order, “Honey, could y’all just add a tetch of milk to ma’ coffee…thanks a bunch!”
And, to add to the list of names for my cat, a new one is Poonilda Devine. I sing her a song that goes with the name and she seems to like it. And I like it too.
April 15, 2008 at 10:21 am
I’m afraid I must plead guilty. I do not know the difference between black and dark. Is dark slightly less black? I have mine with just sugar bec of the lactose problem. And, I never buy coffee in coffee places so I live under a rock. In the South. Which may explain everything. Aren’t you glad I’m not a barrista?
April 15, 2008 at 10:23 am
Light=a lot of milk
Dark=a little milk
It seems clear that I am going to have to give up on “dark,” but I’ll do it with a heavy heart. Poor, poor me.
April 15, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I think it is a regional/NYC thing. You don’t have light or dark coffee here. You have coffee with milk/cream and black coffee. Unless you’re at S-bux, in which case you have to speak Italian. And also, Poonilda Devine may be the best yet.
April 15, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Is the song the Cruella DeVille song? Because that’s the one I’ve got in my head now, thanks to you.
April 15, 2008 at 12:14 pm
It’s not. I’m not sure if this is a song I made up (very unlikely) or if I’ve ripped it off some March.
April 15, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I am an Ohioan for the last, uhm, 15 years, but I don’t drink coffee, sorry…however, your dark vs black logic makes perfect sense to me…it doesn’t help you, does it? Perhaps you could order black with a ‘dash’ of milk…
“Snotbag attitude” (lol) you must be talking about my neighbor!
April 15, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I’ve never heard coffee referred to as ‘dark’ - only black or w/cream. Related factoid: if you order a soft drink at a restaurant here in Texas, you ask for a “coke” and then the waitress asks you what flavor of “coke” you want. You know, like say “7up” flavor or “Pepsi” flavor. Stupid Texas.
April 15, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I think Poonilda Devine was on Maury Povitch Show the other day. He/she was a transvestite who dressed like “Desperate Housewives”
April 15, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Just black or with cream, and at the joints I inhabit, they give you the creamer or the creamer substitutes so you can lighten it as you wish.
April 15, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I have to admit, I’ve never “gotten” dark coffee. To me, coffee is a grownup vehicle for warm milk. So I always take mine light. Yum. However, I think it’s lame that coffee purveyors don’t seem to under stand what dark means. How ’bout asking for clarification if you don’t understand what someone’s just asked for!?!
April 15, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Hmmm, I didn’t know the “dark” term either. But it’s Iowa, so what do I know?