Suntana's Blog Trek

Hah! Made ya look! No, this Post is not going to be about Porn. And calm down. Take a deep breath or two. Christina Aguilera is not in any trouble. That would be a Dirrty Predicament, not a Dirty Predicament. Besides, she’s not Dirrty anymore. Damn!

Anyway, I've been tinkering with my Blog's theme, so I didn't have remotely near as much time to think about what topic, incident or adventure I was going to write this week. Therefore, I'm gonna have to wing it.

I'm sure we all periodically write ourselves Reminder Notes to remind us to not forget to do this or that. For example, tonight we're supposed to change our clocks BACK 1 hour. Maybe some people wrote themselves a little note to remind them of this key task. Another example is Bloggers writing little notes to remind them of stuff about which they're going to Blog. Consequently, by all accounts, Reminder Notes are Great. Reminder Notes are always our Friend. Or ARE they? Dum Dee Dum Dum! You knew that was coming, didn't you? There HAD to be the exception. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have a Post.

So, a couple of years back, there we were, my co-worker Peggy and I … working and chatting. At some point, Peggy showed me her hands and commented on how embarrassed she was about her Dirty Fingernails. I think I vaguely recall that she told me they were the result of some job / task she had to do out there when she worked on the production floor. She said she was having trouble getting them clean due to whatever substance it was. I remember she even told me a funny story about her Dirty Fingernails. I wish I could remember it because it would make this Post even funnier. Well, I can't remember it, but the point is that whatever funny story she told me about her fingernails, I deemed it hilarious and I just had to tell my sister and my niece in my weekly Newsletter that I used to send them.

So as not to forget to tell my sister & niece the funny Dirty Fingernail story, I wrote myself a Reminder Note. I just quickly scribbled on a sheet of paper --- "Peggy … Dirty Fingernails." I tucked that note in my briefcase with some other papers. The next day, Peggy asked me for some Info. I go, "Oh, it's over there in those papers next to my briefcase." Peggy goes over to acquire the appropriate sheet with the particular Info. And as luck would have it, wouldn't you know it … she just happens to come across my Reminder Note and READS it! In a perplexed and slightly scared tone of voice, Peggy goes, "OMG! What's THIS? Peggy … Dirty Fingernails? This is about ME? What is this FOR?" Carlos Busted! Woooooo! Talk about me feeling warm and weak all over as I realized she had found my Reminder Note. HOW the Fugg was I gonna explain that note? How was I gonna get out of this one … this pickle predicament in which I had gotten myself?

Well, if any of y'all have seen the cartoon The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, y'all will remember how mischievously clever and quick-thinking he was when he was asked by the little WhoGirl why he was stealing the Christmas Presents. That was me here. I was forced to improvise something plausible and quickly! Trying to act all nonchalant, I went something like, "Oh, THAT! Oh don't worry about it. It's nothing. It's not like I'm going to report you to Management that, ‘Peggy has Dirty Fingernails.’ And then what? They're gonna deny you a raise cuz you have Dirty Fingernails?" All worried, Peggy adds, "So, what's it doing here? What is it FOR?" I continue, "Oh, it's just that I found your little Dirty Fingernails story hilarious." Peggy interjects, "But, why did you write it down? What's it gonna be used for? Why was there a need to write it down?" By now I practically needed Scuba Gear for as much as I was figuratively sweating. Still in clever, quick-thinking, BS-improvising Grinch mode, I went something like, "Oh, you know … I was there working and thinking and in tossing around ideas, your little hilarious Fingernail story popped into my head. Then while remaining with my thought process regarding the task at hand, I guess I just for no particular reason, doodled – Peggy … Dirty Fingernails. Just because it was hilarious. You know … sorta like when one doodles without realizing it while talking on the phone."

Finally, Peggy somewhat semi bought that BS Buffet of an explanation. Whew! I must have really sold it with the expertise equivalent of a Used Car Salesman.

In a Jerry Springer type of Final Thought: Keep track of your Reminder Notes. Don't let them fall into the wrong hands if there is a possibility of winding up in a Hot Seat Dirty Predicament.