umbrellas

it rained today on my way to the production meeting so i stopped at walgreens to buy an umbrella. they only had black ones and i refuse to buy a black umbrella so i mustered on. at jewel i tried again, and they had 2 i adored. i didn't get the tiny lightweight purple one. i got the pink one with magenta and orange flowers and the squishy ball handle. you know what i look for in an umbrella.

i am terrible at loosing umbrellas and sunglasses. i keep them for years. i have to be very careful making sure that i get ones that i really like, or else i'm stuck with them forever. i bought my current pair of sunglasses in 1999 at the dollar store. finally last year i bought a second pair cause i was so tired of them.

now, people like my mother should only have one cheap umbrella because they have to keep buying them over and over again. for my lifestyle, i am a firm beliver in three umbrellas. i have my good umbrella, which i got as a gift in 2001. it's long, covers the shoulders without knocking people off the sidewalk, hooked wooden handle, art reproduction- cezzane, i think. an excellent high quality umbrella garunteed to keep you dry all day. but not as goofy as a poncho or a raincoat.

second umbrella i keep at work. also a long (not a folding) umbrella with a wooden handle. i am very vehement about folding umbrellas in chicago. they are a BAD idea. it's just too windy. they turn inside out. they're more trouble than they're worth, i just get wet. so this umbrella is a bastion of my childhood, bought in, oh, 1993 or something. i know it was from before my parents got divorced. i love being prepared when it starts to rain midday.

and the third, which i've been missing ever since the umbrella i bought in germany 2002 broke in strong winds, is the disposable umbrella. something brightly patterned that fits in your bag. for when you think it might rain, but don't want to lug around and be embarrased by a big umbrella all day if it doesn't. something that's good to travel with. something to keep the water off your glasses. i don't ask for much from this umbrella. just please, no black. rainy days are dismal enough.


i know, i know, ya'll wanna hear about the marajuana. i'll get to it. it's really not that exciting. i've had an emotionally draining day, i need a break, ok? the meeting is over, it was fine, i survived, i'll get back to real life and blogging soon. for now i'm just gong to ignore my list, eat chocolate and finish lesbian /woman.