Why Is The Peacock Green?
Hi. I am drunk. Drunk and blogging and soon to hit the "Publish" button. So now is my time to type all the things that I would not be inclined to say sober. Or ever. Here is my list:
- The NBC peacock logo thingy? It is green. All green. What the fuck is that about?
- I have a new friend. Like, I actually talk to her on the phone friend. One of my in real life friends said "What the fuck? You are too sick to deal with the friends you have. Why would you go and make another friend?" To which I said, "She lives in another state. It requires not physical effort to be her friend." Unless, of course, you count the fact that I am flying to see her this summer be damned the costs.
- Fuck. Stupid Teddy Bear interrupted my train of drunken thought and now I forgot what I was going to blog next. OH! I remember!
- I found out tonight that my husband does not know how to type. I mean, he can type, and with the quickness, but not PROPERLY. He wanders across the keyboard like a drunken Sam. Me. Ha!
- A friend of Teddy Bear's and his fiance (congrats!) are getting married. Duh, hence the fiance thing. Well, we have a problem. See, the friend is also friends with H3.2. Remember him? He is still nursing his wounds from the breakup of Summer 06 and cannot bear the thought of me or TB. And we are all invited. So, I decided that in the best interest of myself, that I should look DAMN FUCKING HOT at the wedding. Chicken and Teddy Bear thought that I should stuff my bra to look extra buxom. Ha!
- My Chicken is failing his Advisement class. AKA homeroom. And Language Arts. He is actually failing just about every class when it comes to his homework grade. And he hid his report card for a month. Luckily (I think) he is super smart and with his test/classwork scores he averages out to a B or B+. But the lying? And hiding? My God I think I have a middle-schooler on my hands. And it is taking all the energy I have. Which is fabulous birth control. I am exhausted.
- The Chicken. It requires two numbers because he is making me crazy. And I grounded the shit out of him. And he is making up every assignment regardless of the credit his teachers give him. I do not trust him anymore and I am so sad. Growing up sucks.
- My arm is fucking killing me from holding it up to type and TB wants to watch Scrubs. I am having a horrible body week. I want a new body.
- I don't appreciate TB enough. He is so kind and takes care of me and wonderful and loves me and I am grateful but I don't ACT grateful and I should. I think this whole "married three times" thing is working. The third time. I love my husband.
- Yes, I totally love my husband. It should be its own number.
Labels: About Me, Chicken, Suck Ass, Teddy Bear






4 Comments:
A peacock's fan (tail) really is shades of green, with those gorgeous blue 'eyes' shimmering across the feathers.
The original peacock was a symbol of when NBC began broadcasting in color, and the logo represented all the 'living' colors, the basic rainbow spread, to remind viewers that NBC broadcast in color. The difference between color broadcast and black and white was pretty important back then, for advertising rates.
Today the emphasis is on the shift to High Definition (is that like, Timothy Leary's 1960's "Better Living Through Chemistry" kind of 'high'?!) TV. And turning the logo to the distinctions of more natural shades of green for the peacock's tail lets them get all 'we are *so* High Definition' to impress the advertisers and remind viewers how important it is that NBC is broadcasting in HD. And, of course, to keep those advertiser rates up.
I just looked at the animated logo on http://www.nbc.com/. Huh. The animation looks pretty high tech, but makes me feel all queasy inside. Kinda like car sick, you know?
As for the friend's wedding - Please, please post before and after pictures, please?
Failing to complete homework can be distraction. It can also be chronic - as in, depression. The traditional response has been 'unmotivated, lacks discipline, procrastinates', and that is often true. Sometimes there are emotional issues that make the work much harder than others would imagine. Just a thought. Don't ask me how I know.
Yay! I'm all for new friends! :)
Suckage about Chicken. I guess growing up does suck.. but you are right, he's super super smart.. so no worries there! But, still.. good luck through the teenage years *hugs*
*wave to Chicken..* be nice to yer mom!!
Oy. I can totally relate.
I know I have a great, smart kid.
But man, sometimes she does things that make her utterly unrecognizable to me.
Which is when I threaten to kick her almost-18-year-old ass out, burn all her clothes, sell her horse and give Grandma her cell phone number;)
The peacock was green as publicity stunt for environmental awareness.
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