Wednesday, June 27, 2012

instagrampa

Phil leaned back in his rickety lawn chair, tilting his face up so that the sunlight filled every wrinkled crevasse on his aging facade. His Kodak Instamatic rested in his lap.


He was a young eighty seven by mental standards. His wit had remained sharp as cheddar over the years, and he still hated Democrats with the staunch Republican passion of his youth. He wasn't young Phil anymore, and his wife Ann would be the first to tell you how he had changed over the years. For starters, he wasn't as racist as he used to be. Ann noticed some other Phil changes too, but those were more peformance-based. Fortunately, Ann happened to be a nurse. There were always Cialis® (tadalafil) starter packs in the doctor's sample closet at work.


Phil's first wife had passed away a few decades back. He had since remarried, and had very little to complain about as an aging octogenerian. Ann, 15 years his junior, was a good wife, and a loving companion who made a killer sauce. She fulfilled all of his senile needs. That's not to say old man Phil couldn't have an extracurricular hobby or two..


Sitting out on his porch, basking in the sunlight, Phil twisted the volume dial on the radio. Phil fancied himself a photographer, a paparazzo, if you will. Oldies music no longer drowned out the hum of the lawnmower down the street. He picked up his camera and was instantly back on the photo prowl.


Phil lived on the corner of Spruce and St. Francis. From his front porch he could see oncoming traffic from both streets. By "oncoming traffic" we mean people jogging. By "people jogging", we are specifically referring to young women donning neon colored sports bras. Locationally, one could say that Phil lived on a prime piece of real estate.


Phil had been napping and picture-snapping ladies getting their cardio on all day. It was a glorious day for a jog/nap. 


Out of the corner of his eye he saw a frisky feminine figure jogging energetically into focus. Neon green. Nice. He cooly held up his camera and click.  He chortled to himself as he looked down and pretended to be distracted by the begonias in his garden, waiting for the runner chicky to pass. Except that she didn't. She ran right up to the edge of his yard and began to walk angrily across the grass towards him.


"You creepy old pig, I saw what you just did, hand me that camera right now or I'm reporting you to the police."


Ah, shit, Phil thought to himself. Busted. 


"Eh, err, I'm sorry, what's that you say missy?" Phil tried to play the hard-of-hearing card. She wasn't biting.


"I said give me that fucking camera or I'm calling the cops is what I said!" The feisty jogger immediately snatched his camera and smashed it on the ground repeatedly until the undeveloped film was exposed to the sunlight. Phil was in disbelief! His Kodak Instamatic! Insta-ruined! It was at least like, 50 years old! That was the last roll of Instafilm he had! Who knew if they even made that film anymore! Kodak was like, bankrupt now, right?! 


"You wish you had a picture of me, you old horn dog! I'm a sexy piece of ass! You're a creepy old man! You disgust me!" Without giving Phil a chance to conjure up a stuttering apology, she stormed off across the yard.


With her back turned to him, Phil quickly whipped out his iPhone, activated Instagram and stealthily snapped a few pictures. Nice. She bent over to tie her shoes! Phil kept surreptitiously snapping away. Nice! Nice! He quickly pocketed his smartphone before the girl stood up and turned around to give him the finger. Then she jogged off. Phil waved, then looked down at his shattered camera. It was a good camera back in the day, but it didn't have an 8 megapixel lens like this here iPhone. Anyways, he was too old to get hung up on a broken camera. He shook his head and chuckled quietly to himself. Bitches be cray.


When the coast was clear he took out his phone and played around with a few filters. Phil, you dog you, he thought to himself proudly, replaying the recent altercation in his head, you stillll got it.


He continued to smile to himself. He opened up his facebook app and uploaded one of the pictures for all of his seventeen sixteen friends to see.


Caption:
"87 and still livin' the dream"





Wednesday, June 13, 2012

see Tom peep


Tom's favorite color without a doubt was yellow. Kevin's was most certainly blue.

Tom was an aspiring birdwatcher. He liked to keep his bird watching skills razor sharp by people peeping from time to time. Never was Tom seen without his binoculars. Kevin would often accompany Tom on his bird-peeping expeditions. Tom always knew where to find chicks. Kevin on the other hand, he had a keen eye for spotting other birdwatchers. Especially the handsome ones.

Kevin wasn't without aspirations himself. He fancied opening a cupcake shop someday. Kev's Kakes. Back home in Indiana, Kevin's mother loved to entertain guests with grainy home footage of 3-year old Kevin using his Easy-Bake Oven. She bought him his first apron. Yes, it was paisley. No, it wasn't on sale. 

Tom was a Scorpio. Kevin happened to be a Gemini. No, it wasn't the most compatible friendship, but Tom sure loved baked goods. Plus, Kevin's maternal grandmother had a pretty sweet bachelorette pad.

So anyways, after a long hard day of peepin', the boys were hangin' over at Kevin's grandma's crib, watchin' TV. Kev had just put a big batch of rugelach in the oven. They had approximately 20 minutes to kill. 

Casually sprawled out on the floor like a professional model, Kevin couldn't help but think how Tom looked like a canary in his yellow. He giggled to himself, then went back to watching Antiques Roadshow. Tom sat there watching television through his binoculars. Tom soon grew tired of watching television with his binoculars. Peeping down at Kevin from his perched position on the couch, Tom mentally remarked at how Kevin looked like a handsome bluebird. Sitting there with his binoculars backwards, Tom also noticed how the blue in Kevin's socks and sweater brought out the color in his robin's egg blue eyes. He continued to watch Kevin focus on the TV program. Kevin had a stern brow, like a slightly angry bird's. His teeth were whiter than a virgin dove. Tom subtly turned his binoculars around for a closer inspection. When Kevin smiled, his dimples were suddenly the only two things in Tom's entire world. Kevin's cheeks were rosier than a flamingo. (Grandma liked to keep it toasty up in that bitch.) Venturing southward, it was clear to Tom that underneath Kevin's tight blue sweater was anything but a bird chest

Venturing even further south DING! The timer in the kitchen went off. The rugelach were done! Kevin instantly jumped up and scampered into the kitchen. 

Tom sat there on the couch, confused. 

Was he just blueballed? 


Tuesday, June 5, 2012

the nightcap


Ava (fifth most popular girls name in 2011) woke up with a gasp next to her hubby Dario (didn't make the list). Her pulse was racing like an Ethiopian runner. The room was pitch black like an Ethiopian runner; sitting up in bed she still was at a loss as to where her dream ended and reality began.

Some dreams are rated G, for general audiences. These dreams are generally free of profanity, sex, drugs, and animals that don't understand English.

Some dreams receive PG ratings due to mild profanity, usually from the English-speaking animal antagonist, or from the guy who just got kicked in the groin again.

Dreams that mimic real life usually receive an R-rating because of mature adult situations, curb stomping, meth use or tits.

The dream Ava awoke from would have likely garnered an R-rating due to some choice love-making and a handful of candid f-bombs. Not a nightmare mind you, nevertheless, Ava woke up mortified.

This would have been the condensed movie trailer for her dream:

[Snow falling gently outside a 19th century colonial home. Evening time. Christmas lights on the bushes outside the house. Christmas time]

[Scene switches to inside home, fireside]

Ava: Ooh baby, you're so thoughtful... [lifting up her candy-striped nightshirt from the tissue paper in the gift bag, she giggles when she sees the matching nightcap fall out and land on the floor. Who the hell even wears those anymore?]

Dario: Mmm baby I can't wait to see you in thisss.

Narrator (James Earl Jones please): It was their first Christmas together. They had both been good this year. There was still time however, to be a little naughty.

Ava: How about.. you wait right here. This fire is getting kind of cold, how about I go slip into something.. hott..

[In her bedroom, Ava stands in front of full length mirror wearing her nighty, adjusting breasts, puckering lips]

Dario: [playfully] Baby, hurry up, I'm sh-sh-shivering!

[Ava saunters back into the living room. Dario surprises her and jumps out and puts the nightcap on her head. Little does she know he covered the bottom in superglue. Smells like a Christmas comedy!]

[Love-making between the two ensues, obviously before Ava realizes that her candy cane cap is sticking to her head better than a half-eaten candy cane stuck in a shag rug. It works out nicely that Dario has already gift-wrapped and placed Ava's Liberator under the tree. *Product placement*]

Ava: Mmm, so glad we still have 12 nights of Christmas leftttt.

Dario: [kissing Ava] Christmas isn't over until you get that nightcap off your head, my little sugarplum fairy.

Ava: What.. [reaching for nightcap].. THE HELL? ITS STUCK! HELP HELP GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF ME IT'S FUCKING STUCK! DID YOU FUCKING SUPERGLUE THIS THING ON MY HEAD!?

Narrator: Love can be found in the coldest of months. This December, so can tomfoolery. The Nightcap. In theaters December 15th.