Just got home from the Saucer. The Rapscallions took a much-needed first place at trivia, bringing our gift certificate stash to $210. Then I pulled out my laptop, which I brought with me, and worked on my next online store for 3 hours while listening to Leo Lazarus and a very entertaining guest singer. The next online store is not the one I thought would be done first, which will have widespread appeal to this blog’s demographic. However, it is an appropriate store to open around this time of year. It’ll be up by the end of the week.
One of the waitresses at the Saucer saw my “Obama for President” sign on my blog. She said she’s for Obama too, and wanted to know where she could get a “my daughter’s for Obama” shirt. I surfed the web and couldn’t find one, but I had a backup plan… my friends Pete and Josh who run a screen printing business in the basement of Winfield’s (Madison at Main). They can put most anything on a shirt. So I gave her their number. If you need custom Obama gear made, stop by Winfield’s (open Mon-Sat 11ish to 7) and ask for them. They do other custom printing too, not just political stuff.
I bet they could even do an Obama tube top if you brought them one. You can buy solid-colored tube tops here, and then take them into Winfield’s for customizing. A friend of mine is doing an Obama meetup 3 hours before my TubeTopalooza party later this month. One outfit, two events.
The same friend bought a Wii video game console tonight. He told me he’s heard there’s a pole dancing game coming out for the Wii. Is that true? If so, I know what the next online store I build will be selling. Plus I’ll buy a Wii myself and start inviting “friends” over to play video games.
On the way home, I ran into BFF of the Month candidate Melissa, working one of her two jobs out on a restaurant patio. “Where did you go last night?” she asked. “I went home and put on a tube top just for you. But you were gone when I came back. I had it on and got tipped $5 at the Saucer, and I don’t even work there!”
“I didn’t know you were coming back,” I replied. “I drank 4 Flying Mooses from 6 to 7, and then three 34 oz. beers. By 11:30 I was done. But, if I had known you were coming back in a tube top, I would’ve stayed out until 6 AM to see it!”
Then Melissa had a brilliant idea. “Maybe I should start carrying a spare tube top around in my purse. That way, when I see you, I can run into the bathroom and change into it.” That, my friends, is the voice of pure genius right there. She earned herself massive bonus points in her quest to become BFF of the Month for July. “And I wasn’t even trying!” she said. That’s the best part of it all. The best BFFs naturally know how to be great BFFs. They don’t have to try. Meanwhile her competition is going around naming their cats after bums. It reminds me of when Memphis was leading Michigan State 50-20 at halftime in the NCAA playoffs. It may not be over, but it’s going to take a superhuman effort for any of the other candidates to come out a winner.
I haven’t heard anything from Memphis in May people about the rumors about BBQ Fest. However, I did hear from several people who heard the same thing I did, and sent me “Is this what you heard?” e-mails. I’ll give MIM until Thursday morning to tell me what’s going on, otherwise I’m going to post what I heard.
Guess I’ll go to bed now. Tomorrow I get to take the car in to get inspected and sit in a long line during my lunch hour. Did I mention that I never bothered to get the A/C fixed? Yeah tomorrow is really going to suck.