not so local trains of thought or more blather



last nite
 as
 i walked down the street
 i was wishing 
i had my big camera

 the sky
 was
 so interesting
 there were these stripes
 i am sure
 they were clouds
 but 
they looked like stripes

 the street lights
 were added
 a 
strange
odd
 brightness
 contrast 

so
 i took a photo
later
 after toonman went to play cards
 he now plays on wednesday
 vs 
the zillions of nights
 in the past
  they played on thursday
 that
 was an adjustment
 from
 the original friday nights

dont ask
 how long
 its been
 since
 that
 cause
 i can't remember its so long ago
 tho 
i will tell you
 it was when we lived upstairs
 and
 that
 my friends
is
 ancient history

 anyway
 after he left 
i played with the photo
 in
 snapheal
 an interesting app
 i am not sure
 i will ever truly understand 
all the wonderfulness it offers
 but 
i did manage 
to get rid of one very annoying bright light
 and 
smoothed out another

dont look too closely
 it was my first time
 you know how those are

 in other random relative to nothing stuff
 i discovered
 an earring missing 
off the mess that is my dresser top 
likely 
it fell on the floor
 and
 was
 sucked up
 by the vacuum 

using a flashlight
i peered under the dresser
oh
 it 
is
gross
 under
 there
i do believe vacuuming needs to be done
i shudder to tell you how badly
(i am shuddering, really)

so i went shopping online
i typed in my american express card #
for whatever the reason
 it wouldn't take
 three times
 it was an issue
 so
i switched to another card


within seconds
 i had an email
 from
 american express
 'did you just try to make purchase at blah blah for $$$? call us' 

 i did
 i spoke
 to
a most charming gentlemen
kumar was his name
 he asked me to verify all the purchases i made
 he commented
 in a very nice way
 'i see christmas shopping has begun' 
i had to laugh

 he also told me why i had the trouble
 i had
 and
 how to download an app
 that will help
 expedite my purchases
should
 a security alert be placed on my card
due to mistyping or many purchases in a short time
it seems its that time of year
fraud is rampant
so
amex is watching
 i thanked him
 and
told him
 i was going to stop shopping now
 oh no he said we dont want you to stop
 that
 made
 me
laugh
 even more

 nevertheless
 shopping is now officially ended!