Archie is Coming Home (and the Mayor punked me)

Yes.  I knew that the Universe would approve of me naming my new handpainted-by-elly ukulele ARCHIE.  So it made me win.  I have that kind of power... I know people...  In the Universe.. like you!  Well I don't know you.. unless YOU are my brother or someone who knows me and reads this crap.  In that case I know you.  But the rest of you...  Nevermind.  I don't know where I'm going with this.

Ok.  The point is that Elly over at Bugginword took time out of her life and schedule and doctor's appointments and general celebrity  um.. situation.. to paint up a little orange ukulele.  And I squealed at its little circles...  And then since it was her blogiversary, she decided to GIVE it AWAY.  *breathe* For the fee of some entries.  I can do entries.  Oh yes.  I can do entries.....  Here is Elly:

I am posting this one because I like it.  I sing this song to my kids all the time. The song is sentimental. 

Well I entered and tweeted and facebooked and made a youtube video response and did everything I could to ensure that nobody else had a chance I could maybe win it.  Because guess what everyone? I've been jonesing for a ukulele for like.. two years.  And especially since my friend Weldon starting showing off by playing his ukuleles all the time and I'm like WHAT!?!  You know how I said that, right?  Like WHHHAAAAT!?  BTW, I've been having some espresso.

Yep.  Don't bother doing your hair or anything, Self.  Just show it allll to the world. PS, I had to whip it together while dinner was cooking..  so.  I just seem nuts.  A LOT was going on, Readers.  Okay.  I'm going to stop apologizing now.  Because I won.  Heheheh.

So then I started dropping hints among friends & family members and people and strangers and those guys at the music shop that I deserve and need one or six of them but nobody is taking the hint and my kids have to go to the dentist so I can't BUY one.  Not that any of those people are off the hook, because you know what they say! "Michelle needs more stringed instruments around the house!" and also my birthday is on May 2.  But ukuleles are little.  So.  I could fit lots of them in between my guitars is what I'm saying.

And then I won.  ME.  I did.  Making an arse of myself on youtubez was totally worth every single hit.  Worth trolls finding me and shredding my outfit (Neil's UFC hoodie, BTW.  Really flattering).

And now I'm an expert on ukulele chording just from memorizing ukulele charts this afternoon, okay?  And I think I accidentally promised Jerrod that I would perform my first ukulele solo wearing a fake beard in some kind of weird fit of guilt.   I don't know... things are a little blurry all of the sudden....   Can't.. feel... my legs....  Getting so sleepy... heading toward the light.....

(Psst.. dont' tell him his glasses are crooked.) 

PS.  This morning when I woke up, I heard the Mayor on the news talking about how he was going to regift the Royal City Swans to Prince William & Kate Middleton for their Wedding presents.  The swans that were a gift to us from Buckingham Palace.  I like our Royal Swans, okay, Readers?? They are OUR Royal Swans, dammit.  So I got in a big huff and sent a strongly worded letter to him, telling him that it was tacky and horrible and the swans would die while being shipped to England and that they might as well just give them the feral cats of Parliament Hill while they're at it.  Because nobody likes those cats (but I'll be damned if I don't get excited when I see one).   No really, Readers.  On Canada's Parliament hill, there is an enclosure of government protected feral cats. Anyway, so then the MAYOR tweeted me and told me to check the date.  Yeah.  April 1st, Readers.  That dirty old.... ooooh.... grrrr.......nobody punks me and gets away with it.   So the Mayor of Ottawa is on my to-punk list now.  Actually I like Mayor Watson.  I even voted for him.  Even if he's a punk.

Yes.  I still think lolcatz are funny and YES I made this one myself and yes I lose because it saved with the spellcheck alert line under 'haz'.  I'm a mockery, okay!?  I'm a MOCKERY.

 But the Mayor tweeted me!  And I won a ukulele!  And I found enough change in my vehicle to buy some espresso!  So....  All in all a good day.