Valley Girl

Oh the inconvenience of it all.

Yesterday I had to go to the Insurance Company - they had given me an appointment at 16.30. Since I was going because I didn't have a car, this wasn't easy, but Alex gave me a lift to the place.
The insurance guy was a Kumar from Swindon. He told me we could have a rental car for a few days, which will take the pressure off a bit.
The company have written our car off and we won't get anything like what it was worth to us. A ten-year-old car that was in excellent condition and with only 80k on the clock.
They said this to Kevin.

After that one, I had my long-awaited hair appointment.
'Can I do something different with your hair?' she asked,
'Yep,' I said. Later, hearing this, Kevin said,
'I can imagine what Sleepy'd say if the hairdresser said that,'
'Mmmhmmm.'

I got the last bus home, 20.08. Buses are annoying of course because they come in their own time instead of yours, and it takes hours to get anywhere, but I like travelling on them, especially when it's dark outside.

At the bus stop there was a bench, but set a way away from the actual bus stop sign. A young woman had been sitting there for about ten minutes, talking continuously on her cell. The bus she wanted came along and she stood up and teetered over on high heels, dragging a suitcase with a handle behind her. She was still on her phone and I could see that it was encrusted with fake jewels. The bus passed.
She had that Valley Girl speech pattern.
'Was that like the 405?' she said,
'Yep,' said I
'Like, that was my bus,' she said into her phone,
'Did it go past?'
'Yep,'
Into phone, 'It like, went past,'
'Why didn't it like, stop?'
'Dunno,'
'I'm like, ringing Translink,'
'Ok,'
'It's uh engaged,'
'Oh,'
'Is there another bus that goes to like, Marine Drive?'
I look up at the list of buses,
'Don't think so,'
'Like, what time does the bus to UBC go?'
'I....will look on the timetable for you,' I said, hoping it was pointed. At that moment, Translink answered her call and my bus arrived, so I was spared the continuation of such scintillating banter.

Tonight we watched 'Exes and Ohs' a new lesbian comedy, this time set in Seattle, eventually there will be one that is not only filmed in but also set in Vancouver. In case you don't get that it's about lesbians, they keep mentioning the fact, instead of women, they refer to themselves as lesbians. Still, at least they aren't all immaculately turned out as in the L-Word, there was one couple who shared a name and who dressed the same as each other. I'll stick with it through another couple of episodes, but it'll have to get way more engaging.

In the new series of SUV, Olivia's hair has grown bizarrely long in a week. Guess they don't always show the eps in sequence.