The bears are back after a month-long break! As my dear panda roommate was saying during our last appearance, this polar bear has been busy piloting her nonprophet (since her air force friend has declined assistance- he claims that distance is an issue, but really, isn't that the job of a pilot, to cover a lot of distance??) and is now taking a break from hibernation.
I know you faithful bear blog readers are wondering, "What does edithbear mean by bearshopping? Is she going to tell us a story about bears hopping around? Or will she be talking about the shopping habits of bears?" Excellent questions! In fact, I will be describing the latter (although, this pair of bears does talk a lot about hopping. We hop in the shower. Or, we hop into bed. Or, we hop on the metro/metrobus. This is really where panda came up with the nickname "edithhare". Contrary to what she claims in our previous banter, I have never in my life switched to an iceberg lettuce diet.)
Onto our shopping story. Saturday was such a beautiful day, so edithbear and panda decided to take a few shopping excursions, because panda is a self-appointed bored member of edithbear's nonprophet, and edithbear, upon coming out of hibernation, did not feel like doing much work on her pilot. Boredom and slothfulness drove us out into the beautiful day, and we made our way to Safeway to get our groceries. Panda mentioned that she needed to go to Costco later, and edithbear asked why we didn't just go to Costco to get groceries, if panda needed to go there anyway? Panda proceeded to remind edithbear that, as bears, they move on foot, or on icebergs, not in cars! So, in the absence of car space, there was really no place to store our groceries, save for balancing them on our heads, so it's better to just get them at Safeway and carry them the short distance home. Edithbear saw the true wisdom in this reasoning, so she agreed. All pandabear needed at Costco anyway was a free phone, and edithbear could just pick up her calcium chews there. So we got our groceries and came home.
Soon afterwards we set out to Costco for the free phone. Pandabear really needed this free phone because, you see, pandas need to be in touch with other animals, and people, ALL THE TIME, and so she needs to be able to use her phone while she's traveling on the metro on her way to the zoo. It would be disastrous if, for example, she got to Metro Center and saw that she had to wait another 28 minutes for the next train to bring her to see Tai Shan, and couldn't call him to let him know! And, as my bored member, she also needed to be on the same network as me and my pilot friend. Anyway, obtaining this free phone at Costco ended up to be a much more complicated ordeal than expected! The sales guy asked panda all these hard questions, like, which members of panda's family are on her family plan? Was panda the alpha panda, or did that honor belong to someone else in her family? Because, if someone else was the alpha panda, switching networks would be much easier. Realizing that her acquisition of a free phone at Costco might jeopardize the communication lines between all the other pandas in the world for the next six months, she decided to hold off on the network switch until she could carefully process the consequences of such an action.
This polar bear could tell that panda was slightly dejected though (she really wanted a chocolate phone because pandas love chocolate), so we went browsing through the rest of Costco for some consolation purchases. For some reason we ended up browsing through the fruit section and picked up a big 20-lb box of dinosaur eggs (because panda thinks baby dinosaurs are cute) and another 20-lb box of white nectarines (because they match edithbear's pure white fur). And we walked by the coffee section and realized we needed more coffee (since the bears sleep so much; we'd never wake up if not for coffee), so we grabbed a Costco-sized 80-lb Starbucks coffee bag. And THEN, panda saw some 100% Kona coffee, which was never there before, and since edithbear has only farmed coffee in the north pole, she was also eager to try out this mysterious Hawaiian coffee. So we picked that up as well (necessitating a future purchase of a coffee grinder--since it would be sacrilegious, edithbear was told, to grind Kona coffee any earlier than right before brewing time), along with a few other purchases (and edithbear's calcium chews).
All in all, the bears entered Costco intending only to get a free phone and about $15 worth of vitamins, and left with no phone and about $100 worth of groceries (fruit & coffee, plus some snacks), haircare products, and health products. Needless to say, we had to balance these all on our head for the entire metro ride home, still with no appropriate phone service to tell anyone our stories in real time... and panda didn't even use her practice head this time...
Monday, September 3, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
midsummer night's banter
so we bears need to take a break in the summer cuz it's way too hot. but since summer is halfway thro we figured we could come outa the a/c for a bit and grace the internet world with our presence again ;-)
except, we seem to have an identity crisis. edithbear may have taken a liking to iceberg lettuce! i know polar bears like icebergs but... iceberg lettuce?! so i suggested changing her name to "edithbunny." except she says it sounds too much like one of her friends, so after a few seconds i had a brainwave. why not call her "edithhare"!!! :-) it rhymes with edithbear AND it's hilarious! however, she did not take to the idea at all. i tried to explain to her that she was edithbear cuz her Duke friends got her a polar bear, but she retorted that the store they got it from was "build-a-bear" not "build-a-hare". i sent her a link from the store showing that they made bunnies too but.. to no avail. she also did not like that "hare" was too much like "hair"... methinks the bear is sensitive about her fur/hair...
which brings us to the topic of practice heads (yes, my transition is astounding, no?). so the firm i work for is broken down into pratices, hence, the leader of each practice is called a "practice head". edithbear found that to be hilarious and commented that she had not such a practice head, but she only have a "real head". and the number of jokes that have come from that... sigh. one such joke relates to hair. i had an interview at the apt for something and she said she'd go home later after my interview to "stay out of my hair." to which she snidely added that she should do that since she was always crawling in and out of my hair... :-) i told her that it was ok, cuz i was using my practice head that day so she can hang out in the hair on my real head... haha!
i like having a practice head, it gives my real head a break sometimes so it doesn't wear out from overuse. i feel sorry for those who do not have practice heads, their real heads must suffer fatigue quite frequently. you should all heed this warning and get a practice head...
preview of something to come...
edithbear had a funny chat with her friend the other day... he asked her how her "nonprophet" was doing. i do believe edithbear broke out into uproarous laughter. she is currently working on her "nonprophet" pilot program and she suggested that he "pilot" it for her, him being the the air force and all. she also said that since she was a "nonprophet" she was in the perfect position to run a "nonprophet" organization. but she is too busy piloting to post for now, she shall make her return in a week or two.
hair/hare ... profit/prophet
what to do with the complexities of the english language?
except, we seem to have an identity crisis. edithbear may have taken a liking to iceberg lettuce! i know polar bears like icebergs but... iceberg lettuce?! so i suggested changing her name to "edithbunny." except she says it sounds too much like one of her friends, so after a few seconds i had a brainwave. why not call her "edithhare"!!! :-) it rhymes with edithbear AND it's hilarious! however, she did not take to the idea at all. i tried to explain to her that she was edithbear cuz her Duke friends got her a polar bear, but she retorted that the store they got it from was "build-a-bear" not "build-a-hare". i sent her a link from the store showing that they made bunnies too but.. to no avail. she also did not like that "hare" was too much like "hair"... methinks the bear is sensitive about her fur/hair...
which brings us to the topic of practice heads (yes, my transition is astounding, no?). so the firm i work for is broken down into pratices, hence, the leader of each practice is called a "practice head". edithbear found that to be hilarious and commented that she had not such a practice head, but she only have a "real head". and the number of jokes that have come from that... sigh. one such joke relates to hair. i had an interview at the apt for something and she said she'd go home later after my interview to "stay out of my hair." to which she snidely added that she should do that since she was always crawling in and out of my hair... :-) i told her that it was ok, cuz i was using my practice head that day so she can hang out in the hair on my real head... haha!
i like having a practice head, it gives my real head a break sometimes so it doesn't wear out from overuse. i feel sorry for those who do not have practice heads, their real heads must suffer fatigue quite frequently. you should all heed this warning and get a practice head...
preview of something to come...
edithbear had a funny chat with her friend the other day... he asked her how her "nonprophet" was doing. i do believe edithbear broke out into uproarous laughter. she is currently working on her "nonprophet" pilot program and she suggested that he "pilot" it for her, him being the the air force and all. she also said that since she was a "nonprophet" she was in the perfect position to run a "nonprophet" organization. but she is too busy piloting to post for now, she shall make her return in a week or two.
hair/hare ... profit/prophet
what to do with the complexities of the english language?
Thursday, June 28, 2007
pandas eat pizza!
So, the polar bear walked into the apartment last night, and this was this first thing she saw:
Ha ha ha ha! That is one HUUUGE slice of pizza! Look how hungry and mournful Matrix looks in the background... but the panda's not sharing any of that pizza with him...
Ha ha ha ha! That is one HUUUGE slice of pizza! Look how hungry and mournful Matrix looks in the background... but the panda's not sharing any of that pizza with him...
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Un-bearable heat
The bears are going crazy. I don't think the heat is good for pandas and polar bears. Makes us very... disoriented. Maybe we just need to acclimate to the heat and humidity. Shed our winter furs.
Anyway, our banter lately has been very focused on eating, sleep, hair and travel.
Yesterday I suggested we go to London and Disney World this weekend. My fellow travelers concurred, and edithbear suggested we go to Disney World on Saturday morning and London in the afternoon. Which is totally doable, I think. At least, according to googlemaps... we just need to bring our swimsuits.
Then I decided yesterday that all my problems would be solved as soon as I get my haircut today. Because my shoulder and neck have been very sore lately, I'm sure it's from supporting the weight of all my hair on my head! Additionally, the heat is getting to me because my hair is so long and trapping all the heat, hence frying my brain, and like I said, we bears need to shed our winter fur/hair. and edithbear just smirked at me and nodded. it's nice to feel supported.
Eating... now that is a topic. For some reason this panda has developed a fondess for edithbear's green and blue possessions. More so on the eating front tho. apparently, all her green and blue things are disappearing, like a green shirt, bluetooth, blue toothbrush... and edithbear believes it's panda is ingesting it all. Amazing tho cuz edithbear then finds all these possessions so apparently, this panda has the ability to regurgitate everything whole and undamaged. But then edithbear has been retaliating by eating panda's black things, like her shorts. hmmm...
Sleep? Well, pandas and polar bears love to sleep. Polars bears hibernate all winter and pandas sleep like 14 hours a day. However, while in New York, we learned that this polar bear has very interesting sleeping habits... her quote is "I will sleep with anyone who is willing to sleep with me." * long pause * Perhaps that needs a little explaining?
- edithbear explains it this way. She had a very long tiring day and she had just gotten out of the shower. There were two full beds, panda was on one and bearfriend was on the other. And the bears' host had a bed in another room. We all told her to pick a bed, to pick a place to sleep, to pick her bedmate :-) She claims that in her fatigue and not having processed her statement, she just blurted out "i will sleep with anone who is willing to sleep with me." Let me tell you, that statement caused quite a loud raucous among the bears and bearfriends present. Silly ole bear :-)
So that's the update for now. Perhaps after we acclimate to the weather the bears will be less crazy. I doubt it tho... ;-)
Wait n' see...
Anyway, our banter lately has been very focused on eating, sleep, hair and travel.
Yesterday I suggested we go to London and Disney World this weekend. My fellow travelers concurred, and edithbear suggested we go to Disney World on Saturday morning and London in the afternoon. Which is totally doable, I think. At least, according to googlemaps... we just need to bring our swimsuits.
Then I decided yesterday that all my problems would be solved as soon as I get my haircut today. Because my shoulder and neck have been very sore lately, I'm sure it's from supporting the weight of all my hair on my head! Additionally, the heat is getting to me because my hair is so long and trapping all the heat, hence frying my brain, and like I said, we bears need to shed our winter fur/hair. and edithbear just smirked at me and nodded. it's nice to feel supported.
Eating... now that is a topic. For some reason this panda has developed a fondess for edithbear's green and blue possessions. More so on the eating front tho. apparently, all her green and blue things are disappearing, like a green shirt, bluetooth, blue toothbrush... and edithbear believes it's panda is ingesting it all. Amazing tho cuz edithbear then finds all these possessions so apparently, this panda has the ability to regurgitate everything whole and undamaged. But then edithbear has been retaliating by eating panda's black things, like her shorts. hmmm...
Sleep? Well, pandas and polar bears love to sleep. Polars bears hibernate all winter and pandas sleep like 14 hours a day. However, while in New York, we learned that this polar bear has very interesting sleeping habits... her quote is "I will sleep with anyone who is willing to sleep with me." * long pause * Perhaps that needs a little explaining?
- edithbear explains it this way. She had a very long tiring day and she had just gotten out of the shower. There were two full beds, panda was on one and bearfriend was on the other. And the bears' host had a bed in another room. We all told her to pick a bed, to pick a place to sleep, to pick her bedmate :-) She claims that in her fatigue and not having processed her statement, she just blurted out "i will sleep with anone who is willing to sleep with me." Let me tell you, that statement caused quite a loud raucous among the bears and bearfriends present. Silly ole bear :-)
So that's the update for now. Perhaps after we acclimate to the weather the bears will be less crazy. I doubt it tho... ;-)
Wait n' see...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
memorial day fun
Today was the FIRST PAID HOLIDAY OF SPRING!
And what do your bears do to celebrate Memorial Day? We stayed inside and did house errands... it was just way too hot to do anything outdoors today! Although we did both venture outside for a small part of the day...
Anyway, our house errands make for some rather interesting conversations. Jonahsmiles fell completely asleep during one of them, and during her nap I was taking a break and vegging in front of the TV. Then I decided to be productive and headed to my room to read, when I heard Jonahsmiles rustling around in the kitchen. Coming out excitedly, I exclaimed, "You're up!" And she replied, "Yes. You know why? Because I had a dream that I was asleep and you came into my room and were yelling at me to wake up. So I woke up and realized that you were not even in my room." huh.
We are also good at reading each other's minds. Eh, not really. We were both checking stuff online in our respective rooms at one point:
Jonahsmiles asked me, "So how many of these do you usually order at one time?"
My reply was "uuuhhhh. twelve?"
(Because, I obviously knew exactly what she was ordering. She actually needed new contact lenses. I had a pretty good answer for her, don't you think?)
A few minutes later, I had a question! "So, should we take the 6:00 bus from Rosslyn?"
Her response: "Where is the bus going and why are we leaving at 6:00?"
(I was clearly talking about out trip up to New York this coming weekend. I have no idea why she thought I meant TODAY at 6:00.)
We both need to go back to work tomorrow. Memorial Day should really be Memorial Week...
And what do your bears do to celebrate Memorial Day? We stayed inside and did house errands... it was just way too hot to do anything outdoors today! Although we did both venture outside for a small part of the day...
Anyway, our house errands make for some rather interesting conversations. Jonahsmiles fell completely asleep during one of them, and during her nap I was taking a break and vegging in front of the TV. Then I decided to be productive and headed to my room to read, when I heard Jonahsmiles rustling around in the kitchen. Coming out excitedly, I exclaimed, "You're up!" And she replied, "Yes. You know why? Because I had a dream that I was asleep and you came into my room and were yelling at me to wake up. So I woke up and realized that you were not even in my room." huh.
We are also good at reading each other's minds. Eh, not really. We were both checking stuff online in our respective rooms at one point:
Jonahsmiles asked me, "So how many of these do you usually order at one time?"
My reply was "uuuhhhh. twelve?"
(Because, I obviously knew exactly what she was ordering. She actually needed new contact lenses. I had a pretty good answer for her, don't you think?)
A few minutes later, I had a question! "So, should we take the 6:00 bus from Rosslyn?"
Her response: "Where is the bus going and why are we leaving at 6:00?"
(I was clearly talking about out trip up to New York this coming weekend. I have no idea why she thought I meant TODAY at 6:00.)
We both need to go back to work tomorrow. Memorial Day should really be Memorial Week...
Monday, May 14, 2007
antics of an abandoned polar bear
Not much bear banter this past weekend! The panda and the polar bear did not spend as much time together as they normally do; they were hanging out with separate crowds for much of the weekend. This time, edithbear was kept quite busy, but when she's not, and jonahsmiles decides to abandon her for more than a day, some quirky polar bear habits emerge! These might include:
- watching Lifetime movies every night. Especially the really, really bad ones that are oppressively predictable and so unrealistic that they are funny. Edithbear has watched some of these several times!!
- consuming Hawaiian pizza. Jonahsmiles despises pizza with pineapples on them, and edithbear loves pineapple on pizza, so when the panda is gone, the polar bear comes out to eat everything she couldn't have otherwise eaten.
- taking a million personality tests. As if polar bears don't know that they love the cold weather and live in the North Pole. They have to take all these complicated personality surveys to discover this about themselves and think, "Wow, these tests are so accurate! That is totally who I am!"
- taking a break from the Lifetime movies to read dorky books and magazines, mostly written by economists or sociologists.
- falling asleep on the futon (while watching another Lifetime rerun) and, after realizing this has happened when a loud noise from the TV wakes her up at 2am, being too lazy to move from the futon to her bed.
- shredding paper.
- foraging for fancy chocolates and making weird meals out of whatever is left in the refrigerator.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
From whence came the name?
My roommate's famous last words: I don't think we are that bizzare...
She also believes in the famous "show-not-tell" format, as you'll see in the conversation below. So, if you want to witness first-hand how bizzare we truly are sometimes, you'll want to keep track of this blog cuz as she's written, this is where the panda and polar bear worlds collide and who know what'll come outa our mouths... or muzzles. Our very cute furry muzzles... :-)
So, how did we come up with the name for this site? Observe the behind-the-scenes, witty banter that occurs during the workday... cuz you know, we're always so hard at work...
jonahsmiles: so when will we launch our joint blog?
Edithbear: whenever. :) i can do it today if you are eager =D
jonahsmiles: we can call it panedith bear :-)
Edithbear: hahaha
jonahsmiles: and the tagline can be "only for the pure of heart, holy and wise" followed by "unless you are learning to be peace"
Edithbear: although i think panedithbear sounds kinda weird
jonahsmiles: or "turn Buddha off and turn God on" :-) "time to switch the channel" :)
Edithbear: uhh can we call it panda-polar-bear?
jonahsmiles: aww, it's less fun... hmmmm
Edithbear: well i don't think it's fair that my name needs to be in the blogname but yours is not
jonahsmiles: hahah we can call it "black and white noise" or Bear truths :-) or Bear with us
Edithbear: hehe... heeeheeeheee i'm obviously the all-white polar bear because i am pure
jonahsmiles: Bearing our souls :-P
jonahsmiles: OHHHHHH.... Beary-funny-banter
Edithbear: hahahahaha seriously?
jonahsmiles: what do you think? I'm just throwing out ideas
Edithbear: it's cute :) and the name is available
jonahsmiles: funny can be changed to a different adj. i just liked the alliteration of beary and banter..
Edithbear: bubbly heeheeheehee bouncy or maybe just bear-banter? you think that's boring tho, huh ;)
jonahsmiles: heee. beary-merry-banter
jonahsmiles: we could go with bantering-bears
Edithbear: ok!
jonahsmiles: is that fun?
Edithbear: i think so ... ask roof :)
jonahsmiles: we need an other adj i feel. ahhh. bizzare. we need to get the word bizzare in there
Edithbear: we do? bizarre-bantering-bears. that's so long!
jonahsmiles: or just bizzare banter
Edithbear: but we're both bears!
jonahsmiles: we can get rid of the hyphens. bizzarebearbanter. ok ok, bantering bears is fine :)
Edithbear: heehee, i don't think we are that bizarre
jonahsmiles: i'm looking for a word like, silly or funny or something cuz our conversations are a bit odd sometimes
Edithbear: i mean i'm sure all other roommates have similar conversations...
jonahsmiles: especially about being peace, heeehee
Edithbear: i think we can manage to show our bizarreness rather than tell it outright
jonahsmiles: bantering-zen-bears
Edithbear: omg. bantering-buddha-bears
jonahsmiles: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA LOL
Edithbear: did you really laugh that much out loud?
jonahsmiles: no, i'm stiffling it but everyone around me is looking at me...
Edithbear: hahahaha
jonahsmiles: we HAVE to go with that
Edithbear: they must think you're weird ;) um, ok. if it made you laugh that much. i guess we do
jonahsmiles: noooo, that's probably too momentary ... it's just funny
Edithbear: plus people will think we're not christian anymore
jonahsmiles: our first posting should be aLL the names we considered
Edithbear: that's what i was gonna say! good thing we have a running record of it in gchat!
jonahsmiles: so how will the address loook http://banteringbears.blogspot.com/?
Edithbear: yep, i think that looks fine
Oh, btw, we're in the process of getting all our suggestions copyrighted so don't try to steal any of our ideas :-P If you do, we'll come after you with the "Elle" magazine and the slingshot-worthy projectile brookies....
She also believes in the famous "show-not-tell" format, as you'll see in the conversation below. So, if you want to witness first-hand how bizzare we truly are sometimes, you'll want to keep track of this blog cuz as she's written, this is where the panda and polar bear worlds collide and who know what'll come outa our mouths... or muzzles. Our very cute furry muzzles... :-)
So, how did we come up with the name for this site? Observe the behind-the-scenes, witty banter that occurs during the workday... cuz you know, we're always so hard at work...
jonahsmiles: so when will we launch our joint blog?
Edithbear: whenever. :) i can do it today if you are eager =D
jonahsmiles: we can call it panedith bear :-)
Edithbear: hahaha
jonahsmiles: and the tagline can be "only for the pure of heart, holy and wise" followed by "unless you are learning to be peace"
Edithbear: although i think panedithbear sounds kinda weird
jonahsmiles: or "turn Buddha off and turn God on" :-) "time to switch the channel" :)
Edithbear: uhh can we call it panda-polar-bear?
jonahsmiles: aww, it's less fun... hmmmm
Edithbear: well i don't think it's fair that my name needs to be in the blogname but yours is not
jonahsmiles: hahah we can call it "black and white noise" or Bear truths :-) or Bear with us
Edithbear: hehe... heeeheeeheee i'm obviously the all-white polar bear because i am pure
jonahsmiles: Bearing our souls :-P
jonahsmiles: OHHHHHH.... Beary-funny-banter
Edithbear: hahahahaha seriously?
jonahsmiles: what do you think? I'm just throwing out ideas
Edithbear: it's cute :) and the name is available
jonahsmiles: funny can be changed to a different adj. i just liked the alliteration of beary and banter..
Edithbear: bubbly heeheeheehee bouncy or maybe just bear-banter? you think that's boring tho, huh ;)
jonahsmiles: heee. beary-merry-banter
jonahsmiles: we could go with bantering-bears
Edithbear: ok!
jonahsmiles: is that fun?
Edithbear: i think so ... ask roof :)
jonahsmiles: we need an other adj i feel. ahhh. bizzare. we need to get the word bizzare in there
Edithbear: we do? bizarre-bantering-bears. that's so long!
jonahsmiles: or just bizzare banter
Edithbear: but we're both bears!
jonahsmiles: we can get rid of the hyphens. bizzarebearbanter. ok ok, bantering bears is fine :)
Edithbear: heehee, i don't think we are that bizarre
jonahsmiles: i'm looking for a word like, silly or funny or something cuz our conversations are a bit odd sometimes
Edithbear: i mean i'm sure all other roommates have similar conversations...
jonahsmiles: especially about being peace, heeehee
Edithbear: i think we can manage to show our bizarreness rather than tell it outright
jonahsmiles: bantering-zen-bears
Edithbear: omg. bantering-buddha-bears
jonahsmiles: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA LOL
Edithbear: did you really laugh that much out loud?
jonahsmiles: no, i'm stiffling it but everyone around me is looking at me...
Edithbear: hahahaha
jonahsmiles: we HAVE to go with that
Edithbear: they must think you're weird ;) um, ok. if it made you laugh that much. i guess we do
jonahsmiles: noooo, that's probably too momentary ... it's just funny
Edithbear: plus people will think we're not christian anymore
jonahsmiles: our first posting should be aLL the names we considered
Edithbear: that's what i was gonna say! good thing we have a running record of it in gchat!
jonahsmiles: so how will the address loook http://banteringbears.blogspot.com/?
Edithbear: yep, i think that looks fine
Oh, btw, we're in the process of getting all our suggestions copyrighted so don't try to steal any of our ideas :-P If you do, we'll come after you with the "Elle" magazine and the slingshot-worthy projectile brookies....
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