It was a weekend of 'Naw's. Every time one or both of us turned around, something to 'naw' at.
Starting Saturday morning and a trip to the grocery store for a single item. I walked in to find the place packed. "What the?..." I said. Because our local grocery doesn't usually have people spilling out into the streets on a Saturday morning. There were less people shopping on Christmas Eve. Then I remembered...there is some huge snow storm coming, supposedly, which always makes me laugh. I've been in New York City long enough to witness "The Storm of the Season" hastily applied to quite a number of (what ended up being) two or three inch snowfalls. But there they were, frantically snarfing up the canned goods and beer like it was armageddon, buying into the yearly hollow threat. I decided I didn't need my single item bad enough to wait in line for an hour, and left thinking "suckers."
Then some movies, which I won't bore you with, all of which held a plethora of 'naws'. Of the disbelief variety, mostly. Shorthand for statements like, "Could there be a bigger plot hole?" or "I smell an 'it was all a dream' coming..."
Then Sunday. I woke up to a room so cold I could see my breath. I crossed to the window, pulled the curtain open, and exclaimed "Naw!" G said, "What is it?" I called him to the window. "Naw!" he also exclaimed. Then a dash outdoors for a little off-the-leash romping in the with the pup in the mountains of white, which made me forget that I was the "sucker" with a completely bare cupboard.
Michele Kwan...outta the running. Naw! Which didn't make much sense because neither one of us follow the Olympics or skating or Mz. Kwan. But still, it got a big naw.
Then Cheney shoots an old guy. I read G the article... "It appears to have been a legitimate accident." I say. "Naw!" we go. Meaning 'damn'.
The night ended with one more Naw! One humdinger of a naw via a phone call from a friend. But I can't tell you lest I betray a confidence, which is how that particular naw got started in the first place. I'll direct you to this previous post, and leave it at that.
Posted by Antigeist at February 13, 2006 12:00 PM