Strange Fortune Cookie

[kevyn]

Strange Fortune

I went to an Asian buffet for lunch today with some of my DVR classmates, and at the end of the meal, I cracked open my fortune cookie to find this very strange piece of advice:

You may fall into a spell of shininess -- Don't buy it.

"Spell of shininess?" What the hell is "shininess?" I don't get it. Is this some sort of slang I am not aware of? It doesn't even work with adding "in bed" to the end of it!

Comments

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

I wonder if this is related somehow to your dream about the free prize at the giftshop.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Interesting... I never made that connection. It does fit, doesn't it? But does that mean I *shouldn't * choose?

[that-dang-otter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when that strikes I usually end up buying a motorcycle.

iPhones are also shiny, and have cast a similar spell over their purchasers.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

I see, so it's an anti-materialistic fortune. I can get behind that.

Thanks for clarifying!

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

You can still dig something even if you're not dazzled by it.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Kind of like how I really like driving in cars (they're really convenient), but i'm not dazzled by the latest model or muscle cars, or whatever.

shiny.

[kennapea.livejournal.com]

have you ever watched Firefly?

Re: shiny.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Indeed I have! I never made that connection.

Jayne is HOT!

Re: shiny.

[kennapea.livejournal.com]

i'm a Mal girl, myself, but i'd do Jayne Jayne would do in a pinch.


oh hey, i was wondering something:
your mother was/is(?) a nurse, right?
where at? (if you don't mind me asking)

Re: shiny.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

>your mother was/is(?) a nurse, right? where at?

She was, she's now retired.

Here's my recollection of her postings.

130th General Hospital, Nürnberg, Desutschland, 1974-1979
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Ft. Gordon, GA, 1979-1981
US Army Medical Command, Ft. Sam Houston, TX, 1981-1982
Weed Army Community Hospital, Ft. Irwin, CA, 1982-1984
Ireland Army Community Hospital, Ft. Knox, KY, 1984-retirement