Go to What Happened When The CityBoy Moved to TheCountry
- Add a comment
- Go to The Sound During My Time
The prelude to the mice... very clever.
I'm not a tv person either. The first thing Emil did when we got up to the cabin was put on the news, which is like talk radio. Everything I did had this annoying buzz behind it. Finally, I just snapped, "I'm never renting a cabin with a tv again!". He looked at me like I was insane, and turned the tv down. I do watch TAPS on Wednesdays. My next career will be a paranormal investigator. Take care Joe Love
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on August 15, 2005 at 10:15 AM
| link to this | reply
Joe
I'm so glad you stopped your post when you did. I was scared half to death and did not want to know what you saw. Of course, people will imagine the worst possible scenarios. I take comfort in realizing that you said you were "amazed" at what you saw, not "horrified".
posted by
Pooch116
on August 13, 2005 at 3:00 PM
| link to this | reply
following the clues
in your story, I think you must have detected a mouse in the house, chewing away on the wooden underbelly beneath the kitchen sink. Either that or a small flying saucer has landed and the little green men have assumed that you are the leader. Did they give you a translator button so you could talk to them and warn them of the evils of cable television and other "advances" in civilization since their last visit some 8,000 years ago?
posted by
Pat_B
on August 13, 2005 at 6:24 AM
| link to this | reply
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, an alien?
posted by
Original_Influence
on August 12, 2005 at 5:03 PM
| link to this | reply
Joe Love
O.K. dude, that's it eh? Left me hangin? Well I woulda shoved that pen right through the hooded guys eye and then laughed at the thingy in the cupboard, which is probably nothing more than a alien multi coloured singing cockroach hanging on to the Old Dutch cleaner can or somethin' like that.
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 12, 2005 at 1:59 PM
| link to this | reply
joe
C'mon man........Write something will ya?
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on August 12, 2005 at 12:36 PM
| link to this | reply
This is a 'to be continued' blog. Television is also famous for doing this-continued stuff. I can see how the continual television is affecting your writing. They say that the pen is mightier than the sword. And I enjoyed the post. Now, continue on......
posted by
ThomasFranklin
on August 12, 2005 at 11:14 AM
| link to this | reply
Nice cliff-hanger....
You just hold on to that pen! OK? Ha-Ha
posted by
jacentaOld
on August 12, 2005 at 7:56 AM
| link to this | reply
you might not have written him to death
but at least you were armed ready to write a damn good blog!! lol xxx hope u solved ur mystery tho. xx
posted by
mcbreeze
on August 12, 2005 at 2:42 AM
| link to this | reply
Joel Love, it took me a while to get back to you. Country living never sounded so interesting until you started writing about this. I like the way you stretch a minute into a post
posted by
Azur
on August 12, 2005 at 2:34 AM
| link to this | reply
I can't believe that in 43 comments, no-one has come up with the glaringly obvious answer to what was under Joe Love's sink, making that scratching noise...
It was RICK PITINO!
He had to hide, because he didn't want the Monster to know he was there. Somebody had it half right with the Bananee Cantaloupe, because the scraping noise was Rick having a little nibble to keep him going until the Monster went to bed.
So did you get his autograph with that pen, Joe?
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 12, 2005 at 1:48 AM
| link to this | reply
Joe L, you TOTALLY SUCK for not telling what the hell it was!!
Oy! I have very limited patience as it is and then, you go and do something like this!!
Come on, now!
posted by
SpitFire70
on August 12, 2005 at 1:12 AM
| link to this | reply
Joe
Just dropped by to check out your blog in return for your comments on mine. I must say I am impressed by your literacy skills and will be dropping back from now on. Well done
Cheers
Roony
posted by
roony35
on August 12, 2005 at 1:04 AM
| link to this | reply
Joe,
I like your writing. It isn't as superficial as much of what I see.
The only suggestion that I would make is that you set up the page display so that it isn't so difficult on the eye. It is quite tricky to do with what Blogit has easily available for HTML settings, but I think most readers would be much more at ease with more text/background contrast. I know I would. I don't have the greatest eyesight in the world, but I think that is true of many readers. Thanks for your comment to my post. JJ
posted by
Jack_Flash
on August 11, 2005 at 10:21 PM
| link to this | reply
Hey Joe, you asked why in the world I would want it - just cuz I thought it was funny. Don't get me wrong, I'm not big on bigotry - but it's the Carrol O'Connor in me...
posted by
astromuffy
on August 11, 2005 at 8:06 PM
| link to this | reply
I'm guessing a rat? I, too, loved
write him to death! And I have to admit that
Ghost Hunters on Sci Fi is one of my very favorite TV shows!
posted by
Holy_Grail
on August 11, 2005 at 3:29 PM
| link to this | reply
Joe_Love, I am SO glad you have joined this community! You are a truly gifted writer, and congrats on your rankings! You deserve them!! Way to go!
~Mama.Dragonfly487
posted by
Mama.Dragonfly
on August 11, 2005 at 3:18 PM
| link to this | reply
Cliffhanger!! No fair!! It probably wasn't a mouse or rat...to predictable...possom maybe? Killer squirrel?? Hmmm...drat...you won't tell until the next post I just know it.
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2005 at 9:48 AM
| link to this | reply
Hey Joe...
the pen is mightier than the sword...but I have a sword in my living room anyway, just in case...
...and yeah, I'm a man who appreciates sunsets - and sunrises, but I am almost never up to see them...too friggin early...peace...
posted by
jimmy68
on August 11, 2005 at 9:33 AM
| link to this | reply
The People Under in the Cabinets
So let's see...killer mice (we'll assume it was a killer mouse because that's just more interesting)...evil rusty refrigerators...and now "The scraping...the scraping..." Your farm may not be the Congo but maybe you could pen Heart of Darkness Two: Joe_Love, a Monster, and the Sci-Fi channel.
posted by
mhickory
on August 11, 2005 at 7:43 AM
| link to this | reply
Haha..I love it!
"written him to death!" This is a cliff-hanger Joe...do tell what/who was under the sink!!
posted by
ginnieb
on August 11, 2005 at 7:31 AM
| link to this | reply
"Written him to death!"
Too funny Joe.
It's a wild kitty, a field mouse, Big Bird?? Hanging on for the answer..
posted by
Katray2
on August 11, 2005 at 6:55 AM
| link to this | reply
Joe Love...The Monster is lucky to have you.....
You are such a tender soul. Glad you shut the tv when he drifts off to sleep. I love how you describe your relationship w/ the Monster. It's always so humorous, loving, and terrifically written....I used to have a crush on William Shatner when I first saw him with his shirt off on an episode. Don't tell anyone. That's embarrassing. And I don't care for sci-fi, either.
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on August 11, 2005 at 6:54 AM
| link to this | reply
Oh no! I'm too scared to turn off the lights now.
posted by
MsVision
on August 11, 2005 at 6:47 AM
| link to this | reply
Love
Was it a BIG, FAT, RAT???
posted by
Tweeter65
on August 11, 2005 at 6:43 AM
| link to this | reply
WHAT IS IT???
posted by
allicat275
on August 11, 2005 at 6:23 AM
| link to this | reply
Arrrghhhh...
It's either some nasty critter or worse, the sound of plumbing preparing to blow.
Nice on-edge, classic cliffhanger ending!
posted by
strat
on August 11, 2005 at 5:42 AM
| link to this | reply
I'm SURE whatever it is -
it has a tail.
posted by
Cynthia
on August 11, 2005 at 5:04 AM
| link to this | reply
The intermittent screaming from the stuff on Sci-Fi
also does a lot to ruin the few undisturbed nerves I have left. Can't wait to hear who was scratching around in your cupboard.
posted by
word.smith
on August 11, 2005 at 4:42 AM
| link to this | reply
Oh great! Now I have to wait to find out what it was and how you used the pen!
posted by
Ca88andra
on August 11, 2005 at 4:09 AM
| link to this | reply
It's some kind of critter!
Isn't it? Just don't write it to death. Or is it ET?
Ahhhh! now I'll never get back to sleep.
posted by
Whacky
on August 11, 2005 at 12:18 AM
| link to this | reply
Oh, hell.
Now I have to wait for the rest of it??? To be perfectly honest, I love the SciFi channel for three things: Mystery Science Theatre (always cracks me up, sad but true), the awful horror movies at Halloween, and the occasional good, or cheezy but entertaining film. My tastes are simple. But damn, I want to know what was in your cupboard!
posted by
SilverMoon7
on August 11, 2005 at 12:15 AM
| link to this | reply
i think it's Captain Kirk ransacking your sink for parts to sue on his spaceship. i think the pen you're holding as a weapon is conspiring with the source of the mysterious sound..(i don't even get what i'm saying..:P)..nowadays,, everything is a conspiracy.
posted by
sunjae
on August 10, 2005 at 11:56 PM
| link to this | reply
Krisles. . ,
I'm glad
SOMEBODY found that funny. I thought it was the funniest part of the whole daggone story!!!
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 10, 2005 at 10:05 PM
| link to this | reply
Joe_Love
Hey! Did you have to make me think about those dang Replicators!!! I hate those things!!! I'm gonna have to get my picture of Jack out and put it on my nightstand to save me now...... OK, is it a tree roach scratchin' around? Those little devils - and they have nothin' to do with housekeepin' so don't screech at me - can make a lot of noise in country cabinets.... or did you ever get that mouse? Write it to death - that was a good one!
posted by
Krisles
on August 10, 2005 at 10:00 PM
| link to this | reply
i loathe star trek.... my husband loves star trek!
posted by
mmm-w
on August 10, 2005 at 9:50 PM
| link to this | reply
posted by
RedHeadedGypsy
on August 10, 2005 at 9:43 PM
| link to this | reply
Joe
Actually, I remember the old star trek episodes.......mostly becuase I'm older. I have never watched the newer ones! "Trouble with Tribbles" was one I remember well. Little fur balls
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on August 10, 2005 at 9:29 PM
| link to this | reply
Timmy. . ,
HAHAHAHAHA! You must watch the stupid-pupid SciFi Channel, too!!
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 10, 2005 at 9:26 PM
| link to this | reply
Joe
Unless your house is infested with tribbles?
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on August 10, 2005 at 9:25 PM
| link to this | reply
Joe
If it was anything like the same noise I heard in my house......it is a squirel. Cute little rodent now lives many miles from my home.
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on August 10, 2005 at 9:24 PM
| link to this | reply
I aint sayin' nothing more!!!
It's hard enough coming up with something new!! And, I'll be daggone if I fork over my next blog!! LOL
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 10, 2005 at 9:23 PM
| link to this | reply
Ren. . ,
You just wait. LOL
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 10, 2005 at 9:21 PM
| link to this | reply
Reni
You are right...I forgot about them!!!
posted by
Bel_
on August 10, 2005 at 9:21 PM
| link to this | reply
JOE
This must be the sound of the self-cleaning cycle of the garbage disposal. Mine kicks in when Captain Kirk says beam me up Scotty.
posted by
Cypress
on August 10, 2005 at 9:20 PM
| link to this | reply
P O
It's not nice to Blaspheme!!!
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 10, 2005 at 9:19 PM
| link to this | reply
Wait, wait, wait, I know! It was one of those naner cantelopues--or
whatever the hell you called them! You were right to be afraid!!!
posted by
Renigade
on August 10, 2005 at 9:18 PM
| link to this | reply
Spock?
posted by
Renigade
on August 10, 2005 at 9:18 PM
| link to this | reply
That's some cliffhanger.
Even, though,
obviously you survived the mysterious encounter.
Btw, I have confirmed through several sources that Pitino has
definitely had a "weave".
Eerie Namecallers Love Emerald Nuts
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 10, 2005 at 9:17 PM
| link to this | reply
hahaha, Betty
Laughing here. Just don't do that on your blog!! LOLOL I hate when people do it to me.
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 10, 2005 at 9:16 PM
| link to this | reply
You're gonna make us wait? I don't believe it.
You suck.
Just kidding. You know I love you, Joe.
Now TELL ME WHAT IT WAS... I'm dying over here... The suspense is killing me.
Grrrrrrr.
posted by
bettyboop1967
on August 10, 2005 at 9:15 PM
| link to this | reply
Joe
Thank you...now I know why I don't know who he is.
posted by
Bel_
on August 10, 2005 at 9:14 PM
| link to this | reply
Wifey
He's coach of the University of Louisville basketball team.
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 10, 2005 at 9:12 PM
| link to this | reply
Let's see
It could be a squirrel, a rat, a rat on steriods (AKA Opossum), raccoon, skunk....oooooooooo the possibilities.
I keep meaning to ask...who is this Rick person you keep mentioning. Remember I live in Green Acres and we don't even have cable here.
posted by
Bel_
on August 10, 2005 at 9:06 PM
| link to this | reply