greenmangostudio

Today I experienced something I was hoping would never happen. A bunch of teenagers walked by me while I was in the grass outside my apartment patio, and one of them pointed in my direction and audibly asked her friends "... Is that a cat on a leash?" Yes, my friends. It was. I have 3 cats and one of them likes to parkour over my patio gate, so I have a leash and harness just for her, so I can let my cats on the patio and make a damn coffee without having to chase after one sneaky cat before I'm even prepared the face the world. Don't worry she's still supervised. I've rescued her from looking like a failed bungee-jumper about 3 times. She is always unamused. It's hilarious. On this occasion I happened to see some birds in the nearby tree and wanted to toss them some bird seed, and I thought to myself... I suppose I could take the cat along. What's the harm? Tl;Dr: I never thoight I'd end up here, but here I am. Went to feed some birds and ...

This happened very recently. My wife and I pet and house sit all over Europe (saves on accommodation) and we usually drive to our sits. So I pack the car, get all things sorted, lock the house, jump in the car, plug in the destination into the cars sat nav and head off. We have a very long drive ahead of us (11 hours) and we are heading to the French Pyrenees. After the long drive both my wife and I are looking forward to meeting our hosts and having a welcome meal and the usual tour and introduction to the pets (2 cats in this instance). Anyway it’s starting to get dark and we entered the village working our way through the narrow streets and the satnav says our destination is in 200 meters on the left. We look at the building and it’s a church. WTF. We call our hosts to check the address and after a bit of back and forth we realise we are in the WRONG VILLAGE! Village has the same name as the village we were meant to go to…..sigh.. Double check your cars sat nav folks. TLDR: ...

I’ve been in the process of setting up a website for my floral design business. It’s taken a while to get it looking exactly how I want for my potential clients, and it's finally all live now! So this morning I searched my name on Google just to double check that it actually showed up in the results and that people could find me. Luckily it does show up! But instead of just my nice new website, Google also decided to index my Reddit account right below it. Here is what every prospective bride is currently greeted with when they search my name. "Destination wedding floral designer. I'm 34 and still get occasional panic attacks 🙃" It was a comment in a thread about crashing out when thinking of the concept of death 😆 To be honest it does give a good overview of me 🙃 But it’s probably not the calm, in control vibe you want to give off to clients paying for luxury events. Obviously everything is now hidden, but it did give me a really good laugh to ...

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I’m a die hard pickle fan. Loved them since I was a little kid. A few years ago, I learned that pickle juice is sold by the liter/gallon. On occasion I’ll do the little pickle shots you can find at almost any chain grocery store. I mentioned it to a buddy of mine and then forgot the conversation pretty much as soon as it ended. She didn’t forget. I was having a really really bad day today. Marital bickering, nothing seemed to go how I wanted it to, generally in a nasty mood. This evening, my friend sends me a text. It’s a photo of 3 gallon bottles of pickle juice. Of course, I drop everything and rush over. She’s waiting on her front porch. I dump the little bit of soda left in my Taco Bell cup and approach. She quietly ushers to the 2 bottles. After fumbling with the seal, I give up and stab it with my key. We lock eyes. I start pouring. The entire large cup . My only words? “I had a bad day.” Her only words? “Would you like tequila with that?” I decline and we hang out for a ...

I was wearing my headphones and was on a discord call with my friend when I started watching a video on YouTube that really caught my attention. My friend, who I didn't realize was still talking to me, apparently started yelling my name to try to get my attention. I still could not hear him, to the point where I briefly thought he had stepped away for a bit. I don't have hearing problems afaik, so I can only chalk it up to not paying enough attention to him. It doesn't help that my friend was extremely frustrated with me and reminded me how dangerous my inattentiveness could be. And it's not the first time, I have always struggled whether it be gaming, watching YouTube vids or reading something where I become so absorbed in it that everything around me stops. It even happens at work when I'm really locked into a case I'm working on and I won't hear teams notification or someone knocking on my cubicle door. TL;DR: I got so into the YouTube video I was w...