WANG DERM, showing informercials during lunch, and moving to avoid sun

I was annoyed by my dad's pre-set alarm at 7:25 AM, so I turned it off. After I got up a few hours later, Grandma started complaining of back pain. Mom did warn me and Steph that this might happen since Big G likes seeing the doctor for some reason. I determined that Mom's Internet Explorer was being annoying because the browser window disappeared after barely a second. Decided to go out with Grandma and Steph anyway because I wanted to be a good granddaughter. Grandma was so impatient to get going that we arrived at Auntie Ruby's office in plenty of time for the appointment, never mind that she thought it would take half an hour to drive there! (it didn't, trust me!)

After she saw the doctor (and Auntie Stella affirmed me and Steph in being good granddaughters), we were off to do something about Grandma's bloodwork. While we were at the labs, my sister saw a planter with a hilarious sign taped to it: "DO NOT THROW GARBAGE HERE!" She had to take a picture of it, of course. Later, we were off to lunch. Grandma thought that we wanted to go to Neptune (again?!), but we never said anything about it - she should know by now that we don't care where we go to eat! Since we thought that she wanted to go there, we humored her... let's try keeping her happy instead of cranky!

Spotted a Chinese store called FOOT SPOT on the way there: Chinese people are very strange, which was just confirmed even more by what the restaurant chose to show on their TV. Endless infomercials for a hair-removal product (while you're trying to eat), anyone?! As we were eating our duck, fish balls, noodles, gai lan, and beef brisket, they decided to show something normal. It looked like a talk show, and then switched to some show which was purportedly set inside a hotel, but it looked more like a hospital to me, what with people in white uniforms going into a room where some old guy was lying on a bed!

Talked about Erin, Chris, Darren, Derek, Alan / Polly / Tsui Woo, Andrea / Chuck, Mom getting tipsy at Megan's wedding and asking Daniel whether he was expecting, emergency bridesmaid duty at Angela's wedding, and worship practice tonight for Erin's wedding. Also discussed Ultimate, Grandma switching seats in the car to avoid the sun (it's not a tanning bed!), Melissa being like me in that she hates Netspeak, White Spot spelling "occasion" wrong on an advertisement, and other things. Then we went to buy stuff at City Fresh Market - Steph and I got a laugh out of the "advertising of specials" outside the market, which advertised WANG DERM! (and had to take a picture of that, as well) We bought $16 worth of chicken to keep Grandma appeased, as well as Pocky and other things. Grandma somehow got the idea that we like ground beef, so she had to buy it - aiya!

Then we went to fill Grandma's prescription at Safeway. Steph found a deal on sports drinks, while Grandma thought we wanted her to buy us some chips or body wash. Nope, since we just ate lunch and were just browsing! Bought salad and other things, as well. At home, Steph ended the Internet Explorer process in the Task Manager, which stopped the browser problem. She found several funny pictures while I read the news. Tried to Google "wang derm" for Chantal (on the phone), but couldn't find anything. Probably a good thing, since Steph wasn't sure if she wanted to Google it in the first place!

Poo nugget for Wednesday, August 12: Diarrhea Song - Dating back to the 1960s, this childhood folk song was popularized in the 1989 movie Parenthood. While the lyrics can vary, it usually goes a little something like this: "When you're sliding into first / And your pants begin to burst / That's diarrhea, diarrhea."