The Origin of “Dead Rat Beauty”
As part of a daily tradition, Mitchell and I were sharing a random conversation about the day’s events when I stumbled upon a particularly interesting topic before he went to bed. You see, I was at work (I work nights from 6 PM to 4:30 AM) and had the misfortune of being hit in the face with a rather large metal door to a sort of elevator in my place of employment. The following is the conversation surrounding this lovely little occurrence and the subsequent birth of my new catch phrase “dead rat beauty”…
M: Love you Boo! Have a good night.
C: Thanks, babycakes! It’s almost over, so it’s getting better every minute… Minus the fact that I smacked my dome piece into a metal door… Swollen eyebrows aren’t cute =(
M: I’m sorry Boo. πAre you ok?
C: Meh… Now I know how ugly people must feel =’(
M: Bahahaha Get some ice on it. You’ll be beautiful again soon enough. π
C: So gay… It’s not bad, just a little swollen… I’ll be fine by tomorrow… At least I hope. If not, I shall sneak away into the night to a remote cave where only the gnarliest of the gnarly reside… And in this cave, I shall eat live rats and wallow in the memories of my “pretty days”… ::sigh:: those seem so distant now…
M: Why wouldn’t you kill the rats first? Bahahaha
C: Because such luxuries are saved for the beautiful… Enjoy your dead rat beauty while you can… I’m living proof that such things are fleeting!
M: “Dead rat beauty” Why do I have a feeling that one’s going to stick. Haha
C: “Oh em gee, Mitchell… Most weekends I’m like really pretty, but this weekend I’m like dead rat beautiful!” Totally my new saying!
And so begins the beginning of a new phase in my life… Move over “drop dead” and make way for “dead rat beautiful”!
