 | Your Current Search in... |  |
|
|
Search results for "juliet aucreman"
Sort by: Relevance | Date Added | Most Views | Most Hits | Most Favorited
| | |
 | | Introducing Myself 00:22Nice to meet you all, I'm Juliet Aucreman! Feel free to write me. Tags: juliet aucreman intro Category: Video Blogs Views: 117 Comments: 6 Added: May 23, 07 By: JulietAucreman | |  |  | | Disabled Sailing 05:28Stories of Disabled Sailors. As told by Juliet Aucreman Tags: juliet aucreman disabled sailors sailing olympics gold medal Category: Sports Views: 61 Comments: 0 Added: Nov 15, 07 By: JulietAucreman | |  |  | | Toilet Justice 00:44Toilet Justice by Juliet Aucreman I thank Mrs. Wright, my kindergarten teacher, for teaching me to stand in line, a skill I’ve used ever since, while waiting to use a women’s bathroom. But still I suffer more...the experience. You see, Mrs. Wright neglected to address Restroom-Line Indignation (RLI), the indignation incited in waiting women when they witness men whooshing through men’s rooms.
Recently, my husband and I drove to Death Valley to see the spring wildflowers. From time to time, my husband sipped water, and now and then he’d pull over, pop out, and leave me to ponder. I drank little, willfully parching myself. For a dame, drinking and driving in lowland Death Valley is dangerous since there’s nothing to pop behind. The road stretches straight across the flat, leaving the far hills to loftier duties than hiding busy women.
After driving through Death Valley for about two hours, we reached “Badwater”, a salty body of water named by a prospector whose mule wouldn’t touch the stuff. The National Park Service has furthered the Badwater tradition by providing vaulted toilets.
I approached the bathroom lines, women’s and men’s, which, of course, were lopsided. Without a thought, I pulled in behind a woman, number fifteen in line. Then I peered ahead at the men’s line. Total men in line? Three.
Suddenly it occurred to me: the men’s line was shorter because the men had been going…all along the road.
Now we women, who’d had to wait and wait and wait while our partners had pulled over and over and over, and wait and wait and wait for a bend in the road that did not come, and wait and wait and wait for a tree that did not exist, and wait and wait and wait for a bathroom to appear…had finally found a latrine, and where yet again we waited, watching the men whoosh ahead.
That’s when the RLI struck.
“I can’t take it anymore,” I announced.
I walked up to the men’s line. In the men’s line, last place was fourth place – which, back in the women’s line, was a prestigious position. My comrades crowed in approval. The man just ahead of me, dressed in Harley gear, welcomed me. Then he invited his girlfriend to come on over. Over she came.
“This is crazy,” I said to the men. “We’ve waited and waited and waited, and now we have to wait again. You’ve been peeing all along. You can pee anywhere you like.”
“Oh yeah?” said Mr. Harley. “There’s a fine for peeing anywhere but the latrine. You pay the fine, and I’ll be happy to pee most anywhere.”
The men ahead of him just looked down.
Three more women joined my new side. Behind them, a few more Harley men joined us. One said:
“If you guys keep coming over here, we’ll never get a turn.”
Saying this, he inspired two more women to cross over. We knew that separate was not equal.
Finally my turn came.
Before entering the latrine, I sucked in a lungful of Badwater air. My lungful started out bad, and only grew worse as I tried not to suck in another lungful, wondered whether I’d lose my head, wondered why they couldn’t build some concrete bushes for women along the way, wondered what horrible person invented latrines, wondered whether I really needed to button up my pants before exiting, and wondered if God could intervene before I finally rushed out, gasping.
Dust coated my nostrils. Air seared my lungs. But something wonderful was happening. My fellow linebackers were smiling. Because for the first time in history, a men’s line had grown longer than a women’s line.
I smiled in sweet epiphany.
Only thirty years past kindergarten, I’d finally gotten my toilet justice. less Tags: humor funny short gag story article writer juliet aucreman robby starbuck Category: Video Blogs Views: 471 Comments: 0 Added: May 23, 07 By: JulietAucreman | |  |  | | Rattled! 00:33Rattled by Juliet Aucreman The other day, my husband and I drove to the beach for a walk. We fed the parking meter and then walked out onto the sand. But it was high tide, so we couldn’t go more than more...a few minutes in either direction. We had to turn back. I was disappointed because I’d wanted a long walk. And I resented putting a lot of change into the parking meter.
My husband Corky suggested we make good on our parking investment by exploring the open bluff over the beach. It sounded like a good idea, but I worried about our footwear. I wore sporty sandals, but Corky only wore flip-flops.
“Don’t worry about it,” he said.
Corky is usually safety-conscious – he recently made me upgrade to a safer car - so I thought, “Fine! I’ll stop worrying.” But I let him take the lead.
We followed a little footpath that led us uphill, back and forth, switchback style. Suddenly, Corky lunged to the side and then bolted ten feet up the trail. I heard rattling and dashed back several paces. Something dark was coiled up in the path.
Corky yelled down at me, “That’s the biggest rattlesnake I’ve seen! That thing’s at least six feet long!”
I looked up the hill, trying to see how I could get past the snake. Tall thistles and cactus, as high as my shoulders, guarded both sides of the trail. I scanned the hill, looking for a break in the brambles, but saw nothing. The snake continued rattling – it sounded like someone shaking a piggy-bank. Corky found a five-foot stick, came down the slope, and tried to move the rattlesnake off the trail. It wouldn’t budge.
“Why don’t you come up here and join me?” said Corky, not joking.
“I’m not THAT lonely,” I said.
He kept prodding the snake.
The rattling persisted; the snake stayed put.
Keeping his stick wedged between the snake and himself, Corky came back by leaping through the four-foot thistle thicket.
“Can we go home now?” I said.
“We’ve only just started,” he said. “Let’s walk around some more.”
“But your flip-flops! And the snake!” I said.
“Ah, that’s not going to happen again,” he said.
This from the man who insisted I needed a safer car.
“Don’t worry, it wasn’t that big a deal,” he said. “I wouldn’t have died – I’d have just lost a leg or something.”
“But you’re already missing a hand,” I said. (Corky was born without a left hand.) “If you lose a leg, you’ll just have two limbs left.”
“No, three,” he said, laughing.
We started walking again. Then I saw a snake twisting through the air over the trail. I screamed; Corky laughed. The “snake” was only a old bent pipe. We walked a little further. Something rustled in the bushes. I screamed; Corky laughed. It was a little bird. Now I LONGED for home. After all, I’d just battled three snakes. We passed through a chain-link fence, and my shirt got caught. I screamed; Corky laughed.
Walking back toward the car, we passed a bus stop where a ragged-looking man was sitting.
“How’s it going?” I said.
“Just trying to hold together,” he said.
“Me too,” I said. Corky laughed.
I smiled, and rattled my keys.
Corky screamed.
Revenge is sweet. less Tags: rattle snakes revenge funny humor prank juliet aucreman robby starbuck Category: Video Blogs Views: 94 Comments: 0 Added: May 23, 07 By: JulietAucreman | |  |  | | Mooing Mercedes 00:29Moo-ing Mercedes by Juliet Aucreman I was raised to mock Mercedes. In my New England Puritanical upbringing, Mercedes luxury cars were equated with evil itself. Mercedes stood for nothing but over-inflated more...egos. For most of my life, not owning a Mercedes was easily accomplished.
A few years ago, I ran into a little dilemma. I had the perfect car, a car whose paint job yelled “Howdy!” A brilliant turquoise, my car put blushing Smurfs to shame. Though I often lost my keys, my day-planner, my wallet, and my mind, I never misplaced that car. Its constant presence gave my life stability.
But my husband was biased against my car. He deemed Ford Escorts unsafe. Despite its obnoxious visibility, glowing like toxic waste as it sped down the highway, Corky remained unmoved. So I started hunting around for a replacement.
One day I spotted an ad at the local library: $6,000 dollars for a cute-looking white Mercedes. It had 97,000 miles on it: surely the Mercedes would run for another 300,000 miles. I reported my discovery to Corky, and when he didn’t nix the idea. I knew he was intrigued.
Corky called the Mercedes’ owner. She worked at a museum. She had bought the Mercedes new, and had maintained it fastidiously. All of this scored major points with Corky, so we met up with her. Corky inspected the Mercedes, every inch of it, examining the paint, examining the engine, examining its karma. I know he was ecstatic, because we bought the car.
Suddenly, I was driving a white Mercedes. I felt uneasy. My upbringing dictated that driving a Mercedes was sinful - I knew I made other drivers feel resentful and inadequate. So I tried to be extra courteous on the freeway to show other drivers that even a Mercedes owner could be nice. By the hundreds, they shot past me in their own Mercedes.
And now I had a new problem. White Mercedes cars in Orange County, California, are like suburban camouflage. Now, when I left my car in parking lots, it just vanished. Trying to increase my car’s find-ability, I stumbled upon an obvious solution: painting the outside with black splotches, like a cow. Trying to contain my excitement, I shared my idea with Corky.
His response? “It’ll ruin the paint. You’ll never be able to sell it.”
That surprised me. I thought I’d be driving the Mercedes forever. Still, I wanted to show respect, so I racked my brain for ways to protect the car from black paint. Then it hit me.
“I’ll just paint white spots on the car first. That’ll protect the car from the black spots.”
Corky said nothing, so obviously he approved.
The next Saturday, I started painting white acrylic spots on the Mercedes. As I began the fourth large spot, I heard Corky enter the garage.
“That’s NOT funny. I want you to remove those spots immediately.”
“But we have to protect the car from the black spots…”
“You’re not putting black spots on the car.”
“I’m not?”
“It’ll cause the paint to fade un-uniformly.”
That stumped me. I’d assumed that white was “faded” incarnate. I looked at Corky’s monochromatic car. I felt sorry for it; it would never look like a cow.
I agreed to pick off the soft paint, on the condition that Corky be nice about the situation. Reluctantly, he agreed. I invited the neighborhood children over to help pick with their fingernails. At first they were reluctant - they wanted the car to look like a cow, too. But soon a bunch of them took up stations around the sedan, and scratched away.
As I picked at the paint, images of my ancestors buzzed through my head. They were driving through the clouds…in white Mercedes. Whenever they honked their horns, their Mercedes mooed.
All their Mercedes were spotted – that made sense – how else to find them in the clouds? less Tags: mercedes benz mercedes benz juliet aucreman robby starbuck story mooing mercedes cows spots. Category: Video Blogs Views: 214 Comments: 0 Added: May 23, 07 By: JulietAucreman | |  |  | | real estate mt juliet tn 01:241613 Brookvalley Cir, Mount Juliet, TN, Price: $419k, Bedrooms: 6, Bathrooms: 3 Tags: real estate mt juliet tn Category: Travel & Places Views: 0 Comments: 0 Added: Nov 16, 09 By: kvuwmdiz23 | |  |  | | Amuto Check Yes Juliet 03:36:D I OWN NOTHING. COMPLETELY FAN-MADE. Tags: amuto check yes juliet Category: Arts & Animation Views: 26 Comments: 0 Added: Oct 19, 08 By: AndEzutaramuto | |  |  | | juliet 02:22juliet Tags: juliet music 4pennys casey love ninja Category: Arts & Animation Views: 263 Comments: 12 Added: Jul 30, 08 By: davidcasey12345  | |  |  | | NaruHina Hey Juliet 03:38Naruto And Hinata How Cute Even Though There Not The Best Couple! Tags: naruto Category: Arts & Animation Views: 104 Comments: 1 Added: Apr 13, 08 By: theused121314 | |  |  | | kataang hey juliet 03:52tu Tags: kataang Category: Arts & Animation Views: 388 Comments: 3 Added: Nov 20, 07 By: trixafena2  | |  |  | | Romeo x Juliet Hoppipolla 04:48MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE FINAL EPISODE!!! This idea has been bugging me for a while so I decided to make this. Inspired by Neoyi. DISCLAIMER: I do not own Romeo x Juliet or the audio used in this video. more...All copyright material belongs to its respective owners. less Tags: romeo x juliet Category: Arts & Animation Views: 87 Comments: 0 Added: Oct 1, 07 By: aur0raishere | |  |  | | NaruSaku Juliet 04:02I never saw a vid to this song before. I thought it would make a bit of sense since cause Romeo(Naruto) loves Juliet(Sakura) and somthing(Sasuke) is tearing them apart. I sorta support this couple. whoo. Tags: narusaku naruto sakura juliet Category: Arts & Animation Views: 372 Comments: 9 Added: Apr 8, 07 By: reka93 | |  |  | | Romeo and Juliet 5 04:30musical Tags: musical Category: Music Views: 55 Comments: 1 Added: Mar 9, 07 By: LIZIX | |  |  | | We The Kings Check Yes Juliet 03:41We The Kings - Check Yes Juliet Tags: we the kings check yes juliet Category: Music Views: 203 Comments: 0 Added: Oct 8, 08 By: RoyLaPostII | |  |  | | ShikaKazu Hey JulietPreveiew- 01:12Couple- ShikaKazu Im very proud of myself with this video I hope you guys like it as much as I do. more... Shikamaru(c) Owner Kazumi(c)Me Song(c) Lmnt less Tags: naruto hey juliet shikamaru kazumi Category: Arts & Animation Views: 92 Comments: 6 Added: Sep 29, 08 By: Zero-Lover-4Ever  | |  |  | | homes in mount juliet tn 00:45http://www.billystudstill.com, Billy Studstill, 615-497-6222, Email JOYISFUN@MAC.COM 104 SHADY COVE, MT JULIET, ON OLD HICKORY LAKE, 8 BEDROOMS,7 FULL BATHS, HARDWOODS, 3 CAR GARAGE.1.5 ACRES.$649,500 Tags: mount juliet real estate realtor Category: Travel & Places Views: 7 Comments: 0 Added: Aug 30, 08 By: nashtours08 | |  |  | | Dire Straits Romeo And Juliet 05:33Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Tags: dire straits romeo juliet Category: Music Views: 86 Comments: 0 Added: Jul 13, 08 By: newcastleunited | |  |  | | pass the parcel Georgia Juliet) 04:15Georgia Juliet performs her song Pass the parcel at the Annandale hotel in Sydney July 1st Tags: acoustic female artist songwriter georgia juliet Category: Music Views: 24 Comments: 0 Added: Jul 5, 08 By: mysongcast | |  |  | | Danny Phantomhey juliet 03:38por fin termine Hey juliet..¡¡ espero q les guste..¡¡¡ Tags: danny phantomhey juliet Category: Entertainment Views: 392 Comments: 0 Added: Jul 4, 08 By: FullImDaFan | |  |  | | Romeo amp Juliet read by Lauren 01:09This is a Ready read by the one and only Lauren. Yes we now she is very talented. Please enjoy yhe reading. Tags: romeo juliet lauren greatestactressintheworld Category: Entertainment Views: 19 Comments: 0 Added: Mar 11, 08 By: ElectricAngel17 | |  |  | | Romeo X Juliet Opening 01:30Romeo X Juliet OPENING Tags: romeo x juliet opening Category: Music Views: 162 Comments: 0 Added: Mar 2, 08 By: silvinaeck19  | |  |  | | LMC Oh my Juliet 03:47LMC pv Tags: lmc pv oh my juliet Category: Music Views: 26 Comments: 0 Added: Dec 26, 07 By: DaakuDatenshi | |  |  | | Romeo amp Juliet 04:40Here G&G skate to "Romeo & Juliet" in 1990 at the Goodwill Games. This program was choreographed by their coach at the time, Marina Zoueva to show the early bloom of romance Be sure to more...comment & rate :) less Tags: ekaterina gordeeva sergei grinkov romeo and juliet figure skating Category: Sports Views: 111 Comments: 0 Added: Dec 22, 07 By: gordeevagrinkov-videos | |  |  | | Robin and Starfire Hey Juliet! 03:39This video is dedicated to one of my buddys Kahnah23 hope you like it! I could write a three page essay on how many things went WRONG with this video. Gah First of all WMM WOULD NOT STOP FREEZING! I got more...sooo annoyed cause it took a lot of time and A LOT of patients to finish. I accidentally reused clips slot so i'm sorry for that too. Personally though I'm very proud of this video... But basically Robin has a major crush on Starfire but she wont even acknowledge his existance and so through out the whole video he's trying to tell her he likes her and would like to be her Romeo. She dosent listen untill the end(ish) of the video finally they both relize they lke each other even though they knew it all along hence the line in the song "I know you really want me." as always *I OWN NOTHING WHICH SHOULD BE APPARENT SINCE THERE ISN'T A SEASON SIX OF TEEN TITANS OR A SEASON FOUR OF DANNY PHANTOM SO PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!* Also *I DO NOT OWN THE FAN ART USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO, IF IT IS YOUR ART AND IT BOTHERS YOU THAT I USED IT 1) I'M SORRY AND 2) I WILL REMOVE THE VIDEO IF IT INDEED BOTHERS YOU SO DON'T KILL ME!* less Tags: robin starfire hey juliet Category: Arts & Animation Views: 189 Comments: 13 Added: Dec 16, 07 By: lookingatthepeices  | |  |
| |
|
|
|