Sweet Pain – a typo

Tara and I were on the irc once upon a time. She and I would get online…she in MA, I an Santa Cruz CA and chat our little hearts out. This was in the very beginning of our email careers, when getting mail was exciting AND was replied to in lengthy detail. So…I have always been a sucky typist. I learned how to type on an electric typewriter and white out was expensive. So I would hand write whatever it was first, then hold it up to my face with my left hand (seems I was addressing my ergo even then) and type with my right hand. I think I tested at a temp agency something like 55 wpm with 4 fingers. The only reason my inability to type has any relevance to this story is that it cracked me up when people who knew how to type did things like putting their fingers one key off. Why? Because misery loves company? I don’t know. I just know that Tara and I were exchanging snarky qwerty lameness across the net when suddenly she wrote: aplah. 
I think she was trying to write “laugh”. I can’t quite remember. I just know it was the funniest thing right then and I made fun of her and she tried to correct herself and I ran with it and made her a mixed tape called Aplah. And to this day we can both say aplah and giggle. And yes, we were probably sober…we’re just true to our dork roots. Aplah! 
 
 
I don’t know why I wrote this. 
 
Oh yes I do. I was going to write about typos and how I am pretty sure that anyone who wrote the words “sweet” and “pain” near each other were either insane, masochists, or bad spellers and they meant to write “sweat” and “pain” since those two words have much more in common I think. 
 
I feel like a sharpei. 
 
Pain…sweet is not the word that comes to mind. Oh no. How about exploding head, throbbing jaw, pain where my gums were detached from the jaw…those fit a little better. So here I am. Me, pain, pain meds, and my nasal spray that the cat stole from me last night. We’re a great team. We watch Ugly Betty marathon on big TV with big cable and recording abilities from sweet not a pain boyfriend. 
 
Aplah! 
 
 
 
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2 Responses to “Sweet Pain – a typo”

  1. Scott Kienow says:

    Would love it if Shelby could contact me as I am about to have the MMA surgery by DR LI in 24 days.

    Scott
    503 781 8590

  2. Shelby says:

    Ack! I’m sorry I missed this post!!!!!! Let me know if I can help at all post surgery…Shelby

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