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The League of Ordinary Ladies: Coffee Shops
Previously: Home Décor.
Esther C. Werdiger has a weekly podcast and a rich internet life, but also a job in Jerusalem.
Previously: Home Décor.
Esther C. Werdiger has a weekly podcast and a rich internet life, but also a job in Jerusalem.
"Literally eight babies."
My curiosity is piqued.
@Inkcrafter: 2 babies upstairs is more than enough. I am ALWAYS yelling, "Shut the F up!! Shut the F Up!!" And then I give up, come home drunk late at night, and blast my music out of spite. F them.
@Artressa Vandelay Please tell me they're actually saying "F."
@SarahP: It's actually me who is always saying "fuck" at their crying, runnung, jumping (I swear those little demonds have pogo sticks), and flooding of my bathroom ceiling. It's enough to drive you to the coffee shop down the block, or the bar down the other block.
These always crack me up. PLEASE make the Houston movie IMMEDIATELY.
@Savannah Dooley@facebook Personally, I would see "Bleeding from the Face."
Esther! Esther.
@melis MELISSSSS
I did, in fact, just start a game with your mom.
@Nutellaface Me too!
And I have a friend from Houston who I have said that very same thing to.
@Nutellaface haha! she'll KILL me.
@Esther C. Werdiger She took her turn and also asked if we know each other. How do I explain this???
@Nutellaface My mother definitely has a Words With Friends addiction. Except that she plays it with my sister incessantly. And then I tried to join in but my sister whooped me badly. So now I just think it's dumb.
I sometimes make that puke/roar sound myself.
I'm apprehensive of a puking and roaring baby. I'm imagining lion roars coming out of a baby's mouth in between the other stuff (puke) coming out.
I seriously love the first one. I was with you sister, ready for the romance. Reminds me of the other day when I was walking down the street and everyone was looking at me and I first thought, oh god, what is wrong with me? Why are people checking me out? And then I was like, no! maybe they're looking at me because I'm pretty. Yes. That's why. And then I took off my hat in the grocery store and when I went to put it back on there were dead leaves all over it so, yes, they were looking at me because I looked like a crazy lady who had just rolled around in dead leaves.
@hairspin I went dancing with some friends after work last friday and one guy kept staring at me. I was pretty excited and convinced it was cause I grew up in a ghetto city and have pretty sweet moves for small town, Montana.
Then I went to the bathroom. My eyeliner had winged out all the way to my ear. Some was even on my ear. I still am unsure of how that happened.
@hairspin This summer I sat down on the T and realized my skirt was tucked into my underwear… and had been the entire 15 minute walk from my house. But no one stared until afterward; their eyes all said, "Girl, we were waiting for you to fix that."
@Nutmeg If I had seen you, I would have said something, or made confusing eye gestures. We need solidarity on the T.
@Nutmeg this happened to me once! somehow as i was walking to work, my purse pulled my flouncy skirt all the way up in the back (alllll the way up). luckily a nice gentleman stopped his car and very tactfully said out his window, "excuse me, miss? your skirt seems to be riding up a bit." i probably turned about five shades of red, but i was very grateful.
ten minutes later as i was crossing the street, a gust of wind caught the hem and blew my skirt right up. haven't worn that one since.
Hahaha…your mom. That…that was pretty genius.
I was working in a coffee shop the other day and there was an earthquake. And we all went "WOAH, was that an earthquake?"
The End.
@thebestjasmine Once I was in a classroom and there was an earthquake, and I turned around to find out who had kicked my chair. No one else reacted at all, but this was Hawai'i.
Bleeding From The Face. HAHAHAHAHA
She played the word "hug." I'm dead.
@teebs such a waste of a U! Someone is going to draw the Q and not be able to play it!!
@queenieliz Psh I'm pretty sure I play qi and qat farrr more often than I play any "qu" words.
esther these comics, and you, are among the best parts of being in the league of ordinary ladies.
(i am so glad there's a LEAGUE!)
Aw, the second one made me miss my mom. Your mom is rad!
I love The League of Ordinary Ladiesss!
And I feel this is the place to share this:
Some artist once sketched my dad while he was talking with his friends. This was like 20 or 30 years ago, and now that I think about it, it was probably a less innocent story, but the one he tells his daughters is that he was at a café and she came up to him and handed him the drawing. It is pretty good and he looks handsome!
Also, I'd totally watch Houston!
Also, can you be my best friend?
the last time i tried to write something long, I was about twenty pages in before i realized that there might be a problem with my story about a misunderstood but lovable once you get to know him serial killer named Dexter.
@wasabi peas I was totally writing something about charming serial killers, and then Dexter came out. Damn you, Jeff Lindsay! Damn you even more, curiously handsome Michael C. Hall!
@wasabi peas same thing happened to me, only it was a rom-com about the owner of a chain of pizza restaurants who decides to run for president.
My mum beats me at every single phone game I introduce her to. I think I've beaten her at Words With Friends once, and that was when I downloaded a scrabble helper app to cheat with. I had to delete it because I felt guilty.
Your mom is adorable.
"Hug." Amazing. This is my favourite thing on The Hairpin.
this is amazing and funny. i love you, esther! and your cute new shirt!
I would like to see Mallory Ortberg and Esther C. Werdiger launch a law firm or a hyphenated name marriage or something.
@laurel
WHOOP WHOOP !!!
I'm available anytime after seven tonight, because before that I'm making dinner for my parents, but then I'm good.
this is my favorite.
Cute Artist Guy looks a little like a young Val Kilmer.
I have those same stupid fantasy crush thoughts all the time though. Just today I was in the wine section of the grocery store when a super adorable curly haired guy said hello, smiled, and made SUSTAINED eye contact with me… and then I realized he worked there and was being friendly because THAT'S HIS JOB. Cool. It's not like I thought we were gonna start a long term, intense relationship with him founded on our mutual love for Malbecs or anything.
@Katie Scarlett I thought he looked like Ryan Gosling in Drive! (But my mind is just always focused on RG in Drive [RGiD?], so who knows.)
Also, I thought the cute guy with the piercing blue eyes at the Sprint store was flirting with me yesterday (I know I was buying something phone-related but he was just sooo friendly and soooo hot! And kept smiling when I asked him things!) and then when I was leaving he said "Thanks for coming in, have a good day, m'am" (ahhh! ew!) and I realized I am the dumbest person ever.
How were "marmite" and "puke/roar" not in the same comic? Possibly the same frame. That is the only combo that makes sense.
Okay, true story. My name is Esther. When these get posted, there are always about 43 seconds where I pretend I am this awesome. So good, OtherEsther!
I have come to anticipate these comics. They always brighten my day. Thank you for that!
Am I the only one who read it as "Bleeding from the Fale"? (and obviously did not get that at all?)
That cute guy who might have drawn the sketch is just dreamy. I love this comic.
Loved this so much, especially the first one. It reminded me of this time when I was sitting in a coffeeshop waiting for a job interview. I decided I might as well write about the people in the coffeeshop, because it was a place I would never visit again, so I could go ahead and ignore whatever contempt accrues to "writers" who sit in coffeeshops and write about the people there. So I started describing the guy across from me, glancing up furtively. Who was drawing. You can guess where this is going: I got suspicious and pretended I had to go the bathroom so I could walk by and see what he was drawing. Yup: he was drawing me, while I was writing about him. Oh, Atlanta.
The second one made laugh, which immediately and unexpectedly turned into crying. That was weird. I guess I miss my mom.
@Cavendish Hug!
Again with the Gypsy Kings? More like, never enough of the Gypsy Kings.
Incredible. Hug, that is so so great
These are so great! I wish my mom played words with friends, but then again, I'm also glad to be spared the inevitable dilemma of whether or not to play a dirty/awkward word for a lot of points against her. HMM.
Esther, you are the coolest!
Is it just me or does it seem like the Gypsy Kings are playing everywhere, at all times, in every corner of the globe, usually in the background? God, I hate the Gypsy Kings.
these… these are the best.
also, your mom playing HUG — i just, i can't. too good.