My Porcelain God
Where do you go when you need to think deeply?
Last night I was praying to the porcelain God.
Last night I was throwing up in the toilet.
obsessive compulsive disorder = mental disorder that Jack Nicholson had in the movie "As good as it gets"
cuckoo = slang for crazy
wing = section of a building
maternity ward = section of hospital where women have babies
odd = strange
Jim has been acting odd lately, hasn't he?
figure it out = solve some problem
plunder = take goods illegally take things from a town after you have defeated it.
The Vikings plundered every town they attacked.
take stock of one's life = to think about your life and the meaning of it.
ex. I like to go to stop and take stock of my life every once and a while.
soul searching = similar to thinking deeply
ex. I did a lot of soul searching before I made the decision to quit my job.
Thomas Crapper = Inventor of the Western toilet, Crapper is slang for toilet
Epiphany = Moment of sudden understanding or revelation
I saw the girl eating cotton candy and I had an epiphany.
Enlightened =having knowledge and insight
Enlightenment = Lose all illusions
surgical mask = mask a doctor wears
flirting = To behave amorously without serious intentions.
ex. Jim always flirts with the rich ajumas in class.
poo = dung, shit(bad)
pee = urine, piss(bad)
got my number = It's out to get me.
That toilet's got my number.
lick it = overcome some problem
Jim was able to lick his drug problem by exercising a lot.
beeper = pager
porcelain = ceramic