Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Mal and Belle: Desperate Housewife Syndrome

This is my 50th post. I was going to make something special to commemorate it, but it’s taking too long, and a late post is no way to celebrate an anniversary. So, it’s back to Mal and Belle.

Belle walks to the shower to cleanse herself of the smell of Mal.

Belle wakes up late that evening, and is greeted by the fumes of rotting salad.

Only two days in the house, and Mal’s repugnance has already taken hold of the house. In the bathroom, the shower and toilet are filthy and the floor is soaking wet.

Belle cleans the toilet and thinks of her broken dreams.

The nasty atmosphere takes its toll on poor Belle. Mal doesn’t notice a thing, and Belle is too nice to bring it up.

This is actually an appealing picture to look at. Mal's color scheme of grays works well with the foreground, as does Belle's yellows in the background. I love how it all works out...

Mal goes off to bed, while Belle whips up something to eat: waffles.

What the heck... Are those frozen waffles? Because just a few seconds ago you were making batter.

I notice that Belle is very carefully checking on these waffles. Sensing a potentially humorous situation coming, I start taking snapshots of what happens.

If there's a smoke DETECTOR over the stove, why doesn't it go off when SMOKE BILLOWS OUT OF THE OVEN? How is a smoke detector supposed to distinguish between harmless smoke and out-of-control fires? Maybe it only detects burning paint.

That was perfect. And all without cheats!

So after that quintessentially comedic scene, Belle’s upset that her food is even worse than the salad. But guess what she does anyway?

Belle has a few wishes by this point. The astute reader can already guess what two of them are.

Pizza delivery! Well, no, but that's close.

The first wish is to hire a maid. Sure, they don’t have a lot of money right now, but Belle’s not going to let a simple obstacle like that get in the way of a clean house, right?

The second wish is to clean up the bathroom. As Belle gets out the mop, she flashes a disturbing expression at the mirror.

 And she would become known as 'The Squeegee Witch'.

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