Someone tagged me for this but I didn’t keep track of who. So, if you were the lovely lady (or lad) who did- let me know and I will link to you and give you all the credit you deserve. Because of you the world will know exactly why I dislike snakes.
I’m not feeling 100% today, (check out the letter “R” for a better understanding of why) so I’m phoning it in with a meme. Let’s still be friends though okay?
A. Attached or Single? Single. Because Josh Lyman won’t return my calls.
B. Best Friend? I feel lucky to say that I have more than one. (And no- I’m not counting Josh Lyman in this).
C. Cake or pie? Both our filled with gluten (and therefore banned from my life until some scientist stops being lazy and develops a gluten-aid tablet. Something similar to a lactaid that all those *wussy lactose intolerant people have), but if I went all crazy and got to choose? I would definitely chose pie. The crust! Oh the crust.
D. Day of choice? Thursday. I know everyone loves Friday and Saturday.. but Thursdays just seem like they have more potential. They are like the Casey Affleck of weekdays.
E. Essential item? I’m someone who has many essential items. I blame the housefire of 2005 for making me this way. If I had to chose a few… my new sunglasses (I do love that I start out with something so ESSENTIAL), my passport, photos, my library card, my brown newspaper boy cap, my West Wing DVD’s and crystal light.
F. Favorite color? Yellow. Which surprises people. (Whenever you know, I meet new people and we go all Barbra Walters on each other and pull out the tough questions like ‘what your favorite color?’). People always assume that it’s pink.
G. Gummy bears or worms? Bears. I like chewing their heads off.
H. Hometown? I’m pulling an OBAMA! and declaring myself a citizen of the world.
I. Favorite indulgence? Over-priced, phone book like fashion magazines. Nail polish with clever names. Trips that involve passport stamping.
J. January or July? July. Must I remind you what January was like this year?
K. Kids? The way this question was worded reminds me of my grandmother. No real… sweet lead-up to it at all. Just.. kids? She used to do this about relationships too, just walk up to be and throw out “single?” and then when I answered “yes”, she would look horrified as though I just admitted to voting Conservative or not liking plaid. I’m sure if I looked closely I could see all the unborn grandchildren she wasn’t getting from me reflected in her tears.
L. Life isn’t complete without? Passion, kettle corn and dancing shoes.
M. Marriage date? Dude. I didn’t even take a date to my friends wedding. But thanks for rubbing it in.
N. Number of brothers and sisters? One younger brother. Who is a constant source of awesomeness. This was re-confirmed today when we sent an entire conversations worth of text messages all relating to old school WWE wrestlers. (Sidenote: This is how genius my brother is: He’s decided he’s going to invent a peanut butter jar that has a lid at each end. That way when you get to the bottom of the jar, instead of having to dig with the knife and get peanut butter on your hands, you can just flip it over and open it from the other side. We may not have Nobel winners in our family but we are thinkers when it comes to peanut butter).
O. Oranges or Apples? Oranges.
P. Phobias? I have all the generic ones- spiders, mice, snakes, Steven Seagal … the snake one really got hammered home in junior high when my best friend would force me to watch her snake eat mice. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing more scary than seeing a snake strangle a mouse and then gobble it up.
Q. Quotes?
“Do something today which the world may talk of here after”- Admiral Collingwood
“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted”- Mae West
“I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances”.- Martha Washington
R. Reasons to smile? Today I woke up on the bathroom floor with a (fake) tattoo necklace soft and gummy sticking to the floor. I smelled of tequila and lost opportunities and I was fairly certain a woodpecker had inserted itself into my skull and I was never going to be happy again. Knowing that I will never have that moment again (it would just be impossible to find the same tattoo necklace) is reason enough to a) smile and b) continue breathing. Also? The fact that I have friends who know me well enough to buy me an entire fake tattoo jewelry set for my birthday is a reason not only to smile but to gleefully shout from the rooftops “I love you universe!”.
S. Season of choice? I always love what I’m not experiencing (this sadly does not relate just to seasons). So because it’s summer, I’m really digging fall. I suspect the introduction of argyle everywhere has led me to this new love.
T. Tag 5 people: Anyone who hates Mondays. Anyone who has more than 4 letters in their first name. Anyone who actually just counted the letters in their name.
U. Unknown fact about me? I lay out my clothes the night before. My mom did this with me when I was really little and it just stuck. Even now, if I go to bed without knowing what I’m going to wear the next day, my brain goes into overdrive and sleep will then become impossible. Also… I probably post about 20% of what I actually write. The rest sits in the land of “drafts” never to be read or seen.
V. Vegetable? Spinach. It’s great with everything, just like gin. (And even though I told my liver that was a joke, it still karate chopped my insides when I typed that. Apparently my birthday drinking will have a lasting impact).
W. Worst habit? Other than the pesky heroin addiction? I would have to say making jokes that people may not know are jokes, which then result in me looking awful, or you know… like a drug addict. Also, if I’m within 100 meters of a can of cashews, there’s a good chance I will eat them all. And not share. Oh, and I love fragment sentences.
X. X-ray or Ultrasound? I’m a fan of the X-ray. It just seems cooler.
Y. Your favorite food? Anything that involves copious amounts of salt. Oh, and I’m a big fan of nectarines.
Z. Zodiac sign? Leo. Which apparently makes me some sort of crazed attention seeking whore who likes zebra print and bossing everyone around. Sounds about right.
* I’m kidding. You aren’t wussy. In fact, I love milk so much that I look at you all in a state of wonder and awe. A milk free existence? You have my respect.
I’m going to file this one away for the next “zero inspiration or energy” Monday. As for “R” – sounds like you had a very Happy Birthday weekend which I am glad to hear! Keep on smiling.
Your brother IS A GENIUS. He needs to get on that invention ASAP.
Also, I totally counted the letters in my name so I guess I’ll be doing this tomorrow. ;)
I always make jokes that people don’t realize are jokes… especially at work. I guess some people just don’t get sarcasm.
For some reason I love reading these things…. I hate filling them out, love reading them…..
The Josh Lyman bit cracked me up!
“I’m sure if I looked closely I could see all the unborn grandchildren she wasn’t getting from me reflected in her tears.”
This just made me choke on my caffeinated beverage.
Also my name has more than four letters, so I guess I’m doing this.
I’m gluten-intolerant too … only found out a couple months ago. Though I’m sorry the world of gluten is banned from you as well – it’s nice to know that others deal with it too.
Thursday is Magoo’s favorite day too. Also, I’ve always known I can’t have dairy but now I am told I shouldn’t have wheat either. Please feel bad for me.
See, I’m lactose intolerant, but I refuse to give up the milky-goodness that is dairy. I don’t take lactaid, either (it actually kind of makes the intolerance worse for me, if that makes any sense). I’ll go on a milk binge, be sick for a few days and decide to cut back for a week and then repeat the cycle all over again.
Thursday is my favourite day, too. TV is usually the best on Thursdays.
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I love me a good list. Your brother sounds like my kind of guy. Unfortunately these are the kinds of inventions that won’t make us millionaires anytime soon. Lame.
I love that you lay your clothes out before going to bed. My mom also did that for me, but now I wing it. My wife however, she lays out our daughter’s clothes the night before. I can’t decide if it’s because she doesn’t trust my abilities to find a cute outfit or if she just likes doing it. Either way, it’s cute.
Your brother sounds like he should have is only realty show & I’m totally with you on the overpriced phone book like magazines, I seriously think I could open up my own newstand w/all the magazines that I accumulate in a month. Oh and I love that your a yellow girl – people don’t expect other people to say “yellow is my favorite color” sorta like orange, you never hear that one either – but me I love it. Anyway – happy birthday week!
haha. i officially love your peanut butter-lovin’ brother. that’s wicked. let him know i’d totally buy it.
AND i adore that you lay out what you’re going to wear the next day before bed. i’m not sure why i love this so much, maybe because i’m jealous.. i spend my mornings literally running from room to room looking for a god damn motherfucking shirt that will match my god damn motherfucking pants. (i clearly swear too much in the mornings and never give myself enough time to get ready). so you’re like my morning idol.
this was awesome and totally cracked me up because most of the letters are eerily similar to how my life is lived.
your bro? is a genius.
i should start putting my clothes out the night before. that intention is right up there with making my lunch the night before. these are the reasons why i arrive to work late every.single.morning.
and MILK. you know how much i love thee. right there with you sister.
glad you liked (and i use “like” loosely) the heidi pics. wonder what evans will think.
Yes, you should Brookem. Start tonight!
Your brother is clearly the next Isaac Newton.
I will totally buy the new kind of peanut butter jar. Your brother is my new hero!!!
Nail polish with clever names! That is one of my loves! I was at the store with my daughters last week and we spent HOURS reading them off to each other.
So…any thoughts on Joe Biden?
I kinda hate memes, but dude- were you still drunk you answered these? You’re too funny!
Ah – a great meme! I may steal that at some point if that’s ok?
hahahaha love your answers, and especially your sense of humor. You’re one of those people that makes me laugh with her words.
Are “essential items”, “favorite indulgence”, and “life wouldn’t be complete without” all really similar questions, or is it just me?
Also, dancing shoes are DEFINITELY something I would include in the answer to all three of those. :)
I want to high-five your brother for the PB jar idea. Seriously.
And I put my clothes out the night before, too. Some things just make sense. :)
Gummy bears or worms?
Hmm. Worms because I love to bite their tails off.
That didn’t really sound right did it?
So how much do you actually remember about your birthday, fellow Leo? ;)
nic- I wish I could say I was drunk. I’m just obnoxious sometimes.
LCT- of course!
Kevin Spencer- Not really. In fact, not at all.
geekhiker- It’s all very clear until I put that tattoo on.. then it gets hazy…
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So how old is your brother? And is he single? I love the invention idea; hope you just didn’t unknowingly share his creation with someone who will rush out to get the patent before he can….
A few things:
1) I LOVE Thursdays, always have.
2) Your brother is my new hero.
3) That Mae West quote is one of my favorites.
4) I heart you and I’m so stealing this Meme for later.
Also, how does one pronounce meme? Is it Me-Me or Meem or May-may or what? I just asked AlexMac, and she replied, “I call them ‘surveys’”
I’m also a fan of chomping off gummi bear heads.
I wish I would lay out my clothes the night before. It would save so much time in the mornings. But when I do, I always end up changing my mind anyways, thus defeating the whole purpose.
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