10 Things I Love

I'd forgotten about blog herpes. I got moar. This is catching! Heh. But before you see the LIST, I have my special belated Friday feature because I forgot about Fun Video Friday. Here you go...

The Mean Award

SHAZAAMBOOIE!  Rachel @ The Mean Girl Diaries is great! She made this just for me. I like the phrase, 'some blogs are just better.' Haha Caleb! NYAH NYAH NYAH. She gave it to me first and not you! Oh, um, Caleb doesn't follow me. Ah well. Sest layvee. Can someone tell him about this?

Imma be ordered to share three things with you that I love via vlog. As always, here's my twist...

Maundering Monday

I'm probably going to have some great news for you on Wednesday. Until then...

Had the most awesomest dream this weekend. And then I learned about the shuttle Discovery's last crusade. Coincidence? A little choked up here. Who's cutting the onions? *Sniff, sniff*

Maybe it had something to do with How to Train Your Dragon contending for an Oscar along with Toy Story 3. Imagine if you will a space shuttle that looks just like Toothless, yet has the same color scheme as Kick Buttowski's outfit. Combine that with the world's longest free fall and you've got my dream. I woke up happy.

Drumroll please...Drumroll!

I got married after being engaged for 18 months. Result: I was pretty sure about the deal.

So Lauren. Well done. Go get that Memetastic Award. It's the one that says "Memetastic Award". You can't have Insanity Wolf. That was the impetus placed for motivation. And I made this for you too.

For the uninitiated: Moltar is a being made entirely from lava. He's the smartest of the quartet from SpaceGhost.

I've been sitting on this post for a while now. Probably because I'm pretty darn ungracious. Which makes this award even more ironic. 

In Muppet Baby Miss Piggy's voice:

"And so..."

I am indeed again, a winnah winnah of some chicken dinnah. That's two this week, well...that's like wearing the two crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. I'm sure I've got some Ptolemy in me in here somewhere..I mean, who doesn't nowadays? Think they'll pick me as Mubarak's successor? I'll tell them I love them more than they hate Mubarak. That's good value, that is.

Rule 1: Acknowledge blogger who gave you the award.   Umseti @ Stupid America
She's a Studio 30 Plus member, like moi, and we fell in with the same crowd. She called me 'stylin'. Hmm...that's because of TGNLindsey...has nothing to do with me. Drat! Umseti isn't even a follower of my blog, I don't think. Hunh. DON'T CARE! She chose me! AHAHAHAHALSDKJF. suckers. Imma take dis here award and run wit' it.  Sorted.

Rule 2: List 7 unknown things about me...But I just saw another blog who received this same award and it was tell 5 things that you love and 5 blogs you love. Mmph.

I'm Type O positive. In college, I liked to give it away at the blood drives just so I could have the cookie.

With the sound off, I can recite The Princess Bride.

I like to sit in the sunlight outside to read. My husband called it basking when we were dating, and it stuck.

I'm good at remembering names, like scarygood eidetic, but am crap when it comes to remembering dates.

I am 10 and 11 years older than my brother and sister....so for all intents and purposes, I'm still an only child. I do love J and K though.

I've been driving since I was 11.

I have no real fashion sense. I've been wearing the same damn style of clothes I wore when I was 14. Jeans, khakis, t-shirts, button-downs, sneakers. The hair's pretty much the same too. I think have no real need or desire to be "fierce". Certainly can't afford it.


Rule 3: Share with 15(!) bloggers who are just now starting out. MollieEdit: Who the hell came up with the number fifteen for this crap? Damn you, I'm sharing with ones that I've just now started following. And I'm only doing THIRTEEN! 

Lauren @savvy?  Real life friends. They make one feel nice and fuzzy like a polite cat.
Jessica @sassy sippy cups Positivity is always attractive.
Lesley @ IrelandEverAfter Fairytales can come true, it can happen to you. Like it happened to her.
K-T@KT's Refinishing School DIY guru for pennies on the dollar.
Colie @The Colie Chronicles Funny. Always deletes posts. I never get to read anything she writes. Just kidding.
#7 @ Narragansett No. 7 Even with the kids, she probably brushes her teeth before leaving the house. I like that.
Erin @ MyLittleCorner Cakes. Beautiful cakes. And Chuck Taylors.
Annah@ WhenRedMeansGo Hot mess. Funny. Irreverent. I'd like to think that I'd've been as cool as her if I hadn't made all those decisions that got me where I am as of now.
HockeyWife @ Tales of a Hockey Wife Of course she has this already...post hoc, ergo propter hoc.  I kid.
Aimee @ Pleasantly Demented Bruisingly beautiful, a sledgehammer in a rosebush.
Tara @ Kind of A Sideshow  If life was the movie Notting Hill, I'd be Honey and she'd be Anna Scott and I'd meet her by babbling about how awesome she is. She and her siblings are amazing and you know what I mean if you've ever seen a Donny Vomit show.
The Twin Spin @TheTwinSpin Artisty Mummy for three girls...two are twins. She has a series. That's stylin'.
Rachel @ TheMeanGirlDiaries Her header is Roy Lichtenstein-ish. It makes her look like Kate Winslet from The Holiday. Absofuckinlutely gorgeous.

I guess I should let them know. That'd be stylish of me.

Insanity Wolf

Currently listening to Doves and Coldplay. Kingdom of Rust and Clocks, to be more specific.  I'm having a blast, but there are times when I wish Coldplay was a little more metal. I think they tried to be with "Violet Hill". Mom, thanks for taking me to that concert. I think that was the most 'much' experience.

From Jaxie

Rule 1: Tell you four lies and one truth. You have to decide what's what. 

I have one blue eye and one green eye.

I was engaged for 18 months before I got married.

I was a runner-up for College Jeopardy in 2002.

I remember the Alamo.

I don't have TV.

Rule 2: Share the Memetasticness.

If you laugh at the graphic below, you can have the Memetastic Award. Let me know if you do laugh at it. If you don't, why are you still with me? Are you family? Potential employers?

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no, I'm kidding. I'm going to give the Memetastic Award to the person who guesses correctly from the list above. If there are no correct guesses, THEN I'll throw all y'all to Insanity Wolf. Somebody's going to Insanity Wolf, one way or the other. I got the rejection email from a school I applied to... One of the many. 70 people applying for the one position. Like Insanity Wolf, I could have cheerfully beaten all pedestrians I passed today with a shit-eating grin on my face. At that point, I don't think I'd've minded the subsequent arrest and sentencing. Thanks Head Teacher X and a happy steak and blowjob day to you too.

For Valentine's, I gave all of the kiddo's teachers and helpers a grab bag assortment... There was a gift in each bag, toiletries, mugs...something nice, but cheap because there's a lot of them. I was in the pissiest mood writing out the tags as I lined them up on the counter, "To You, from Kiddo". And I'm anxious that I didn't get enough for everyone and I was thinking that these women better like this crap. Only, I didn't use the word "women" in my thoughts. Even so, I was happy to make this small gesture. SERIOUS!

Spent the day wandering around DCity with Dan. Had conversation and shopped. Things happened and were said that made me think I'd blog about them. Meh. Nothing bad, fairly good...I just don't think writing about my husband sniffing my neck makes for good storytelling.

And then there was the pickup late this afternoon. I walked in and one of the helpers looked like she teared up as she said thanks. And that made the day for me... ashamed me for feeling bitchy and full of antipathy this morning, but it made me happy that I did something that made others feel appreciated when they least expected it. Who knows if those girls don't or do have fellas? Either way, all the bags were gone and there were smiles beamed my way.

Happy Valentine's Day to you if you like it. Happy Whatever Un-Day if you don't. I love you realhard no matter what.