I decided to do a Friday Five again, but since I was nowhere near a computer yesterday, you're getting my Friday comments on Saturday!
1.Are you a night owl or an early bird?
Have you met me? I stay up until dawn, get 2 hours of sleep, and grow horns if I don't get said 2 hours of sleep. I think that makes me a card-carrying member of the "I Hate Mornings Society of America" or some such group for those of us who rally online or over girl movies at 2am!
2.What makes you jealous?
Skinny people. I think it's because I'll never be one, but I haven't quite wrapped my head around that. Between medical issues and some crazy abnomal bone dimensions in my torso (thanks doc for pointing that out when I was 9 and giving me a complex btw), I'll never be a six. So I live vicariously through my skinny friends...
3.Have you started Christmas/holiday shopping yet? When will you finish? (There’s only 63 days left!)
Sort of. I'm more the "get up at the crack of dawn and fight the crowd" type the day after Thanksgiving. I love the crowd and the sales. I'll probably have most of it finished up by early December. Getting it all in the mail to the mainland- whole other story!
4.What would you have a personal chef make you tonight?
Some sort of chicken off the grill. Either BBQ chik, white sauce chik, something. Love me some grilled chicken. It'll taste even better if I can enjoy the view from the back patio without some kid peeing in the yard.
5.Where was your first kiss?
Seriously, I don't even remember. I know it was in high school, but I couldn't tell you with who or when. Apparently my brain won't let me think that far back. Is that what happens when you're creeping up on your 20 yr high school reunion?
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
You livin' under a rock or something...
So after making a "Red Dawn" comment earlier, it got me to thinking about movies. Not so much the "sucks ass but the cult crowd likes it" hits like the above, but the real movies certain people have never seen. Like a certain family member of mine who couldn't tell you a thing about the Godfather movies because she's never seen them. Or my neighbor who couldn't name any Gone With the Wind characters beside Scarlett because she'd never seen that gem of cinema history. Seriously, do you not own a tv? Or maybe you've been living in a cave in the Himalayas and didn't realize Blockbuster had gone global. I just think it's a rite of passage to watch some movies once before you die, even if you think they suck. Here's a list of some of the movies that I think everyone should watch at least once:
1. Gone With the Wind- it's a classic people. Get over the racial "they have slaves" aspect and recognize it for what it is- a masterpiece.
2. Casablanca- yes, I know it's in black and white. Some of the best are. Bogey didn't need color to deliver some of the most awesome lines in movie history and Ingred Bergman was a classic female lead.
3. Star Wars trilogy- not the craptastic new ones with Hayden "I can't act my way out of a ziploc baggy" Christenson, but the real trilogy. I recognize there's a cheesy factor at times, but it's just a good set of movies to watch. And who doesn't want to get a little Harrison Ford on the screen!
4. Ben-Hur- while I'm not a religious person, I can recognize a great movie when I see one. Charlton Heston is an icon and who doesn't secretly rewind and rewatch the scene where the guy gets trampled by the chariot...
5. Wizard of Oz- it doens't need an explanation. Just watch it. Sing Over the Rainbow. And admit it- you'll cackle with the witch when she starts her evil laugh.
6. The Sound of Music- belt out those tunes, spin your arms from your imaginary hilltop and watch it over and over again. And show your kids what a great musical can sound like.
7. Stagecoach- what, a western? Yep. It's got John Wayne in it, the man who was basically the Chuck Norris of his day. He kicked ass, took names, and nobody messed with him. Plus, I think it's a really good movie.
8. Tron- yes, it's sort of like watching a movie full of those plastic necklaces you bend so the glow-in-the-dark fluid will rush through them. But it's not a bad film and it's a CGI miracle for its day.
9. It's a Wonderful Life- warning: I'm going to blaspheme here. I can't stand this movie one bit. Not even a little. I avoid it like nobody's business when it comes on 1.852 million times during the holiday season. Having said that, it's a Christmas classic and the majority of the population of the planet will stop everything they are doing. So, watch it and see if you like it.
10. The Breakfast Club- I was born in 1976; of course I was going to add in a classic example of 80's movie history. I could have put Sixteen Candles or St. Elmo's Fire, but I think TBC might be the best out of the group. It was a look at what teens were going through in the 80's. Plus, I think everyone thought Judd Nelson was hot back then and who's going to channel surf past a Molly Ringwald movie on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Beyond this, I'd say to consult the AFI list of movies. It's got a pretty good selection of movies, most of which people of my age have never seen because they've got no nudity, exploding cars, or uber-sexy hunks in the spotlight!
1. Gone With the Wind- it's a classic people. Get over the racial "they have slaves" aspect and recognize it for what it is- a masterpiece.
2. Casablanca- yes, I know it's in black and white. Some of the best are. Bogey didn't need color to deliver some of the most awesome lines in movie history and Ingred Bergman was a classic female lead.
3. Star Wars trilogy- not the craptastic new ones with Hayden "I can't act my way out of a ziploc baggy" Christenson, but the real trilogy. I recognize there's a cheesy factor at times, but it's just a good set of movies to watch. And who doesn't want to get a little Harrison Ford on the screen!
4. Ben-Hur- while I'm not a religious person, I can recognize a great movie when I see one. Charlton Heston is an icon and who doesn't secretly rewind and rewatch the scene where the guy gets trampled by the chariot...
5. Wizard of Oz- it doens't need an explanation. Just watch it. Sing Over the Rainbow. And admit it- you'll cackle with the witch when she starts her evil laugh.
6. The Sound of Music- belt out those tunes, spin your arms from your imaginary hilltop and watch it over and over again. And show your kids what a great musical can sound like.
7. Stagecoach- what, a western? Yep. It's got John Wayne in it, the man who was basically the Chuck Norris of his day. He kicked ass, took names, and nobody messed with him. Plus, I think it's a really good movie.
8. Tron- yes, it's sort of like watching a movie full of those plastic necklaces you bend so the glow-in-the-dark fluid will rush through them. But it's not a bad film and it's a CGI miracle for its day.
9. It's a Wonderful Life- warning: I'm going to blaspheme here. I can't stand this movie one bit. Not even a little. I avoid it like nobody's business when it comes on 1.852 million times during the holiday season. Having said that, it's a Christmas classic and the majority of the population of the planet will stop everything they are doing. So, watch it and see if you like it.
10. The Breakfast Club- I was born in 1976; of course I was going to add in a classic example of 80's movie history. I could have put Sixteen Candles or St. Elmo's Fire, but I think TBC might be the best out of the group. It was a look at what teens were going through in the 80's. Plus, I think everyone thought Judd Nelson was hot back then and who's going to channel surf past a Molly Ringwald movie on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Beyond this, I'd say to consult the AFI list of movies. It's got a pretty good selection of movies, most of which people of my age have never seen because they've got no nudity, exploding cars, or uber-sexy hunks in the spotlight!
Friday, October 8, 2010
My Friday Five
I saw this on my friend's blog and thought I'd give it a go. Nothing like Friday night honestly laced with a partial bottle of Columbia Valley red...
1.What is the longest road trip you’ve ever taken?
That's easy- the Moses-esque exodus we made from Oregon to South Carolina in 2007. Why Moses-esque, you might ask? Because Moses fled Egypt with the army chasing him. I gunned it in the minivan for the California border with the military-hating hippies on my ass! Never was I so happy to get out of a place in my life. I miss the coffee on every corner, but it's not enough to make me move back to Corvallis, known in my little corner of the planet as "the boil on the ass of our country."
2.Do you collect anything? Tell us a bit about it.
I collect two things. One is so Southern, it's mind numbing. One is so mind numbing most people don't believe it. I collect Junior League cookbooks and Latin textbooks. Cookbooks? A girl from Alabama collects cookbooks? That's like saying an alcoholic collects booze bottles. It's a 'duh' moment, really. As for the Latin books, what most people don't know is that I took Latin for 5 yrs and once, a long time ago in a land far, far away, it was half of my double major in college. Soooo... next to my Charlaine Harris box set and my matched set of the Twilight series is a pretty pinky-in-the-air collection of 200 yr old Latin books that most people can't read unless they graduated from Oxford. So take that, people who think a blonde girl with an Alabama public education can't so much as tie her shoes!
3.What is your favorite part about being an adult?
The wine. Wait, no. The coffee. No, seriously, I think it might be my role as a mom. Even though there have been days where I wanted to hit the sauce at 7am, all in all mommyhood has been a good thing and I'm glad I did it. There are days that I look at my kids and think "Wow, those are going to be some messed up urchins!" but then I think about the people I know who's kids are WAYYYY worse than mine and it makes me feel better. And when all else fails, I can get a huge boost to my child-rearing ego by looking at my older half brother and his kids. He's a train wreck that warrants his own blog...
4.What song brings a tear to your eye?
The Rose- Bette Midler's version. Hubster wrote the whole thing down to me, from memory, in the first maildrop letter I ever got, back in 1997. I hardly ever hear it on the radio, but when I do it's a flood of emotions! I can listen to Conway Twitty's version too, and it brings tears to my eyes, too. But those aren't anything but tears of full-on terror, because, well, have you seen Conway Twitty? He's just plain scary...
5.Describe your first plane ride (how old you were, where you were heading, etc).
I'm pretty sure it was to Denver, and I'm pretty sure it was when I was about 3 because my mom was going out to help her parents with a yard sale. Looking back, how damn redneck is that- flying 1400 miles to help with a yard sale? I don't help my neighbors get the busted patio furniture to the street and I'm just Southern enough to take said lawn furniture, repaint it, and put it in my own yard. Oh wait, I've already done that!
1.What is the longest road trip you’ve ever taken?
That's easy- the Moses-esque exodus we made from Oregon to South Carolina in 2007. Why Moses-esque, you might ask? Because Moses fled Egypt with the army chasing him. I gunned it in the minivan for the California border with the military-hating hippies on my ass! Never was I so happy to get out of a place in my life. I miss the coffee on every corner, but it's not enough to make me move back to Corvallis, known in my little corner of the planet as "the boil on the ass of our country."
2.Do you collect anything? Tell us a bit about it.
I collect two things. One is so Southern, it's mind numbing. One is so mind numbing most people don't believe it. I collect Junior League cookbooks and Latin textbooks. Cookbooks? A girl from Alabama collects cookbooks? That's like saying an alcoholic collects booze bottles. It's a 'duh' moment, really. As for the Latin books, what most people don't know is that I took Latin for 5 yrs and once, a long time ago in a land far, far away, it was half of my double major in college. Soooo... next to my Charlaine Harris box set and my matched set of the Twilight series is a pretty pinky-in-the-air collection of 200 yr old Latin books that most people can't read unless they graduated from Oxford. So take that, people who think a blonde girl with an Alabama public education can't so much as tie her shoes!
3.What is your favorite part about being an adult?
The wine. Wait, no. The coffee. No, seriously, I think it might be my role as a mom. Even though there have been days where I wanted to hit the sauce at 7am, all in all mommyhood has been a good thing and I'm glad I did it. There are days that I look at my kids and think "Wow, those are going to be some messed up urchins!" but then I think about the people I know who's kids are WAYYYY worse than mine and it makes me feel better. And when all else fails, I can get a huge boost to my child-rearing ego by looking at my older half brother and his kids. He's a train wreck that warrants his own blog...
4.What song brings a tear to your eye?
The Rose- Bette Midler's version. Hubster wrote the whole thing down to me, from memory, in the first maildrop letter I ever got, back in 1997. I hardly ever hear it on the radio, but when I do it's a flood of emotions! I can listen to Conway Twitty's version too, and it brings tears to my eyes, too. But those aren't anything but tears of full-on terror, because, well, have you seen Conway Twitty? He's just plain scary...
5.Describe your first plane ride (how old you were, where you were heading, etc).
I'm pretty sure it was to Denver, and I'm pretty sure it was when I was about 3 because my mom was going out to help her parents with a yard sale. Looking back, how damn redneck is that- flying 1400 miles to help with a yard sale? I don't help my neighbors get the busted patio furniture to the street and I'm just Southern enough to take said lawn furniture, repaint it, and put it in my own yard. Oh wait, I've already done that!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
And then there was coffee...
I have decided that coffee makes me human. Without it, I have horns and blood-red eyes that could burn through the walls. Some days, like today, I need a little extra kick, so I meet friends for the big coffee at the mother ship. That's Starbucks, by the way. I get the quad venti. Why, you might ask? Because three years in Oregon taught me that what coffee will make decent, extra shots will make freakin' awesome. So the quad venti it is. If you can strip paint off a truck bumber with it, I'm there! Plus, I like the way it makes the house smell when I wake up in the morning. So, I will continue to drink the stuff until someone tells me I shouldn't. And then I'll tell them where they can stick their thought on the matter...
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Don't pee in my yard and tell me it's raining
For the second time, I've had to tell a spawn of Satan, I mean child, not to pee in my yard. Really!?!? It's my yard. Where I enjoy my glass of wine. Where I wash the car. Where I watch the rockin' Hawaiian sunset. It's not where I want to see you drop trou and hose down my grass and the neighbors toys! I kept hearing CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" in my head with that little shit's bare butt running around my yard...
Why moms shouldn't chug tequila
So I spent what was supposed to be a normal, calm weekend with my heathens while daddy was out to sea. Then Saturday happened. It's been a long time since I've seen someone down half a bottle of tequila. At 3pm. While babysitting her neighbors kids. She was passing out hugs to everyone, doing that whispered yell that people only use when they are plowed, and making a total idiot of herself. All in all, hilarious to watch, and bless you, whoever the colelge girl was who was there to help her!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Zoo Day
For some reason, he felt the need to sit on the hippo's head! It was the only picture I took of him, all day long, where he doesn't have some crazy, forced smile...
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