keira-anne tagged me on a thing called "six things you probably dont know about me"
The rules: *Link to the person that tagged you. *Post the rules on your blog. *Share six interesting things/habits/quirks about yourself - anything that comes to mind. *Tag six people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs ... people you would like to know things about. *Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
- i havent smoked one puff of marijuana in almost a year. yes ive been to many a rock show, including roger waters, and have been involved in lots of situations where i could have puff puffed passed (such is the nefarious life of a busblogger) but as an aspiring scientist i wanted to see if i could resist the temptations of america's silliest illegality and im glad to report i could and it was no problem. i hope they dont revoke my IV card.
- i pray every night and read at least one chapter of the bible every sunday. the bible is my favorite book ever and reading it this slowly is an interesting way to gnaw on the good book throughout the week. when i was last hiking with karisa i was thinking about how she approaches working out. i thought that it was probably the same way i approach blogging and reading the bible - just make it part of your daily or weekly routine and before you know it youve improved yourself in ways youd have never expected. karisa is probably the healthiest person i know and rarely backs down from a project and i can blog three times a day even on a super hectic day. and i can call bs on the religious right with a flick of a bible verse.
- i read dozens of magazines a week, including gossip and girlie mags. by girlie i mean Bust and Vogue and Cosmo Girl, etc. i used to subscribe to Sassy and later Jane, and recently i gave up my subscription to Us because all it was any good for was pictures, but the JJB provides all of those to me even quicker and with snarkier commentary. i read all of those because womens minds fascinate me and its always interesting to see if i can figure out what theyre thinking. lost cause, but whatevs.
- matt good is the only musician whose newer material rings truer to me than his older stuff. maybe thats because i was made aware of his music just a few years ago and thus everything from In a Coma forward made more sense to me, but what can i say. the only band that i love whose earliest music means nothing to me is Pink Floyd. sacrilege, i know, but Sid did nothing for me.
- i have zero faith that the cubs will win the world series during my lifetime. this isnt a sad realization, its merely a coping method that either i adopt or jump off a bridge. plus baseball should simply be enjoyed as the ballet that it is.
- i have extremely clean hands. not because im afraid of getting a cold (i hardly ever get colds), but for the same reason i keep a condom in my wallet - cuz you never know when a young lady is gonna want my hands all over her. and when such situations occur you wanna be prepared. you dont wanna say, oh excuse me while dr disgusting washes his hands for the first time all day. you wanna say... again?
ken writes - see first foto: http://www.sorryimissedyourparty.com/2008/10/what-not-to-be-for-halloween.html
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008 What Not To Be For Halloween Look, I know that anonymously judging other people on the internet plus 25 cents will get me a phone call. I know I can't actually change anyone's minds if they have it set. But let me please, please implore of you: DO NOT BE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COSTUMES THIS HALLOWEEN. They are played out. A lot of people have beef with the idea of "sexy" costume like sexy nurse, sexy panther, sexy cop, etc... Look, if you're going to dress as a sexy witch, there's no advice I can give you about how cheesy it might be. God bless you if you want to take one day of the year to look extra slutty. I have much bigger fish to try with these costumes which purport to be clever and culturally savvy. Here they are:
Rollergirl from Boogie Nights: You will only remind people that you don't look as good as Heather Graham. It's a bad idea to do a "sexy" costume that's modeled after someone way sexier than any real life girl is.
Tony to Ashley - not my fault: http://www.sorryimissedyourparty.com/2008/10/what-not-to-be-for-halloween.html
Ashley to Tony - i know, i saw it awhile ago, didnt you see my comment there? someone said i was cute, so whatev. the author sounds like an ass anyway
and sure enough here are the comments:
Anonymous said... It costs 35 cents to make a call from a pay phone.
The first rollergirl was pretty cute.
Anonymous said...
'Fake cocaine makeup' is a *great* pet peeve.
HR Underling said...
GROSS. All of them.
Anonymous said...
You know, I actually think some of those rollergirls look pretty hot. Also, as a psychiatrist, I love the freudian slip costume (particularly the one that includes freudian phrases). And my boyfriend and I were margot and richie tenenbaum one year...i guess this all makes me a lame hipster but I'd rather see people in fake cocaine makeup than a sexy bee costume any day.
Neal said...
I've never seen a sexy bee. I want to see one. I would also be interested in seeing a sexy cockroach or a sexy bedbug. any sexy bug really.
Ashley in Wonderland said...
Hi I'm the first Rollergirl, thanks for being mean!
Ah the interwebs.
Above: Ashley a few years ago dressing up for halloween in vegas. Middle: me with the real rollergirl a few years ago at the shortstop on her birthday
my mom has an iphone. i dont know where she got it, but its a 3G. i used to be jealous of people who have 3gs until i saw this picture she took of me.
i know 3gs have the same cameras as the regular Gs but im glad to see that my crappy camera capabilities are the same as hers.
today we drove around and looked at "the pretty houses". the really good ones have docks up against their backyards like we have. and almost all of them have "lanais" which are nice screens protecting the backyard area from bugs and birds and gators and jaguars.
as we drove around town i kept thinking about the first dude who cornered the Lanai market and how happy he was. i wondered what sort of life he must be living now.
The Lanai King.
all he had to do was figure out how to do the first couple and then all he had to do was farm out the work to the workingclass while he cut one deal after another. imagine the sales job. true door to door sales i would hope.
hey did you see the johnsons lanai?
la-what?
ever party in your neighbors backyard? notice how little they have to clean their pool and hot tub?
thats why we have pool tops and pool boys and
you dont really want those things, what you want is a lanai. i am the Lanai King and i will tell you what, if you get one of your friends to sign up with me i will do your Lanai for half price.
these kids are either eating or drinking or peeing or sleeping
they really get it about vacationing.
earlier you saw a portrait of the young boy when he had woken from sleep. this is an example of him when hes getting pretty sleepy.
notice that hes a tad more talkative, but quite possessive of his "whoopie". so much so that if you hold it hostage you can get anything from him that you want. note to self, dont let little kids become CIA agents.
also of note, the sad torture his parents are invoking on him by making him a cub fan. im not sure that even during his lifetime he will see the cubs win the world series, but heartbreak is part of life and its good that hes learning this early.
sometimes the boy wakes up from his nap and hes not feeling all that. sometimes he wont want to be picked up or held. sometimes he doesnt wanna go in the pool or hot tub.
sometimes he wont wanna eat or drink or even play wii.
you can look at him and see he doesnt wanna be social but hes pretty adorable so you might wanna mess with him a little.
wanna go for a drive, tyler?
no.
wanna fly a plane, my man?
no.
wanna trade arms for hostages, yo?
no.
whats the opposite of yes?
no.
if nancy reagan wants to sell you some ecstasy what should you say?
no.
if nancy reagan has a really great price if you buy ten, and you know her stuff is pharmasutical grade, what should you say?
no.
what should the cubs have said to ryan dempsters agent when he asked $52 million to resign his client?
no.
was it right for the dems to pretend that everything was totally chill with senator lieberman after he sold out his party and aligned with mccain palin?
no.
will you be buying the new beyonce record?
no.
what about artie langes new book "too fat to fish"
no.
wait what? you got something against the baby gorilla?
no.
then why not support the man? hate reading suddenly?
no.
when you wanna rent a car and the dude pressures you into getting that insurance whaddya say?
no.
been watching that paris hilton tv show where she picks her new bff?
no.
wanna set up your bowling pins and play for like 47 hours straight?
the thing about florida is it pretends to be california and it comes close, what with the warm weather and the celebs, and the palm trees and the latin americans. but its not california. thus it's merely a place to visit, not a place to rock.
right now chloe sevigne and paris hilton and lindsay and sam and kim kardasian are all here romping around the beaches of miami. they are doing this because southern california are on fire and because im here and they wanna sneak into my holiday bungalow of love.
sorry charlies, im here with my family that i hardly ever see other than in the winter months. to the right is my lovely neice with one of the clam shells she purloined from the beach. she refused last night to put it back into her shell bucket while she ate her pizza. its vacation so why not.
she likes to wake me up early in the morning with a graceless knock on my door and a wake up uncle tony!
biggest house on the block and yet my bedroom door and bathroom is the center of attention. dont they know that theres a giant pool in the back? dont they know the hot tub finally got fixed. play some wii! eat some of the mountains of food we have.
but no, uncle tony is the star attraction for some reason.
heres what uncle tony has on tap today. work work and more work. then ive gotta return the chrysler rolls royce rip off rentacar. then ive gotta get some chinese food for the family. then ive gotta get some more doritos at the market because im blazing through the sole bag like a stoner at a midnight movie.
i'll have you know that there are no illegal substances here other than powdered donuts, for the record. and i have stayed far away from them.
this morning i ate wheat toast and sprayed some butter on it.
and im eating peanuts. and drinking orange juice.
and enjoying msnbc which has a countdown bug that tells everyone that president elect obama will be the next president in 63 days.
breaking news: the nephew is running past to urinate in my bathroom.
maybe i should take some more video of all this nonsense.
Anonymous said...
my mom has an iphone. i dont know where she got it, but its a 3G. i used to be jealous of people who have 3gs until i saw this picture she took of me.
sometimes the boy wakes up from his nap and hes not feeling all that. sometimes he wont want to be picked up or held. sometimes he doesnt wanna go in the pool or hot tub.
the thing about florida is it pretends to be california and it comes close, what with the warm weather and the celebs, and the palm trees and the latin americans. but its not california. thus it's merely a place to visit, not a place to rock.