February 17, 2009

• For lack of a real post today...

  I'm actually working on a few posts of a more substantial nature, but I'm writing them locally so that I don't lose them when I errantly click or tap or whatever it is I seem to do that sends everything into the Great Pit of Interweb Despair.  One is about Valentine's day and our views, but I'm carefully editing it so that I don't come across as too cynical or snobby - just a little cynical and snobby.    I am also attempting to locate all the postcards we've gotten for the kids in the course of the last year, and I will hopefully scan them.  It would be even nicer if I managed to purchase a power cable for our new printer, but I keep forgetting.  Then I could install a printer near my laptop and not have to keep running up and down the stairs!  I'm also considering writing on the topic of Facebook friends, and why are people requesting my friendship now when they used to be so mean to me in high school?  Haven't we all experienced that, though?  (And the main reason I'm telling you what I want to post about?  Because I have a serious case of teh dumbz and I want to make sure I remember!)

  So today I leave you with a fluff piece that I nabbed off my Facebook profile.  I don't believe any of my Xanga readers are my Facebook friends (and it's a shame, really!), so this won't be a repeat, unless, of course, you're stalking me.  In that case, please speak up. 

  Here you go, the dreaded "25 things"....though I may decide to give my dear Xanga friends a little extra fluff. 

  1. When I took an IQ test at the age of 9, I was four points shy of genius.  I'm pretty sure my IQ is now in the teens. 

  2. Someday I will learn to play electric guitar, start a band, and tour Europe.

  3. I don’t feel normal if my hair isn’t purple.

  4. The only reason my children have semi-normal names is because *they* have to live with them, not me.

  5. I am a huge fan of Beavis and Butthead. When I didn’t have MTV in college, my brother would record Moron-a-thons for me. I still have all those tapes, and watch them at least once a year. Huh huh huh.

  6. I love beer – microbrews, specifically. My current favorite is Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat, with Blue Moon being a close second. Shock Top isn’t bad, either.

  7. I feel very frustrated because I suspect that many people underestimate my intelligence because I’m staying at home to raise my children, rather than having a career. I’ve never liked it when people assume I’m stupid, but it makes me angry when people assume that I’m stupid and can’t hold a job and that’s why I stay at home. I stay at home because it’s the best decision for our family. Oh, that, and the fact that I’m fairly unemployable after all these years out of the work force. That filter most people have that keeps them from saying what they really mean? My filter is, for the most part, gone. So yeah, I’d likely tell someone to fuck off before I realized the mistake I was making.

  8. I enjoy poop and fart jokes. Could be why I like Beavis and Butthead and Ren & Stimpy?

  9. I am a trivia junkie. I don’t mean just playing trivia games – I mean that I also enjoy accumulating mindless bits and pieces of information about large numbers of subjects. Except maybe sports.

  10. I became a soccer referee when I was in 9th grade – maybe 8th? I don’t remember. I started coaching when I was 15. My team came in first place and second place, respectively. I want to coach my son’s team, but he doesn’t think it’s something a girl can do. HE’S FIVE for crying out loud!

  11. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t failed college, though it was my own damned fault, but then I remember what a wonderfully goofy family I have, and that I wouldn’t have that if I hadn’t failed. Also, I would be a teacher, and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be happy in that profession right now.

  12. I miss writing prose, poetry, short stories, essays….I used to write daily, and it kind of fell by the wayside as adulthood took over.

  13. I used to run camera, sound, and video for the second smallest ABC affiliate in the country (at least it was when I worked there). That was probably one of the best jobs I ever had….well….

  14. Motherhood is actually probably one of the best jobs I’ve ever had, but also the most frustrating, the most tedious, the most brain-draining, the least appreciated, the most tiresome, the most monotonous…and the most rewarding. Especially when you’ve taught your youngest daughter to fart on command. It doesn’t get any better than that!

  15. I have a plan to become Queen of the Universe some day, and it all depends on ice cream. Frozen treats for the lactose-intolerant.

  16. Some day, I will go to both culinary school and pastry school, just because. And maybe another (different) some day, I will open a confectioner’s shop. And we’ll also have ice cream.

  17. I enjoy computer and video games of all sorts. I currently play a lot of “casual gamer” games, but only because I know I’ll get sucked into them, and I have to at least *pretend* to be a responsible adult. I did like Spore, and Craig thinks I’d like World of Warcraft, but I’m holding out for Diablo III. Good thing we don’t have a machine decent enough to run it. *phew*

  18. My favorite types of cuisine are Japanese (sushi!), Greek, and Indian. I have made Greek-themed meals, and Indian-themed meals, but not Japanese. Also, the spicier, the better.

  19. I also forgot to mention my love of pizza and hot wings. Oh, yeah, beer’s good with both of those, too.

  20. I don’t look as interesting as I actually am. I planned it that way on purpose, just so you’d leave me alone. Yes, I’m talking to *you*.

  21. I collect Disney Villains. Surprised?

  22. I also collect cookbooks. I especially love regional cookbooks and cookbooks from different eras. I have one from the early 1900s (reprint) that’s just insane to read!

  23. I am a pyromaniac. For a housewarming gift, my in-laws gave us a chimenea, so I could burn things in a contained space. For Christmas, they gave us a gas grill. Craig is not only not allowed to start the fires, he’s also not allowed to cook on said fires. Fire is *my domain*, and I will fight for it.

  24. I have taken over 10,000 photos of my children since 2003.

  25. Despite my hard exterior, I have a gooey, nougat-filled interior that’s enrobed in a decadent dark chocolate and sprinkled with hazelnuts. All with a delightful cookie crunch!

  26. BONUS: I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan. I wanted to have a Star Wars themed wedding, but the minister wouldn't allow it in her chapel. We were introduced to our guests at the reception to "The Imperial March" instead, though I really wanted to be Padme Amidala.

  27.  I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was in my early teens.  I hate all the health issues it causes, but I hate the hirsutism the very most.  While I'm fortunate that it doesn't bother Craig, it bothers *me*.  I don't think I will ever feel like a real woman until I can get rid of the unwanted hair permanently.  Unfortunately, it's not high on our list of priorities, so I make do.  This one is hard to write, as it is the single thing that embarrasses me.  I can live with being fat, because that's mostly my own damned fault, and I can change that pretty easily, as I can with almost any other health concern that PCOS brings.  This is one thing that takes a substantial investment of time and / or money to change, and it is the one thing that people have always used to cause me the most grief.  It's not like I woke up one morning in 7th grade and said to myself "Hey, self, let's grow a beard, that would be awesome". 

  28.  I've been recently thinking that I don't really want us to be bazillionaires.  I'm not sure I even want to be rich!  I think I enjoy being a hillbilly, really.

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