My friend Keely of A Letter To Xander and The Un-Mom as well as Clark Kent over at Clark Kent’s Lunchbox were kind enough to tag me in a meme…which normally I don’t do, but I really like both of them plus I’m afraid I’m going to find myself in trouble someday and Clark may not come to my rescue if I don’t. If you guys haven’t found them yet, go check their sites. They are both funny people that I stalk on a daily basis. Keely’s site “>A Letter to Xander is charming and I really wish I had blogged an open letter to my children the way she has to show all the funny moments of bringing a little one into the world and all it ecompasses.
So Clark asked for six random facts and Keely asked for seven interesting facts. Well, I’m not all that interesting, but I am random, so I’m blending the two. Here goes:
1.) It’s a Wonderful Life is my favorite move EVER. All of our animals are named after characters in the film.
First there’s Mr. Potter, a 38 lb lazy pug.
Then there’s Mary Bailey who has a really bad attitude some days.
We had a ZuZu for a while, but, well she bit The Man in his Manly Parts and let’s just say she purchased a farm and we haven’t seen her since.
2.) I have a zit right now directly between my eyebrows which makes me resemble a Bollywood star, except, you know, Irish.
3.) I am a nag. Did you hear me? Did you understand that? I want to make sure you are clear on that part. Wait…look at me when I’m talking to you….
4.) I am also a neat freak. Wanna see me go Rainman and start running in circles saying “Five minutes to Wopner…Five minutes to Wopner”? Leave your dirty clothes on the floor or move something in my office and don’t put it back. Yeah, we’ll see who wins that one.
5.) I. Cry. At. Everything. Please don’t bring up anything related to children, mothers, fathers, dogs, cats, weddings, anniversaries, flowers blooming in spring, leaves falling in autumn, grandparents, sunrises, sunsets, old movies, new movies, books, poems, childrens drawings, best friends, childhood memories, winning, losing, any line from It’s a Wonderful Life or designer shoes or I’ll just start weeping openly again.
6.) Halloween is my very favorite holiday. My house? Looks like a store it has so much crap in it. I loved it more when the little kids came by to trick or treat. The big kids with the pillowcases instead of pumkins who demand candy with no costume on? Really piss me off. But I give them the candy anyway because they scare the shit out of me.
7.) I love to break rules.
The rules are I’m supposed to tag seven of you, but I’m a rule breaker. (Refer to 7 above) So, now it’s your turn. Tell me something funny or interesting about you. You are a rule breaker too? Well, just go ahead and refer back to number 3 above and see if I don’t hunt your ass down.
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Hi. We are total opposites. My favorite movies are history of the world & Old School; there is nothing I love more than to come home and throw my clothes on the floor to get in my jammies; I don’t think I nag, I may nag behind people’s backs. The crying thing I get, particularly during “that time” and when I’m tired. I really tried with Halloween this year, but my decorations amounted to a witch sign on my door and 2 light up plastic pumpkins I got from the clearance rack at Target last year. One doesnt light up anymore, but I keep it on the porch b.c I’m lazy.
The zits… mine are just on my forehead currently. Remind me to tell you of this zit stuff I got that actually works.
East Coast: Two words….Sales Force. Or maybe thats one word? Oh you can nag when you want to honey.
We are such good friends bc of the fact we are total opposites! I love Old School Too, and Dumb and Dumber and every silly tacky move ever made, just not as much as IAWL. So good news, when we go on that vacation together…you know…when we aren’t working, we can have a movie night!!
What, no pics of the forehead? I feel cheated. Oh well, I can just leave something messy on your blog. I guess I’ll have to go with a fwe purpisely mispeeld wrds.
As much as I feel like I cheating when I do memes, I like them because I learn cool things about my favorite bloggers. What a conundrum.
I am a crybaby too! Over everything!
I love that all your pets have theme names! My mother would love you. She’s an It’s a Wonderful Life girl, too!
I am so OCD about stuff that I actually got a wee bit shaky just reading about clothes left on the floor and stuff moved around in your office. Oh, I gots it bad!
I love that your cat’s name is Mary Bailey. We could be wonder twins with that zit action. Good thing I’ve got mad photoshop skills. The world does not want to see the growth that I’m brewing. Also, how can people not cry at weddings? I cry at every single one of them. I’m not sure why. Even at weddings I know aren’t for the best. There’s just something about two people, spending a fortune on a cake and standing up in front of people and promising to love each other. Sigh…and a little cry.
We learn something new everyday about those pople around us huh? Oh yeah, a big cry baby here too!!
Oh, I got a goody for you come look! http://mommysescape.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-bloggy-award.html
Hmmm, something funny ar interesting about me… Iused to twirl baton when I was younger (really young like five), we had little pom pom on our shoes and everything.
Ya, I really have nothing else…how sad!! This may actually take days of thought… Sooo sad!
okay that looks weird!
Me? Stalk? What was the line from the last Superman movie? “I’m always around.” Well, I guess it sounds like stalking.
Bit him in the man parts? Ya, that’s grounds for the great chew toy/scratching post in the sky.
Don’t you love when zits get symmetrical? One smack dab on the end of the nose or ones on matchings sides of your cheeks.
Give the big kids fruit and a tract inviting them to a local church – ooooo! even better chocolate exlax
*snort* love it. I’m pretty sure my meme facts were meant to be random too, but of course every random fact about me is also riveting.
Love the theme pets. We named the dog after the current Batgirl, because she has these huge bat ears, so she might have been the beginning to a theme, except that she is such a PITA that she swiftly disillusioned us of any further pet acquisitions.
1) I find your interesting facts more interesting than my interesting facts;
2)At my old age, I have learned how not to nag but life is not as fun without nagging;
3) I want someone to just give me a pill to lose weight;
4) If my blogroll doesn’t appear in the next 2 days (as the co said it would), I’m going to start nagging them;
5) My daily schedule is set by my golden retriever puppy;
6) I think meme’s shouldn’t request 7 items; 5 or 6 works much better!
What’s wrong with nagging?
My best friend had a dog named ZuZu Bailey!
Jenni Jiggety: If your best friend is married, might want to warn her to have her husband er….be careful around the dog.
I petitioned, but hard, for Jack’s name to be George. He refused that as well as the family name of Bailey… pets may give me another chance
I’m a major weeper, too. It’s a personal challenge for DH – he considers any dry-eyed gifting to be a failure.
Cyndi, I know what you mean. We had such a hard time with names, MIL had to step in and help us name our first and tell us to only use family names to ease the stress (she actually named Mr. C over dinner one night for us to make us shut up)..worked out well, and I’m still hats off to her or we would have one named Violet at one point…and she was sort of a tramp…thats just no name to start a life with…
I am such a cry baby. Especially anything related to animals. I cry at every episode of Dog whisperer. Not sure why…and your little pug is so cute! And Halloween is a close SECOND to Christmas–but my husband doesn’t really appreciate it so I kind of puke orange and black on the fireplace and that’s about all he “allows” me.
This made me laugh. I was one of the kids with a pillowcase instead of a pumpkin… But only ’cause mommy couldn’t afford a pumpkin. (Are you crying now?)
Zits huh? I once grew a zit on my forehand the size of a golfball. My head started to throb during Econ class freshman year. It was not until my next class Astronomy that I noticed the volcano on my forehead. Not a shining moment for me
@Gingela: oh that pug is anything but little.
@ Stephanie: I sorta am crying! But it’s not the same with these kids, they are like 14-17 years old, their parents can afford it (or they could) and they show up and kinda growl at us…really. Little kids without pumpkins? Would break my heart…I should have been more clear.
@DC Urban Dad: Sounds like one of those moments that stays with you forever…which it obviously did! Mine is disappearing now…walking around with toothpaste between my eyebrows for three days has been HAWT.
Ha ha, great post. I love the pic of Mr. Potter. Not sure if ‘It’s a Wonderful Life is my FAVORITE movie ever, but it’s a contender, definitely.
I love your blog. Sad to say but I have never seen “It’s a Wonderful Life”. I have the zit thing going too. We must have gotten them in Cabo. My wife and I always make jokes when the other has a zit…”Who’s your friend”. “Aren’t you going to introduce me to…”. “I am not paying for your friend to eat too”. “I have always wanted a threesome”. I think you get the idea.
Um, where you at, girlfriend?
I LOVE It’s a Wonderful Life, and have been known to watch it over and over until the vodka runs out. And, yes, I am CRYING each time. I, also, cry about everything. However, I hate Halloween. But, I still love you. so there.
Oh Steenky….work is kicking my ass. And? putting me in shitty mood.
@ closed caption: People…give it up for Rico of the Cabo fame!!!! This is the very man responsible for your bloggy blindness last week when I posted the dude in the g-string. Thank him…and if he starts a blog soon? Stalk him as well.
@vodka: I’m touched damnit. I love your ass too.