At Stella's request...
I am equal parts jock and girlie-girl. This makes for a interesting wardrobe and vocabulary.
I want to be well traveled and own a house on the coast.
I wish my relationship with my mother was different. Oh, and that I had one of those locators for my keys.
I hate the smell of pet food. I avoid that aisle of the grocery store for fear the stench will knock me out. Also, thongs.
I miss vacations that last an entire summer.
I fear I have been too wasteful in my life.
I hear "Penelope" by Pinback.
I wonder where I'll be and what my life will be like at 40, 50, 60....
I regret quarter-assing those college courses which almost got me bounced and my commitment to my orthodontia treatment...I mean, treatments. Oh, and waiting so long to get a tooth fixed that I landed myself with a root canal, siphoning buckets of cash out of my wallet in the process. Like a tax return sized bucket.
I am not a phone person. I tend to get distracted with stuff around me. I need eye contact.
I dance during the commercial breaks.
I sing made up songs to popular melodies because I can never remember the lyrics. People "love" this about me.
I cry usually at one point during Grey's Anatomy. Usually when wearing a face mask because Sunday nights are my "nights of beauty".
I am not always prompt.
I make with my hands pretty decent calligraphy for a person who's never taken a calligraphy class.
I write to get these thoughts or funny stories or inner monologues out of my head. And if I entertain someone in the process, that's gravy. Really, really, great gravy.
I confuse effect and affect, no matter how many times I look it up. It's just one of those mental blocks.
I need to find some level of humor in a situation. It doesn't have to be "funny ha-ha" -- ironic, absurd will do. Like the time my car got towed because I had about 900 bucks worth of parking tickets and I thought it had been stolen? Or the time I got my car impounded with my boss's kid in the car - a kid I was babysitting? I found humor there believe it or not. This ability keeps me sane.
I should find a little religion on the saving money front.
I start many books and then drop them, which forces me to start all over again if/when I ever pick them up again.
I finish other people's sentences when they are stuck searching for a word. Or even sometimes when they're not.
God, maybe I should go in and get this tooth that's been throbbing for like, six months checked out then, eh?
And I'm not a phone person either. I rarely answer it and it drives Dave crazy.
Posted by: mama_tulip | May 20, 2006 at 03:26 PM
When I was watchin GA season 1 on DVD, I regularly cried my eyes out. What made this uncomfortable was the fact that I was running on the treadmill at the time. So I would be crying and wheezing at the same. J thought I was having a heart attack one time. I almost was. Stupid manipulatively emotional show. I CAN'T QUIT YOU!
Posted by: Jess | May 20, 2006 at 06:50 PM
A very informative,yet wildly entertaining list! You must tell me the story about the car being impounded tomorrow...YIKES! We have 2 more things in common. I too always confuse affect and effect. I also make up words to songs. Sadly, I'm not always aware of this till my offsprings gently remind me. As in the time I was enjoyin me a little Cher, minding my own business, singing along "If I could read your mii-ind" and one of them screams in the distance FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN!, it's "if I could turn back time"! (I'm old. I gave them the best years of my life)
Posted by: Teri | May 20, 2006 at 07:57 PM
Sunday is my "beauty night" too!
You might just be my favorite internet stranger.
(I swear I'm not a stalker. Saturday is my "drunk night.")
Posted by: reluctant housewife | May 20, 2006 at 08:36 PM
LOL at Reluctant Housewife's comment!
I have the same mental block about affect and effect. And there's certain words I don't think I'll ever learn to spell, like hors d'oevres. (Actually, that may be right, but I'm too lazy to look it up.)
With you on the thong thing. I have several and I do try them occasionally, but I've never gotten beyond that wedgie feeling that some people swear you'll get used to.
Posted by: Nancy | May 20, 2006 at 09:40 PM
I DO love your made up words to popular songs!
Exhibit A: Holy Moly!
Posted by: roo | May 21, 2006 at 09:48 AM
P.S.-- Wait. They towed away your car with your boss's child inside?
You have to tell that story!
Posted by: roo | May 21, 2006 at 09:50 AM
Okay, I'm DYING to hear about getting your car impounded with your boss' kid inside. I demand an entire post dedicated to this incident.
Posted by: sweatpantsmom | May 21, 2006 at 05:51 PM
Ha! Good answers. I'd like to hear a popular song with your made-up words. Get to the Odeo-ing!
Posted by: Elizabeth | May 21, 2006 at 11:44 PM
whats the deal with all of our tooth issues???
I had a root canal on one of my front teeth. (toofs?) As a result it is slightly darker than the rest. Crest Whitestrips work AWESOME...except for that tooth...good times.
mom issues too eh? even better times.
i have the same reading problem as well. i can't ever finish shyte.
Posted by: stella | May 22, 2006 at 08:58 AM
Of COURSE, people love your made up lyrics. Well, I would anyway.
Posted by: Contrary | May 22, 2006 at 09:09 AM
stella - I have the same darker tooth (actually - there's 2). Mine are a result of eitehr braces beign tighten too quickly or getting smakced in the face with a basketball (while wearing said braces) - killed the nerve. Never needed a root canal tho. and same experience w/ Crest White Strips.
SPM * Co. - yeah, I'd totally forgotten about the story of boss' kid and my car being taken away. I'll post that story. It's quite a gem.
Posted by: Jen | May 22, 2006 at 09:52 AM
The confused word thing: I do it a ton. Finding humor in a situation has gotten me in trouble a few times. Can't wait to hear that story about the car...
Posted by: Megger | May 22, 2006 at 12:17 PM
by the way. i TOTALLY stole your 'heavens to betsy'.
did ya like that?
Posted by: stella | May 22, 2006 at 05:01 PM
I always cry during Grey's Anatomy, too, but it's usually because no one will let me have Patrick Dempsey despite my repeated polite requests. Sigh....
Posted by: Becki | May 22, 2006 at 07:35 PM
Great meme...
I guess I figured out why I like your blog so much. It's equal parts humor and honesty. :0)
Me and you would get along just great. We can both interrupt each other and dance during commerical breaks.
Posted by: Virenda | May 22, 2006 at 08:26 PM
I actually laughed out-loud when I read about the car being taken w/ your boss' kid inside. You MUST tell that story!
Posted by: Melissa | May 23, 2006 at 12:27 PM
I also miss vacations that last an entire summer. My stepsister, who is 12, sent me a postcard last month that said that she was on her spring break in Vermont and that she hopes I had a nice spring break too. I had to laugh and felt bad breaking the news to her that once you get to by my age, there are no more spring breaks or summer vacations.
Oh - and effected and affected get me every time!
Posted by: liberalbanana | May 23, 2006 at 12:58 PM
I'm surprised by the comment about your mom, because I would have assumed that as close as you are to your sisters that you were also very close to your mom!
Ditto on the grey's anatomy thing. What masks do you do? I want some info!
Thanks for the note on my blog! Don't be crazy, though, I felt like an ass because I wanted to tell you and couldn't. We'll have to do lunch now that I'm out of the closet.
Posted by: halloweenlover | May 23, 2006 at 04:42 PM
okay, I WOULD post a new entry, but my credit card # w/ an expired date needed updating and the closed me for a whole day as punishment even tho I gave them the updated info at 8 a.m.!!
Posted by: Jen | May 23, 2006 at 09:21 PM
Um, where are you? I command you to post again. And yes, I am bossing you. Again.
Posted by: Jess | May 27, 2006 at 12:07 PM