When you have a giant black brace on your leg, I don't care how cute your clothes are or how perfect your hair and makeup are, you look like a schlub.
At age 39 things that would have been hilariously entertaining at a bar when you were 20 are simply obnoxiously self-serving attention whoring.
I do not enjoy strange men putting their hands on my shoes.
Sometimes a cake CAN have too much icing.
Just because someone is famous, she is not automatically a good public speaker.
No one ever told me how much time grading papers the right way actually takes.
If Sam isn't hungry because his stomach feels sort of weird, do NOT let him drink grape soda.
Sometimes popcorn can make things better.
Stitches itch like hell after a week or so.
Even if she is beautiful, there's something really distressing about being told you look just like your mom did 20 years ago.
At age 39 things that would have been hilariously entertaining at a bar when you were 20 are simply obnoxiously self-serving attention whoring.
I do not enjoy strange men putting their hands on my shoes.
Sometimes a cake CAN have too much icing.
Just because someone is famous, she is not automatically a good public speaker.
No one ever told me how much time grading papers the right way actually takes.
If Sam isn't hungry because his stomach feels sort of weird, do NOT let him drink grape soda.
Sometimes popcorn can make things better.
Stitches itch like hell after a week or so.
Even if she is beautiful, there's something really distressing about being told you look just like your mom did 20 years ago.
Labels: blah, who doesn't love a list
Resolutions are so '08, aren't they? And who the hell actually carries through with them anyway? I'm going to focus instead on creating a sort of roadmap for myself for 2009.
- Distance myself from toxic people. This one may be a smidge harder than it sounds since by all accounts, I'm the most toxic person in my life, but I shall strive to limit the power that the negative folks have over me.
- When I resist change ask myself WWPFD? This is an acronym for What Would Pxx Fxxxxx Do? PF is a woman that I used to work with who was like a human Eeyore. Change was always bad. Everyone else's ideas were always bad. It was as if she couldn't find anything positive in an idea unless it was hers. I've found myself taking on this attitude lately and it was sobering. From now on it's WWPFD? and then Kim does the opposite.
- Read more intellectually stimulating material. As much as I enjoy reading NYMag or various gossipy sites and the Bravo blogs, I've simply got to refine my reading before I turn into one of those lameass people who can list all the current socialites or identify Top Chef dish creators by simply looking at a plate of food. When I'm more up-to-date on current pop culture and gossip than my senior English class, we have a problem.
- Resume some form of healthy movement. Walking to and from the fridge carrying a laptop isn't going to pull my ass up off my mid-thigh and far too many of my clothing items are becoming sausage casingesque.
- Interact more. I've become a virtual and literal hermit. My idea of the perfect evening is to climb in my bed with my laptop and remote control and just tune out for two or three hours before falling asleep. Needless to say this does nothing for my social life.
Labels: health, my life, technological blather, who doesn't love a list
Random things about me:
1. I am a terrible speller.
2. I have had the worst spring ever. Just a lot of things combined to make it positively horrid. I'm hoping for a better summer, but it doesn't look promising. Some days there just aren't enough drugs to make things look better.
3. I hate blue eyeshadow. I try to wear it--navy, not baby--and it always looks like hell. Boo hiss on blue.
4. I just bought two new lispsticks--that long wear Cover Girl stuff-- and two new tubes of mascara--one regular Lash Blast and another waterproof Lash Something or Other. These are the only Cover Girl products I would ever buy. I have bad memories of everything CG smelling like Noxema, so I have an aversion. I wear a lot of L'Oreal and Milani lately with just a touch of Tarte.
5. I have a callous on the bottom of my foot that is driving me infuckingsane. How do I get rid of this? I've never had one before. I'm guessing it's from wearing high heels so much.
6. I have recently discovered how to email from my cell phone. How did I not know this was possible? I love it.
Am not tagging anyone yet---will go back and do that in a bit.
1. I am a terrible speller.
2. I have had the worst spring ever. Just a lot of things combined to make it positively horrid. I'm hoping for a better summer, but it doesn't look promising. Some days there just aren't enough drugs to make things look better.
3. I hate blue eyeshadow. I try to wear it--navy, not baby--and it always looks like hell. Boo hiss on blue.
4. I just bought two new lispsticks--that long wear Cover Girl stuff-- and two new tubes of mascara--one regular Lash Blast and another waterproof Lash Something or Other. These are the only Cover Girl products I would ever buy. I have bad memories of everything CG smelling like Noxema, so I have an aversion. I wear a lot of L'Oreal and Milani lately with just a touch of Tarte.
5. I have a callous on the bottom of my foot that is driving me infuckingsane. How do I get rid of this? I've never had one before. I'm guessing it's from wearing high heels so much.
6. I have recently discovered how to email from my cell phone. How did I not know this was possible? I love it.
Am not tagging anyone yet---will go back and do that in a bit.
Labels: makeup, meme, narcotics, rant, who doesn't love a list
Some Random Observations and Musings
11 Comments Published by Kimmah on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 7:12 PM.
1. Stupid is as stupid posts.
2. If you have to tell people you're leaving, you're probably afraid they won't notice.
3. Gloating might make you feel better about yourself, but without concrete proof of your accomplishments for those who you're trying to make feel like shit, you are dangeroulsy close to looking like a delusional idiot.
4. If you call people names, like say, "Mean" for example, well, don't be surprised if they are A.) offended and B.) mean
Thus endeth the lesson from Kimmah for today.
2. If you have to tell people you're leaving, you're probably afraid they won't notice.
3. Gloating might make you feel better about yourself, but without concrete proof of your accomplishments for those who you're trying to make feel like shit, you are dangeroulsy close to looking like a delusional idiot.
4. If you call people names, like say, "Mean" for example, well, don't be surprised if they are A.) offended and B.) mean
Thus endeth the lesson from Kimmah for today.
Labels: advice, stupid normal people, who doesn't love a list
From one of my former students via Myspace.
******my original directions were bad, so sportzmom's answers aren't in the correct format. Skip her and she'll come back and put hers in now that I've (hopefully) made it more clear.******
food wrappers
2) EXCUSE SOMEONE WOULD GIVE TO GET OUT OF WORK:
not enough sleep
sick kid
3) REASON A COUPLE WOULD WANT TO GET MARRIED:
they love each other!
green card
4) SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND IN A BATHROOM:
hair dryer
toilet
5) A PHRASE WITH THE WORD "SHOW" IN IT:
"Show me tha money!"
"There's no business like show business!"
6) SOMETHING YOU WOULD BUY IN A HURRY:
airplane tickets
fast food
7) ANOTHER NAME FOR "SEX":
doin' the hippety dippety
screwing
8) SOMETHING A PERSON WOULD PREFER TO HAVE "HOT":
"hot" chocolate
coffee
9) A REASON WHY SOMEONE MIGHT BREAK UP WITH THEIR B/F OR G/F
The boyfriend's a dumbass??
Infidelity
10) SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN TO DO:
eat...can't stand to eat on the go!
drive
11) WHY AN OLDER WOMAN WOULD PREFER A YOUNGER MAN?
he's at his prime for sure!
to control him
12) REASON YOU WOULD WEAR A HELMET :
riding a bicycle...
skateboarding
13) REASON A PERSON WOULD USE A COMPUTER:
travel plans
email
14) REASON A PERSON WOULD GO TO A DOCTOR :
pneumonia
sore throat
15) SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND AT A BAR :
alcohol!!!
beer mats
16) WHAT A WOMAN MIGHT BUY BEFORE A DATE:
hair services, such as up-do's...things like that...
new bra
17) SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES BATTERIES :
remote control...always loose ours...
smoke detector
******my original directions were bad, so sportzmom's answers aren't in the correct format. Skip her and she'll come back and put hers in now that I've (hopefully) made it more clear.******
- Cut and paste the poll using the the most recent commentor in my comments area (or from me if you're first).
- Add your answers to the bottom of each list (so the first person will have my friend Mekia's answer, then mine, then hers listed for each question). You cannot duplicate any previous answer.
- You may PASS if you can't think of an answer.
- Tell other people to come here and play my game.
1) SOMETHING YOU MIGHT FIND UNDER THE SEAT OF A CAR:
water bottlesfood wrappers
2) EXCUSE SOMEONE WOULD GIVE TO GET OUT OF WORK:
not enough sleep
sick kid
3) REASON A COUPLE WOULD WANT TO GET MARRIED:
they love each other!
green card
4) SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND IN A BATHROOM:
hair dryer
toilet
5) A PHRASE WITH THE WORD "SHOW" IN IT:
"Show me tha money!"
"There's no business like show business!"
6) SOMETHING YOU WOULD BUY IN A HURRY:
airplane tickets
fast food
7) ANOTHER NAME FOR "SEX":
doin' the hippety dippety
screwing
8) SOMETHING A PERSON WOULD PREFER TO HAVE "HOT":
"hot" chocolate
coffee
9) A REASON WHY SOMEONE MIGHT BREAK UP WITH THEIR B/F OR G/F
The boyfriend's a dumbass??
Infidelity
10) SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN TO DO:
eat...can't stand to eat on the go!
drive
11) WHY AN OLDER WOMAN WOULD PREFER A YOUNGER MAN?
he's at his prime for sure!
to control him
12) REASON YOU WOULD WEAR A HELMET :
riding a bicycle...
skateboarding
13) REASON A PERSON WOULD USE A COMPUTER:
travel plans
14) REASON A PERSON WOULD GO TO A DOCTOR :
pneumonia
sore throat
15) SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND AT A BAR :
alcohol!!!
beer mats
16) WHAT A WOMAN MIGHT BUY BEFORE A DATE:
hair services, such as up-do's...things like that...
new bra
17) SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES BATTERIES :
remote control...always loose ours...
smoke detector
Labels: games, who doesn't love a list
1.We have mice in our sunroom. I was freaked out several times yesterday. Now I'm just annoyed. Mousetraps freak me out and W. is working all day today. He told me to have Five deal with the catch, but I can't even set the damn thing. *shudder*
2. I'm suddenly freakishly addicted to eating biscuit dough. WTF this came from I have no idea. Probably some vitamin deficiency or something (how that can be, I have no idea since I eat such a healthy, balanced diet of bagels, popcorn, swiss cheese and grilled chicken I have no idea).
3. In a probably-not-unrelated note, I had to pull out my 'fat' jeans Friday. Pissed me the fuck off like you cannot imagine. Did I go work out? No. I ordered a chicken sandwich combo and chocolate chip cookie dough pie at Burger King. I did give away the drink. most of the fries and half the sandwich to people (thank you, John, for saving me from the sandwich). The pie? I ate the whole damn thing myself. It is a little slice of heave loaded with high fructose corn syrup, xanthan gum (no, I don't know what that is), white flour and up to 2% choclate liquor. Buy it. Eat it. Live it.
4. I do not like the way the tanning bed smells. Every tanning bed smells the same...is it the scent of cooking flesh? I know it is unhealthy. I know this, but I have tried the tanning lotions and just don't like them. I like to be tan. I'm vain in my old age. I can't help it. I don't have the pretty porcelain (I can't spell for jack) skin that some pale people do. I have the pasty, shut-in look instead.
5. Saturday School was a colassal waste of my time--I didn't do anything useful until the last hour, when I cleaned up my classroom.
6. I'm tired of television.
7. I've also read the entire internet this weekend. Am bored shitless this morning and too cold and sore (my back is going to be the death of me) to do anything productive at home.
8. I need a new hairstyle. I'm trying curly this weekend. I might take pics and get feedback.
9. Am skipping the prom for the Cornbread Festival this year. I think this officially makes me a redneck nerd.
10. I am more than ready for school to be DONE. I have to proctor TCAPS four days next week, which means no planning period for me for those four days. Thank God I stocked up on books. I will have six hours that I am forced to sit in a room and look around every fifteen minutes or so. I didn't grade yesterday because I decided to save it for that time.
2. I'm suddenly freakishly addicted to eating biscuit dough. WTF this came from I have no idea. Probably some vitamin deficiency or something (how that can be, I have no idea since I eat such a healthy, balanced diet of bagels, popcorn, swiss cheese and grilled chicken I have no idea).
3. In a probably-not-unrelated note, I had to pull out my 'fat' jeans Friday. Pissed me the fuck off like you cannot imagine. Did I go work out? No. I ordered a chicken sandwich combo and chocolate chip cookie dough pie at Burger King. I did give away the drink. most of the fries and half the sandwich to people (thank you, John, for saving me from the sandwich). The pie? I ate the whole damn thing myself. It is a little slice of heave loaded with high fructose corn syrup, xanthan gum (no, I don't know what that is), white flour and up to 2% choclate liquor. Buy it. Eat it. Live it.
4. I do not like the way the tanning bed smells. Every tanning bed smells the same...is it the scent of cooking flesh? I know it is unhealthy. I know this, but I have tried the tanning lotions and just don't like them. I like to be tan. I'm vain in my old age. I can't help it. I don't have the pretty porcelain (I can't spell for jack) skin that some pale people do. I have the pasty, shut-in look instead.
5. Saturday School was a colassal waste of my time--I didn't do anything useful until the last hour, when I cleaned up my classroom.
6. I'm tired of television.
7. I've also read the entire internet this weekend. Am bored shitless this morning and too cold and sore (my back is going to be the death of me) to do anything productive at home.
8. I need a new hairstyle. I'm trying curly this weekend. I might take pics and get feedback.
9. Am skipping the prom for the Cornbread Festival this year. I think this officially makes me a redneck nerd.
10. I am more than ready for school to be DONE. I have to proctor TCAPS four days next week, which means no planning period for me for those four days. Thank God I stocked up on books. I will have six hours that I am forced to sit in a room and look around every fifteen minutes or so. I didn't grade yesterday because I decided to save it for that time.
Labels: fat chick stuff, hair stuff, who doesn't love a list, work stuff
We need lists! Lists are fun!! Random Meme list--copy and paste on your blog post haste:
1. Are you a righty or a lefty?
2. What is your official job title.
3. You can only watch one show---there are limitless episodes. What do you pick?
4. What color eyeshadow do you wear most often?
5. Describe your current favorite outfit.
6. What color is your kitchen?
7. Who was your first kiss and what was the situation?
8. Who is the smartest person you know online?
9. Why do you not have a myspace if you don't have one? When are you going to get one? If you DO have one--how long have you had it?
10. Who is the most annoying famous person?
My answers are going to be in comments so that you can copy and paste more easily.
Oh, and one more thing. Would you be interested in joining a snarky blog with me? One for quick rants and snarky things--not OT related, just life in general. If so, email me at kimmmah at gmail. I expect email, folks.
1. Are you a righty or a lefty?
2. What is your official job title.
3. You can only watch one show---there are limitless episodes. What do you pick?
4. What color eyeshadow do you wear most often?
5. Describe your current favorite outfit.
6. What color is your kitchen?
7. Who was your first kiss and what was the situation?
8. Who is the smartest person you know online?
9. Why do you not have a myspace if you don't have one? When are you going to get one? If you DO have one--how long have you had it?
10. Who is the most annoying famous person?
My answers are going to be in comments so that you can copy and paste more easily.
Oh, and one more thing. Would you be interested in joining a snarky blog with me? One for quick rants and snarky things--not OT related, just life in general. If so, email me at kimmmah at gmail. I expect email, folks.
Labels: meme, who doesn't love a list
~~wonder what the turning point in your life really was? What was the moment that changed your path and took you to the place you are now?
~~talk to yourself in public places?
~~use medications in methods other than those they were intended for?
~~just break into dance randomly?
~~fear farting in public?
~~sit and mindlessly watch television that you don't pay attention to?
~~wonder if you would find Gordon Ramsey hot IRL or just incredibly pompous and annoying?
~~speaking of Gordon, do you ever want to tell him to shut the fuck up about rustic, honest, authentic food?
~~fight the urge to cut your own hair?
~~wonder if you spend too much time at work?
~~think you could totally pull off being famous better than the nitwits who are?
~~avoid answering the phone because you just don't want to talk to someone?
~~curse when you shouldn't?
~~wonder how the hell people can believe junk science about things such as autism being linked to vaccinations just because they read it on the internet?
~~wish you could fast forward your life?
~~talk to yourself in public places?
~~use medications in methods other than those they were intended for?
~~just break into dance randomly?
~~fear farting in public?
~~sit and mindlessly watch television that you don't pay attention to?
~~wonder if you would find Gordon Ramsey hot IRL or just incredibly pompous and annoying?
~~speaking of Gordon, do you ever want to tell him to shut the fuck up about rustic, honest, authentic food?
~~fight the urge to cut your own hair?
~~wonder if you spend too much time at work?
~~think you could totally pull off being famous better than the nitwits who are?
~~avoid answering the phone because you just don't want to talk to someone?
~~curse when you shouldn't?
~~wonder how the hell people can believe junk science about things such as autism being linked to vaccinations just because they read it on the internet?
~~wish you could fast forward your life?
Labels: inquiring minds, quizzes, serious, who doesn't love a list
1. I'm tired of being tired.
2. I have strained my left tricep. I'm beginning to think that this whole exercise thing is just too dangerous for some people.
3. I love biscuits.
4. I also love lima beans.
5. And meatloaf.
6. Stupidity really makes my head hurt lately.
7. I do not feel 39 at all.
8. I wish it was NFL time. Basketball sucks.
9. One of my couch cushions is noticeably cleaner than the others. I wonder if that Resolve upholstery cleaner is any good?
10. We had a cow slaughtered and processed- $196 for 585 pounds of beef. That is .34 per pound--steaks, roasts, and loads of ground beef. Guess what we'll be eating this spring and summer? I've been paying $2.00+ per pound for ground round.
11. I have fifty dollars in my cash stash drawer. This is pathetic, but I cannot remember the last time that I intentionally set aside cash to have for miscellaneous purposes. I'm soooo bad with money. This fifty makes me feel very happy. I'm putting ten bucks per week in the drawer. I think I will use it to buy myself a new swimsuit. Or some really great spring/summer shoes. Or to pay school fees for next year. Ugh. Kids are so expensive.
12. Our school has a new dress code next year--the kids have to wear solid shirts w/ a collar in one of six colors--navy and white are the county-wide colors and then our school added light blue, red, black and pink. Naturally we have approximately five shirts between three kids that will meet these regulations. I imagine part of #11 will also be used to purchase school shirts. I'm conflicted about this--I like the idea of being able to dress them easier and in the long run, it will make life easier because we won't have so many clothes, but I also hate the idea of seeing nothing but blue and red and the occassional pink. It's going to be weird.
13. My parents' 41st anniversary is coming up and I want to send them something because I never do. I'm thinking about an edible fruit bouquet, but they're sort of pricey and my mother could make one of them on her own for far less and that nags at the one frugal bone I have. But the idea of presents is to splurge on a treat, right? Ugh. I don't know.
14. I cannot believe that The Closer won't start new episodes until frigging JULY. Pisses me off.
2. I have strained my left tricep. I'm beginning to think that this whole exercise thing is just too dangerous for some people.
3. I love biscuits.
4. I also love lima beans.
5. And meatloaf.
6. Stupidity really makes my head hurt lately.
7. I do not feel 39 at all.
8. I wish it was NFL time. Basketball sucks.
9. One of my couch cushions is noticeably cleaner than the others. I wonder if that Resolve upholstery cleaner is any good?
10. We had a cow slaughtered and processed- $196 for 585 pounds of beef. That is .34 per pound--steaks, roasts, and loads of ground beef. Guess what we'll be eating this spring and summer? I've been paying $2.00+ per pound for ground round.
11. I have fifty dollars in my cash stash drawer. This is pathetic, but I cannot remember the last time that I intentionally set aside cash to have for miscellaneous purposes. I'm soooo bad with money. This fifty makes me feel very happy. I'm putting ten bucks per week in the drawer. I think I will use it to buy myself a new swimsuit. Or some really great spring/summer shoes. Or to pay school fees for next year. Ugh. Kids are so expensive.
12. Our school has a new dress code next year--the kids have to wear solid shirts w/ a collar in one of six colors--navy and white are the county-wide colors and then our school added light blue, red, black and pink. Naturally we have approximately five shirts between three kids that will meet these regulations. I imagine part of #11 will also be used to purchase school shirts. I'm conflicted about this--I like the idea of being able to dress them easier and in the long run, it will make life easier because we won't have so many clothes, but I also hate the idea of seeing nothing but blue and red and the occassional pink. It's going to be weird.
13. My parents' 41st anniversary is coming up and I want to send them something because I never do. I'm thinking about an edible fruit bouquet, but they're sort of pricey and my mother could make one of them on her own for far less and that nags at the one frugal bone I have. But the idea of presents is to splurge on a treat, right? Ugh. I don't know.
14. I cannot believe that The Closer won't start new episodes until frigging JULY. Pisses me off.
Labels: food, my life, pain in general, physical exertion, ramble, who doesn't love a list
- Your husband has to turn your water on and off at the meter due to a broken pipe that was discovered just before dark.
- Your heater blew a fuse and you made not one, but two trips in the freezing cold to go buy replacements.
- You did that in your slippers.
- You have a very unfortunate gas problem of such proportion that your husband complains loudly and bitterly, which will undoubtedly make work incredibly miserable if not resolved.
- The oil light flashed off and on and then off again while you were trekking out in the elements to get fuses.
- Your microwave popcorn smells foul when popping.
- You have an obscene amount of laundry that needs to be folded or washed or dealt with.
- You need to wash your hair, but the whole water and heat thing make that task unpleasant.
- The only person in a worse mood than you is your hateful, snippy spouse.
- You have three final exams due to the principal by noon tomorrow, but you only have one completed and you have a meeting during your planning period.
Labels: mr kim, my life, teaching, who doesn't love a list
I was digging around in her archives and thought I'd pull this out and share it with whomever would like to respond. RIP Survey, hon.
I AM: struggling with career issues and trying to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my professional life.
I WANT: to go to New York City soon.
I WISH: my head would stop hurting.
I HATE: dealing with laundry!
I MISS: some very dear friends from past phases of my life.
I FEAR: water at night.
I HEAR: way more than my students want me to--they say I have bionic hearing.
I WONDER: if I will ever be able to wear this skirt from Banana Republic that a friend sent me (it's a size FOUR? I think it's unlikely).
I REGRET: being indecisive at key points in my life.
I AM NOT: an organized person.
I DANCE: when alcohol and loud music are involved.
I SING: a lot and loudly.
I CRY: at graduation.
I AM NOT ALWAYS: frugal.
I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: lots and lots of messes.
I WRITE: because it is second nature to me.
I CONFUSE: lots and lots of ninth graders.
Labels: meme, who doesn't love a list
1. My neice gave birth at 21 weeks this morning. Needless to say, the baby did not survive. While a baby was positively the LAST thing this child needed (she's 20 and already has a 5-year-old with mega special needs), I am so sad that a beautiful baby girl is an angel now.
2. Tomorrow my mini-me turns nine. NINE. I just do not see HOW this is possible; I mean, come on, there is no way that I am anywhere near old enough to have a nine-year-old as one of my 'little' boys. If he's nine, that means Sam is seven, which means I am..........shit. Old, that's what I am. Here are Jay and I in a self-portrait at the state fair back in September on some ride that nearly shook our livers out. BTW, that's not my finger in front of me, even though it looks like it is. I'm just doing the Myspace duck lip look...he's got the gangsta fingers flyin'.
2. Tomorrow my mini-me turns nine. NINE. I just do not see HOW this is possible; I mean, come on, there is no way that I am anywhere near old enough to have a nine-year-old as one of my 'little' boys. If he's nine, that means Sam is seven, which means I am..........shit. Old, that's what I am. Here are Jay and I in a self-portrait at the state fair back in September on some ride that nearly shook our livers out. BTW, that's not my finger in front of me, even though it looks like it is. I'm just doing the Myspace duck lip look...he's got the gangsta fingers flyin'.
3. My school collects aluminum pull tabs. Sorry, Estee. It's not a legend.
4. I like wine. A lot. I wish I had more money for it.
5. The people who make policy in education in Tennessee, as well as at a national level, are buffoons. As long as education is a political issue, it will continue to be mired in b.s. Our state is now going to require FOUR years of math and science. Okay. I can almost, sort of, live with that. But the fourth math? Must be higher than Algebra II. Um, okay. That leaves trig, calculus, pre-calculus or statistics. That also means that everyone has to take Algebra II. Quick, think back to high school--do ya think everyone in your class could have/would have passed Algebra II? Uh, not just no, but fuck no. Yet the PTB seem to think that kids have magically gotten smarter over the generations and will just embrace higher-order math skills because they have to. Yeah, right. Their asses will be dropping like flies...hello, NCLB target list. WOOT!
6. I need someone to create a viable protein pill so that I can live off of popcorn and Lorna Doones. Get to work on that, mmmkay smart peeps?
7. I actually had a reason to come post, but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.
8. Did I mention that I love wine? That probably explains number 7.
9. W. made me chocolate chip cookies. He's ridiculously good to me.
10. I did not get my living room clean per the previous post. I did get the bathroom cabinet and counter and drawers cleaned up and the kitchen sort of straightened. It was cloudy and cold and gloomy and I ended up succombing to the pull of the aforementioned domestic epicenter.
11. For some reason I am leaning back as I type this. Turning my head to the right, too. I'm almost cross-eyed and in a backbend while I sit here. I do believe that it is due to numbers 7 and 4 and thus, I must go to bed.
Labels: all the cool kids like Dweeze have blogs, inebriation, kids, mr kim, pictures, sad, who doesn't love a list
1. On my design in the previous blog, I thought the print was black, hence the red belt and black tank. I only later realized that the print was actually more maroon, which really made it look rather spastic. This is not unlike the navy socks I wore with black shoes not too long ago (why I even OWN navy socks is a question that I still cannot answer since I own no navy shoes or pants).
2. Dr. Phil is a wanker.
3. I can't quite put my finger on why I want to put my fingers in my ears and chant "La, la, la, la, la" when Hilary Clinton is talking, but I just do.
4. I could never vote for a man named Mitt.
5. I feel sorry for crazy Britney Spears.
6. There are only so many ways one can wear yoga pants and still create an interesting look.
7. The god-awful hematoma on the back of my knee (it is at least the size of an egg) refuses to shrink or drain. I have to admit that I am actually hoping it will somehow just pop, rather like the world's biggest zit (but only if I am at home. God forbid it should happen at Kroger).
8. I have LOST my new underwear. Not in an exciting or sleazy way, mind you. I just cannot figure out where I put the packages that I bought at Fred's before Christmas.
9. Fred's and Roses intrigue me in a way that I simply cannot explain. They are both meccas of white trash bargains, but I am inexplicably drawn to them and find myself looking at CLOTHING there. I bought three shirts and a pair of Levi's at Roses recently (ask me what size those jeans are. Just ask me). I do not own any clothing from Fred's, but my favorite gloves (one of which I have lost, natch) came from there.
10. Chocolate Lucky Charms, or the generic version thereof, makes me happy.
2. Dr. Phil is a wanker.
3. I can't quite put my finger on why I want to put my fingers in my ears and chant "La, la, la, la, la" when Hilary Clinton is talking, but I just do.
4. I could never vote for a man named Mitt.
5. I feel sorry for crazy Britney Spears.
6. There are only so many ways one can wear yoga pants and still create an interesting look.
7. The god-awful hematoma on the back of my knee (it is at least the size of an egg) refuses to shrink or drain. I have to admit that I am actually hoping it will somehow just pop, rather like the world's biggest zit (but only if I am at home. God forbid it should happen at Kroger).
8. I have LOST my new underwear. Not in an exciting or sleazy way, mind you. I just cannot figure out where I put the packages that I bought at Fred's before Christmas.
9. Fred's and Roses intrigue me in a way that I simply cannot explain. They are both meccas of white trash bargains, but I am inexplicably drawn to them and find myself looking at CLOTHING there. I bought three shirts and a pair of Levi's at Roses recently (ask me what size those jeans are. Just ask me). I do not own any clothing from Fred's, but my favorite gloves (one of which I have lost, natch) came from there.
10. Chocolate Lucky Charms, or the generic version thereof, makes me happy.
Labels: fashion, ramble, underwear, who doesn't love a list
Things I Love About Christmas1
2 Comments Published by Kimmah on Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 11:48 AM.
- Baked goods
- Making lists
- Shopping at places I normally never go such as Big Lots or Kohls
- Being able to be lazy
- Watching my kids get excited over the smallest things
- Helping the boys send emails to Santa
- Eating on Christmas Day
- Wrapping gifts--up to a certain point
- Playing Santa
- Making cookies
- Seeing family
- Christmas lights
- O Holy Night
- Marathons on cable
Labels: who doesn't love a list
things i enjoy:
- bananas
- whole wheat baguettey french bread from kroger
- max factor volume couture mascara in soft black or auburn
- cheese
- flip flops
- laminating
- sharp scissors
- cheap bottled water from aldi
- maroon 5
- muscle sculpting classes at the Y
- digital cameras
- pedicures
- cinnamon graham crackers
- short hair
- hot tubs
- boats
- banana boat sunscreen spray
- ipod
- dvr'd top chef and the closer
- a well written sentence
- london and new york
- hair straightening products and utensils
- myspace surveys
- stila tinted moisturizer
- cold zin
- lavendar and maroon
- blogs
- freshmen
- wedge sandals
- grilled chicken
things i hate:
- sweating in the car
- leg cramps
- yaz birth control pills
- protein shakes
- squash
- putting away laundry
- torturous undies
- shaving my legs
- 'pro' wrestling
- senior girls with attitude
- smelly middle schoolers
- frigging legos
- step aerobics
- bad local commercials
- morons on message boards
- spammers on myspace
- balancing my checking accounts
- being late
- being so far away from friends
- dog hair
- spider veins
- hangnails
- woody allen movies
- road contruction
- drunken neighbors
- cartoons
- arm fat
- run on sentences
- holy rollers
- getting old
Labels: English, fashion, food, getting old, imaginary friends, inebriation, makeup, meme, physical exertion, ramble, stupid normal people, television, travel, who doesn't love a list
new school year=time to start from scratch:
1. i colored my hair today and did not use anything from the red family--i went with biscotti, which is dark blonde and a cool tone. i'm not sure i like it--it's not that dramatically different, really, just no red tones, but i think it's a bit ashy or cool for my skin. i'm going to give it a couple of weeks and then assess. i'd like to go lighter and blonder--not blonde, really--so i figured i'd just work my way there slowly. now i'm thinking i really do like the red, so who knows.
2. my desk is CLEAN. i can walk in my classroom and see the top of my desk, i can find pens and pencils and i can put my hands on files. it's my new promise to myself--clean desk at the end of every day. we'll see how long this one lasts.
3. i have faculty meetings every monday. by the end of this semester, i think we'll have had more meetings than i've had to attend in the previous 12 years. i'm okay with it, though, because they will actually have a purpose and we'll have goals. what a concept.
4. on a not as pleasant note--our teacher handbook says we can wear jeans on friday with a school shirt or school colors. um. no thank you. i do not want to be limited to school color stuff with my jeans--our school colors are black and gold. yucko. i also have a little bit of an issue with the idea that jeans cannot be 'professional dress' yet knit pants and top sets that essentially look like pajamas would be acceptable. i'm pretty sure that i'm going to wear jeans with whatever i feel like and see if anything is said and then make my argument. part of me thinks that the policy is just a holdover from the past regime and no one ever enforced it then, so i should be okay. technically, i don't think the principal can restrict jeans because it is a contract issue, so i'm hopeful that i will not be relegated to wearing wildcat crap if i want to wear denim.
5. w. has been admitted to the nursing program for the fall, so he'll be quite the busy guy and i'm going to really have to come out of my lazy mode and pick up the slack. i've gotten very spoiled having him around as needed on his own schedule to deal with whatever came along. 18 months from now, though. he should be looking for a job, so it's definitely worth it.
crazy week over and crazy one approaching---i'll be around more, though, i hope. the balancing act begins.
1. i colored my hair today and did not use anything from the red family--i went with biscotti, which is dark blonde and a cool tone. i'm not sure i like it--it's not that dramatically different, really, just no red tones, but i think it's a bit ashy or cool for my skin. i'm going to give it a couple of weeks and then assess. i'd like to go lighter and blonder--not blonde, really--so i figured i'd just work my way there slowly. now i'm thinking i really do like the red, so who knows.
2. my desk is CLEAN. i can walk in my classroom and see the top of my desk, i can find pens and pencils and i can put my hands on files. it's my new promise to myself--clean desk at the end of every day. we'll see how long this one lasts.
3. i have faculty meetings every monday. by the end of this semester, i think we'll have had more meetings than i've had to attend in the previous 12 years. i'm okay with it, though, because they will actually have a purpose and we'll have goals. what a concept.
4. on a not as pleasant note--our teacher handbook says we can wear jeans on friday with a school shirt or school colors. um. no thank you. i do not want to be limited to school color stuff with my jeans--our school colors are black and gold. yucko. i also have a little bit of an issue with the idea that jeans cannot be 'professional dress' yet knit pants and top sets that essentially look like pajamas would be acceptable. i'm pretty sure that i'm going to wear jeans with whatever i feel like and see if anything is said and then make my argument. part of me thinks that the policy is just a holdover from the past regime and no one ever enforced it then, so i should be okay. technically, i don't think the principal can restrict jeans because it is a contract issue, so i'm hopeful that i will not be relegated to wearing wildcat crap if i want to wear denim.
5. w. has been admitted to the nursing program for the fall, so he'll be quite the busy guy and i'm going to really have to come out of my lazy mode and pick up the slack. i've gotten very spoiled having him around as needed on his own schedule to deal with whatever came along. 18 months from now, though. he should be looking for a job, so it's definitely worth it.
crazy week over and crazy one approaching---i'll be around more, though, i hope. the balancing act begins.
Labels: fashion, hair stuff, mr kim, who doesn't love a list, work stuff
my brain is too fried to focus on one topic, so i'm just going to sort of release the pressure.
- school starts tomorrow and i have a small bitchy rant. i had the cutest outfit planned to wear for registration day--it's a short day for kids and i can change after they leave. i was going to wear my cute new skirt from target (susan knows the one) and a black tee and my favorite black wedges. very professional and cute and summery. on friday i found out that we are expected to wear a school t-shirt to make the faculty more visible. like i was going to get lost in a high school with less than 200 students? where i've taught for twelve years? where my homeroom students haven't changed from last year? where maaaaybe ten parents will show up in grades 9-12 and need to talk to a teacher? so, the cute outfit is scrapped and i get to wear a gray-tshirt with school crap on it (it's not even cute) and jeans. i don't have a clue what shoes to wear now--my tennies are brown, mywedges are too dressy, obviously, and old navy flip flops are almost too low and make me walk on my hem in the jeans. pisses me off.
- our internet is so slow, i swear dial-up would smoke past it. charter said it was probably the modem, so we bought a new modem. still creeping along at the speed of molasses. neither of us will be home this week, so who knows when we'll be able to get a service call. pisses me off, too. more than the clothes thing.
- some friends of ours are having marital problems--probably divorcing. i've never really understood how they ended up married in the first place. i've never known a couple that was so drastically and totally opposite. night/day and then some. do you think that opposites attract? i do, actually. i think there is something inherently interesting and exciting about connecting with someone for reasons other than the typical common interests or background, etc.; however, they are such an extreme that i can't even see where the common thread could have ever been.
- i love pringles. they have no nutritional value and aren't even real chips, but i enjoy them tremendously.
- i have spent entirely too much money and time on underwear lately. i am on a quest to find comfortable panties--i've tried several styles and i'm just NOT loving any of them: boy brief, hipster, low rise, low cut. i swear, what does it take to make a pair of underwear that doesn't hang out the top of my pants nor ride up my butt nor put seams in uncomfortable places? sheesh.
- i'm eagerly awaiting the new matt damon movie, the bourne ultimatum. i have been watching the bourne supremecy on dvr. i have the bourne identity on dvd. love matt damon and love the series. it will be a nice back-to-school treat for me.
- i do not have killer abs. i will never have killer abs. i go to a class called killer abs and i enjoy it muchly. it's futile, though, rather like banging one's head, or abs, against the wall, i suppose.
- i'm watching shark and tonight's episode is about a madam. i find it utterly ridiculous that prostitution is illegal.
- i need to color my hair. i have no idea what color i want to use--i'm sort of sick of the same old red. may do more blonde this time, just for the hell of it while i'm tan.
- do you have one person that you use as your 'confessor'? a person that you can tell anything without any qualms? other than a spouse or s.o., of course. i think everyone needs a friend like that. i feel very lucky.
- just to make it odd and get outside my comfort box, i'm going to add an 11. did you know that you can pre-order wheezy's book?
Labels: fashion, friends in general, physical exertion, relationships, television, who doesn't love a list, work stuff
1. i have one of THOSE zits that hurts like a mofo and is just sitting there, taunting me as it causes most of the left side of my face to throb. i'm 38. i should not be having zits still. it's not fair, dammit.
2. i've started running on the treadmill at the Y. i am so NOT graceful that it is ridiculous. these wee, lithe women sprint effortlessly and silently along on their treadmills while i give the impression that a herd of small african animals are charging toward the watering hole. maybe i need new shoes??? yes, that must be it.
3. my kids have a puking virus. sam started it and passed it to jay and then five. and of the three kids--sam is the super puker. he woke from a dead sleep and went straight to the bathroom, puked, got a drink, and went back to sleep. no huge drama, no vomit onthe floor. just did his thing. he's 6. jay? puked all over the sunroom carpet, which required us to rent a carpet cleaner. he's 8. five? he threw up in a bucket and then proceeded to bring the bucket outside to show me and w. while we were at the neighbors. and then, later, after he'd thrown up again and made such a ruckus i was sure an internal organ had been regurgitated, begged me to take him to the doctor because he 'obviously' had a life-threatening illness. yeah, whatever buddy. he's 14.
4. if i get the puke virus, i'm going to be pissed off if for no other reason because i ate a protein bar today (EAS Advant Edge carb control chocolate creme) which was 1.79 and i'll be pissed off if i throw it up without getting the 21g of protein.
5. today is five's birthday. i am simply not old enough to have a 14-year-old child. i have acne, for god's sake. where did the time go?
6. i wanted some sugar-free ice cream last night and my kroger didn't have any. wtf? i can get edy's sf butter pecan at walgreen's--everyone's source for ice cream products-- but KROGER doesn't carry it? so now i get to pay walgreen's prices if i want to eat it.
7. my classroom is the biggest wreck you can imagine. it is going to take days to straighten thanks to blind, illiterate prisoners who put our stuff back in our rooms after the floors were cleaned.
8. where are all of my socks? where, where, where.
9. i have yet another skort with hidden, mystery shorts. it's very comfy--goodwill, thank you, a liz claiborne. this one has a much more complicated entry, but it looks like a cute wrap around skirt when on. i need a tan t-shirt. i've been wearing white, but tan would look better.
10. jay is the whiniest child in the western hemisphere--8-year-olds annoy me.
2. i've started running on the treadmill at the Y. i am so NOT graceful that it is ridiculous. these wee, lithe women sprint effortlessly and silently along on their treadmills while i give the impression that a herd of small african animals are charging toward the watering hole. maybe i need new shoes??? yes, that must be it.
3. my kids have a puking virus. sam started it and passed it to jay and then five. and of the three kids--sam is the super puker. he woke from a dead sleep and went straight to the bathroom, puked, got a drink, and went back to sleep. no huge drama, no vomit onthe floor. just did his thing. he's 6. jay? puked all over the sunroom carpet, which required us to rent a carpet cleaner. he's 8. five? he threw up in a bucket and then proceeded to bring the bucket outside to show me and w. while we were at the neighbors. and then, later, after he'd thrown up again and made such a ruckus i was sure an internal organ had been regurgitated, begged me to take him to the doctor because he 'obviously' had a life-threatening illness. yeah, whatever buddy. he's 14.
4. if i get the puke virus, i'm going to be pissed off if for no other reason because i ate a protein bar today (EAS Advant Edge carb control chocolate creme) which was 1.79 and i'll be pissed off if i throw it up without getting the 21g of protein.
5. today is five's birthday. i am simply not old enough to have a 14-year-old child. i have acne, for god's sake. where did the time go?
6. i wanted some sugar-free ice cream last night and my kroger didn't have any. wtf? i can get edy's sf butter pecan at walgreen's--everyone's source for ice cream products-- but KROGER doesn't carry it? so now i get to pay walgreen's prices if i want to eat it.
7. my classroom is the biggest wreck you can imagine. it is going to take days to straighten thanks to blind, illiterate prisoners who put our stuff back in our rooms after the floors were cleaned.
8. where are all of my socks? where, where, where.
9. i have yet another skort with hidden, mystery shorts. it's very comfy--goodwill, thank you, a liz claiborne. this one has a much more complicated entry, but it looks like a cute wrap around skirt when on. i need a tan t-shirt. i've been wearing white, but tan would look better.
10. jay is the whiniest child in the western hemisphere--8-year-olds annoy me.
Labels: all the cool kids like Dweeze have blogs, inquiring minds, physical exertion, rant, vomit, who doesn't love a list, work stuff
misc. thing spewing from my brain
6 Comments Published by Kimmah on Sunday, July 01, 2007 at 9:49 PM.
the percocet haze--it's an interesting thing.
- my recovery from this surgery has been ridiculously easy--i feel sort of stupid even saying i've had surgery because there is really not that much pain or swelling. i've used crutches only once so far and that was after PT. i'm still bruised, the teeniest bit swollen, and stiff, but really, nothing bad. i took a pain pill tonight because for some reason i thought it made sense to wear 3+inch wedge heels to dinner (probably would have been okay) and then to wal mart. achey, but still not horrible. and the meds dull the pain, yes they do.
- wtf is the point of a skort exactly? i bought one tonight because it was cute and almost knee-length (i have thigh issues) and i thought it was a good alternative to wearing shorts for inservice and the like, but i'm really confused. why the shorts-under-a-skirt? you can't even see the shorts part (i wouldn't have bought it if you could). the front and the back look like a skirt..see here:
see? no visible skort markings on the front and none on the back, either. just random shorts underneath. WHY? i guess i can climb a ladder when at work without fear of flashing. - i'm going to meet with a trainer at the Y tomorrow (was supposed to go friday, but rescheduled it) and i'm determined to take what he says and turn it into my july-obsession.
- i find that i enjoy britain's next top model much more than i do the american version...and i just realized that the presenter (i have no clue what her name is) sounds just like my one of my favorite chicks from the bbc's version of trading spaces--changing rooms. i can't remember her name either--the blonde one who also does home invaders or what every that show is.
- i really like lush's aqua marine face cleanser. a lot. i'm almost done with my sample and i shudder to think how much that's going to set me back when i get ready to purchase a full-sized portion. *shakes imaginary fist at frisque and other lushies for piquing my interest*.
- getting and maintaining a tan takes far more effort than i really ever want to put into my appearance. ditto with getting defined arm muscles, come to think of it.
- i wore a white headband swimming yesterday and when i came home and took it off, it had red blotches on it from my hair color. that is troublesome, to say the least. guess i'll be coloring on a more regular basis during chlorine season, eh?
- o'charley's has the best damn fried mozzerella that i've had. it's expensive, yet worth it. the rest of their menu? not so much.
- i'm going to spearhead 'family yardwork day' in the morning. it should be a real sight to behold. oy.
- blogger offers up 'scooters' as a sample label title--are there really THAT many people who would use a "scooter' category?
- lucy, the blonde chick, just won bntm on my dvr. in case you care. she beat edwina. i'm so glad that my name is not edwina. or lucy for that matter.
Labels: hair stuff, narcotics, pain in general, physical exertion, ramble, television, who doesn't love a list
one word survey for you, so do it!
12 Comments Published by Kimmah on Monday, June 11, 2007 at 11:05 PM.
goofy one from myspace, but it's all about me, so that's always good, right? if you read it, you must answer it--either in comments or on your blog. even if you've already done it, dammit. play along, play along.
1. Where is your cell phone?
car
2. You're single/taken?
taken
3. Your hair?
short
4. Your mother?
smoker
5. Your father?
geologist
6. Your favorite thing?
cheese
7. Your dream last night?
forgotten
8. Your favorite drink?
zin
9. Your dream car?
free
10. The room you're in?
sunroom
11. Your ex?
navy
12. Your fear?
water
13. Where were you last night?
online
14. what you're not?
domestic
15. Muffins?
nah
16. One of your wish list items?
vehicle
17. The last thing you did?
ate
18.What are you wearing?
stripes
19. Your pet or pets?
emma
20. Your computer?
laptop
21. Your life?
improving
22. Your mood?
exhausted
23. Missing some one?
yes
24. Your car?
junky
25. Your work?
hellish
26.Like someone?
married
27. Your favorite color?
navy
28. When is the last time you laughed real hard?
sarah's
29. Crush's first name?
rob
30. Dream job?
writer
1. Where is your cell phone?
car
2. You're single/taken?
taken
3. Your hair?
short
4. Your mother?
smoker
5. Your father?
geologist
6. Your favorite thing?
cheese
7. Your dream last night?
forgotten
8. Your favorite drink?
zin
9. Your dream car?
free
10. The room you're in?
sunroom
11. Your ex?
navy
12. Your fear?
water
13. Where were you last night?
online
14. what you're not?
domestic
15. Muffins?
nah
16. One of your wish list items?
vehicle
17. The last thing you did?
ate
18.What are you wearing?
stripes
19. Your pet or pets?
emma
20. Your computer?
laptop
21. Your life?
improving
22. Your mood?
exhausted
23. Missing some one?
yes
24. Your car?
junky
25. Your work?
hellish
26.Like someone?
married
27. Your favorite color?
navy
28. When is the last time you laughed real hard?
sarah's
29. Crush's first name?
rob
30. Dream job?
writer
Labels: meme, mindless entertainment, who doesn't love a list
what would you do differently?
2 Comments Published by Kimmah on Saturday, June 09, 2007 at 4:43 PM.
with all the graduations and such right now, i was asked what i would do differently if i could go back and have a do over from graduation forward. interesting. i made some incredibly STUPID choices along the way to becoming an 'adult', so yeah, i'd like to think i could do better next time around, although i suppose all those 'choices' made me a better person in the long run. but, to play along, here goes:
1. put some thought into choosing a major or just be 'undecided' for a year. i wasted time swapping around for two years.
2. realize the importance of college in relation to job-related experiences and take advantage of more of them.
3. enjoy college for what it was and leave high school and that drama behind.
4. in relation to 3, dump the high school boyfriend before i got there. for both our sakes.
5. in relation to 3, don't try to make old friends and old boyfriends into something they aren't and just calm the hell down.
6. go abroad for junior year
7. live on my own longer
8. exercise better judgement in social situations
9. don't eat so freaking much crap food
10. appreciate and enjoy every minute of college.
all in all, i cannot complain, really. i had a great experience, i made lifelong friends, i 'traveled' (chattanooga, virginia, connecticut, gatlinburg, lmao) with friends and had great times, i ended up with a fantastic job, i met my husband...it's all good in the end, right?
1. put some thought into choosing a major or just be 'undecided' for a year. i wasted time swapping around for two years.
2. realize the importance of college in relation to job-related experiences and take advantage of more of them.
3. enjoy college for what it was and leave high school and that drama behind.
4. in relation to 3, dump the high school boyfriend before i got there. for both our sakes.
5. in relation to 3, don't try to make old friends and old boyfriends into something they aren't and just calm the hell down.
6. go abroad for junior year
7. live on my own longer
8. exercise better judgement in social situations
9. don't eat so freaking much crap food
10. appreciate and enjoy every minute of college.
all in all, i cannot complain, really. i had a great experience, i made lifelong friends, i 'traveled' (chattanooga, virginia, connecticut, gatlinburg, lmao) with friends and had great times, i ended up with a fantastic job, i met my husband...it's all good in the end, right?
Labels: advice, getting old, who doesn't love a list
I've Been Tagged--EIGHT RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME
5 Comments Published by Kimmah on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 8:24 PM.
from
jen
1. I've got the paperwork filled out to join the DAR should I ever choose to. Could also be in the Mayflower Society. Maybe when I'm older and have time to go to the meetings?
2. I've performed marriage ceremonies...three, I think. Can't remember exactly. I did them when I was a county commissioner, which is legal here in Tennessee.
3. I have bitten my fingernails as long as I can remember.
4. I cannot whistle. At all.
5. I've not had a carbonated beverage of any kind since September 2006. Don't plan on having one, either.
6. I think lima beans are the best beans. Could eat them every day.
7. The only "real" relationships that I had while I was in college were with guys that I knew from high school.
8. My best friend's husband is a defensive cooridinator/coach/something in the Canadin Football League.
I'm now tagging Puffy, Momma, and Tonya.
jen
1. I've got the paperwork filled out to join the DAR should I ever choose to. Could also be in the Mayflower Society. Maybe when I'm older and have time to go to the meetings?
2. I've performed marriage ceremonies...three, I think. Can't remember exactly. I did them when I was a county commissioner, which is legal here in Tennessee.
3. I have bitten my fingernails as long as I can remember.
4. I cannot whistle. At all.
5. I've not had a carbonated beverage of any kind since September 2006. Don't plan on having one, either.
6. I think lima beans are the best beans. Could eat them every day.
7. The only "real" relationships that I had while I was in college were with guys that I knew from high school.
8. My best friend's husband is a defensive cooridinator/coach/something in the Canadin Football League.
I'm now tagging Puffy, Momma, and Tonya.
Labels: meme, mindless entertainment, ramble, who doesn't love a list
Random Observations on a Saturday Night
5 Comments Published by Kimmah on Saturday, May 05, 2007 at 7:41 PM.
1. Chardonnay is not my favorite wine. I don't really know what is--but this isn't. Zin is definitely better. Just not sure what my fave is.
2. Sam just asked me if it was okay if he made his Spiderman Halloween costume (the kind with the padded pecs) be his "slumber suit." How the hell do you possibly say no to that--not that I would, anyway, but there's no way now.
3. Silk feels really good on bare skin, even when it's cheap. I think I'm going to have to splurge on good silk as a treat one day.
4. I'm not even remotely interested in seeing Spiderman 3 or Pirates of the Caribbean 3. I've not seen any of the first four movies and these will be no different.
5. There is no five tonight. I'm just going to stop here because I can. Oh, wait, as a public service announcement, go read the Blog of Chris aka Supes. It's phenomonal as usual. Fanfare might make him post more often.
2. Sam just asked me if it was okay if he made his Spiderman Halloween costume (the kind with the padded pecs) be his "slumber suit." How the hell do you possibly say no to that--not that I would, anyway, but there's no way now.
3. Silk feels really good on bare skin, even when it's cheap. I think I'm going to have to splurge on good silk as a treat one day.
4. I'm not even remotely interested in seeing Spiderman 3 or Pirates of the Caribbean 3. I've not seen any of the first four movies and these will be no different.
5. There is no five tonight. I'm just going to stop here because I can. Oh, wait, as a public service announcement, go read the Blog of Chris aka Supes. It's phenomonal as usual. Fanfare might make him post more often.
Labels: funny kids, linkage, ramble, who doesn't love a list
The word of the day is BERATE--to scold angrily. So, who would you like to berate? My list:
1. Blogrolling--WHY can I not see which blogs in my Blog Roll have been updated? This is how I keep up.
2. The weather--RAIN, dammit. I want some rain. Am tired of all this dry, dusty ickiness.
3. Bubblehead--Making teachers direct traffic with a homemade stop sign attached to a paint-stirring stick is just about the dumbest thing you've ever asked us to do and I am tired of it. Thank you for retiring.
4. Stupid people--Get the hell off the internet. You're just making it harder for those of us with the capactiy for rational thought and logical debate by forcing us to wade through your abject stupidity.
5. The fuckwit with the horn--Stop honking every time you drive by my house, moron. I don't care if you do see someone you know sitting on the porch across the street. You're wimpy, squeaky little "beep beep" is about to send me over the fricking edge.
1. Blogrolling--WHY can I not see which blogs in my Blog Roll have been updated? This is how I keep up.
2. The weather--RAIN, dammit. I want some rain. Am tired of all this dry, dusty ickiness.
3. Bubblehead--Making teachers direct traffic with a homemade stop sign attached to a paint-stirring stick is just about the dumbest thing you've ever asked us to do and I am tired of it. Thank you for retiring.
4. Stupid people--Get the hell off the internet. You're just making it harder for those of us with the capactiy for rational thought and logical debate by forcing us to wade through your abject stupidity.
5. The fuckwit with the horn--Stop honking every time you drive by my house, moron. I don't care if you do see someone you know sitting on the porch across the street. You're wimpy, squeaky little "beep beep" is about to send me over the fricking edge.
Labels: rant, who doesn't love a list
I've been thinking a lot this weekend and it has dawned on me that I am blessed to have a multitude of fantastic friends in all facets of my world. I don't really appreciate it nearly enough most of the time--I just take it for granted, and I shouldn't. I have a tendency to overlook those friends who are from a long time ago or those who aren't "real" people, just online sometimes, and that's bad because no matter how little I see them, they are still friends and I am one of the absolute luckiest people alive in the friend department.
- Friends who will take my kids to and from school.
- Friends who will cover my classes for me.
- Friends who will let me show up and spend the night with them without much warning.
- Friends who will ride around aimlessly just to cruise and talk.
- Friends who share hashbrown casserole with me.
- Friends who correct my grammar and spelling when needed.
- Friends who appreciate geeky grammar and literature moments as much as I do.
- Friends who cheer with me when the evil bookkeeper and Bubblehead leave school.
- Friends who will sit and shred dumb people mercilessly.
- Friends who will banter back and forth in a thread about nothing for 100 posts just because.
- Friends who cheer on my most mundane accomplishment.
- Friends who drink with me.
- Friends who sit in the rain with me and drink.
- Friends who get the inside jokes and appreciate them.
- Friends who know exactly the right things to say to me, whether it's, "You're right" or "You're crazy" or "Damn it, Kim".
- Friends who appreciate good hair days.
- Friends who share their lunch with me.
- Friends who have known me forever and still like me.
- Friends who loathe stupid people as much as I do.
- Friends who share their good concert seats with me.
- Friends who can pick up conversation after years like we saw each other yesterday.
- Friends who worry about me more than I worry about myself.
- Friends who get more excited for me over events in my life than I ever could.
- Freinds who get frustrated with me, but still come back.
- Friends who lend me clothes.
- Friends who never say, "I told you so", even when it's due.
- Friends who teach me things.
- Friends who debate with me.
- Friends who make me think.
- Friends who have changed my view of the world.
- Friends who can keep secrets.
- Friends who entertain me.
- Friends who amuse me.
- Friends who inspire me.
- Friends who read my endless, blabby chatter here and other places.
Friends whom I love. Dearly.
Labels: college friends, imaginary friends, my life, serious, who doesn't love a list
