I know, I KNOW! You people are blog vultures. Can’t you let a blogger hibernate in peace?
Okay okay… Well, what better way to reemerge than to start with a meme? I was tagged for the Random meme awhile back (by Kim, Hedgehog, and Angela), and I figured this is the best way for a slow re-entry. So, here goes:
Rules: Once tagged, you must link to the person who tagged you. Then post the rules before your list, and list 8 random things about yourself.
1. It has come to my attention that some of you actually absorb the shit I write on my blog and may have come to the incorrect conclusion that, when talking about one of my high school classmates in all of his glorious Hello Kitty gear, I was actually talking about an ex I mentioned in a past entry. Let me set the record straight: while C-Diddy is a great and funny guy, we did not date. The ex about whom I was talking shall remain nameless. He does have a movie coming out based on him, but it’s not an air guitar documentary. And that’s all I have to say about that.
2. I am so paranoid from watching Dateline and reading about kidnappings that when we stayed in a hotel over Thanksgiving, I kept getting up in the middle of the night to make sure the twins were still safely asleep in their bed. The more I got up, the more insomnia set in. Yes, I realize this does not bode well for my future in parenting, nor my future in sleeping.
3. My ideal man can best be described as a cross between Clark Kent/Superman, Maximus Decimus Meridius, Jason Bourne, and Coach Eric Taylor (you know — minus the kryptonite allergy, non-bathing, assassin, and lack of emotional availability during football season thing). I think I got pretty damn lucky with G. He’s sort of the civilian amalgam of my imaginary cinematic boyfriends.
4. I am vain enough to admit that I want Dr. 90210 to get rid of my muffintop. I am also vain enough to admit that I would never, however, show it on reality TV.
5. I love using tools. G and I once renovated our basement by ourselves. We framed, drywalled, laid down flooring… I wouldn’t want to do it all the time, but I’m glad I can. I’m too cheap to pay someone else to do it, even though they can do a much better job.
(We painted a room together too, with a special ‘linen’ effect. Because we made it through that experience, I know we can make it through anything. We were close to throttling each other’s necks. No joke. Painting a freakin’ room.)
6. I was once Fan of the Game at a Pirates game. My big round head was up on that Jumbotron, cluelessly stuffing a hot dog in my face before my friend Marcus poked me and pointed at the screen, then suggested that maybe I stop eating for a second.
7. Despite the fact that I worked in my parents’ jewelry store since I was ten years old (dude, Korean child labor laws are non-existent), I own very little jewelry. The only jewelry I wear regularly is my wedding ring. My sister also wears very little jewelry. FingKASIL is seriously perplexed by the lack of bejeweled fingers and necks in our family. I guess we got tired of it after being surrounded by it all of our lives. Too bad my parents didn’t own a Baskin Robbins or an Internet café. My life would be so much healthier right now.
8. I am severely incapable of remembering directions.
As a bonus (and if you got this far reading these boring details about me): These videos will never stop entertaining me. Go forth and enjoy.
Did you see Ellen showing these clips too? She begged someone — anyone — to produce this show in America. Dude, if this ever comes to American fruition, I’m so grabbing Superha and dragging her silver laméd ass with me to TetrisTown. Nina, get your silver condom costume ready!
I’m not going to tag anyone since so many of you have done this meme already, and I know some people don’t like to be meme’d anyway. But in case Momomax feels like getting off her pregnant duff, or FingKASIL feels like sharing, I tag thee. Maybe FingKASIL will share her move-to-CA rented truck story. It’s a good one.
Hope everyone had a fantastic holiday— er, December… and, er, November too.
See you in ’08!
11 Comments
Clever title, halfmama.
1. C’mon, do tell!
2. My sister feels that way about hotel rooms, too.
3. Kyle Chandler is pretty cute.
4. Muffintops are more of you to love. Love your top and it’ll love you back.
5. Paint… the stuff of broken marriages. Glad it brought you closer.
6. Hot dogs rule… especially on a Jumbotron!
Ditto #’s 7&8.
Welcome back to the world of blogging.
haha. it’s good to hear from you!
my parents are jewelers and i’ve been around jewelry my whole life too. and i’m the same way with jewelry. i wear my wedding ring and that’s it. not even earrings or a necklace unless i have to for some reason. J says that it would be so much easier to give me jewelry as a gift, but it forces him to be creative because really, the stuff doesn’t interest me. i think seeing it around all the time really does make it less important to you.
muffin tops. i hated mine between my two pregnancies and it will probably get worse with this pregnancy, so i’m totally with you on that one. i’d totally get a tummy tuck to get rid of it. it’s something i told J might really happen someday.
anyways, happy holidays!
I tried it. Never did a meme before, so I have no idea if that was kosher. But there it is. Of course, I think I’m so fascinating that I would like to do another!
I’m thinking about getting into jewelry - just because I do remember absolutely loving the quiet moments when my mom organized her rings, precious stones, necklaces… and my sister and I’d sit there trying them all on. I think LN loves jewelry already.
I’m paranoid about LN falling off the bed (happened twice - both flat on her face!) so I tend to sit up many times a night and check to see if she’s still on the bed.
Haha… I’m just drooling over the fact that you have a husband who’d paint with you AND doesn’t shoo you away any time you got close to a tool.
You know how I feel about MY muffintop. Superha keeps talking about HER non-existent muffintop but I don’t see it.
D’oh… yes, I am one of those who jumped to the conclusion regarding C-Diddy… well, he seems to have a wicked sense of humor, life of the party kinda guy… y’know, like you.
Momomax is the next one I’ll irritate into doing something online, I think. Wanna join me?
See? We missed you sooooooo much!
1) i know the identity of your ex. he lives 4 blocks from me.
2) i definitely share your super coach gladiator bourne thing. i would add, viggo, king of men from lord of rings.
3) where the f*&^*& are you??
Glad to see you around again.
I always feel bad for those kids working in their parents’ stores. My husband did his time in his parents’ liquor store.
I’m not a big fan of jewelry either. Something about how it feels on my skin.
Halfmama!
So happy to see you back.
Jewelry–I love earrings, but rings, necklaces and bracelets irritate me. I wish my parents had had a food store!
Remodeling–oh, the bonding. My husband and I (okay, so just my husband, really) remodeled our basement, too. I am very good at holding things. I don’t like it, but I’m talented that way.
Happy ‘08!
3. Definitely like Kyle Chandler, but Clive Owen really does it for me…those smoldering dark eyes and that accent….oooh I feel light headed.
4. Yes, wish my muffin top would magically disappear without my putting any effort into it…sigh
5.Wow, you guys are awesome, M. and I knew we couldn’t handle renovating anything ourselves…we don’t want our kids to be orphans.
8. As I mentioned in my meme, I am hopeless with directions and always get lost.
Glad to see you’re back!
Hibernation’s a wonderful thing but it’s always great to see you back on the block!
3. I’ll take a Dean Cain - Kyle Chandler mix any day of the week. Yummy…
4. I can only imagine what my postpartum muffin top will look like this time around. *sigh* I’m hoping that hubby makes some damn good plastics friends while in med school.
5. Impressive! We do, um, best when we split the tasks. I’m the painter, Blair’s the carpenter / handyman.
7. Ditto.
Hope to see more of you in ‘08!
Muffin Top? Don’t piss me off. You’re not even packin’ a macaroon. I can’t remember what the other ones were, or I would enumerate my comments as I know I should.
The basement turned out great, you tool.
The first thing you should do in a hotel room is get rid of the bedspread. Just take it right off the bed. The DNA samples on those things could choke a horse. ew.
I did it. for you.
You macaroon faker.