Some Days

I feel very, very special.

Thank you, Superman, Gothmog, TJ, Tink and Sally and anyone else who crawled out of the woodwork, either of free will or from peer pressure, the past couple of days. It was lovely to see you again.

*sigh*

I've Been Tagged--EIGHT RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME

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.

sleeeve wins

I posted myself on OT today for the first time ever. I had to sit and think about it for a long time before I did it because once upon a time, sleeeve and I had a bet (if you don't know sleeeve then this will be pointless--sorry). It came about in the bar one night when we were discussing age. His age was one of several deep dark secrets that he guarded fairly closely--such as his name, where he worked, etc. Anyway, somehow we came up with this bet where I told him that I could find out his full name and age before he could find a picture of me online. It sort of grew from there.

I took all pictures of me down everywhere that was even remotely public. He would try to trick me or other people into letting him win. He actually almost DID win one night when he hacked into my yahoo mail totally on accident while we were IM'ing. Because he has ethics and the like, he automatically signed out (I wish I still had the archive of that chat. It was hysterical when he realized that he had figured out my insanely easy password). If he'd just looked, there were a couple of emails sitting right there in the inbox from sheila labeled PICTURES or something like that. They were from a concert in Memphis we'd been to.

I never posted a picture of myself anywhere he could get it and all my friends who might have one were sworn to uphold the agreement. His solicitations on my blog requesting photos were never successful and I was equally unlucky in my quest, although I did get fairly close on some stuff thanks to my super-sleuthing skills, lmao.

And then he just disappeared on me. Gone. I'm not sure what happened--life, I'm sure. He had a girlfriend and there was a lot going on at work. We went from emailing frequently and chatting every weekend to once every couple of weeks to nothing. No idea what's going on with him or anything.

So, feeling very nostalgic and being absolutely immersed in photos from the past few days of school-related things with my seniors, I decided to just give him the win and post a picture. It was harder than I thought it would be, oddly enough. I'd put pics on my myspace for a few months, but that was pretty private. Putting one on OT just sort of sealed the deal. I guess I can post one here now, too. No sense in "hiding" anymore.



On the Tube in London with a student. Excuse the dire need for powder.

Video Not From My Playlist, But Good...

I'm not a huge fan of Pink---like her fine, love her no. I'm also not a huge fan of political songs as a genre, but this one got me.

The End is Near!!

One week from today I will be preparing to don a lovely black robe and try not to look bored as our little darlings participate in commencement. One week and one day from now, I will be kicked back on my couch drinking wine and reveling in the fact that I don't have to look at more little darlings for two whole months. One week and two days from now, I'll try to post something remotely interesting and potentially meaningful or at least current.

End of the year kicks my ass every stinking year.

Random Observations on a Saturday Night

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.

Random Songs From My Playlist #2

Thanks to a reminder by a friend, I think it's time to enjoy the hotness that is Maroon 5's Adam Levine and This Love. God, I love this video.

Best.Chorus.Ever

Just a lyric moment:

You're in my heart, you're in my soul

You'll be my breath should I grow old

You are my lover, you're my best friend

You're in my soul

I do love me some Rod Stewart.

Say Hello!!

To the spousal one, mr. kim, who alleges that he had no idea I had a new blog, much less a new domain. How he missed out on that fact is beyond me, but I'm a little vague sometimes, so perhaps it is all my fault (not frigging likely, but I'm open).

Mr. Kim does the laundry and cooks most of the meals in our house. Isn't that super-nice of him?