1. She had a great personality. (Really not the first thing that came to mind here, but I’m attempting to behave. Janet, how could you set me up like that?)
2. My shadow is by my side, always.
3. I know this: I don’t want to clean my house this afternoon, but I really need to do it.
4. Be still.
5. These words apply to me: sleepy (currently) and complex (always).
6.I was so happy that the sun was shining.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to doing stuff with the person that I usually do stuff with, tomorrow my plans include more of the same and Sunday, I want to do some other stuff!
OK, so I’m doing my Manic Monday on Wednesday. At least: a) I posted the questions on time and b) I’m answering them, just not on Monday.
Do you usually wear perfume/cologne? If so, what’s your current favorite? I almost always wear perfume. I’ve been wearing either Stella by Stella McCartney or Light Blue by Dolce and Gabbana
What’s the last book you’ve read that you thought was really good? If you don’t have one, what looks promising on your to-be-read list? I haven’t had any trouble sleeping lately so I’m not reading much. I did see A Vindication of Love by Cristina Nehring in the Times book section this weekend and that looks interesting. Right now I have Loving Frank and The Three Junes on my nightstand. I’ve read The Three Junes before and loved it but I’m not getting into Loving Frank.
Fill in the blank: I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing a plaid flannel shirt.
Send Janet some love because she’s recuperating and it’s her birthday on Monday
1. All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting the unexpected.
2. Show me a good loser and I will show you a a good winner.
3. Life is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs at one time.
4. Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy being drunk or in a mental institution.
5. I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine thought and action.
6. It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without wine or wine in it.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to things, tomorrow my plans include doing stuff and Sunday, I want to do more stuff!
WHAT I’M WATCHING: Not a damn thing. I think the last time I watched any TV was when we turned on CNN for a bit on Saturday and caught a bit of the Iran coverage. I’m on TV strike, I guess.
WHAT I’M LISTENING TO: Dave Matthews Band- Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Great new album!
WHAT I’M WEARING: Green blouse with a black skirt and black heels. Pretty much like this:
WHAT I’M EATING: The last of my Trader Joe’s dark chocolate edamame.
WHAT I’M ENJOYING: The many pleasures, both big and small, that life has been bringing me lately.
WHAT I’M SNIFFING: My Stella perfume that I’m wearing today.
I need a vacation. A real, honest-to-goodness vacation. I love to travel and the only travel I did in 2008 did not fall into the vacation category for me. I take that back, my long weekend to visit RSG (and HG, of course) and Lelo was a vacation, but far too short. So now summer is here and I’ve got the travel bug. I don’t know where and I don’t know when but I’ll figure that out. I have a lot of vacation time and I’m not going to piss it away like I did last year.
I took in a baked raspberry and almond Brie to work today. We started devouring it somewhere around 10:00. No wonder I like these people.
My son is making fun of me because I bought three pounds of peaches. He wants to know what I’m going to do with three pounds of peaches. I don’t know yet, but dammit, they looked good. Peach cobbler? He said it’s something my parents would do. That is very true. However, he also said that it’s a sign of the Apocalypse because he got a text message from my parents. What’s next, they’re joining Facebook?
My funny conversation of the day:
M: Have you ever had your carpet stretched?
Me: Pardon me?
M: I had my carpet stretched this weekend. A man from the company came in with this big pole, pushed it against both walls and then stretched my carpet tighter.
Me: Hmmm, I’ve never had this done.
At this point I can’t contain myself and start laughing. It’s even funnier because she’s being totally serious.
M: You are so bad!
Me: I was going to say that I’ve never had it done because I don’t have any carpet.
M: What?
Me: In my house, it’s all hardwood. That’s what we’re talking about, right?
That’s all I can come up with today. If I post twice in one day that sort of makes up for going MIA on the weekends, right?
What is the last song that was stuck in your head and how did you get rid of it?Birthday Sex by Jeremih. When I first heard it I thought they were saying “Burger King Sex”. That somehow makes me think of that bizarre BK commercial with Sponge Bob and Sir Mixx Alot. I got rid of it the only way I ever do: by getting a new ear worm!
If you had to say what one thing in your life best represents your freedom, what would it be? At times I think that I don’t have all that much freedom but when I stop to think about it, I know I do, at least comparatively speaking to the rest of the world. So my answer is going to be my birth certificate. I was born in an country, albeit a flawed one, that allows me many personal freedoms.
If you were invited to the White House for dinner tonight, what would you wear from your current wardrobe? I have a black silk chiffon cocktail dress. You can’t go wrong with a little black dress!
