Ingredients:
Actress Helen Hunt and Georgia Head Coach, Mark Richt
Evangeline Lilly and Jessica Biel
The Apple iPhone, and the LG KE850
This guy and me1- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6- There are more chickens than people in the world.
7- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
8- On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. (I guess that's why we use 2 dollar coins now)
9- All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
10- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
11- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
12- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
13- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "dous":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
14- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
15- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
16- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
17- In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
18- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
19- The characters Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
20- A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
21- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
22- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
23- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
24- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
25- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
26- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
27- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
28- The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
29- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
30- A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
31- Elvis had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron: in honor of his brother. It is also misspelled on his tomb stone.
32- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
33- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
34- Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
35- Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
36- Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.
37- If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
38- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
39- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
40- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
41- The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
42- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
43- The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
44- A snail can sleep for 3 years.
45- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
46- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
47- Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
48- "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
49- No president of the United states was an only child.
50- The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
51- A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
52- Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks
or it will digest itself. YUCK!
53- The dot over the letter " i " is called a tittle.
54- A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
55- A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
56- A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
57. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2.
58. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small red car can be seen in the distance.
59. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
60. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
61. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
62. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
63. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
64. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded Wendy before.
65. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
66. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
Who was the sadist who discovered this??
67. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w the film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the normal.....today.
68. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
69. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
70. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
71. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
72. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
73. By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand. GOOD FACT TO REMEMBER?? Maybe next time...
74. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
75. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
76. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
77. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson".
78. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
79. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
80. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
81. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go out into space because passing wind in spacesuits damages them. Not to mention the other drawback to farting in such a confined space....
82. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!!
83. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
84. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
85. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
86. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
87. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
88. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
89. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
90. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
91. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
92. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
93. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
94. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
95. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
96. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
97. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
98. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
99. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
100. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
101. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
102. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
103. Pearls melt in vinegar.
104. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
105. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
106. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
107. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. Hey, that is in here twice....
108. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
109. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson Clinton.
110. Turtles can breathe through their butts. Heee heee thats Henry's favorite.
111. Butterflies taste with their feet.
112. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
113. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
114. On average people fear spiders more than death.
115. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
116. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
117. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116
or older.
118. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
119. It's physically impossible for you to lick your
elbow. (Coco can!)
120. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
121. A snail can sleep for three years.
122. No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
123. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
124. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!
125. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
126. All polar bears are left handed.
127. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
128. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
129. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
130. "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
131. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
132. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
133. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
134. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
135. Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow.
Henry's teacher is competing in a World IronMan competition this week. She has won 2 World Championships already so she obviously knows what she is doing but Henry wanted to make her a card before she left to wish her good luck.
I absolutely swear, I had NOTHING to do with the content of this card but I sure think it's sweet. See pictures and translations below. I took these pictures on my iPhone because of course whenever I need my camera the battery is dead.
SWIM.
"Here's some advice SWIM as hard as you can and you just might beat everyone!"
BIKE.
"Biking Advice: If everybody has a street bike, get a dirt bike."
RUN.
"Running advice: Always keep your hands flat because the air goes past it so you can run faster
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF.
"Never give up no matter what it is, just DO NOT give up." Good Luck!
AND A VISUAL 1st place cup with the words "Here take it!"
I sure hope she does! Go Molly!
I am really cranky today. I just read this.
A billion seconds ago it was 1975. War in Vietnam, Watergate scandal, VHS and Betamax video, Margaret Thatcher becomes the British Prime Minister, Queen releases 'Bohemian Rhapsody', and the world's population breaks the four billion mark
A billion minutes ago was not long after Jesus was crucified
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age
A billion dollars ago was 17 hours, at the rate Washington spends taxpayers' money to kill people
The US Military budget for 2007 is $532.8bn. This excludes nuclear weapons research and production, and also exludes the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ($120bn for 2007). Who gets this money?
Last night was the final festival showing before the release of The Pacific and Eddy, a movie written and directed by Matthew Nourse. The film, starred Ryan Donowho, Dominique Swain, Mark Gregg, Susan Highsmith, James Duval with cameo appearances by British rocker Nikki Sudden and yep... my Henry.
Here are some pictures from the festival last night. Henry was a little shy. An NBC affiliate approached him for an interview but ran and hid behind me. The Director asked him to join the Q and A after the movie, but he just wanted to watch from his seat. The packed theater cheered and chanted for him to go up but he hid under my wrap. Still, it was a fun night. We were on our way to the after-party at the W Hotel (at Henry's insistence) but he fell asleep in the car on the way there. Ahhh bless him. He was wiped out from his reluctant little moment in the spotlight, behind my dress.
A picture of lovely doo-rag Laura and Hen-Hen taking a picture of me with a cell phone... taking a picture of them with a cell phone.
This could be a new Flickr group.
Thank you Laura's Mom for throwing a heck of a half-birthday party for Henry. With only 30 minutes notice she threw together a swimming party, complete with a fabulous sushi dinner, brownies and SOY ice cream with a candle, sprinkles and balloon, and a SUPER cool skull doo-rag present. (How does she do it?) See his happy beaming 7 1/2 year old face. 
...How we spent our summer vacation.
Includes kaleidoscopic tales of dancing, saving baby birds, helping orphans, fabulous musicals, really bad blind dates, major dental work, needles, needles and more needles.
Tonight we just got back from the doggy-hospital. Duke is in pain, throwing up, dehydrated and had to be admitted. They are doing Xrays, blood work and giving him an IV. They think he may have eaten mushrooms or oleander. Estimate for the first 24-48 hours? $2000! F-WORD!
Henry JUST got to bed at 11:04PM. Tomorrow is the first day of school. Should be fun.
Can you say Up-set!
Last year the Mountain Country Plumbing team didn’t exist. In the past year, the fledgling team played near the top of the league all summer long, and on Sunday, won the Gilpin County Softball League Championship Tournament.
“We are the champions,” they chanted at the end of the game, joy in their faces after an intense two days of slamming balls and running bases.
The Tanya Putnam Memorial Tournament began last week on Tuesday. On Thursday night, Mountain Country played the undefeated Rollinsville Rockies, last year’s champions. Mountain Country took the lead but soon the game was tied as the teams battled into the sunset.
Mountain Country played like it was all about winning and inched their way to a 6-6 tie in the sixth inning when the umpire called the game on account of no more light and the playerscouldn’t see. The teams agreed to have a playoff inning first thing Saturday morning before the semi-final championships.
With two teams fired up to play at the end of the season, it was an anticlimactic beginning to the second to last day of games. But the one-inning showdown turned out to be an entire game. Neither team could pull ahead and the game was tied 8-8 at the end of seven innings. And then the Plumbing team forged ahead, beating the Rockies, 13-8.
Then the boys and girls of summer tossed in their mitts.
You may remember our trip to Colorado around this time last year to the small hippie mountain town where my 2 older sons live. I love this tight-knit community and my son's are thriving there.
We didn't go to visit this year, although my heart strings were yanking on me.
6 weeks ago, I got a call from my oldest son Anthony, to tell me he had severely broken his leg playing baseball. He slid into third and heard it snap as he hit the bag. (He didn't take his foot off the bag to go to the hospital though, until they had a pinch runner for him.)
Surely he would need him Mom to come take care of him for a few weeks while he had to stay off his feet. Umm guess not. He had plenty of friends and lots of help and he didn't need ME, thank you very much. He figured out how to play the sympathy card quickly and had girl friends taking him to the grocery store, post office, doctors appointments and buddies taking him with them golfing, fishing and to the softball games. He has been having plenty of fun with out his Mommy there to take care of him.
This is from the local paper at the end of July.
GILPIN COUNTY TIMES: Gilpin County’s summertime softball is just for fun - most of the time. The players consist of men, women and young athletes just out of high school. There are some retired baseball veterans and some innocent newcomers to the game. There are married couples and singles looking for a double. Most of all there is the spirit of friendly competition, the old-time rivalries and the moments of heroism, when old bones slide into unforgiving bases. (Old bones? Geez, he's only 25!)
Well I am proud to announce that they just won the championship last week. When the little local paper updates their website. I will post a picture of my sons in their Championship uniforms! Anthony is the one with the broken leg.
Yeah, I know. You keep coming to look for a new blog and there hasn't been one in ages.
I apologize. I apologize with a gift. This guy is totally amazing.
Look at the little gem I found at the 99 cents only store, in the kiddie section, right next to the Bratz coloring books and the 99 cent version of the King James Holy Bible. It's a paper doll book of Dubbya and friends. I wonder if it comes with a Satan costume.
Hey you. Yeah you. Huge corporation that I dedicated the past 10 years to.
Work/Life Balance. HA. THANK YOU for laying me off! You can have your stupid parking space back! I've started my own business.
Yeah, life can be tough, but it's never too late to get a new one!
Kids today are under a lot of stress. Homework, good grades, pressure to compete with other children, endless activities -- it all adds up. So Henry and I have added one more activity to our endless schedule. We started taking Yoga to help us relax. Here is Henry in his favorite poses. He called them his Happy pose and his I wish I was on the sofa watching TV pose.
I have been getting requests to finish my 8th "meme." (The other 7 are here in case you missed them.) It's hard for me to choose an 8th and final one as I could give you 888 from my colorful life. Fortunately for you dear readers, I have forgotten most of my childhood. So here I go, by popular request with number 8. A cube. A Fibonacci number. A theory that makes use of an example about the rate at which rabbits breed but reminds me how much I hated math. Sorry, I digress.
Blog this Mom suggested I write about the time I snuck out of the house to go to the Welcome to my Nightmare concert, my parents had forbidden me to go to. Good enough..jpg)
It is 1975. I am 17. My carry a big stick, religious, control freak mother considered Alice Cooper a menace to society. With his graphically theatrical stage show of blood and gore that included dead babies, black widows and his own simulated death via guillotine, she considered his performances as a sign of the apocalypse. I considered them a sign of the ultimate revolution against parental control. And I wanted to join.
My parents pretty much kept us under lock, key and alarm system. (My brother and I both figured out how to get out any time we wanted and he ran away numerous times - but that is stuff for another blog, or his blog - if he has one.)
I tried to calculate the odds of getting caught and decided whatever they were, it would be worth it to see Alice Cooper. In my attempt to duck the Fort Knox-like motion sensors and the 3rd from the bottom step alarm, the wired basement window and the weight sensitive driveway bell, I forgot my purse. I made it 15 miles to the venue but without the $16.00 I needed for a general admission ticket. So I determinedly stood outside the ticket office and panhandled for coins the kindly passer-bys would chuck at me. Hey, I made it into the concert and back home before my parents were the wiser. I am nothing if not determined, and that concert was worth every penny - priceless even.
The other day a lady came up to me in the parking lot of Vons, with a story about how she was supporting her homeless family after being laid off in a bad job market and she needed money for tampons or something. I handed her $3.00 and went in to do my shopping. When I was going through the checkout, I saw her with my $3.00, buying lottery tickets in the front of the store. Creative. Nothing if not determined, I guess. I wonder if she knows the odds of winning are 80 million to 1. She probably hates math too.
“He that can have Patience, can have what he will.” - Benjamin Franklin
Henry and I patiently waited in line. At last we can eat again!!
Last year I did a short blog about the hardened faces of carnies.
I am desperately trying to get Henry to expand his food horizon beyond peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, bagels and ProMax bars. I am constantly trying to convice him to try new things. Tonight I may have gone too far.
Mum: "Henry try this. It's really good. Seriously, you'll like it."
Henry: "NO WAY!! I am NOT eating the EVIL CRACKEN."
I have a bee in my bonnet... I can't believe this didn't make the local news.
Last night, the men in white, set off a bee bomb that killed 80,000 killer bees in the bedroom wall of the house across the street.
Those same bees attacked 15 people on our street earlier yesterday. 11 paramedics and firemen were stung 2 or more times each. They attacked one neighbor and her dog and stung them several times. They also stung the cute guy working across the street 17 times. (I saw him without his shirt today and he has a tattoo over his heart of MY name.) Does anyone have a home remedy for bee stings I can take over to him? (bee still my heart)
Anyway, tonight so far, they have pulled 150 POUNDS of honey from the same bedroom wall the bees were living in 100 yards from my front door. Henry and I got to see bags chocked full of sticky sweet honey combs. Ahh local honey. Good for allergies, except when it has been poisoned to kill off it's 80,000 little factory workers.
Just goes to show, you never know what goes on behind closed doors, under t-shirts or inside walls.
No doubt you have heard or read about the mysterious disappearance of honey bees in the U.S.
While, picnickers may cheer their demise, some websites speculate that this may be due to the increased use of cell phones and the corresponding electromagnetic pollution.
As most of you know, I recently disconnected my land line to go all cellular. But anyone who has tried to talk to me while I am at my house can attest, that was a HUGE mistake, as there is NO CELL SERVICE in my neighborhood.
That may explain this:
When I came home tonight after being gone all day long, my cul-de-sac was blocked off with cones, signs and yellow tape along with a huge sign in the street that said "Killer Bee's!" 
As I slowed to read the various signs, a man walked up to me and told me I could go home, but I ought to put the roof up on my car before I drove past the area. Firemen had been here most of the afternoon doing whatever they do to disperse a huge swarm of bees that had descended on our street. And, tonight there were 2 white trucks, working in the dark until after 10PM with men on ladders, wearing white suits. What the hell? I feel like I am in a movie.
The bees (killer or otherwise) have apparently found the only safe-haven from that debilitating condition known as, ahhh, bee membrane sensitivity syndrome. Or.... Tom, have you been chucking basketballs at the bee balls again?
Click here to view the spread of killer bees in the U.S.
This is a message I got from someone I really love, who is ill and beginning to get desperate. I promised I would try to help in whatever small way I can so I am trying to get the message out. NO PRESSURE, SERIOUSLY!! But if you are interested, his story can be found here: Lymphocytic Dad
Blog this Mom has tagged me for a thing called “meme”. The object of meme is to blog eight random facts about myself and then pass it on. I Googled meme and found a website that explained a meme like this: Memes are contagious ideas, all competing for a share of our mind in a kind of Darwinian selection. As memes evolve, they become better and better at distracting and diverting us from whatever we'd really like to be doing with our lives. They are a kind of Drug of the Mind. Kind of like blogging.
I am not sure anyone will find MY memes worthy of being considered a drug of the mind (more like diarrhea of the mouth) but since I have been tagged... here goes ... (she made me do it)
The rules:
1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
Fact #1. Cue the Sun!
My childhood was a constructed reality show. The very 1st Truman Show. No, the very 1st Survivor. Without going into the Mommy Dearest detail, I was adopted by a women who did not like children. I suspect she adopted so she could have little personal servants. My adopted brother and I were the family Cinderella's. We did all the chores, made and served cocktails and entertained the guests, painted the house, took care of the 7 1/2 acres of lawn and the 6000 sq. ft. house we grew up in. When we went out or had company over, she would dress us alike, so as to appear like a cute little matchy, matchy family set. My mom, my sister (her biological child) and I, all had several matching outfits, complete with matching scarves we tied under our chins. It was really creepy.
Our "reward" for a perfect performance, was a beautiful home with a sparkling swimming pool, clay tennis courts, a basketball court, a volleyball court, a trampoline, several boats and a private plane. Oh and a good education at a private, all girls school.
I always felt like there had been a big cosmic mistake made. This life was not real. This was not MY life. Somebody accidentally switched me at birth. Right? Then at a mere 6 or 7 years of age, I made a conscious decision to pretend that I was an actor in a television show or movie. My every drama being documented and filmed. I decided that all I had to do was be the best performer in my "Truman Show" and I would be released with an award for Best Child Actor in a Reality Show and I would be able to go live my REAL life. I was 6 or 7, jumping on the trampoline when I got this bright idea. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was totally convinced that this was the answer. I have since learned that this is a survival technique. We don't have to accept the reality of the world with which we are presented, but we usually do.
Fact #2 Kiss me I am IRISH.
When I was 30, I searched for and found my biological family. I could easily write way more than 8 cool facts about that, but I will just tell this one for now. When I finally found and met my biological father, he gave me the best gift an adopted kid could EVER receive. The most incredible unimaginably fantastic gift; he presented me with a beautiful 312 page leather bound book that traced my genealogy back to 1657 with solid facts, photos and documents, and back to the savage tribes of Ireland to about 570 BC. Yes I said B.C.!
Geneological records were preserved among the early Irish with unusual care, and the achievements of ancient heroes were handed down from generation to generation much like Homer's Iliad among the Greeks. The chronology is very uncertain but a Father Murphy of Kildare Country (from 1896-9) attempted to trace the ancestry back to Ugaine, who is alleged to have died in 570 B.C. after being head King of Ireland for 40 years. The stories in this book are incredible and my father even dog-eared and underlined names in the book connecting me as far back as great-great-great grandparents. Mine. The adopted kid who had 30 years of not knowing anything about my biology, suddenly knew more than I could have ever dreamed! Probably more that most people know. I HAVE ROOTS! Me. OK, where are the cameras?
Fact #3 I need a 12 Step-Program
I am hopelessly hooked on mashed potatoes and Natural Thick Cut Sea Salted potato chips. I eat them all the time (especially for breakfast). I have had to admit to a power higher than myself, that I am powerless over potatoes. I must be IRISH or something.
Oh, wait... see Fact #2.
Fact #4 There is a little bit of Broadway in everyone.
I love drama. Though I have had plenty of it in my life, its not the life drama that I like so much. It is the theater. And I especially LOVE musicals. I was in heaven last night eating potato chips and watching the Tony's. They made me want to learn to dance and sing, then grab Henry and run off to New York/Broadway. That leads me to Fact # 5.
Fact #5 I might be an elf or a hobbit
I suppose most people love to travel or go on vacation anyway, but I really have a deep wanderlust spirit. Wanderlust is a term used in a series of book I have never read, that describes a genetic process that a race called "Kender" (Which are akin to wood elves or hobbits) go through, during which they are overpowered by an insatiable urge to leave behind any permanent location for residence and simply explore. I have that, and would think nothing of picking up and moving on a whim (and I have many times.)
But, I have finally put down some roots and have a real home base. This is the longest I have stayed in one place. But it doesn't stop me from bumming around when I can. My passport currently has 27 or 28 stamps in it. I want to go somewhere I have never been, every year and now I am going to start to take Henry with me. Poor little bug-a-lug. He won't have much choice. I will continue to travel until I can't do it anymore but at least I have somewhere stable to call home and I will never again, come home with a new husband.
Fact # 6. I could use a companion this year
After not dating for 5 years or so, I might be ready to venture out this year. I need to find a boyfriend who:
- Doesn't ever want to get married
- Is kind to kids and animals
- Is sensitive, perceptive, intuitive, creative and loving
- Is a brilliant conversationalist
- Is adventuresome and loves to travel
- Is a theater lover more than a sports fan
- Is as smart as Steve Jobs and as funny as Steve Martin
- Has emotional and physical strength but will not mind if I am forgetful or gain a few pounds and won't mind if I eat potato chips in bed
What do you suppose are my chances?
Fact # 7 Me and Jim Morrison are kindred spirits
No, I don't get totally hammered and dangle off hotel room balconies. But Jim did have a habit which I rather like. I think he must have hated doing laundry as much as I do. He would go buy a new outfit every day and leave the dirty one behind in the dressing room. He shed his skin like a snake and never looked back.
If I were rich, instead of doing laundry when my clothes got dirty, I'd go buy a whole new wardrobe. Then I'd put all the dirty clothes in the bin, and go buy more new clothes.
Fact # 8 and a list of new meme recipients coming soon. (I only know one other person that blogs)
