Awesome things that have happened recently:
5. I fell in love with salsa dancing.
4. He called me “sexy.”
3. I found out that taking my thyroid medicine really does help.
2. I put together the coolest costume ever on $10 and some ingenuity.
1. I told the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen that he’s the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen.
Five Overpriced Items I Desperately Need
5. An iPhone 3G – $399
4. A bike – $200-$600 including accessories
3. Waterproof case and earbuds for my iPod so I can listen to music while swimming laps – $150
2. Women’s Fitness Boot Camp – $299
1. SLR Digital Camera – $600-$1,000
Other expensive stuff I need, but not quite so desperately:
New DVD player
High Definition television
New microwave
150-gallon aquarium
Things I’m Sick and Tired of Doing With my Friday Nights
5. Studying
4. Thinking about studying
3. Pretending to be studying
2. Declining night out invitations in favor of studying
1. Feeling guilty about not studying
I know this is a few days early/lots of days late, but I’m needing it right now. Originally, this was going to be the top five most hurtful things anyone has ever said to me, but I’m rebelling against my own self-destructive tendencies in an effort to avoid the therapy couch. This list turned out to be slightly more challenging to come up with than the aforementioned version, but I still had trouble narrowing it down. That made me realize how fortunate I am.
Five Sweetest/Kindest Things Anyone Has Ever Said To or About Me
5. “You are my hero.”
4. “Figured I would go ahead and emotionally slap you around, to avoid you having to do it to yourself.” (In what I perceived to be half-jest)
3. “Leslie would have killed the guy; [my sister's name here] would have sat there and been killed.” (In reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings)
2.”We’re in this together, whether you like it or not.”
1. “I’m your biggest advocate.”
Honorable Mention:
“Even though you’re fat, I still love you.”
“She’s hard-headed enough that she just might make it.”
“You should be proud of her; her lips are sealed, everyone trusts her.”
“I will never leave you alone with my children, I promise.”
“I’m totally going to leave you alone with my children.”
I will refrain from crediting those who doled out these blessings. If you see something you recognize as yours, ku-dos, and thanks; you touched my life in a way you may never fully comprehend. I can only aspire and hope to enrich your lives the way you’ve enriched mine.
Under what conditions can you have the perfect nap?
Late afternoon, early summer, not too hot yet, windows open but curtains drawn, so the bedroom gets that irresistible dark buttery glow. Collapsing into my perfectly broken-in bed wearing a tank top immediately after a cool, cleansing shower. Not that I’ve given this much thought.
Under what conditions can you let most of your guard down?
My guard hasn’t had a “down” option since I was 16.
Under what conditions can you do your best writing?
Very sad, dark, lonely, emotional nights. Usually, there is rain involved.
Under what conditions would you give away everything you own?
It used to be that one man need say one word, and I would have dropped it all in a heartbeat. Except my cat. I can now say that this has evolved into nothing short of dire financial disaster. Still, I’m not much attached to “things.” People and cats are much more important.
Under what conditions would you kiss a stranger?
Well, there were some very unusual circumstances under which this very scenario took place one night when I was a freshman in college. Ended up with my roommate dragging me out of the club. But now that I’m (much!) more discriminating, I’d have to say. . . a bet of $500 or more.
Yes, it’s Sunday. But filming for the second X-Files movie began last Monday. I have been watching at least a couple of episodes on DVD every night for the past few weeks in preparation of the premier on July 25 (two days after my birthday, might I add), so expect to see many X-Files related posts between now and then. Tonight, the top five hottest Mulder and Scully moments ever.
5. The hallway scene from The Sixth Extinction: Amor Fati – Incredibly charged and beautifully delivered. Mulder’s words really illustrate what true love means.
4. Dancing in Post Modern Prometheus – We all knew, just like Mulder, that there was no way in hell that Scully was not going to take his hand. I had a capture from this clip hanging in my locker in high school. What woman has NOT wanted some handsome man to yank us off our feet and pull us into his arms like that? Also offers a stirring rendition of one of my all-time favorite songs, by one of my all-time favorite performers.
3. Hips Before Hands – Just. Yeah. No explanation needed. “Get over here, Scully”??? Ow!
2. Spooning in Requiem – A real demonstration of the level of their commitment to and regard for one another. Heartwrenching.
1. Almost-kiss in Fight The Future – As luck would have it, no video on this one that’s not from the blooper reel. The real one is so much better. The collective groan of agony that arose from the theater when that bee interrupted was priceless.
But what about these obvious ones?
Memento Mori – When it aired, Memento Mori was *the* hottest M/S moment to date. It still remains one of the greatest, and one of my favorites; it’s just a little outdated.
Existence – Just too obvious. We were all deafened by the collective fangirl scream that arose from the night when this episode first aired. This is the end of eight years of unresolved sexual tension. But it’s the unresolved part that make sexual tension so effing hot.
Arcadia – The entire episode. It was brilliant, hysterical, and hot. But the humor dulled the UST enough to bench the epi to honorable mention. One of my favorite episodes.
Small Potatoes – As much as it pains me to do so, must leave this one out due to the fact that it’s not Mulder. Still, Scully puckers up quite quickly, doesn’t she?
Five Things People in the Ohio Valley Apparently Do Not Know About Snow
5. It melts. Really.
4. Snow plows. They exist.
3. Even if your car were crushed under three million pounds of snow, you really can dig a path out from your door to the curb and walk down the block to buy bread and milk if you run out
2. No matter how much it snows, your car will not be crushed under three million pounds of it.
1. It’s just rain that hangs around for a few days. Not the burning, flaming wrath of God.
Not Friday, but since I haven’t done one in a very long time, I figure it’s okay to sneak one in here.
So here are the five celebrities I’m most sick and tired of hearing about in the media.
5. Britney Spears – Obvious. Okay, she’s the epitome of the euphemism “white trash.” We get it. How about some news?
4. Oprah – As mentioned before, I’m tired of her and her sickening photo opportunities.
3. Amy Winehouse – Who is this bitch? Why did I never hear about her until she started snorting coke onstage?
2. Lindsay Lohan – Please. Just… no.
1. Carrie Underwood – She clucked like a chicken during her American Idol audition. I’ve never seen someone come so far on so little talent. My god, can she SCREECH just a little louder, please? Yes, she’s cute, but please… move on.
I’ve moved to a new apartment and have yet to sell my soul to the devil to get Insight internet service. I have checked *every* *single* internet provider in Louisville, and NO ONE except Insight has cable service. I hate them. So, here’s a Friday Five. On a Sunday.
Over the past 25 years, I’ve learned that rules are made to be broken, that they are subjective and malleable. Yet, there seem to be rules that can never bend, that apply in every situation, that will never steer you wrong. I’ve collected a few of them here for your viewing pleasure. Hope they help you as much as they’ve helped me.
Rules that Should Never Be Broken
5. Don’t hit on 17 or over (blackjack, you perverts)
4. Diversify your portfolio
3. Don’t have an affair with your boss
2. Knowledge is power
1. Trust your instincts
Courtesy of Friday5.org. I’m too tired to even bother linking to it.
5. Sitting under a warm fleece blanket, next to a window in the middle of winter, after darkness has rendered the world blue, with perfectly white snow covering the ground outside, the Christmas tree offering the only source of light.
4. Hugging both of my parents at the same time
3. Brand-new love, spending hours on the phone exploring each other’s minds and hours in bed exploring… well…
2. Cuddling with my cat
1. Loving myself
Honorable mentions:
Friday Five, actually ON a Friday, no less!
5. A Little Fall of Rain from Les Miserables
4. I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables (it’s a sad, angst-filled show, dammit)
3. Beautiful by Lifehouse
2. Letters from Home by John Michael Montgomery
1. Somebody’s Hero by Jamie O’Neal
Coming next week: The Five Greatest Feelings in the World
Due to computer crisis on Friday, I didn’t get to post a Friday Five, so here we go:
My Top 5 Favorite Love-Gone-Wrong songs
5. If I Can’t Love Her from Beauty and the Beast (the Broadway version)
4. My Immortal by Evansecence
3. You’re Beautiful by James Blunt
2. Kissing You by Des’ree from Romeo and Juliet
1. Kentucky Rain by Elvis Presley
Because Kentucky girls know just how cold Kentucky rain can be.
Honorable Mentions:
Coming next week: Five Songs That Make Me Cry
Again stolen from Friday5.org because I’m too lazy to make my own list.
Who’s your favorite of the Looney Tunes characters?
Really, now, come on. I didn’t even like Looney Tunes when I was a kid. But whatever, I guess that duck would have to be favorite.
What have you done too much of lately?
Nothing. I have absolutely spent way too much time doing absolutely nothing. “Nothing” being defined as sitting on the couch in my underwear, eating Twizzlers and watching the twenty-something movies I bought last week.
When did you last play cards?
Monday night at the boat. I only won $40 though.
Where were your keys the last time you couldn’t find them?
Locked in my car, Wednesday night. There’s a funny story behind that, but I don’t feel like typing it.
Why didn’t you do today everything you were supposed to?
Well, the day is still young. Yesterday, I didn’t do anything I was supposed to on account of a huge drought of motivation and high degree of dissatisfaction. With everything.
I’ve been out of commission lately. So here, have a Friday Five, from Friday5.org:
What’s overdue for a good cleaning?
My car! I can’t stand it anymore! But, there’s no way I’m cleaning it when it’s 105 degrees outside. It’ll wait until Fall.
What’s overdue for some kind of professional examination, service, maintenance, or upkeep?
My toe. I’ll spare you the details.
Who’s overdue for a phone call or letter from you?
My friend Nicole in Chicago, and Autumn
What’s overdue for an appearance in your neighborhood?
Cops
Who’s overdue for a good comeuppance?
Snape nay-sayers! Put THAT in your little pipe and smoke it!
Borrowed from Friday5.org because I’m too lazy today to make up a list.
How’s your car running?
Fairly well. It got new brakes last weekend, but the check engine light has been lit for going on a year now, and it’s leaking oil.
How’s your blood pressure?
Excellent! 106/67 as of this morning. I attribute this to recent beginning of new diet and exercise regime, along with the multi-vitamins and l-carnitine I’ve been taking for heart health for the past several months. I feel healthier already!
How’s work (or school)?
Work is going well. We’re smack-dab in the middle of the busiest part of year, so the pressure is mounting every day. I feel competent, though, and look forward to the challenges upcoming. School? Well, looking to begin my MBA in the Fall, might have to wait until Spring though, which is okay with me.
How’s 2007 so far?
It’s had it’s ups and downs. Overall, better than 2006 and leaps and bounds better than 2005, so I try to keep my bad attitude days to a minimum. At the end of the day, though, it’s 2008 that I’m looking forward to. I’ll be debt-free and healthy then, so I’m working towards that.
How’s your hair?
Hideous. It looks like Trailer Trash Barbie. Desperate need of highlights.
Missed last Friday’s post due to lack o’ internet access.
It occurred to me as I watched this week’s free movie rental (The English Patient, highly recommend, fabulous flick), that Ralph Fiennes had to be the second most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. Thus was born my list for this week’s Friday Five: The Five Most Beautiful Men in the World. Narrowed down to actors, for simplicity’s sake.
5. George Clooney – That salt and pepper hair,
that cocky little grin, and stunning eyes. Purr.
4. Matthew McConaughey- Beautiful in
everything he does, so we’re willing to
forgive that whole naked-bongo-playing fiasco.
3. Chow Yun-Fat – Just a simple, stately elegance
2. Ralph Fiennes – Somehow even makes de-humanized
1. Jude Law – This man is flawless. Perfect symmetry,
perfectly sculpted everything, a smile to make one’s heart
melt, and an accent to boot. How does one get to be the
nanny whom Jude Law wants to have sex with?
Honorable mention: Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Sean Connery. Sorry, boys, just had to narrow it down.
Since no one seemed to care about responding to previous Friday Five, I’m just going to do my own happy little lists from now on. Booya. More specfically, my top five favorite movie villians.
5. Momma (Throw Momma From the Train)
Best Line: “Holy shit! Louis Armstrong is tryin’ to kill me!”
4. The Joker (Batman)
Best Line: “Wait ’til they get a load o’ me. . .”
3. Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera)
Best Line: “Christine, I love you. . .” (Lame on the page, I know, but if you could hear the heartache. Oy.)
2. Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
Best Line: “But all that’s changed; I can touch. . . you now!”
1. Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)
Best Line: “I ate his liver with some fava beans and nice chianti.”
I’ve decided to start a weekly tradition, seeing as how my posts keep diminishing in quantity as well as quality lately. Borrowing a concept from the ever-beloved corporate vernacular, I will start positing Friday Fives every week on Friday. Except I’m going to start today, Monday.
I guess I don’t even really know for sure how to define a Friday Five. Some people use Friday Fives as a means to send out surveys consisting of five questions to everyone on their distribution list to collect information on service, thoughts on recent initiatives, etc. Some people use them merely as lists of fives points of interest for that particular week. I’ve decided to vary mine. Some Fridays I’ll post questions with my own answers and fully expect anyone reading the post to leave a comment with their own answers. Some Fridays I’ll just post a list of some things that might have struck me as interesting that week.
So today, I’ll start with questions, which I stole from a blog that actually does nothing BUT Friday Fives:
1. What’s something that’s generally considered bad manners that you don’t think is a big deal?
Elbows on the table. What exactly is wrong with it? Granted, I make sure to keep elbows off when making an impression, but with the people I’m comfortable with, those elbows are going on that table to prop up my large head after a fulfilling meal.
2. What’s something you think should be considered good manners that you don’t think most people pay any attention to?
Watch your language and volume in public settings. I cuss like a sailor, I’ll admit. But I try to tone it down when I know people in the booth behind me are trying to enjoy their meal.
3. In what way are you especially well-mannered?
I‘m a good little corporate clone. When meeting new people I follow all the proper procedures, the handshake, the introductions, etc. I’m sure to offer a compliment or suggestion where appropriate. And I dress modestly.
4. In what way are you especially ill-mannered?
I let my hair down with my friends. I burp, cuss, chew with my mouth open and gossip. But, unlike some people, I know when to turn that off and turn on the charm.
5. If you owned a beautiful, enormous house high upon a hill, what would you name your manor?
Casa de Green. Mais oui.
Okay, your turn. I’m curious to learn more about the lurkers. Go ahead, take a stab at them.
