Friday Favorites –The “B” Side of the Record

For those of you too busy not being born yet, check out this definition of B-Sides prior to reading this post (this means you, Joe): The “B” Side.

I’ve spent my fair share of hours combing through profiles on the singles sites looking for “Mr. Right.” I thought I had a pretty good filtering system, but so many Mr. Wrongs (translation= creeps) slipped through that I started thinking about how valuable it would be to not just have the A-Side of their profile that provides their best attributes, but also the B-side where I might hear a song which, were I a DJ, would have meant no air time for that band (translation=a 1st date).

In an effort to be fair, here are some of the songs that might be on my B-Side:


1. Has a ridiculous amount of clothes and shoes. In fact, it might be an illness. One of my brothers counted the shoes about 5 years ago and there were 50-something. There are more now. I should have a garage sale (except it would need to be a very large garage). And, I would probably just feel compelled to go shopping to fill the empty closet space anyway.

2. And, while we’re talking about clothes…Wears black all the time. If I find something really, really cute in a different color, chances are I won’t buy it. But, oh – if it comes in black, I’m there baby.

3. Loves tomato soup, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, salsa, etc., but strongly dislikes tomatoes. I could probably drink salsa I love it so much, but get one of those little tomato seeds on my lettuce and it’s all over.

4. Watches portions of Sense & Sensibility at least once a week. I love this movie. I love the music, the cinematography, the story, the happy ending – love it. I fall asleep to it many nights.

5. Collects stuffed toy lions. There are probably more lions than shoes now. I have a whole room full of them.

6. Chews gum like there’s no tomorrow. The dentist tells me I am dangerously close to having a TMJ problem every time I visit, but I don’t wish to stop. I tried really hard on the mission ‘cuz Aussies think it’s rude, but it was a true hardship/trial for me.

7. Needs her closet to be organized. This, too, may be an illness/obsession. The short-sleeved shirts must be hung on the far left of the closet and progress from white to cream to yellow, etc., etc., …to black. (The colored shirts don’t get worn unless they can be under or over a black shirt.)

8. Doesn’t really think people should require attendance at events and meetings before about 10:00 a.m. It’s not that I can’t get up early; it’s just that I really don’t like to rush the morning process (and I do LOVE to sleep).

9. Says she isn’t nice and occasionally she isn’t. But, under the sometimes “Elphaba” exterior is a gal who’d do pretty much anything to help family and good friends.

10. May show up to a meeting without shoes. Despite my shoe fetish, I really do so much better without actually wearing them. If I wasn’t so tall, I might think I was destined to be a hobbit and went to the wrong family/species (no – my feet aren’t hairy), or I should have been born in Hawaii so I could walk bare-foot along the beach every day.

Which brings me to the bonus track:

Loves the sun and will probably die of skin cancer. As previously stated, I don’t wear sunscreen much, but, my ideal day would be spent mostly by a large body of water with blue sky and sunshine overhead.

So – there you have it. If you are male and single and were contemplating giving me some radio time (translation=dating me), you now have much of the B-Side, and can make an informed decision. If you aren’t either, then you just got more about me than you probably cared to know. Too bad.

Come back next week for a list of my favorite female driving “techniques.”

Friday Favorites - Hair of Many Colors

A few days ago, a co-worker reminded me of a Baz Luhrmann song, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)," released in 1998 as advice to the graduating class of 99. This song is full of pretty great advice. But, other than, "be nice to your siblings," sadly, I have heeded almost none of it (lucky I graduated a few short years before 1998 and therefore cannot be held accountable for my lack of following).

For example:
-wear sunscreen (nope, almost never do)
-don't worry about the future (nope - I am a serious worrier)
-don't put up with people who are reckless with your heart (not even close)
-throw away bank statements (nope - just found some that were about 20 years old - thankfully, my sister-in-law shredded them for me)
-and... don't mess too much with your hair...

Yikes. During the last five to six years, I've changed my hair color a lot. What's important about this is not what it says about me, but which color(s) is(are) best.

Light: Medium: Or Dark: So - what say ye??

On a side note - Baz says, "Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85." Well, I am almost 40 and I do have a lot more grey hair than I did a few years ago, but, flip - 85??

5 Friday Favorites – What’s in a name?

I took a couple of my nephews to the Nicklecade and dinner for their Christmas gift/play date a couple weeks ago (I know, I know – Christmas was over three months ago).

It was so much fun. They are great boys – smart, funny, nice, and of course I am their favorite aunt (sorry if other aunties are reading this). At dinner we discussed some “favorites.” Like, favorite baseball team (Yankees, of course), book & book series, movie, etc. It got me thinking about favorites, so here are some random favorites:

1- Heroine– Scarlett O’Hara
Don’t judge me too harshly on this – she was actually a very strong character who endured and overcame extreme hardship.

2- Book – Les Miserables
Wow – powerful read (I was lame and read the abridged version, but I was in high school and didn’t know any better). I also LOVE Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

3- Toys – it’s a tie between my new iPod Touch and my GPS
Both were Christmas gifts from my Dad and both are simply wonderful. My GPS even tells me the speed limit in the area and how fast I am going. I don’t know how I lived without this thing before (not because it helps me to stay within the speed limit though – cuz…).

4- Drink – this too, is a tie – between diet Dr Pepper and Pina Colada (non alcoholic) I also really, really, really like Ruby Red Squirt.

5- Cereal – Lucky Charms
I love those marshmallows. I stop eating when they are gone.

And, as a bonus:
Favorite lipstick name – Dog Fight.
Can you believe it? Coolest name for lipstick I’ve EVER seen. I simply had to have it (for the name). It made me so happy. Here it is:
I may never wear it (in case you can’t tell, it is dark purple), but what a cool name for lipstick. Dog Fight!

Elphaba

Someone e-mailed me this the other day without a source or author, but I loved it:

Women are Angels
And when someone breaks our wings....
We simply continue to fly.........on a broomstick...
We are flexible like that

I think whoever penned it has seen Wicked or understands life and love and rubbish (and women).

March Madness Report

So, this was by far my best bracket contest showing EVER. The sports “universe” has recognized my lack of loyalty to BYU and granted me a seat at the table with the great bracketologists of the world!! (This won't happen again, so just let me exaggerate and gloat for a minute.)

In one contest, I took 1st & 2nd place (submitted two brackets).

In another contest, I took 3rd.

Not sure the other contest should count really (25th place).

I did four different brackets for three different contests. Pretty great showing, right?!

These great wins prove ignorance is, indeed, bliss.

Now, where are my prizes, people?