Unslumping Myself … By Writing 50 Things About Me
by Jenners • 07/03/2010 • Life • 35 Comments
I’ve been in a blogging slump because I’ve just been uninspired, tired or too hot. (We’ve been having air conditioner problems that have resulted in the need for an entirely new unit. Oh joy! <—-sarcasm) But then Andy over at Wild ARS Chase (my favorite 20-something not-gay but oh-so-gay straight male blogger) did a list of 50 things about himself and encouraged others to do the same and that seemed easy enough. I mean, who doesn’t like to talk about themselves, right? So here I go with 50 (more) random things about me.
- I tend to procrastinate on household chores…
- …but never on spending gift certificates.
- I promise myself every day I won’t yell at the Little One …
- …but then he’ll do something so damned annoying that I let it rip.
- Then I apologize to him and feel bad.
- But then 30 minutes later, he pushes me just a little too far …
- …and we’re right back where we started again.
- I really love the ellipsis…
- …but I’m also a huge fan of the em dash (—).
- I was a professional editor in my previous life…
- …and I used the em dash all the time.
- Yay Em Dash! You are so little appreciated!
- I haven’t watched TV in weeks.
- Seriously.
- Ever since “my shows” ended in May, I’ve not been interested in watching anything.
- But I do have 7 unwatched episodes of Glee to catch up on.
- I’m really into that Usher song OMG right now.
- But I feel like I’m probably too old to be liking that song.
- I think John Mayer has an enormous head.
- Seriously. Look at him next to a person with a normal-sized head and you’ll see what I mean.
- Or I could just Google a photo and post it here for you.
- Of course that will mess up the numbering on this list so I’ll put it at the end of this post.
- I bought the Little One the new Lego Harry Potter game.
- But it was really for me.
- I love those Lego games!!!
- We have all of them, and I love them all.
- I picked up more than 500 pine cones from my backyard today.
- They fell down during our recent storm.
- Pine trees are very very very annoying.
- If it isn’t the pine cones, it is the pine needles.
- Everyone in my family says I’m a picky eater.
- But I will eat raw fish.
- How can you be a picky eater if you eat raw fish?
- I usually store all my dirty dishes in the sink until the end of the day and then I deal with them at night.
- My grandmother, who was once contracted to teach me housekeeping skills, would have frowned on that practice.
- She told me I didn’t wash dishes in the “human” way.
- Which means I didn’t wash dishes like her.
- I used to paint her wooden fence with a bucket of water and a paintbrush.
- I did this for hours.
- I guess I was easily entertained.
- I don’t think kids today would fall for that….
- …but it is worth trying.
- I’ve completely stopped doing my 2010 goals. (Did you notice?)
- I lasted four months.
- That is three months longer than I thought it would last.
- My favorite animal is still the hippopotamus because of their big bodies and little ears.
- I finally realized where I got the “killing hobos with hammers” from.
- Gwyneth Paltrow mentioned it on an SNL skit once.
- I guess it stayed with me all this time.
- I like monkeys.
Photographic Proof That John Mayer Has A Freakishly Large Head …
Or Jessica Simpson Is A Pinhead
Or Jessica Simpson Is A Pinhead
Wondering if cranium size has anything to do with musical ability,
oh my josh john mayer does have a huge-normous head. and jessica simpson is just the most gorgeous chic. love her. glad she’s not with tool anymore.
Isn’t his head freakily big? Once you have it pointed out, it is hard not to think it about every time you see his photo.
*pppfffffttt* That was my head exploding from all of the stuff I wanted to say in my comment. Now I have no head.
Interesting about the hippo – my younger daughter loves hippos and I'm not sure it's because of the relation to body and ears because she loves elephants. I've never seen a small eared elephant. Go figure. Hobos with hammers – we won't even go there again!
I saw him in concert, and his head didn't look that big then. He looks so strange with long hair though. He looked completely different when I saw him. Wonder why that is?
I am one of those annoying creatures that washes dishes as I cook. So when the meal is ready, there are no dirty dishes in the sink except what you are scooping food out of on the stove. yep…that's me. I'm not sure what "unhuman" way you wash…but I would cringe too if I saw a days worth of dishes in your sink.
::shudder::
He has an ENORMOUS head. Making up for something else???? ::snicker::
Love your list. I think we must be twins separated at birth. My dishes, even though I have a dish washer, get done in the early morning, but I have to change that habbit. Our electricity is going up so much that it has been suggested that if we run our dishwashers after 11p.m. it will be 1/2 price. Laundry will have to be done in the middle of the night, can you believe that. I'll have to stop by here more often.
…ROFLMAO… thanks. I'm going to make a list, too… :0)
500 pine cones! Did The Little One help? I tried to get a 100 Things post ready but couldn't get more than 10 or 15.
Large craniums rock, Jenners. And wow, that's where "killing hobos with hammers" came from! Who knew?
I always like learning random things about you. and that large cranium–that's interesting too.
Great job
I might have to try this one out…I've been in a bit of a slump myself. And yes…the em dash is severely under-appreciated.
OMG I am so LMAO at John Mayer…my oldest has a HUGE head and he LOVES music…so umm maybe it does have something to do with musical talent….then again, Jessica had talent…maybe if you have pin head it doesn't last as long? Or maybe if you have a pin head you become better and reality shows and marketing cosmetics that are supposed to taste like candy?
If you are this funny in a slump, there is no hope for the rest of us!
I love that OMG song too. I don't care how old I am. I am freakishly good singing it too. How about you?
And John Mayer – you are so right!
ooo, I totally love your list of 50 things about you. Such fun stuff to read
And you are totally right about John Mayer's head…though Jessica Simpson's head might not have been the best one to use for the comparison. I thought she's known to be a little on the, ummm…dim side, right?
Don't worry about the blogging slump. As I see it, it's summer. It's hot. The kids are out of school. No reason for you to take a small break either, right?
Love this totally random list of things… Hurray for Lego games and the Em dash!
That IS a large head.
You have 7 episodes of Glee still?! I'm both astonished and jealous that you still have new episodes to watch. The finale is epic.
You would love Lego Land. We have family in CA who get all excited every time they visit the place. If you eat raw fish, you're not a picky eater. Me? Very picky, except for my chocolate.
I used to paint our garage the same way! Seriously loved doing it.
And for summer TV Wipeout, so so funny.
Numbers 3 through 7 happen here every day too. Number 15 is the case with me also and I am enjoying taking a break from TV even if I do miss Glee! Number 32 never, cannot stand raw fish or Sushi. John Mayer the man not in love with at all, John Mayer the musician and singer I do really love regardless.
I either have a ton of stuff to post or nothing. The busier I am, the more I have to say but no time to post.
You should try geocaching with your little one! The kids seem to love it. You can go to the website, plug in your address, and see how many are right in your neighborhood.
Fun fact — I almost never yell at Z. I will raise my voice but the second that it turns into a yell, he gets startled and starts crying and then I feel like the biggest jerk ever. So, I think I've yelled at him less than a dozen times ever. I find it funny when I grew up in a house where there was probably more yelling than regular talking.
I want Lego Harry Potter.
Good to have you back Jenners! I needed the laugh considering that I too, have been yelling at my little one all day. (WTF is wrong with me!?)
And besides a large head, John Mayer is pretty fugly too. I don't know what women see in him. Although I don't mind listening to his music…just so long as I don't have to see him.
Amd hooray for the em dash and ellipsis! … – … –
he does have a HUGE head. I can't believe I never noticed. And BTW I feel like I know soo much more about you.
LOL, I think blogging slump comes with summer, we want to be outside not attached to computer.
I can relate to many many of these!
Whew – Glad we got that hobo hammer thing figured out.
And seriously, I would also have a hard time being motivated to do anything if it was hot and the air conditioning were broken.
The head thing – combo like you said – he has a big head and she has a small one.
I used to send my girls outside with a paintbrush and their sand pails filled with water. They painted EVERYTHING…and loved it. Though I didn't like the interesting swirly dirt patterns on the car doors and windows so much.
I am the QUEEN of domestic procrastination. I purposely invent family get-togethers so I'll have a deadline for cleaning.
Without an absolute deadline, why do any of this crap right now? The dirt will still be there (only multiplied), so if I wait, it looks like I did more.
Now that I've admitted that, I am convinced that I'll be asked to quit using June Cleaver's name in vain by an angry mob wielding burning feather dusters.
I also like the ellipses. I thought about tattooing it to be creative and bookish, but I figured it would end up looking like 3 moles my doctor would "want to keep an eye on."
And no, I never noticed how big Meyer's head is. But now I can't stop thinking about it.
You are so funny (I think I start every comment with that statement)
I used to buy all kinds of kids games, books, entertainment under the pretense that it was for the children when I was the one who really needed something new to play with
Love the rationale for liking hippos!
And your observation about John Mayer – spot on! (although it was totally undetected by me)
John Mayer's head: eueueueueueu
He DOES have a freakishly large head. In more ways than one (yikes…..that sounds compromising, doesn't it?) if what the tabloids says is correct……and by that I mean he seems to be pretty full of himself.
In my house when we say "let it rip" it means furping.
I've been in a bit of a slump, too. I have a couple of book reviews I need to post…but first I need to finish the books!
Matt is asking for lego games for his birthday. Everyone says they are good…so he may just get one:)
I love how you did this, very funny!
Happy July 4th!!
His head is huge. I eat raw fish too – and I completely agree that that is a sign of not being a picky eater. Sometimes my dishy last in the sink much longer than one night…and my sink is right next to my dishwasher so it's doubly pitiful. You are never too old to like any song…or too middle class or too white or too etc. I look awesome when I'm driving bopping my head and singing along to Ludacris. I wish I had the opportunity to use the em dash more; although really I – in my infinite wisdom – should have realized that I just needed to create opportunities.
Oh my gosh, he does have a huge head doesn't he?!
I'm very intrigued by the Lego games. Maybe I should cave and buy one.