Dear Blog World (part 6)

Dear Blog World,

I love you.

But not that you'd know it though the way I callously and bitchily ditched you on Friday and forgot to do my weekly blog world post.

(blush).

(guilty fidget).

Oops. My bad.

I blame it all on Christmas and the mountains of gifts I had to wrap (Lord, I swear next year all I'm buying are gift cards!! It will save me HOURS AND HOURS of - well - hours that I'll NEVER get back!! (snarl). So there and hallelujah!!).

I also blame it on the blizzard we had. Seven and a half inches of snow?! In Seattle?! Umm, WTF?!?! It looks like the North freaking Pole out there! Me no likey. Saturday I couldn't get my car out of the driveway and had to walk to the nearest store for necessities (toilet paper, people! I'm not going through THAT again!) and it took me TWO HOURS. Seattle is just way too hilly to accommodate snow. And we're just not used to it. Rain, no problem - Seattle folk are practically built with umbrellas in our hands, like Inspector Gadget or Wolverine; one drop of rain and *ZING* out pop the umbrellas ('ellas... 'ellas... 'ellas.... Sorry, bad music flashback) and, no biggie, life goes on. But in the snow, our superpowers are nil. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. Umbrella-wielding is useless in a blizzard. Nor can an umbrella dig my car out of my damn driveway. Arg. This is just perverse, okay? Like Paris-Hilton-Running-For-President Perverse!

(shudder).

(and shiver).

Anyway, I'm waaayyyy late on this post, so let's just jump right into it.

HERE IS WHAT I LEARNED IN BLOG WORLD THIS WEEK. OR, UMM, LAST WEEK. WHATEVER:

1. That I wish I were a Storm Chaser. Hey, locking lips with Bill Paxton AND seeing views like these?! What's not to like? Seriously, check out these photos. I have never seen more impressive photography in my life. I ORDER you to go look. Now. Go. Just come back when you're done and tell me what you think, 'kay? (brought to you by Ryan McGinnis and Big Storm Picture).

2. What not to wear, part one and part two (brought to you by Poobomber).

3. That Dr. Zibbs is SuperDad. Awwww.... (brought to you by Dr. Zibbs at That Blue Yak).

4. That I'm soooo stealing this joke and telling it at our Christmas party!! And I'm sure I'll be breaking out this priceless video, and, what the hell, this one too. Hee hee hee. (brought to you by Skyler's Dad).

There. Better late than never.

And now onto other business.

I want to thank Dr. Zibbs for dedicating a song to me (little ole me? Really?) on his blog the other day. Awwww, thank you, Doctor. That was cool. (Or should I say Kool?) :-)

I also want to update my Nutcracker March post from last week. I found out where the Nutcrackers are! Yep, really! Turns out Salty's Restaurant bought them. I haven't been in to see them yet (read: 7.5" of f*cking snow) but I definitely hope to. You can see the video here.

And (still with me?) I also have some Meme's to share with Youyou, so here we go:

This one is from Megan.

The Christmas Spirit Award. Aww, thank you, Megan. Granted, I'd be feeling a bit more Christmas Spirity if I wasn't snowed in right now, but I'll take the challenge anyway. I'm supposed to list five things I love most about the holidays. (And we know snow isn't gonna be on the list, right?) Okay, so....

1. I love decorating cookies for Santa with my daughter. Nothing says, "Woo-hoo! It's Christmas!" to me more than that. :-)

2. I also love making gingerbread houses with my daughter. This year we will be doing it a little differently though. We'll be making them with Tootsie Rolls like little iced log cabins. Cute, huh? But that won't be until next week because (sniffle) I don't have my daughter for real Christmas this year; she gets this one with her Dad and we will do our Christmas on New Year's Eve. So, I'll post our Tootsie Roll log cabins here next week. Unless we utterly butcher them.

3. I have a massive collection of Christmas Ornaments. Too many. My tree simply can not hold them all. But I figure I might live in a place with cathedral ceilings one day (it could happen) and then I'll need a 10' tree and then I'll be glad I hoarded all these ornaments all these years! Really! My favorites are my Harry Potter ones, my Warner Brothers Studio Store Pinky and the Brain ones, and my Hallmark Jack Sparrow ones. Pretty much, it's a wizard/lab mouse/pirate themed tree. How many people can say that, huh?

4. I still visit Santa every year and get my picture taken with him. Yes, I sit on his lap. And he gives me a hug. Awww.

5. Back when I lived with my parents, I used to make grilled cheese sandwiches for my dogs for Christmas. I'd wrap those sandwiches up under the tree and everything. :-)

Okay, that's that one. Thanks again, Megan.

And now there's this one which Skyler's Dad was offering up to anyone who wanted it. And because it's piratey, I want it!!

It's the This Blog's Got Booty Award. Well, shiver me timbers. (I just noticed when I was swiping the image that its label happens to be "the captain dumbass award" but I'm going to pretend I didn't see that!!). (ahem). So, to plunder this award, mateys, ye must confess five things ye be addicted to. (What?! I have to narrow it down to just five?!):

1. Dark chocolate. It rules my world. No need to elaborate.

2. My treadmill. And, thank God, or else I'd be one hefty lass with all that chocolate I'm always shovelling in my face. The treadmill cancels the chocolate out, and, thus, I am addicted.

3. Harry Potter. 'Nuff said.

4. Ebay. Glorious, glorious, secret-lover ebay!!

5. My blog. We almost lost power during the blizzard, the lights were flickering dangerously. And was I thinking, "oh no, we'll freeze to death?" or "oh no, it will be really dark?" Nope. I was sitting there thinking, "oh no, my blog!" Honestly. Let's all roll our eyes together, shall we?

Thank you, Skyler's Dad for letting me share this booty... award.

Okay, one more. (We're in the final stretch, I promise).

This is a meme I stole from Tia's blog because it looked like fun. I'm snowed in and I've got time to kill, so now seems like a good time to do it.

What you do is put your I-pod on shuffle and let it answer these questions for you. OooOOooOOooh, kinda creepy putting my reputation in the hands of an I-pod, but here we go (I-pod, please be kind) (and readers, please forgive my bad taste in music. I've got everything on here from Nine Inch Nails to Barry Manilow, including TV theme songs and Schoolhouse Rock songs, so we're likely going to run into some bizarre stuff, just FYI):

1. If someone says "Is this okay?", you say: I FOUGHT THE LAW (The Clash) Mm-kay then.

2. What would best describe your personality?: A NOUN IS A PERSON PLACE OR THING (Schoolhouse Rock)

3. What do you like best in a guy/girl?: BUS STOP (The Hollies) Awwww.

4. How do you feel today?: NEED YOU TONIGHT (INXS) Ummm.... I-pod, I thought you agreed to be kind!

5. What is your life's purpose?: BEING BORING (The Pet Shop Boys) Okay, I know that makes me sound lame, but this song is actually about NOT being boring, okay?! "We were never bored because we were never being boring" and, honestly, my kid and I adopted that lyric as our family motto years ago. So, just clarifying, yes, my life's purpose is to NOT be boring. Okay, moving on.

6. What is your motto?: SEXYBACK (Justin Timberlake) ;-)

7. What do your friends think of you?: NO MATTER WHAT (Badfinger) Is this true, Callista? :-)

8. What do you think of your parents?: MAYOR OF SIMPLETON (XTC)

9. What do you think about often?: WHAT'S GOOD FOR ME (Lucy Woodward) Okay, now I just look bitchy.

10. What is 2+2?: THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER (Schoolhouse Rock) Okay, totally laughing out loud right now!! I swear (SWEAR) this is what came up! My I-pod needs to go back to school, clearly.

11. What do you think of your best friend?: WELCOME BACK KOTTER TV THEME SONG. Sorry, Callista!!!! But it could be worse - I've got the A-Team theme song on here too. (wink).

12. What do you think of the person you like?: HELLA GOOD (No Doubt) Totally!!

13. What is your life story?: I SHOT THE SHERIFF (Jason Castro). Well, great! Lovely! American Idol's cutest train wreck performance ever!! Good lord.

14. What do you want to be when you grow up?: OVER THE RAINBOW (Jason Castro). When I grow up? Who wrote this, an 11 year old?

15. What do you think when you see the person you like?: JUMP N' SHOUT (Basement Jaxx)

16. What do your parents think of you?: PAIN (Oingo Boingo) Nice. Very nice.

17. What will you dance to at your wedding?: PICTURE BOOK (The Young Fresh Fellows)

18. What will they play at your funeral?: BUBBLE POP ELECTRIC (Gwen Stefani) Oh lovely - a song about sex in a car. Very funeral-appropriate.

19. What is your hobby?: HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE (Bee Gees)

20. What is your biggest secret?: SERIOUS (Gwen Stefani) Total Doctor-crush, true!!

21. What do you think of your friends?: WONDER WOMAN TV THEME SONG. Does this make up for the Welcome Back Kotter one, Callista? And why are you getting all the tv show themes?!

22. What should you post this as?: HATE 2 LOVE HER (Blake Lewis) What?!

(okay, why does this end at 22 questions? I'm making up my own now):

23. You say you want World Peace, but what do you really want?: EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN (Ministry) Hmm.

24. What does your hidden tattoo say?: EVERYBODY NEEDS (Oingo Boingo) Hee hee hee.

25. What do you say about your ex behind his back?: ONLY A LAD (Oingo Boingo) HA HA HA! VERY TRUE! :-)

26. What does your ex say about you behind your back?: ANGEL IN THE SNOW (a-ha) Yeah, right.

27. Your Ebay username is what?: PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE (Depeche Mode)

28. What is your favorite Cold Stone creation?: GET OFF (The Dandy Warhols) Woo-hoo!

29. If you become a born again virgin, what song will you lose your virginity to?: SHUT UP AND LET ME GO (The Ting Tings) Uh-oh.

30. When Andrew Morton writes an unauthorized biography about you, what will its title be?: MR TAMBOURINE MAN (Jason Castro) and it's the live version where he forgot the lyrics too!

Okay, that was fun.

I'm not tagging anyone because: 1. I'm a cheater, and 2. It's Christmas so I assume you guys have enough to do as it is. So, anyone who wants to nab any of these awards and meme's, they are yours! Enjoy!

Love,

Your Looonnnnnnggggggg Post Writer,

Cora