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TGIMay
3May 5, 2010
I like to take a big chunk of April off. It feels good. May is my favorite. Obviously, I’m a narcissistic naval gazer, so my birth month would be my favorite. Duh.
Things I’ve been enjoying the heck out of lately:
- Season 3 of Big Love
- Making beans in the crockpot
- Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family by Ellyn Satter (I don’t ever read books like that, but Dawn’s First Guest Blog Series Ever introduced me to Katja Rowell M.D. and the Satter book. Life changing, for real. Check it.)
- My kids wrapped my birthday presents in a Twilight movie bag, knowing that I would love to opportunity to deface and destroy it. (We all hate Twilight for its abusive relationship marketed to young girls as romance). Smart and funny kids=best birthday present ever.
- Saying “heck” whenever I can, affecting Bill Henrickson’s look of confusion and/or horror:
I love that Bill would say, “My gosh, just what in the heck do you think you’re doing?” even if he were witnessing a murder.
What are you enjoying right now? Let’s get reacquainted!
Feckless Friday: I Shouldn’t be Allowed to Have a DVR Edition
5October 9, 2009
by Abby
in I am feckless
This might cross the line from feckless to just, well, stupid.
I’m really embarrassed. I watch this show called Metalocalypse. There, I said it. I don’t just stumble across it and watch it when I happen to notice that it’s on. No, I willfully set my DVR up to record it and every time I look at the list of recorded shows, I get a little happy when I see it on there. A lot happy.
I keep trying to write up a defense of why I like it, but it might be indefensible. It’s violent and filthy. But it has really good subtle humor, too, and I swear that’s why I like it.
*sigh* Now you know. I have nothing to say on my behalf. I just spent way too long watching way too many clips in order to share some with you. And I enjoyed it. And I might watch some more.
“And here’s my guitar made from the wood from Christ’s cross.”
“An apple! God’s alcohol!”
“I’ve got my mother’s nose. In my pocket.”
It’s Feckless Friday. Please play along so I have something to distract me from more Metalocalypse clips. Blog it, Tweet it, Facebook it, but don’t put it on Myspace because nobody goes there anymore. Not even me. See? I do have some standards.
Just Making Sure I’m Still Immature
7August 21, 2009
I just reviewed a book called Swim the Fly, which I hated. It’s supposed to be very Judd Apatow-ish and I love Judd Apatow-ish things. So when I hated this book, I thought maybe I grew up or something. Frankly, I panicked a little because if I can’t enjoy a good poop joke, I don’t even know who I am anymore.
As with all things lately, infoMania saved my sense of humor. The night that I finished my review and had my crisis of identity, Conor Knighton introduced me to a TLC show called “I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant,” complete with a re-enactment of a mom who thought she was constipated, took an enema (prescribed by her frickin’ doctor. Seriously, he couldn’t be bothered to do a little palpation?), then had the, ahem, movement of her life. You can tell it’s the crap of her life because her husband is standing in the doorway of the bathroom the whole time. The day my husband stands in the doorway while my bowels are moving better be the day I move into a nursing home. When she’s done, she’s all, “Whew, I didn’t think I was gonna make it,” and her husband is like, “Way to go, sexy!” And then we hear a little mew and she says, “Did you hear that?”
*spoiler alert*
You guys, her baby was in the potty.
PS What is wrong with TLC?
So infoMania showed me that and then they showed me this:
And I laughed so hard, I thought I might give birth but I knew I wasn’t pregnant so I thought maybe I would just poo. Thank you infoMania! The best part is Sarah Haskins’ bit at about 59 seconds in. Also, when the announcer gives a promo for 2 other TLC shows, I get the feeling that those were both working titles for some TLC shows that are on the air right now. Seriously, TLC, what is wrong with you?
Turns out, I’m still immature; I just didn’t like that book. Yay!
I’m taking my immaturity on the road today in order to share it with my mom and my brother and his family in West Virginia “only 8 miles in from Maryland,” as my brother likes to say when I tell him my friends fear for our safety on West Virginian roads. My sister-in-law, Tracy, is the queen of poopy humor and they have 3 sons, so I’ll be in good company. She and I are going to run a 5-mile race on Saturday in MARYLAND, while my sister, Tracey, and her friends run the Crim 10-miler in Michigan. Good luck, everybody! And remember what you learned today: If you have cramps, don’t risk gassing because you’ll probably poo!
Snowman Jesus Hates Your Sunny Disposition
17August 12, 2009
I had a dream that the new t-shirts for the 3rd annual Unschoolers Winter Waterpark Gathering featured a snowman Jesus. How did I know the snowman was Jesus? He was on a cross. He was on a cross looking down over the snowchildren at play. It was a little bit weird and I was confused. The t-shirt vendor was fairly excited about it, though. I found that odd because unschooling Christians don’t usually proselytize, especially not in t-shirt form.
Speaking of proselytizing, I gave up Twitter. I thought I maybe didn’t need both Twitter and Facebook, but I was wrong. Facebook is different and, until Michael Ian Black friends me on Facebook, I still need Twitter. I don’t have words to say how it’s different because I haven’t run yet this morning so there are still cobwebs in the shape of snowman Jesus in my brain, but it’s just different. Twitter has more back and forth and stuff. I don’t know. I like it. And even when SuperNews made fun of it, I missed it. I felt bad about myself, but I missed it so I’m on it again.
Alright, cobwebs are becoming more cobwebby so I have to run now. I’m putting it off today because I really, really need new shoes. I’ll get them today, but I have to run one more day in my old ones.
Just remember, kids, Snowman Jesus hates global warming.
InfoMania is the Best Show on the Teevee
3August 6, 2009
Of course I love Sarah Haskins’ “Target Women” spots, but there’s so much more to love: “That’s Gay” and “Sergio’s White Hot Top 5,” and the always awesome “InfoMania Editorial.” Plus, it’s all on Al Gore’s tv station! And he just got his friend to rescue those chicks from North Korea, so he’s cool. So spend the next 12 minutes watching these videos. And then watch full episodes on youtube because Current knows that it’s 2009 now, so they let you watch full episodes on youtube! Hooray, now your whole day is planned.
