Fun Fact Friday
With so many of us doing the FFF thing, I’m feeling the pressure to come up with interesting/hysterical facts. Problem is, I’m really not that interesting/hysterical. Maybe I should start posting Fun Made Up Shit Fridays.
* I don’t know how to not be sarcastic. Really. Half All the time I do it, I don’t even know it. It’s like breathing. I’m sure people refer to me as “that sarcastic bitch” behind my back. Or perhaps they leave out the “sarcastic” part. Whatev. It’s not like I care.
* I actually enjoy watching Sesame Street with Maddie.
* I have this thing where I can’t help but laugh if I see someone fall. I know! It’s horrible! I had a friend fall and almost break his ankle and the whole time I’m trying to help him, I’m laughing my ass off. Ok, granted, he was drunk and fell off a bar-stool, but STILL. I laugh at my daughter when she falls. How terrible is that?
* I refuse to rubber-neck when I’m driving. If there’s an accident or a car pulled over, I intentionally don’t look. I HATE being delayed because there’s an accident on the OTHER SIDE of the highway, but the people on my side have to slow way the hell down to gawk. GAH!
* I’m a picker. If there’s a sticker on something, I HAVE to pick it off. Gerald was working on a project last weekend and he had to peel some protective film off of some sheets of acrylic. Afterward, he told me that he was tired of doing it and thought to himself “I should have had Erica do this. She loves this kind of thing.” I was crushed that he didn’t ask me to do it.
* When I was a kid I stole my neighbor’s stack of Garbage Pail Kid cards. I wanted them and my parents wouldn’t buy them for me, so I took them. WTF was wrong with me?
* Yesterday while I was at the salon getting my hair cut, a mother and her little girl came in. The girl looked to be about seven, maybe. Anyhow, she was decked out in FULL MAKE-UP. Apparently, she had some sort of dance recital that afternoon. The other women in the salon were gushing over how pretty and grown up she looked and it took every ounce of restraint I had not to say something negative. I wanted to ask why they were reinforcing the fact that she’s prettier with make-up. Or why they thought it was appropriate for a seven year old to be wearing make up in the first place. Like she couldn’t dance without sparkly pink eyeshadow? What’s wrong with letting little girls be little girls? They aren’t miniature women. Dude, my kid is totally going to hate me when she gets older.
* I’m addicted to celebrity gossip websites. Although, I’m about fed up of those Hills girls being EVERYWHERE. Who the hell are they and why do I care who’s friends with whom?
* I wish I could play the mandolin. The only instrument I can play is the clarinet. Arguably, not the coolest instrument in the world.
* I don’t like reality TV shows. Ok, that’s not entirely true. I like reality shows about tattoo parlors. Otherwise, I don’t watch them at all. I’m a bit out of the loop when people start talking American Idol, or So You Think You Can Dance, or Survivor. It all goes right over my head. But you know what, I’m totally ok with that.
Filed under: friday facts on May 30th, 2008
Oooo, I like the new template.
I don’t think the facts have to be fascinating OR hysterical to be interesting. That’s the beauty. Well, that and it’s easy.
Ok, you don’t like reality tv, FINE, but it is YOUR LOSS on SYTYCD. Srsly.
Although I don’t watch The Hills either so who am I to talk.
When I was in 11th grade, my boyfriend tripped & fell in the bleachers at some school event. My MOM had to help him & make sure he was okay because I was too busy laughing. She taught me a rule that night that I still follow - always ask “Are you OK?” first - and then start laughing.
Love the facts!!
I saw some fat toddler fall off a scooter last week and I laughed my ass off. I’m a mother of a toddler for god’s sake, I should be a bit more sympathetic.
I’m a gossip webwhore too - what are your favourite sites? I have a particular fondness for www.wwtdd.com.
I somehow only watch reality shows that feature cooking–Top Chef, Hell’s Kitchen, and (premiering soon) The Next Food Network Star. How sad is that?
Ooooh, the blog looks pretty!
Speaking of make up - I am right there with you. It is so freakin’ ingrained EVERYWHERE that girls are supposed to look like “girls” and that is the only acceptable way to look. It is so narrow, so unattainable… it causes so much pain.
Maddie may be irritated at you for a bit, but man, oh, man will she ever be thankful and proud of you later in her life. Don’t back down.
Hey, new template! Like!
I like Sesame Street, but OLD Sesame Street. New Sesame Street is like 1/3rd Journey to Ernie, 1/2 Elmo’s World, and 1/6th good stuff. I bought DVDs from when I was young and—as all old ladies say—things were better.
I’m tired of the Hills coverage, too. I like celebrity mags, but it’s like All Hills All The Time now. They should rename the magazine The Hills Weekly.
Love the new look!
I’m a picker, too! I can’t help it.
I remember the Garbage Pail Kids. Loved those damn cards. I still remember one card was “Loggs” pantyhose instead of Leggs. I found that hilarious.
MsP - I am now totally addicted to wwtdd. Thank you.