Just watched Memoirs of a Geisha last night for the first time. Okay okay...so it was a little overdone at times. But I liked it. There were definitely comedic elements to this movie which were totally unintentional I'm sure.
The one line I giggled about, much like Beevus and Butthead was this one:
Every once in a while, a man's "eel" likes to visit a woman's... cave."
Heh heh heh...she said "eel" and "cave"
So it got me to thinking of other silly euphemisms we have for well...you know...wink wink nudge nudge.
Here are some of my favorites that I have found:
*Burping the worm in the mole hole
*Eating the cream puff in the enchanted forest
*Growling at the badger
*Have a bit of summer cabbage
*Hot dog in a jungle
*Parking the pink Plymouth in the garage of love
*Ride the baloney pony
*Ride the skin bus in to Tuna Town
*Storm the pearly gates with your purple-headed devil
*Taking "old one-eye" to the optometrist
*Visit the Netherlands
*Work the hairy oracle
*Zallywhacking
Know any more? Which eumphemisms make you giggle like a school girl? Do tell all...
Come sit a spell and shoot the breeze. Sweeten the day with a little synchronicity...
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Just chillin
What's sup?
Just chillin with my homies here. Penguins...they just seem to dig me. What can I say?
My son wanted a photo with me and his penguins. This isn't even all of them. I think they multiply during the night.
Had to steal the chair from the dog as you can see here.
Usually I cannot find a chair in the house without either a cat, a kitten, a dog, a boy, or penguins in it. Here is a successful moment when I actually get to sit in a chair without sharing. Luxury! We have this cool round chair which is large and comfy and can even spin around. Who could resist? This is where I do some chillin.
Where is your favorite place in your abode to relax?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
I <3 TV
Translation of title: I heart TV...second translation....I love TV
It's true. I grew up on TV. My mother was poor and couldn't afford a babysitter so she left me alone with the company of the television. Okay and she was schizophrenic too so sometimes she didn't make the best of choices. But nonetheless I grew to love watching TV and not only that...using it as background sound. All through my school days and including two graduate school programs, I would do homework, write papers, and study with the television on in the background. And even now as I write this, my TV is on, with the evening news.
I have vague memories of the first TV shows I watched as a toddler. I remember Ed Sullivan with his "really big show" as well as the antics of the Smothers Brothers. I have fond memories of being at my maternal grandparents home and watching wrestling, Tarzan, and Star Trek. I felt I was there for the 1976 Bicentennial celebration because of TV. When I was a kid, I played with dollhouses and pieced together huge puzzles to the game shows including The Price is Right and The infamous Gong show.
In later years I watched Dallas with my college girlfriend as we studied chemistry. I mouthed the words, "Be Careful out there" to Hill Street Blues. I saw the very first MTV show when they actually played music. The first song was When Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles. When I came home from my first day of my first real job, I watched the very first crudely drawn Homer Simpson skit on The Tracy Ullman show. I was only twenty something when I was watching Thirty Something.
Then there were the years of video games. I would play Zelda and Kidicarus while eating nachos and cheese. And later in the evenings I would watch Twin Peaks with friends and look in book stores for Laura Palmer's diary. I watched the Gulf War live on CNN. I did happy hour with the sports channels flickering in the background.
When my boys were babies and got up in the middle of the night, I would sit in a big armchair and nurse them while trying to find anything worthwhile to watch. I actually turned off the TV more than once when I saw the likes of Rush Limbaugh. Then there was kid's TV programs. Some were my childhood favorites like Mister Rogers and Sesame Street and some were new to me like Barney, Blue's Clues and the infamous Australians, the Wiggles.
I can trace back every time period in my life to what I watched on television at the time. TV has been entertainment, a way to relax, and also a social bonding time with friends and family. What can I say? How else could you know about such cool things as Conjunction Junction what's your function...without TV? How would you know the theme song to Scooby Doo? How would you know anything about politics without Fox News telling you? (heh heh)
But seriously no...I will never be one of those TV snobs who claims only to watch documentaries or "educational" tv. I even...*gasp* like some reality shows. And guess what? I am not warped (I see you smirking over there!) and my IQ has not been lowered...I still read books...I still get fresh air and exercise...I spend time with friends and family...I work and play...and have fun. I have never considered television to be some evil force threatening to take over our society.
When the fall season officially begins I will be recording these shows to watch when I have time: The Office, Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer, Grey's Anatomy, and Pushing up Daisies.
So what will you be watching?
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During commercial breaks feel free to read some of my latest writings including:
Sad Songs Say So Much What songs appeal to you when you have the blues? Do tell all.
Hey...it is a universal problem I say. Somewhere in the world at this minute is someone who is constipated. And I am not afraid to talk about it.
Everybody Poops
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have Multiple Sclerosis, have a kid who has autism, and go on a family vacation to Walt Disney World during the most crowded week of the year? Read if you dare.
Mickey Mouse and Multiple Sclerosis
We now bring you back to your regularly scheduled program already in progress...
It's true. I grew up on TV. My mother was poor and couldn't afford a babysitter so she left me alone with the company of the television. Okay and she was schizophrenic too so sometimes she didn't make the best of choices. But nonetheless I grew to love watching TV and not only that...using it as background sound. All through my school days and including two graduate school programs, I would do homework, write papers, and study with the television on in the background. And even now as I write this, my TV is on, with the evening news.
I have vague memories of the first TV shows I watched as a toddler. I remember Ed Sullivan with his "really big show" as well as the antics of the Smothers Brothers. I have fond memories of being at my maternal grandparents home and watching wrestling, Tarzan, and Star Trek. I felt I was there for the 1976 Bicentennial celebration because of TV. When I was a kid, I played with dollhouses and pieced together huge puzzles to the game shows including The Price is Right and The infamous Gong show.
In later years I watched Dallas with my college girlfriend as we studied chemistry. I mouthed the words, "Be Careful out there" to Hill Street Blues. I saw the very first MTV show when they actually played music. The first song was When Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles. When I came home from my first day of my first real job, I watched the very first crudely drawn Homer Simpson skit on The Tracy Ullman show. I was only twenty something when I was watching Thirty Something.
Then there were the years of video games. I would play Zelda and Kidicarus while eating nachos and cheese. And later in the evenings I would watch Twin Peaks with friends and look in book stores for Laura Palmer's diary. I watched the Gulf War live on CNN. I did happy hour with the sports channels flickering in the background.
When my boys were babies and got up in the middle of the night, I would sit in a big armchair and nurse them while trying to find anything worthwhile to watch. I actually turned off the TV more than once when I saw the likes of Rush Limbaugh. Then there was kid's TV programs. Some were my childhood favorites like Mister Rogers and Sesame Street and some were new to me like Barney, Blue's Clues and the infamous Australians, the Wiggles.
I can trace back every time period in my life to what I watched on television at the time. TV has been entertainment, a way to relax, and also a social bonding time with friends and family. What can I say? How else could you know about such cool things as Conjunction Junction what's your function...without TV? How would you know the theme song to Scooby Doo? How would you know anything about politics without Fox News telling you? (heh heh)
But seriously no...I will never be one of those TV snobs who claims only to watch documentaries or "educational" tv. I even...*gasp* like some reality shows. And guess what? I am not warped (I see you smirking over there!) and my IQ has not been lowered...I still read books...I still get fresh air and exercise...I spend time with friends and family...I work and play...and have fun. I have never considered television to be some evil force threatening to take over our society.
When the fall season officially begins I will be recording these shows to watch when I have time: The Office, Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer, Grey's Anatomy, and Pushing up Daisies.
So what will you be watching?
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During commercial breaks feel free to read some of my latest writings including:
Sad Songs Say So Much What songs appeal to you when you have the blues? Do tell all.
Hey...it is a universal problem I say. Somewhere in the world at this minute is someone who is constipated. And I am not afraid to talk about it.
Everybody Poops
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have Multiple Sclerosis, have a kid who has autism, and go on a family vacation to Walt Disney World during the most crowded week of the year? Read if you dare.
Mickey Mouse and Multiple Sclerosis
We now bring you back to your regularly scheduled program already in progress...
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The McRib sandwich is back and so am I!
Did you know? The McRib sandwich is back. But then again it is always back. Does it ever go away as it should? I am not getting the idea of it. Ribs on a bun. Something not right about that. And when you get a hankering for ribs, I dare say it probably won't be from McDonalds. Okay here is my confession, I have never tried one. I just may like it Sam I am, here or there or with a bear. But for now my opinion sticks.
What are your thoughts?
I am also back for time limited quantities. Alert the media! It has just been a crazy busy week. Labor Day seemed to mess me up. I was always a day behind.
The family hamster died on Tuesday, or so I thought. I sent my eldest son to school telling him the news before he left the house. And then later in the day I even obtained a small shoe box and began digging the grave in the backyard. A rodent coroner I am not because as I went to retrieve the said hamster...I noticed that the body had mysteriously moved. And then I just about screamed when I saw him moving just the slightest bit. That morning I had poked and prodded, and blew on his fur, and he had not budged nor did I see him breathe. Maybe he was in a hamster coma or something because he came back to life in the next hours! He isn't doing well and will expire soon. But a survivor he is, hanging on for his life. It is hard for me to watch him like this. I realize I am talking about a lowly hamster here but a pet is a pet and yes I love the rodent.
Been writing a lot this week. Wanted to share my latest pieces with y'all. I am really enjoying writing as I now have more structure, discipline, and purpose. I seem to do well with someone telling me to write.
Have you ever felt guilty for things which are beyond your control?
Here is a post I did about guilt. It comes straight from the soul. Perhaps you could relate to some of it.
The
Guilt Magnet
Have you ever had the experience of feeling dismissed by your medical professionals? If so join the conversation and share your experience. I write about my times of feeling that some medical staff really don't take my symptoms of MS or otherwise too darn seriously.
My piece is entitled, You are Dismissed.
My last bit of writing is about how I feel about receiving help, the good and the bad. In my life I have had to accept a lot of help especially because I have a son who has special needs. And now with my MS, I also find myself in need of help at times. When does it feel okay to accept help from someone and when do you just want to run for the hills?
People who Need People may be found on Stuart's site.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend. As for me, I am going to hunker down and do more writing.
See you in the funny pages!
Monday, September 1, 2008
"Fercuckta"
This is the word to describe how I feel today. Have I simply made up this word? I know it exists. I know it is a yiddish word. Am I hallucinating? Please tell me you have heard of this word and then tell me how to spell it.
Anyways..I feel crappy today. This is day two of being completely off Prednisone, which if you are new to my blog or did not hear of my sordid tale, I was put on this steroid for 12 days to combat my Multiple Sclerosis exacerbation. While on it, I felt like I could walk through fire. Now I feel like superman on kryptonite.
As David Letterman would say, "Are we having fun yet?"
My eldest boy looked at me today and pleaded, "Can you please make your chocolate chip cookies for me today?" He is now a teenager so any discussions we have are priceless but here he was asking for something and how could I refuse. So just got done baking two types of chocolate chip cookies because my youngest son is allergic to wheat and dairy so his have to be gluten/dairy free. Thank goodness the health food stores carry mixes now for that sorta thing.
On a totally different tangent I am excited that there is a coffee table book out which has images of all the Wacky Packages cards. Raise your hand if you remember Wacky Packages! You know...like instead of Crest toothpaste...it would be Crust. Ha ha! I know...but to a kid..that shit was funny. Seriously...I love me some Wacky Packages. I am definitely gonna buy the book. Looky!
Well...T-t-t-that's all folks! I hope you are having a grand Labor Day.
More of this and that to come...you betcha.
Anyways..I feel crappy today. This is day two of being completely off Prednisone, which if you are new to my blog or did not hear of my sordid tale, I was put on this steroid for 12 days to combat my Multiple Sclerosis exacerbation. While on it, I felt like I could walk through fire. Now I feel like superman on kryptonite.
As David Letterman would say, "Are we having fun yet?"
My eldest boy looked at me today and pleaded, "Can you please make your chocolate chip cookies for me today?" He is now a teenager so any discussions we have are priceless but here he was asking for something and how could I refuse. So just got done baking two types of chocolate chip cookies because my youngest son is allergic to wheat and dairy so his have to be gluten/dairy free. Thank goodness the health food stores carry mixes now for that sorta thing.
On a totally different tangent I am excited that there is a coffee table book out which has images of all the Wacky Packages cards. Raise your hand if you remember Wacky Packages! You know...like instead of Crest toothpaste...it would be Crust. Ha ha! I know...but to a kid..that shit was funny. Seriously...I love me some Wacky Packages. I am definitely gonna buy the book. Looky!
Well...T-t-t-that's all folks! I hope you are having a grand Labor Day.
More of this and that to come...you betcha.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Best Albums of all time...
Every now and then the music magazines come up with a list of the top music albums of all time. I believe that Rolling Stone had a list of the top 500 back in 2003. I have that magazine around here somewhere. I was out last night shopping for music for my youngest son of the Disney genre and thought that I deserved to purchase some music for myself. Whenever I buy music now, I am thinking about building a core collection of must have classic CD’s.
So don’t laugh but I bought the greatest hits of….drum roll please…Guns-N-Roses. The funny thing about this purchase is at the time when this band was gold, I sneered at the thought of ever buying their stuff. But now that I am…ahem…a little older…I am seeing that they did produce some classic rock. Favorite song? To me, Sweet Child of Mine, is the quintessential rock love ballad. I always did love that little jiggy dance Axl did to it. If you are wondering whatever became of Axl Rose, here is a good article talking about his reclusive nature, his love for throwing Halloween parties, and his plans for producing a new album.
I also bought a compilation of the best of Jimi Hendrix which includes my favorite song of his, Angel. You can’t have a good music collection without Hendrix. I often wonder if he were born in a later generation, would he still have chosen rock as his genre? We shall never know.
Other CD’s which I feel are essential for a good core collection are:
1. Pink Floyd’s Wish you were here
2. Any Led Zep album
3. Radiohead Pablo Honey, In Rainbows
4. The Rolling Stones…best of
5. Madonna’s Immaculate Conception
6. Nirvana…Nevermind
7. Carole King Tapestry
8. AC/DC live
9. Pearl Jam…even flow
10. Ramones best hits
11. Nine Inch Nails with teeth and downward spiral
12. Alanis Morrisette…jagged little pill
13. Stone Temple Pilots-Core
14. The White Stripes-Elephant
15. David Bowie-changes
16. Bon Jovi-one wild night
17. Joe Cocker’s greatest hits
18. Classic The Kinks
19. Rattle and Hum U2
20. The Black Crowes..southern harmony and musical companion
On my list to get next…sex pistols, the clash, boston, fleetwood mac-rumors, metallica, REM, velvet revolver, etc and so on.
Your turn…what albums are on your list for the best albums of all time?
So don’t laugh but I bought the greatest hits of….drum roll please…Guns-N-Roses. The funny thing about this purchase is at the time when this band was gold, I sneered at the thought of ever buying their stuff. But now that I am…ahem…a little older…I am seeing that they did produce some classic rock. Favorite song? To me, Sweet Child of Mine, is the quintessential rock love ballad. I always did love that little jiggy dance Axl did to it. If you are wondering whatever became of Axl Rose, here is a good article talking about his reclusive nature, his love for throwing Halloween parties, and his plans for producing a new album.
I also bought a compilation of the best of Jimi Hendrix which includes my favorite song of his, Angel. You can’t have a good music collection without Hendrix. I often wonder if he were born in a later generation, would he still have chosen rock as his genre? We shall never know.
Other CD’s which I feel are essential for a good core collection are:
1. Pink Floyd’s Wish you were here
2. Any Led Zep album
3. Radiohead Pablo Honey, In Rainbows
4. The Rolling Stones…best of
5. Madonna’s Immaculate Conception
6. Nirvana…Nevermind
7. Carole King Tapestry
8. AC/DC live
9. Pearl Jam…even flow
10. Ramones best hits
11. Nine Inch Nails with teeth and downward spiral
12. Alanis Morrisette…jagged little pill
13. Stone Temple Pilots-Core
14. The White Stripes-Elephant
15. David Bowie-changes
16. Bon Jovi-one wild night
17. Joe Cocker’s greatest hits
18. Classic The Kinks
19. Rattle and Hum U2
20. The Black Crowes..southern harmony and musical companion
On my list to get next…sex pistols, the clash, boston, fleetwood mac-rumors, metallica, REM, velvet revolver, etc and so on.
Your turn…what albums are on your list for the best albums of all time?
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Is happiness over rated?
"I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all."
Leo Rosten
I tend to agree with this quote. The pursuit of happiness above all else seems contrived and rather futile. Trying to make a difference seems a better use of time to me and it brings more joy. Happiness as a goal is over rated.
What are your thoughts?
Leo Rosten
I tend to agree with this quote. The pursuit of happiness above all else seems contrived and rather futile. Trying to make a difference seems a better use of time to me and it brings more joy. Happiness as a goal is over rated.
What are your thoughts?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Love it, hate it, in between...
I do believe it is time for some much needed levity.
Let's play the Love it/Hate it game. I will tell you ten things I personally love and you tell me if you love them or hate them or are just in between.
1. Who loves the Hamster Dance song? Remember this from years ago? Here is a link to the musical rodents. Whenever I am in a bad mood I know this song will cheer me up.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
2. I love french onion soup...the cheesy blanket over hot steaming soup...delicious. So many restaurants botch it up however, making it too salty to be edible.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
3. I happen to love boardwalks by the ocean. I love the way they creak and groan beneath the flap flap flapping of flip flops and tandem bicycles.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
4. Rollerskating! I used to go rollerskating most every saturday when I was a young teen-ager at the neighborhood rink. They would always end the night with a couple dance and would play Donna Summer's Last Dance....last dance for loooove.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
5. Most people may have never tasted this fishy delight but I do have a thang for pickled herring. When I was a very young child my mother and I lived in an apartment building which was run by an elderly Jewish couple. The landlady would feed me all sorts of yummy foods which I miss to this day.
Love it? Hate it? Never heard of it!
6. Tiffany lamps are so pretty! To some they may seem tacky but I love 'em. When I was a young girl I would go to a restaurant called Zaberer's by the seashore and the whole place was decorated with tiffany lamps. I vowed when I grew up to own a few.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
7. Chai tea. I just love me some chai tea. I am not a coffee drinker so when I go to a coffee shop this is what I order. It is delicious both hot or cold!
Love it? Hate it? Never had it?
8. How about Mickey D's french fries? I know they might be bad for ya but they are the best fries in town in my opinion...especially when they come out fresh from the grease fryer.
Love 'em? Hate 'em? In between?
9. Moonflowers....awww so pretty! I love the way they glow in the moonlight. There is nothing like them. Gardens are so much fun to watch in the evening...you can literally hear things growing.
Love them? Hate them? In between?
10. Ahhh and last but not least...train rides. I have travelled by train more than several times now and I love it...you really get a sense of adventure riding the rails...feeling the miles dissapear behind you.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
Now wasn't this fun? Come on...humor an old lady....
Let's play the Love it/Hate it game. I will tell you ten things I personally love and you tell me if you love them or hate them or are just in between.
1. Who loves the Hamster Dance song? Remember this from years ago? Here is a link to the musical rodents. Whenever I am in a bad mood I know this song will cheer me up.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
2. I love french onion soup...the cheesy blanket over hot steaming soup...delicious. So many restaurants botch it up however, making it too salty to be edible.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
3. I happen to love boardwalks by the ocean. I love the way they creak and groan beneath the flap flap flapping of flip flops and tandem bicycles.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
4. Rollerskating! I used to go rollerskating most every saturday when I was a young teen-ager at the neighborhood rink. They would always end the night with a couple dance and would play Donna Summer's Last Dance....last dance for loooove.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
5. Most people may have never tasted this fishy delight but I do have a thang for pickled herring. When I was a very young child my mother and I lived in an apartment building which was run by an elderly Jewish couple. The landlady would feed me all sorts of yummy foods which I miss to this day.
Love it? Hate it? Never heard of it!
6. Tiffany lamps are so pretty! To some they may seem tacky but I love 'em. When I was a young girl I would go to a restaurant called Zaberer's by the seashore and the whole place was decorated with tiffany lamps. I vowed when I grew up to own a few.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
7. Chai tea. I just love me some chai tea. I am not a coffee drinker so when I go to a coffee shop this is what I order. It is delicious both hot or cold!
Love it? Hate it? Never had it?
8. How about Mickey D's french fries? I know they might be bad for ya but they are the best fries in town in my opinion...especially when they come out fresh from the grease fryer.
Love 'em? Hate 'em? In between?
9. Moonflowers....awww so pretty! I love the way they glow in the moonlight. There is nothing like them. Gardens are so much fun to watch in the evening...you can literally hear things growing.
Love them? Hate them? In between?
10. Ahhh and last but not least...train rides. I have travelled by train more than several times now and I love it...you really get a sense of adventure riding the rails...feeling the miles dissapear behind you.
Love it? Hate it? In between?
Now wasn't this fun? Come on...humor an old lady....
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