Ariana over at Becoming Home tagged me. Typically I pretend to not notice that I’ve been tagged and then feign ignorance if email’d. BUT…since she and I started blogging at about the same time and was amongst the first to swap links…I feel compelled. PLUS…I had nothing else to say. I’m in a bit of a funk at the moment. I’ve never had so much bad-icky-crap hit me so routinely. Not quite handling it very well at the moment. Grace under pressure? What? Umm, that’s not my style. My style is to lock my door, eat cookies and shake my fist in the air. Yeah, I know…not exactly efficient…but I still get paid.
Anyway…here’s the tag stuff…
1. What did you do 10 years ago.
Lemme see, I was at the same company (I’ve been there for 14 years, I’m a FREAK) but working on the international business side. I wasn’t managing publishing at that time…was handling all film/television syndication deals. So like, if you need to license something to a broadcaster in South Africa or Spain – call me…I’m your girl. LOL
I was dating…the Fiance’s friend Joe. Joe turned out to be a total d-bag but I got the Fiance out of the deal. My relationship with Joe centered around me breaking up with him on a weekly basis and then him calling me to say he had Oasis or whatever tickets and my broke-ass caving cause I wanted to go to the show. Ironically, Joe typically got the tickets from the Fiance. Neither the Fiance nor I have spoken to Joe in 8+ years and we don’t even know if he knows that we’re together. Joe apparently knew we belonged together before we did and he mentioned it one time in a group email to all of our friends a million years ago. Weird.
2. Five items on your to-do list today:
Let’s just not even go there, ok? It was a B-A-D day. I had a burrito AND cookies.
3. Snacks I enjoy:
Hostess Cupcakes when completely stressed out. I’m thinking about an IV hook-up.
Philly pretzels
Chocolate cake from The Palm. One slice will last 2 people a whole week!
Shredded mini wheats
4. What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Quit my job, duh.
Start my own damn entertainment company.
Buy a house for my Mom.
Townhouse for me & the Fiance on the Upper East Side.
Apartment in Paris.
5. Places I would live:
Woodstock/Lake Hill – New York, Great Barrington – Massachusetts, Paris – France, Miami – Florida, Sperlonga – Italy
6. Bloggers I am passing the challenge onto are:
Anyone who’s interested can step forward…
LATE EDIT (ci-ca 1AM)
HEY…you know that lette- that’s between Q and S in the alphabet? My laptop nolonge- likes that lette-. OY. What next? I’m due fo- a new laptop but was hoping to wait fo- c-azy back to school sales.
Funny, I fell in love with my husband while lusting after his roommate. How fortunate that we both had jerks lead us to the real thing!
Sorry about the crappy day, but I laughed at the title – I’m so nearsighted I thought it said “Tag You’re Ziti!” and I was all “mmm, ziti.”
You and me both, babe, on the craptacular crapfest. Didn’t you say mercury was coming OUT of retrograde?
My “a” key on my old laptop didn’t work for like two years. I kept one on my cut-and-paste clipboard and trained my fingers to hit ctrl-v instead of the a button. In fact, I was still using that computer when I started my blog, and I think I wrote about it…
Yup, I did. It’s here:
http://thehouseandi.blogspot.com/2007/01/today-chimney-sweep-came-and-said-he.html
WAIT! NO! Wrong link! I guess I never wrote about it after all. Sorry.
I’m sorry you’re having such a bad day. I’m not normally into memes either but like you I didn’t have much else to say
I’ts hard to be in renovation mode when you can barely waddle around anymore!
I can’t believe you’ve been at the same company for 14 years.. do you like get a gold watch or something at 15?
Yes mercury is out of retrograde…weird my RRRRRRR works again this morning but the cRRRap is still hitting the fan…oy.
Things can still go wrong after mercury is out of retrograde, particularly if they were started when it was IN retrograde… things like appliances, computers and cars that were bought in retrograde, or plans that were made or contracts that were signed.
I bought my computer when mercury was in retrograde and it has lots o problems already. I should have known better!
Oh, my geekiness is coming through – I read “retrograde” and think something like computer downgrade-not-upgrade.
Sorry for the crappy day. It gets better from here, right?
That’s what we thought. But then the other night, Johnny said “things can only get better” and so of course I sang “whoa, whoa, whoa-oa-oa. whoa, whoa, whoa-oa-oa..” He recognized my warbling but accidentally said TOM Jones instead of HOWAD Jones so naturally I made fun of him. This obviously led to a HUGE fight that logically ended with me leaving him at the bar and driving home alone. Somehow he was here before I was, pretending like nothing had happened, so of course I went to youtube and played the HOWARD Jones video for him, and he said “I know, that’s why I was singing that song in the first place.” Which he WASN’T, it was ME.
But I just let it go.
EGE and Johnny crack me up.
Everybody always says mercury is in retrograde. When ISNT it in retrograde? That saying confuses me.
I enjoyed reading this particular post. You made me laff. Which makes for a very nice day. Thanks cutie! Keep your chin up.
the letter R? That’s nothin’ dude. I lost my F. That was a literary tragedy
I wanna do it! I wanna do it! What does it mean to be tagged and what do I have to do? I’m too old to follow this crap.
Phyllis:
You answer the same questions I answered and link back to me. That’s all.
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