Ten on Tuesday

Found this fun weekly blog meme on Doniree.com, who found it on Roots & Rings (a new blog for me – yay!), so thought I’d jump into the fun. You can join in and add your answers in the comments, copy and paste on your own blog, or just read along.

And here we go…

1. What is your favorite breakfast pastry?

Bacon. Oh wait – bacon isn’t a pastry. If I can’t answer bacon, can I answer something equally as fatty? Cream CHEESSEEE Anything with cream cheese – love those half raspberry, or half lemon, cream cheese danishes.

2. Were you ever in a Thanksgiving or Christmas play?

I once was cast as Jesus. But then they realized I’m a much better devil, so I was transferred over to the star of the Halloween play. What- you’ve never heard of a Halloween play?! Pshhhh.

3. What is your favorite clothing accessory?

Big, over-the-top earrings. I have big curly hair, so if I don’t wear big earrings, you can’t see my earrings at all. I have such an obsession with earrings that I’ve had to upgrade to TWO earring holders, both which hang on my wall. It’s like I’m decorating with my earrings up in heya.

4. What is your favorite item of clothing?

Right now…(cause this will change monthly), it’s a tie between my lululemon Stride jacket, which is made of the most awesome material you’ve ever felt and has thumb holes. Thumb holes I say! Or this oversized, long-sleeved thin grey pullover sweater hoodie thing I bought at Target and its made out of material that seriously feels like it’s been washed, worn and loved for 10 years. Do you remember, as a kid, taking a piece of paper and crumpling it up, and uncrumpling it, over and over until it felt like a soft piece of tissue? It’s like someone did that to this sweater.

5. What is your favorite color and why?

Pink, PINK, pinkity pink pink. I don’t know why. I’m obsessed – with bright pink, not light pink. But if bright’s not an option, then I’ll take light. My bed is pink, my sports bras, my running shoes (and my heels!), my netbook, camera, phone cover, candles, iPod dock. If I had the option, I would have bought a pink cat and a pink car. I am a silly girl who’s is in love with pink. Crazy, aisle four!

6. What is your favorite type of Christmas cookie?

Every year, for as long as I can remember, my mom, sister and I decorate Christmas sugar cookies together. My mom makes the best frosting I’ve ever had using Almond extract. They’re always bright green, blue, yellow or pink (PINKKK) and then we finish them off with rainbow sprinkles. I love the tradition just as much as I love the cookies.

7. What is your favorite scent (food, perfume/lotion)

Currently, it’s a four-way tie between my two favorite perfumes that I rotate (Be Delicious by DKNY and L.A.M.B. Fragrance from Gwen Stefani), the Voluspa candle I mentioned in yesterday’s post, or the PINK body spray I carry around in my purse. Oh, and fried food. If I get one whiff of french fries or a cheeseburger – I’m heading straight to McDonald’s. Fatty, aisle four! (Crazy and fatty, sitting in a tree…).

8. What is your favorite household cleaner?

I know it’s supposed to be super bad for drains or something (IF you own a house and actually care about that stuff), but I’m a renter, so I’m just going to go out loud and proud with my obsession with Draino. There’s no way I’m every pulling gobs of black gooey, rotten hair out of a drain. I’ll wait till I have a husband for that. In the meantime, I’m Draino-ing the shiz out of my sink and shower!

9. When you were a kid what did you want to be when you grew up? And what did you actually grow up to be?

I wanted to be an author (how NERDY). I’m not actually a book author yet… but dag nabbit, I will be! It’s my dream to write a memoir…I’m just letting myself live a little bit more of life before I do so.

10. What is the last song or album you bought?

Rotten Love, by Levy. Go ahead – give it a listen. It’s AMAZING! Thanks to Pandora for the stumble.

Currently Feeling: The need for sleep. I’ve been up till 1-4am the last four nights, just dinkin around (I love the term “dinkin around”), and desperately need a good night’s sleep!
Currently Anticipating: A fun lunch with some Seattle Twitterati tomorrow at Lecosho.
Currently Watching: True Blood – I’m obsessed!

Let me tell you something you don’t already know

I can’t…
Stand country music. Draw anything other than flowers and stick figures. Stop obsessing about losing someone close to me. Sit inside on sunny days. Carry a tune to save my life. Be in a sexless relationship. Leave the house without matching earrings, shoes and bag. Throw a Frisbee.

I can…
Play the piano. Say I’m sorry. Read a 500-page book in three days. Obsess daily about what I’m doing with my life. Spend all day reading and writing blogs. Procrastinate until the eleventh hour. Camp for days without showering and not care. Spend $15 weekly on fashion and celebrity gossip magazines. Make some mean chili. Be really ornery. Often fall head first into a bottle of wine.

I won’t…
Get married until I’m really, really sure. Wear Uggs. Give money to someone begging on the street. Ever again find myself dating someone who won’t call me his girlfriend. Go a day without using the Internet. Give up my dreams for a boy. Sunbathe without sunblock. Eat peas.

I will…
Always have a jug of sweet tea in my fridge. Live somewhere other than Seattle for a short time. Give food to someone begging on the street. Always love those who have loved me. Watch Sex and the City over, and over, and over again. Find my dream job. Invite everyone; the more the merrier. Be proud of the paths I’ve taken in my 20s.

I shouldn’t…
Ever, ever, ever smoke. Tan. Bite my nails. Love Taco Bell as much as I do. Love not working as much as I do. Web MD myself because it’s always CANCER or AIDS. Buy any more earrings.

I should…
Move to San Francisco this year. Censor myself a little more than I do. Be applying for jobs instead of writing this blog. Call my dad and grandparents more. Make friends with someone who has a boat. Become a better runner. Revel in how happy I feel right now.

Inspired by her and her.

Currently Feeling: A little sleepy from the happy hour that turned into an all-night laugh, drink and eat fest. Love it!
Currently Anticipating: Hot yoga tomorrow with my sis. I’ve never been!
Currently Loving: Firefly Lane. Seriously – every girl should read it! I devoured it in three days and balled my eyes out. SOOOO good!

Ah shiznit, I was caught….

…in a “tagged” meme. Dammit! Apparently I’m supposed to post a pic of me HERE and NOW. So, here’s my after-weekend, packing, cleaning, snacking and watching Desperate Housewives face, sans make-up, with extreme back pain, in a crappy Webcam pic! I match the wall in my apartment…I think I came out of the womb, matching.

Hrm, I’m only going to tag one person…Lily! I need to get back to wrapping glasses in newspaper, which is way too much fun to waste anymore minutes on the Interwebs. Happy last night before we go back to the sharks tomorrow!

-Je

Seven kitschy and UBER super weirdorific facts

[I don’t usually do these list type posts that remind me of MySpace surveys, but thanks to NaBloPoMo and FlipFlopsintheRain, I’ll do it just.this.once...]

1. I reread every text, every email, every blog post and virtually EVERYTHING I ever write, over and over again – at least three times – if others people’s eyes might see it.
2. I say Birfffday, not Birtthhhday, and didn’t realize it until it was pointed out a mere couple years ago—I still can’t stop.
3. I know all the words to the Milli Vanilli CD and have it on my iPod to listen to regularly.
4. If I don’t have my toenails—and oftentimes my fingernails—painted, I feel super gross and unkempt.
5. I have to eat mustard with my Thanksgiving turkey.
6. I’m fidgety if my attention isn’t totally kept—I’ll constantly play with my eyebrows if I can feel a stray hair; I’ll file, chew or clip my fingernails while watching TV; and one time I snipped off the tops of every Hershey kiss in a candy bowl at my girl friend’s house (without really realizing it) because we were just sitting around, aimlessly talking.
7. Some of the blogs I read are written by women that seem SO totally awesome, that I oftentimes think about how much I want to be their friend and look them up if I’m in their hometown.(I’m not a total creep, I swear).

Currently Feeling: Sickeningly sweet after Dove dark chocolate and red licorice.
Currently Anticipating: The season premiere of Top Chef tonight! LOVE it!
Currently Needing: To save for Christmas.