Welcome to another round of brutally honest, potentially inappropriate thoughts that been circulating in my head recently. No topic is safe from the wanderings of my little feather brain.
* Our Christmas tree is still up. Oh yes, it is. And I have no plans to take it down any time soon. Not because I am feeling particularly festive, but because I am lazy. And we have a lot of ornaments on that damn tree.
* I am horrified at the state of parenting and children's behavior in general these days. I know that makes me a bitter sixty-five-year-old man, but I don't care. My generation was far from perfect, and I was a bit sheltered as a child, but I honestly don't think that as a whole we were nearly as dreadful as children AS A WHOLE these days.
* I find Ryan Seacrest mysteriously hot this season. He seems somehow more mature and dignified. We'll see how long that lasts before the frosted tips and shiny shirts make their come back.
* On a somewhat related note, I haven't been as excited about an American Idol contestant as I am about Alexis Grace in a very long time. Maybe ever. This is interesting since I wasn't even planning to watch American Idol this season. If she makes it to the finals, there is a 57% chance that I might make an actual effort and text in a vote.
* I can't remember the last time I thoroughly cleaned our bathroom. There is a layer of hairspray and makeup about an inch thick on the counters, and my sink looks like a Jackson Pollack painting.
* Even though know that I drastically cut the number of blogs I read a few months ago and am no longer a terribly consistent commenter, sometimes I get a little sad that I don't get the same number of comments I used to get. Then I remember that there are far greater problems in the world (see: state of bathroom above), and I get over it. Until I get a little sad again.
* This has absolutely zero bearing on the amount of my love for Colby, but I would really love to get some fabulous sparkly jewelry from him on romantic holidays.
* I am seriously, hopelessly addicted to Facebook and at a slightly lesser level, Twitter. As such, I am giving up both for Lent. Jesus is probably rolling his eyes, like, "I fasted in the desert for 40 days and this twit is worried about her ability to stay away from social networking sites for 46?" but in a nicer way, of course, because he is Jesus. I have had multiple friends contact me, worried that they will never hear from me again, but have no fear, I will still be blogging and emailing. But still probably not ever answering my phone.
Oh- maybe that means that you'll blog more (which would obviously be AWESOME). :)
I am totally sucked into American Idol this season - just goes to show you that when you finish your MBA you actually have time for the more important things in life, lol.
Becky
Posted by: Becky aka StinkyLemsky | February 19, 2009 at 07:44 PM
Not answering your phone? Well, good. I'll let my toddler dial your number more often then. ;)
Anne
Posted by: Anne | February 19, 2009 at 08:08 PM
I think it's great when people give up something that is NOT important in the big picture but important to THEM. It's about sacrifice of some sort -- when I was young I remember a friend giving up broccoli (she didn't eat broccoli to begin with)-- and thinking she was so wise.
Posted by: wordnerd | February 19, 2009 at 08:32 PM
I once went an entire year without cleaning my bathroom. AT ALL. By that point it ended up being easier just to move, which I did.
Posted by: Jay | February 19, 2009 at 08:33 PM
I gave up Starbucks last year for Lent and got the notion Jesus probably was thinking the same thing about me. I took about half of what I saved on would-be-Starbucks and donated it to St. Jude's and I was pretty sure Jesus approved! :)
Posted by: Annie | February 19, 2009 at 08:38 PM
Yikes. I should probably do something similar . . . I'm not, but I should. I think I'm going to give up road rage and swearing. When the 5-yo says things like, "That guy is a bad driver, he should get out of our way," and, "Mama, Peanut was SO pissed when you went upstairs," it might be time to change some verbal habits!
Posted by: LK | February 19, 2009 at 09:50 PM
Last year for Lent (and I don't even usually give up anything for Lent), I gave up Perez Hilton. And hey! I haven't been back since! Take that, Perez!
Posted by: Jenn | February 19, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Comments and overall blogging seems to be way down on everyone's site that I read, including my own. I've had some time at work, so I've been commenting like hell on everyone's sites but it's not mattering. I haven't been posting as much b/c I'm just so stressed out about possibly getting laid off that it's the only thing I'm really thinking about and don't feel like blogging about it.
Posted by: Becky | February 20, 2009 at 01:04 AM
I've kind of always had a crush on Ryan Seacrest. And I think girls always want boys to buy them sparkly jewelry.
Posted by: PomJob | February 20, 2009 at 02:24 AM
Thank God I'm not the only one who can't remember the last time I cleaned my bathroom. I did at least fix the clogged shower drain this week, but that doesn't mean I've wiped down the counters in recent memory.
Posted by: A Super Girl | February 20, 2009 at 02:29 AM
OMG your tree is still up? That's hilarious. I know there are a lot of ornaments, but turn on some music, crack a beer and go at it. Once you get going, it's easier.
Posted by: Jessica | February 20, 2009 at 03:56 AM
I left our tree up until Valentine's Day last year. And it was a real tree.
Posted by: Heidi Renée | February 20, 2009 at 04:31 AM
As stupid as this probably sounds - I get really weird(read: sad) when I don't get "decent" comment numbers
I'm horrible.
Posted by: deutlich | February 20, 2009 at 05:06 PM
Giving up facebook for Lent? OMG! You are a brave, brave girl. I could NOT do it!
Posted by: MaryB | February 22, 2009 at 01:39 AM
I think kids today are rotten as well. And parents are so young I want to cry out loud. (Not all children just the rotten ones are rotten).
Alexis Grace makes me happy as well--I haven't picked a final favorite--but so far she is it!
Posted by: sophie | February 22, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Last year I left up my UNDECORATED Christmas tree until a few days after my birthday (early March). My family called me lazy. They were right :)
Posted by: sara.jane | February 23, 2009 at 07:15 PM
My mom keeps her tree up all year round sometimes. She just decorates it for each season.
(Right now it is adorned with St. Patrick's Day paraphernalia. Complete with numerous bars of Irish Spring which they encourage visitors to take off the tree.)
Yes, my mother is a dork. :) But I love her.
Posted by: ashley.star | February 23, 2009 at 08:54 PM
hahahaha love the last one. Jesus would SO say that.
Posted by: La Petite Belle | March 01, 2009 at 09:02 PM