Q. Show us a book you feel like you should read, but just can't bring yourself to actually pick up.
A. This happens to me all of the time... We get lots of books to review at my job and my boss let me take one home. I've had it forever now and read the first few pages and it was pretty OK, but I just can't into reading it for some reason. It's called Farm Girl by Karen Jones Gowen, and it is a memoir of a woman who grew up on a farm in the Great Depression. You know my love of farm life and old-timey anything, so I can't figure out what the block is.
Then there were the 4 books on Country Music History that sat under the coffee table and were barely opened for 2 weeks. I ended up just taking them back so I wouldn't forget them and owe over-due fines. I did learn that the ALL MUSIC GUIDE is online... So I can do my research there.
Q. What is your favorite vacation destination to visit?
A. I haven't been on a proper vacation in at least 10 years. And the last time I went anywhere was home for a funeral, and the time before that was for a funeral too. I was invited home for a wedding, and a birthday but couldn't make either. The last vaca was a trip to Florida to visit my Dad, so not really a vacation.
If I had the wherewithal I'd like to see the Seychelles, and the Maldives, Scotland, and parts of Africa. But what I'd really like to see is the ENTIRE US of A. I have come to hate and despise California and want to move back East very badly. I am thinking North or South Carolina, Virginia or Georgia.
Q. What was your very first job?
A. Shoot, I only have 20 minutes to get ready and leave for work. There's a small psychological trauma story brought on by my mother here, but I am going to be late if I tell it. My first job was as a waitress in the pizzeria in the mall, but the story will have to wait...
Show us your favorite electronic gadget.
Electronic-Shmelectronic... Nothing beats a manual can opener.
What is your favorite classic video arcade game?
Submitted by northerngeek.
We'd also sneak out of church and walk down to the grocery and play video games during Mass. Other times we just hid in the Church's basement until it was over. We weren't very religious girls.
Sometimes, my BFF and I would go to work with my parents and there was a HUGE game room there. I remember this one time there was this creepy guy in his mid to late 20s lurking around and he got so mad because after he walked away we unplugged the machine and erased all of the high scores and boy was he pissed when he came back around and saw his name and score were gone.
I have VERY MANY video arcade stories, but I don't want to remember that much of my childhood today but I will add that we also enjoyed - OH MY - GET THIS - PINBALL MACHINES!!!
Show us your favorite philosophical quote.
Submitted by Chicago Shadow.
It used to be my blog header: Life is like trying to sweep a dirt floor with a feather duster. I think I'll change it back, while I'm doing that here's some Nietzsche's Family Circus...
Do you hold grudges against people? Hell yeah.
One hour to live. What do you do? Call all of the people I hold grudges against and tell them what creeps I think they are.
Which of your birthday parties was your favourite favorite one? The year I turned 6 and got outdoor roller skates with metal wheels.
Share a song for Sunday morning. September Song by Hank Penny - a nice instrumental.
Show us your favorite spring bloom. Campanula.
Grab and piece of paper and a pen and draw a self-portrait. Check out Mr. Picassohead for your self portrait drawing needs.
Share a song you loved when you were a little kid.
Just one? My childhood memories are full of 1970s radio hits. I remember Don McLean's American Pie, Kodachrome by Paul Simon, Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks, Lesley Gore's Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows, Bad Blood by Neil Sedaka, Four Seasons' Oh What a Night, Lots of songs by Elton John, Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas. The list is endless... I have 160 songs in my vox library tagged "70s", more in my Itunes, 100s more... I was going to post The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace, but then I remembered I liked Hot Child in the City by Nick Gilder better, but then I saw ABC by the J5 and that's everyone's favorite childhood song, isn't it?
I am almost out of my Samy Big Curls cream, so I stopped at the drugstore to restock. They were having a buy one get one free sale, but they only had one tube left... and they don't do rainchecks and if I bought one tube knowing I didn't get my free one I would have felt cheated. So, I decided to live dangerously and try a new product.
I picked Marc Anthony's Strictly Curls Curl Defining Lotion.
1. It hardly has a scent. That's GOOD! So many of the other products I use are scented and I don't like going around all day smelling like an air freshener.
2. The consistency is alright. It's an opaque cream-like lotion - it's tough to describe the consistency-, but when you emulsify it in your hands it gets kind of liquidy, like snot or something "else". I'm not saying that like it's a bad thing, it's just how it is, kind of slimy.
3. The tube is too tall to fit in the medicine cabinet, but your bathroom shelf height may vary. But the tube is a nice butter yellow color so I don't mind having it on the vanity.
I used it for the first time yesterday and I was NOT impressed. It didn't define or smooth anything. I am about to shower now, I will let you know what I think on Day 2....
Ok, Showered.... I like the consistency of the lotion, it's a butter yellow color just like the tube, and it kind of has a lemon smell, not like Lemon Pledge, but like lemon meringue pie. I like the way it goes on and coats the hair, but when it dries - at least yesterday - it's like I didn't put any product on whatsoever. I had poofy, frizzy hair yesterday and that isn't what I paid 10$ for. I'll let you know what I think after it dries...
Awhile back I was looking for information on Lloyd Weaver and I found it with the help of Professor RockinGator and Tracy P.. What great guys!
...... I wish I never found out about that.
What? Are you all drunk? 5 new members have joined in the last two months (March 14th) and there hasn't been a new post in equally as long. You lushes... pass the salt...
What is your favorite musical instrument?
Submitted by Chicago Shadow.
I thought those double-necks that Joe Maphis & Larry Collins play(ed) were special. But, look at the crazy guitar Junior Brown invented. The lyrics couldn't be more hysterical if they tried & if you have a highway cop in your life it'll be even funnier.
