65 posts tagged “qotd”
Black Friday is the unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season. When are you planning on beginning your holiday shopping?
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Never... I'll be visiting Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping (formerly known as the Church of Stop Shopping) and Buy Nothing Christmas instead...
What’s the first thing you do when you log on to your computer every day?
I check ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT'S Pot-Shot of the Day.
What's the oldest article of clothing you own? Bonus points if you show us a photo!
There goes Vox, reading my mind again.
I have a pair of gray sweatpants I bought right before I moved to California from Colorado, that was 11 years ago.
They now stay up with the help of a safety pin since the waistband elastic has long since gone and they never had a string. And there is a big air-conditioning run/rip in them right up the back seam.
I have another pair of sweatpants, but I always reach for those old ratty ones I bought while shopping with the only friend I made in Denver... May be that's I why I keep hanging on to them.... one good memory in a 9 month* long nightmare.
*9 months was the time I was in Denver, May to November. It's almost time for my get the hell out of Denver Anniversary. I got the hell out on Thanksgiving Day, and I've never been so thankful to leave a place... but I still wear those ratty sweatpants all of the time.
If you could only drink one beverage for the rest of your life (not including water), which one would you choose?
Cantaloupe Juice!!
This is the best photo representation I could find of how delicious cantaloupe juice is, but a picture is NOT always worth 1000 words.
You can't possibly know what you're missing...
If you could be any age again for one week, what age would you be?
Vox spies on people. They must. How else would they have known to ask this question?
I just said SEVERAL TIMES over the past three days that I am getting my hair cut like I had it when I was 11 because I just turned 41 and want to recapture a piece of my youth. Plus long hair makes my face look long, not a good look for me....
Vox must have spies following everyone around or they read my computer or something because sometimes - man, these QotD hit right on the mark. Just last night my BFF told me how brave I was to get this cut and we had the discussion about being an age from the happy past of our childhoods.
Anyway, I've had my VERY CURLY hair cut short in the recent past, but not like this - I never fully made the commitment to SHORT. I had a fairly safe all one length, chin length bob. The day before yesterday I had her cut it to the hairline and give me thousands of layers, like the old Dorothy Hamill hair cut of my youth. It looks cute as cute can be. It's super short, sassy and saucy. I love it. It looks just like this picture of me at 11, except SHORTER....
As a bonus for my neighbors, here's the whole photo complete with hot soccer coach named Roman, plus a shot 20 some years later of the spot where the photo was taken - look how the trees have grown!...
What is the best purchase you've ever made?
Well, I love my Bed In A Box bed, and I am a staunch advocate of ground flax seeds, but my best purchase is the Thermipaq heating/cooling pad from Thermionics.
I actually bought another one just the other day because I wanted one in each size - that way I can have one on my back and one on my neck at the same time for maximum beneficial enjoyment and relief.
I love it because it is reusable and electricity free, with no cord. You can either heat it up in the microwave, or freeze it in the freezer and it stays warm or cool for a good long time. It has a nice soft cover with velcro straps to hold it in place. And the price is reasonable (15-18$ average).
I've never felt anything better than radiant heat - it's nothing like a traditional heating pad. I make this promise: If you buy one you will not regret your purchase.
As a review bonus, let me tell you about the three varieties of ground flax seeds I've tried. Spectrum's is ground well, as is Fiproflax, but the Barlean's was just split, not ground like the other two. To me, the sweetest taste was offered by Spectrum Organics, then Fiproflax and in last place for sweetness is Barlean's... but the Barlean's comes in an awesome reusable canister.... but Spectrum is my choice pick!
What makes you feel sexy?
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You know what word I hate more than sexy? It's "hot". I think they are both disgusting, degrading terms.
A woman gets dressed and looks nice and is called hot or sexy for it? Like, she made herself up that way on purpose to titillate you and be stared and gawked at like a hooker? Like, hot to trot. May be that's where I get squicked out - my Grandmother calls loose women HOT TO TROT. So hearing women referred to as hot makes me think the person calling her that thinks she's nothing but a whorish tramp because of the way she dresses.
I don't get women that dress like sluts and then wonder why they're stared at and cat-called to. If you look like a hooker, what is everyone supposed to think? I see a trashily dressed women and I think she's a slutty whore who deserves whatever creepy glances and derogatory comments are thrown her way.
And you know who I blame? Companies like Victoria's Secret who advertise women as nothing more than a sex object.
What's your favorite room in your house? Why?
The Elbow Room... Because it is glorious to live alone and have all of the elbow room I want.
What's your favorite summer dessert? Make it even sweeter by sharing the recipe!
Mary Ann's Dairy Bar, Analomink, Pa 18320: Mary Ann's is the best seasonal road side ice cream place ever. I waited all year to get my Teaberry Milkshake made with Hershey's Teaberry ice cream.
One time I went there with my Auntie and her car door was broken and wouldn't open so she had to slide across the front seat and we were eating in the car and a bee flew in her window and I was yelling out - bee bee beeee! And it was so hysterical as she tried to climb out over me and my food. But you know you just had to beeeeee there to think this is so funny you'd write about it 20+ years later as one of your fondest summer memories!
And I must mention County Fair FUNNEL CAKE. Ummmm, funnel cake.
In honor of Bastille Day, we'd like to know: What's your favorite thing to come out of France?
ORANGINA! I wrote a small post about Orangina 2 years ago, have a read....
Then there is the Marithé François Girbaud clothing company, and they make the best jeans in the world -Brand X. Best jeans ever.
