6 posts tagged “qotd”
What do you think your pets would act like if they were people? Do you think you'd get along with them?
Submitted by Melissa.
Rayden would be a needy attention whore for sure. He's cute and white with big eyes, so he'd probably be a big brown-eyed towhead. I honestly haven't had a blond friend since Jessica and Jason. He's unreliable, sleeps way too much, takes very little responsibility for his actions, and only follows directions when there's something in it for him. I already have a friend like that; it's not good to have more than one of those people in your life. He also cannot bathe of his own accord and wipes his but by dragging it along the sidewalk...also undesirable traits in a friend. On the other hand, he's pretty smart and independent at times, which are qualities I like in a friend. He is very loving and would be a good person to have around when I'm sad since he's a great listener and wants to comfort me. He also likes to play games, which I love too. Hmmm...I think I could deal with keeping him around as a friend.
How did you meet your current, or most recent, significant other?
Jim and I went to middle school together. He was one of the group of "Malden boys" who came to St. Mary's instead of going to Malden Middle School. We girls, used to our core of boys who has been in our classes for years and years, descended on them like fresh meat. It's funny because I paid no attention to him at all. I was smitten with Steve, who is now one of my best friends and absolutely gay (see, I've been a fag hag since before I even knew it). Anyways, Steve and I went out in a very seventh-grade-gay-guy-dates-girl kind of way. We went out on a few double dates with my good friend Ashley and her 7th grade bf, Jim. More often than not, Steve would flake and I would be stuck as a 3rd wheel with Ashley and Jim. I remember going with them to the movies to see one of the Batman movies and ending up seeing Bridges of Madison County instead because Batman was sold out. During one of the long, silent, supposedly tense scenes, I hear a really loud kissy noise from them. I elbowed Ashley for that one. I also recall a mall date where Steve didn't show up and I walked around the mall with Jim and Ashley, straggling behind their hand-holding and shopping while they made out on a bench. Yup, so much fun. Anyways, Jim and I became friends through Ashley, and when they broke up they said it was mutual and I didn't have to choose any sides, so I stayed friends with Jim. We would talk on the phone now and then, when I wasn't on the phone with Jason, Jessica, Ashley, or Holly (in that order). I was a phone whore, but who wasn't in middle school?
Our actual first meeting where we introduced ourselves and all was at Papa Gino's, the pizza place I worked at in high school. I was making student council posters and was asking for volunteers to help me make posters. He turned me down. I don't remember who ended up helping me, if anyone did, but I very clearly remember him refusing to help me. So, that's a little of the long and the entirety of the short of our meeting. Wow...that was 1995...we're old...and married...
What is your pet peeve, the one thing which really drives you mad?
Submitted by Beki.
Professionally, I hate when people use apostrophes incorrectly, especially when they are making things plural or conjugating verbs. Argh. I have spent at least a week per semester on apostrophe use alone.
Otherwise, I have this ridiculous pet peeve about people who scrape dip up the side and on the rim of the dip bowl. I don't know why it gets me because I'm not really anal and no one would ever mistake me for super-neat (or even neat at all). I had a guest once who was doing that with tortilla chips and salsa con queso and I had to grit my teeth and resist yelling at him or ripping his offending hand off.
What do you collect?
I keep everything. I'm a pack rat. I have receipts dating back to 1994. It's ridiculous. I used to collect keychains from all the places I've been, but I think I'm going to start on magnets instead. They are just as cheap and much easier to keep functionally.
How well do you know your next-door neighbors?
There is a crazy cat lady that lives next door. Her name is Wanda and she runs a business out of her apartment, Red Diaper Productions. She's an odd one. I think at one point she had kids and a husband maybe, but I'm not sure. She once gave me a key to her apartment to feed her cat(s?) and pass on the key to some people she was letting stay there for the weekend. So of course I checked out the size of her apartment and the layout and her crazy knickknacks all over the place, including her pictures. I don't feel bad about snooping because she did give me a key and I didn't open anything up or anything like that. She is considerably more nosy than I am as she has invited herself into my apartment on more than one occasion. Once when I first moved in and we were painting the apartment. The painter had popped the lock and I didn't know the trick to opening the door, so I knocked on her door for help. She opened the door then walked right in. I didn't quite know what to do about it, so I thanked her for her help and kept the door open so she could leave. Then she walked deeper into the apartment, commenting on how much of a pain it must be to get the place painted and how her apartment is laid out differently. I thought about following her, but I thought it might encourage her, so I stayed at the door, holding it open. When she left, I thanked her again and closed the door immediately. Now, I'd say that's a lot more nosy than me. At least I was invited to come in.
Also, she uses big rubber gloves to shove her oversized trashbags down the trash chute. From this I know she is not very bright. I passed her trying to shove a full-size Glad bag down the teeny chute and she commented on how people must have had less trash when the building was made. I told her it's easier to get trash down when you use smaller bags and take them out more often, to which she replied "I have too much trash to use little bags." Um...you are stupid. I left her with her arm still shoving garbage down the trash chute. A few times, you can tell she'd given up and just left the giant trash bag in the hallway next to the chute.
What did you do this weekend?
I spent Saturday pretty much sitting around the house with the husband. I did take Rayden to the dog park and Jim and I gave him a bath when we got home. Yesterday, I spent $200 on basically just a bunch of food, more deodorant than I can use in a year, and some light bulbs. Yeah...that's a lot of food. Jim and I took the dog on the Metro North up to Myra's where we went to Costco and Stew Leonard's. I have to say, had I bought all that in the city, it would have easily cost double what I paid, but thank god for suburbs and wholesale! I finally found Cheddar Wurst at Stew Leonard's. I have looked for Cheddar Wurst in every NYC grocery store since having it a Jim's family reunion 3-4 years ago. It's good, but I don't know if it's good enough to warrant my constant searching. You know when something is so elusive that you become preoccupied with capturing it? Like Jim and fireflies, Rayden and pigeons, that's me and Cheddar Wurst. But now the search is over and I have two packages sitting in the freezer. Nice.
After shopping we went back to Myra's and Paul fired up the grill for some burgers, excellent rib eye steak, and some marinated chicken. Damn good rib eye steak! We finished up with some chocolate donut ice cream (good idea Eric!) and some key lime pie. Not good together, but separately, very good. Mmmm...I love food.
