Daily Dose
WTH is a Chick Flick?
TW and I were in the bedroom reading. TW’s mom was in the family room watching TV. The kids were in their rooms doing whatever it is that kids do on a lazy Sunday morning. RJ wandered into the family room and TW and I eavesdropped on this conversation:
TW’s Mom: Rebecca, can you find me a good chick flick to watch?
RJ: A chick flick? Sure! What do you like?
(RJ wanders over to the cabinet with the movies….)
TW’s Mom: I don’t like violence, so a chick flick would be great.
RJ: Have you seen Lion King?
TW’s Mom: No, I haven’t seen that.
RJ: (Rambling about how great Lion King is…) How about Aristocats, have you seen that?
TW’s Mom: No, I haven’t seen that.
RJ: (Rambling about how great Aristocats is…) Or Lady & the Tramp?
TW’s Mom: No, I don’t think I’ve seen that either.
(TW and I are laughing our asses off….)
Elly (yelling from Prince J’s room): The Sisterhood of the Traveling pants is a great chick flick, it’s a light romance!
TW’s Mom: Sisterhood of what?
Elly: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
TW’s Mom: Rebecca a chick flick is a movie that girls want to watch but boys usually do not.
RJ: Oh! Like Twilight. Would you like to watch Twilight.
TW’s Mom: Some mumbled response that TW and I could not hear because we were laughing our asses off.
Elly (now in the family room, trying to take control of the situation): We should watch Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, it’s a great chick flick. You’ll love it.
TW’s Mom: We’ll watch Lion King first and that Pants thing second.
(TW’s mom’s phone rings…. She answers and says “I can’t talk right now, I’m watching a chick flick with Rebecca…”)
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BlogHer Food 10 – Sessions
Sassymonkey mentioned recently that she needed to start thinking about which sessions she was going to attend at BlogHer Food 10. Huh. People actually plan their sessions – I’d kind of forgotten that. So, I decided I’d give it a try and see what happens.
Here’s what I think I’m attending:
Day 1:
Vocation – New to Food Blogging? How Do You Stand Out In a Crowded Food Blogosphere?
Day 2:
Voice – Food Diplomats and Cuisine Ambassadors
Voice – The Value of Building Community
I’m looking forward to it the entire event.
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The Mayor Denied the Permits
Remember earlier in the week when I was fretting about our Starbucks being closed for more than a week? Well today, we went in for our last day before the closure and TW started bugging the store manager about the closure:
TW: You didn’t check with us before you decided to close the store. We do not approve.
Me: Yea, you should clear these things with me ahead of time, I am the Mayor after all. (The Foursquare Mayor, and he knows this.)
Manager: We’re not closing.
Me & TW: What?????
Manager: Nope, we’re not closing. The Mayor did not approve the permits.
Hahahaha. The Glenview Mayor and the Foursquare Mayor both working to keep Glenview’s best Starbucks open.
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Worth Waiting For
TW often makes fun of me for standing in line for hours (and I mean hours literally, as in four hours) for a Whopper, onion rings and a chocolate shake on opening day of the Burger King on Clark AB in the Philippines. I’ve shrugged. I’ve held fast that it was worth standing in line for. Way back in the late ’80s, if you lived in a foreign country (particularly one like the Philippines) there was very little to remind you of home. A Burger King opening on the base was the kind of morale boosting reminder of home that was worth waiting for. So yes we stood in line and if I was living that life all over again – I’d do it again (but probably get there a little earlier next time.)
Now here I was surfing my feedreader and what do I see…. the people of Chicagoland camping overnight, in line, for fast food…. for Chick-Fil-A.
I like Chick-Fil-A. I miss Chick-Fil-A. I’m looking forward to finally having some Chick-Fil-As in Chicagoland. But I would not stand in line for it and I’m fascinated by those who did. Is the Chick-Fil-A opening night party that good? Is a coupon for a free Chick-Fil-A worth that? What were those folks thinking… and if they were living this life all over again, would they stand in that line again?
Survivor Jimmy Johnson
It’s bad enough TW got me addicted to Survivor way back in 2002, now here I am looking forward to tomorrow’s debut with Jimmy freaking Johnson on the “old folks” team.
WTH.
I should be running so far in the opposite direction of this show … but I’m not. I cannot wait. And I’m hoping Jimmy Johnson kicks some serious ass.
You’re scared, aren’t you? It’s ok. I’m scaring myself here.
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WTF – Glenvew Hates Us
First our library closes for a month and freaks us the hell out. Now our Starbucks is closing for more than a week! This is a sign of the apocalypse, isn’t it?
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I’m tired
Since I can’t nap, due to incessant dog barking, I’m mindlessly surfing and finding all sorts of things incredibly funny or ridiculous or interesting. In no particular order:
– I want to go to KidLitCon. It’s cheap. We could drive. And stay in a cheap Holiday Inn. All things I’m good at.
– TW: “I need to set up a call with Ms Dopp.” ME: “That’s Mr. to you.” (I crack myself up.)
– Is there a difference between infidelity chicken and lay-off chicken? I am tempted to ask Click Michelle.
– Do I really need to be any more self-confident? I mean really.
– MPB apparently doesn’t stand for Minnesota Public Broadcasting. Or Misssissippi Public Broadcasting. Or Male Pattern Baldness. (And you folks who are tempted to spam me with MPB ideas – don’t bother, you’re really wasting your time.)
– TW insists we cannot have latkes for Rosh Hashanah which led her to sing the dumb dip the honey song which made me regret ever mentioning food. At least she doesn’t know an infedility/lay-off chicken song.
– The Posterous Moblizer idea is pretty brilliant.
– Big Pharma news makes me queasy.
– I would really like the Betty White Comic Book.
– The iPad bacon cover is really not awesome. The Dexter coasters are awesome.
And with that, I’ll go answer some email. Inbox zero is within sight. Again.
