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weird thing or embarassing secret? YOU JUDGE!

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on Saturday, June 30, 2007
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#4: Shameful embarrassing thing:  So sometimes?  Alot?  While I’m reading blogs or Fark or whatever, I will click on linked items willy nilly out of half interest or total boredom.  And because I use Firefox and because I have ADD and will totally forget what I was reading if I switch sites suddenly, I will open these new links in another “tab,” which I direct to open up in the “background.”  Meaning that the site opens, but not in the window I’m currently viewing.

Sometimes these links are “videos” and sometimes these videos take a while to load, even with my oh-so-spiffy broadband connection, and sometimes I totally forgot that I clicked on a video.  Sometimes, and this is so much worse and yet makes what happens maybe a little a forgivable, these websites have…EMBEDDED MUSIC.  Oh god…the embedded music.  Make it stop.

So here’s what happens.  I click on a link which opens in background tab, which unbeknownst to me, or has a video that I promptly forget about as it takes more than 3 seconds to load and I DON’T HAVE THAT KIND OF ATTENTION SPAN…sometimes, I open up multiples of such sites.  So there I am, happily reading whatever I was reading in the first place, and then all of a sudden, LOUD OBNOXIOUS NOISE starts EMANATING from my laptop!  At full volume!  And my first thought is NOT “oh, video loaded/sucky embedded music.”  It is more like “NOISE!  LOUD!  PANIC!  WHERE!  WHERE NOISE FROM???  SADIE??? SADIE MAKE NOISE STOP????” and then I go all “2001″ on my laptop and smash it against the wall and jump around “oooh oooh eeek!”-ing and scratching my armpits.

Well, not really.  But the sound DOES cause my heart to stop for a minute, and panic ensues as my wee brain tries to figure out where that noise is coming from, is it my cell phone?  NO THAT IS NOT MY CELLPHONE!!!  WHERE IS IT COMING FROM and OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!!

And then I realize “duh, that’s the link I opened,” and feel silly and Kev calls from the other room “what was THAT???” or “why are you freaking out?”

But only Sadie knows my shame.  Because she freaked out too, and is growling at the front door for no reason.

This would really just be an embarrassing secret, except that it happens to me ALMOST daily.

feet related post

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on Friday, June 29, 2007
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Knitty’s “Breeze” anklets. Click first pic for pertinent details.

anklets!

side view

#3 weird thing: I am prone to painful ingrown toenails on my big toes. Also, the toenails on my other toes are practically nonexistent. Doesn’t stop me from getting pedicures.

#2

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on Thursday, June 28, 2007
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I’ve mentioned before that I am allergic to nuts, but have I mentioned I’m also allergic to bivalves?  Clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops.  About two hours after eating them, I get violently sick to my stomach.  Because of the symptom delay, it only took me 24 years for me to figure out what was going on.

Memememememeeeeee!

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on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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So there’s this meme that’s been going around blogland for months and months, and I have been tagged for it numerous times, I know. This is the meme where you have to list 5 or 6 or 7 (it just kept growing!) “weird” things about yourself. Everyone has done this meme, I think. Everyone but me.

“but WHY, ESC? when you have been tagged for it so many many times, and you LOVE posting weird things!”

Because, my dear internets…I keep wracking my brain for anything weird to list that I haven’t already blogged about. And it’s…just…not…happening! Internets, I STARTED this blog to write about my idiosyncrasies and strange occurrences in my life. There is very little weird stuff about me that you don’t already know! Like, I yell at lemonade containers! I CAN’T GIVE ANY MORE! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME, INTERNETS? BLOOD?? DO YOU WANT MY BLOOD???

That being said, I have thought of a couple weird things about me that are not interesting, really, but could serve as suitable weird things for the meme. I will not give them all at once, though, because I don’t have enough for the meme, and as I’ve been tagged so many times for it, I think I’ll get a few posts out of it. Just so you get your money’s worth*.

weird thing #1:

1. The plates in my dishwasher absolutely have to be arranged biggest to smallest. I have no such demands about anything else that goes in the dishwasher, but the plates have to be perfect. And that includes anything that is plate-like. Plastic cutting boards first, platter second, large pot lids, large dishes, smaller dishes, those plates I got from Target for $1 each, smaller pot lids, and finally the glass dessert dishes. I will rearrange every damn dish in the dishwasher if, after loading, another dish turns up from the living room or Kev’s manputer room.

*ask about our “return for full refund” policy!

Restaurant tagged by Scooter

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on Monday, May 14, 2007
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The Rules:
1. Add a direct link to your post below the name of the person who tagged you. Include the state and country you’re in.
2. List out your top 5 favorite places to eat at your location (locally).
3. Tag 5 other people (preferably from other countries/states) and let them know they’ve been tagged.

  1. Amaryn’s Thai Bowl and Sushi Bar - yummy noodle and rice bowls, and fresh fresh sushi. we eat here more than any other restaurant, I think.
  2. Agave - It’s our “we need a NICE restaurant to celebrate” place. Eclectic and tasty southwestern food, friendly service, and goooood margaritas.
  3. Raging Burrito - you can’t be a student near Decatur and NOT make Raging Burrito one of your lunch and dinner standards. It’s the starbucks of burrito eating. What kind of beans? What kind of tortilla? Do you want potatoes in there? Rice? Meat? What extras? Not for the decisionally challenged. But also, and not to make this my standard for restaurants, really, it’s just a coincidence…but…GOOOD margaritas!
  4. Coyote Grill - Best carnitas in atlanta. Hands down. Another one of our regular spots. Authentic food, family owned, and very friendly service.
  5. Top Spice - Definitely the lab’s favorite delivery food. All your spicey thai favorites (panang chicken and beef rendang, being my favs), and it comes with coconut soup! Eating in is nice, too, though the restaurant is a bit dark.

Previous Players:

  • Nicole (Sydney, Australia)
  • Velverse (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  • LB (San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy)
  • Selba (Jakarta, Indonesia)
  • Olivia (London, England)
  • ML (Utah, USA)
  • J (California, USA)
  • CuriosityKiller (Hong Kong, SAR)
  • Shelli (Minnesota, USA)
  • Bluepaintred (Saskatchewan, Canada)
  • Avitable (Florida, USA)
  • Heather (Ohio, USA)
  • Robin (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Frankie (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Luin (New York, USA)
  • Scooter (Ypsilanti, MI, USA)

I tag any food lovers out there. Great way to promote your favorite restaurant ;)