some inspiration from Victor and Luly
Author: Maria Johnson
I’ve been wondering lately
Is Sean Hannity
really Nathan Lane?
My very own meme created and designed by me!
I call it:
One Thing About Me
1. I hate memes.
[I failed “gets along well with others and plays nice.” Essentially, I am grossly opinionated and scoff at things that I don’t like, and embrace whole-heartedly things that I do like. For people who know me, there’s no figuring out what my reaction will be. I like to be mysterious in that way. ;-)]
Etta James cracks me up…
I guess the entertainment rags are having a good time playing and replaying her tacky abuse of Beyonce and her tackier comment about Obama’s ears. I didn’t vote for the guy, but I don’t think I’d go out of my way to publicly say some of the stupid stuff that in the end makes her look pretty dumb.
The thing that bugs me is that I really like the song, At Last.
I have this terrible character flaw in relation to music. I don’t know how it happened, but I am annoyed when I have a happy little collection of music that is mine, all mine, and no one else seems to take an interest in it, and then it becomes trendy. Understand that on a very rational level, I get that At Last was a hit before I was even paying attention to nursery rhymes. I get it. Really.
Still, I am annoyed by all the attention people are giving it. Ha! I am the master of irrational behavior, just ask my children.
If people start giving Carmen McRae an inordinate amount of attention, I want you to know that you heard about her here.
that 25 things meme
It’s been annoying me to get tagged because I usually ignore these things unless they really capture my interest, but I guess it’s grown on me. So here goes, in no particular order:
1. I don’t like to use public bathrooms.
2. I used to dye my hair, and now that I have more gray than ever, just forgot to keep up with it.
3. I like the tv show, House
4. I go to work every day and pretend to know what I am doing. I profess with great alacrity and confidence. Maybe I’ll be able to keep up the ruse until retirement.
5. My favorite candy bar is Zero.
6. I have a minor in French.
7. I majored in psychology right up until I had to take clinicals and couldn’t pick up the rats. I don’t regret the switch to literature, although history would have been a close second. That means I also have a minor in psychology, for what it’s worth.
8. I like to eat fried eggs and rice with ketchup all over it.
9. I’ve always loved my kids, but now that they are big and know how to bathe themselves, I find them interesting and fun to be with because they are interesting people, not just because I spawned them.
10. I once spent the night in a whorehouse. With a gay man. I slept with one eye open, and he slept in a chair leaning against the door. (I can’t wait to hear from my parents on this one).
11. My nieces and nephews have the most beautiful laughs. Ever.
12. I love yellow roses. It’s a bad habit I acquired from my honey. 😉
13. I can’t read music. A number of music-people have tried to teach me, and the only thing worse than my frustration, is their defeat. Ha!
14. I was a cheerleader. (believe me, I don’t believe it either).
15. I broke a priest’s fingers in a pick up basketball game. Nobody was safe when I played b-ball.
16. I like Christy’s musical selections.
17. I fell in love with my husband because he has manly hands.
18. My pinkies and the second toe on both feet are really crooked. (I saw this on somebody else’s list–how weird is that?).
19. I once dreamed of competing in the Olympics, but then my heart conked out and couldn’t pursue a college career.
20. I like old-school Cuban music, crooners, blues, and country music.
21. I don’t like dolls.
22. I used to paint when I was a kid. I’m thinking of trying my hand at it again.
23. I’d like to travel in space.
24. I don’t really like burned toast or anything else that is over done, although I sometimes pull the mommy switch.
25. I want to go to Las Vegas!
really? below freezing around here? vaya.
the show’s over, the fat lady sang, and a good time was had by all!
The Haiti Humanitarian Fund dinner and show went well and everybody had a good time. Here are some of the sillies in costume.
- “Mo” Doe, James Bond, and Devon Ayer
And of course the poor maligned waitress that kept getting run over…
Check out Mo’s real antique spurs…
it’s a little cold around here today
The forecast seems a little bleak for the weekend and early next week. A little break with some tea to warm the old bones is in order. Evidently it is time to go to the grocery store and buy milk and bread. I still don’t understand why Atlantans buy bread and milk when there’s the threat of winter weather, but hey, when in Rome….
Perhaps you’ve noticed that my posts have been limited, and pretty lame. I don’t know why that happens when I am doing other writing and stuff, but it seems to be in cycles. Whatever. Get over it–I sure have. I am thinking about returning to posting sarcastic and mean stuff at the other blog, and saving this one for my rational self.
Anyway, thought I’d share about this incredibly demanding distraction. Last year while working on That Catholic Show, I collaborated on an episode with one of the catechists at church. She wanted an episode about confirmation and I told her she’d have to help me with it if she was going to be making requests. It turned out to be a neat episode that wasn’t produced, but led to some other collaborations because it turns out we worked pretty well together.
[Let me interrupt a moment and point out that if you’re not listening to The Catholics Next Door on Sirius/XM, then you are losers–Greg and Jennifer are hysterical. And serious. And wonderfully entertaining. And expecting a baby any minute now!]
As I was saying, it led to some other things, and we recently wrote a dinner theater play for the Haiti Humanitarian Fund. It was hard at first because I didn’t have Greg telling me that the play sucked and go back and do it again, but I would read it out loud to the wall and pretend he was making distasteful faces, and found my rhythm. Thanks Greg–even imaginary Greg is a demanding guy. Ha!
Tonight is the dress rehearsal and sound check, and tomorrow night is the dinner. I hope it is well-received but have the security of knowing that even if it flops, the audience will be nice and donate to the medical mission. Still, insecurity abounds. Let me just say that I prefer to write over directing. More on this later this weekend when I post some pictures.
the one-eyed baby sitter
Suki discovered the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge. She thinks she’s incredible.
watching Dr. Strangelove
While I think that Peter Sellers is the most brilliantest actor of all time, I have to say that the screenplay is absolutely timeless. It plays very well today.
Too well.
Don’t drink the fluoridated water. It’s the greatest communist plot of all! Take care of your bodily fluids!
Now that I think about it, I wonder if L. Ron Hubbard invented scientology after watching this film…
another cup of coffee 