http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/08/28/a-cat-us-line/

I don't know what it is about this that makes me laugh until I'm crying. I haven't watched it with sound on so I have no idea what the song is like. It doesn't get good until about two thirds of the way through so hit play and then make a cup of tea or something... start paying attention when you see a fish being put on a plate and milk being poured!!

Maybe I'm the only one who finds this hilarious but I don't care - it's the last post!

"The people I work with don't know I _____."

From Loaded Questions;

What always takes longer than you expected, and doesn't end how you thought?

What's something you'd like to write on your resume but probably isn't appropriate?

Last Week Of Blog

This is going to be the last week before the blog is put on hiatus. Seems fitting with it being labor day. After this week you can no longer wear white, swim in pools or answer blog questions. Since it's the last week I'll do a question a day again.

I'm also stealing this question from Drew's blog.

What celebrity would you like to get sloppy drunk with?

What's the best/worst lie you've ever told?

Finish this sentence;

You know you've had too much to drink when...

(To be in anyway realistic or accurate this question should actually read - "the next day you realised you SHOULD have known you'd had too much to drink because..." but that's a little wordy!

[see also; I know what you did the summer before last.]

If there was a machine in your apartment that could teleport you (as many times as you wanted) to ONE other specific location, where would you choose?

I'm breaking all the rules! My actual favourite thing didn't appear on the internet until I'd already posted. And since it's date sensitive and i do want to celebrate 08/08/08 (because 8 is my second favourite number) I decided to go ahead and put this up too!

I was totally sold by number 23, and then when number 56 came on the scene I knew I had to add this!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/08/08/88-ways-you-can-celebrate-080808/#more-26684

Thanks to Liz for this.. an article that breaks down exactly why we 3 dimensional women feel uneasy (or sometimes filled with rage) about certain female characters in otherwise decent enough movies.

http://jezebel.com/5033744/manic-pixie-dream-girls-are-the-scourge-of-modern-cinema

Finish this sentence (in one or two words).

This time last year I was _______.

What word did you discover you misused or misunderstood for a long time?

I know you're all smarty pants who got A's in English, but I'm hoping some of you at least have one word from some point in your lives!

My examples;
I came to realise 'notwithstanding' meant the exact opposite of what I assumed it did.
Also, I recently discovered my definition of 'contrite' was a long way from Webster's!

http://www.holytaco.com/2008/07/29/8-people-who-will-ruin-your-party/

This was my favourite thing all week. Although I'm slightly uncomfortable that I was no. 5 all through college. I disagree with the observation that it's for attention and would argue it has more to do with the depressive effect of alcohol! I'm pretty sure I've now become no. 1 though and I don't know which is worse! Some of the comments throw in hilarious people sadly missing from the original list, but some of them are really ignorant too so at-your-own-risk.

I say this WAS my fave thing because this morning I was introduced to this!

http://www.amazon.com/Stealth-Phone-Flask-Carry-Funnel/dp/B000MELSJQ/ref=pd_sim_dbs_hg_4

the user reviews are special!

What song do you wish was removed from existence?

I'm going to answer this one straight away, not because it's complicated, but just in case someone was going to steal my choice.

Rockstar by Nickleback. eff that song!

What superstition do you have?

I have a very strange superstition that if I have music playing on shuffle and I hit "next track" it will pick a song that's not as good as if I had let it naturally begin shuffling at the end of the song. I have no idea where this came from!

nb. I don't know how you'll find a way to reply to this with a snarky remark about SLB Marg. but i'm betting you'll find a way! esp. since you seem a little psychic after your Wednesday comment!

This person (unfortunately?) isn't from anywhere I hail from, but it doesn't stop this being the best thing I've seen on the internet all week.

I...I.. just don't really know what there is to say about it...

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/01/07/the-best-thing-ever-bride-gets-a-wedding-cake-shaped-like-herself/

If you had to be stuck alone in an elevator for an indeterminable length of time with either Rush Limbaugh OR Tyra Banks... which of these two awful fates would you choose?

Although it's a little too early in the day for my stomach to handle such ideas, I was sold on this being today's question on Friday night, when it unfortunately failed to come up during what was quiet possibly the most fun party game ever!!

What's your favourite euphemism for vomiting?

I have to adjust this because i'd hate to be restrictive... lets go with What ARE your favourites.. i want them all!!

For those of you wondering why I'm slacking; I'm not going to retire the blog entirely like I said I was, but I'm going to start doing it every other day or so.


There were a lot of contenders for the best thing I'd seen this week.. but since it continues the theme of people representing the hard to find on the map places I'm from this one won out!

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/greatest-dad-arrested-in-child-sex-case/20080716113109990001

In the spirit of how much I don't want to be in work today but was a good girl and didn't pretend my doctor's appt went all afternoon...

What's the best lie you ever told to get out of work?

If your best friend could have a super-human ability what would you want it to be?

Note: It's your friend that has this ability NOT you, i.e. you're Ray Alvarado not Alex Mac!

This is story is hands down the best thing I've seen from the internet this week!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/7496923.stm

Aside from bringing some much needed notoriety to my home town (go Norwich!), this girl couldn't represent the english better with her misplaced politeness to a stowaway animal, and subtle reference that this was probably caused by a midweek hangover. It brings a homesick tear to my eye.

If you could be friends with someone from the circus who would you choose?

(Props to my homeskillet for this one)

My Answering of Questions

For the billionth time now I've been accused (viciously!) of not answering my questions so I'm taking time out to explain to those of you confused how I'm doing it.

I'll use this week to explain because it's a perfect example;

Monday - Post question (don't answer anything because there was no previous question)
Tuesday - Answer Monday's question (in the comments like everyone else) and post Tuesday's question
Wednesday - Answer Tuesday's question (in the comments) and post Wednesday question. I answer Wednesday's question in the post by way of example to help people understand what I'm asking.

I realise my sometimes answering in the post has confused things - but I only do that if I think people might not understand the question.
So for those of you who subscribe, you have to go back and read the comments from the previous day to find my answer. But I like to think you're doing that anyway, because sometimes people are talking to you! (or about you.. either way!)

What food or drink has your body decided to never allow you to consume again?

For example, I can not be around, let alone swallow, Sambuca (sp?) and I can't eat uncooked bagels with cream cheese after eating them for months on end as my lunch when I first moved to the US of A.

Would you rather have a cat who did your laundry OR a dog who did the grocery shopping?

When's the last time you broke the law?

And obviously I'm talking small infractions because I don't think any of you are felons.. (yet!)

Apparently yesterday's post caused mass confusion. To be clearer perhaps it should have read "if you had to choose between blank OR blank, which would you choose", not, "if you had to choose between blank AND blank". I'm no grammer expert. (shout out to well bread!)

Either way you answered it worked! :)

Since today is kinda like Friday, i'm moving link day forward.
If your maturity level is above that of a twelve year old boy, don't click on the link below. Otherwise, enjoy this story. And our prayers go out to the actual 12 year old in this story, who, judging by the picture, understands how his family has just ruined the rest of his life (at least through high school and probably uni anyway!)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2698507.stm

If you had the choice between only eating one meal for the rest of your life, and only hearing one song (inc. movie soundtracks and commercial jingles) for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

(You do get to pick the meal/song in question)

Who was your first celebrity crush and how do you feel about them now?

What TV show are you embarrassed to admit you watch or watched?

Since many of you have the joy of summer hours or Friday's off completely, Friday posts are going to feature a link to my fave thing from the internet this week instead of a question.

I give you - Squirrel Suicide
http://www.ravishingbeasts.com/gallery/theatrical-taxidermy/601886

T-skillet tells me when asked what the artistic value of this piece was, an expert sighed and said, "if a squirrel can't find happiness in this world...." (while shaking his head)

What's the first thing you remember wanting to be when you grew up when you were a little kid?

An easy one for today..

What three words do you love?

At the moment mine would be.. trifecta, Coachella and - as always - kibble!

(okay Kent, so sometimes I answer in the comments, sometimes in the post, get off my nuts!)

Patience People!

Sorry for the delay but your tax dollars were hard at work and I was busy.

Part 2. What are you imagining is happening to your body while your consciousness is possessing someone else? Would this answer affect whether or not you chose to make the swap?

this is the third time i've edited this question to try and get it to make sense and be grammatically correct!

If you could wake up tomorrow as any other person on earth, and spend the next 24hrs living their life (Quantum Leap style), who would you choose?

nb. tomorrows question is a part two to this one, so get in the game now or be out for two days! (the horror!)

Phrases people use that immediately give you the overwhelming urge to punch them in the face..

My answer.. "across the pond"

Sorry to Danielle for missing yesterday! I know it's difficult to get through a work day without this blog :)
It's also been pointed out that I'm not answering my own questions - so starting tomorrow I will add my comment on the previous day before posting the new one.



Things you wish were socially acceptable to do at work...

What's something you knew was a bad idea while you were doing it?

(credit for this question has to go to Maria Moser, who gave it as perhaps my favourite category ever!)

What was your least favourite movie of the last year or so, and why?

(you have to have actually seen it!)

Welcome!

Welcome to my interactive blogging experiment! The idea is to break up the work day with a little bit of non work related thought. Each post will be a question, thought, link or maybe even a Haiku. It will always be short and sweet, because it's designed to be read during the work day, and you never know who's going to stick their head into your office/cubicle!

To be at all fun or interesting this blog experiment depends on your comments! I've sent the blog link to people I think will enjoy it, but feel free to share it.

I promise this is the longest entry you'll ever see!