Shame Spiral

That's right.  I'm a jerk . I was tagged a long time ago by three, very sweet bloggers, and I have YET to fulfill my duties.  Well, better late than never (my motto of the month!)   So here goes.  With my most sincere apologies and regrets (and also some goofy pictures of me to help appease my guilt.) 

1. Jennifer of Infinity More Monkeys tagged me for the Nice Blogger Award......almost a month ago.  Since I am just now acknowledging this, that clearly makes me un-nice so I am revoking the title, returning the crown and hanging my head in shame.

2. Sara Duckett of Sadie Olive was so sweet to nominate me for the Rockin' Blogger award.  Again, I'm super late on this one too, so I do not feel qualified to pass anything along.  Besides, I think you are all rockin' bloggers.  Really.  (and I know it's only rockin' roll....but i like it.)

3.  Sarah of Girl Land tagged me recently for a "share seven things" and I shall complete this one, to the best of my ability.  And be sure to look at her list so you check out the giant  bangs (snort!)  And, I can laugh at this because....I had big bangs too.  And a side pony tail.  And stirrup pants.  *shudder*.

Seven strange, weird or random facts about me:

1.)  I have been known to wear stick-on facial hair.  (See picture above.)  But, I'm of Mediterranean descent, so it's not really that far from the reality. Yes, I am hairy.  At my most sensitive peak, I would bleach my arm hair sometimes, and it hurt so terribly, that I would stand, flapping my white, goo-covered arms like a bird, in total agony waiting for the hair to lighten.  Luckily, age has dulled the hairiness (or maybe just my perception of it) and I could give a hoot anymore.  Though, if I don't tend to my lip every now and then, I will get a "high-school-movie-lunch -lady" look going on.

2.) In high school I was nominated "student of the week" once.  It entailed a big picture and questionnaire being posted in the hall display case for (you guessed it) a months time.  I was a nobody in school, so I thought it would be funny to fill out the questionnaire with a bunch of smart-ass comments (mostly quotes from movie.)  Something interesting about myself?  "I rarely wear underwear, but when I do it's something very unusual."  Bill Murray, Stripes.  Something that people don't know about me?  "I have one glass eye, so nobody know which eye too look into when they are talking to me."  (I actually don't remember where the hell i got that one from, but it must have been a TV show or something.)  The point of this story.  Don't try to be funny in high school, unless you actually ARE funny.  Or you will get people coming up to you for the rest of the year, "Whoa, do you really have a glass eye?  That's awesome...."

3.)  Speaking of eyes, in my brief and fleeting stint at college, I took an art class that had mandatory attendance and I found myself having missed one to many days, and was in deep water.  I have NO idea how or why I came up with this horrible plan, but I came to class then ext day wearing an eye patch (found in my car's first aid kit) and I made up this long story about how my boyfriend was playing with a Pokemon happy meal toy, it slipped from his hand hit me in the eye, scratched the cornea and I had to wear a patch for several days.  (I was going for the "the more crazier the story, the more they will believe it" theory.)  And, it worked, they bought it!  But, In my genius plotting, I forgot that I had my final project to complete in class, and now I had to do it with a patch on my eye and NO DEPTH PERCEPTION.

4.) I spent a whole night (ALL night from dusk to dawn) a few weeks ago watching all of the My So Called Life episodes on TV links.  It took hours.  But it was so awesome.  Anyone else obsessed with this show?  I can't believe we never got to see if Angela ever hooked up with Brian Krakow.  I mean, she got in Jordan Catalano's car at the end of finale, but what about the letter?!?!  The show was canceled after one season.  Too cruel.

5.) Speaking of shows, I think it is time for me to admit.   (*deep breath) I am a big, giant nerdy fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000.  There, I said it.  I just can't help it, ok?!?  They are so funny!!!  I realize that admitting something like this is akin to me confessing that I dress up for medieval gatherings and my wench name is Lady Fratterly (not true, by the way....I'm not that nerdy.)  And, just so you know, I can make fun of other nerds if I want to, it's in the dork-clause:  when you are a nerd, you have the liberty to make fun of other different types of nerd,  as they will in turn, be making fun of you.  It's a self-preservation thing.  Oh, and my favorite episodes are Manos, the Hands of Fate, Danger:Death Ray and Girls Town.)

6.) Wow, these just keep getting worse.  Should I stop now? Nah.  Here's the invitation I made for our Saint Patrick's Day party two years ago.

Once again, I can't stress enough:  do not try to be funny if you AREN''T funny.  I don't think anybody got it.  "Are you really going to have 6 kegs and live music? Whoa!"  It was our first (and last) party.  (We did have one keg, actually.) And, I made this crazy punch out of lime sherbet and lots of alcohol.  It was disgustingly good.  I got the background image for the invitation from a Senior Center's website with pictures form their Saint Patty's party (which was probably cooler than ours.  I love pistachio pudding.)

7.) Am I done yet?  Please?  That's enough torture for one post.  For all of us.

Comments

[tammyCA]

LOL! Too funny...the eye patch story is great - Pokemon even!

[Stefanie]

I miss My So Called Life! You are not alone!

I too am an avoider of being tagged, so glad you listed these, made my morning!

[Tiffany]

My So Called Life ~ I loved that show!
And MST3K! My favorite is Pod People.

[Tiffany]

Oh! And I think I forgot to tell you ~
I finally got my recipes all together!

Since I put them in a book in real life, and not a box, I thought it would be fun to take a picture of the actual binder I use and make that the base for the page.
http://www.phunkymonkeythreads.com/recipes.html

[Sarah]

Haha, this was awesome. (Jack wants to know what I am laughing so much at.)

[Marilyn]

MST3K was A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! I loved it, I miss it. When my boyfriend and I first started dating that's how we spent our Saturday mornings, watching MST3K. I miss those days.

I can sympathize about the arm hair. I usually just Nair them when they get out of control lol!

[Amber]

Girl, you crazy.

Is that fried chicken on top of green pudding? That is disgusting.

[Sarah]

You're such a good sport! Ha. Thanks for sharing. Man, do I loooooove that poster of pudding. And BTW, I think the funniest people are those that are not overtly funny. Dry sarcasm and wit is much more clever. ;) Can I touch your glass eye sometime?

[Christen]

Your facial hair is hot. This made me laugh SO hard.

[Cassie]

"Manos, Hands of Fate" was the best! I still think about it occasionally. Weird.

[raesha]

MST3K is awesome!!! One of the best shows every made...our most favorite episode is "Mitchell"...we were so sad when Joel left, but Mike was fun too...just different.

[Katy]

I too was a closet fan of "My So Called Life". Although I did not re-watch them online (I did not know I could), I admire your brave admission. I'd say about once a year I have to soothe my dissapointment (with a bowl of ice cream) over never finding out if Brian Krakow got the "under the shirt, over the bra" he so richly deserved for that letter. I think the show inspired many a Sundance film ending. Where you have to use your imagination to create an ending (hopefully not in as much detail as I did above).
I think our fascination with such plot lines dates back to the 80's. They act as a neuro-transmitter, sparking a synopsis in the brain tissue where we store "Pretty In Pink". We all know Duckie and Claire belonged together! There was even a moment where we thought she might settle (for a life of meaningful conversation and common interests), but instead she chose the guy with the big house and latent homosexuality. "Some Kind of Wonderful" did not make-up for the feelings of whoa. Duckie didn't even get a kiss in a dirty garage, with the camera spinning around them madly, and New Wave music covering the slurping noises. Sometimes I think I can't go on.
Sorry for the verbal diarrhea. I just want you to know we all have our guilty pleasures. Isn't that what reading blogs is all about?
As for the party, do you really want people who don't get sarcasm and dry humor to come?
You are funny!
One more thing, the glass I thing came from "Meatballs". You must have had Bill Murray on the brain.

[VaxGirl]

Katy beat me to it, but the glass eye quote did come from "MeatBalls"! Bill Murray is explaining to Rudy that he just feels sorry for Roxanne, and she likes him because he knows which one of her eyes to look at.

[Nice]

haha you seriously crack me up..
i was just thinking about mystery science theater haha..i don't remember how i thought of it but it was during my last night getting ready for the craft fair..maybe cos it was on late and reminds me of summer.. i haven't seen it in sooo long..me and my mom and brother would watch it haha.