Frigid Meme

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1) What are you avoiding? Work, life, bills

2) When was the last time you were at a bus station? Sometime in college I think

3) Describe your next-door neighbor (no names!). We have the Flanderses on one side, very religious and a yippy dog. The piece of shit on the other side that needs to be put into jail for animal neglect.

Thievery

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Today we ripped off a bloggernamed Ace of Hadeon from the blog My Heroes Have Always Been Scientists. Since it is 100 questions we will do it it in three parts. He stated he jacked this from Padme 18. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us atSunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: The Ace Meme, Part Two

Cheers to all of us thieves!

34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF YOUR HOME COUNTRY? Yes: Canada, Mexico & the U.K.

35. WEAKNESSES? Food and cowardice

37. FIRST JOB? The Izod alligator

38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL? When I was a kid

39. DO YOU THINK EVERYONE OUT THERE HAS A SOUL MATE? No, that a ridiculous notion. Otherwise, how do you account for the high divorce rate?

40. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU DID STEALING? Eating blue corn tortilla chips and vegan dip

41. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SURGERY? Wisdom teeth, gall bladder and breast reduction

42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST? My smile

43. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES? Nope :D

44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? To be surprised

45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT AND WHAT DO YOU WANT THEIR NAMES TO BE? (OR IF YOU HAVE KIDS, TELL US ABOUT THEM.) I never want children

46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No and funnily enough, my parents did not name me as they could not agree upon a name.

47. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TURN OFF OF THE SEX(ES) YOU'RE ATTRACTED TO? Ignorance and apathy

48. WHAT IS ONE THING YOU LIKED ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL? Learning how to write effectively

49. WHAT KIND OF SHAMPOO DO YOU USE? Right now, I'm using Pantene

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Meh

51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Salami

52. ANY BAD HABITS? Picking my cuticles

53. ARE YOU A JEALOUS PERSON? Yes

54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Maybe

55. DO YOU AGREE WITH FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS? Sure, why not

56. DO LOOKS MATTER? To an extent

57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER? Yelling

58. WOULD YOU RATHER GAIN 58 POUNDS OR LOSE 58 POUNDS? Lose!

59. WHAT'S YOUR MAIN GOAL IN LIFE? To do something meaningful and important

60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? Sit n' Spin

61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE? What the fuck?

62. WERE YOU A FAN OF BARNEY AS A LITTLE KID? Umm....I was 17 when Barney was started on the airwaves....sooooo NO

63. DO YOU USE SARCASM? What do you think?

64. MASHED POTATOES OR MACARONI AND CHEESE? Mashed potatoes

65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A LOVER? Sense of humour & intelligence

66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES? Too many to mention but SB likes to call me Freckles

67. FAVORITE SUPER POWER? Force field all the way. This way I can drive like an utter asshole and not have anything happen to me or my vehicle

Pennsylvania 6500

In an effort to keep from losing my mind, I've started taking Vitamin D.

This has been a challenging week to say the least, what w/ the wedding chaos, pressures from work and other major shitty stuff that I don't want to discuss. In the middle of all this garbage, my friend Andie took me out swing dancing.

It was well needed break from reality and refreshing to go out w/out SB. Not that I don't love him, it's just really great that we have separate interests sometimes.

The lesson was quick but the instructor was cute. ;-) hmm shaved head! Plus he was wearing a cute vintage shirt. SB refuses to wear anything w/ buttons.

There was lots of swinging and flinging and the women clearly out numbered the men. And the fewer men that were there had a fondness for cologne....lots and lots of cologne.

Good times good times.

The Best of the Worst

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Jack frost is nipping at my nose! It's bloody cold and snowy in my neck of the woods.

Top Ten things you like to do in the winter:

1. Pray for summer

2. Drink hot chocolate w/ whipped cream vodka

3. Snuggle w/ SB and watch movies

4. Snow tubing

5. Try to not fall into the abyss

6. Hibernate

7. Bitch about how much I hate the snow and cold

8. Having a guaranteed ride to work in SB's awesome truck when the roads are total shit

9. Extra snuggles from kitty

10. Planning summer vacation

Winter sucks!

Etch-a-Sketch

Top Chef recap time, y'all!

For the Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants had butcher and a cod & a fluke in portions good enough to serve at Le Bernadin w/in 10 minutes. So, Fabio cuts his thumb nail open & instead of grabbing a bandage, he bled all over his fish. God, he's an idiot! Needless to say he was in the bottom w/ Carla, Tiffany (who's the executive chef at a seafood restaurant!) & Antonia. Then, A TWIST...the top 4 cheftestants (Mike I, EWWWW!, Blais, Marcel & Dale T.) had to make a dish using the fish heads and guts. Uhhh...that sounds delightful? Plus, Mike I was being an ass & kept trying to take Marcel's china cap & bowls. Get off yr lazy and go look for yr prep stuff, jeez! Dale won w/ his fin and liver sashmi. Blech!

As his reward, Dale got to pick his team for Restaurant Wars. Yeah RW is back!! And, more importantly, Dale to chose the other team captain. And we laugh audibly as he chose Marcel. Pretty great strategy I say. Marcel is not a team player and he's even worse when he has to be in charge.

And from early on in the episode, Dale's team, Bodega, communicated well & had some stellar ideas for food. Plus, Fabio is great as front of house. An OK chef but he belongs at the front always and forever. So it's no surprise that Bodega ran away as the winner. 76 out 93 diners strongly preferred their homemade potato chips and mock tuna in a can to Marcel's Mediterranean disaster known as Etch. There was nothing cohesive and too much foam and my poor Antonia over salted her gnudi. Heh heh gnudi, that's fun to say. Gnudi....OK I promise to stop.

Funnily enough, from my experience in upstate New York, a bodega is a place to buy junk food and weed. Must be a New York thing.

Well, it was a real nail biter at Judge's Table. I thought another girl was going to get the chop. There's only 3 ladies left! Bring back Tiffani! Anyways, I actually jumped from my couch and shouted in joy as Marcel was sent a-packin'. And he's exit interview really said it all, "I didn't make any mistakes. I just picked the wrong team."

I hope the cheftestants burned some sage after he left!

Wasting Time Meme

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1) Look around you: list the first 5 things you see that bring back good memories. Day of the Dead skeleton: semester abroad in Mexico, 2 pink dumbbells: finishing a five mile workout, red bucket: the keys to the first car I bought, my picture of my grammy, squishy brown couch: the day we bought the house

2) Create a super-pet by combining any three animals. Is there any better pet than a cat?

3) How do you respond when someone says something unexpectedly kind to you? I stammer a thank you

A Blank Mind

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Today we ripped off a bloggernamed Ace of Hadeon from the blog My Heroes Have Always Been Scientists. Since it is 100 questions we will do it it in three parts. He stated he jacked this from Padme 18. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us atSunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: The Ace Meme, Part One

Cheers to all of us thieves!

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT? I have a small scar on my left wrist because my older brother threw a piece of metal siding at me while I was roller skating. He was aiming for my head.

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM? A pencil sketch of Big Ben that my brother got for me from London. He totally made up for scaring me! And awesome post cards.

3. DO YOU SNORE, GRIND YOUR TEETH, OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP? All of the above.

4. WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO? Obscure Brit pop, progressive metal, jazz standards, anti-folk

5. WHAT TIME WERE YOU BORN? 6 am, first and last time I did anything willingly first thing in the morning.

6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW? To be debt free

7. WHAT DO YOU MISS? My grammy

8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION(S)? My iPhone, my kitty, my opal bracelet (thought the opal is missing)

9. HOW TALL ARE YOU? Nearly 5'1"

10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC? YES!

11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK? Occasionally

12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY? Myself

13. WHAT'S YOUR WORST FEAR? Being a lonely failure

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON PEOPLE YOU'RE ATTRACTED TO? Shaved heads, green eyes

15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF PROPOSING? SB proposed to me in the living room

16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK? Neither

17. FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING? Bacon, onion, jalapeno, olives

18. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Hot wings

19. FAVORITE COLOR OF ALL TIME? Green

20. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A GOLDFISH? What?! No

21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST MEANINGFUL GIFT YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED? My grandmother's engagement diamond which my mother turned into a pendant on a necklace for my 21st birthday

22. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH? Yes

23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED? No, that's pretty rare

24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND? Gap

25. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FEMALE/MALE CELEBRITY? Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet

26. DO YOU HAVE A PET RIGHT NOW? Squeaky

27. WHAT KIND IS IT? A grey tiger striped fluffy kitty

28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING? Death is a stark inevitability of life

30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED? 33

31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES? Neither, redheads

32. FAVORITE QUOTE? "Though under Earth and throneless now I be, Yet, while I lived, all Earth was under me" C.S. Lewis

33. FAVORITE PLACE? Mexico

Be the Change

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This past Monday, those of us in the US, celebrated the birthday of one of the greatest Civil Rights leaders ever to walk this planet. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you had a dream and could change the world. What are the top ten things you would change?

1. Keep abortions safe & legal

2. More affordable housing

3. Better quality of foods in food pantries

4. Less bureaucracy at the Dept. of Social Services

5. Better use of the harm reduction model in treating addictions

That's all I got

Floudering & Carping

Top Chef recap time!

Ugh....Marcel! Twice he tried to pick a fight w/ Dale T. I'm not saying Dale doesn't deserve to be knocked down a few pegs but DAMN Marcel is such a shit mixer!

There was no Quickfire Challenge because the cheftestants had to go to Montauk and go fishin' for a fancy schmancy party on the beach. The cheftestants were randomly split into 4 groups of 3 & sent out into the Atlantic to get some fresh grub.

And Carla is on a winning streak w/ her blue fish. I'm glad that it wasn't a team win because in any group situation someone is always a fucking slacker.

Then...DOUBLE ELIMINATION....WHOMP WHOMP. Team Blais, Marcel & Fabio made a group dish which is completely idiotic. But, I think Top Chef is very misogynistic , so Jamie finally left because she sucks & Tiffani.....NOOOOO!!!! I'm going to miss you Tiff! It should have been Fabio or Marcel :-(

My heart, she is hurting...

Mr. McFreely

For many years now, I have denounced the show "American Dad". Until one day last week, when I was bored and looking for something on Netflix streaming, I decided to give it a go.

I laughed my ass off! I am now obsessed w/ Roger the Alien. I've been annoying Sexybeast by randomly screaming "Who ate all the Pecan Sandies?!" I don't know what it is about Roger I like, possibly his Paul Lynde type of voice.

On season 4 episode 12 of American Dad, Roger rants continuously about having grenadine to make a "Roy Rogers", a non-alcoholic beverage consisting of a can of cola & a little less than a shot of grenadine. I could not get this drink combination out of my head.

However, I hate grenadine. That sticky mess corn syrup and red dye #5. Blech!

After consulting The Profusser, I decided to make my own grenadine.

Step the 1st, buy yrself some unsweetened pomegranate juice. I was thinking, "Say what?! Grenadine is supposed to be fruit flavoured?!" My mind is officially blown.

I have my ordinary granulated sugar.

I doubled the recipe I had, so that's 12 oz of the juice.

Step the 2nd, take yr pomegranate juice & put in a saucepan on medium heat. Reduce it down to half of the liquid you added. Add 6 oz of sugar. Stir until dissolved.

Take yr concoction and stick in the fridge to cool.

After cooling it, I made myself a Roy Rogers.

I gave up soda. It was a hard habit to break but it was nice not to have my teeth feel furry. I think this was in part to the evil corn syrup. This Pepsi was super fucking awesome! And slightly lower in calories than the other crap.

Holy baby Jesus! A "Roy Rodgers" tastes like Mr. Pibb!!! I love love love this. If you want a party in yr mouth, then I urge you all to start drinking Roy Rodgers.

"Do you know what you get when you mix grenadine and room temperature cola? You tell me when I throw it in yr face!"

MLK Meme

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1) Do you know any recipes by heart? If so, write one down off the top of your head.

Blue Corn Tortilla Soup:

Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in pot on med-high. Add sliced carrots (I use about 5-6 baby carrots) 5 cloves of minced garlic and a 28 oz can of whole tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Take veggies and puree them. Return to pot & add 5 cups of broth. Bring to a boil. Take crushed tortilla chips & shredded cheese (I like the jalapeno Jack) and place in bottom of soup bowl. Ladle soup on top & add fresh minced cilantro, chopped raw onions, hot sauce and/or lime juice.

2) Of the people you know, who has the best style? Besides me...... Albany Jane

3) If you could be any book character, who would it be? Astrid from "The Whores on the Hill" by Colleen Curran

Stop Thief!

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Sunday Stealing: The Stupid Evil Bastard Meme

Cheers to all of us thieves!

1. What time did you get up this morning? Up as in out of bed? 8:15

2. How do you like your steak? Mooing

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Black Swan!!!!

4. What is your favorite TV show? WOW....tough one.....as of right now it would be The Simpsons

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Scotland, Mexico or Seattle

6. What did you have for breakfast? A banana, fiber bar, 2 low fat cheese sticks & toasted Italian bread

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Nooooooo! Don't make me choose! I could go for Mexican right now.

8. What foods do you dislike? Seafood, including shell fish, mushrooms & eggplant

9. Favorite Place to Eat? Van's Vietnamese...among many many many others

10. Favorite dressing? Low fat Italian

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? Honda Accord w/ a moon roof and 6 CD player

12. What are your favorite clothes? Tight jeans and ironic T-shirts

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Lake Como in Milan

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Empty

15. Where would you want to retire? Mexico

16. Favorite time of day? Midnight

17. Where were you born? Schenectady, NY

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Baseball

19. Who do you think will never call you again? Jen

20. Person you expect to call you next? Mummy

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to Stealing? I have no idea

22. Bird watcher? Hummingbirds but only occasionally

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? The night time is the right time

24. Do you have any pets? Squeaky the kitty

25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? I'm going to make some hummus later. I haven't made hummus in many years

26. What did you want to be when you were little? An actress

27. What is your best childhood memory? Going camping on Martha's Vineyard

28. Are you a cat or dog person? Meow

29. Are you married? Not yet

30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes

31. Been in a car accident? Unfortunately, yes

32. Any pet peeves? About an ass ton, I blame my OCD. The worst sin to commit in my presence is mispronunciation of words

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Onion, jalapeno, olive and bacon

34. Favorite Flower? Lily of the valley, lilacs

35. Favorite ice cream? My new favourite is Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chipotle

37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? I passed the first time!

38. Who did you get your last email from? As in a personal e-mail? That would be Katie

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? The Gap or Target

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? I can't think of anything. I suppose I'm not spontaneous :-(

41. Like your job? Yes very much

42. Broccoli? Love it!

43. What was your favorite vacation? Weekend camping trip to Cooperstown

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? SB

45. What are you listening to right now? The Kids in the Hall but before that it was a moody acoustic song on Pandora radio.

46. What is your favorite color? Green, all shades

47. How many tattoos do you have? One for now, saving money on #2

48. How many times have you tagged someone to do a meme?A few times, not my scene

49. What time did you finish this meme? 12:59 pm

50. Coffee Drinker? Never touch the stuff, stunts yr growth.

Under her Black Wings

I went to see Black Swan last week.

****DISCLAIMER: IF YOU HAVE NOT THIS THIS FILM YET, YOU WILL BE SPOILED*****

It was phenomenal! I loved it!! It was dark, disturbing & erotic. Will this herald in the long awaited return of Winona Ryder? Fingers crossed!

I was reading some of the IMDB.com boards &, of course, theories abound about Nina and her mother's relationship. One movie nerd wrote a very convincing hypothesis on the sexual abuse betwixt Nina and Mommy. Hmmmm.....it's possible. Constantly calling her "Sweet Girl, the constant phone calls, no regard for Nina's privacy in the bathroom or bedroom.

Someone else made mention of Nina hallucinating visiting Beth at the hospital the second time. I wasn't sure but it was pointed out that she had on Beth's earrings during her performance.

"I was perfect..."

Pass the Popcorn

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Winter is always great for catching up on movies or watching old time favorites.

Top Ten movies you could watch over and over.

1. Pulp Fiction

2. Breakfast at Tiffany's

3. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

4. Children of Men

5. Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind

6. Cabaret

7. Sleeper

8. Juno

9. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

10. Moonstruck

Down & Out in Chinatown

Top Chef recap time!

For the Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants had to make quick dish in 8min 37sec as set by Chef Col-dick-io. Here's my issue, they didn't taste Tom's food. Yes he was speedy but his fish could have tasted like poo. Anyways, because of the time constraints, Chef Tom stressed that the cheftestants should not make a dish that is not cooked. No sushi, no ceviche, no raw! Sucking it big time were Jamie because none of her clams cooked except for one. So I guess she made an amuse bouche. Dale's pad thai because it lacked noodles. Who would try to make noodles in less than 8 minutes? And Angelo's uncooked fish. Cocky bastard! Winning immunity and a Prius (wow!) was Mike I. Say what? Uhhh...ok.

For the Elimination Challenge, cheftestants had to make dim sum dishes at a busy Chinatown restaurant. In addition, some one had to expedite the orders and two chefs had to serve. Since Mike had immunity he took over as expediter. Casey and Carla were working the push carts. Now you would think w/ all the people in the kitchen and the fact that they're used to working on a line, that the food would be flying fast and furious. Meh, not so much. Patrons got up and left w/ being served. Slow slow slow service. But a winner did emerge and it was Dale. Aw c'mon! Well, I guess you can polish a turd. Going home was Casey and her under cooked chicken feet. Of course, Casey placed the blame on Antonia because she relegated Antonia to cooking the dish whilst Casey was pushing carts of food around. Hey! Have some balls to stand up for yrself, Casey! Good riddance!

Hi, Jamie! Yr still here stinking up the kitchen.

Sub Zero Meme

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1) What one habit would you never, ever give up? My rigidity to routine

2) Swear words: Are you pro or con? Fucking pro!

3) How cold is “cold” for you? When do you put a sweater on in the house, or a heavier coat on outdoors? Anything below 50. Since I wear short sleeves all year 'round, I wear my Mastadon hoodie quite a bit in the house.

Meme Thief

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A is for Age: 35

B is for Beer of choice: Cherry Lambic

C is for Career: Case Manager

D is for favourite Drink: Seltzer

E is for Essential item you use everyday: iPhone

F is for Favourite song at the moment: "Louder than Ever" by Cold War Kids

G is for favourite Game: Scattergories

H is for Home town: Schenectady

I is for Instruments you play: Flute......ages ago

J is for favourite Juice: Grapefruit

K is for Kids: I have none

L is for Last kiss: This morning

M is for marriage: 25 June 2011

N is for full Name: Susan Marie Bernardi (soon to be Johnson)

O is for Overnight hospital stays: 1984, dehydration from salmonella

P is for phobias: nuclear war

Q is for quote: "Though under Earth and throneless now I be, Yet, while I lived, all Earth was under me" C.S. Lewis

R is for biggest Regret: Staying in a dead end job for 6.5 years

S is for sports: Badminton

T is for Time you wake up: 6 am Mon- Fri, weekends vary

U is for colour of underwear: Sans underwear at the moment

V is for Vegetable you love: Soy beans

W is for Worst Habit: Picking my cuticles

X is for X-rays you've had: Hands, back, hips

Y is for Yummy food you make: hummus

Z is for zodiac sign: Libra

2011 Meme

Well, folks it seems that Thursday Thunks are no more. New year, new meme blog.

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Happy New Year!

Every New Year we all make these ridiculous resolutions that only very few of us stick to. If you knew for a fact, that you would stick to all your resolutions then give us your top ten!

Top Ten New Year Resolutions

1. Lose 15 pounds and keep it off

2. Become more patient

3. Have a stronger voice

4. Be more comfortable in my own skin

5. Write, write, write!

6. Not let the wedding drag me into an abyss

I only have six, wanna make something of it?!

Love = Zero

Top Chef Recap time!

For the Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants had to make stuffing....w/out the use of any utensils. And Fabio, the Italian genius that he is (he's a regular Da Vinci!), using a wire rack as a cheese grater. EWWW!!! Grody & unhygienic. On a personal note, my mother makes the best stuffing, it's apple, chestnut & sausage. The secret is to soak the bread in milk over night. Anyways, worst dishes were Carlas under cooked (un-donte) quinoa stuffing. I have no desire to ever taste quinoa. Tiffani's too sweet stuffing and Casey's not stuffing but appetiser. Winning immunity was Tre's south western style stuffing because, hey, everything's better w/ bacon.

For the Elimination Challenge, the cheftestants were split into two teams & had to cook head to head against an opposing chef using tennis scoring. Did I mention they were cooking on a tennis court? So Jamie bitched and moaned that her chickpeas weren't cooking and weren't cooking and weren't cooking. Hey, Jamie, guess what, chickpeas have to soak over night to cook properly! Thus, she kept refusing to compete. Totally lame. Fabio made gnocchi for the billionth time! Fabio, it's called "Top Chef" not "Top Gnocchi. Then Dale T. was acting like a snobby asshole to Carla because she planned on cooking African peanut stew. Well, suck on that Dale, Carla won! And packing it up was Spike. Thank God! Spike sucks! He tried to blame his dismissal on Angelo & Tiffani because they futzing w/ his dish. Ummm....no not so much. Spike ruined his first batch of shrimp & when he cooked his second batch he didn't season all the shrimp properly.

However, Jamie should have gone home, she never served her dish. That's twice now! You suck too, Jamie!

The Usual Stuff

Oh hey, Phairhead how did you celebrate New Year's?

I went up to Benson, NY to be w/ my family to play games, eat too much & generally have a good time.

Oh yeah, we also blew up some soda & modeled some tacky 1980's ski glasses.

New Year Meme

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1) Does absence make the heart grow fonder, or is that just a myth? Yes but occasionally "out of sight, out of mind" does occur.

2) What's guaranteed to make you roll your eyes? Idiocy

3) If you had to change careers or jobs right now (and would be hired no-questions-asked anyplace) where would you go? Someplace where I had more power and was valued.

So Sue Me

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The TT questions are brought to you by Bud,the color of ripping this meme off of a Sunday Stealing from 2007 (way back before Judd & syndication when only 3 played) and thenumber 36936.

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? White water rafting & I'm doing it again in the spring.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't believe in resolutions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes, Crispy and also Dill.

4. Did anyone close to you die? No! Shh, they say it happens in threes.

5. What countries did you visit? None :-(

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010? Money and confidence

7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Our camping trip to Cooperstown, we laughed, we drank, we nearly died during a thunderstorm

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Sticking to my exercise plan, hurray for boot camp and zumba!

9. What was your biggest failure? Hmmmm.....could have lost more weight but I wouldn't consider that a failure.

10. What was the best thing you bought? The usual books, music, clothes, my iced tea maker, MY iPhone (squee!)

11. Whose behavior merited celebration? Mine & Sexybeast

12. Whose behavior made you appalled and disgusted? Homophobic motherfuckers

13. What song will always remind you of 2010? Phoenix "List-o-mania"

14. What do you wish you’d done more of? Not been so emotional

15. What do you wish you’d done less of? Crying and shouting

16. Did you fall in love in 2010? I fell in love in 2008

17. Who did you miss? John Candy, I've never gotten over his death

18. Who was the best new person you met? Annie