The 13 Thursday Front Row Seat
1. Fall at my house – a pine log cabin surrounded by woods – is like a warm bowl of mashed carrots and Yukon gold potatoes.
2. I had every intention of going to Christiansburg to get my hair cut but learned that my hairdresser is in Italy. Now I’m forced to wash the kitchen floor.
3. My son’s girlfriend is in Italy too. I wonder if she’ll meet my hairdresser.
4. My kitchen is a slum of slob.
5. The people in THIS video were always finding water all over their pool deck and furniture, every time they came home, after being away for a few hours. They thought the neighborhood kids were watching for them to leave, and using the pool. However, they could never catch them doing it. So, they set up their video cam and left. THIS is what they found out.
6. I really wanted to stick the I in the word verification TRING today, but then I thought maybe someone was too tired to put the I in TIRING and I am too tired to care.
7. As we age, is it our own faces that scare up at Halloween?
8. I went to see the moon for Joe’s and my nightly moon date (while he’s away on a month long silent meditation retreat). The sky was full of stars but there was no moon in sight, making me think for a moment that maybe the moon had exploded and left glowing pieces of itself all over the sky.
9. After HD TV came and I lost most of my regular channels, I started watching Sex in the City reruns on Fox, which were all new to me. I remember telling Joe that the show wasn’t as much about sex as it was about women’s friendships and the life of a writer. Then, when I lost the Fox channel too, I decided to keep watching by renting all six seasons of the HBO shows from the video store. Guess what I discovered? The show really is about sex.
10. There’s so much hype about the swine flu I feel sick just listening to it. Apparently, now that Dr. Oz has has his own show, he felt obligated to propagate some fear mongering about it and had some experts on touting vaccines, but then later he told Campbell Brown in a TV interview that his own children and wife will not be getting vaccinated. Dr. Oz wisely did not have his children vaccinated for the standard recommended childhood vaccines until after they were 6 months. Some of my views on vaccinations can be found HERE.
11. An earthquake is like the earth having a seizure. A tsunami is like it’s throwing up.
12. Bernie Madoff’s name should be spelled Bernie “Made off,” as in made off with other people’s money.
13. New old country names found in newspaper obituaries to add to the list I’m collecting: Women – LaLa, Zama, Lossie, Monnie, Cuma. Men – Hutson, Hoy, Freeman, Ras, and Carlis.
Now turn the channel and see who else is playing 13 Thursday HERE.
October 15th, 2009 12:40 am
As always, great list! #9-that happened to me!! When I saw the uncut (dvd) versions I was a little shocked! It’s like two different shows.
#10-I read your previous post and I have to say that I absolutely agree! When my daughter was born I didn’t want to vaccinate, but I got pressured into it by her pediatrician and the insurance that we had said it would drop her if I didn’t. So we did the first few shots (I was so nervous every time!) and finally I woke up (at the point that the MMR was about to happen)and realized that I was through being bossed around by doctors and insurers that I had “hired” so I dropped the doctor and the insurance and never looked back. I am just thankful that the few shots she got didn’t seem to cause any problems.
There is no way that you could talk me into getting a swine flu vaccine!! I also find it interesting that it is an egg based vaccine and they are giving it to babies before the babies are at an age to know for sure that there is no egg allergy—it seems impossible to me that there won’t be at least some cases of bad reactions (and once you figure in the mercury, there definitely has to be) the whole thing is just insane!
Sorry for the rant….Happy TT!
October 15th, 2009 1:08 am
My face only scares me – Halloween or not – when I catch sight of it without warning.
October 15th, 2009 1:29 am
Bernie Madoff’s name should be spelled Bernie “Made off”…
Good one! Loved the pool video, too. Must pass that on!
October 15th, 2009 7:15 am
Love the one about Bernie Madoff!
October 15th, 2009 7:57 am
I got a regular flu shot over 10 days ago and I STILL have a sore arm from it. I have never had them hurt for this long, though this is only my third one (I usually don’t get them). I will not be getting the swine flu shot.
October 15th, 2009 8:34 am
I still like those names- used to collect only moonlight postcards..sandy
October 15th, 2009 9:10 am
I really love your Thursday 13, Colleen–it’s always delightful. Regarding #4: Me, too! In my case, my kitchen is a slum of slob because I’m slothful. And sloppy. 🙂
October 15th, 2009 9:25 am
Mine is also a sty of sticky slop. But I am washing that floor.
October 15th, 2009 9:25 am
I shouldn’t say this………but I have been a nurse as you well know for over 25 yrs. and I never have received the flu shot. xo
PS Yes I am busy!!
October 15th, 2009 9:27 am
PSS…..I am still reading your blog, I am just not commenting.
PSSS….I have to stay in contact with you somehow. Love you!!
October 15th, 2009 9:38 am
I have missed you! Flu shot smoo shot.
October 15th, 2009 9:53 am
Oh a moon date sounds wonderful! I’m going to have a go at that!
Thanks for commenting on my post here!
Much appreciated!
Lovely to meet you. 🙂
October 15th, 2009 9:54 am
Love the YouTube video lol
None of us here in my house have had any type of flu shot. For me, there just hasn’t been enough time passed to have tested it thoroughly. That’s just my opinion. I’ve seen so many get sick from the shot alone. Guess what? We rarely get a cold without it.
Happy T13!
October 15th, 2009 10:09 am
I won’t get flu shots, but my husband, a type 1 diabetic who is also a teacher will quite likely get the H1N1 vaccine.
Great thought provoking post.
October 15th, 2009 10:30 am
You know, I hate it when I am forced to wash the floors 😉 and I wish I were in Italy with your son’s girlfriend and your hairdresser.
October 15th, 2009 10:47 am
i’m loving your tt photo today!!!
October 15th, 2009 11:41 am
The swine flu ?? that’s a big buisiness for the pharma industry !
Hopefully not too many people fall into this trap !
October 15th, 2009 12:00 pm
Howard’s End does have Emma Thompson in it. (So does Remains of the Day, which my husband always confuses with Howard’s End)
You can watch Searching for Angela Shelton for free here-
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/searching_for_angela_shelton/
Have a great Thursday!
October 15th, 2009 12:56 pm
I agree about scary faces as you age, now that I’m 40 I don’t even know myself in the mirror any longer. At least I don’t look as old as my mother did at my age! (one benefit to my not picking up smoking cigarettes as she did)
October 15th, 2009 1:13 pm
For fiction writers, a partial is when someone in the industry wants to see only the first X number of pages. In my case it was the first 50.
October 15th, 2009 9:14 pm
Yes, SATC is definitely raunchier in its uncut version! And I love those dogs on the slide..adorable.
October 15th, 2009 10:10 pm
I missed your blog for the few days I was without internet!
I have never had the flu shot and have not had the flu since I was a teenager. Often I can ward off things I am exposed to if I take echinacea and wellness formula and zinc as soon as I think I MIGHT feel symptoms. But why am I telling you this? I asked you for advice years ago about shots!
October 16th, 2009 12:09 am
Hahahaha #9! It is amazing what can be done with editing.
October 16th, 2009 11:50 am
I just noticed some new lines on my face that definitely make me feel MY face is the Halloween Mask I would have bought as a child!
The dogs swimming is really funny…I’m glad it wasn’t a bear…lol!
I am not big on Vaccinations either. As to the Swine Flu or the Old Fashioned Regular Flu shots…I’m not going to do those.
Another rich TT Colleen!
October 18th, 2009 12:56 pm
Who says dogs don’t know how to have fun? Hilarious!!
October 21st, 2009 10:44 pm
Man…I LOVE that pool!!! No wonder those dogs are using it!