Alas. I am suffering from a little bit of writer’s block brought on by the excitement of the elections and also the fact that my pants are still a bit tight, and I’m so tired of this whole “working for a living” thing. Yes, it is one of those days. But! I scoured the Internets to find something to write about and I found this meme, which I shall forthwith resurrect and dust off and fill out for you! Yay!
A - Available or Single? Wait a second, isn’t that the same thing? If you are available, you are single, right? Or not, I guess. I am not single, but I am available to get drinks with friends, though that happens all too infrequently. B - Best Friend? My best gay-guy friend Stan. And Jameson, of course. But there is something to be said about having a best friend that is not your SO. Stan keeps me, me. C - Cake or Pie? That is a tough one. If it is a well-done red velvet, angel food, or molten chocolate, then I would say cake. But I also like grasshopper ice cream pies from Baskin-Robbins, warm apple pie ala mode, and boston creme pies. Now I’m hungry. D - Drink of Choice? Maker’s and Coke or Grey Goose and Ginger Ale. If they have Grey Goose Pear, sometimes I will do that with Ginger Ale. Or a margarita. E - Essential Item(s)? My iPhone and work blackberry (I swear, it is a leash). Also, and I don’t know if this counts, but I have to get my eyebrows waxed at least once a month. It’s a weird compulsion, but I feel like a hairy mess if I don’t get them done. F - Favorite Color? Pink - like a strong hot pink. And Kelly Green. And Sky blue. G - Gummi Bears or Worms? Worms are good because they are more substantive with the gumminess, but bears are cool because you can decapitate them with your teeth. H - Hometown? NYC! I - Indulgence? I indulge a lot, unfortunately for me and my credit card and waistline. Clothes shopping, massages, facials, shoes, the afore-mentioned brow waxing, FFDs (fun, fancy dinners). J - January or February? What kind of question is this? K - Kids? Eventually. When I/we can afford them. I was telling a friend the other day that I was not the “natural mother”/nurturer type. I think it is because I have always been the “baby” of the family and my group of friends. L - Life is incomplete without… Love. The Beatles have it right - All you Need is Love. M - Marriage Date None as of yet. N - Number of Siblings One older brother. O - Oranges or Apples? Apples. Oranges are hard to peel and pulpy. But, a mushy apple is THE WORST. P - Phobias/Fears Bee stings. I will run and hide and look like a complete ass to get away from the bees. I think it is because I’ve never been stung before…so maybe it is actually fear of the unknown? Besides that, not much fears, but I will cop to having a pretty distinct set of neuroses and idiosyncrasies about dirt and crumbs that drives Jameson NUTS. Q - Favorite Quote “One by one, we can be the better world we wish for.” I saw it on a card, and it stuck with me ever since. R - Reasons to Smile? The holidays and Christmas music always make me smile. S - Season? Currently, we are knee deep in cloudy, chilly Fall. And I like it. But I like all the seasons, it is a good thing that we get all four (though muted versions of some of them in LA…) T - Tag Three Anyone that wants to play along! U - Unknown Fact About Me I was the valedictorian of my Kindergarten class! V - Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals? Oh, I’m a big time carnivore. At restaurants I’ll usually get the steak or the burger. I’m trying, however, on the day-to-day, to eat more greens and less meats generally. W - Worst habits? My severe lack of self-discipline, which precludes me from dieting, exercising regularly, and getting to my laundry. I think I use up all my self-discipline at work, so I have none of it left for my personal life. X - X-rays or Ultrasounds? Strange questions. Ummm, neither? Y - Your Favorite Foods Anything trashy - Taco Bell, etc. Z - Zodiac Virgo!
How do couples navigate the trickiness of the holidays? I know that when you are married with kids, you can split your time - Thanksgiving with one family, Christmas with the other. But, what about if you are just dating? And, what about the friends?
Pre-Jameson, my friends and I would always celebrate Thanksgiving together. We were all in LA and most of our families were spread out across the country and no one could ever afford to go home. So we started going to Vegas over Thanksgiving, or trying to cook a turkey ourselves, or going to a spa. We would always do something together, since we were the Thanksgiving orphans. We always knew that spending that holiday with our families would be preferable, but since we couldn’t, we’d have fun on our own.
Now, Jameson’s family lives in Reno, which is close enough for him to go there for Thanksgiving, and he talks like he is assuming that I am coming too. (I went last year, when we couldn’t stand to be apart for more than an hour at a time.) And I want to, and I’m glad that his family has been so accepting of me, but a part of me feels bad for missing out on the orphan Thanksgiving with my friends. I feel like I am moving on and leaving them behind? Even though I also know that it is not really like that. But, then, why do I feel so guilty?
And then there is Christmas. Jameson and I would like to spend Christmas together, but it just does not seem feasible. My family lives in New York, and I have NEVER not been home for Christmas. Plus, it is just my mother, my father, and my brother, usually, so my absence would really be missed if I didn’t go. And, I can’t bring Jameson home with me because he’s an only child and also has not NOT been to his home for Christmas and so he doesn’t want to leave his parents alone for the holidays. I argue that if I go to his family’s for Thanksgiving, he should come with me to mine for Christmas, but I also don’t want to be the bad guy forces him to leave his parents all alone on the holidays.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Shared experiences? Stories about holiday planning solutions? I’d love to hear ‘em. I love the holidays, but the logistics of it all can be such a nightmare!
Last night, when I was putting lotion on my legs, I noticed that they were all soft and flabby. And they looked bigger than usual.
I’ve been wearing boxy dresses a lot lately. I told myself that it was because it was chic, but it is also really comfortable to not have something dig into your waistline.
I don’t pose for pictures anymore, and I haven’t worn a pair of jeans in months.
I eat multi-course dinners, and sit around “resting” and watching tv afterwards.
Yup, I am suffering from the Nesting 15. Now, what can I do about it?
Oh hello, HI THERE. I am back from a delicious vacation in Mexico wherein I did nothing but lounge on the beach and drink pina coladas and eat and get fat. It was absolutely fantastic.
Of course, I get back to an economic meltdown and only a month left before the election. These are very exciting and scary times we live in, and sometimes I wonder whether musing on my current state of romantic affairs is even all that interesting to you at all, or if we should just talk politics? And if we talk politics, will there be stuff to talk with you guys about after the election? Or should we talk about all the the above, especially since this site is called 100 Different Things, and not just 100 Thoughts on the Same Thing, as Anna so cleverly put it the other day.
I consider all of y’all friends. And so, we are asking YOU - what do you want to read about from us? What is most interesting? Is there anything that you want to know, that you are dying to ask us to post about?
