So we all pretend to hate being tagged, but we secretly love it because BAM! instant blog topic. And I had the luck of being tagged twice in one week. First I got tagged by Himbo over at Confessions of a Fantabulous Himbo and I’m supposed to list six non-important things/habits/quirks about myself:
1. I’m allergic to red food coloring. I can handle red M&Ms, but red drinks, and too many of those marchiano cherries send me over the edge. I told you red was the worst color.
2. Even though I have a full-sized big boy bed , I only sleep on one side of the bed, as if it were a twin.
3. My favorite dinosaur is the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but sometimes I say it’s the Parasaurolophus, just so I can show off my knowledge of dinosaurs, plus it’s fun to say.
4. I hate when people push the close door button in elevators. They never work people! They’re just for show!
5. I get unreasonably nervous on the subway if it’s about to start moving and I see a wobbly-legged tourist heading to an empty seat to sit down. I yell at the top of my lungs (in my head): “Quick! Sit down! Sit down! Sit down!”. Because if they don’t sit down, they’ll fall over when the subway starts. And I may or may not know how embarrassing that can be.
6. When I play board games I like to be the blue piece. In Monopoly, I like to be the dog. In Clue, I like to be Colonel Mustard (though when I was little, being the youngest meant picking last and I usually had to be Mrs. White). Which pieces do you guys like to be?
Then I got tagged by Sam over at Sam.I.Am. and I’m supposed to list five of my addictions:
1. Star Wars Expanded Universe novels. I bought so many that I still haven’t read, but I buy them all anyway. The new one comes out today! I’ll be going out on my lunch break to pick it up.
2. I love looking up real estate. I can sit in front of the computer for hours just looking at apartments, condos, and houses. Even ones that I could never afford in a million years. It’s just nice to dream.
3. I’ve been addicted to Juliet’s blog Evolving Revolver lately. You remember her from my Oprah vs Martha Stewart debate, right? Well she’s currently living in France and her stories make me happy.
4. THIS.
5. Argyle. How could I leave this off the list? I have just about every color combination imaginable, but I’ve already bought three new ones at Target last weekend and two zipper ups from Kohls, and it’s not even November yet.
Alright, so I’m not going to tag anyone, but if you have a blog, and you think this looks like fun, you’re welcome to tag yourselves in the comment section.
Michelle: I knew it! food textures sometimes drive me nuts. I can’t eat pudding.
Confession: Never been to Chili’s. We don’t have Chili’s up here, we are plenty chilly enough in the winter.
But anything that involves cheese (unless its blue – that’s mold people, you throw it away when it turns blue) is good in my books. So what exactly is Skillet Queso? Are you going to make me google it?
You don’t eat pudding?!?! But I already ordered our wedding cake with pudding filling! Don’t think you’ll get out of me jamming it in your mouth….
Okay, I’ve never been a big fan of hummus, but after your lovely analogy Joe I’m swearing off it for life.
Tam: Skillet Queso is a steamy skillet full of love, sent here by the lord almighty to help me escape from the boring chicken and rice soup that I eat almost every day. (It’s basically cheese, beef, beans, and love…..that you dip chips in)
Craig: That’s what she said.
I’m sorry Tam. I can’t confirm anything, but I’m almost positive, that’s how it’s made. Old Greek grandmothers…..in a big room……chewing and spitting up tortilla chips.
Ewwww. That’s disgusting. LOL
Okay does this Queso thing have sour cream in it? I don’t do white stuff as a general rule.
CHILIS?! MMMM… One of my favorite places to eat (and I HATE Applebees btw!)
And I never get dessert anywhere, but I LOVE the Paradise Pie at Chilis and want some now…
Beef, good. Beans, good. Cheese yuck.
Cure cancer? Write great American novel? Tidy sock drawer? Not until I break 18 on Escapa!
Tam: the queso does not have any sour cream. Just deliciousness.
I found a DIY recipe. I’ve never tried this so I can’t account for it’s accuracy….but….
http://thenachoblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/cheesy-recipeesy-diy-chilis-queso-dip.html
Joe: If I ever get to a Chili’s (one of these days when I’m down south) I might check it out.
You definitely should. mmmmmmm Skillet Queso
joe: Vanilla bean Cheesecake from TGIFridays and Cabudy Caramel Eggs are better than anything Little Debbie…hell they’re the next best thing to sex. And take if from me, cause I’m a fat boy on the outside, and I know these things.
Craiggers: “me jamming it in your mouth….” funny, I’ve heard you say that in my dreams a few times….
Tam: you don’t do white stuff? Oh, poor you. And put down the Escapa and slowly back away….
HUGS…
Polt: I’ll give you the cheescake….yum! But Cadbury cream eggs make me want to yack. Plus I’m allergic to chocolate……which is why i had to give up my nutty bars.
joe: not the cream eggs. no no no no..the Cadbury CARAMEL eggs, which is kinda the same thing except the icky disgusting creamy stuff inside is replaced with yummy, delicious caramel….although since you’re allergic to chocolate, it probably makes no difference to you.
And I now officially feel very sorry for you, joe, to be allergic to chocolate should be illegal. Seriously.
HUGS…
Eh. it’s no biggie. I only miss the combination of peanut butter and chocolate. Le Sigh. But there are other vices I can cling to.
On a completely unrelated topic, although it was touched on earlier, and I hope Craiggers doesn’t mind me being presumptuous enough to post this here without asking first, but the first post of this past weekend is up at http://poltspalace.blogspot.com. two more are written and ready to go, and there will be more forthcoming.
HUGS…
Nicky: You get one for the yes column, I hate Applebee’s too! Thought I did read somewhere that PAradise Pie is one of the worst desserts you can eat because of the calories and fat and such.
Michelle M.: I’m crushed, one for the no column: cheese is evidence of god on earth, including blue (sorry Tam a good blue cheese rocks).
Since I’m feeling bad, I will admit: I don’t really like chocolate. I’ll eat it in things, like chocolate chip cookies, but not in and of itself. I won’t eat chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream.
Polt: The Mrs. *loves* the caramel eggs, I can’t eat them, they’re too sweet.
Who cares about calories and fat? MMMM Paradise Pie….
And also, we both hate Applebees, AND I don’t like chocolate either! Chocolate chip cookies are fine (and of course its fine in Paradise Pie), but I don’t eat chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream either. It’s not necessarily BAD, but I’m not a huge fan.
I do like hot chocolate though.
Polt: “And put down the Escapa and slowly back away…. ” Did you mix us up? I know we girls all look the same. If it helps, Tam’s the one with the tattoos : ). I enjoyed reading about your weekend. It wouldn’t let me comment, so I’ll try later.
Allergic to chocolate? Joeno! How horrible.
john: Well, that’s what makes it interesting…
And speaking of pie, Marie Callender’s cranberry apple streusel pie should be out soon (if not already). It is very, very yummy.
Michelle: joeno = laughed out loud at work.
Michelle: Considering you and I, it seems, are the only two women who hang out regularly in this mecca of male hotness, you’d think they’d be able to tell us apart. I played twice and gave up. Patience is not one of my virtues.
Oh and chocolate? Mmmmmmmmmmm.
Tam: Mmmmhmmm!
I am also allergic to red food dye, i’m also allergic to yellow!
I love anime and manga, i havent seen death note yet though. it looks really good. im addicted to books and anime and cute things. im also addicted to pantyhose. i LOVE halloween candy (or christmas colored ones).
I love fosters and all the cartoon network shows and all the claymation xmas ones. i like the racing car in monopoly.
Awwww, well I am addicted to YOU! It was meant to be.
I SO did not see this till now, though, because my computer conveniently chose to eat shit in the middle of my existential crisis. Nice of it, eh!! More stories on my crazy Paris life soon….
P.S. – Wow, how hard is Escapa!! I lasted a second! (And that’s what he said!)
My addictions change but current ones are in this order
1 football; 2 movies 3: watching anything election related.
Movies is always a constant but I’ll be relieved after Nov 4th and go into horrible withdrawal after watching the Giants win the Superbowl again.
I also was always blue, the dog but in Clue I was Mrs. Peacock.
OMG how did I miss this post?! I hadn’t seen it until just now. Thanks for playing along
-Himbo