June 16, 2006

• FRIDAY FIVE

  Appetizer – What is a word that you use that would not be considered common?
  Beats me why the first thing that came to mind was the word “fetch”, as used in the teen movie, Mean Girls, when one girl keeps saying “that is so fetch.” I love that phrase and think it a lot in my head, but I actually rarely say it out loud because I figure hardly anyone would remember where it’s from and they’ll just think I’m nuts. By the way, saw Lindsay Lohan in Prairie Home Companion this week and thought she gave a nice little performance in a rather different role. Quite a nice segue (now there’s a word you don’t hear every day) for her to work alongside a pro like Meryl Streep. That is so fetch, LL.

  Soup – What theme of calendar do you have on your wall this year?
  Calendar freak here. One in every room of the house. The one in this room is from the company that delivers my oil and has nature photos on it. Living room – one from Reed College where I went freshman year – more nature. Kitchen – one from a realtor I engaged when I thought I might move who later dropped off my map – more nature. Bathroom – the Humane Society – animal children, thank god. Bedroom – Hawaii – scenes from there. Gotta love those free calendars. Even the last one someone gave me. But I would have bought them for every room anyway if the free ones hadn’t arrived.

  Salad – Name 3 people you speak with by telephone a regular basis.
  My daughter, turtle_dove, my son (her younger brother), and my Recovery sponsee, with whom I just had a weekly meeting at my house and then went to an AA meeting. I’m more of an email person actually. Funny how that’s come to be. Are we losing the art of actual voice connection? I know I’m not the only one.

  Main Course – If you could buy a new outfit for someone you know – who would it be and what would you purchase for them?
  I have a 10-year-old granddaughter who has weight issues and is already self-conscious about it. I often watch for outfits for her on the occasions when I shop for myself that would make her feel comfortable and at ease. I keep them at my house for times when she visits and feels like trying on something new.

  Dessert – What is the last beverage you drank?
  Coffee at the meeting I attended earlier. I pretty much keep it to 3 cups a day – usually decaf.
  

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  Deep Thought: “Instead of a regular arm, Carl had been born with a pigeon’s wing. The odd thing was, all through his life, no one had ever laughed at his wing – not even the mean kids at school. Then one day he realized why: He looked in the mirror and saw that HE WAS A PIGEON! He shit right there, as he often did, wherever he was.”
  Today I am grateful for: Liberals no matter how far left they get.
  Guess the Movie: “I want someone good, I mean very good, to plant that gun. I don’t want my brother coming out of the bathroom with just his dick in his hands.” Answer: The Godfather, 1972. Winner: pray14me.
  Soldier’s Duty: Say No to Illegal War
  by Michael Honey
  Lost in the media frenzy over the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, First Lt. Ehren Watada, of Fort Lewis, opened another front in the conflict over President Bush’s war of choice in Iraq. At a news conference in Tacoma a few hours before al-Zarqawi’s death, Watada announced his refusal of orders to deploy to Iraq on grounds that the war is illegal as well as immoral. (Rest of article here.)

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