A few random thoughts, gentle reader:
1- Did you know there’s a reporter on one of the news channels here with the last name of Brilliant? Now I’m obsessed with that last name. I waste valuable time every day imagining how people would introduce us as “Ami and her Brilliant children” if I had that last name. So much awesomeness right there, gentle reader. So. much. awesomeness.
2- Speaking of awesomeness, I just discovered that the t.v. show Alias in now available for streaming on Netflix. All five seasons of Sydney Bristow at my fingertips whenever I need a fix, er want to watch an episode. <Sighing with joyful anticipation.> The day I discovered Alias on Netflix was probably the 19th happiest day of my life.
3- Speaking of television, I’m not allowed to watch that new series Revolution, because it causes me great anxiety about a possible approaching apocalypse in which all modern technology is rendered useless. However, on a good note my lovely friend Casey bought me my own washboard that I can use when all appliances go dark. The apocalypse might be coming, but my family will be able to face it in clean clothes.
4- Speaking of clothes, I maintain that an eleven year old boy can destroy a pair of socks faster than a speeding bullet. It’s as if my son has a superpower that enables him to create several holes in his socks after wearing them for five minutes. He’s Footwear Destruction Boy.
5- Speaking of villains and superheroes my family is in love with the movie The Avengers. I can’t decide which hunky Avenger I want to date most. (Yes, I’m happily married, but it’s a rule you can fantasize about dating superheroes.) Is it the brilliant and far seeing Hawkeye? Hunky Thor with his awesome accent and formal way of speaking? The clean cut, traditional Captain America? All I know is that it is most definitely NOT the arrogant Tony Stark, although I do like that he’s dating a woman named Pepper Potts. That’s such a cool name.
Speaking of cool names, there’s a news reporter here in Indianapolis with the last name of Brilliant….
I have a friend whose last name is Thor. He actually plays on the team which won the national championship for ultimate frisbee. (And no, I didn’t know that there was an ultimate frisbee national champion, either.) Isn’t that cool that the back of his jersey reads “THOR”?
Side note: I know a girl whose last name is Blaze. I’d like to have them meet and marry just so I can enjoy the wedding invitation of the union of THOR and BLAZE. I digress…
I would want to go to that wedding too. I hope they hyphenated their names and then had a kid named Fiery. Because Fiery Thor-Blaze would be awesome.
Additionally, ultimate frisbee national champion? What the heck?
Yes, that would be awesome. They could have a gaggle of super-hero kids.
And…. I feel compelled to mention on this here blog each time I send an email your way that I sent an email your way. (I sent an email your way….)
An apocalypse package came in the mail for me while I was gone. I introduced my crank charger, my fire starter and 2,000 calorie bars to my new washboard and they’re all getting along swell.
I need more apocalypse supplies besides food, like a crank radio and those flashlights that run after you shake the heck out of them. Peter keeps taunting me with catalogs of generators. He knows just what turns me on…..
You crack me up! Speaking of last names, we have a family in our ward with the last name of Smart. They decided to take advantage of this and gave their children middle names to coordinate with it. For example, I had their oldest boy in my Weblos group and his middle name is Damn. For reals! I’m not sure what the other middle names are, but I really get a kick out of this concept.
I will have to check out Alias. I like having TV shows available at my fingertips without having to wait a week to watch the next episode. We have been watching the new show, “Revolution.” It does cause me some anxiety, but mostly in the areas of wondering how long my food storage will last. Should I be stocking up on ammo? And the realization that I would then be homeschooling my children without resources. Maybe I should be stock piling more books. I seriously should be getting rid of my stock piles of books since we have kindles. But the kindles wouldn’t work… UGH. Doesn’t help that yesterday’s Sunday School lesson discussed the Second Coming and that we will experience three days of complete darkness. Where will my kids be when that happens? I need to stock up on snack foods and stash them absolutely everywhere, I don’t want to be hungry for three days. I really should get a wash board.
I know exactly what you’re talking about with boys socks. Unfortunately, the jeans are the same way. Only with socks, they must disappear because my boys will wear them until their toes are sticking out. When I see one of my boys with a whole in his sock, I scream, “Holey sock!” And proceed to chase the boy down, yank the sock right off his foot and throw it away. It has become a fun game and the boys try to get away, but that rarely happens. I would rather buy new socks than mend them.
Oh, yes! The Avengers is filled with pretty boy super heroes. Simply eye candy! I might have to go buy that movie or redbox it and watch it a few times.
Buy the movie. Then you’ll have it if the apocalypse happens.
Blog-stalking again! I remember hearing about the Olympic skier Torah Bright. I love that her last name is Bright. If only my last name were a cheery adjective or name of a Nordic god! hahaha.
I’m loving that name Torah Bright. She almost had to be a famous person with that name.
I love Alias so hard. It is kind of ridiculous. I bought the first 2 seasons for my hubs on DVD for our anniversary a few years ago. He loves it too – probably for different reasons. Heh.
All of these crafts you keep posting are making me feel like a slacker mom. Crafts + kids = me twitching.
I only do it because I’m their teacher and if I don’t do it they will never ever do anything crafty and then they will probably grow up and become urologists or accountants or some other people with no joy in their heart. I craft with my kids under duress only. And no glitter is allowed. EVER.
(I’m so glad you love Alias, I’m surprised at how many people aren’t obsessed with that show.)
This post is so clever! Love the transitions.
Keep em’ coming.