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Snackie Sunday All Weekend: Where There’s A Won’t…

December 27th, 2008

So you may remember that I was recently thrilled to discover that I’d actually succeeded at the two “resolutions” that I had made last year at this time.  I’ll tell you what…it’s thrilling to actually look back a year later and be proud of myself for sticking to my “wills” and wont’s” rather than staring out into a sea of regret.  Yeah yeah, so totally dramatic, I know!  Anydoodle, I already talked about my theory on resolutions in that post so I promise not to dive into that again.

Yep, for the second year in a row, I’ve decided to fly trad-style and ask you to tell me something that you WILL do in the next year and something that you WON’T do.  Now now, these aren’t resolutions because you’ll note that nothing can start with, “I hope to do…” or “I want to do…”.  Nay nay my friends, these are just things that you could do any time of year however I am asking you about them now.  Your sentences should start with “I will” or “I won’t” and go from there. Basically it’s like The Secret in reverse because I don’t believe in The Secret or that whore Oprah Winfrey for pushing it.  Ahem anyway…..if you’re confused, just follow my example!  Also, if you already told me yours on that post a few weeks ago, make sure to comment here as well so that next year, when we do this again, everybody’s answers will be in the same place!

Anyway, it’s totally time for….

WHAT IS ONE THING THAT YOU WILL DO IN THE NEXT YEAR
AND ONE THING THAT YOU WON’T DO?


I will: Make a super huge effort in the exercising category.  In fact, I want to work out in some way or another at least four times a week, but I’m aiming for 5-6.  Look, I am no dummy that is going to sit here and resolve to be skinny by 2009.  Cause yanno, that is one way to totally set myself up to be all pissy at the end of the year.  What I am saying is that no matter what is up with  my eating habits, I want to exercise more and be healthier because of it.  I want to be stronger and more fit, especially since I’m just not getting any younger!

I won’t: Worry about whether or not someone is “mad at me”.  Growing up with my Mom was like living in The War of the Guilt Trips.  Seriously, you never knew when she was going to drop a guilt bomb over the most innocuous of things. Life would be going along just fine day in and day out then suddenly, my sister and I would be seated on the living room floor, tears streaming down our faces as our Mom got out her legal sized yellow notebook pad and cut our every movement down to size.  After years of knowing that no matter what face she showed each day, the shoe would soon be dropping, I got conditioned to worry about people being mad at me.  Therapy has really been helping with this but at the same time, I still worry about it way too much.  It goes back to what I was saying here about passive aggressive mother fuckers. If people want to make fun of me behind my back, whatever.  If they want to talk shit, let them.  All I have to worry about is saying that I am sorry when someone actually comes to me with something real and not listed on a big yellow notepad.

Last Kiss Of 2009 So Let’s Do It With Tongue!

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Snackie Sunday #73: Holiday Snackology Revisited…

December 21st, 2008

I often have to go back and check to see if I’ve asked a question here before.  My brain usually clicks with something going on in my life and immediately I will make a note that I want to ask the question on my blog.  Yes, it is somewhat pathetic but hey, it’s even worse when I sit here and hit my head wondering what the hell that question was I wanted to ask.  Trust me.  In any case, I asked this question or a similar question once before but hey, whatever.  During the holiday season, I tend to let all of that weight worry go and just enjoy the foods that only are allowed into my house once a year.  And really, after baking cookes all day on Saturday, food is the one thing heavily on my mind.  Well, that and presents.  Like how I suck at wrapping them and took off a chunk of my lip with scotch tape yesterday. Okay wow…tangent much?

ANYDOODLE, IT’S TIME FOR…..

WHAT HOLIDAY FOODS DO YOU LOVE?
WHICH ONES DO YOU NOT LIKE AT ALL?

No matter what holiday you celebrate this time of year, there have got to be things that you just can’t do without and that you want to smash into the garbage can with ferocious force. My foods are all going to be traditional type Christmas foods because uh, that’s how I roll over here. So, here we go…

HILLY LIKES:

▪ The gingerbread “cake” they sell at Starbucks
▪ Starbucks Holiday Coffees (all of them except the minty shit)
▪ Homemade Eggnog Lattes
▪ Lowfat Eggnog cut with a bit of milk.
▪ Homemade shortbread cookies, butterscotch cookies, sugar cookies and my own recipe of Christmas Kiss Snowballs (which are Italian Wddding Cookies with a chocolate kiss tucked and backed inside).
▪ Pumpkin and pecan pies
▪ Ribbon candy (yes, I like ribbon candy if I am the only one touching it)
▪ White meat turkey breast smothered in whole cranberry sauce with stuffing, candied yams, green bean casserole, homemade bread, my special holiday salad and maybe scalloped potatoes as well.
▪ Booze in the form of hot toddies, spiked egg nog, spiked hot apple cider and pretty much spiked anything else!
▪ Turducken (yes, I like it…shhh)
▪ Holiday roasts and/or Prime Rib
▪ Cheeseballs (this moved from the dislike list this year…the new millennium cheeseballs are actually quite nummalicious)
▪ Pomegranate frozen yogurt at Tutti Frutti

HILLY HATES:

▪ Fruitcake
▪ Ham
▪ Mince Meat Pie
▪ Anything peppermint (this includes traditional candy canes…blech)
▪ Gingerbread houses and cookies
▪ Holiday Nut Assortments (look, I eat nuts every day ON my diet so uh, give me sugar!)

Soooo…what about you? What foods/drinks/desserts just plain “make” your holiday season and which ones need a one-way ticket back on to the shelf?

Happy Hanukkah  Kisses,

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Snackie Sunday #72: Hellsyeah, I Want Pie!

December 14th, 2008

I know I said that there would be no Snackie Sunday today but I lied. That’s right…my pants are on fire as I type this. In all honesty, I’m a bit hungover and worn down from attending two holiday parties in the last 48 hours so uh, I want to sit here and kill time. Also, because of these parties and the upcoming holiday (Christmas for me), I’ve got sweets on the mind. I’ve officially lifted my “no-carb” rule until after Christmas, mostly because of parties and the boozing. I mean, I spend most days carb-free but am allowing myself to enjoy things when I go out, sans guilt. You know, things like BOA’s chocolate/peanut butter pie or The Disneyland Hotel’s little pecan mini-pies. That’s a lot of pie. Mmmmm, pie.

So of course, that got me thinking….

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF PIE?
ALSO, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT IN GENERAL?

My favorite pies are pumpkin, pecan and the apple kind with the crumbs on top. What is that? Dutch Apple? Anyway, Costco also makes a really nifty caramel apple pie that sort of curls my toes just a wee bit! In general, I almost always order whichever dessert has the most chocolate. My favorite dessert in the whole wide world is Morton’s Molten Lava Cake. But since it’s a little pricey to go to Morton’s all of the time, I have that like once a year. Anyway, I also love tiramisu, cannoli and a really good and moist slice of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.

Hungry Like The Wolf Kisses,

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Snackie Sunday #71: I’m Not Superstitious…

December 7th, 2008

The other day when I told you about my frantic search for a pair of panties to wear out of the house, I left something out. You see, there actually were about 8 pairs of white underpants in my drawer as well as those that I did mention. Here’s the thing…I won’t wear white underpants. In fact, I think that wearing white underpants brings me bad luck. I know it sounds like an odd superstition to have however, I have my reasons. Let’s just say that something truly painful and awful happened to me while I was wearing white underpants and ever since then, I’ve refused to put them on. In my head, I know that it is ridiculous to blame the color of my panties and even more crazy that I won’t wear them now, years later. I’ve tried…but when I put them on, I feel sketchy and wonder what crap bad luck the day will bring.

So yanno, it’s time for….

DO YOU HAVE ANY SUPERSTITIONS?

In order to write this post, I found this cool website that lists some of the more commonly known superstitions. I realized that there are some of these things that I automatically do and/or believe in without even thinking about it. Examples? I toss salt over my shoulder if I spill it on the table. I always say “bless you” to someone who sneezes (although that’s probably more about having good manners than anything…please don’t get me started on people that don’t say anything when someone else sneezes). I won’t walk under a ladder and I won’t look in a mirror by candlelight (although I suspect this has more to do with my irrational fear that Bloody Mary is actually real, haha). When my nose itches, I think, “uh oh, fight” and when my palm itches, I think, “oooh yeah, money is coming!”. Hrm, what else? Oh yes, I refuse to open an umbrella inside the house.

I am sure there are more of these silly things that I just naturally do after years and years of conditioning myself, but none of them are as psychotically strong as my “no white underwear” psychosis!

Black Cat Kisses,
Me

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Snackie Sunday #70: Fight!

November 30th, 2008

As most of you already know, I’m married to a man who not only designs video games but also works for the company that makes the best selling MMORPG of all time.  So you would think, were you able to put two and two together, that I’d be some renegade gaming bitch who says things like “level up” and “pwn3d, bitch!”.  Yeah, not so much.  While I can hold my own at a table full of gamers (sort of…I know the lingo but they are often way too geeky for me to comprehend), I haven’t the first clue about modern gaming.  I tried my hand at WoW when it first came out because yanno, dutiful wife and all that jazz but uh…epic fail.  I’m just not cut out to give an MMORPG the energy and time it deserves.  I cannot sit still for that long and quite honestly I don’t see the point in sitting around leveling up your fake world rather than “getting to level 80″ in your real one.  To each his own and all that but yanno, it’s just not for me.

Don’t get me wrong though…give me a good console game and I’m ready to roll.  Last year, during the winter holiday, I got hooked big time on Puzzle Quest.  It was pretty bad.  Much like I’m doing now with my insatiable reading habit, I ignored almost everything to play the game.  No, not real life stuff but my DVR was piled high, my Google Reader was a mess, and the books that I did receive for Christmas were shoved back under the tree until I could figure out a way to beat evil Lord Bane!  In prior years, it had been the same thing with Mortal Kombat:Deception, Viva Piñata and Animal Crossing.  The thing I’ve always liked about console games vs. PC games is that I can walk away a lot easier, blah blah….

In any case, it’s time for…

WHAT ARE YOUR THREE FAVORITE VIDEO GAMES OF ALL TIME?

Mine may make some of you shake your head because they are sooooo freaking “old school”. However, when I look back at my life and think about the games I played almost all of the time, enjoyed the most, and could beat with one hand tied behind my back, these are what come to mind:

3.) Super Mario Kart (SNES): I know that they make a new version of this game that is much prettier and probably better but I love love love the original version of this game.  I always played Yoshi and always kicked much ass…it’s odd that I am a great video game race car driver but not so much in the real life!

2.) Animal Crossing (Gamecube): I got this game when we first moved to Southern California and I started the year and a half of dental surgeries that I needed in order to have such a pristine and clean mouth (snort).  In case anyone really cares, the name “snackiepoo” was actually born from this game.  I’d always carried around Snackwells with me in my purse (cause WW said it was okay!) however, since Shawn always teased me and called me “Snackie”, that is what I named my Animal Crossing character and from there, my net name was born.  Fascinating, right?  Anyway, to answer the inevitable question…yes I *am* totally getting Animal Crossing City Folk this Christmas!

1.) Street Fighter II (SNES): I spent hours upon days upon weeks upon months upon years playing this game with my then fiancée. I was better at fighting games than any other kind of console game out there for some odd reason. I kicked this game and Mortal Kombat’s little asses! I always played Chun Li. And you know, to this day I will say “shoryuken!” whenever I see someone on TV kicking another person’s ass.

Your turn! Some of you may think that you’ve never played a video game in your life while others of you are trying to narrow it down by listing computer games and console games in order of year, game system and geekery involved.  Either way, chime in! For those of you that aren’t sure if you’ve ever played, here is a nice list of the top selling video games of all time. I mean, you’ve seen Atari, riiiight?

Jack Jack Pepper Jack Kisses*,
Me

*This is what I used to think Ryu and Ken said before the internet told me “uh no, ditzy ass!”


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Snackie Sunday #69: Say It Ain’t So….

November 23rd, 2008

Last Friday, I was shocked and amazed to find out that my blog theme looks like a sesame crapcracker in Internet Explorer!  The last time I actually *used* Internet Explorer was…..hrm, when did I actually last open IE?  I can’t even recall however…it probably was the last time I was trying to check my blog theme compatibility, I guess.  In any case, thanks to MB and lots of Twitter buddies, I found out that anyone viewing my blog in Internet Explorer does not see my blog in it’s thematic glory!  Apparently for a few days the background was all the way green, when uh hello…it’s white in every other browser.  Now that my friend has tried to work on it a little bit, you can see it but it’s definitely a poor man’s version of what the site is intended to look like.  I hate Internet Explorer with a passion so fierce that only a character from Dynasty could match it.

Amazingly though, you all don’t hate it!  As Dickiemaxx and I were trying to figure out how to make the site more IE compatible, he said to me, “I have things to do but will look at it when I can.  No big deal though because nobody really uses Internet Explorer.”  I wholeheartedly agreed with the assumption that maybe one or two of my visitors use IE and told him not to rush.  However, curiosity got the best of this kitten and I just had to see how many people actually do use that darned browser. And holy hell, what the crap?  Do you see what the number one browser used on my site is?  And keep in mind, these are just the stats so far for November only.  Here’s some quick math…1964 people visited my site using various versions of Internet Explorer.  2126 people visited my site using all of the other browsers…combined.

You know that that means, don’t you? Yep, it’s time for…


WHAT INTERNET BROWSER(S) DO YOU USE?

Look, don’t be afraid to comment if you do use Internet Explorer…I won’t bite!  I am genuinely curious as to who uses what and have been for some time.  My browser of choice is Firefox all the way.  Most sites are finally Firefox compatible and even if they are not, there’s a nice little add-on called “IE Tab” that allows you to stay in Firefox while using an Internet Explorer specific tab.  My second browser of choice is Safari for Windows.  The truth of the matter is that I like Safari a helluva lot and would probably use it instead of Firefox if it had more bells and whistles.  One of my favorite things about the Firefox browser is the “spellchecker” option.  I love it when my browser underlines my freaking typos so I can fix them before I look like a tardimus maximus!  I know quite a few people that now swear by Google Chrome but I haven’t checked it out!   Anydiddle, chime in and make your browser known!

Safari Firefox Chrome Opera Mozilla Crazy Browser Kisses,
Me

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Snackie Sunday #68: The Final Reader’s Choice…

November 16th, 2008

As you recall, I asked all of you lovelies to submit a question that you would like for me to ask on Snackie Sunday.  Well, the turnout wasn’t that great but I didn’t expect it, quite honestly.  Seriously, if you think it’s hard coming up with one question for a comment, imagine coming up with one every week!  Jinkies!  Anyway, blah blah…unless anyone else has anything they want to ask (comment or email me if so), our last Snackie Sunday Reader’s Choice question comes to us via Vahid of Iron Fist.  To be honest, I put this one off as long as I could but not because it’s an awful question.  Quite the contrary…it’s a great freaking question.  However, I struggled with what *my* own answer would be and uh, yanno…it’s kind of hard for me to do my formulaic Sunday thing without answering the question before I ask you to do the same.  So la…whatever, here we are.

Let’s take off our boogie shoes for…

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW YOU COULDN’T FAIL?

I think that there are many things that I would do with a lot less hesitation of I knew that there was no failure involved.  However, the main thing for me would be to allow my gypsy soul to roam wherever I wanted to.  I’d love to just pack up enough belongings to fit in my car, roll into town after town, picking up odd temp jobs here and there, staying only until the wind blew me in whatever direction was to come next.  I could meet tons of people all over America and then hey, maybe I’d even take my road show to an International level.  Part of me equates this with the concept of “finding myself” but mostly, I just think it would be neat to move around and experience everyone and everything that I can before deciding what I want, where I want it and how it’s going to happen.  I mean yanno, if there was no way that I could fail.

Failure Is Not An Option Kisses,
Me

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Snackie Sunday: On Birthdays And Beds…

November 9th, 2008

I’m tired, you’re tired, we’re all tired. It’s Sunday morning and I’m a little bit in love with my plan climbing into bed with my laptop and a cup of coffee while wasting the morning away. What a glorious day this is too…the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and despite the fact that there is embarrassing video footage of me out there on the net today, I’m actually in a great mood. But but but…there is one more thing that is super special about today! The wonderful, the awesome, the sweet, the salty and the sassy Vahid (that’s Mister Sexypants, if you’re nasty) is celebrating his 31st Birthday today!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FISTY!!! So…when you are done here, please go wish him a good one, will ya? Or you can go now…I can wait. Whichever. I’m flexible and reasonable this morning because I am DOING NOTHING BUT SITTING IN BED, suckers!

Which reminds me…it must be time for an easy peasy:

DO YOU MAKE YOUR BED?
EVERY DAY? SOMETIMES? WEEKDAYS? WEEKENDS? NEVER? SORTA?

In the traditional sense of “making the bed”, I suck. Seriously, I can count on one hand the amount of times my bed has been made in the last year. The *only* time I make it in the morning is if we are going out of town or perhaps if I know company is coming over. The house cleaners make it every Monday but I am pretty sure that doesn’t count as *me* making the bed. So yeah, there *is* this weird thing that I do though….I tend to “straighten” the bed in the evening before I get in it! When I get home for the day, I tend to straighten my house and one of the things that I do is do a half-assed job making the bed. However, I am only making it so that I can plop my fucking ass right back on top of the smooth surface in order to fire up the laptop and watch my prime time television! What is odd is that I am a stickler about everything else in my house being completely and anally clean…just not the bed!

Sending Cupcakes To Vahid But Only In My Dreams Kisses,
Me

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Snackie Sunday #66: Hungover Reader’s Choice…

November 2nd, 2008

Greetings happy people!  I am pre-posting this Snackie Sunday so chances are that by the time you read this, I’ll be somewhere either passed out or hungover.  Last night was Avitable’s Neverwas party and Lord only knows what kind of trouble we’ve gotten into!  I suspect that I will blog all about the drunken endeavors on Monday so while you hold your horses, the show must go on!  This week we have another Reader’s Choice question brought to you by Ginabanina!  By the way, it’s not too late to go and add your question to the mix if you too would like to see your name in Snackie Sunday lights!

In any case, it’s time for…

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR WOMEN AND SINGLE STRAIGHT MEN BE PLATONIC FRIENDS?



My immediate reaction to this is…definitely yes!  I’d like to be honest here and say that there are single men that I’ve been friends with in my lifetime where uh, I maybe developed a crush on them in the beginning of our friendship.  With that said, pushing past that point, I found beautiful and totally platonic relationships with said dudes.  On the flip side of the coin, there are men that I have been friends with for years and there has never been nor will there ever be any sexual tension whatsoever!

Somewhere Slurping Up My Soul Kisses,
Me

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Snackie Sunday #65: Reader’s Choice

October 26th, 2008

Last week, I was super hungover and super lazy…shocking, right? In any case, I reached out to all of you and asked what questions *you* would like asked on a random Snackie Sunday. Ahem…only EIGHT of you decided to participate so yanno, the floor is still open. If you think of a question at any time, please go add your comment to the mix and I promise you that it *will* get asked. Now then, how do I choose which questions will get asked in what order? Is it the one I like the best? Nay. Is it in order of who asked first? Nay nay. The process is simple…being the first person who has to answer these questions each week, I choose the one question that I actually feel like answering each week. Yep, super lame but there it is.

In any case, it’s time for…

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF OFFICE ROMANCES?



Stephanie, who asked this question, also wants to know: “More specifically, what about dating someone who works directly for a relative of yours (at the same company you work)?”

I have no idea about the second part because well…that’s even more of a mess than just saying “yes” to an office romance. I suppose that working with someone and dating them is hard enough, yet uh…to have them also work for a relative? Man, that better be some mad chemistry and fated love, for sure! But let’s get to the main question, shall we? What do *I* think of office romance? My initial reaction is this: never shit where you eat. Of course, this is based on my personal experience so you may all feel much differently. That’s okay…we’re all friends here.

Here’s the thing…you may be inexplicably drawn to someone that you work with. Hell, they may even be your “soulmate” which leaves you feeling like there is no way in hell you’d ever give that up over a stupid job. Great, wonderful…go for it. However, were it *me*, I’d make sure that one of us had the capability to find another job somewhere else either right away or perhaps down the road. Why? I hate to get cynical here but let’s say this wonderful relationship ends and definitely not amicably. Do you really think that things aren’t going to get tense at work? I mean shit…we’ve all seen how dramatic it can be when two bloggers break up. Imagine having that sort of thing happen in person…real life, yanno. I guess what I am saying is that I believe it is possible to fall in love with a co-worker…lord knows, I’ve done it. However, if it can be avoided, then uh yeah…I’d rather have that.

Of course, now you all think I am this jaded and cynical woman when it comes to grand romance. However, if you only knew…I’m way the opposite of that. Believe me.

Copy Room Kisses,
Me

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