Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where my sanity is? ...Random Tuesday Thoughts
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 3:42AM 
It's that time. That SPECIAL time. You know what to do.
You don't? Oh, come ON. You do so. Grab the fugly button, write a haphazard post (or a numbered one, if you're OCD like that, you're allowed), and leave your link! You know you want to!
Let us begin:
Around here, spring has finally sprung. If you count "sprung" as "warmed up enough to consider melting us out of our permafrost cocoons". Things are dripping and chirping, and we're all exiting our houses and blinking in confusion at the sun. We're looking at our neighbours, and thinking, Oh, right. YOU people.
And we're cautiously removing our
bear skinsjackets, and then looking down and thinking, Oh holy crap I need a wax and a pedi like, STAT!Also, at least in my case, some kind of noxious substance to apply on my body in the hopes that it might make me appear less like a flabby white supernova.
I wonder who thought that applying bizarre chemicals directly to your skin means that you have less of a chance of getting cancer than if you go out in the sun? Personally I think you're kind of fucked either way. I'll stick with my natural skin tone of "blinding oncoming traffic".
Some search strings from Google Analytics:
"I honestly don't care".
"Honestly people don't care".
"Don't give a crap about shit".
Hm. It's really that obvious, huh?
I've noticed that ever since having my son, all the plants in my house are...kind of the worse for it. As in, I think there's one left with a breath of green on it. I used to be able to make anything grow, but apparently I can't manage to keep the kid, the dog, AND the plants all fed and maintained at the same time.
I probably shouldn't tell the dog if we ever plan to have another kid.
I need a better system for recording my blogging thoughts. I tried carrying around a notepad, but I kept leaving it behind, so every time I wanted to write something down the notepad was inevitably in the wrong location. So I got like, FIVE of them, and now they're ALL in the wrong location.
I saw these tub crayons for kids that they can use to write on the tub, each other, whatever. Considering the only time I have to myself is usually in the shower, I come up with 75% of my blogging thoughts there.
Do you think hubby would disown me if he wandered in to take a pee and was confronted with fractured (but brightly colored!) sentences like "flabby white supernova" and "plants dying, 2 things max, dog next to go hee hee!"?
Yeah, probably.
Speaking of hubby, after I poked fun at him here last week about his ambitious plans for his week off, his feelings were a little hurt. I didn't mean to trash him or anything, I was just poking fun. But apparently that means he DOES read this blog.
Or at least skims for his name. Maybe I should give him a code name, like, I don't know, Shnorgen Farfulflugel.
Too obvious?
Some of you were wondering what the hell I was talking about in yesterday's post. Maya is "My Fitness Coach", which is a game for the Wii (not the Wii Fit). And no, you can't actually tell her to go to hell. That picture may or may not have been digitally altered by someone who may or may not be me. Possibly.
On a related note, it drives me absolutely batshit crazy that JS-Kit won't let me reply directly to you guys to answer a simple fucking question.
Sooooo...before Nintendo (or JS-Kit) sues me for slandering them or misrepresenting them (or something - I'm not a fucking lawyer) and shuts this place down, belly up to the Random Bar and link your post! Happy Tuesday!
Reader Comments (55)
I hear you on the blinding whiteness - I only have 2 options - neon white and lobster red. I'm sticking with white (matches better).
My plants are also committing mass suicide now that I have a toddler. I blame them - it couldn't possible be my fact right.
I love RTTs.
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I am neon white. srsly. it is crazy. the flabbiness goes w/o saying. heh.
and if you scrawled thought w/ soap crayon randomly in your bathroom I am betting your hub wouldn't bat an eye:)
I may use that idea. I have had some good random thoughts lately and they have all leaked out of my head.
Happy RT!
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I usually have brilliant blog ideas in the shower, too. Then I get out of the shower and my brilliant ideas disappear...
I hate the tub crayons we had. They were liquid soap, and Lily couldn't write with them to save her life, so she demanded that we write with them. Find something that is easy for X to use so he can amuse himself in the bathtub!
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Ha--isn't it funny the way we have to find OUT that the husbands read our blogs?
And now I know why you never reply to comments anymore! Aha! Have fun with Maya today. You guys doing something fun? Like going to lunch?
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yay for spring. I have that same pasty white beached whale thing going on, so I need some tan in a can STAT! And a pedicure considering that I spent an hour last night picking dead skin off my heels--EW!
Happy St. Patricks Day and Happy Random Tuesday!
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I've always been afraid to buy those tub crayons...they seem so messy and much more trouble than they're worth but go for it! Great idea!
May you catch a leprechaun today!
ps - I used your linky today cause I usually do TRT but, today is my 50th post so I didn't actually do TRT...sorry...Hey, I blessed you with the thought of catching a leprechaun didn't I? :)
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As much as I would love to draw on our tile walls with tub crayon, I would also have to clean it off and I'm way too lazy for that. Maybe if I would only take it down after the post was completed? If the idea is a bad one, it could be up for a long time..
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I think your husband is the last person you need to be worried about if you're leaving notepads in public. I think somebody might have you committed if they see your snippets of randomness in writing (without the cool banner and disclaimer).
We have the tub crayons too and I spend the kid's bathtime writing and drawing and focusing on MY artistic needs. I do take pity on Graham and draw his favorites (saws, sippy cup, food and family members).
I never thought about the dangers of putting on sunscreen, thanks for sticking the thought in my head. Happy Tuesday!
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I don't think I could be any whiter and it's pretty much the only shade I ever am. I don't wear sunscreen, but I don't tan. I'm actually allergic to the sun.
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"Don't give a crap about shit" pretty much sums up how I feel these days. JR never reads my blog unless I read it to him. Does that give me a free pass. I think so.
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OMG---don't know where to start but I LOL all thru your Random Post! I'm blindingly white as well (althought I never used to be that way!) and just this week alone two of our BIG houseplants have been laid to rest. Hubby asked "wonder why they died?" ~~~my reply "maybe they just got all root bound and old and died?" Hmmmmmmmm, maybe I don't EVER get a chance to water the buggers anymore since our #2 arrived!
P.S. One of our beloved dogs passed away shortly after our 1st was born; HOWEVER, I do not believe there was a connection! And that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Have a great Tuesday!
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A recent google search of mine- "why does my crotch go numb when riding a bike".
What does that say about me?
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I left a comment as a guest. What's up with *that*? Must. Drink. Coffee.
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Typepad won't let me reply directly by email either. Drives me totally nuts.
Anyhow, I agree about the spring stuff. I do step out and look around and realize I have neighbors. Then I realize I really didn't miss seeing them all winter when we were running from our cars into the house, bundled under layers and layers of clothes.
I have to be careful about writing about my husband on my blog too. He either gets very sensitive or says I misquoted him. *sigh* Men are such girls. Huh? Well...you know what I mean.
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Blinding white over here, too... Too funny you got busted with hubby reading your blog. So far my hubby hasn't ventured into the blogosphere to read mine...so I can have fun at his expense...for now. ;)
Your Randomness is in top form yet again! :) Happy RTT! :)
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I have the worst time keeping plants alive too, I even have one perched at my kitchen window...next to the sink...that's perpetually on the verge of death from lack of water. Apparently setting it down very near to a water source is not an obvious enough reminder for me. At least I get my kids fed.
Don't worry about the pasty whiteness, pale is the new tan...or something.
I'm a fan of the ellipsis, what can I say. Yeah, I know I may or may not be using it right, whatever.
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I'm ready for Spring, but never ready to show off any skin! I hear you on the plants, no indoor plants will survive in my care!
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This is my first Random Tuesday Thoughts. Enjoy.
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Oh, TUB crayons...
I just tell people my bathroom was done by Jackson Pollock...
hehe
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Before Kids, when life was completely different, Ryan and I would draw all over the walls with tub crayons. It washes off. I need a pedi and a wax but have never waxed and am terrified.
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awesome post this week!!
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All hail the flabby whiteness! Why oh why can't it be like it was back in the day and the whiter and the flabbier you were that was a sign of high class?
Oh and my hubby gives me list after list with grand ideas. he has yet to tackle one thing on any list and the lists are resting around the house on little notebooks, lol.
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My notes get put on the note pad I carry, my iPod, random pieces of paper, emails to myself... everywhere. It probably reflects in my posts. I wish there were some type of white board you could put up in your shower. All my best stuff comes from there too. And then goes down the drain.
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YOU are one funny gal!! and I have NEVER EVER not killed a plant!! No green thumb I am
Awesome randomness! Loving the search strings and I think the shower crayons are a fabulous idea. I always think of bloggy things in the shower, too. Then by the time I get in front of a computer all my post ideas are back out the window.
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