A Few Confessions

I find that women look ridiculous with the word “PINK” or even worse “Juicy” sprawled across the butt of their pants. The designer for Victoria’s Secret that came up with that atrocity was either completely high or pulled a really great joke on consumers.

I adore garden gnomes.

Never been to Carl’s Jr. and never plan on eating there based solely upon my disdain for their commercials.

I am obsessive about the perfume I wear. I have tried many times to switch, but I always go back to the same one I’ve bought for the past eleven years. It’ll be a sad day when I can no longer find Carolina Herrera 212.

I am a foodie. I love watching cooking shows. I try to eat healthy most of the time, but I certainly have my weaknesses too. Originally I intended a very different title for this post, but realized it had the potential to attract a good deal of perverts. Here is my list of favorite Food porn*

*a term coined by my friends to appropriately describe food which provides absolutely no nutritional value, often contains 2 days worth of fat, calories and or cholesterol, yet knowing this information the said food by-product is still consumed and one may or may not feel guilty afterwards, largely depending on the day of the week this takes place.

10. Training Table cheese fries

  9. Wilkinson’s scones with honey butter

  8. Ramen noodles

  7. Cinnabon cinnamon rolls

  6. Big Macs (minus 1 of the 2 patties included)

  5. Waffle Crisp cereal

  4. Chili-Cheese flavored Fritos

  3. Chili-Cheese dogs from Weinerschnitzel

  2. Reese’s peanut butter eggs

  1. Ho-Ho’s

Closing Time

As the year comes to a close there is an abundance of top 10 best - whatever lists produced. Here are some of my favorites and even some of the worst lists I can come up with.

I saw 4 movies in the theater this year. The first, and only grown-up film, was at Sundance. I can’t remember the title, because honestly I spent most the time wondering how and when I was going to explain to my friends sitting beside me that I wouldn’t be able to join them for lunch or snowshoeing the next day due to the biopsy scheduled for the enormous space invader growing in my chest. Nevertheless, it was a comedy and a fairly good one at that.

The next 3 were animated shows, not too bad either. One confirmed my longtime theories that Vikings did indeed have a Scottish accent and a dragon would make a fine pet. Another was a classic good vs. evil between superheroes voiced by the comedic genius Will Ferrell and an all too short appearance by Mr. Pitt. Finally, there was Disney’s latest fairytale adaptation, Rapunzel. It was cute and seemed cleverly influenced by The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White.

Considering my limited exposure to the movies of 2010, I thought it better to present my All-Time Favorite Movies instead. I didn’t choose these based on brilliant screenplays or breathtaking cinematography, but movies I that watch over and over again.

10. Trainspotting

  9. Dead Poet’s Society

  8. Napoleon Dynamite

  7. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

  6. Return of the Jedi

  5. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

  4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

  3. The Goonies

  2. Better Off Dead

  1. Amélie

Honorable Mentions:

L.A. Confidential

Big

Toy Story II

Shrek I & II

The Full Monty

The Shawshank Redemption

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

E.T.  (I still cannot believe my parents brought my, then 2 year old, brother along with us to the old Trolley Square theaters to

watch this movie.  Perhaps it explains a lot about the alien-related phobia he has today.) 

Consequently, here are some of the worst movies I have ever sat through:
5. Lord of the Rings
4. Any and all James Cameron films
3. Ghost
2. Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
1. Star Wars I, II, III (Jar Jar Binks?  What the hell were you thinking George?!)

Hark! The Hairald Angels Sing

I venture outside the house all but twice during December. Once to buy chocolate treats for the advent calendar, and a second time to buy some more, because I’ve ate most of the first ones I bought. If we should see each other (Target, that’s where I see everyone, i.e. Viewmont alumni 1992-1996), I’ll give you a little heads-up (pun intended) on my current hair status so as to alleviate some of the shock. It’s still very short, very dark, and so not me, but it’s finally here and it’s better than nothing.

In the morning I look like this

My kids see me as this

On a really good day with a lot of hair product, I can almost pull off this



7 months later, my post-chemo hair
Photo by Tyler age 3