ONE: Earlier this week, Erin tagged me for the take a picture of yourself right now game. Usually I read blogs right after waking up and before I’ve taken a shower or brushed my hair. Thank you Erin for tagging me after I’d already gotten ready for the day. I ended up using the picture for my daily pic. I don’t know what I’m looking at. I tag Sophia, Laycie, Daisy, Carissa, Tom, and Nicole Elkington. If you’re up to the challenge, take a picture of yourself as soon as you read this–no primping!
TWO: Julie over at Wearing Mascara is hosting an awesome giveaway. It’s really easy to enter and the prize is a box set from Smashbox. You must enter before 11:59 pm on Monday night (the 27th). I won’t wish you good luck, because I’m in it to win it! Just kidding. Kind of.
THREE: Katie, who’s been helping me run Twenty Something Writers, nominated me for a Blogger’s Choice Award. I’m obviously not going to win–I mean, dooce is nominated in the same category (and every other, I’m sure)–but I’d really appreciate it if you voted for me. Go here.
FOUR: Nicole tagged me to list 6 unimportant things that make me happy. As others have said, I don’t usually consider anything that makes me happy to be unimportant, but I really tried to name the most unimportant things that bring me joy.
- Sweeping my kitchen and bathroom floors. My apartment is so small that there isn’t much to sweep. I guess that’s why I enjoy the sweeping so much. As a gross note, let me just say that it boggles my mind that there is still so much hair attached to my head considering how much I find on my bathroom floor.
- Unintentionally counting out the perfect number of anything. Like, you need to put paper clips on some things, so you grab a handful and it just happens to be the perfect amount.
- Big ugly sweaters worn without any irony. As I’ve admitted a few times, I hate sweaters. But, I’d be lying if I said that I get no joy out of seeing someone with a really ugly sweater on. I had this professor once who always wore this sweater that had these little stuffed dogs attached to it. I loved it.
- Beating other cars off the line. You’re stopped at a red and you’re in front. The light turns green and within a few seconds, you’re a car length ahead of everyone else.
- When you’re out shopping and you find yourself instantly drawn to something and then you step back for a second and you can’t figure out if you’ve just discovered the coolest nail polish color or pair of hoop earrings or whatever else, or the absolute ugliest. I’m still trying to decide on this nail polish I picked up last week. It looks much more highlighter-orange in person. I’m crazy for everything coral lately.
- On Arrested Development when they don’t even mention it, but you see blue paint behind Tobias’s ears or on the walls.
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Arrested Development FTW!
Cute picture!! Did you cheat and comb your hair? ;o)
I like the nail polish. Go for it!
“Well, the drain pipes aren’t hooked up. They just empty under the house. Plus, there’s a whole lot of blue paint down there.”
That is all.
When I was learning to drive, my mom told me that I should never let anyone beat me off the line. I’m surprised that I passed my driver’s test with that pearl of wisdom. But, I still love beating people off the line.
You and I totally share number 4. And number 2–HECK YEAH!
oh wow. So I played along but I don’t think my picture is going to make it into the daily pics :) Just woke up – haven’t brushed my hair and am rocking the glasses and a protein drink. But I’ll post the pic on my blog just the same. It’s fun to play even if I’m not quite in “face-the-world” mode yet. :)
OK, I am reading this in a coffee shop and I don’t have a camera with me! Which is a rare event indeed. I will take one the moment I get home! Unless I forget.
Haha I forgot that you were doing the daily picture thing – I really made this easy for you!
I’m all about #5. And the sweeping of the floors thing? Add a dog to the mix, and you’ll be disturbed by how much hair you pick up. It’s ridiculous.
Did you just get your Masters? Why does it say you just got your BA?
You look like you’re up to something here. HAHA
I don’t think I could focus in class if my teacher wore that sweater! It also thrills me when I grab the correct number of envelopes, or scoop out the correct amount of dog food on the first try.