Linking up with Stasha this week for Monday Listicles. The prompt comes from Greta at Not Enough Patience (who has a new blog design!)
Ten things I said I’d never do, but ended up doing anyway(what do I know?)
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- Date a younger man. I dated men my own age for a while, then moved on to older men because who doesn’t like being bored to death hearing about annuities and live Beatles concerts? I balked for about two days at Q, my then-new boyfriend, being 12 years younger than I was: he had such wonderfully positive energy and no arthritic complaints. I married him.
- Have a job. More than likely, when talk of annuities is not enough to keep the flames bright, you will be working. I’ve had about 6000 jobs and am still looking for another one.
- Own an iPod. $300? Seriously? What’s the point when there is a perfectly good mp3 player for $79.99 right next to it at Best Buy that runs on replaceable AA batteries? That was my thinking in 2007 until Q gave Jordan and me our first iPods. We’ve since then owned about 20, including iPhones and upgrades (we also lose and break stuff).
- Have a TV in the bedroom. The bedroom is for sleeping and sleep-related activities, right? Then Q got me a TV for my bedroom. It is my best friend and I’ve created a bedroom home office around it. What I really need is an ergonomic desk and chair made out of pillows for my life to be complete.
- Use my real name anywhere online because that’s how serial killers find you, right? Here I am, using my real name online. Look in the footer. No one has tried to kill me yet unless you count my crazy kids.
- Drink alcohol. When I was little, I asked a neighbor at a neighborhood party for a sip of his bourbon. Holy hell, that was the nastiest, burniest stuff ever. Until I rediscovered it as an adult, and now it’s breakfast. Of champions.
- Live outside of the city. I like to walk places. I don’t like needing a car for every single errand. You know what else I don’t like? Crappy public schools and private schools with mean, snobby children. Hello, suburban awesome school district. It’s okay that midnight madness at Target now passes as my nightlife.
- Spend any significant amount of time not boarding a plane to somewhere. And, yet, well, here I am, grounded. Sigh. I need a trip.
- Install WordPress 3.3.1 since the previous version kept breaking my blog. But I took the plunge last night, and everything looks good. I just jinxed myself.
- Jump out of an airplane. Oh, wait. I’ve kept that promise. That’s crazy talk.
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Ah the tv in the bedroom. Never had one until I moved in with my husband. And although I don’t watch it much, sometimes it is nice to go in there and watch my shows without him! And jumping out of a plane isn’t that bad 🙂
I love your list, Erica! If Erica is really your name, I mean. It is, right? Can I trust you? My names not really Jennifer. Or is it? LOL
Everyone knows that if you a) eat of the box and/or b)eat standing up, there are no calories. So there’s that. I hated gadgets, thought Husband’s love of them was ridiculous and then I met my iphone. Now if I had to choose between Husband and Siri…well, it might be a tough choice. Hang tough on the jumping out of a plane. That’s just loony. Midnight hours at Tarjay oughta satisfy those thrill-seeking desires – it’s scary out there in the ‘burbs!
You are hilarious. I was raised owing a TV in my bedroom, I do not have one now – thanks to my husband. That was a very hard concept for me to conceive. And the same with the whole author/name being public. I guess for me is that I do not want to get in trouble if accidentally say something about someone that knows me, oh well.
I love this list. I have to agree with most of them, esp. the iPod and alcohol! 🙂
TV in the bedroom was one of mine… then I had twins and spent three months of my life upstairs because coming downstairs was too much work with two babies!
I always said that if there is no theatre within a public transport reach I am not moving there. Good news is we have one in our tiny town. Bad news is I have no time for theatre anymore. Too much drama in da house…
Great list!
Thanks for hosting as usual, Stasha! This one was fun, and I’m sad I missed the one about the jobs.
Isn’t it so funny our perceptions when we were younger? Now I can’t imagine living in the city with kids, or no having a drink every now & then.
I have to have a tv in the bedroom. It’s just how we roll!
Some people manage very well living in the city with kids; it just takes more money and more patience than what I’ve got. If I ever get an empty nest, I’m moving to the countryside.
Alternate television in the bedroom is a must. How else do you avoid figure skating, America’s Next Top Model, any award show…..
It’s not an alternate TV, I’m kinda embarrassed to say. The kids have their own TVs, and I have mine. We have more than we need which explains our OCD.
How foolish and young we were!!! Of course we’ll drink, get jobs and live outside of the city – we’re like, grown up. Sort of.
Young and foolish? That was, like, two years ago. Ha. I kid. More like three.
Yeah, I’m pretty much doing everything I said I’d never do. *sigh* Gimmie my freedom and I’ll just squander it away on awesome homebrews and frozen pizzas.
Eat out of a box. That’s #11 on my things I said I’d never do but am now doing. Sigh.
As long as you use real cutlery, you are posh. But pizza is to be eaten with hands anyway, right?
Real cutlery, yep, when we’re out of plastic ware.
Oooh – my husband got a TV into the bedroom last year, I swear to god you could not drag me away from Nancy Grace after the kids went to bed. Then I got all paranoid about murder and abduction and the TV had to be removed! (-:
Which is why I watch only sports and the Daily Show late at night…
The TV in the bedroom is used in sleep-related activities…
Yes, like Frasier marathons!
Who knew Frasier came on that many times during the day. I still don’t understand why they didn’t put you in the mood, I was always ridiculously moist after the credits on each episode. I guess that will remain one of life’s little mysteries…
Shhhhhh…you’re scaring the
kidsreaders.I just like the fact that Q said ‘moist’.
Snort! I don’t think I could jump out of a plane. I don’t even like high dives. It’s that dropping-stomach feeling, you know?
I’ve only flown a handful of times. I would love to travel the world, though. Someday.
And is it just me, or is that gnome just a tiiiiiiiiiny bit creepy?
It’s a tiny king and he was sent to watch over us for today’s post. He doesn’t mean to be creepy 🙂