How are you ringing in the New Year tonight?
So far my day has been as follows:
- got up
- peed
- took Moe for a walk
- got back in bed (still there)
The rest of my plans are as follows:
- have breakfast
- watch a movie & perhaps the rest of season 4 of Sex in the City in bed (a friend gave me the whole series for Christmas)
- nap
- shower
- go to the grocery store
- light lunch
- maybe nap some more
- maybe clean/do laundry (but I highly doubt it)
- change into a decent outfit
maybe do a little shopping w/ my good friend Lorihave girly dinner out w/ Lori while her hubby (my former roommate) attends the Rockets game w/ his friend.(the husband's friend cancelled which meant my friend had to go to the game w/ her hubby, which meant dumping me. This blows.) :(-
spend rest of evening at Evan & Lori's in my jammies drinking
lots of champagne, playing "Scene It" (it's our newest addiction),
dancing drunk ballet, playing drunk air flute (I promised Lori we would when we went to the Nutcracker last week),& toasting in the new year.
And that, my friends, is my idea of a perfect New Year's Eve. :o) (Of course, it would be nice if Evan & Lori provided me w/ a hot guy to kiss at midnight.)
Audio: Share one of your favorite songs from 2006.
There are 2 songs that I absolutely love & listen to ALL the time. First is Corinne Bailey Rae. I actually first heard her while watching Studio 60. She was the "musical guest". I fell in love w/ her sound & immediately downloaded her album from iTunes.
Then there's one of my all time loves... Damien Rice. The man makes me melt. And when you add in Lisa Hannigan's beautiful soft voice, well... it doesn't get much better.
Show us something from the 80's.
All I have is a pic of me from high school circa 1988. (PS ~ That was my natural hair color.)
What's something you did when you were younger that you still haven't confessed to your parents?
Submitted by Bizz.
Oh man, there's SO much. A lot of it involved sneaking out & drinking while in high school, but probably the biggest is the story of how I really broke my back when I was 14 while my parents were on vacation in Hawaii. They think I slipped on a puddle on the floor while running through the kitchen, when in reality, I did it while sneaking out of the house via a 2nd story window w/ my girlfriends. We were supposed to climb out the window, onto the roof below, then climb down the tree next to the roof. In a panic (we thought my friend's dad was coming) I skipped the tree & just jumped from the roof. I landed on my lower back, crushing 3 vertebrae & compressing the discs. Of course it was a week before I knew that because not only did I STILL go out that night (it was NOT fun), but I didn't tell anyone in my family about it until a few days later when the pain wouldn't go away. My parents came home soon after & took me to the orthopedist. I spent the rest of the summer flat on my back in a brace, followed by about 3 months of physical therapy. (This is also part of the reason why I have my current back injury. The herniated discs i have right now are the same ones I compressed 20+ years ago).
I've asked my mom before if she ever wanted to know the truth about the stuff we did in high school & she said "absolutely not". As far as she's concerned, we were all complete angels. :)
My dog Moe knew exactly which presents were his under the tree & he opened them all by himself:
He was so excited that he tried to open ALL the presents, whether they were for him or not. Eventually he tired himself out & passed out.
How did you find out the secret behind Santa Claus?
Submitted by Carinish.
Picture this... Christmas Eve 1976. Up-state New Jersey. A family has finished their traditional Christmas Eve festivities & the 6 children are preparing for bed. In the living room of the nice little ranch-style house, the youngest child, a cute little 5 year old girl with wavey white-golden locks & an overbite is in her pajamas setting up a small Christmas display for jolly ole Saint Nick. On a table next to the fireplace, she lays out her favorite Christmas album, a hand made drawing of Santa & his reindeer with a note saying "I've been a very good girl!", a glass of milk, a plate full of various Christmas cookies & of course, carrots for Rudolph & his pals. She takes her favorite blanket, curls up on the couch, & begins her wait to see if she can stay awake long enough to catch a glimpse of Santa.
In walks the little girl's 12 year old idiot brother. He asks her, "what are you doing?"
She answers excitedly, "I'm waiting for Santa Clause!"
Then, the horrid little boy says something so mean, so cruel, so devestating, that is shocks the little girl to her core... "Why are you doing that? You know there's no such thing as Santa Clause, right? It's all a lie. He's made up. It's really just mom & dad."
Tears began to well in her eyes as she yelled "Take that back! It's not true! Santa is REAL!!"
"You don't believe me? Go ask Mom & Dad."
The little girl runs to her mother, sobbing uncontrollably, begging her mother to please, PLEASE tell her he is lying to her, that there really IS such a thing as Santa Clause. The mother glares at her son, certain she is going to kill him in just a few moments. She cradles her baby girl in her arms, strokes her hair, looks her in the eyes & tells her what the little girl knew in her heart all along...
"Yes, sweetheart. There really IS a Santa Clause. And he's on his way to leave you lots of presents for being such a good little girl." She then picks up her daughter, carries her to her bedroom, dries her tears, kisses her on her forehead, & tucks her into bed.
The next morning, Santa did in fact come & the little girl was pleased beyond words. All was right with the world.
I'm fairly certain the little boy got coal in his stocking. Or at the very least... a spanking. Serves him right.
My baby is famous!! My silly picture of Moe was chosen as today's Houstonist's Photo of the Day. I'm tickled pink! :)
Show us a video that cracks you up.
It's funny that this is the Vox Hunt today because this particular video has been in discussion w/ my friends & I since Sunday & it keeps popping up. "I have a fever, and the only cure is... MORE COWBELL!":
