I was doing some Sunday cleaning tonight. I hate sweeping so although I have wooden floors, I use the vacuum when debris accrues on the floor. Using the hose feature, I start in the living room, head to the kitchen/dining room and then do my bathroom. Tonight I was vacuuming behind the door of my bathroom when:
I vacuumed up my undies.
Fun factor: 5
I read a lot of personal finance blogs that document the writer’s attempt at reducing their debt or sticking with a budget. It’s fun to peak into a person’s life and see how they run the show. Many of them have recently posted about this offer.
I downloaded a free book.
The offer ends on January 15. The book contains a lot of common sense, but I did pull a few interesting tips from it. It’s really short and you can just delete it after you read it. Suze Orman’s personality kind of bugs me, but I don’t have to listen to her speak, so sure, I’ll take her free advice. Kind of like how I subscribe to Rachel Ray’s magazine to get her ideas without having to hear her migraine-inducing voice.
Fun Factor: 5
Nick and I have folded since this post. Once December hit, we felt we could not sustain another Chicago winter sans cable, so we phoned the Devil, known alternatively as Comcast, and signed up for their services again. Oh, the shame. Among other services, we purchased the On Demand service that allows us instant access to a variety of movies and shows in the event that nothing worthy is playing on the regular 300 cable channels. Incidentally, this happens often. I was combing through the options the other day and noticed a fun little perk, so:
I did an exercise video from On Demand.
If you have this service, check it out. There are a TON of exercise videos you can access at any time and they are free with the service. We live on the 3rd floor of our building, so I opted against the cardio stuff and went with 10-minute butt and thighs. Only 678 more videos and I’ll be ready for a swimsuit.
Fun factor: 8
There was a light snow tonight, so my roommate and I thought it would be fun to take a short walk. We had just eaten dinner and he was craving hot chocolate, so we headed to Starbucks. I got an apple juice. We both got gift cards for Christmas, so one of us was going to cover the tab with that. But whose to use, we wondered?
I played gift card roulette.
I lost. Some of you may be familiar with “credit card roulette,” a game typically played by douche bags at a bar/restaurant involving each party to throw a credit card in the middle. At which point they are shuffled and one is randomly selected to pay for everyone’s drinks and/or meals with said card. This game is a direct indicator as to how big or small each card holder’s balls are.
Gift card roulette, on the other hand, is a game played between friendly freeloaders.
Fun Factor: 8
Nick got a handy little tool for Christmas, and I couldn’t wait to try it out. Tonight we had wings and potatoes for din-din, so Nick cut off the tips to save them for making stock later. I told him I was totally planning on doing that with the chicken wing tips too, but since he said it aloud first, he could go ahead and make the stock. In any event, we didn’t want the little guys to get freezer burned, so:
I vacuum sealed [an item] them.
The video kind of sucks as I was doing it incorrectly for the first few seconds and the lighting is sub par. I tried to take a photo, which also blows.
You get the idea. My Grandma Ione has been doing this for years with the old suck and seal method. I must say, the human-generated technique doesn’t work as well, and with the tool you don’t get the nasty inhalation of whatever it is your sealing. Fine enough if it’s raspberries, but when it’s fish or a stool sample, it’s hard to keep from vomiting. I searched and found the tool online here, and I highly recommend it. Saves you money in the long run too, as less food is wasted.
Fun Factor: 9
While I was home for the holidays, my dad came up with the idea of creating 50 New Year’s resolutions. It sounded like something up my alley, so I went for it and:
I wrote down a lot of New Year’s resolutions.
I only got to 27, but that’s okay. It turned out to be more of a goal list for 2009. List below. I will post updates to them in bold as they come.
This one is out. I suck.Fun factor: 8
Many of you have shared your delight for the photo caption contests. Regardless of the fact that most of you who have done so share the same last name, who am I to keep the people from having what they want? I didn’t want to keep posting the contests on this blog, as it would go against the very point of the blog’s content: to do something new. To remedy that, I started another blog that you can easily link to from this one, or that you can visit on its own, generously entitled Name That Idiot Photo.
I will post a new photo each Monday. You will have until Friday of that week to enter a caption in the comments. A poll will go up on Friday, and you all will vote for your favorite. And the winner? Well, the winner will gain the esteem of having won a meaningless, loosely followed blog’s weekly caption contest.
If I made an error in judgment here, and the contests experience little to no traffic, then I will promptly close the blog and no one is to ever speak of it again. You hear me, internet?
p.s. For anyone who cares: I will be continuing Out With The Old! until I complete 365 new things. I clearly won’t make it in 2008, as originally planned, but am determined to do so nevertheless. Crack open that 40 oz., and enjoy for another year!
As mentioned in the previous post, I’m sick and bored tonight. So,
I played myself in Scrabble. It wasn’t nearly as fun talking shit to myself as to a real opponent when I got to use a triple letter score on the “j” in eject.
Fun factor: 5
I’ve been sick for over a week now. Tonight I had a night to do nothing but rest, so I spent most of it flipping through the channels aimlessly. Among several other quality programs,
I watched the Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
Depression ensued.
Fun factor: 6
