Jeopardy

I've decided I'm sort of on a quest of trying out for games shows. I auditioned in person for Deal or No Deal in California last year. I thought I had a decent shot as I made it to round 3, but no deal (pun intended).

Yesterday I took the Jeopardy! online audition and well....

Lets just say if the answer was "this gal did miserably on her online Jeopardy audition", the question would be "Who is Lovi?"

I'm exaggerating, but only by a bit. I got some questions right for sure -- this girl knows her pop culture (i.e. celebrity relationships, movies, TV, music, etc.), but man oh man, this girl does NOT know her royal history nor geology nor biology, among a whole host of other categories.

There is no pass/fail status at the end. You just know you did well if you get an invitation to audition in person. I am not expecting said invitation, but it was fun to try it. Who Wants to be a Millionaire is next!

I'm Going To Say It: Grey's Part II

It's back and it makes sense again! There, I said it.

Just when you think this show's going down hill, they pull you back in! Now that we know there's a good reason for Denny's return, the whole sex with a ghost thing seems much more forgivable (although I'm still creeped out by Izzie's love scenes).

The last 3 episodes rocked and I'm happily dvr'ing and watching it again (at the same time, just in case I miss something).

Coming Home

When Paul comes home from work the look on Maxine’s face is simple: delight. She smiles, lets of shrieks of excitement and stretches her arms out waiting for Paul to take her. Paul takes off his jacket, washes his hands and holds Maxine. They smile each other and Paul asks her how her day was and what she did. He tells her he missed her and she grunts and coos back (right now it’s all about saying “mmm, mmm”).

When I come home from work the look on Maxine’s face is also simple: where have you been?

I love that girl.

Nantonym

As I was brushing my teeth this morning I wondering, why didn’t they make the opposite of antonym “nanotonym” as in “not antonym”, instead of synonym? I looked it up on dictionary.com and I suppose the way they did it makes sense. The suffix “nym” means word; “ant” is short for “anti” which is Greek for opposite; and “syn” is Greek for same. So, fine, it makes sense, but I stand by my thought that nantonym would be more fun to say.

Big Butt Kisser?

My favorite song at the moment is "Live Your Life" by TI and Rihanna. Though I have to admit I have probably never been more wrong about a set of lyrics every before...especially the chorus.

I swear I thought she was saying:

Just live your life
aya aya aya
No telling where it'll take ya
Just live your life
aya aya aya
Cause I'm a big butt kisser

But the more I listened, the more I thought "this can't possibly be right". To Google I headed and pretty quickly learned she was saying "cause I'm a paper chaser" which made a lot more sense. I'm happy to report I am now singing the right lyrics as I'm stuck on 35W.

I have to wonder, am I the only one that heard these lyrics so far off? This is even worse than the time I thought Natalie Merchant was saying "I must be Wanda the Wonder, God's own creation".

Post Holiday Blues

Well, it's official. The holidays are over. Technically they are 3, but I would count them more as six:

Thanksgiving, the day after, Christmas eve, Christmas day, the day after, and New Year's eve.

Paul has said to me more than a few times that it's going too fast, especially as we put our tree away this past weekend. I can't say I really felt it, but now, as I look at the date on my computer and see 1/5/2009, I realize, yes, it did go so fast.

At first it made me a little sad. I wish I had more time off. I wish I could spend more days with Maxine. I wish there was another excuse to eat cookies. I wish there was another dinner party to attend or another evening of everyone jamming into our kitchen for food and loud conversation. I wish I could be here more often to put Maxine down for her early afternoon and late afternoon naps.

Then I realized my "I wish" list could be endless if I let it be.

So instead I'm going to try to focus on the "I'm glad" list.

I'm glad I have a job, period. There are probably a lot of people out there who wish they did. I'm glad I had a nice, long vacation even though it's over. It was great while it lasted. I'm glad that while I can't be here to put Maxine down for all her naps, that she is in the loving arms of my mom and dad instead. I'm glad for my waistline that there are no more cookie excuses. I'm glad (and surprised) that I didn't actually gain any holiday weight.

So I'm done with post holiday blues. I'm hoping to be revved up for a new year and getting back to work, but one step at a time. It's only January 5th, right?