No one has ever tagged me *sniffle* but Erin over at Life as we Know it said her tags were open to those who'd never been tagged so yay!
Rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 random or weird things about yourself.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
Seven random/weird things about me:
1.) I have 3 tattoos and am planning my 4th. I have a large unicorn on my shoulder, the Chinese character for family on one hip and the Tramp from Lady and the Tramp on my other hip. I also want something that either symbolizes my children or has their names on it in the future, as well as another unicorn and my favorite quote, "quod me nutrit me destruit" on my inner arm. Which is Latin for, "that which nourishes me also destroys me".
2.) All of my children are named after fictional characters from either movies, comics, poetry or books. Including middle names.
3.) I love to shoot pool/billards. Jimbo and I won the APA National Regional in our area in 9-ball. The prize was a trip to Las Vegas to compete for money but I was 8 months pregnant with Logan at the time and we couldn't go. I went into the hospital 2 days before everyone returned home from the tournament. I shot pool while pregnant with all my children, until just days before their birth.
4.) My husband and I played Final Fantasy XI online for a few years. It was our first foray into the world of MMORPG's. We still have our accounts but don't log in often anymore. We have one friend, Tytus, that we speak to often on the phone. He's become a best friend to us and we are meeting up soon.
5.) I used to be a smoker. I started in college after I started theatre. I smoked for 5 years until my children came along, then I stopped. Cold Turkey.
6.) I love fingernail polish. I started going to the MakeUpAlley forums online and became hooked. I currently have over 350+ bottles of polish.
7.) My one huge goal is to move our family into a home that has acreage. I want a small farm with a couple of horses. This has been a dream of mine since I was a child. It's a dream I hope to see fulfilled at some point in my life.
As for tagging others. Since I wasn't officially tagged myself, I'm going to do as Erin did. If you've never been tagged, consider this a tag! It's amazing but there is more stuff I wanted to write. I had to narrow it down, that's eye opening!
Thanks to Dayna, I finally have this beauty. This is a gorgeous polish, more lovely than pictures show. I was worried with all the glitter it would have a grainy appearance after application but it doesn't. It's also a complex color, pulling brown in photos but having a purple base to it (which shows in the first picture using a flash).
Alright, the time has come. I'm going to do an entry on teeth.
First I have to ask, when did people stop brushing? Each time I make it out of my home I will bump into at least one person either,
A. Missing Teeth
B. With rotten teeth
C. With gold/silver/etc on their teeth.
I just don't understand it. I realize cavities are going to happen. But didn't you notice some problems prior to your entire front row of teeth being rotten? I'm pretty sure you didn't just wake up one day and Ka-BOOM! Teeth that look like total ass.
What's worse are the parents with children who have rotten teeth. I've seen this too. A parent should be ashamed if their toddler has two front teeth that are totally brown and rotted. I realize from Arwen that antibiotics in early infancy can discolor new baby teeth but there is a huge difference in a discoloration and rot.
Most of the problems stem from idiotic parents in my area. When I used to wait tables I would see Moms and Dads come in all the time, toddler in tow. When I'd ask if I could get some milk for the baby they'd often request coke because it was free (for refill) versus the milk. I wanted to strangle those parents and if I had the extra cash on me I'd sometimes buy the milk myself.
Then there are parents that allow their children to suck on candy all day long, that'll do it right there.
True story, I was in Hell-Mart once and their was a very overweight child with his Mother (who was also a bit heavy). Now, anyone who's been to their own little nook of hell knows they try to trap you with products all along the cashier register. This young man knew what he was doing. I watched as he grabbed Snickers bars, Twix, Skittles, Nerds and assorted candies from the boxes. His Mom turned around.
"What you doing?" she asked him. She was still placing her groceries on the belt.
"You said I could get something if I was good this week and I was good."
"I said that but I thought you'd get a toy."
"I want this for my surprise."
She stopped for a second and sighed. I was waiting, expecting her to tell him to pick one thing and to put the rest back.
"A'ight...grab me a Zero bar."
My mouth nearly dropped to the floor. The boy kept going and threw a small sugar treasure on the belt. I can only imagine the calories and sugar but not to be outdone, he also snagged Mountain Dew from the freezer in front of us.
The there are the true class in my area. The drug abusers and drunks. It's become a small crisis. When I shot pool on an APA league I would get accosted nightly by drunken players with one rotten tooth sticking from red, diseased looking gums. They'd smile and lean forward, hand reaching to shake. It made my skin crawl at times. There is nothing so attractive as man with a cig hanging from his lip, drink in his hand and when he smiles two teeth are all you see.
Nasty.
So I'd like to ask everyone to spread the message. Tell the world it's time to start brushing their teeth already. If not the next time I blog about this I'll include a picture of meth mouth. Yikes!
My Mother loves to tell me how much others say my children look just like her. One time she bumped into a cousin with Arwen and told me 7 times (I'm not joking) the same story over and over.
"She said, Oh Marilyn! She is the spitting imagine of you! She looks just like you, she is YOU made over."
Finally, the seventh and final (thank god) time I said, "Mom, you've told me that 7 times now you know, right?" and my Mom gives me this evil sneer.
"Yes, does it bother you?"
Uggg.
Then today she asked me to email her pictures of the children so I do and guess what?
RING! RING! RING!
"Hello?"
"Hey! Guess what? I forwarded those pictures to my friend *name here* and she said, oh my god, those children are the very image of you! you can tell they are yours!" My Mom gives a shrill laugh. "I said to her, really?? You think so!?!"
I sat in silence, starting to fume.
"Ok, that's great Mom but I have to start dinner. I'll call you later ok?"
"Ok, I just wanted to tell you."
So, would it bother you if someone in your family did this? It's not just about her looking like my children, it's the fact that with other people she likes to act as if it's her child, not grandchild. If I decide to take the children to get photo's done she decides she has to go, because SHE has to get pictures taken with them too (and I'm not invited, it's HER picture with HER grand babies).
Maybe I'm being too bitchy today and need to chill. Maybe it's due to recent events.
In case you read this Mom, I love you but you drive me nucking futs.
