Halloween. Meh.

I don't love Halloween. I mean it's better than St Patrick's Day and April Fools Day but not by much. Let's just say I'm not going to be nominated holiday chair mister for this holiday. However, I'm trying to have a good attitude because my roommates are tired of me being a cotton headed ninny muggins about it. Here's are some of my thoughts on Halloween and only 1/2 them are negative!

1. Worst Candy: Sweet Tarts, Caramel Apple Suckers, and Bottlecaps. Maybe Jessie and I pretended Bottlecaps & Sweet Tarts were vitamins and we forced ourselves to eat them so we could finish off all our candy. Or we'd put them into water to make 'tea'. They didn't make great tea parties.
2. Favorite Candy: Butterfinger was my favorite candy during my trick or treating years.
3. Worst Halloween Movie: All of them.
4. Favorite Halloween Movie: I don't like Halloween movies. The Halloweentown High movies are okay, but that's it.
5. Worst Halloween Song: Monster Mash
6. Favorite Halloween Song: The Ghost of John, Halloween Cat, and the one that goes, "Stir it in my witches brew. I got magic. Ala-kazam-akazoo!"
7. Worst Tradition: My mom made us this soup every Halloween. It was horrible. We couldn't go Trick or Treating until we had eaten all our soup. No wonder I hated trick or treating. That and the whole part where I had to beg people for candy. AWKWARD.
8. Favorite Tradition: Whenever we got home from Halloween we emptied out our pumpkin bins and counted. I still can't figure out how Benjy would always get more candy. Maybe he's cuter? Next we'd make displays of our candy, I usually made a big house. Then we'd open the market and switch our candies around. Marie drove an especially hard bargain.
9. Worst Random Memory: I was a cowgirl one year (yeah, real original I know) and I realized half way through the day I was sneezing because Benjy's hat I had borrowed had horse hair all over it. Unforunately there was a greasy mop in it, so I had to leave it on.
10. Favorite Random Memory: Doing cha-cha to the Monster Mash in the Wakefield's basement. Todd (my partner) was not pleased, but his mom was loving it. She had us dance to all of the songs on this Ballroom Halloween CD. That's it! I've figured out what I'm getting David for Christmas.
11. Worst Costume: I was a cheerleader in 4th grade. I might be extremely ashamed of this.
12. Best Costume: That would have to be Halloween 2008. My roommate, Katelyn Hanny and I dressed up for Halloween. We were Pearl and Mildred. Maybe I made this whole post as an excuse to show you the following pictures. Don't even try and tell me we don't look awesome:

How many licks does it take?

First off I hate this phrase. What patient person actually has the willpower to only lick a tootsie pop? Not me, I usually last 10 seconds before I'm chewing the tootsie roll. So let's ask a realistic question.

How many licks does it take to eat a whole jar of peanut butter?

Well I don't know how many licks it takes me, but I know that it takes me less than 1 1/2 months! Yep, that's right. 1 1/2 months. You're probably horrified right now, I know I am. But here's the thing, I don't actually lick the peanut butter out, I eat it on a variety of different things. Here's how I emptied my peanut butter jar:

1. Peanut Butter on Saltines.

2. Peanut Butter on Celery.

3. Peanut Butter on Carrots.

4. Peanut Butter - Jelly sandwiches.

5. Peanut Butter - Jelly tortillas. Yep, that's right. Delicious!

6. Peanut Butter - Banana sandwiches.

7. Peanut Butter Cookies. See? I didn't eat all the peanut butter! Half a cup of it was distributed into cookies. Which I ate. Dang it.

Fine. I might have an addiction to peanut butter.

It's a Ruff Life

I never thought I'd have a blog post with that title. Ever. But there is a good reason...

Friday night Jessie and I wanted to get a movie from Redbox. So we got online to look at our options. As we were scrolling down we became quite distraught at the surprising amount of dog movies. What on earth is going on? Is there a shortage of actors/actresses? Are dogs taking over? Do people actually enjoy watching movies where real life animals talk? Because they shouldn't. It's creepy.

So let's talk about these movies. Here are a few of the treasures I found:

1. Marmaduke A talking dog is a no. A talking dog with sunglasses is a BIG no! Even if Owen Wilson is his voice.
2. Cats and Dogs ...as if a movie with just dogs isn't bad enough let's add in some cats. We'll make Homeward Bounds for this generation because they didn't suffer through that.
3. Soccer Dog Of course a hopeless soccer team would recruit a dog. Brilliant?! If there had been a dog playing soccer when I played in elementary school I would've gone nuts.
4. The Gold Retrievers Maybe if it was about Gold Labs I'd watch it. But probably not.
5. Chestnut The dog's name is chestnut. And he wears sunglasses. Enough said.
6. Cop Dog Everybody's favorite cop is a dog. Great. What a hero.

I guess I should be glad no Beethovens were at Redbox at the time, but still. I think this poster sums it all up. It's supposed to make me go "Aw." But oh boy it makes me mad.

5 Random Pet Peeves

1. "Whinny do nothings that don't deserve either one of them." (If you don't know what I'm quoting do yourself a favor and go to the following link: http://www.hulu.com/watch/114945/saturday-night-live-lab-partners) I'm talking about Bella, Katniss, and all those other girls in movies and books that drag along two boys because they can'd decide which one they like. Girls you need to stop doing that. There aren't enough boys for each of us to have two, hey there aren't enough for each of us to have one. So you're being selfish. If you need help I'm available and I'll take Gayle or Jacob. Keyword: OR.


2. Back scratchers. Seriously I love it when people scratch my back, but there's a time and a place. Unfortunately not many people know when that is. I've sat in class behind so many back scratchers just growling (I'm growling, not them) as they caress, pause to whisper something and smile at the person, and then continue in their scratch. AH!!!


3. Bare feet in class. I guess shoes get obnoxious in class or something, so boys and girls will take them off, set them aside, and just sit there in their bare feet or stocking feet. Sometimes they even walk around like that.This drives me up a wall. I think it shows a huge lack of respect, and more often than not it doesn't smell that great.


4. Mickey Mouse. He drives me crazy. Have you heard his voice? Yes, I know that Walt Disney did it for a while and so I'm a horrible person. Still I have to be honest he just really bothers me. Him and Winnie the Pooh. I don't care three straws about either one of them.


5. Unsharp pencils. Is there anything more painful than hearing someone write with a dull pencil? I have chills just thinking about it. I mean I know pencil sharpeners basically don't exist anymore, but still is it that hard to sharpen a pencil?

So there you have some of my ridiculous pet peeves. Laugh all you want, but I'm sure you've got weird ones too.