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Culture QotD: What food reminds you of your childhood?

What food reminds you of your childhood?

Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable soup.

I didn't become a vegetarian until I was 16, but I've been eating that soup my entire life.

I was a picky eater as a kid. If my mom packed my lunch for school, her choices were pretty limited. I would get bologna sandwiches. No cheese. I was against cheese back in the day. (Cheese is probably my most favorite food in the world now though!) I've never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my life.

So every now and then I would get a thermos of vegetarian vegetable soup to take for lunch. Remember the old-school lunch boxes? I had two -  Care Bears and Jem & the Holograms. I would buy a milk since my thermos was utilized for other purposes. Ha.

I went to a school that didn't have a cafeteria. A lunch cart would pull up in the hallway and the hot lunch kids would line up to get their food, then bring it back to their desk to eat. No I didn't go to school in some small town - I was about 15 minutes from Detroit. I have no idea why we didn't have a cafeteria.

Once when my mom had made a sandwich for me, the boy who sat next to me - Wade was his name - jammed his fingers in it so he 'dented' my bread (as I later explained to my mother). Boy was I pissed. I punched him. My mother was called. I was sent home.

So the soup lunches began.

I still buy Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable soup to keep at my desk at work for an easy, inexpensive lunch on days I don't want to venture out for food or I've forgotten my Lean Cuisine. The other day I made some, and suddenly I remembered 2nd grade and sitting in my classroom, eating soup from my Care Bears thermos.

Just to show ya, I have two on reserve now.

 

Soup Reserves

So long ago... certain time... certain place.

Lindsey & Stevie

Back in the day I was a big fan of Fleetwood Mac. I loved their album called Tango in the Night. I was a kid, and I had a huge crush on Lindsey Buckingham. I remember my oldest sister making fun of me for liking such an "old" guy.

So last night I got to see my childhood crush in the flesh. Ha. It was awesome.

I was so tired though. My eyes were bloodshot before we even got into the arena. They had no opening band, and they came on the stage about 20 minutes late. But they played for 2 hours or so. They were awesome.

When I grow up I want to be Stevie Nicks. I really do.

QotD: High School Romance

What was the best date you went on in high school?

Ha.

I never went on a date in high school. Please.

I remember watching Pretty in Pink when I was a kid. This always got to me:

Andie mentions that she might not go to the prom.
Iona: I have this girlfriend who didn't go to hers, and every once in a while, she gets this really terrible feeling--you know, like something is missing. She checks her purse, and then she checks her keys. She counts her kids, she goes crazy, and then she realizes that nothing is missing. She decided it was side effects from skipping the prom.

 

When I was a kid I always thought that there would be something wrong with me if I didn't go to the prom.

Well I didn't go.

And there is something wrong with me.

hahahaha. :D

 

Merry Christmas! (this is me trying to festive)

Last night I went to a Christmas house.

I don't even know the full story of this. A few years ago, my sister invited my family to go with her (then) boyfriend's family to a home owned by compete strangers to us. This older couple decorate their home to the nines for Christmas. They invite people over to tour their home. They give you wassail and cookies and cake and you sit at their dining room table to chat.

So last night I decided to go again. And it was fun. Perhaps I may be in the holiday spirit!

Nah... I work at the mall for Christmas. Impossible, I tell ya!

So... some pictures. And they aren't that good, I should warn you. Their home is dark (just lit by the lights) and most of the time I couldn't see what I was taking a photo of.

The outside of their home.

 

 

House

 

Horse

 

Some from the inside. I loved the Gone With the Wind themed room.

 

 

Bathtub1

 

Bathtub2

 

Bathroom

My favorite room - the bathroom. I would never leave that bathtub. The last photo is of a different bathroom in the house.

 

Kitchen

 

 

Bedroom

 

 

And then outside they have a village set up. They have a 1-room school house (with Miss Crabtree - the teacher), a "Boys Only" and a "Girls Only" clubhouse, a 50s diner (and their grandson, the soda jerk will offer you an ice cream or a glass bottle of Coke from behind the counter) a general store, which I got a picture of:

 

General store

The owner gave us all a penny to buy whatever we wanted. I bought a piece of caramel. ;-)

 

And a church:

 

Church

Remember, this is in their backyard. It's amazing what they've done.

They have a pond, a gazebo with a carousel horse, a courthouse with the town jail (which the owner told us is really one of the first jail cells in the state). And it's awesome that they invite people over to just roam around the house that they actually live in.

It's been a tradition in my family to visit this house now. Everyone else has been there a few more times than I have, because I skipped a few times. And I considered not going last night, but I'm glad I did. 

 

Vox Hunt: Park It

Show us your favorite park.

Sign_kennywood_park

 

Kennywood-Sign

Blender!!

A Dog on the $25,000 Pyramid

This made me burst out laughing. I'm a dork.

she bangs

I really regret my minute and a half in the beautician's chair the other day.

Ugh.

It was such a spur of the moment thing. My niece's hair was so cute. Her bangs were awesome. I asked her stylist to just trim me up a bit. This is what she did to me:

 

Actual photo

I wanted the side-swept bangs, but I don't know what the hell I ended up with. So...

Should I go ahead and cut even further? I swear I look like Steve Perry's little sister. Circa 1983.

 

Steve Perry

It's horrible, it really is.

So I could go even shorter. And fill in the space on my forehead that has no hair. Because basically, I look like a girl with half bangs. Half feathered bangs. Like my big brother, Steve Perry. 

 

Nice bangs

Nice bangs 2

But really, this is me we're talking about. The likelihood of my bangs looking anything like the above pictures are slim to none.

I could end up like this:

Fug

My God, is that a bad case of helmet hair or what.

Or this:

 

NO

I actually had bangs like this about 8 years ago. One of my classmates called me Bif Naked.

Bif

Or I could just suffer through the awkward growing-out stage.

Ah, regrets. I've had a few. Like this one.

QotD: Lifestyles of the Rich ~or~ Famous

Would you rather be rich or famous? Why?
Submitted by Chris Vaughn.

Rich. If I were famous people would stare at me. And I don't want people looking at me. Ha!

Think of how famous people get dissected in the media. I don't want to see my cellulite riddled ass on the cover of Star magazine.

saturday night distraction

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This Saturday. With Joe Cocker. Should be fun, I hope! 

ah to be so carefree

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What happens when I let my ferret roam around on my bed.