I have no witty intros today so let’s just get to this week’s Ten on Tuesday!

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Alright, this week’s theme is sports. I don’t do sports - watching or playing. I sucked at sports in school and I don’t understand how they can be entertaining to watch. So, I’m going to stretch the meaning of sports a little (see the air quotes in the title?) for this list. Most of the reality shows I watch are like sports in the sense that people are competing against each other for a prize. So, that’s what I’m going with today - reality shows.

10 Favorite Sports to Play/Watch

1. Survivor - I didn’t get into watching this show until it was several seasons in (that happens a lot with TV shows for me - I’ve only ever watched one or two shows from the very first episode) but once I started watching, I couldn’t stop. My favorite part is when the contestants seem surprised that other contestants are lying to them! What part of “outwit, outlast, outplay” do they not understand? I’d rock Survivor. Or I’d be the first contestant to ever die on the show.
2. Amazing Race - I love the pairings they put together for this show. Especially couple’s that just broke up or an estranged father and daughter. What better way to try to fix a relationship then on a reality show? I also love the arguing and whining people do during challenges. I’d love to do this show with my best friend MJ. We’d be labeled as “Gay Man and his Fag Hag”. And I’d probably get us lost, a lot.
3. Top Chef - I’ve learned so much about food from this show. And it’s entertaining. I wonder though if it’s a smart thing to give some of the contestants knives.
4. Iron Chef America - I’m just waiting for the chairmen to lose it and announce the secret ingredient as “human flesh!”.
5. America’s Next Top Model - I mostly watch this show for the pretty people in pain. Once, when the models were doing a challenge that involved walking down the runway in horribly high and too small high heels, I was chanting: “trip, trip, trip”.  Is that wrong?
6. American Idol - Seriously, what’s better then watching people who think they can sing because people at a Karaoke bar told them they could and then having Simon crush their dreams? 
7. Project Runway - I love the creative challenges and the gay men on this show. And it’s fun to watch designers get upset.
8. Design Star - Hmm, I watch this for the same reason as I watch Project Runway.
9. Food Network Challenge - My favorites are the cake challenges. Especially when the contestants go over the top and have insanely tall or delicate things that then need to be moved to a table. Is it wrong that I hope they fall apart (the cakes or the contestants, either works for me)?
10. Last Comic Standing - They get a lot of hilarious people on this show but they also get the weirdest people auditioning - usually in costume or with props. I swear they just want to get on TV. Or maybe I’m wrong and they really think they’re funny and talented. Whatever, it’s great to watch.

Well, that was fun to write. However, I think Queen of Darkness and Fag Hag snuck in and added their two cents to some of them. Oh well.

Well, another Monday has come around so I’m going to start it out right with this week’s Manic Monday!

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1) What sound or noise do you love?
The whoosh sound of a cappuccino machine steaming milk. Actually any sound associated with coffee making is good. I love coffee. Mmmm…milky brown wake up juice.

2) What sound or noise do you hate?
Anything in the fingernails on a chalkboard genre. There are lots of things that are an odd texture and make horrible sounds when scratched by fingernails. It’s the worst when it’s my own fingernails - makes my skin crawl.

3) What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Well, my current “profession” is jewelry designer and owner of Adalea’s Designs (I use air quotes cause I don’t always remember that it’s a job!). I don’t really want any other profession ’cause I don’t want to work for “the man” and I love being creative. However, if I could somehow find a way to get paid for reading slash fan fiction or watching gay movies, that would be awesome!

4) What profession would you not like to do?
Anything in the blood and guts or sad story genres. Like being a doctor or funeral director or a cop or a CSI. There’s probably more jobs I wouldn’t want then one’s I would.

Woo Hoo! It’s Friday! I give you this week’s Friday’s Feast!

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Appetizer
What is the weather like today where you live?
I have no idea. I’ve been cooped up in the house all day. Went to bed at 2pm, woke up at 1am. Just went out to get some Jack in the Box but it was dark and I was in the car. Didn’t pay attention to the weather. But according to my iphone, it’s currently 61 and cloudy.

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how career-minded are you?
Again with the negative numbers for me: -3. I’m a stay at home housewife without kids and I’m bad at it. I put off my chores for as long as I can. I make my own beaded jewelry and try to sell it (operative word: try). I will get a job if I have to, but I don’t want no stinking career. And I have a bad work ethic in the sense that I won’t put my job above my own life or family.

Salad
What type of window coverings do you have in your home? Blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.?
Really, really boring off-white blinds on all our windows. We live in a condo with a home owner’s association that has strict rules on exterior stuff which includes window covering’s - they have to be white on the side that faces outside. But they don’t say anything about painting my living room fuchsia.

Main Course
Name something that instantly cheers you up.
My hubby. He always makes me smile or laugh when I’m stressed or cranky or sad. He’s like my own personal clown. Just got to get him to wear the shoes and the nose.

Dessert
How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?
Zero. I don’t set the alarm, I wake up whenever I wake up. And I’ve learned to sleep through hubby’s alarm.

When I win the lottery, one of the first things I’m going to do is go to Serendipity3 in New York and buy the Golden Opulence Sundae for $1,000. How could you not love a Sundae with real gold and caviar? It’s fit for a millionaire, I tell ya. I might even let my hubby have a bite.

Well, I’m up early (or late actually since I haven’t gone to bed yet - I’m on nocturnal mode right now), so I thought I’d go ahead and post this week’s Ten on Tuesday!

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Inventions That Have Made Life Easier

1. The Foodsaver: I remember watching the infomercials for the Foodsaver many years ago and was fascinated with the machine - especially when they food save the marshmallows. Hubby and I finally bought one a couple years ago and I love the thing. You have no idea how much money we’ve saved with not having to throw out moldy cheese or meat anymore!
2. The iphone: I gave my hubby such a hard time about needing a $600 cell phone just because Apple made it. I didn’t really understand a multiple task phone. Then he bought one and let me touch it. I was hooked. Had to wait several months to get my own (our original cell phones were on Verizon which I kept while he went on AT&T for the iphone - had to wait for the Verizon contract to end before I could buy my own).
3. The DVR (generic version of the Tivo): Why would anyone watch TV in real time when they can record it to watch on their own time? I love my DVR. Well, I did until a couple days ago when the hard drive died on one of them - we have two - and we lost everything we’d taped. It was 78% full which was over 40 hours! I almost cried. I’ll love it again when we get it replaced.
4. The Universal Remote: We have a TV, two DVR boxes, a DVD player and probably a couple other things I’m forgetting, that all have their own remotes. It was so confusing until hubby got a $200 universal remote to control everything. I like it when things are easy.
5. The Internet: I have a feeling this is going to be on a lot of lists. I couldn’t live with out the internet - I get all my info from the internet. I’d be so lost and confused if I couldn’t just hop onto my laptop and find out who that actor was in that movie.
6. The Garbage Disposal: I usually have to remind hubby to scrape his plate (or to pick up his socks or put the can opener away) so a lot of food gets in the sink. If it wasn’t for the garbage disposal, I’d be an unhappy camper whenever I went to do dishes.
7. Coffee: If I knew who invented coffee, I’d worship them. Build them an alter and pray to them daily. I love my milky brown wake up juice, it’s the sweet nectar of the gods.
8. The Food Network: Weekends at our house usually consist of hours and hours of watching the Food Network. Hubby and I have learned some valuable info from this channel. Now my cooking repertoire consists of more then just pasta salad and chicken.
9. The Dishwasher: Why did I spend all those years hand washing my dishes when I could of had a machine do it for me? I love my dishwasher.
10. Bacon: Okay, not really an invention, more of a discovery, I guess but it’s still delicious. Who doesn’t love bacon (sorry vegetarians - but you like soy bacon, right?). Bacon makes everything better, it’s a fact.

It’s a little later then I usually post this, but it’s still Monday so I give you this week’s Manic Monday!

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1) Are you a talker or a listener? Is it ever possible to really be both?
Mostly a talker. But I listen when it’s important - like when hubby says we’re going out for coffee or when I hear the word gay (that’s when Fag Hag pays attention).

2) Do you think God the universe has a sense of humor?
I haven’t quite determined if I believe in God, but I do believe in something bigger and greater then ordinary humans. I do believe the universe has a sense of humor and that it quite enjoys laughing at us.

3) Do you believe in love at first sight? Have you ever experienced it?
Yep, and yep. I’m lucky enough to have met and married my soul mate and it was love at first sight for both of us.

It’s been a couple weeks since I posted a Saturday Six, but have no fear I’m back this week!

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1. What is your biggest distraction in a normal day?
My whole day is a distraction! Seriously, I spend more time on my laptop reading fan fiction or blogging and watching TV then I do getting “chores” done. This might be why the fact that I’m almost 30 and haven’t accomplished much in my life is bugging me a lot lately.

2. On an average day, do you feel like you accomplish more than you should, less than you should, or something in between?
I always feel like I accomplished less - even on days when I finish my to do list. I always feel like I didn’t try hard enough, don’t do enough.

3. If you know that a close friend has a serious problem, do you ever let that worry you to the extent that it distracts you from things you need to do?
Oh yeah. I have this tendency to completely focus on little problems - mine or someone else’s - so much so that it usually annoys my hubby.

4. Take the quiz: How’s Your Attention Span?

Your Attention Span is Medium

Your attention span is just about average. You may think that you have a short attention span… But being distracted is something most people struggle with.The most important thing is that you’re aware that your mind wanders. If you find yourself daydreaming, you can usually snap out of it. It may be tough to concentrate at times, but you can do it… if you want to!

How’s Your Attention Span?

5. Do you generally find yourself more distracted in the morning or the afternoon?
Morning. Not really distracted, just not focused on important things yet. I seem to get more stuff done late afternoon/early evening. Maybe that’s why I’m nocturnal more often then not.6. What works best for you in terms of removing the distraction and getting back to work?
I force myself to put down the laptop and get off the couch. Usually, if I remind myself that something needs to get done cause there’s a deadline or a gross smell, I’ll get it done. Not always though. If I can put it off, I will. I’m a professional procrastinator.

Let’s just pretend it’s Friday, okay? Cause here’s this week’s Friday’s Feast!

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Appetizer
If you could live on another continent for 1 year, which one would you choose?
And now you get to witness just how horrendously horrible I am at geography: is England a continent?

Hubby and I have been wanting to go to England for awhile, why not live there? At least I wouldn’t have to learn another language. And I already know some British slang (thank you LOTR RPS fan fiction!), so I’m set! Oh, maybe I’d get to meet Gordon Ramsey! He’s my idol.

Soup
Which browser do you use to surf the Internet?
Firefox all the way. Got to download the new version, though.

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you know about the history of your country?
You know how I mentioned I was horrendously horrible at geography in the first question? Well, I’m worse with history. So, the answer would be like a -3. Hmm…maybe I should go back to school?

Main Course
Finish this sentence: Love is…
Love is when on a cold day, your hubby turns on your heated car seat so you don’t suffer from cold tushy.

Dessert
Have you ever been in or near a tornado?
Hell no! I avoid severe weather whenever I can. There are several states I will never live in because of that.

With Monday comes a meme. Here’s this week’s Manic Monday.

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1) If your personality had to be summed up as a sandwich, what kind of sandwich would you be?
This is a tough one. I have a hard enough time defining my personality, let alone turning it into a sandwich. So, I asked my hubby. He said I’d be a Muffuletta which is essentially a sandwich with olive salad and lots of Italian meats. I asked hubby how that translated to my personality, he said it was the only sandwich he could think of that had olives (I LOVE olives). So, I asked him what he thought my personality was and he couldn’t give me an answer. I can’t even give an answer! The only thing I could come up with is that I’m a fickle contradiction. So, I guess my personalty sandwich would be a meaty vegetarian, sweetly bitter, blandly spicy thing.

2) If you knew that someone was dying, but they didn’t know, would you tell them the truth or deceive them about it?
Okay, seriously, this one’s a downer after the sandwich question! I can’t help but wonder why I’d be the person to know someone was dying before they did. The only situations I can think of where that would occur are just too depressing. I’m pleading the fifth on this question because I honestly don’t know how I would handle it without being in the situation personally. And I just don’t want to think about it.

3) Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy?
Yep. If I’m in a bad mood or feeling sad, I spend more time in my PJ’s. If I’m having a bad day and I do have to get dressed, I just don’t put much effort in my outfit which usually just means no jewelry.