The Stimpson Stories

Since I'm "the Mom" I am going to give my wisdom/perspective about a couple things on the recent tagging that all 3 girls responded to on their various blogs:

Question 7 (correct pronunciation of gyro): I was told by a man of Greek descent that it was pronounced heero. But before I made a fool of myself by saying that, I looked it up various places (not just one!) online and the consensus seems to be that it varies a bit according to region. But it seems to be more commonly correct to drop the "h" sound and just prounounce it yee-ro.

Question 27 (music trend you would like to eliminate): I found it interesting that Screamo was the answer given by all my children. And I'm so old I didn't even know what that was. Maybe I'll look into it so I can annoy my children further.

Question 22 (skill you'd like to master): I also found it interesting that all three of my children mentioned, in one way or another, singing as part or all of this answer. Must be genetic, given that that's the one skill above all others I now wish I had developed. (Let that be a lesson to you, my children--go learn now while you're young! Make your parents pay for the lessons, if you must.)

And thus endeth my wisdom.

I wasn't actually tagged, but I felt like doing it anyway. What a life I have.

1. Name three types of people who should qualify for forced labor camps
Um...well, let's go with financial lit. teachers, cause mine is bugging me now. Juuuust kidding.

2. What was the last thing you ate?
Pumpkin cookies. In the words of dad: I ate to many cookies :P

3. What’s a goal you have?
Publish a book, Go to Jamaica/Singapore/Norway/just somewhere overseas.

4. What do you think of entertainment awards shows?
Same as Bethany: I tried watching one once. "Tried" being the key word.

5. How do you want to die?
With a smile on my face. :)

6. What is your favorite vacation/get-away spot? Where will you be traveling next?
Disneyland. Next time probably Disneyland with the Band Tour, or France/Spain/Morocco with the French club if I can convince certain parents to let me go....

7. How do you pronounce “gyro?”
Guy - row?

8. What have you found entertaining lately?
Life. Life is pretty entertaining if you ask me.

9. Do you follow any blogs of nondescript people who you don't know? Why do you follow those blogs?
Yes. Actually no, I just felt like saying yes.

10. What would you use a time machine for?
Go back in time and probably....redue parts of my childhood. And maybe annoy a few of my elementary school teachers.

11. What are your favorite restaurants?
Subway, Olive Garden, Sweet Tomatos. Woot!

12. What actors should be barred from acting?
Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Miley Cyrus

13. What’s the last book you read?
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, but I'm currently reading another book. I don't remember the name of it though. Sad day.

14. What’s the last movie you enjoyed?
Harry Potter. I'm a huge Harry Potter nerd. I love it.

15. Reveal something that really bothers you.
I hate how horrible I am at parking. Actually, I hate yet love it at the same time. I get frustrated, but It's also easy to pick out my car when the back ends sticking out from all the others. And it makes me laugh at how bad I am. Heh. Heh. Heh.

16. What will it say on your gravestone?
'Here lies the most awesome redhead whoever lived.' Then it'll say the many, thousands of successful books I shall publish, plus a large statue of me pulling a sexy pose to the side of the gravestone.

17. Put your iPod on shuffle and list the first three songs that come up, then explain yourself.
By The Sea - Um....yeah Katrina would get that. Cold as you - Taylor Swift. I didn't even know I had that song. Last: A Day in the Life - The Beatles. What's there to explain?

18. What is the biggest mistake you have ever made?
I just ate another pumpkin cookie. Uuuugh.

19. What kind of toppings do you generally request for your pizza?
OLIVES! BLACK OLIVES!

20. Who/what would you love to have complete control over?
My life? Heh. Heh. Heh. I'm hilarious. Um, money! and the amount of homework teachers give out, but that wont last my whole lifetime.

21. What does your ideal Saturday consist of?
Friends, Family, no homework, no pumpkin cookies.

22. What is one skill you lack completely but wish you could master with the snap of your fingers?
Singing and Acting. I would love to perform in musicals but I don't have THAT good of a voice and I'm as good at acting as dad is at lying. Okay, maybe a little better than that........or professional whistling. I'm pretty good at it now, but I'd like to become even better. You know, make my living off of it.

23. What's something you live in constant fear of?
Grades. And basilisks. I'm always checking corners to make sure I wont meet one of them...

24. What was the first album you listened to non-stop, over and over again?
Probably the Pirates soundtrack. Thats the only one I can remember. Go Pirates.

25. Have you ever seen a live, wild rat? How about a dead one?
Probably in a pet store somewhere...

26. What thing have you most aggressively promoted?
....possums?

27. Is there a band or musical trend you would love to see erased completely?
Screamo

28. If you had to describe yourself using 3 words, what would they be?
Procrastinating Redheaded Chick.

29. Where is the last place that you'd see yourself living?
Mexico. Or the Republic of Congo. Or India. Pretty much anywhere that is really, really hot.

30. What was the last video you enjoyed on the internet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6s6A1tsavo Yeah...just don't ask. But it makes me laugh.

31. What is your favorite smoothie combination?
I dunno. Go ask jamba juice what they put in their peach pleasure. Besides peaches.

32. What is the worst thing that has ever happened to your car?
Someone left a note on it saying, "Nice Parking Job!" I was diagonal in the parking space because I was to lazy to fix it. But no, that's not the worst thing that has happened to my car. It's fairly new. So let's go with....its had a HUGE bid poop on the windshield for a while now.

33. What album have you been listening to most?
Usually the radio, but during commercials I listen to Sweeney Todd. Don't. Judge. Me.

34. What clues you into a person's idiocy?
wHeN tHeY tYpE lIkE tHiS. hehe, no not really. I just couldn't think of an answer.