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Some Truly Random Topics

It is a gorgeous fall day. I am meeting two friends this morning for a walk and am too excited to come up with a “real” post idea, so here are some random questions you didn’t ask that I am going to answer. (Some of them I found online.) Please answer them yourself should you feel moved to do so.

If a song played every time you entered a room, which song would you choose? The first song that comes to mind is Suzie Q by Creedence Clearwater Revival. What a classic. Still slaps. But probably I would prefer Susanne by Weezer. Both because I do not go by Suzie Q, and because I adore Weezer. The only problem with the Weezer song is that the first time I heard it was while watching Mallrats, and Susanne is an orangutan.

What’s your most useless skill?  Knot untangling. Despite being impatient about nearly everything, I have a high tolerance for picking away at an impossible knot. A tangled necklace chain, a snarled cat toy, a quadruple knotted shoelace: I am pretty confident I can return it to its original state.

What’s in your mental (or online, or actual) shopping cart at the moment?

“Thank you very much Miss Lippy!”

What movie quote/s is/are constantly at the tip of your tongue?

  • “A Schooner is a sailboat, stupidhead.”
  • “O’Doyle rules!” (And pretty much every other quote from Billy Madison.)
  • “A watch doesn’t go with this outfit, Daddy!”

What is the worst thing you’ve ever worn? When I was a youth, I took a dance class that culminated in an annual recital. We wore sequined costumes and performed elaborate routines to pop songs, mainly, for unknown reasons, those by Michael Jackson. The worst thing I’ve ever worn was one of those costumes. It was a full-piece onesie made of fire engine red Spandex. My mullet-adjacent haircut did not help matters.

From whom are your 5 most recent (non-spam) missed calls?

  • The house painter.
  • The house painting company.
  • The roofing company.
  • The roofing company.
  • The mom of one of Carla’s friends.

 

Now it’s your turn:

  • If a song played every time you entered a room, which song would you choose?
  • What’s your most useless skill?
  • What’s in your mental (or online, or actual) shopping cart at the moment?
  • What movie quote/s is/are constantly at the tip of your tongue?
  • What is the worst thing you’ve ever worn?
  • From whom are your 5 most recent (non-spam) missed calls?

6 thoughts on “Some Truly Random Topics”

  1. Good morning! I haven’t been able to see your blog for awhile (I read on my work break and I’m not sure why but it was inaccessible). I’ll play your game:

    • If a song played every time you entered a room, which song would you choose? Come on Eileen – I just sing it Come on Colleen
    • What’s your most useless skill? – remembering song lyrics
    • What’s in your mental (or online, or actual) shopping cart at the moment? – a new set of pots and pans in my amazon cart, they’re beautiful but pricey
    • What movie quote/s is/are constantly at the tip of your tongue? It goes through phases, but we are watching a show right now where the husband always says “Can a man not *insert activity* in his own home anymore?” But the activity is always crazy, for example “Can a man not fall in love with another man’s wife in his own home anymore?”
    • What is the worst thing you’ve ever worn? I inadvertently dressed like a horse jockey one day at work
    • From whom are your 5 most recent (non-spam) missed calls? I don’t answer my phone unless it’s a close family member 🙂
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    • I now have that song stuck in my head, Colleen! And remembering song lyrics must be important – or else why would I remember so many from bad songs from high school?

      Too – ra -loo-rye -ay…

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  2. This is such a fun post, Suzanne! I love learning these random little things about people. I might have to borrow this idea for my own blog sometime!

    Also, I’m laughing at your useless skill because I could definitely use someone with your patience when it comes to untangling necklaces. And now I’m trying to decide what song should play every time I enter a room. That’s a surprisingly difficult question!

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  3. I can’t think of a song, but I did wear many atrocious shirts with huge shoulder pads. I looked like a linebacker! Most of my skills with grammar are useless. I can conjugate most French verbs in a multitude of tenses.

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  4. And away we go…

    1. All Soul’s Night by Loreena McKennett would be my entrance song. I
    2. I know how to iron a shirt very well, but haven’t done so in a zillion years.
    3. I am looking for Corelle soup plates at the thrift stores. I could buy them new, but I’d much rather get them cheap. (For my husband’s birthday. He loves the one we have.)
    4. Movie quote: In terms of money, we have no money. Or variations thereof.
    5. Hey, I grew up in the 80s. Everything was terrible. However , a shiny flowered dress with a bright pink belt and pink patterned nylons. My waist looked enormous, the nylons made my legs look like sausages.
    6. I think I had a doctor’s office call that I missed? And the cross country coach – but I usually just text her back. She’s hard to get off the phone with , so I need to make sure it’s important before I actually talk with her. I mostly get spam calls on our landline, and the answering machine discourages those.
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    • If a song played every time you entered a room, which song would you choose? About Damn Time– specifically the bad bitch o clock line
    • What’s your most useless skill? Absolutely crushing the library holds game. I got Peck&Peck in TWO DIFFERENT FORMATS the day it came out. Ditto Hollow Bones.
    • What’s in your mental (or online, or actual) shopping cart at the moment? Tons of Mrs. Meyers soaps and sprays. Literal cart.
    • What movie quote/s is/are constantly at the tip of your tongue? “As if” and “You spiked her Tab with Drano?”
    • What is the worst thing you’ve ever worn? Picture day on the 80’s– rights and a giant turquoise button-down shirt with shoulder pads and black question marks printed on it.
    • From whom are your 5 most recent (non-spam) missed calls? Ben, my BFF, my BFF again, Ben, Harry (lol)

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