Old School Blogging – Random Edition

Elaine from The Miss Elaine-ous Life has a new co-pilot this month for Old School Blogging, and it is none other than Kim from Co-Pilot Mom!!

Man, I kill me.

This month they’re teaming up to ask Random Questions.  I love random questions, because you can really get to know a person in a short time by firing random questions at them.  Like what’s your favorite soup?  And does gel toothpaste freak you out?  It’s like Getting To Know You Cliff’s Notes. 

So of course I’m playing along, because I never pass up an opportunity for all of you to get to know me better.  I’m a giver like that. 

So buckle up, everyone.  You are cleared for takeoff. 

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Yeah, I know.

What is the last thing you watched on TV?  Ah, jeez, this is hard.  I watch so little TV.  The last thing I watched was an episode of Parenthood, the TV show.  I love that show.  It’s my favorite guilty pleasure, and it’s a really good show and not some nonsense that melts my brain.  Every single episode makes me cry - no exception.  The problem with never watching TV is that I never know when a new season has started, and I end up having to binge watch because I missed the whole season.  And I’m not much of a binge watcher.  I know – it’s un-American.

When did you last step outside? What were you doing?  I went outside to put some trash in the can, because there were several bags in the garage, which is my first step of trash hauling.  It will sit in the garage for a day or so, and when I’ve amassed several bags, I transfer them all to the outside can.  And now you know every single detail of my garbage habits.

What is on the walls of the room you are in?  I’m in the kitchen, and other than cabinets, we have one picture on the wall – ONE.  Huh.  I never noticed that before.  Here’s a picture of it:  

We got it at IKEA.  Arty!  

In other news, we should redecorate.

If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?  My house.  A Mercedes. Clothes.  Diamonds.  A vacation.  I would not be a millionaire very long.

Tell me something about you that most people don't know.  This is hard!  I feel like I spill all my dirty secrets on my blog, and that everybody knows everything about me.  Except for the private things that nobody needs to know.  Okay.  I have selective claustrophobia.  I’m okay in elevators, but an airplane isn’t big enough inside, and I don’t like to sit on the inside of a booth.  OMG that is so boring.  Who DOESN'T have selective claustrophobia?

Who made the last incoming call on your phone? This is so sad.  It was an 800 number.  I missed it, darn.  Before that it was my husband.  I missed that one, too.  I don’t know why my husband calls me on my cell phone.  I never answer it.  Because I’m usually home, and we have a land line.  Can someone tell me why people call cell phones instead of home phones, especially when they are your husband and know that you never answer your cell phone?

If you could change something about your home, without worry about expense or mess, what would you do?  I would get hardwood floors everywhere.  I would get the entire yard landscaped.  I would get the upstairs repainted.  I would hire someone to come in and decorate and replace the tacky IKEA art.

What was the last thing you bought?  Gas.  My son and I were on our way to pick up his friends to take them all to youth group, and I looked at the gas gauge and it said “0 miles until empty.”  I panicked and gingerly drove to the gas station, praying that we wouldn’t be stranded on the side of the road.  We were late to youth group.

Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?  Sky diving.  It feels like the possibility of banging your body against the side of a mountain is less when you’re jumping out of a plane. 

If you could eat lunch with one famous person, who would it be?  Well, it would have to be someone who eats food.  Someone who likes to drink wine.  And someone who is smart and would be a good conversationalist.  And it would have to be a woman.  Does anyone famous fit this bill?  How about Tina Fey?  Does La Tina eat food?

Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?  It would have to be some kind of modern-style furniture store.  Like BoConcept or something.  I would be able to buy a sofa and one chair.

Is the glass half empty or half full?  I broke all the glasses.

What's the farthest-away place you've been?  Germany.  That doesn’t seem very far.  I want to say Fiji!  Or Bora Bora!  Or Argentina!  Or The North Pole!  Ew.  Maybe not the North Pole.  It seems cold there.

What's under your bed?  An under-the-bed box filled with book jackets.  You know, the paper covers on hardback books?  I don’t know.  A back massager and a neck massager.  A heating pad.  You know, normal stuff that all hip, interesting and painfully cool people store under their beds.

What is your favorite time of the day?  Early morning.  No one’s up except me and the fine people of the internet who don’t ask me to bring their sports stuff to school or ask me to make them a sandwich.

What inspires you?  Other people.  When I see or hear that someone did something amazing, I am inspired to do the same.  Also, if they personally encourage me, I’m all in. 

This is Old School Blogging at its finest, people.  Want to play? Join Elaine and Kim – link up on either of their websites, and tweet at them (@elainea and @copilotmom, #OSBlog) when you come up with your own answers to the questions.  Follow Elaine around so you can always be up-to-date on the next Old School Blogging opportunity.  She’s cool like that.  And follow Kim around too.  She totally makes more airplane jokes than I do. Have fun!

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