Goooood Morning Daily Kos #1: Thurs 10/3
And thus begins my era of Thursday placeholder. I’ve spent the last twenty four hours since I committed to hosting this diary today doing the following: eating Doritos, FREAKING OUT, drinking Pepsi, FREAKING OUT, eating dinner, FREAKIN OUT, talking on the phone, sleeping and did I mention FREAKING OUT?
See somehow my fingers volunteered me to write this, the first placeholder...place as in community...holder as in temporary...so follow me below the fold as I babble away and we’ll see where this takes us
First, for those who missed some of the details yesterday...in the wake of Bill's temporary departure to job hunt a bunch of us decided to create a place holder of sorts that would be completely different from c&j while still giving us a place to gather and snark and hug and laugh and cry in the mornings until God's I mean Bill's return. This diary "Goooood Morning Daily Kos" is that place holder. It will be hosted every Monday thru Friday (and if someone out there wants to do a weekend version that would be great LOL) in the following rotation:
Mondays- Emma Snacker
Tuesdays- Blue Jersey Mom
Wednesdays- Moody Loner
Thursdays- Spedwybabs
Fridays- Jetskreemr
And now join me in a prayer: Dear Lord of All Things Democratic and Good, please let Bill find a job- and not just any job, but a great job that pays well, has a good health/life insurance package (that includes all significant others), lots of vacation time so he can do Key West 2x a year and Yearly Kos AND have time to come break bread with each and every of his minions as soon as possible so these poor Kossacks don't have to be tortured by Spedwybabs's babble every Thursday.
Can I get an AMEN?
So why do you ask was I freaking out? Cause as I read through all the God I mean Bill diaries today I realized that with this being the first "temporarily without God I mean Bill" morning get together that maybe the expectations would be extra high and I would somehow fail...then I made a mudslide and said "Self, *(&)*)*(&$%^%*#&) just babble and have fun" so that’s what I’m gonna do.
Yep babble...that's me...and babble is only one letter away from bubbles which was my nickname in college...why you ask? cause one night while we were washing our hotpots in the bathroom sinks after a top ramen dinner i got a little carried away with the dishsoap and there were bubbles everywhere LOL I can still see them in my head
noooo don't call the men in the white coats ...I'm not crazy...really I'm not...well ok maybe I'm a little crazy
So maybe you should get to know me a little since for the time being we will be spending our Thursday mornings together
A few of my favorite things in no particular order: Scooby King of Cats (he bribed me to write that), good books particularly spy thrillers, country music (especially Woody Bradshaw and Vince Gill- ok jnhobbs is gonna pay me to say Vince), pepsi, chicken caesar salad withOUT anchovies, chocolate chip ice cream from baskin robbins, reading on an uncrowded beach, mudslides, sleep, shopping especially thrift store shopping, hanging out with friends, garlic wings, straight single jewish men (giggle) preferable the kind that live within an hours drive of me...oh wait i live in south central pa...all the straight single jewish men around here are over 70!
favorite tv shows: West Wing (Bravo does monday marathons which i found out on Monday by spending 6 hours straight drooling I mean watching), Top Chef (insert yay winner here unless I forget too in which case oops LOL instead i'll insert booooo it was hung whom no one liked all season long...i think this year the judges forgot that part of being a top chef is being able to play well w/others), Kitchen Nightmares (just give mehours ok i'll settle for one hour with Chef Ramsey), Hells Kitchen (one more hour please) and Brothers and Sisters (ok I'll settle for a half hour with Rob Lowe no video cameras please)
favorite books: Sula by Toni Morrison, anything by Tom Clancy or Dale Brown or David Hagberg or Vince Flynn or well you get the idea
favorite music: duh country lol
in my cd player right now: Lightning in a Bottle by you guessed it Woody Bradshaw lol
peson who makes me laugh the most: me well not really i paid myself to say that ...actually it's a tie between Jon Stewart and our own Bill...hey maybe now that Bill has some time on his hands he could have a "political humor" off with Jon Stewart and then when he creams Jon Stewart (hehe i said creams) Jon Stewart would have to hire Bill and we could have our Bill back and you wouldn't have to listen to me babble every Thursday
So did anyone else see the latest in the Princess Diana saga? Now some photos have been found that some people seem to think show that she was pregnant at the time of her death. Seems to me the coroner's report would have had that juicy info in it but that's just my penny's worth.
And how bout those Phillies? Get their fans around here all excited and drooling and down they go today...I have to admit as a bartender in a bar that has no tv's (we are a fine dining establishment not a sports bar) I hope they lose fast cause I have a feeling that as long as they survive dinners are gonna be a bit slow and I need $ so I can feed my book habit, pay my bills and pay for my train ticket down to DC at the end of the month
Speaking of DC...I have a great opportunity here to pimp the fact that I will be in DC the last weekend in October and would love to get together with fellow Kossacks sometime after 8 pm Friday/Saturday/Sunday night (I'll be staying at a hotel w/the parents who tend to crash around 8 or 9 LOL and I'm a total night owl). My email is in my profile if anyone is interested...I will be staying in the Dupont circle area and never have to be begged to spend time at Kramer books or Best Cellars shopping for wine.
Speaking of wine...if y'all haven't tried Firestone Riesling do so! I admit to being a Riesling only drinker for the most part but this Firestone one is about the best I've ever had and not that expensive either.
Ok I think I've babbled enough for one morning. Oh two last things...
1. I may be the host of this crazy place but as the host I just want to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable letting their hair down, forgetting about the real world etc etc ya know a bar like atmosphere so if there's anything in particular you'd like to see in this space on Thursdays let me know
and
2. a few short rules for Thursdays (other hosts can steal these or expand these iffn they choose):
1. If you own a pootie you must post a pootie pic once a week minimum (this goes for puppies/ponies/parrots etc)
RULE NUMBER ONE CORRECTED: If you ARE OWNED by a pootie....
2. If you have a kidlet you must brag about said kidlet regularly
3. The use of the words "cheer" and "jeer" are expressly prohibited until our temporarily on job hunting leave God I mean Bill returns
4. If you know any nice, straight, Jewish, single men in the south central PA region you must tell the hostess
5. If you’re smiling tell us why and if you’re crying tell us why...if you’re on the verge of throwing your computer out the window make sure there’s a Republican down there first (I kid folks...well kinda...sorta...ummmm)
:::fills up ice bin, makes sure wine and beer coolers are full, glasses clean and stocked, blender ready to go:::
So pull up a seat, tell me what your favorite drink is and tell me what’s on your mind this fine Thursday morning...
Bar’s Open!