Worth Coming In Early on a Saturday

I spent the day with my favorite philosopher. He's wise. He's funny. He's currently crashed on my couch after a mad descent from a sugar high induced from making s'mores over the open flame of my gas stove. Oh, did I mention he's my 4-year-old nephew?

So, while you're all over at Cate's this weekend enjoying some 21 Things, I thought I'd provide some highlights from a day with my true love.


GG on Self-Esteem
Everybody loves me. Except Madison. But that's because she's not nice. All nice people love me.

GG on Feminism
Me: Why isn't Wonder Woman in many scenes of The Justice League?
GG: I guess she's too busy saving people to make movies.

GG on Fairness
Tails you lose. Now I get to pick the toy and you get to buy it.

GG on Medical Science
I'm sick and so my eyes are tired. I probably swallowed a flea.

GG on Scienc Fiction
GG: Are aliens real?
Me: We don't know one way or the other, hon.
GG: Well, that settles it. There is life on other planets.

GG on my impending spinsterhood.
Being outside is fun. It's a lot more funner than a cat.


I just adore that kid. I'm his "best aunt in America." Not that he has foreign relatives, but he's not one to close his options. Now, off to Cate's with you all!

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Time out for a meme! I got pegged by 'ka, so here's the results!

7 things I can do:

1) Write. 2) Make friends with children and dogs. 3) Find humor in the mundane. 4) Love wholeheartedly and unashamedly. 5) Face harsh realities. Even Fear Factor: The Home Edition. 6) Kick ass at SceneIt! 7) Change.

7 things I cannot do:

1) Anything cool or hip. This includes race car driving, burping, plastic surgery, casual sex, smoking, and everything else featured on television. 2) Ignore an email. 3) Give up without a fight. 4) Ignore poverty. 5) Stay angry beyond a moment. 6) Hate. 7) Diet. What’s the point? It’d only change the clothing size.

7 things that attract me to the opposite sex (excerpt from my 21 Things I Want in a Lover list):

1) Delights in intellect but not in being right. 2) Engages childhood in all its incarnations. 3) Wisely refrains from reminding me not to swear. 4) Turns off the game when it matters. 5) Thinks about things. Then talks about them. 6) Laughs. 7) Vacuums.


7 things that I say most often:

1) “I loves ya babe!” 2) “Freakin’ hilarious!” 3) “I need chocolate.” 4) “I’m here if you need me.” 5) “Not my problem.” 6) “I’m sorry.” 7) “Screw the monkeys! I want some muffins!”


7 celebrity crushes:

1) Orlando Bloom 2) Colin Firth 3) James Marsters 4) James Spader 5) Catherine Zeta-Jones 6) Antonio Banderas 7) Eduardo Versagui

7 things I plan to do before I die:

1) See an opera in Florence; 2) Invent Calorie-free yet palatable cheese and chocolate; 3) Drive a race car at top speed; 4) Solve world hunger; 5) Convince everyone that non-imaginary violence is stupid; 6) Create a TV show in Britain; 7) Have a big dinner with all my friends and family where everyone is laughing and talking so that I can sit back and just feel all the incredible energy available in that one place.

7 people I want to do this:

1) Cate because I love to curse her with memes. 2) Anyone else in Blogland who feels the desire. 3) My nephew once he learns to write. 4) That crazy lady at the train station. 5) Reese Witherspoon. 6) Wonder Woman. 7) Zeus