Thursday, December 20, 2007

Year in Review, a Meme

"Project Runway" is on hiatus until after the new year so there's no recap today. I'm sorry, JP. I know how you live for PR.



The Spouse had a link to a meme-y thing wherein you take the first sentence from the first blog post of each month and it gives you a tidy little recap of your year. His was spot on. Mine not so much. In fact, to make it anything close to meaningful I had to copy the entire first paragraph of each post because I apparently have a gift for, as they say in the journalism biz, "burying the lead". Oh well.

Here is my year in review for 2007

January
I promised my Poodle a latke and caviar. Yum.

February
The blechiness is wiping me out but there's an up-side. It has morphed from mere scratchy throat to a husky voiced, Kathleen Turner sort of thing. I'm walking around saying, "You aren't too smart. I like that in a man". It sounds cool.

March
To the north and south there is lots of snow and ice. Right here, in the little pocket of urban bliss that is Seattle, there is bright spring-like sun, fluffy white clouds in the brilliant blue sky and the sound of crocuses popping from the ground. Decidedly lamb-like for my neck of the woods but far more liony for the rest of the region. Should make the 31st very interesting.

April
I'm done blogging. It's stupid plus I haven't encountered a single person who is remotely interesting.

May
There are 3 days in the year when it is very easy to get The Child out of bed: Christmas, her birthday and May Day. This morning, at 6:45 (15 minutes earlier than her usual wake-up time), with nothing more than a "Time to get up, dolly", she was up and dressed and ready to deliver May baskets.

June
It's Friday and that means I'm starting to think about what I'm going to play at The Club this weekend. Which gets me thinking about music in general, how we all have songs that are part of our own personal soundtrack and take us right back to a specific time in our lives.

July
Oh man. I have met John Iwanski.

August
Is it just me or does summer feel like it's spilling away?

September
See that? It's a lunchbox. It is packed with nutritious food. The Child made it herself. After she did the dinner dishes. I call that a right good start.

(I actually skipped the first three entries because they were just comments on what had been an all-Travis-all-the-time weekend).

October
I need bacon. Specifically, I need bacon fat. Oh, yes I do. Because I have 4 tomatoes in my garden that are never going to ripen and they need to be fried.

November
Pumpkins were carved and lit, warding off evil spirits. Beef stroganoff simmered. The Dog got into his role as Hound of the Baskervilles (the Long Island Baskervilles). Little children came to the door. One 2 year old, in a dragon suit was very enamored of the hound barking fiercely behind the window. Unafraid, the little chap walked right up, oogled the doggie and crooned to him, then bent and kissed the window. I gave him extra candy.

December
God baked a cake last night. But then She felt lazy so instead of bothering with 7 minute icing, She just dusted it with confectioners sugar.



This rarely touches on any of the highlights or lowlights of the year (except for July's entry. That was a highlight). But I suspect there will be at least one more day this month when I'll be in need of reflection so a more proper review is always an option.

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19 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous opined...

NO PROJECT RUNWAY?

I'm done with this world.

December 20, 2007 9:30 AM  
Blogger Anne opined...

I must copy this meme. Visit me soon.

December 20, 2007 9:32 AM  
Blogger Lorraine opined...

Come in from the balcony, JP. I have beer.

'K, Anne.

December 20, 2007 9:39 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous opined...

Okay, I might actually have to snag this meme. Hmmmm...
I loved when you sounded like Kathleen Turner by the way.

December 20, 2007 9:48 AM  
Blogger Lorraine opined...

It's quite snaggable, she said in her huskiest voice.

December 20, 2007 9:50 AM  
Blogger Sling opined...

Well this sounds like a fun idea Kathleen!..er lorraine...sorry,..I went someplace.

December 20, 2007 9:57 AM  
Blogger Eric opined...

Saddly that was my least commented blog post ever.

December 20, 2007 9:57 AM  
Blogger Lorraine opined...

I understand, Sling. Go ahead. Take a moment to collect yourself. Then meme it, since you're obviously not at work today.

Bloggers are a cruel race, honey. Everyone, go over to The Spouse's blog and leave a comment for crying out loud.

December 20, 2007 9:59 AM  
Blogger rosemary opined...

Ok Lorraine Kathleen...I think you were ill in April because I am personally fascinating.

December 20, 2007 10:55 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous opined...

An entertaining meme...but as I don't blog anything like regularly, probably not as effective in my case as in yours! (Plus, yes, I'm on Demon Central, a.k.a. MySpace, which I guess doesn't count anyway...)

Kathleen Turner voice when ill, eh? I'm lucky if I achieve Tallulah Bankhead. ***sigh***

December 20, 2007 11:15 AM  
Blogger Lorraine opined...

Mama Ro, 'course you are. That was the lead to my April Fool's post. Just fooling around...my blog buddies are endlessly fascinating.

No, Syd, Myspace doesn't count. And I say that as someone who has a Myspace account. Wanna be my friend?

December 20, 2007 12:05 PM  
Blogger Red Seven opined...

This is a meme I could live with. Hilarious. Perhaps on Saturday, which will likely be the last blog entry of the year, what with travel to a strange city and all ...

December 20, 2007 12:23 PM  
Blogger Red Seven opined...

Except that I just tried it, and I bounce between politics, pop culture and personal stuff so much that it wouldn't quite come together. Oh well. Loved yours, tho'.

December 20, 2007 12:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous opined...

Hell, yes, Lorraine! I've tried doing a search for you but am coming up with nuthin', so can you send me a request? I'll send you the screen name....

December 20, 2007 12:44 PM  
Blogger Eric opined...

Syd
Go to my blog, there is a link to my Myspace and Lorraine is one of my friends.

December 20, 2007 1:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous opined...

Thanks, Eric! And...request sent!

December 20, 2007 1:26 PM  
Blogger Lorraine opined...

Red, your analysis suggests you see coherence in my listing. Are you on drugs today?

Syd: I'm glad you made the move because I was sitting there in Myspace desperately trying to figure out how to invite you. I tell you, that whole thing is way too complicated for me.

December 20, 2007 1:29 PM  
Blogger Willym opined...

Well I would hope Eric has you listed as a friend! After all who wouldn't want a husky-voiced wench for a friend - even if the nose may be a bit red from sneezing.

Going to have to try this meme for the end of the year - damn another tradition. Did you keep the promise to the poodle?

December 20, 2007 11:22 PM  
Blogger Lorraine opined...

Ain't it the truth, Willym.

I will look forward to your memer...it's going to be all "I suppose I should be over it by now but I still weep every time we go to La Scala" and "I found the loveliest oranges in the market today" and in just 12 short entries we can all relive why we adore you and kinda want to hate you a little because we're so jealous but don't because we love you more.

December 21, 2007 6:42 AM  

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