Why do they have to drag out the last day of school with award ceremonies, and slide shows?
See these two?
They both got presidential academic achievement awards from George W.
Smarty pants they are.
In other news, grinding coffee beans to make coffee for the lady I work for, makes me want to throw up. I seriously do not know how anyone can drink that stuff. It smells awful.
I've decided that I am embarassing.
I really am.
Before I embarassed myself on my blog, I did it through e-mail.
Sending random posts off to everyone in my address book.
People would be all like, "What the heck is wrong with you, and why are you sending me e-mails about your weird thoughts?"
Still, when people try to reach out, I send back crazy stuff.
This may be why I never get anything but stupid forwards with bears, hearts and flowers on them.
"You'll love this!" says the subject line.
Uh, no...I didn't.
Forward this to 12 people you love the most!
I never do.
Don't send me stupid jokes, and hoaxes.
Really people, if it's an e-mail warning you about something, look it up and make sure it's not a hoax before you send it to me.
I want to hear about you, not about poisonous underwires.
No, there's not such thing, I just made that up.
Speaking of e-mail, my cousin (who I haven't seen since he was like 6 or something) e-mailed me asking about genealogy and pictures a while back.
He started his e-mail out like this,
"This is your long lost cousin ______"
And I couldn't just say something like,
"_________ Great to hear from you! Sorry, but I don't have any genealogy or pictures. Good luck in the future."
No.
I couldn't.
Instead I'm like...
"Ooh! Someone e-mailed me and asked me stuff! A captive audience!"
*sigh*
So I write back,
"_______! You were lost for a long time? I hate to break it to you, but they didn't search for you that hard buddy. Why, I saw you myself on the BYU channel a few months ago! I never thought about calling your parents and telling them. Had I known you were lost, I would have. You've got to believe me. I would have done everything I could have to find you, had I known you were long lost. Sorry...you wanted pictures. I have a whole tub of them down in the basement! Unfortunately, they're of my children...."(then I go on and on) and end with..."See what you've been missing out on ______? My humor. You ask for pictures, and I give you nothing but laughs. Hey, laughs are betting than nothing, right? Congratulations on your marriage, and your 15 minutes of fame on the BYU channel. BTW, can I have your autograph?"
*dope smack*
Hmmm, wonder why I never got a response to that??
Could it be because I'm a HUGE dork?
YES! It very well could be.
31 comments:
Well here we are. . .summer again. Hope you have lots of fun. Congrats to your smartypants. You're pretty smart yourself. I'm sure you'd never believe anything about poisonous underwire, but I bet you that it becomes the next mass e-mail to rescue thousands of unsuspecting people from a terrible maiming or death. Either that or a rabid bunny will devour the garden of anyone who doesn't forward it.
Heehee! Such a good reply! Well done to the smarty-pants'!!
He's still laughing, that's all. Give him time.
I'm thinking, if the last time you saw or heard from him was when you were six, it's probably going to take him another 25 years or so to get back to you. Everything in it's time Carrot, everything in it's time.
My favorite forwards are "Don't Delete this, you'll thank me later!"
If by "thank" you mean smack you upside your dumb gullible mullet, you are right.
I agree with nobody, he's still laughing :D
Congrats to your girls :)
As for the coffee... I grind it for my boss as well. I don't drink it, but I do love the smell. What kind of beans are you doing? Maybe that's the problem ;0 I grind Sumatra... it smells the best.
Well I would have most definately responded to that e-mail! Haha, I love that you saw him on the BYU channel...so random!
Hey, family is all fair game for embarrassing. You did great!
As a genealogist, I can't roll my eyes hard enough at you.
(Just kidding - I love you)
The emails I feel guilty deleting are the ones that say, "I sent this to ten adorable women! Now you do the same and be sure and send it back to the person who sent it to you!" My aunt and cousin send me those and I must have offended them about 800 times by now...
I live to be offensive.
Also: Congrats to my daughter-in-law and her sister!
I wish you were my long lost cousin, Carrot because I'd love getting an e-mail like that! Mine are almost all boring forwards too. There is nothing worse than seeing that I've gotten an e-mail from a friend that I haven't heard from in forever and it's some e-mail chain garbage. And no, I've never gotten bad luck once when I didn't forward the dumb thing to 12 people! Hmph!
oh. cuz i was going to ask what his response was. i'm curious to know what it will be if he ever does.
and yay for your awesome smarty daughters. we all know they get it from you! i love that pic.
I would totally email you back if you offered to search high and low for me. That's very decent of you.
i like the smell of coffee, fresh!
Can I be your cousin?
As the sister of ________, I can reassure you that the fact that he didn't respond was not because he thought you were a dork -- I often don't receive responses from ________ either. And I'm SURE he doesn't think his very own, really cool sister is a dork. (;
Have you ever noticed that some people have no sense of humor? Even if they know you, and know what to expect from you, you still get nothing but blank stares and crickets chirping.
At least, that's what happens to me.
I'm just glad that you do it through email. After all, you miss out on the blank stares and the crickets.
*sigh*
And do you know why I am a bigger dork than you?
I actually LIKE the smell of coffee. I've never tasted it, but I like the way it smells.
Your cousin is probably still scratching his head about why you were looking for him at all (because he completely forgot he referred to himself as your "long-lost cousin").
I laughed, though.
Just so you know.
Do you know what other dorky things I do? I write things on people's blogs that really should be sent by email.
I also have the propensity to go on and on and on about nothin' in particular, just 'cause.
For example, I am going to be in Seattle...next weekend, I think?
(Just found out in-laws are coming down for an optometry convention, and they want me and the boy to come stay with them so grandma can have Jake-time.)
Now, I have no idea where the hotel is at this point, and I realize that Seattle is a big place, but...perhaps, just perhaps...
I hope so, anyway. I'd like to spend an afternoon with you in the real world, and we could make all sorts of comments that would get us blank stares and cricket chirps for a distance of 1.6 miles.
Dear sister Dork,
I'm so relieved. I really thought I was the only one.
Love,
Compulsive
p.s. congrats to the girls
Woo hoo! Smarty pants!
Genius Baby carrots :)
I'd answer your e-mail. Heck, I'd probably even blog about it.
I don't know about all that other weirdness, but those cute girleez are pretty smart!
Well, I like the smell of coffee---it reminds me of my grandma.
And I DETEST forwards that have a spiritual nature to them---you know, those kind of sayings with strange little drawings with them, or cartoon children hugging each other---those "feel good" sayings. My sis-in-law sends them and I just hit delete!
I enjoy your blog. I am a lonely blogger that needs readers, so if any of you ever feel bored or want to do some charity work, read my blog...and leave a comment---it will make my day.
Whenever I get those that say forward to X number of people, and back to me, I usually just return it to them and no one else.
Forward this to 12 people you love the most= Forward this to 12 people you annoy the most.
I agree with Red though, it depends on the brand of coffee. I used to like the smell of coffee, but the brand they brew where I work makes me want to hurl when I walk into the break room. 8P
oh yeah and I often makes remarks that crack me up and me alone. Everyone else just stares in wonder...
They're wondering who let me out of my straight jacket and where they left it.
Maybe I should quit bolstering their eggos? That's what the toaster's for!
Carrot Jello...my dear cousin. I don't know if it also is a cousin of mine (or sibling?) but I say that we are all a strange breed and he probably is laughing...or asking other cousins if you are mental? I typed "strange bread" at first...yeah, we are a strange swedish bread...smorka borky borky...herby derby.
I have never tasted coffee, and I hate the smell of it. Lauren has never tasted coffee, and she absolutely LOVES the smell of the stuff! Why is this?
I hate forwards!
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