I Could Have Gotten a Falcon

Laura told me she was going to honk when she came to pick me up for lunch yesterday, and I should come out. (She was kidding. Sort of.) Well, I was chatting with the fam and didn't pay attention to the window. (Oops.) You might remember The Bloggess' hilarious and now internationally famous post about the big metal chicken, which includes a photo of the chicken at her front door, captioned Knock-knock Motherf*cker. Well, when Laura rang the doorbell, I opened the door, and she said, "Honk honk, motherf*cker."

Was. Dying.

I was still giggling when we got to the restaurant.

In other Laura-related news... she hates this State Farm commercial with the falcon:



Why? Because "none of those goofy, nerdy guys could get any of those averagely-attractive women." LOL. (I like the last guy... "Aww, I coulda got a falcon.")

Sunday Stealing: The 31 Meme, Part 2

16. What's the longest shift that you worked at a job?
Well it wasn't a "shift" per se, but the longest consecutive hours I worked were on a business trip to Indianapolis. Our team had a breakfast meeting and then spent the entire day at the client company and then worked into the evening. Probably a 14-hour stint before we finally had a very late dinner.

17. What was the last concert that you attended?
Bon Jovi in San Antonio in March

18. What the last DVD (or Blu Ray, of course) movie that you watched?
Gulliver's Travels

19. How did you like the film?
It was boring. I didn't make it all the way through.

20. What comedian do you love?
Jim Gaffigan

21. Do you ever sleep in the nude?
Yep

22. Have you ever had a long distance relationship?
One of the guys I dated while I was a freshman at A&M was in Houston. The distance wasn't the easiest thing to deal with. I don't recommend it.

23. What do you think of astrology?
I don't believe in it, but it's fun to play!

24. What's your favorite lyric quote from a song?
Ha! Soooooo many.

...With her shoes in her hands, I am watching her dance,
As the hem of her dress gently kisses the grass...

"Fireflies" Ron Pope

I just have to clutch my heart thinking about that song. Beautiful.

25. Tell us something random about yourself.
I have a teensy scar near my eye, where I was hit in the head with a conch shell. See, I used it to hold a blanket corner up on my dresser, for a FORT in my room when I was 8 or 9. (The junior engineer in me would just have tucked it into the top drawer and closed the drawer. What was I thinking? I bet it was slipping out.) I was lying on my back and someone moved the blanket, and the shell slid off and jabbed its pointy end right into my head. I remember it vividly to this day.

26. Have ever attended a theme party? If yes, do tell.
Some. I've been to a Pimp and Hooker party (...hookers again, JeffC!), a Matrix party, a Nerd party, a Rocky Horror Picture Show party, costume parties...

27. What is your favorite thing about winter? 
snuggling up under a blanket by a fire

28. What was the name of your first pet?
Mickey. He was an orange tabby kitten we got when I was in third grade.

29. What have you done so far this weekend?
Watched some shows and played around with Google TV, worked on an event page for the Foundation website, went to lunch with Laura at Waterloo, helped Lauren with her college app (she submitted it!!!!!), played too much Spider Solitaire on my phone, went to dinner with Jeff and Lauren at Austin Land & Cattle, watched a seemingly endless half of Gulliver's Travels...

30. Has your humor ever been called "sick"?
Um, yes.

31. If you could have one thing, what would it be?
My mother's jambalaya recipe. I've been searching for that thing forever! I haven't found anything that is the same.