12/20/05

My Humps” song, because if I find myself singing What you gonna do with all that junk? All that junk inside that trunk? I’ma getgetgetget you drunk, Get you love drunk off my hump. to the cats ONE more time, I promise you there will be a shooting spree and it will NOT be pretty. And while I’m talking about songs, someone please explain “Hollaback Girl” to me. What the HELL is a “Hollaback Girl”, and is being one a bad thing or a good thing or a neutral thing? Is Gwen all “I, myself, am not a Hollaback Girl, but there’s nothing WRONG with those of you who prefer to be one. Because to each her own and that’s cool and everything, yo.”, or is she saying “It is a horrid thing to be a Hollaback Girl, which is why I must profess ten thousand times that I, myself, am NOT a Hollaback Girl, because being mistaken for a Hollaback Girl is something I don’t want.” Also, if Hollabackness is a desired state of being, how do I go about achieving it? Y’all know a lot about a lot; enlighten me, would you?

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The other night I dreamed that I was watching Nip/Tuck. It was the season finale – which comes on tomorrow night, which means that we’ll be watching it Wednesday night since we (Fred) couldn’t possibly stay up that late to watch it – and to my shock and surprise I found out who The Carver is. Kitty Foreman. Yes, Eric’s momma is the dastardly bastard who’s been carving up all those people. Anyone who pretends to be that happy all the time has some serious hidden anger issues, that’s all I’ll say. Sorry if I spoiled it for you.
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I think perhaps I didn’t mention that I’ve gotten myself a new camera, a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-P200. Yes, yes, YES, shaddup, I know I go through cameras like Bob goes through catnip, but I’m getting money from Fred’s parents for Christmas and I’ve been eyeing this camera for a while, and it’s just SO DAMN CUTE and tiny and starts up in a tenth of the time the old camera starts up in – I swear, you hit the power button and the thing is ON, there’s no waiting for it to slowly wake up and decide what the hell it wants to do. Anyway, here’s a comparison picture of the old camera and the new:
Fred likes my new one so much that we’re going to sell we’ve sold both our old cameras (we each had our own DSC-V1s) so he can get a new one like mine. Only probably not red, so we won’t mix ’em up.
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Currently reading: Puppet, by Joy Fielding. Finished recently: S is for Silence, by Sue Grafton. Loved it! Kinsey didn’t make any trips to McDonald’s, though, and I must say I’m a tad disappointed. At the rate she’s going, I’m a little worried that Sue Grafton won’t finish out the alphabet before she dies. I wish she’d SPEED IT UP a little, damnit.
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Something tells me it must be snack time.
All of today’s uploaded pictures are here.
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Previously 2004: Apparently she’s a princess now. 2003: Three things. 2002: My shit list. 2001: Emailing gets me all excited. 2000: I sure whine about the weather a lot, don’t I? 1999: Disaster averted!]]>

19 thoughts on “12/20/05”

  1. I had just gotten “My Humps” out of my head, finally. DAMN.
    As I understand it, a Hollaback Girl is a young lady who, when the men around here say “HOLLA,” won’t return their libidinous call by “HOLLA”ing back. In other words, she’s not available for the proverbial booty call.
    I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing to be, but Gwen vehemently does not want to be one, apparently.

  3. I hope you find out about the hollaback crap cause I’d like to know what it’a all about too. I love all your kitties, there so sweet and you take adorable pictures.
    Was that the truth about the slasher? I don’t remember her being on Nip & Tuck. Guess I doze off more than I thought I did. But tonight I will prop the old eyeballs open cause I sure don’t wanna miss one second. I miss your couch potato web site. Would go there all the time, to check on what you’d say about the shows.
    Okay time to get on with another journal. HO HO HO to you and your family. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays…ha.ha

  4. I did some research on the “hollaback” thing a while ago (not knowing if it was some horrid thing my daughter didn’t need to know about), and this is what I found. It’s a cheerleading term. The leader shouts out the cheers, and the rest of the team hollers back (hollaback!) the cheer. The hollaback girls are NOT leaders!

  5. Mary: No, she’s never been on Nip/Tuck. It was a rather strange dream, to say the least. 🙂
    Whitters: I think Gwen protests a leeettle too much. I think secretly she either is a Hollaback Girl, or she wants to be one, but she’s fighting it.

  6. My understanding of a hollaback girl is one that guys have been with in the past and now what to hook up again, so they holla for her. She is always available for an easy romp. Gwen is not a hollaback girl, because apparently it’s B-A-N-A-N-A-S. So, in a manner of speaking hollabackness is a state of being, I’ll leave it to you to decide it’s desiredness and if you think it’s something to pursue. lol

  7. I saw Gwen on some talk show and the definition she gave for hollaback girl matches the one Thea gave.

  8. This is what wikipedia says about the term:
    “Stefani never explained what the term hollaback girl means. In a line-by-line analysis of the song’s lyrics, OC Weekly reviewer Greg Stacy speculated that “Gwen is apparently the captain of the cheerleader squad; she is the girl who ‘hollas’ the chants, not one of the girls who simply ‘hollas’ them back”. Urban Dictionary claims that hollaback girl means, “someone who allows people to treat him/her like a doormat and walk all over him/her”, and credits the term’s invention to Stefani.”

  9. what kind of the camera is the new one? It’s super cute!!! (because really, cuteness is the most important aspect of a camera, right?)

  14. Ooops, I posted this on yesterdays comments too. I went back to yesterday’s looking for the paint color/brand Fred used. That green was gorgeous and I want to paint my computer room at home that color!!
    Did I miss you letting us know what it was??
    🙂 Kathy

  15. Kathy A: I completely forgot, thanks for the reminder! This is the information that’s on the paint chip:
    Valspar
    Lyndhurst Jade Interior Matte
    5004-3C
    I hope that helps! 🙂

  16. Ah, don’t feel bad for going though cameras- I’m a photographer & I’ve been working at a camera shop, and I can tell you that they are designed to be replaced often- improvements are constantly being made- so fast it’ll make your head spin. Of course it kills me a little knowing that the $1200 camera I bought this summer is already outdated! 🙂 I love those colorful little cameras- so cute!

  17. How in the HELL do you read so many books in such a short amount of time?!?! I am still trying to get half way through the library book I checked out in October! It would be a shame if Sue Grafton didn’t make it to the end of the alphabet wouldn’t it? Also, I luuurve your kitty pics. Those kittens are sooo cute!

  19. About the hollaback girl thing, I saw Gwen on Saturday night live doing that song live. They were all dressed up as cheerleaders holding pom poms and all that so I am going with the cheerleader definition. She may mean it like to say she’s a leader and not a follower. That song sticks in my head so I am going to try and forget about it now. I loved your card and I sent your’s out with a pic of my kids in it for you to throw darts at or whatever. lol

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