Glamour has this bit in their magazine titled “Hey, It’s Okay…” and then lists a bunch of stuff to be okay about. I decided to steal this idea and make a blog entry out of it. So here we go..
Hey, it’s okay...
...to be a little afraid of the people who wear shirts that say “I do whatever the voices inside my head tell me to.”
...to briefly contemplate selling your children after a disastrous day.
...to think that the newest Bachelor Jake is attractive but a bit of a drama whore who probably should see a psychologist.
...to not understand the popularity of Jersey Shore and the chick called Snoopy. Or is it Snooki? Snoopy? Snooki? Sneaky?
...to prefer shopping for your children over yourself.
...to curse the people who refuse to use their turn signal while driving. I mean, how hard is it to flick your wrist and let other vehicles know of your intentions?
...to purposefully misplace your daughter’s copy of Snow White because you can’t stand to watch another minute of that ditz singing.
...to not understand what the CRAP is going on in the show Lost to the point where you can’t even join in on conversations about it because all you have to offer is, “Can you believe that giant smoke monster thing?”
...to wonder if the guy who plays DJ Lance on Yo Gabba Gabba ever thinks to himself, “THIS is what I do for a living?” but then realize that he probably laughs all the way to the bank.
...to wonder what your combined name with your husband would be if you were a celebrity (for the record, mine would be TomBer.)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Jake is awesome. I love a man who dry heaves on the edge of a balcony.
ReplyDeleteGreat points. My hub is Jeff, so we're Leff. (Jeah just doesn't cut it.)
ReplyDeleteHe also thinks we should make our last name "Blood-Axe". It has a certain ring to it, no?
I used to have that shirt! In high school. And I really wasn't scary, at all.
ReplyDeleteI think the same thing about the DJ on Yo Gabba Gabba. It's a kiddie rave that is raking in the bucks.
ReplyDeleteOMG, that turn signal!!! You hit the nail right on the head of something that has annoyed the crap out of me since I started driving 30 years ago!
ReplyDeleteoh lord, I hate to think what our names woul dbe combined...
ReplyDeleteChristri...not that's not right
Trichri...nope that doesn't sound good either...
...I guess its a good thing we are not rich & famous!
I wholeheartedly agree with all of the things you listed! You know I watch the Bachelor, and the more I watch the more I wonder about Jake. I have theories on "Lost" but they usually make my husband's eyebrows furrow, and apparently make no sense to anyone but myself. Well...I guess that's the way with most things though!
ReplyDeletei have been thinking about doing my own "its OK" blog...way to go...valid points too!! hahaa
ReplyDeleteYour celeb/combo name is cool. It's sort like "timber" and I can hear the paparazzi now...hollering "Look this way ToooomBerrr". :)
ReplyDeleteOr Ambom. Ambom is way cooler!
ReplyDeleteMine would be Jachille - pronounced jay-shill... not so glamerous!
Love these!
ReplyDeleteI wrote about Gabba Gabba today, too, though I mentioned how weird Moono looks and how maybe he isn't suited for a kids' show...
My t-shirt just has blood splatters on it...
ReplyDelete(Just a wicked paper cut.. nothing serious!)
I have avoided the "Jersey Shore" thing like the plague... or actually even more than the plague... :)
SO silly! Love 'em. . .
ReplyDeleteI love your list!
ReplyDeleteAnd just WTH is up with Lost? Now they have like these pop up video subtitle things. It's quite literally like watching a foreign film - and that's exactly how well I'm following it too!
And since I have no significant other, I choose Brendan Fraser. Our power couple name would be Briffany. Couldn't you totally picture us hanging out with Brangelina? Like it's meant to be...
My mom and my sister give us joint Christmas presents that say "To: Bengie" every year. He hates it, I think it's hilarious.
ReplyDeleteMy hubby always asks if I would still love him if he was one of the Wiggles. Tough question.
ReplyDeleteI totally hide Snow White on a regular basis. She has to be the most annoying disney character ever!
ReplyDeleteI so needed a laugh this afternoon!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter has discovered Yo Gabba Gabba and unfortunately loves it. I have questioned DJ Lance several times myself!
Our name would be RoCai which sounds like something thedog off Scooby doo would say. Not cool!
ReplyDeleteYou made me snicker. Several times! :)
ReplyDeletehate to say it.. but i dont get lost either.. i tried once, really hard..
ReplyDeletebut it sorta gave me a headache!
Ah yes shopping for our kids over ourselves....a perk of being a parent!
ReplyDeleteOh TomBer, you're so damn funny. I am truly grateful that it's OK to contemplate selling your children on occasion. You made my whole afternoon.
ReplyDeleteokay so I am so with you on all but maybe one or two...shopping for my children is so much easier but not more satisfying. If I could just be a normal one size like my kids with the elastic waste bands I would be all set. And I am so with you on the whole snow white stuff and wth cares about LOST. I don't get it at all.
ReplyDeleteoh and we would be tory if we were famous and I don't think the hubby would like to be known for tory.
ReplyDeleteLost is just an excuse for a bunch of acid trippers to come together once a week and explore their minds. It's not a show you can follow, right?
ReplyDeleteOh and mine would be Mickly... not sure I like that!
TomBer.
ReplyDeleteSo cute, and very US Weekly-like!!
Totally stealing your idea. Love it! The hubs and me have one-syllable names, so would we just be a two syllable name together? That would just look like a grammar error: JohnTam. No wonder we're not celebrities!
ReplyDeleteOh I love these! I want a celeb name now though!
ReplyDeleteI hate Jersey Shore. I refuse to watch it on principle.
ReplyDeleteI don't want a celeb name..nope, not gonna do it, you can't make me....yeah, ok...we'd be Tete or Perry....what of it?? That is why I CHOOSE to not be famous :)
ReplyDeleteLoved this post!
We'd be "PatTra." Ick. Sounds like a giant Japanese monster.
ReplyDeleteTHE BACHELOR! Oh my God. I recently found this mind-suck and I am hooked, though I know not why. I wanted to slap him yesterday when he was all "I'm not ready to say goodbye to you! Wah wah wah! MY HEART!" Yeah, yeah, ya jerk. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE OTHER GIRLS WERE THINKING?!?
Good reminder of ok things. Don't take like to seriously.
ReplyDeleteHow about...It's okay to hide a box of Thin Mint cookies from all the kids and hubby and then eat them in one sitting? No? Is that just me?
ReplyDeleteVery funny.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely okay.
I think Yo Gabba Gabba is the new Electric Company (if you remember that show). Therefore DJ Lance may be the next Morgan Freeman :-) I really do prefer shopping for my kids than myself. My sister thinks I am nuts - she doesn't have any kids yet.
ReplyDeleteI SO need that shirt!! :)
ReplyDeleteYup, its totally ok!
ReplyDeleteI don't have anyone to combine names with, but now I have yet another thing to add to the "possible future husband material" checklist. Name must combine well with Sarah. I'll slot it in between "must have own hair" and "must understand the need to put the toilet seat down after use". *Sigh* I'm gonna die alone.LOL
ReplyDeleteThe Snow White thing cracked me up...I totally feel ya on that one.
ReplyDeleteThe hubs and I would be Mikesey. I think we'll call ourselves "The Situation" like that douchebag on Jersey Shore.
...to sit on your bum and blog instead of eating, or drinking, or moving anything but your fingers across a keyboard ;-) That one definitely applies to me!! It has been a great weight-loss plan!
ReplyDelete~WM
Love this idea and love TomBer, you should totally call yourselves that :)
ReplyDeleteAnd just how much would you take for those kids right now?
ReplyDelete(the Yo Gabba guys seemed to have had a great time in Vegas)
oh dear sweet idiotic jake....what a waste of a good looking man! and i don't care how much money dj lance makes...that guy CREEPS ME OUT!
ReplyDeleteI love so many of those - hard to choose the best, but the selling of your chilren will by my mantra next week while they are all home from school on half term.
ReplyDeleteI don't watch the Bachelor, Lost or Jersey Shore so I'm kind of "lost".
ReplyDeleteIn the useless knowledge department: did you know that one of the Yo Gabba Gabba creators was one of the guys in the 80's group Devo?
ReplyDeleteI know, I'm sure you were dying to learn that.
I don't watch the Bachelor, but I've heard the same things.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I agree with the shopping...but once and a while, I'd like to do something for me!
These are great! BTW, if you find a buyer for the kids, send them my way!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea. I love your list of it's okays!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to show this list to hubby. He NEVER uses his signal. I watch closely, now, and try to keep count of the people who curse him. ;)
ReplyDeleteI think Snow White is an annoying wench, too, and could crack glass with that 1940's voice! Ugh.
The more people tell me I will "just LOVE" Lost, the more I would rather watch reality TV on Bravo.
ReplyDeleteExcept for The Bachelor. God help me, I love that show. I fear for Jake, though, because I believe he's going to make a really, really stupid decision.
Is it weird that I like the genetically enhanced swimsuit model with scary clown lips?
So glad I don't watch Yo Gabba Gabba. Is that what it's called?
ReplyDeleteMy hubby & I will never have a hip celebrity couple name.
ReplyDeleteThere's not a whole lot you can do with "Shannon" and "Shane".
I agree with you that Yo Gabba Gabba is down right creepy! What is it that our kids love about that show? Ugh! Perhaps I need to switch careers and start producing creepy and disturbing shows like Yo Gabba Gabba and Teletubbies. Are you in?! How bizzare. :)
ReplyDeleteYour new "Hey, It's Okay..." column, much better than okay! I look forward to more of these. At least someone else is validating what I was already thinking. Now I have proof that it's okay to think that way. Thanks!
ReplyDeletehahahah This list is Hysterical! love it. Following ur blog!!
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