Jerk Doppelgangers and Housekeeping

I was talking about Napolean Dynamite with Daffy yesterday, and it made me laugh because I thought of the many doppelgangers of my brother-in-law. Stay with me, I'll explain.

My husband is on the left in the white shirt. My brother-in-law, D, is in the gray shirt. They are being silly men, posing with great pride before their arsenal of fireworks. This is before they set fire to D's backyard. No joke.

D is a dead ringer for virtually any jerk in any film. (And yes, before you say it, I know that he and Paul look really, really similar. No, they aren't twins. Anyway, we're talking about my brother-in-law here, people. Focus, please!)

Don't believe me? D looks like:

Johnny from The Karate Kid. 

 

Don from Napoleon Dynamite (see, I told you I would get to it!) 

Steff from Pretty in Pink

It's safe to say my brother-in-law corners the doppelganger market on blond, jerk-face villains.

It must be said that the real life D is a great father, a caring husband, whip-smart, and an outstanding long-distance runner.  I love him. 

But, if you're looking for somebody to play a blond jerk, drop me a line. I can find one for you toot sweet. 

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Yesterday, thanks to LB, I met the milestone of 100 followers.

Thank you everybody. Thank you so, so much.

I've always wanted to stage dive, at least once in my life. I've never done it in real life, but I feel like through blogging, I've stepped off the stage, and you, dear reader, carry me along. Each voice, comment, joke, and insight lifts me up and helps me see the world more clearly. Your perspective has power.


It's important. You're important. And so, again, I thank you.


I've started a "button" page on my blog, so I'm slowly but surely adding your buttons. If I've missed you or you would like to be added, please drop me a line.


Also, let me talk about awards. I suck at them with a degree of suckitude that surpasses the laws of time and space.

I'm the black hole of blogging awards.

It doesn't mean I don't appreciate them. I do. But, I'll be honest...you should give them to people who have learned their manners and write thank-you notes in an appropriate fashion.


I believe that these amazing bloggers have, at some point, given me a blogging award. I'm truly grateful and humbly suggest that you check out their little corner of the Virtual World. If you didn't give me an award, you're awesome anyway. If you did give me an award and I missed you, then you're awesome and I am a Talking Turd (please let me know so I can make amends):

Corrie @ Just Because My Pickle Talks Doesn't Make Me an Idiot

My Life in Purple (Please send her some extra love, due to a recent heartbreaking loss).
Eyegirl @ Life as Eye See It
Traci @ 38 and Growing (Also mourning a loss...)
Cat @ Young Old Crone
Stephanie@ Laughing Stars
SamiJoe@ Peek Thru Our Window
Stacy @ Stacy's Random Thoughts

Cleaning Up Before the Holidays...

Some long-overdue thank-yous for blogging awards:

Jen, at Laughing at Chaos tagged me here. 

(Please check out her super-cool  blog! Anybody who loves waffles and seat heaters in cars is A-OK in my book.) 

Rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 random and or weird things about yourself.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Let's Go: 
1) Every time I am sitting at a bar, drinking a bottle of beer, I have an almost overwhelming urge to break it and brandish the bottle, bad-ass style.

2) I start thinking about my annual Christmas letter around August.

3) When I traveled to Wisconsin for Christmas a few years back, I woke up to find a six pack of Diet Pepsi had exploded all over that back windshield of our car. That, my friends, is cold.

4) Don't care about the vampires. Even the hot ones. Just. Don't. Care.

5) I am terrified of flushing the toilet in an airplane, because I'm afraid I'll whoosh out the plane into the great beyond.

6) I throw away TONS of Owen's artwork when he's not looking. Am I supposed to keep every scribble?

7) I saw Owen going potty, standing up. As he peed, he sang, "Oil and Water, they don't mix, they don't mix, they don't mix." I wonder if he thought he was peeing oil?


Awesome bloggers I just LURVE

1. Nikki at Confessions of a Minivan Lover
2. Michelle at just eat it
3. Monica at Noisy. Colorful. Lively.
4. Erika at The flight of our Humingbird
5. Sarah at The S-Spot
6. Trudy at The Woodland Antics
7. Carla and Lang at C Me As Hope

Please take the time and check out these talented and funny writers.

Also, Unknown Mami gave me this award. I love her. Her comments alone (never mind her delightful blog) leave me swooning. Be sure to check her out here.

Campbell-OUT!