1. You have 10 dollars and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you get?
Some peanut chews or rolos and a coke/cherry slurpee.

2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you want to be?
A dolphin.

3. Who’s your favorite redhead?
Tori Amos

4. What do you order when you’re at IHOP?
Belgian Waffle and apple juice.

5. Last book you read?
Pizza Pat with Ashton. He tosses the dough all stretchy and floppy!

6. Describe your mood.
I am in a pretty good mood.  I had a pleasant surprise at work this morning.

7. Describe the last time you were injured.
I am covered in horsefly bites from the pool this weekend.  If you would call those injuries - they are driving me nuts!

8. Of all your friends, who would you want to be stuck in a well with?
Oh good lord.  Dena or Nadine I guess, they would keep me laughing!

9. Rock concert or symphony?
Hello! Rock Concert definitely!

10. What is the wallpaper of your cell phone?
The plain blue windows default theme.

11. Favorite soda?
Pepsi.

12. What type of shirt are you wearing?
Black polo shirt with my company’s logo on it.

13. If you could only use one form of transportation, what would it be?
An SUV, if gas prices would come down, and NOT my Murano.  Probably a Landrover or Tahoe or something.

14. Most recent movie you have watched in theater?
Kung Fu Panda.

15. Name an actor/actress/singer you have the hots for.
Chris Cornell from Soundgarden/Audioslave, Brandon Boyd from Incubus, Jack Johnson, Luke Wilson (love him) and K-Fed <--- that last one was a joke.

16. What’s your favorite kind of cake?
Tiramisu or Cheesecake.

17. What did you have for dinner last night?
Lasagna.

18. Look to your left, what do you see?
Some pretty flowers on my desk.

19. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Nope.

20. Favorite toy as a child?
Oh...without a doubt the Whiz Wheel!

21. Do you buy your own groceries?
Yes.  Every.Single.Damn.Week.

22. Do you think people talk about you behind your back?
I am sure of it.  Who cares.

23. When was the last time you had gummy worms?
I had Swedish Fish with Ashton not too long ago. I am sure I have had gummy worms with the kids at some point.

24. What’s your favorite fruit?
Watermelon.

25. Do you have a picture of yourself doing a cartwheel?
I don’t think so.  One of my friends might… maybe Marci does.

26. Do you like running long distances?
Yes. When I am in shape to do so.

27. Have you ever eaten snow?
Of Course.

28. What color are your bedsheets?
White. I love white sheets.

29. What’s your favorite flower?
I like flowers period.  But I like daisies and sunflowers.  I also like Lillies.  Oh and Black Eyed Susan’s.

30. Do you do ballet?
Nope, never.  But I drive my daughter to Ballet class every Saturday.

31. Do you listen to classical music?
Sometimes.  I played it in my kids rooms when they were infants.

32. What is the first TV theme song that pops in your head?
Facts of Life.

33. Do you watch Sponge Bob?
WAY TOO MUCH!!!  I have Ashton and Ashton = Spongebob.

34. What temperature is it outside right now?
94 Degrees

35. Do people consider you smart?
I guess some do.

36. How many piercings do you have?
Five, I am only using two of them though - and they are in my ears… in case you were wondering.

37. Are you signed on [to] AIM?
I do not use AIM, I use Yahoo and yes.

38. Have you ever tried gluing your fingers together?
Why the hell would I do that?

39. How do you feel about your family?
I guess I feel good about them… how should I feel?

40. Do you have an iPod?
Yes.

41. What time do you go to bed?
Between 10 and 11.

42. What CD is currently in your CD player?
Nothing, my iPod is playing a mix that I threw together.

43. What movie do you know every line to?
All my kid’s movies.  Cars, Shrek, Spongebob - ugghh, the list goes on and on.

44. What is your favorite salad dressing?
Ranch.

45. What do you want for Christmas this year?
A Nikon D200.  Oh how I would love to have that.  Seriously… someone write that down.

46. What family member/friend lives the farthest from you? Where?
My sister is in FL, my mom’s family is in PA and my dad’s family is in FL.  My godparents are in CA.  I have friends all over the place.

47. Do you like hugs?
LOVE THEM!!!  Big huge bear hugs.  Not even joking… love them, especially when they are accompanied by a kiss on the forehead.

48. Last time you had butterflies in your stomach?
This morning.

49. What’s the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name?
Usually instead of Scanlon, they say Scallion.  And sometimes Missy instead of Misty. 

50. Last person you hugged?
Wouldn’t you like to know!

... send her flowers at work!  This makes Misty VERY VERY happy.  I mean who does not love being surprised at work with flowers?  Seriously!  Especially when it is not your birthday or Valentine’s Day!  Wanna know how to make Misty even happier?

Replace the aforementioned flowers with NEW flowers when the old ones start to wilt and die.  YAY!

Today is International Surfing Day!  I love doing this post every year… just for Dena.  Because today is International Surfing Day, you can join The Surfrider Foundation for only $20 and get a great t-shirt for doing so!  Plus you would totally be doing your part to help our beaches!!!  If you live near a beach, or just love the beach - you can understand the awesome work that this organization does!  Please note that this is NOT one of those paid post things - I am just passing along the info - so go join and contribute some money to a good cause, I did!  Plus you get a T-Shirt for doing so!!!  You would pay $20 for a shirt anyways, why not make sure the money goes to a good cause?  Here is some more information:

Ever needed a legitimate excuse to go surfing? Well, on June 20, 2008, you finally have it: International Surfing Day. Created by SURFING Magazine & The Surfrider Foundation, this unofficial, official surfers’ holiday gives us a chance to promote and celebrate the sport while bringing awareness to the state of our oceans and beaches.

The goal is simple: take the day, or at least a part of the day, to go out, catch a wave or three and—while you’re at it—help clean up your favorite beach. In conjunction with the Surfrider Foundation, we’ll be organizing a handful of official beach cleanups, but that doesn’t stop you from beautifying your own stretch of sand.

About the Surfrider Foundation
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches.  Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 64 chapters across the United States and Puerto Rico, with international affiliates in Australia, Europe, Japan and Brazil.  For more information on the Surfrider Foundation go to http://www.surfrider.org

Today is Smizzo’s birthday!!! I am surprised that she is not at the MGM in Vegas right now too hungover to know that it is her birthday, but I am pretty sure she is home.  Please go over and wish her a very Happy Birthday.

Well I successfully found my new crack, I know you care. Have you tried these 5 Hour Energy shots? Screw coffee! These little things are the BOMB! I am hooked, like an inner city hooker is hooked to quickie blowjobs for a couple bucks, like a whiny mid-western kid with family problems is hooked to meth, like an upscale trophy wife is hooked to vodka… you get the point.

They really do work. You feel energy immediately and you do not crash later. They are a little sour, but if you do it like a shot and just get it down, you don’t really notice. I want to make out with the bottle after I drink it… that’s how much I love them. I’m just sayin…

Our company has an IT division that works with a lot of the smaller contractors in the area helping them with their office networking, company websites and all their IT needs. For one company in particular, we had to set up a SharePoint collaboration site for them to use in-house for all their processes and document management. Yesterday we held a training session in our office for about six of their employees to show them the ins and outs of SharePoint. About half way through the meeting, one of the women very abruptly asked where the bathroom was and then rushed out of the room. She was in there for a while before she rejoined the meeting.

Well, later that afternoon, I found out why she took so long… because she completely snapped our freaking toilet seat in two! How in the hell do you snap a perfectly good toilet seat in two? I mean I could understand if over the years, a crack had started to develop and then it finally snapped… but that was not the case with this particular seat. It was in perfect condition (well as perfect a condition as a toilet seat can be). Her ass must have been ready to literally explode, when she slammed it down on that seat. And then… can you imagine how she must have been feeling in there after she realized what she had done? Holy shit I would have died! DIED! I hope that it did not pinch her ass when it was time to get up - OUCH!

My boss went out and got us another one after the meeting, while he was out for lunch. He wasted no time - thank goodness for us. I joked with him when he got back, because I have been asking for a new office chair for like three years now - it has become like a company-wide joke - anytime we get something new in the office, I ask during our weekly meeting “How much did that cost? - Hmmm, you could have gotten me a new chair for that price!” Everyone kind of laughs and then someone will usually say “For Christ’s sake will someone get her a new damn chair already!” Well I told him that I was going to invite that lady back to the office and have her sit in my chair… when she snaps it in two, he will be forced to get me a new one! He said no, that he would move my office into the bathroom and let me sit on the new toilet seat. Ass.

I will be the first person to say that big old hickeys on your neck are disgusting looking. In my opinion they just look trashy, but that does not mean that I will not give you one if I am challenged to do so! Saturday night I went out for some drinks with Dena and Adam. It was their anniversary, so I joined them for some cocktails. At some point, Dena joked with Adam and said that she was going to give him a hickey for their anniversary. He immediately started talking trash and saying she absolutely would not. At this point, I chimed in and said, “If she wants to give you one, she WILL give you one… what are you going to do about it?” He got all tough and manly and said - “The hell she will - I WILL NOT let her!” and he was backed up by some of the other men at the bar and they all kind of talked about how manly they all were and some other crap that we completely stopped listening to at that point. That is when Dena and I decided that it was going to be our mission to destroy his neck that night… you know, to prove a point, and because we had been drinking and stupid shit like that always seems like a good idea to Dena and I when we are drinking together.

We talked it out and decided we would hold him down and each get one side of his neck, when he was not expecting it. We kept using the phrase “We’ll attack him like Spider Monkeys” and when we said it, Dena would make these little clawing motions with her hands - which kept making me laugh really hard, to the point of almost wetting my pants. And we did attack him like Spider Monkeys… and guess who ended up with hickeys all over his neck? Do not ever tell a woman that she WILL NOT do something… because guess what? She (and her best friend) WILL do it! With a vengeance!

Adam had to play golf the next day, and when he called us while we were at the pool, we asked how his neck was feeling. He said that his golf buddies said “Damn you must have had a good night with the wife!” and he had to explain that one side was from his wife and the other side was from his wife’s best friend. How much do you want to bet that he did not explain to them that we attacked him like drunken spider monkeys in a bar on a mission? I’m pretty sure that he just let the golf guys think that he has got it good like that!   

P.S. Did you catch my favorite unicorn pal at the end?  Look for him! - ”CHARLIE!!!”

I almost flipped right past it, when I looked closer and then became instantly confused.  What in the name of all that is holy was Op thinking when they decided on this to be their latest marketing gimmick?  Okay - Kristin Cavallari I get - she is cute, has a great body and she is from the “OC” - so technically she would qualify as a reasonable choice to use in Op’s ad.  But Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy?  Okay, I did not realize that he had jumped ship on that whole Emo scene and become a beach bum.  And Wilmer Valderrama?  Seriously… Come on… Fez from “That 70’s Show”?  Really?  And more confusing is that they used these three that have absolutely NOTHING in common together in the ad.  What in the hell was Op trying to accomplish with this?  If this is their attempt at a comeback… it’s not working.  I know they are partnering with Wal-Mart now, which just leads to even more questions… Pete Wentz and Wilmer Valderrama are that hard up that they are pimping Op for Wal-Mart now?  I went ahead and visited Op’s website this morning to do some more investigating (yes, yes I did - shut the hell up), and I wish I could say I came away from that experience feeling better, but unfortunately, I did not.  It got worse… much worse.

When I clicked on the “Op Dudes” tab, I learned that not only did they hire the AWESOME talents of Pete and Wilmer, but they also got Corbin Bleu from the High School Musical films - SWEET.  That makes it even better.  I can totally picture him and Pete Wentz hangin out on the beach together catching some gnarly waves!  Oh wait a second, hold up… hold your excitement peeps, because here come the “Op Chics” running down the beach to meet up with their surfer boys:

Oh Snap!  Is that who I think it is?  Hell yeah it is, it’s the famous R&B singer Christina Millian hailing fom Jersey City, New Jersey and the oh so beautiful and talented Rumer Willis straight outta Idaho ya’ll! - Heeeyyyy!  Here we go!  I am totally feeling that Op beach vibe now!

Here they are all together with their boards, after a long day of surfing, having a big party on the beach.  Look at Wilmer playing those bongo drums.  How fun!

I cannot believe this is Op’s attempt to jump back into the game.  But more so than that, I cannot believe that Op seriously forced me to have to spend my time writing about this today, because of their confusing-ass, stupid ad in a magazine.  Eff You Op!  You and Wal-Mart deserve each other!