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FQotD: Ambush Interview

September 12th, 2008

So I sprung a little five(ish) question interview on my wife — and I gave her five minutes to answer. She was in-between meetings and she needed to answer nature’s call as well, so the pressure was on like donkey kong. Here are the (short and terse) results.

What is your favorite animal?

Tiger

Were you an honor roll student in school?

Yes.

Do you like your name?

No.

Follow up: Do you wish it was something else?

Yes. Maybe something cool like Britney or Madison. Just kidding…

What’s your favorite drink?

Iced Tea.

Would you give me $5?

Why do you need $5?

That’s my baby! Have a good weekend!

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Mia’s Book Reviews: “Red or Blue: I Like You”

September 5th, 2008

Red monster…blue monster…static…muppets, are we gonna live together; together are we gonna live?…3.5 stars.

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Lightning Round Part 6 – Remember when we used to write here?

August 29th, 2008

Yeah, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Just to refresh your memory I’m blue, Jon’s red. Hopefully this is a sign of more writing to come. Enjoy it while it lasts.

1. Where were you 3 hours ago?

Right here. Doing work. Wishing I wasn’t.

Eating pizza in Santa Monica

2. Last person’s house you were in?

Aunt Janet’s in Downey. Right before the cruise.

Probably sister-in-laws house for a birthday party

3. Name 4 things you always have with you:

Head, arms, legs, feet — beaty beat beat beaty beat clap clap!

Car keys, house keys, cell phone, wallet

4. What do you do most when you’re bored?

I guess try to stop… being bored? Video games, read, or if the kids allow it, sleep.

I wish I had time to be bored!

5. Last time you swam in a pool?

My brother had us all over to his boss’ house (huge house) over the fourth of july weekend. He had a nice pool and we all had a grand time. We bbq’ed too. Awesome.

I don’t know – may have been three years ago in Vegas

6. Ever made a prank phone call?

I think I tried once. I with a friend of my brother’s and it seemed like a good idea at the time, but when you live in a predominantly mexican area, chances of you dialing up someone who speaks only spanish are pretty good. Add to that an inability to actually speak spanish pretty much renders the prank call moot — so really now, you’re just bothering someone with an attempt at humor. And that’s just sad. We stopped after one try.

Not that I can recall

7. Who tells the best jokes?

I have a bunch of favorite comedians but, the guy who almost always gets me laughing until my stomach hurts and I’m crying and I have trouble breathing is Matt. “Groucho Marx! Ow… my… Burt Reynolds!” I guess you had to be there (although Mabel was there and she never thought it was as funny as we did).

I have always been partial to Brian Regan

8. Have you ever had a secret admirer?

I’ve had an admirer, she wasn’t really secret about it either — but nothing ever came from it as I was otherwise involved at the time.

Yes, Doug Dyer

9. What’s your favorite fruity scent?

Lemon.

Watermelon

10. Have you ever been to a gay bar?

I have. With Jon. We were there to sign Mabel up to a softball league – After walking through the dance room (which was already going at full steam with music and lights and everything – even though it was only three or four in the afternoon and no one was in it) I felt myself tense up and I immediately started hitting Jon in a very guy type way. I wasn’t really aware of it until later when I recounted the events to my then girlfriend who found it very funny – accurately summing up the act as me stating “I’m a man!” for no one else’s benefit but my own. Good times.

More times than i can remember

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Mia’a Book Reviews – “Goodnight Moon”

August 22nd, 2008

Cow…moon…house…mush…hush…3.5 stars.

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Las Vegas (For Reals)*

August 15th, 2008

So what did we do in Vegas? Well, I’ll start with when Jon got there.

Jon got there Saturday morning with Andy and Victor in tow. Upon arrival, they almost immediately went food shopping at the local Vons.

Upon their return, the rest of us (Ted, Jake, Don, Brian and me) started up our Fantasy Football draft (Yes, we’re dorks. We know.).

About 5 hours later we were done and pretty much everyone else left to the nearest casino sports book to see some preseason football — while Jon and I stuck around to clean up.

After that Dave (my brother who was hiding himself away in our room while the rest of the dorks were in the lving room drafting) took me and Jon to the sports book with the rest of the fellas.

At some point later, we made it to the MGM Grand to finally eat. Oh, and we had Andy with us at this point as well.

We then decided to head back over to New York, New York to gamble. I won some money. I think Jon lost some money. Ted couldn’t lose money if he tried. Dave watched his Chargers win. Jake lost money. Andy got his buzz on. I believe Brian lost money (but not his pants thankfully). Still not sure about the status of Don and Vic’s money.

By 11:30 we were at home, discussing the teams that we had drafted earlier in the day.

By 12:30, we were asleep.

I was on a plane the next morning at 11:20 which means I was out of the condo by 8:30. What happened after I left remains a mystery.

*All references to any prohibited drug use, strippers — male and female, hookers — male and female, happy endings, arson, grand theft auto, larceny, assault, battery, breaking and entering, racketeering, perjury, embezzlement, jaywalking and general tomfoolery have been removed from this post to protect the individuals involved.

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