Being in my head…

by Steph on August 15, 2008

…is kind of like being in the head of someone who’s smoked a lot of weed but has also taken a lot of speed. No, it’s pretty much exactly like that. I have all these weird, random thoughts like a pothead, but they happen a mile a minute like a crankster. (Is that a word to describe meth junkies? If not, it should be.) Most of you have already noticed this, I think.

So, given that, who would actually attend a dinner party hosted by me? Probably no one because reading my blog is one thing but subjecting yourself to my actual physical presence? Might require a lot of drinking and/or Xanax. For both of us. So, lucky you, it’s only a virtual dinner party (although if any of you lot want to have an actual dinner party, e-mail me, and we’ll work out details because hello? I would love to meet each and every one of you face to face). This was all Auds‘ idea, and as I told her in comments, it is at once the most brilliant idea ever and the most sadistic idea ever. I’ve spent almost a week agonizing over the folks I’d ask to come break (virtual) bread with me.

I’ve finally come up with a list, and I admit – ADD struck. I’d think, “Okay. I’m going to invite Missy because hello? BFFs 4 LYFE. But wait, she’s my co-author, so that’s kind of pointless, plus like if she’d have time to come to a dinner party with her wedding being in just over a month, and hmm, I wonder if she’d prefer a silver anklet from me ’cause that would be better with her other jewelry. I should probably ask her about that. Except I’m not sure I know where the silver one is for sure, and maybe this would be a good reason to go get a new silver anklet. I should go price those out, and ooooohhh…SHINY!” Rinse, repeat. So, I wound up picking them at random. We’ll all live.

With further ado, my list.
1. Myra. I love Myra. No, seriously. Myra is a talented designer, a great wife, a great mom and to top all that off? She’s a genuinely nice person. I’d like to get a couple of drinks in her to see if she stayed nice or if she’d join me in the kitchen to snark on celebrities and their hideous choices.
2. Tootsie Farklepants. And I’d make her wear a nametag that said that even though I’m 99.9% certain that’s not her actual name, but it kind of should be just so that I can believe in magic again.
3. Noel because every dinner party needs someone brainy and fun. I’m only one of those two things, and no one (including me) is ever sure which I’ll choose on any given day.
4. Queen Bee. Mostly because I just like her, and I don’t know her nearly as well as I’d like.
5. Modern Single Momma. She’s someone else I like and would like to get to know better. Plus, I need her to spill the juicy details of her recent trip.
6. The Bloggess. Oh, what? Y’all didn’t see that one coming? Come on.
7. flickrlovr who would also be required to wear a nametag that said that just because it would be hilarious to hear people say that name when they’re drunk. (This also applies to Farklepants.)
8. Mommy Pie…she looks like a fun girl, even sober.
9. Undomestic Diva because…well, just because.
10. Deb. Because Going Geico is something I must see in person.

Please, for the love of God, don’t anyone feel excluded by this list. Please?

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Vote -1 Vote +1matteroffactmommy
August 15, 2008 at 6:51 am

tweakers. they’re called tweakers. and i used to be one of them. sometimes i have a lot of thoughts swimming around in my head, a la steph, but i’m sure nowhere near the degree you have at any given moment.

great idea on the dinner party, and i would include several of the same on my list too!

signed,
Trying Not To Feel Excluded

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Vote -1 Vote +1Missy
August 15, 2008 at 7:25 am

I’d probably be very Martha and still send cookies…maybe snickerdoodles…or maybe my EVAR cookies.

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Vote -1 Vote +1San Diego Momma
August 15, 2008 at 10:31 am

Great list!
And I would SO Go Geico on your ass.
I do hope you’d enjoy it.

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Vote -1 Vote +1Steph
August 15, 2008 at 1:26 pm

@matteroffactmommy – Gah! I read too many blogs on a regular basis, and I always feel like I’m leaving someone really awesome out because I generally AM leaving someone really awesome out. Dammit.

@Missy – Mmmm…snickerdoodles…

@San Diego Momma – I would enjoy it. Really.

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Vote -1 Vote +1matteroffactmommy
August 15, 2008 at 2:56 pm

i’m not really very awesome, and i totally am not hurt and don’t feel excluded. i just wanted to give you a hard time. ;p

and i don’t read very many blogs… but the ones i do read are awesome. :)

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Vote -1 Vote +1flickrlovr
August 15, 2008 at 3:43 pm

Um, I think I just crapped my pants. From sheer excitement?

A cool kid LIKES me? And wants me at her dinner party?

*SQUEEEE!*

Yeah, I’m feelin’ pretty cool right about now. But now I have a dilemma: can you invite someone to YOUR dinner party that already invited you to THEIR dinner party? Or is that against the rules of dinner party etiquette? Would that be like a double reverse invite, and then make it null? Then nobody would go to any of the respective dinner parties, and…

Hmmmmm…

ENNYWEIGHS! Thanks for the invite, Steph.
Will this be a potluck dinner? Do I need to bring my famous Mexican lasagna and chocolate chip banana bread?

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Vote -1 Vote +1Myra
August 15, 2008 at 6:26 pm

i would love to be at your dinner party! but um, one thing. could missy make her mac ‘n cheese? or anything for that matter? you could pour the wine and we’ll hang in the kitchen and find out how snarky i can really be. :)

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Vote -1 Vote +1Steph
August 15, 2008 at 7:15 pm

@matteroffactmommy – You are very awesome. I swear, and you know I wouldn’t lie to you.

@flickrlovr – Cool kid? Ah hahahahahaha! Thanks! Except me? I’m a dork. A wicked rad dork, but a dork. :grin: Also? I don’t know what the rules are – I think you just invite whoever you want. But what if the mutual invitations DID open up some weird vortex in the space-time continuum? That would be AWESOME.

And no, no potluck here. I’ll cook up most of the stuff Missy has posted. Heh.

@Myra – I can beg and plead with her, but probably she’ll tell me to make it while she walks me through it via text message. Hee.

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Vote -1 Vote +1Queen Bee
August 15, 2008 at 9:23 pm

YAY! My first ever virtual dinner party! I’m so excited. I can’t wait! Can I wear my shiny silver go-go boots with my oddly out of place slacks and halter top? Or is that to casual for this shindig? I’m not sure my dinner party will be near as cool as yours. We’ll all be spastic and fun. Plus, get a little alcohol in Mommypie, and how knows what will happen!
Thanks! You’re totally coming to mine!

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Vote -1 Vote +1Steph
August 15, 2008 at 10:12 pm

@Queen Bee – Honey, you can come in jammies, if you want. That’s the beauty of a virtual dinner party.

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Vote -1 Vote +1Dana
August 15, 2008 at 10:49 pm

It’s so funny, you described EXACTLY what it’s like in my head. I’ve never done any kind of drugs, so I don’t really know for sure, but I would imagine it’s a lot like that.

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Vote -1 Vote +1Steph
August 15, 2008 at 11:05 pm

@Dana – I’m not sure if I should console you or be glad someone else gets it. :grin:

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Vote -1 Vote +1ModernSingleMomma
August 16, 2008 at 12:54 am

I am so honored to have made your list.
Oh gosh….more guilt for not sharing more of the juicy details of that amazing trip. I’ll work on it ;)

And…you are someone I would like to get to know better too. You just simply rock.

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Vote -1 Vote +1Steph
August 16, 2008 at 1:09 am

@ModernSingleMomma – It’s all good – I know how it is when it’s all, like, new and amazing and YOURS and you don’t want to share it because you feel like maybe you’ll jinx it, so you just sit and bask in it.

Or maybe that’s just what I did. :grin:

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Vote -1 Vote +1flickrlovr
August 16, 2008 at 1:31 am

@Steph – You KNOW you’re a cool kid, you just try to hide it so the rest of us don’t feel too lame, right? Yummm, Missy food! I can’t wait. When IS this dinner party of yours, by the way?

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Vote -1 Vote +1Steph
August 16, 2008 at 8:46 am

@flickrlovr – No, really – I’m a tech-geek doofus at heart. And the dinner party is…um…whenever?

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Vote -1 Vote +1flickrlovr
August 16, 2008 at 5:16 pm

@Steph – With a closet cool kid personality, right? Haha. Ohhhhkay. You’re undercover cool, I understand ;)

I figured the dinner party was sort of an open event…I still have to get my post up! ACK!

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Vote -1 Vote +1mommypie
August 17, 2008 at 12:34 am

Yay! I love Auds’ dinner party idea. And how awesome that you invited me — I’m honored to be among such fantastic guests!

With Myra — can Missy make her mac n cheese? Pleeeeease?

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Vote -1 Vote +1Steph
August 17, 2008 at 10:00 am

@flickrlovr – The whole thing is Auds’ deal, and she says all August long. So. There you go.

@mommypie – Since even I can handle this (I’m told), yes. Missy’s smokey mac & cheese it is. :D

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Vote -1 Vote +1Jenny, Bloggess
August 17, 2008 at 11:06 am

Okay, I just *know* I’ve commented on this but I’m looking here and? No comment? Did I dream the comment? Did I write it but not post it correctly? Did I write something so offensive it was deleted?

The last is probably the most likely. Damn. I won’t be getting invited to any more dinner parties now.

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Vote -1 Vote +1Steph
August 17, 2008 at 2:32 pm

@Jenny, Bloggess – You’ll get invited to everyone’s dinner parties. Well, except possibly people with a higher ranking than you on Technorati because of that whole death threat thing. Then again, they might invite you ’cause of that whole “keep your friends close, but your enemies closer” deal. But if you throw a dinner party, you might be light on guests from that crowd.

Also? I guess WordPress ate your comment. I see it nowhere. Dumb ol’ WordPress. :kick:

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