Book Friday Vacation
9 October 2009
So, I don’t know what the deal is, but recently I’ve had NO reading time. Usually I read at least fifteen or so minutes a day, but I think that’s about all I’ve read in the last two weeks. It’s very frustrating. Especially because it makes Book Fridays a little challenging.
A lot of the other blogs I visit do a thing called Friday 5. I’ve never seen an explanation of Friday 5 but it appears to be whatever 5 random things the writer wants to talk about. I’m giving it a try:
1. McKenna and I ate dinner at Sonic last night. I used to work at Sonic, so when I eat there I’m a more obnoxious customer than I am other places. Like they’d forgotten to put ketchup packets in my bag. At another place, I probably would’ve done without. Since I’ve done my fair share of ketchup packet runs, it didn’t bother me to buzz back in and request some ketchup. The guy brought out about 8 packets. He could barely hold them all. On one hand, thanks for making sure my ketchup needs are taken care of. On the other … I meant like two, maybe three packs. Eight seems excessive.
2. Okay, during The Office I had no idea what YouTube video they were talking about during the wedding scene. So after the show, I went on YouTube. All I had to type in was “Dancing,” and it suggested to me, “Dancing down the aisle.” It had already been viewed 26 million times, so I felt kinda like a loser. In case I still beat you, you can watch it here.
3. After The Office, we saw a promo that Ben Harper and Jack Black were performing on Jay Leno. We both like Ben Harper a lot, and the combination of the two of them was enough to entice us to stick around. The two of them sound good together, but the visual… I mean, Ben Harper is all serious and suave, and Jack Black is about as opposite as they come. I was most entertained by how it looked like Jack was trying to make eye contact with Ben while they were singing together and Ben wasn’t having any of it.
4. After Ben and Jack preformed (okay, Friday 5 is basically turning into a Thursday evening recap), Jay Leno showed these horrible campaign commercials. While I watched them, I thought, “This is one of my worst fears. Getting laughed at in front of a national audience.” Politics are probably not in my future. (I’m not saying “never” though because I’ve learned that more times than not that totally bites me in the butt.)
5. How do people do this? I can’t come up with a fifth thing. Why isn’t it the Friday 4? That also uses alliteration. I guess for my fifth thing, I’ll say this. My dad runs a meeting and event planning company, and they just had their web site revamped. It’s so fun and unique. You can check it out here.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Comments
I hadn’t seen that YouTube video either, but it was great. And your dad’s site is cool!
Posted by Roseanna White on 12 October 2009
The Friday five is a challenge to do each week. Sometimes it pops into my head, sometimes I stare into the middle distance for a long time before some lame topic comes up.
But when polled, my blog readers liked and remembered the Friday Five the best.
Posted by Erica Vetsch on 9 October 2009