Explanation Required

I have a very serious question.

Does anyone know how the word “inaugural” is supposed to be pronounced? Neither people nor dictionaries seem to be able to agree on this and it is driving me crazy!

I have a feeling it may be one of those irritating words that has dual pronunciations. Someone please save me from my own obsessive insanity. Petra, please tell me you have an explanation!

V-Day (Saying that always makes me think of D-day)

I imagine that it will come as no surprise to anyone reading this that I’m an incredibly private person. That's why I'm so cynical--my cynicism makes it so I never actually have to express my true (and very vulnerable) feelings about anything! This is especially true when it comes to things like publicly expressing my love for my husband. I always see people writing on Facebook or blogs about how amazing their husband is, and I never really write that kind of post. I feel all of the things that these people express (seriously, I am not just saying that—I love my husband way more than any of you love your husbands, he he), but I just don’t like writing about it on the internet.

In light of this and since it is Valentine’s Day, I thought I would post a link to a blog post I read today which made me think of my husband, and it is really sweet. It is by a girl (lady? Woman? Chick?) named Kerri whose blog I read primarily because she also has Type 1 Diabetes but also because I'm convinced that we'd be friends if we didn't live on opposite sides of the country...does that sound creepy?

http://sixuntilme.com/blog1/2007/02/the_peanut_butter.html

Craig, my dearest most wonderful amazing incredible husband (I’m totally tearing up right now)—“I’ll always write your name in peanut butter.” (If you are confused, it is because you haven’t read Kerri’s blog post!)

My Most Shallow Post Ever

Craig and I each have a list of five celebrities who, if they…you know—offered themselves to us, we are allowed to accept said offer. (I do realize that this would ever happen. I’m also aware that most of these people have STDs, and that’s really not the point. Just don’t take this post too seriously, okay?)

We re-evaluate our lists about once every six months or so, when we are bored or are stuck in traffic. I don’t know whether it needs explaining, but men look for something different than women do. I asked Craig this morning whether he had any reasons for his top 5 choices other than that they are hot. He said "no...you have reasons for yours, don't you, like--"I like #3 because he is so talented and when he was only 15 years old he dedicated him to helping locusts in Florida". Well, Craig, you were spot on (mostly). Here are our current top 5s with accompanying explanations:

Craig's top 5:

#1 Angelina Jolie : because she’s hot

#2 Jennifer Aniston : because she’s hot

#3 Leryn Franco : because she’s hot

#4 Paris Hilton : because she looks trashy

#5 Amanda Bynes : because she’s hot

Maryn's top 5 :

#1 Rivers Cuomo: Musician with degree from Harvard, so he’s got to have some kind of brain…and because he’s hot.

#2 Billy Corgan: Amazing musician and something draws me to his creepy mysterious side.

#3 Brad Pitt: okay, well, he’s just hot

#4 Anthony Keidis: I saw him in concert and he is a fantastic performer. His music is incredible and he’s had a tumultuous life…I guess it is the nurturer in me. Plus he has nice arms. (The Hep C is definitely an obstacle…)

#5 Wayne Brady: Saw him in Vegas. He is freaking hilarious…and has nice arms.

Having said all of this, I do want to be clear that I am not criticizing men for the way by which they choose women. I love this about men. They are easy to figure out (at least most of the time), and for this I am glad.

Words That Should Die

I’ve been working for a while on compiling a list of words (or things that people use as words) that I hate.
Here it is (in no particular order):

Woot
Missy
Hubby
Princess
URL (not the way you should say this—U-R-L—but the way people have started saying it—pronounced—earl.)
Binky
Maverick (Who doesn’t cringe right now when they hear that word?)
Nummy
Ginourmous (not sure how to spell this, but my spelling can’t be incorrect, because this is not a word!)

There is an explanation behind my distaste for some of these words, but some are inexplicable. My mom has pointed out that by saying I don’t like the word “woot”, it means that I’m old. I disagree, because 1) I’m only 27 and 2) I was young when it was cool to say that something was “da bomb” and I hated that too.

I’m pretty sure that I’d upset at least 77% of the readers of this blog if I went into detail about why I hate the words on this list, so I think I’ll take the high road…just this one time.