Great, Now I'm Craving Pulled Pork

I lost.

Of course technically you cannot really lose something you never really had in the first place, but still. I feel like a loser. I did not get the job. They want somebody with more design experience. They want somebody more. And so here I sit, less, still at the craps table playing the game. And yes I know this image is of roulette but craps fits. Crap happens.

To save both you and me from myself today (note to self: do! not! wallow!), I am going to write about myself. (Ha! Gotcha!) Last week the most awesomest Jennifer from The Most Awesomest Stuff Ever tagged me and so here I am, ready to play this game:

10 years ago: I was surrounded by books, papers and the stiff manila-yellow smell of the library. I was studying for my Masters exam and very, very happy. I felt smart and strong.

8 years ago: I was working as an Assistant Buyer and playing at being an adult. I felt small and scared. On the weekends Bryan would take me sailing and I would throw up vast quantities of Froot Loops into the Bay waters.

6 years ago: Another job, another company, this time with good friends. Every day we would eat lunch together and talk fast and dirty. I laughed a lot. Bryan and I moved to the city.

2 years ago: I was eight months into the tightrope balancing Zoey and Bryan, friends, free time, work and bills. Everything had shifted but I had not yet realized that it is best to tiptoe barefoot lest you fall and drop your basket.

Five yummy things:

1. nutella

2. insalate caprese

3. A pulled pork sandwich and hush puppies washed down with Cheerwine from Little Pigs Barbecue in Statesville, NC. I have not been there for maybe 15 years but I have been chasing that sweet childhood memory dragon ever since.

4. toasted bread with goat cheese, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with thyme.

5. chocolate covered pretzels

Five songs I know by heart:

1. My adidas by Run DMC

2. Theme song to The Patty Duke show

3. Sweet Child of Mine, G&R

4. I Got U Babe, UB40

5. Oh Susannah, by everyone who has ever stuck their hand out to shake mine

Five places I would like to escape to:

1. Mykonos, Greece

2. Florence, Italy

3. Malpais, Costa Rica

4. Hossegar, France

5. the space between our faces when Zoey gives me a kiss with her tiny rosebud mouth

Five things I would never wear:

1. acid wash

2. pleats

3. stirrup pants

4. shoulder pads

5. Disney apparel

Five favorite tv shows:

1. ANTM

2. The Hills

3. Weeds

4. Californication

5. insert newest cheesy reality show here just so long as it lowers my IQ with each episode

Five things I enjoy doing:

1. Hanging out with girlfriends, just chatting about everything and nothing

2. Playing plouf on our bed with Zoey

3. reading

4. cuddling with Bryan

5. impossibly long, warm sunny days at the beach with a bag of chips and my family

Five favorite toys:

1. This here blog

2. The little magnetic doodle thing that I gave Zoey

3. The internet at large

4. swimming pools

5. humor of any kind

Five people who I am tagging to fill this out:

1. not to be

2. a butt

3. but

4. I am tagging

5. YOU

Quick update: I just saw on my site reader that somebody from Disney reads my blog. If this is true then my apologies for saying I would never wear Disney apparel. If you want to offer me a job and maybe I can work from home from 10am-2pm, 4 days a week and get paid $100k/year with benefits, then I will dress head to toe in Disney duds. I will even tattoo the Tazmanian Devil on my bicep for a signing bonus. Unless, of course, the Tazmanian Devil is a Looney Tunes character, in which case I would consider Pluto but not Goofy. Get back to me on that. Thank you.