Guestlist: Homework Assignment

Native American Names Suggested By Me but Rejected By Connor:
by Stephanie Chockleyblog

• Boy Who Says "Unnngghh"
• Chief Already-Knows-That
• Boy Who Doesn't Believe You
• Runs With Scissors
• Chief Won't-Eat-That
• Screaming Eagle (last year's name, assigned to him by the teacher)

Settled On: Charging Buffalo

My Nerdy Taste in Music

I love all of these, un-ironically:

• Hall & Oates
• Yes
• Niel Diamond
• the Amelie soundtrack
  

How the Show Flash Forward Is Trying to Be All Things to All People

• has an ensemble cast
• is vaguely science-fiction
• is an FBI drama
• is a hospital drama
• is a family drama
• as of this past week, includes a war story
• also this week, contained hints of The World Series of Poker

However, I continue to watch it.

Preliminary Grocery List That Sounds Like Something My Husband Would Eat

• eggs
• grits
• ketchup
  

Lists in Honor of the End of the 2009 Formula 1 Season

Favorite Formula 1 Drivers:
(in no particular order)
1. Mark Webber (pictured!)
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Jenson Button
4. Rubens Barrichello
5. Robert Kubica
6. Lewis Hamilton

Best Looking Drivers:
1. Mark Webber
2. Jenson Button
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Giancarlo Fisichella

Drivers I Love to Hate:
1. Kimi Raikkonen
2. Fernando Alonso
3. Kimi Raikkonen

Drivers I Miss from Previous Seasons:
1. Takuma Sato
2. Juan Pablo Montoya
3. Michael Schumacher

Drivers I Wish Would Get Better Cars:
1. Robert Kubica
2. Jarno Trulli
3. Giancarlo Fisichella

Drivers That I Find Interchangeable:
1. Nick Heidfeld
2. Heikki Kovalainen
3. Nico Rosberg

Guestlist is in Time Out

Odd Places I've Put My Child into Time Out
by Heather (Mother of The Adventures of Clara)

1. The closet/organizing section of Bed Bath & Beyond
2. In the parking lot of a Walgreens on Summer Avenue
3. Outside of the Wal-Mart on Austin Peay
   

Things About Which I Didn't Get to Post Status Updates While My Facebook Was Broken

1. Driving to Nashville and back in one day to pick up my paintings, and that eating at Noshville made it worth it
   
2. Watching soccer on a Sunday morning with friends and mimosas
   
3. How pilates kicked my butt
4. Making plans to visit my Mom
   
5. What a great time I had skating
6. Looking forward to bookclub
7. How awesome bookclub is
   
8. How I should really carry my own hardhat in my car
9. A fun dinner at a Korean restaurant
10. Something about our anniversary - probably something like this: "Elizabeth Alley + Toby Long = 18 happy years"
11. How it was weird that it was cold at the Farmer's Market
12. How much I love Project Runway
13. What a delicious dinner we had for our anniversary
14. The lazy Sunday I spent in my pajamas