Luisa tagged me for a meme a few days ago. The meme looked familiar, and it turned out it was the first meme I ever did, back when I first began to blog.
Rather than repeat my answers, I thought I would try the meme in the subjunctive, as it were, and name things I wish, instead of things that are. And yes, I just wrote “as it were” in a blog post. I’m just that way.
Four Places I Wish I Lived:
Provence
Kelley’s Island
New Zealand
Narnia
Four TV Shows I Wish Someone Would Make:
Dramatic Stories of Grammar
This Old House: In the ‘Hood Edition
The Biggest Nerds in History and How They Made Our World Better
Anything with Christian pastors who acted like real Christian pastors rather than skeezy slimeballs
Four Foods I Wish Tasted Better Than They Do:
Beets
Grass – how great would it be if people could eat grass?
Mead – it sounds so knights-of-yore-ish, but the one time I tasted it, I had to wipe off my tongue
Custard in all its variants – I know. You love it. So does everyone else but me, which makes it awkward at parties when the lovely hostess has made creme brulee and I have to find a polite way of saying I don’t eat custards because they make me feel like my innards are being coated in milky slime.
Four Websites I Wish I Understood:
Just pick the top four techy sites. I don’t get any of them.
Four Movies I Wish I Had Never Seen:
Event Horizon
Joe Dirt
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Trouble With Harry
The wiping off your tongue line made me laugh out loud.
Please tell me you didn’t spend money on seeing the Dukes of Hazard movie. hahahahahaha
I’m with you on the mead…. ugh!
The Trouble With Harry? Hitchcock movie, Shirley McClaine? That one? I LOVE that film! And I also love custard. (Mmm! Milky slime!)
But I agree: let’s move to Narnia.
I love your memes. I could make a post just commenting on your memes.
I love that you used “as it were” because it’s so British and I love using British-speak to throw people off with my Southern girl accent.
Can I steal this meme?
Steal away. Anyone else is welcome, too.
Hi,
I just wanted to throw out a remark about the mead. Please keep in mind that mead is essentially like wine, but made with honey rather than grapes. There are so many variables involved in making it. Please give it another shot when you have the opportunity. A different brewer (particularly if it is home brewed by someone who has been doing it a while), or a different variety (sweet vs. dry and all the area in between) can make a world of difference!
Jane, Thanks for the advice. While intellectually I know that different makers would have different meads, I may be too scarred from the first experience to ever try again. Especially if there is, well, anything I could drink instead.
You far exceeded my lofty expectations of you; thank you.
I am still laughing with horror that you had to see Joe Dirt.
Dramatic Stories of Grammar: now THAT’s some TV I’d watch.
I can understand how custard could make a person queasy. It’s so eggy. But I adore creme brulee.
I can’t stand custards.
As for the Dukes of Hazzard, what is the deal with guy fantasies about female dormitories?