On second thought…. maybe not.

Cerise

Well, there’s your porn-title right there.

Two quick notes:

10. Mine would be “Zippy Swarthmore,” which by itself would be a good reason to go into another line of work.

96. Totally agree with you on the “c” word, and its masculine counterpart.

Regarding alternative cusswords, in college four of us (two Campus Crusaders and two staunch Catholics, go figure) who lived in a residence hall suite had a jar (called “the tank” for some reason) to which a monetary contribution was to be made in the event of a verbal indiscretion. As a result we coined several inane substitutes, such as “Sherman Tank,” “shorts” and “furnace,” which would be fine-free. Occasionally I will revert to ear-searing phrases such as “Sherman shorts in the furnace!!” if I bang my finger with a hammer.

Cerise

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SortaRelated: One of the things that I thought to share about myself and forgot to on my list was how dissatisfied I am with substitute “Church-Safe” cusswords. Everyone knows what you really mean. The one exception to this, for some reason, is BullCrap, which is terribly satisfying to say, which is, in my opinion, why certain cuss words have their punch. I’m a singer, I think of everything in consonants.

Yeah…

You’re awesome. I love calling you my friend. Thanks for sharing!

I continue to read your postings and I’m still convinced that we could be BFFs. I’m terrible around most women and for some reason “martin luther vandross” almost made me pee my pants. I’m not sure why. It was just funny.

#13 (chica confusion) Upon completing my own 101 list, (I’m presently working on my artist’s statement so writing the list fit in nicely with my navel-gazing) I’ve concluded that I may be the chica of all chicas. Sorry. Perhaps we can still be friends.
#23 (weirdness of having children) Yes, it is weird. I still think that after two times of having done it. (Having a child I mean, not having sex. I’ve done that like, 5 or 6 times at least!) I’ve always thought that it should take something far more complicated than a single roll in the hay to make a baby. Like, at least 12 rolls in the hay, each at different times of day when the moon was in a certain spot, after both people had eaten a certain combination of vitamins. Or something like that.
#39 (no tv) I admire that
#54 (resuscitating) WOW! Yer cool!
#58 (eating whatever) You’d be dying for something exotic at our house. Sorry. (Ask Chad. He’s eaten here. Sorry Chad.)
#64 (the word vim) For some reason, as soon as I read that, I started hearing a vim version of the Mary Poppins chimney sweep song in my mind: “Vim-vimminy, Vim-vimminy, vim, vim, veree…”
#79 (being a plethora of info) I’m good with being both overwhelmed and inflicted. Bring it on!
#93 (ok with bodily functions) This fact alone pushes you into the A grade range for motherhood.
#100 (salty over sweet) Me too. Maybe we could talk about that at least.

But I’m glad you got over it. To him, it’s a sign of affection, apparently.

All this top-100 business is reminding me why I like you guys so much. Why hasn’t a Team Awesome-n-Stuff Bar-B-Que been planned yet?

93. Adams hall did that for me.

23. I have to agree with Mike on that one.

Thanks for sharing Aly! It is good to hear more about you.

76: Thank YOU for your support.

I love you - you contain multitudes of cool, cool shit.

Cerise

P.S. Michael, you KILL me.

#8 (6 years) Well, you were really only dating a year, you just stretched it out over 7, right?

#18 (2 ex’s switched teams) Huh. I never knew you dated Chad (yuk yuk)

#23 (having kids) The beauty of being a parent is that you don’t really have to get it - you just sort of start doing it, and by the grace of God hope to get some of it right.

#25 (vegetarian) I was one for two weeks, to impress a girl. It didn’t stick.

#36 (reading at 3) I mean, you’re no Sophia, but that’s still pretty advanced.

#45 (arguing for the sake of it) Yes you do, and I’ll gladly debate the point with you.

#50 (hair changes) Same reason my facial hair goes through different stages every few months.

#56 (wedding) I think one of the reasons that Gretchen has been so hugely successful with Details of the Day is because she is still motivated by seeing the joy on a bride’s face. That’s a pretty good reason to keep doing something.

#58 (eat anything as guest) Me too!

#75 (blood-shot) He is a fount of compassion.

#96 (the *&$% word) This pretty much tops the list for me, in regards to my #72

#101 (snacks at work) I once walked into the music office and loudly asked Donna, “Where do we keep the snacks?” Dennis Royse was standing next to me and laughed at me; “You think we keep snacks in the music office?” Donna then proceeded to go to the secret snack stash and get me some Chex Party Mix. Dennis stood there stunned for a minute, and said, “I just never thought to ask.”