Red Red Whine

Oy, how my liver had to work overtime this weekend. It’s a good thing Erin doesn’t live here, or I would have to tattoo “Alcoholic” on my forehead. We had a lovely weekend filled with Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan in concert, many many drinkies, a shopping marathon, the Mormon version of Pride & Prejudice, a Simpson’s version of the game Clue, talking until 5:00 a.m., and yet another example of my klutziness. (I fell, completely sober, while engaging in the oh-so-hazardous activity known as walking. Y’all, I actually sort of FLEW. Egad.)

As I count the minutes until the season finale of Dexter, I thought I’d join in the goodness of another meme, even though I’ve done this one before. Courtesy of Stefanie, I have been assigned to write ten things that begin with the letter G. If you’d like to participate, let me know in the comments section and I’ll assign you a letter.

1. Guinness. For one thing, it’s delicious. Until I went to Ireland for a study abroad program, I preferred it in the form of a Half & Half – which is similar to a Black & Tan but is made with Harp instead of Bass. Now, I prefer it in its pure form. Plus, they aren’t kidding when they say it’s good for you! Seriously! It’s high in iron, contains B vitamins, and contains a mere 125 calories per pint. That’s fewer calories than a pint of low-fat milk or orange juice! Even better: researchers have found that it contains antioxidant compounds that may slow down the build-up of cholesterol in our arteries. So drink up, my friends. Drink up.

2. Glick. Glick is a word my dad made up and uses to describe bad drivers instead of simply calling them assholes like a lot of us (er, me) tend to do. It makes me laugh, and apparently it is the name of a professor my dad despised in college. He uses many derivatives of it, such as Glickhead, Glickette, and G. Fred Glickhead.

3. Gnu. One of the stranger words in the English language, used as a synonym for Wildebeest. Obviously, I am having trouble coming up with meaningful G words.

4. Google. I use The Google umpteen times per day, and cannot imagine how I survived without it.

5. Gin & tonic. Mmm. Preferably made with Bombay Sapphire. The perfect summer drink.

6. Grass. Preferably the kind with the thick blades. I absolutely love the feeling of that kind of grass on my bare feet, and I’ve been known to take my shoes off at possibly inappropriate times just to let my little piggies experience that feeling again. It takes me right back to childhood days of playing tag and swing-the-statues in our front yard.
7. Goo. Not a word I use often, but part of one of my favorite lines from the movie ‘House of Yes’: “Goo is what tape is all about! Goo is what separates tape from paper.”

8. Grand piano (baby). My parents bought me a beautiful matte black one when I was in school and still taking piano lessons. They wanted to sell it when they built their new house, and I begged them to keep it until I have a house of my own where it will fit, so they did. I can’t wait until it is “mine” again, although I’m terrified of the cost of shipping it up to Pennsylvania.

9. Gifts. I love giving them as much as I love receiving them, and I totally obsess over finding just the right one for each person on my list. I wish I could come up with the perfect one for my dad.

10. Gargantuan. The size of my ass after all the non-diet food and drinks I consumed this weekend.

Oh – and 11. Good night!

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