Pseudotherapy

Welcome to Day Five of my Big 5th celebration! In honor of my five-year anniversary TODAY, I’m doing a week of posts celebrating my quirky blogging history. You’re all invited to join me in this retrospective romp.

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Five years, 13 blogs — that’s a whole lot of posts. To celebrate today, I’d like to share with you some of my favorite moments from the past five years. But first, a few people I’d like to thank:

Sizzle, for being the first commenter 80% of the time (I sometimes wonder how she’s had time to read it!). And for sharing Finn.
Kim and Suze, for being the most loving blogdaughters I could hope for.
Hilly, for elevating the consumption of frozen treats to an art form. And for continuing to put up with my … issues, even when it’s tough.
Kevin, for accepting Bernard’s presence as fact. And for the frame-within-a-frame photo that was my desktop wallpaper for months and months.
Carolyn, for helping me to remember that simply authoring a blog does not make you a good writer.
Karl, for insuring I will never eat Vienna Sausages again. And for being Superman.
Bec, for offering me her couch. In ENGLAND.
Ajooja, for sharing my love of San Diego. And being naked.
John, for making me eat my words (don’t ask, because I won’t tell).
Dave2, for bringing religion to the masses. And for the most rockileptic drunk bowling EVER. AND for allowing me to subscribe to his pre-publish feed.
And everyone who’s ever readme becoming a heinous chronic poppy coast pseudo mojo hodad …

I pink puffy patchwork heart you all!!! Please stick around for my next five years.

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Featured on the cover! *cough*

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Best WordPress-related Post

August 16, 2006
Dear WP template: F#@k off and die
Seriously, why are you being so difficult?

I can’t find one damn reason for you to be putting big fat spaces under the images I place in my lists (which I will be doing A. LOT.). You are being a VERY BAD TEMPLATE, and it’s starting to piss me off. After all we’ve been through, do you really need to pull this petty shit?

Just a reminder that I DO have another template I’m working on. You could be replaced. Yes, it’s in German, but I’m halfway through translating it, bitch, so STFU.

Oh, bollocks. I’m going to bed. You will, like an unwelcome house guest, still be here tomorrow.

I’m-on-top-tonight-whether-Bret-likes-it-or-not-because-by-God-
I’m-mastering-SOMETHING kisses,
SJ

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Chronic Listaholic?in space!

(Click to enlarge)

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Heinous Haiku, illustrated

September 23, 2006

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The best music list I ever did

April 18, 2006
~ The Soundtrack Of My Life ~
If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack include?
The opening title: Suzie Lightning, Warren Zevon
The waking-up scene: Waking Up Tired, HooDoo Gurus
The average day/menial tasks montage: I Turn My Camera On, Spoon
The secret crush: What Would Happen (If We Kissed), Meredith Brooks
The first date/blind date: Someone Like You, Van Morrison
The party: Suzy Got Her Big Hair On, David Clayton-Thomas
The dance sequence: Velcro Fly, ZZ Top
The falling in love/”spark” scene: The Consequences Of Falling, k.d. lang
The lovemaking scene: Afterglow, INXS
The fight scene: Awake, Godsmack
The break-up: There There, Radiohead
Long night alone: The Drugs Don’t Work, The Verve
The reconciliation: Love Don’t Lie, Def Leppard
The mental breakdown: Meltdown, Ash
The stalking: System, Chester Bennington
The explosion/shoot-out: Bodies, Drowning Pool
The get-away/driving scene: Work, Jimmy Eat World
The learning-a-lesson montage: Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime, Beck
Deep thoughts: Serenity, Godsmack
The flashback: I Remember You, Skid Row
Regrets: It’s Been Awhile, Staind
The death scene: Amazing Grace [sung in Cherokee], Walela
As the closing credits roll: I Can See Clearly Now, Jimmy Cliff

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My favorite blog “decor” EVER

I found the screenshot!!! (click to enlarge)

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The photo that became an urban legend

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Getting Elfed

November 25, 2007
Four of your favorite bloggers as you’ve never seen us!

Click on the picture to watch, and be sure your sound is on.
Well, we used to dance …

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I made up a meme!!!

October 31, 2007
Happy Hallowmeme, everyone! Welcome to my version of Behind The Mask: Who’s That Blogger? Below you will find 10 quotes from some of my favorite bloggers. See if you can identify who said what from the list of names provided (more names than quotes, btw). Feel free to browse their blogs in search of clues.

Choose from these bloggers:
Laughing Muse of Title Deleted For Security Reasons
Kevin of Kapgar
Hilly of Snackie’s Pudge-Free World
Dave2 of Blogography
Catherine of [The Seventh Notebook]
Ajooja of ajooja
Liz of Everyday Goddess
Neil of Citizen of the Month
Sizzle of Sizzle Says
Avitable of Avitable
Diana of Americans in Singapore
Karl of Secondhand Tryptophan
Kim of ilaxSTUDIO

And here are the quotes:

1. Don’t you think we all hit a point in our lives where we have to shed ourselves in some respect to make room for what has been growing inside of us? [Sizzle]

2. I try to avoid using absolutes (only a Sith deals in absolutes), but it applies here. [Kim]

3. Women throw boobies in our faces and, as if by magic, our money disappears. [Dave2]

4. Like a patchwork, lost loves are sewn into our heart no matter what we say or feel. [Hilly]

5. They want me to know that, while I’m “some special kind of fucked up,” I’m not pathologically fucked up. [Karl]

6. I heart the mens, they rule. [Catherine]

7. Sopping wet, we went straight to our favorite watering hole and picked up some chips and salsa, beers, and Lemon Drop shots. [Kevin]

8. You’re not truly ready for a healthy relationship until you are honestly happy without one. [Liz]

9. It’s a whole lot less time-consuming pleasing her orally this way than spending all night with your face between her thighs. [Neil]

10. Losing love hurts as much as a death in the family. As much as I love being in love, I think I’d rather have happiness in other forms than go through that kind of pain. [Ajooja]

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Hot blogger babes!

Good hair, bad hair

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OMG, cutest couple EVER

Karl and my baby girl should totally get married!!!

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The little list that says it all (about me)

July 12, 2006
Ten Things You’ll NEVER Hear Me Say

1. “Hey, guess what? I bought myself a pet cockatoo!!!”
2. “When you go to the store, could you pick me up a package of licorice drops?”
3. “Holy shit, it’s pitch black in here. I think I’ll lay down and take a nap.”
4. “I’m so excited — tonight’s the season premiere of ‘American Idol’!”
5. “I’ve always wanted to ride that roller coaster on top of the Stratosphere.”
6. “I’m thinking about selling my Nikon. I never use it, anyway.”
7. “Honey, let’s go on a harbor cruise for our anniversary dinner.”
8. “We have too many cats.”
9. “Woo hoo! The new Jessica Simpson CD comes out Tuesday!!!”
10. “Are you kidding me? Clive Cussler couldn’t write his way out of an open checkbook!”

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The movie meme that wouldn’t die (because we couldn’t stop playing)

• Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
• Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie (or quote them from memory because you are that badass).
• Post them on your blog for everyone to guess.
• Fill in the film title once it?s been guessed.
• Players, no Googling or using IMDb search functions (don?t cheat!).

By the way, not only are these 15 of my favorite films, these are some of my favorite movie quotes of all time.

1. “My uncle used to say that we like people for their qualities but we love them for their defects.” [Hellboy, guessed by Laughing Muse]
2. “The plan is you drink a nice tall glass of Shut The Fuck Up!” [Dawn Of The Dead, guessed by Curiosity Killer]
3. “Did IQs drop sharply while I was away?” [Aliens, guessed by Laughing Muse]
4.“Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind.” [Star Trek: First Contact, guessed by Steven]
5. “Music’s the only thing that makes sense anymore, man. Play it loud enough, it keeps the demons away.” [Across The Universe, guessed by Kilax]
6. “Goin’ on a year now I ain’t had nothin’ twixt my nethers weren’t run on batteries!” [Serenity, guessed by Suze]
7. “Reverse Darwinism — survival of the most idiotic.” [Jurassic Park III; no one guessed this!]
8. “You’re lucky you weren’t alive during the Microsoft conflict. Hell, we were beating each other with our own severed limbs.” [Jason X, guessed by Bec]
9. “One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires.” [The Lost Boys, guessed by Hilly]
10. “Can I get any of you cunts a drink?” [Shaun Of The Dead, guessed by Fig]
11. “I knew your sister. She was a homicidal bitch.” [Resident Evil: Extinction, guessed by Juli]
12. “Seriously, when was the last time you ever turned on the radio to listen to popular music? ’70s, ’80s? Michael Jackson was still black? Pearl Jam, maybe?” [Live Free Or Die Hard, guessed by Juli]
13. “Regrets are a waste of time. They’re the past crippling you in the present.” [Under The Tuscan Sun, guessed by Sizzle]
14. “Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn’t ya, you bastard!” [Tremors, guessed by Bec]
15. “I don’t give a shit about sleeping, Leon. I want love, or death. That’s it.” [The Professional (aka Leon), guessed by Bec]

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BFF also means Blog Friends Forever

Embraced by His Daveness

Aiyee, getting seriously nostalgic here. I could go on and on and on, but instead, it’s time to make some NEW memories …

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