Why are all the tv shows that I like so filled with profanity and inappropriate material that I can't watch them around Jude? It's a real pain in the butt.
Why do I never bring a sweater when I need it...but always bring a sweater when I don't?
Why is everybody suddenly misusing the word "epic"? "That's an epic video game!!!!" Oh really? Is it noting or pertaining to The Iliad? Is it heroic or majestic? Is it of unusually great size? This silliness is bad enough when Jude and his friends us it, but the other day a friend of mine, a middle-aged man who generally knows a thing or two said something like "That movie was epic!!" and it just stunned me. Someone needs to put an end to this.
Why is taking the Lord's name in vain so incredibly satisfying?
Why does Jimmy, after we've lived in our home for 8 years, still not know where things belong in our kitchen?
Why is it that I always think of incredibly important, fascinating and random things that I must look up on my iPhone...during church? I mean really, must I pull out the phone and Google the Benihana menu or the lyrics to that song "Feeling Good" right in the middle of the priests homily?
Why has that stupid "prove you're not a robot" thing when you're leaving comments on people's blogs become so difficult? The blurry numbers? Who can read that? And we still get the spam!
Why does morning come so quickly?
Why is the lane I'm in on the freeway AND the lane I'm in at the grocery store always the slowest? And then, why don't I change lanes to the faster one? I should. But I don't. I just sit there in the slow lane getting mad. Why do I do that?
Why does Jude's room devolve from tidy to disastrous so quickly? We're talking seconds. I mean, the entire room can be perfect and the kid walks in the room, then out of the room...and it's trashed. I don't know how he does it.
Why do all those kids on American Idol sound the same to me?
Why are there four judges on American Idol this year? They know that four is too many. Keith Urban seems like a truly nice and decent man, but...not the sharpest tool in the shed. On the other hand Nicki Minaj seems like a truly nasty and unpleasant woman, but...she has some smart stuff to say. Randy is Randy. And then...I just fast forward through Mariah Carey.
Why do I still watch American Idol anyway?
Why am I so excited about the new Target? They are building a new Target about a half a mile from me, and I am so excited I'm about to bust. I keep driving by to see how the construction has progressed. Can't wait!
Why would anyone think it's an okay thing to floss their teeth in public?
Why do I have my best writing ideas when I'm in the shower? I am often forced to take notes in the steam on the shower door.
Why does our little dog, Fancy, always want to sleep on top of me? I think that on top of Jimmy or Jude would be an excellent place for a dog to sleep. But no.
Why did God give women menopause? I find that most things about our bodies and nature have a certain logic to them; there is method to the madness. But these menopausal symptoms just don't follow any logic to me. I mean, I understand why, after a certain age, women should stop being able to have children. But why the hot flashes? Why the mood swings? To what end? Does God intend to simply torture us? You'd think we would be rewarded for all that bleeding and propagating the species, don't you think? All I can figure is that it's nature's way of making us so nasty and unattractive that no one would possibly want to have sex with us anymore.
Why haven't you joined in the Spin Cycle this week? Go write something quick! Join the fun!
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Why don't you be nice and drop by our other "Why" spinners?
Vandy J at The Testosterone Three and Me
Kendra at Life in the slow lane
Ginny Marie at Lemon Drop Pie - NEW on FRIDAY!
Arnebya at What Now and Why - NEW on FRIDAY!
Mimi at Magical Mystical Mimi - NEW on SUNDAY!
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The question of why you're excited about a new Target? Dude, that's a no brainer! I heart Target :-)
Posted by: Alaina | 03/08/2013 at 04:37 AM
My girls cannot keep their rooms clean for one second! Same goes for our living room, the family room, the kitchen floor...
My post is up! Why am I always the tardy spinner?
http://www.lemondroppie.com/2013/03/why-spin-cycle/
Posted by: Ginny Marie | 03/08/2013 at 05:10 AM
I often wonder if a vortex follows Turbo around his room. He can make it messy in seconds too. It must be a skill. Not sure what they could possibly do with a skill like that though.
I really wish a target would come to our town. We are stuck with Kmart and Walmart.
Posted by: VandyJ | 03/08/2013 at 06:47 AM
I have watched every season of American Idol except the first one. But when I heard it was Nikki Minaj and Mariah Carey, I said NO THANK YOU. I just couldn't take it. That and having 5 hours of tv per week that I somehow need to get through from February to May. It felt like a second job.
Posted by: Sarah at 32Flavors | 03/08/2013 at 07:03 AM
I haven't watched AI since the year the girl committed suicide. Did that happen? Am I making that up? I remember a girl being really upset about not making it and the cameras followed her...I felt like it was just too much, overdone, and she was unstable. It seemed like they were exploiting that, so I stopped watching. Plus, I really only enjoyed the tryouts and that was just so I could laugh (which I guess was accepting bad singer exploitation. I'ma shut up now.)
I wish I could make one wish and have all types of word verification and prove you're not a robot and solve this equation (have you seen that one?) disappear. I know bloggers (even you, Gretchen, ha!) are afraid of spam, but get a widget that'll fight it like akismet or something. Oh, the bedroom. My girls are the same (well, really it's only Zoe now. Maybe it's being 9?) I don't get the flossing or the cutting of nails in public. Irks me.
Here's my spin (later than Ginny): http://www.whatnowandwhy.com/2013/03/08/but-why/
(P.S. -- how're you enjoying The Casual Vacancy? It took me 3 tries but once I got into it...I thought about it for days after I was done.)
Posted by: Arnebya | 03/08/2013 at 07:34 AM
I LOVE THESE!!!!! Yes, why can't my husband figure out where all of the dishes go? When in doubt, combine like items! Why does Nikki Minaj act like she is the old soul of the panel (and I am watching because Miss Almost 13 is...I thought going to the concert in september would absolve us from any future seasons...wrongo!) I think ONLY robots can decipher the latest in captcha!!!
Posted by: Andrea @ Maybe It's Just Me | 03/08/2013 at 04:25 PM
I usually only watch the auditions for Idol and I can't believe that many people have been lied to by their parents and friends. "Oh honey you have the voice of an angel." Um, no. You don't. I would rather be honest with my kid that have him/her face national humiliation, and don't even get me started on Mariah Carey.. But.. Target is always something to get excited about! Targets have cool stuff. :) And my boys never knew where stuff was growing up at home and now I hear their wives and girlfriends ask the same question I did.. How can you not know where the light bulbs are, you live here. - I just smile.. :)
Posted by: Magical Mystical Mimi | 03/09/2013 at 09:54 PM
Stopped by all the "spinners." Great group this week. Can't wait for next week! :D
Posted by: Magical Mystical Mimi | 03/09/2013 at 11:10 PM
Ugh the prove you're not a robot is the worst. It takes me at least two tries to get most of them. And why are most women fascinated with Target? They built one in our town a few years ago and it was like they were building heaven in our back yard. And now that it's here I rarely go!
Posted by: Kendra | 03/10/2013 at 08:41 AM