Something New Catchup

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March 12, 2011 by Darlene McC

A little disappointed in myself and the speed with which I’ve gotten away from the spirit of this exercise: to do something with intention every day and then write about it.  This is my catch-up post.  Feel free to flog me for my indiscretion.

Something New #13 – Lent Trap

This one’s pretty simple; new thing, new word.  Lent Trap:

In couples where one party is Catholic and the other is not, the unwilling subjection of the non-Catholic to the 40-day ritual of penitence known asLent.

1. We were going to have dinner at this great new steak place on Friday night, but Joe’s got me stuck in a Lent Trap.

2. My wife Jane decided to give up sex for Lent. Worst. Lent Trap. Ever.

– Urban Dictionary

I wasn’t raised Catholic, so my attachment to Lent is weaker than some; however, I have had the experience of “so-and-so gave up ____ and now I don’t get to have it either”.  Simple enough.  To make this one count I used it in casual conversation and shared it in my (very cool & unoffended) office.

SN #14 – Bubble Tea

Yes, it’s true ~ before this week I never had a bubble tea.  Weird, right?  Well, I tried it ~ here ya go:

Please excuse the head-tilt… my boss wasn’t sure how to shoot with my phone.

SN #15 – Moulin Rouge Drinking Game

It also may surprise you to know that I’ve never played a drinking game to a movie before.  That surly changed Tuesday night when I played the Moulin Rouge Drinking Game with a bottle of saki.  We modified the “standard online rules” because, frankly, some of them seemed stupid.  Our rules were as follows:

• A girl lifts her skirt  (gee thats gonna be tough to find)
• Satine makes that awful noise. (what .. is she trying to be seductive with that? who knows…)
• Christian says “all you need is love”
• Satine refuses to love Christian
• Toulouse uses “W” instead of “L” or “R”
• Zidler uses a nickname for Satine (ie “gosling”, “strawberry”, etc)
• The Argentinean becomes unconcious
• Satine sings “Diamonds are a girls best friend”
• The Duke twitches his mustashe
• Nini is a …”witch”
• “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is ust to love and be loved in return” is spoken/sung

Hilarity ensued.

SN #16 – Garrulous

Another new word!  Garrulous is an obnoxious, pretentious way to mean “talkative”.  Now you know.

SN # 17 – Sliders

Or, technically, just tiny cheeseburgers because I wasn’t at a White Castle.  But I’d just never had little burgers before.  I’ve mean to; just didn’t order them.  Well… now I have:

They were tasty as all hell.  I’d honestly expected that they would be over-cooked and a bit tough (which is why I’d never gotten them), but they were perfectly done and I’ve been craving them a little bit ever since.

SN #18 – Killian’s Irish Red

It’s hard to believe that I’ve never had such a standard beer before, but it’s true.  Thought it was tasty and hoppy and had a very rich flavor.

 

Phew!  That’s a lot of new.

 

Bonus:

For your enjoyment, a video from the origami turtle experiment: