LadyGypsy.net – the blog of Kimberly Dowd of New Jersey

I juuuuuust made it under the wire with this week’s Friday Five, didn’t I? Was home sick from work today and forgot it was Friday, believe it or not. I’m feeling better now, so here we go! This week we’re talking about drops.

1. What was the last thing you dropped on the kitchen floor?
I dropped a bottle of Bailey’s on the floor tonight. It didn’t break or crack, thank goodness. Mmmm…Bailey’s…

Funny thing on the Bailey’s website: they want you to like them on Facebook. I know I’m not the most private of people, but even *I* wouldn’t be so silly as to put out in front of God & country that I’m really a fan of a certain brand of alcohol. I know we all mention having a drink of wine or beer from time to time, but to commit to LIKING booze? Nah.

2. What cough drops do you like, and do they work very well?
My favorite used to be Pine Bros cough drops. They were cherry flavored and chewy and fantastic. But since all good things are discontinued, they’re gone now. These days I stick with Luden’s Honey Lemon Cough drops. They’re very soothy, if that’s a word.

3. Who was the last person you dropped off somewhere?
I dropped Mom off at the house after dinner on Wednesday.

4. When were you ever dropped like a bad habit?
My breakups were historically never that quick or blunt. They were long, drawn-out and weepy. Like detoxing instead of dropping. Like a band-aid pulling each individual hair off of your arm. Like shampoo dripping over your eyebrow and gently seeping into your eye.

5. What are your favorite kind of raindrops?
The really thick heavy ones that are common in summer storms. They make great ripples in puddles and really hit you with a plop. They usually mean (to me, the non-meteorologist) that the storm will be quick, too.

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In other news not worthy of their own blog post, I discovered today that my middle fingers are crooked. I never noticed it until I grew my nails out. I’m so hot.

Everybody’s working for the weekend! Everybody needs the Friday Five!

This week’s topic? Fields.

1. What is the field nearest your home like?

It’s a field hockey field and it’s very nice. So nice that it’s a shame the space is being used for … field hockey. It’d be great if it the rest of the park was that well maintained for the 99.99% of us who do not play field hockey in town. Think of Frisbee/ball throwing without worrying about tripping over gnarled roots. What a wonderful world it would be…

2. How did you get into the professional field you’re in? If you’re not working, what field are you most likely to find yourself in some day?

I was working at Jenny Craig in the mid-1990s and taught myself web design at home. Then, as a secretary for the worst boss imaginable at a medical pubishing company, I helped update the sites for some of the local periodicals. I parlayed that knowlege into a job at the C-P in 1999 which was when you could get a tech job without knowing the entire alphabet soup of languages. That would never happen today.

3. What’s the most interesting sight within your current field of vision?

Hrm. When I’m at my PC I’m staring at the wall. But if I tilt up a bit, I can see my dorkshelf, which holds a myriad of tchotchkes that are interesting to me.

4. Where were you the last time you fielded questions from several people in turn?

Work! New boss (who knows nothing about my blog and I think I’m going to keep it that way) started on Tuesday. He’s a nice chap, but still a new employee. So questions, questions, questions.

5. How are you feeling right now?

Tired. And my stomach hurts. I had a really bad stomachache on Labor Day and it’s persisted off and on all week. That’s not stopping me from drinking coffee, though. I have cramps too. But I’m happy it’s Friday. I’m watching Lar DeSouza livestream his artwork, with a great guy at my left and some softly stinky dogs at my feet. Life is good!

Guess what time it is!

It’s Labor Day weekend!
It’s my last Friday as a 37-year-old!
It’s time for me to start thinking about redesigning the blog!
It’s Friday Five time! This week’s theme is Ink.

1. What are the coolest and ugliest tattoos you’ve ever seen?

Much like my weird desire to get a navel ring before I turned 35, I want a tattoo before I turn 40. At this rate I’ll have a blue mowhawk at 50. But the tattoos I like are dainty and colorful, much like Joss Stone’s foot tattoo.

As for ugly…I don’t think peoples’ faces don’t translate well to tattooing. So the worst tattoo I saw was someone who had their child’s face on them and it was drawn poorly across the widest part of his arm and…wow.

Okay fine…I need to see this again.

2. Have you ever had a meal in which squid ink was an ingredient? How was it?

I had squid ink pasta once but I don’t remember it tasting differently than regular pasta. It was just purply black, which was a turn off in itself.

3. Are you one of those people who has a favorite pen, or one of those people who just uses whatever’s at hand? What’re your favorite pens like?

I’ve commandeered one of WM’s good pens and I use it at work for my tasklist and timesheet. Other than that, no…I use whatever’s around. I prefer pencils anyway.

4. There’s a box of colored markers on the table, and someone tells everyone assembled to grab one. If you have first pick, what do you take?

The Sharpie brand because they smell sooooo good. Oh, colorwise? Royal purple.

5. Have you ever written on a wall in a public place?

No. I’m too chicken to vandalize things. I have stuck angry post-it notes in places. I know…a post-it note. I’m such a revolutionary.