I’m pretty sure I’ve written about the “potatohead” argument before, but I can’t substantiate that because I’m actually too lazy right now to open a new tab and google it.
Randy has since cleared this up. Yes, I did write about the “potatohead” argument before. I will get to “potatohead” in a minute.
I spent most of my day tangling yesterday. My mother got me a “tangling” book for my birthday. I can’t not doodle now. I doodle all the time. All I want to do is doodle. I’m a yankee doodle doodler.
Sorry for that last sentence.
I did manage to detail the bathroom and eat Taco Bell in addition to doodling. So, I pretty much won Saturday.
Randy and I drank cocktails and had the boy go out and fetch our fast food. When Joey returned, we sat together and talked about what Joey’s name might have been.
Joey has heard the story of how he was named many times, but we humans love hearing our stories over and over.
Me: Yeah, your dad wasn’t kidding. He wanted to name you Elvis Aaron. Which I shot down. Then he suggested Jesse Garron, which was Elvis’s stillborn brother’s name. So I extra shot that one down. Then he threw out Dee Dee as in Dee Dee Ramone. I couldn’t go for Dee Dee, but I’ve always loved the name Joey and that is how we settled on Joey Ramone.
Joey: Thank you for saving me, mom.
Me: You know your dad and I had to have an actual argument once over not changing our names to Mr and Mrs Potatohead.
Joey:..
Joey: So, what you are telling me is that my name was very nearly Elvis Aaron Potatohead?
Me and Randy: BAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
Years ago, Randy and I had an actual argument, and I am not making this up, over the fact that I wouldn’t consider, even for a moment, having our names legally changed to Mr and Mrs Potatohead. We read a story about a man who had changed his name to something like Larry Lizard Lover, I don’t remember exactly what it was, but it definitely had “lizard lover” in it. That inspired Randy to come up with the idea to change our names to Mr. and Mrs. Potatohead. He actually got annoyed with me when I told him that I wouldn’t consider it and he wanted me to state reasons that went beyond “No, because that’s fucking dumb”.Ā I’m pretty sure my other reasons were just variations of “No, because that’s fucking dumb”.
I did mention that alcohol was involved, right? I mean when we were talking with Joey while eating Taco Bell. Not the original Mr and Mrs Potatohead conversation. Randy was completely sober for that. He’s been weird for years, you guys.
So, I spent my weekend doodling, not eating healthy, watching too much TV, and finally doing some cleaning. It was nice to sit down and eat with Randy and Joey, even if it was Taco Bell. I can count on at least one fit of laughter when hanging out with Randy and Joey. Well, unless Joey is acting all teenager-y.
I have to recommend taking up tangling.Ā Or we can call it doodling. Whatever.Ā In either case, it’s simple to do and the repetitive movement worked some minor miracles on my anxiety. I just have to find the balance between using it to calm the fuck down and becoming obsessive. It’s hard being me.
“Iām a yankee doodle doodler.”
No apology necessary!
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lol. We were going to call our daughter ‘Spud’ because all I could eat during the pregnancy was potatoes. Luckily calmer heads prevailed.
Glad you had a good day, and I will definitely take up this tangling thing. Maybe it will help calm my notorious monkey mind.
Hahahha…spud.
According to the Google, his name is Henry…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lizardlover
I used to illustrate the pages of my journal with colored pens, and I did find it quite relaxing. Did you see the cookie decoration video the Bloggess linked to today? That was awesome. Who could eat such a cookie?
Ahhh yes…Henry..that’s it.
This summer has been the season of the mindful colouring book craze … I think I’m the only adult on the continent who didn’t get one for Christmas and on hot days I’m sure it would be preferable to, and have the same anti- anxiety effect as, my usual knitting or crochet. Is the colouring- in thing big in your hemisphere?
Oh yes..adult coloring books are the thing now.
I have a coloring book and lots of colored pencils and markers to help me calm down. Does it work you ask? Hell yes because I am too busy trying to stay in the lines to worry about anything else at the moment.
it really does calm my brain down.
Zentangles! The couple who “invented” it have trademarked the name, so it’s a good thing you just said “tangling” because otherwise, you might be hearing from their legal team.
Btw, I’ve gotten into tangling on wood. Very cool.
Tangling on wood sounds kind of dirty. Hahaha
Many years ago (and I’m talking maybe 35 or so) I had an Aztec Coloring Book and a set of colored fine tip pens that would occupy me for hours on end. I was in my late 20’s or early 30’s and everyone thought I hadn’t made it out of Kindergarten mentally. So now it’s a thing? I’m living my life completely ass backwards. When I hit 80, I’ll probably wind up with children!
You were definitely ahead of your time!
Thanks for the reminder for me – I have some colouring in books in the TV unit – maybe I should get them out and use them. Although I fear I will be the same as you – they will calm me down on one hand and rank up the anxiety on the other because they won’t be quite right and I should have used a different colour or picked a different picture. Actually maybe I won’t look for them, I’ll just carry on with the next American flag blanket I’m crocheting !!!!
I just can’t stop. All I want to do is doodle.
I’m happy you never became Mrs. Potatohead, M. I definitely wouldn’t have followed your blog, and I’d have missed so much! I don’t care if Randy is Mr. P. (In Quebec, a married woman cannot take her husband’s name. We just use the same ol’ name we’re given at birth. Good enough!)
Hahaha..yeah..no Mrs Potatohead for me.
You don’t need to apologize for “Iām a yankee doodle doodler” but you do need to apologize for not naming your son Elvis Aaron Potatohead–giving him two middle names.
And I keep journals of all sorts of stupid ideas that come to me while watching television. Once I wrote down an idea for a travel reality show like “No Reservations With Anthony Bourdain” or “Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern” but it would be a guy who goes around to brothels and would be called “Get Fucked With…”
Now I think having Henry Lizard Lover as the host would make it perfect.
HAHAHA…YES! I would watch that show.
You tell the best stories. Seriously.
Hahha…thank you, sweetness!
Wendy of the Rock: Oh Yeah. It’s big in the Northern Hemi. I think The Bloggess may be single-handedly responsible for it, too š https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/jennysketches/
OK, so a few years back, Crayola put out 3D markers with 3D glasses. They were AWESOME! It may have only been the trick of making sure the contrasts touched, but it was fun to do and then put on the paper 3D ‘glasses’ and see the ‘pop.’
I wasted HOURS (OK waste is a strong word) … I colored 3D everything. No staying in the lines, made my own š
Rage-M? We can also call it ‘stabbing with markers’ or ‘smearing with color’ if it helps with the obsession of perfection.
http://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Explosion-Coloring-Tablet-Glasses/dp/B003GSLGLK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456757702&sr=8-1&keywords=crayola+3d+markers
This is all I could find, besides the Melissa and Doug 3D kits. Crayola went and ‘improved’ their 3D markers and it doesn’t look like they are getting very good reviews š
(But, the Melissa and Doug kits look pretty awesome. May have to get a few for the Gbabies!)
My library now has Adult Coloring on Tuesdays and the number of color-ers is increasing š
Now, the ‘name game’…
I was going to name my almost youngest Dylan Anderson Christensen and his Paternal Gramma said, “No. Sounds like Hans Christian Anderson.” (I named all my boys with a grandfather’s name for their middle name… Devin wasn’t too happy with Lindsey, and I soon saw the easily confused ‘girl’ feel to the moniker. Too late – after I started getting ‘Congratulations on your new daughter!’ Aaacchhh š )
I also named the boys with names that could be girl names with a spelling variation. Just in case the ultrasounds were wrong. Ended up with Dustin, (for sure he was a boy and I was OK with that š ) Devin, Dylan and Darin.
Sounds red-necky, (and hard to call them all when drunk!) but flows well on Christmas cards š
Now… when it comes to my animals š Sandinmysocks, Too Easy (horses), GetmemyGouda (Cat the color of cheese), Sir Cock-n-pee (yup, peacock), and Clearly (white ‘blank’ kitty – we colored him with watercolor markers. Raccooned him up in purple and blue :))
My children are very happy with their names, seeing how it could have gone š
Elvis Aaron Potatohead’s initials would be ‘EAP’… cool nickname, anyway …
It must be the links…anyway…better late than never?
I got stuck in your Spam folder, again… it’s the links.
No more than one link per post.
I get it now š
I am aware…
Dammit!! My spam folder is stupid. haha. Sorry you got stuck there again!
It’s all good. It’s nice and quiet in here š
And, you’ll appreciate the ‘profiling’ if someone actually sneaks in. (Saw a sexy dater with toys and bare butts and …you know…penis’s. Being used. Spam on the Bloggess the other day…kinda freaked me out :0 )
oh my spam filter blocks a LOT of weird shit. I just don’t usually check it and there are often valid comments in there. š
Only you could put all of that together and make a great blog post out of it!
Hahaha..thank you, sister!
Ha, I remember you mentioning this before but this post made me cry laughing. Thanks I needed that today!
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You have also reminded me that I need to clean the bathroom when I get back after college!
YAY FOR LAUGHING!!!
Yay for ignoring the bathroom, watching a movie instead and saying I’ll do it tomorrow
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I’d love to hang out with you guys. I’m already an expert doodler watcher, if that’s a thing. Spent part of my weekend watching a friend color as well. As for the name game, my dad, last name Ryan, married an Italian woman and if I was a boy, he wanted to name me Luigi, just for yuks. Thanks, Dad!
Hahaha. Yeah, I’m glad you aren’t a Luigi.
After stopping to sing the entire “Yankee Doodle Doodler” song, I loved this article. I am a big time Doodler. I had a Professor once that slipped his frustrations over students doodling while he lectured into our conversation. I replied that I would not hear a word he said if I did not doodle. I graduated with Honors in Writing, so I know it works for me. My mind is way too hyper to just sit and listen to anyone talk for a whole hour. Another time, he said that students who think out loud are distracting. Funny, I had nothing to say about that one.
I DO THE SAME THING!!! If I can’t doodle in a meeting, then I can’t pay attention.
I did an art therapy session today. Keeping in mind my art is writing, not actual art art. It gave me clarity and my piece was entitled Chaos is Beautiful. So, I have a new mantra, and I finally have an addition to the fridge gallery. Win/win.is
I am all about those win/win situations! š