“The Office’s Rainn Wilson — next up in Monsters vs. Aliens (out March 27) — filled out the “25 Things” Facebook chain letter for Us Weekly.
1. I would make a beautiful woman.
2. My wife is way funnier than I am.
3. I once thought it would be a good idea to be a pipe smoker like Sherlock Holmes or The Hef. I was 19.
4. I am “just not that into” seeing that new dating movie.
5. I know why the caged bird sings. To make female birds think he’s sensitive.
6. I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky. This causes a lot of injuries for me.
7. I’ve got 99 problems and a fish ain’t one of them.
8. Fact: My mother wanted to name me Thucydides.
9. Maize: My people call it corn.
10. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? One, with my incredibly acidic saliva.
11. I believe in universal health care for every planet except Earth.
12. Unlike most, I feel John Oates is overrated.
13. I am 6-foot-1 and 5/6 inches.
14. I frigging hate negative people. They suck.
15. I once took a girl on a date and refused to pay for her movie ticket because, as a feminist, I was ideologically opposed to the idea. Never saw her again. I was 19.
16. If I see a fire extinguisher, I have to play with it.
17. When I was a child, I stepped on my pet gerbil, Frederick. My dad gave him a funeral flush.
18. I think Mary Todd Lincoln was a stone-cold fox.
19. I always thought the lyrics to “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band went “Big ol’ Chad and the lineup.”
20. I once put my left foot in while doing the hokeypokey and was unable to take it out for three days.
21. I’m an expert juggler, chess player and Call of Duty sniper.
22. I dance like a girl when Madonna’s “Into the Groove” comes on.
23. Fact: My two favorite shows are Lost and Sesame Street.
24. My stunt double on The Office is a marionette.
25. I wish there was a Home Surgery Network.”
Well, I changed my headline photo bar — I’m thinking that this one will stay so I thought that I would provide a caption (from L to R):
1: Me, Becky, Meg, & Pam – We surprised Becky, well, pre-planned surprised, for her 26th birthday.
2: Adi & Me – It was definitely NYC and I think that it was the first time we went up there to see her.
3: My Mom & Me – Obligatory subway platform picture in NYC taken Thanksgiving 2008.
4: Thomas & Me – O’Hare Int’l Airport, waiting and waiting for the plane to arrive.
5: My sister, Stephanie & Me – Also taken in NYC (I go way too often!) on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
6: Sadie! – New Year’s Eve, wearing some leis.
7: My Dad and Me: Empire State Building, Thanksgiving 2008. I obviously need to bust out the camera at other family events.
8: Thomas and Me: Jimmy Buffett concert, we try to make it every year. If you haven’t gone to see him, I don’t care if you really aren’t even a fan, it’s an experience unlike any other!
That reminds me… Jimmy tickets go on sale tomorrow!!
Oscar nominations were announced today… eh. Some surprises, but as a whole, pretty uneventful. Dark Knight, Leo, and Kate Winslet (for Revolutionary Road) were totally snubbed! And really? Robert Downey, Jr. for Tropic Thunder? I mean, I thought the movie was funny, but really? Eh, predictions are bold:
Best Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Can you believe that she is already one?! My sister finally emailed me pictures from the big party on big day which was actually January 3rd… too precious!
So one of my New Year’s resolutions was to read more… thus, I made a list of 100 books to read over the course of the year… yes, I know, that’s over 8 books a month, but hey, a girl’s gotta dream :). Besides, some of them I have read before so they should go quick…
2666 by Roberto Bolano
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
A Widow for One Year by John Irving
A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson
Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Loma Lanvik (more…)
Yum! RT@kbohls CBS did a piece on great Royer's Cafe in Round Top Sunday. Royer's website got 1,000 hits and 15,000 pie orders. Power of TV. 4 hours ago
“You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” -Galatians 3:26-28
"Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts." -Isaiah 26:8
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God." -Romans 5:1-2
