I have some truly AWESOME! news.
By now the five of you already know that I'm a huge dork fanatic when it comes to words. "Words are my life," as my alter ego once said. And basically they are.
So it's really quite unbelievable that it has taken me this long to jump onto a wagon that has been mesmerizing my friends and family members (and making them really lame dinner company) for over a year now.
But, the day has finally come, and I could not be happier. Even if I am unfashionably late to the party.
Hello Words with Friends. It's nice to meet you. My name is "Jenferder."
Seriously. Best. App. Ever! (Not counting the William Shatner one, of course.)
If you're really cool you should look me up, mostly so I won't have to keep playing with strangers. But also, so I won't have to check my phone so obsessively to see if it's "Your Move" yet. I really don't like waiting. Not for Words at least.
Now at this point I'm starting to feel uncannily similar to Sandra Bullock's not-so-lovable, crossword constructor character in "All About Steve" (which I give a D - to by the way). So... I'm gonna try to ease my way out of word territory. And as an added measure I will continue to resist the urge to wear ridiculous red pleather boots. Difficult but worth it.
I'll also proceed with some unrelated awesome stuff and awkwardness from this past week.
Awkward: Laying poolside, trying to read, while high schoolers make out in the pool. Especially since they were babysitting her little sister/daughter/their little sister (ewww) at the same time.
Awesome: Having fantastic tan lines to show off at work on Tuesday after a great Memorial Day weekend. (By awesome tan lines I mean both hooker-like halter straps around my neck AND a farmer's tan on my arms. Basically, I've been a farmer's ho this week, hence the need to spend lots more time poolside.)
Awkward: How the Bank of America security people must have felt watching me deposit my paycheck with only one hand. Not 'cause I had the other hand on the steering wheel, but because it was shoveling pizza into my mouth. Some people say multi-tasking actually makes us less effective, but I say why wouldn't I eat my dinner while doing a drive-thru deposit?
Awesome: "Bossypants." As a book. A nickname. And a lifestyle. And speaking of which... "running" a meeting with your coworkers - i.e. people who are on the exact same rung of the corporate ladder with you - is equally awesome. In addition to Tina Fey's wise leadership guidance, I chalk this one up to my rearranged office.
Apparently if you position comfy chairs towards your desk people will come. And if you frequently wear your hair in a bun they will take you seriously when you talk. AND, if you have a chalkboard/magnet board hanging above your desk with post-its, family photos, and an eye patch hanging from it, you can even get away with using a makeshift pointer to prove your points.
Basically, this afternoon, I totally got away with playing the grown-up version of school, which I'd like to think would make my teddy bears and Cabbage Patch Kids really proud if they could see me now. They were, afterall, my first pupils.
Awkward: Having your phone die in the middle of a riveting game of 20 Questions with a stranger... which I guess was my gateway into Words With Friends. I have to say... that game is a lot harder than I remembered (or that it looked like during the special features of "The Go Getter." Brother, can you back me up on this?).
Awesome: Being photographed while blogging. That is not awkward at all. Nope. I was born for the dim came-with-the-camera flash light. Bring it on Gwendolyn.
Awkward: When your fancy travel mug leaks on your lap and you have to walk around with sweet tea in an area more commonly reserved for other kinds of accidents.
Awesome: Planning Friday's pizza lunch on Tuesday. You gotta have goals, I always say.
Awkward: Knowing you won't be able to drive to said lunch because you still have a month's worth of recyclables (what some would call trash) floating under your passenger seat.
Awesome: Now that enough "time" has passed, I would just like to reiterate, it really has been love at first letter, today. Especially since my first set included an X... Ca-ching! 8 points. Watch out sister.
I wish I had more to share. But... I've gotta head to the laundromat now. It's where all the cool kids in Waco go on Thursday nights in case you were wondering. You know, the cool kids... the ones who get really excited to play "TAXES" and "WINCER."
Have a fabulous wondrous miraculous astonishing prodigious Friday Eve.
Thank you my enabling friend. I do enjoy making an idiot of myself on the interweb.
Posted by: Jen | 06/04/2011 at 08:29 PM
you make me laugh. thanks for writing.
Posted by: ginny | 06/02/2011 at 09:08 PM