Jaime hosts this week’s Super Short Show reminding us of the the CONTEST that’s FREE to enter, the discussion topic (what you heart and what you square) and the two What If questions that we need your responses on:
If you could live the life of a television character, who would it be?
If you could spend a week in someone else’s shoes, who would you choose to be?
Think about your answers to what you heart, what you square and the what if questions. Why pass up the chance to enter this cool contest? If this one goes well, maybe we’ll think about doing more in the future! Come to our live recording and share your thoughts with us live. Call us on our listener line, 206-666-6418, send us an email to hello@girlsnightinpodcast.com, or join us live on Talkshoe at 9PM EDT, 8PM CDT, 6PM PDT, 4PM Hawaii time.
Okay, I know I just blogged about this… but here is part two of my office stories. Remember Mr. Moranis? Well, here is what I have noticed this week. He wears two watches. At the same time. On the same arm. They both function and there seems to be no reason for this at all. These are not Rolexes or any other kind of watch that you would think MAY have sentimental value. Oh no. One looks like the classic dork wrist adornment of the 80’s, complete with calculator. The other one looks like it stood next to a nice gold watch and tried to dress and act like it, but as with all imposters, imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery… but it is still imitation. I however, wear no watches, so maybe this is something time knowers of the world understand while those of us who believe the party starts when we get there will never get… seriously. Two?
I also found out a bit of inflammatory gooze (yes, new word alert). He left his wife for the nanny, whom he affectionately refers to as bossy. Yes, he calls her bossy instead of a name. I have no idea what her name actually is as no one has ever heard her referred to as anything other than bossy. Maybe the two watches is because if he is late bossy gets mad?
In addition to Mr. Moranis, I want to introduce you to another person in my office. We shall call her Ms. (never Miss or Mrs.) Talbots. She is stick thin, but always on a diet, wears her hair in a perfect wedge, and ALWAYS dresses like she stepped out of a catalogue circa 1984. She is full of pleasantries, such as her favorite way to greet me on her way out of the lunchroom on my way in… “Don’t eat too much”. She first said this time me the very first time I spoke to her. She has ice water pumping from her heart and a sacchrin smile. Artificially sweet and completely unsatisfying, it leaves you craving the real thing. Sort of the way new coke made you wish you had coke classic. More on her later…
Yours,
JME
PS Random listener this blog… is you. Whoever you are… you rock.
Hello everyone. I know I have been mysteriously absent from the world of blog as of late… but I have not had anything to say. All right, pick yourself up off the floor while I explain. I like to write about things I love and hate and since I decided to have that be my topic for next weeks show… well, what am I to blog about??
I decided to write about the thing which I should be doing now… work. For those of you who don’t know, I started a new job 3 months ago. I think I am just now starting to settle in, be comfortable, and even not hate being here ALL the time.
That being said, let me tell you about my boss. Picture for me Rick Moranis, now add about 15 years from the last time you saw him in a movie because I dont know about you, but I skipped “Honey I blew up the kid”. I am more of a “My Blue Heaven” kind of girl, but I digress. Now that you have your mental pic, let me tell you some stories about him. He broke his toe a month ago and rather than buy an orthopedic shoe… he lopped off the top of a pair of tennis shoes and wore that instead. Keep in mind this man is rich and CAN afford proper medical care, he just prefers to invent things himself. During the middle of a heat wave, he came in to the lunchroom and said “wow, it sure is hot.. let me fix that. He popped in a second later and said “I am such a nice guy, I turned the AC down a degree”. A degree, as in ONE. Whoo… we are talking 88 to 87. Let me tell you about the icy cool relief we all felt.
Last week on the show you heard my delirium after being cooped up all day sorting papers. What I did not mention is that those papers started out as a pile about 3 feet tall. I got, kid you not, THREE sets of instructions on how to sort these papers into piles. Because I am that stupid. AFTER (he insires all kinds of caps) I was done, I went to file these nicely sorted papers and lo and behold, there was a pile about a foot tall that he forgot to give me. Maybe he was focusing on the instructions he needed to give me?
Mr. Moranis brings in bagels every Monday. This is nice. He does not however bring in enough for everyone. He writes names on all but 2 of them and the 10 people without a labeled bagel actually get to fistfight for their share of the remaining 2. Once, he brought in donuts and when someone ate one that was not labeled for them, he hunted them down and asked them in front of everyone else if they had eaten it… more fun stories to come, this was just the appetizer. Do you have any fun boss stories to share? Comment and let me know.
Back to my regularly scheduled Monday.
Laters,
Jme
PS Random listener shoutout goes to… drum roll please… My friend Krissy in the “IT” department, my new friend on facebook whose emails never fail to crack me up, even when I read them right. Funny how she did not take me up on my offer to go to Sephora for her.
Movie Review
Tonight we discussed Jaime’s movie pick Playing by Heart staring, among other’s; Sean Connery, Angelina Joile, and Gillian Anderson. “It is a character-driven drama about the sometimes funny, sometimes painful and always complex ways love can touch your life. Set in Los Angeles, the film weaves in and out of the lives of a group of eleven people of varied generations and lifestyles, all of whom are experiencing love in one of its many maddening stages. Some people are finding it. Others are losing it. What they have in common is an intense desire to express how love makes them feel.” We had a spirited discussion and one of our most. . . interesting ones. We also, once again rated it using our Buy It, Rent It, Catch It On TV or Skip It.
Want to hear this interesting discussion, bitches? You’ll have to listen for yourself.
What If?
1: If money were not an object, and you HAD to choose to pursue a profession you are not already in, what would you choose?
2. If your current spouse (if you have one) did not exist AND you HAD to choose to be in a relationship with a celebrity, who would it be?
We had lots of great listener feedback on this one, but you don’t want to be left out, do you?
What’s Coming Up? Wait, we have a special announcement! This just in!!!
On our next episode we are starting a contest. The rules are pretty simple, you need to show up to the live show or call in some feedback and you will automatically be entered into a drawing for the grand prize. The feedback can be anything having to do with the show whether it be answering a What If question, commenting on our discussion topic or pretty much anything beyond just giving your name and saying you like the show. It is, unfortunately only open to US residents as the shipping is beyond our means at this point. One grand prize winner, to be selected at random from eligible entries will win… A trip for two to…. YOUR COUCH! We will be giving away a gift card valid for a movie rental, two sodas, two boxes of candy, and popcorn for you and a lovely guest.
Our next episode will be October 3 at 9PM EDT, 8PM CDT, 6PM PDT, 4PM Hawaii time. We will be discussing Jaime’s topic of choice, mood extremes. We wanna hear a few things that make you happy as a clam and a few things that drive you batty. Call in your rants and raves at 206-666-6418, email us at hello@girlsnightinpodcast.com or join us live on talkshoe!
The What If questions will be:
1. If you could live the life of a television character, who would it be?
2. If you could spend a week in someone else’s shoes, who would you choose to be?
The following episode it will be Kim’s turn to host again and her movie pick is Little Shop of Horrors (1986 version). It will be October 17 live at the same times as above.
Jaime hosts this week’s Super Short Show reminding us of the movie discussion coming up (Playing by Heart) and the two What If questions that we need your responses on:
If money were not an object, and you HAD to choose to pursue a profession you are not already in, what would you choose?
If your current spouse (if you have one) did not exist and you HAD to choose to be in a relationship with a celebrity, who would it be?
Rent the movie and call in your feedback or review once you’ve seen it. You can also come to our live recording and share your thoughts with us live. Call us on our listener line, 206-666-6418, send us an email to hello@girlsnightinpodcast.com, or join us live on Talkshoe at 9PM EDT, 8PM CDT, 6PM PDT, 4PM Hawaii time.
In an effort to resurrect all of our past mistakes and remember some of the hilarity from the past seven shows, I’ve been listening to the previous episodes again. Why would I be doing that? Well, sometimes a girl needs a to laugh. Sometimes, a girl needs to hold the other girls (and herself) accountable for their actions.
Laughter
So far I’ve listened, once again, to episodes 1-4 of GNI. I seriously heart my co-hosts. They’re way fun. I was listening yesterday while at the office and my boss came in to check on me about 3 or 4 different times because I was laughing so hard. Sometimes I wonder if maybe I’m the only one who gets the “funny” that we share in these podcasts, but then I read Twitter and find that many others are laughing right along with us. It is highly possible that they’re laughing at us though. Either way, ya’ll are laughing, and that makes Kim happy.
Cheating
Since we always seem to be harping on each other for cheating at one thing or another, I figure it’s time to start keeping count. Darren Blake of the Flick-a-Brac podcast had started keeping cheater counts for us, which inspired me to fine tune my listening skills as well. Once I can get current with the counts for all of the past episodes I’ll either post the cheater count here, talk about it on the podcast or both. Who do you think is winning the cheater war so far? As in, who’s The Biggest Cheater?
Quotes
While I was listening I found myself laughing hardest at some of the one-liners that have been spoken, be it in good taste or not. I then decided that I needed to start making a “quotable” list. I’ve done that and have posted a couple of the quotes on our Twitter Account. If you don’t follow us, I would recommend it. We post to that account when we have something fun to say, an announcement to make (new blog post, when we’re about to record, when a new episode is posted to the feed) and most recently, a new quote. These aren’t only things that four of us girls say. I’ve found a line or two from our listeners that I found absolutely hysterical.
Here are the two quotes I’ve posted at Twitter so far:
“Like Kim, I would also be a man.” -Rachel
“Thanks to Girls Night In, I cheat all year.” -Donut
Being that I’m the one listening and marking down “quotable” things, I am finding many more funny things from the mouths of the other girls than from my own. So, if I’ve said something quotable in the past, might you share it with me?
What have you heard on the podcast that should make the “quotable” list? Might you remember the episode it was from? Leave a comment to share your favorites!
Discussion Topic: Favorite TV Maggie chose the topic for this week’s show. We gave our show picks in the following areas.
1- Favorite Summer Shows
2- What show are you most looking forward to in FALL 2007, not spring 2008.
3- Favorite Nostalgia pick (TV show from your childhood)
4- Favorite TV show no longer on the air
5- Favorite show to watch on DVD
Jaime’s mentioned a specific DVD which was Season 4, Episode 22. You’ll have to listen to find out what show and why we listed this so specifically!
What If? As always we answered 2 What If questions.
1) If you were given one hour to spend an unlimited amount of money in any store in the world, what would it be?
2) If you could choose to live on a different planet, which one would you choose?
What’s Coming Up? Our next episode will be on September 19 and will be a discussion of Jaime’s movie, Playing by Heart. Make sure you rent the movie and call in your feedback or review once you’ve seen it. You can also come to our live recording and share your thoughts with us live. We really thrive on the listener feedback. Call us on our listener line, 206-666-6418, send us an email to hello@girlsnightinpodcast.com, or join us live on Talkshoe at 9PM EDT, 8PM CDT, 6PM PDT, 4PM Hawaii time.
Oooh snap! You’re in for a big surprise on this recording because there are three, yes you read that right, three PSAs within the podcast. We hope you enjoy it!
