So last night I was babysitting and the 7 year old asked to play monopoly. She had never played before, so I got to teach her. It was quite fun. The whole time I had Jaime’s voice in my head from the Cheating Show “I even cheat at monopoly.” I didn’t cheat as the banker. I didn’t give myself any extra money and I should have cuz she kicked my butt. I did cheat though. She was in jail and rolled double 5s to get out of jail, if she had moved those 10 spaces she would have gotten free parking which mostly had my money in there, so I made her roll again! I made my own rules. It wasn’t cheating. ;~) Then a few rolls later, I landed on free parking.
Don’t feel bad for her, once she learns how to cheat at Monopoly, she will be worse than me or even JME. She was really cute playing. She doesn’t yet understand big bills so she was confused on how I got changed when a property costs $160 and I paid $200. She kept asking for change, she would have to pay $200 and ask if she could pay $300 and get change. I gotta work on that with her. I will probably play again with her on Saturday night and she will kick my butt again.
There is a reason I am posting this blog. Let me tell you a story. Last summer, Rachel and I started a podcast war. The goal was to see who could listen to all their podcasts and get 0 podcasts on iTunes. At the time, we both had a lot of podcasts to listen to. Well, its now been about 9 months or so and I have not once gotten 0 podcasts and Rachel has about 50 times. I am desperate to win one of these days and once I do, everyone will hear about it. I realized that both Rachel and I have posted one blog here at GNI so if I can’t beat Rachel at the podcast war, I can beat her at the blog war here at GNI with Words from Maggie or Words from Rachel posts. A war that I just started without her knowledge! I heart you Rachel! you know that. I know I can’t beat Kim or JME at blogging they just blog too much.
Okay, back to my snow day and enjoying myself. Later!
In this episode we discussed Jaime’s movie pick Office Space starring Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston. It’s a movie for anyone who has ever worked in an office and wanted to break free. So make sure you put a cover sheet on your TPS and listen to hear our review. Find your own Office Space Swag at ThinkGeek.com
Other Stuff You Should Know
We are selling t-shirts and stuffed animals! It will be a pre-order. Go here for more details.
What If We Answered Some Questions? 1. If you had to pick a button, or a piece of flair, to describe yourself, what would it say?
2. What is the one piece of work equipment that you love so much you would threaten to burn down a building for?
What’s Coming Up? Wednesday, March 5th will be a discussion episode of Jaime’s choosing. We will be talking about music. The hosts will answer ten questions that they will answer with ONLY a song title and an artist. There will be no explanations, so the challenge will be to chose a song that speaks for itself.
Audience only questions will be:
What is a song that reminds you of your childhood?
What song most makes you want to go postal?
Call in or email us the answers. As a final reminder, the next show will be Wednesday, March 5th on TalkShoe at 9pm ET, 8pm CT, 7pm MT or 6pm PT. Call in your answers to 206-203-4308, email us hello@girlsnightinpodcast.com or join us live on TalkShoe! The What If questions will be:
1. If you had to pick a song that describes where you are in your life right now what would it be?
2. If you could pick someone to write a song about you, who would it be?
The following show will be Kim’s movie pick on March 19. It is The Princess Bride , so make sure you rent it, buy it or catch it on TV before then so you can give us your review.
So those of you who follow me on twitter know that I am going to the doctor tomorrow. I am seeing a throat and neck surgeon. I have had a lump along my collar bone for over a year. I had an appointment to have it biopsied in November of 2006. I did not go. I forgot about it, subconsciously or not. I should have taken care of it then but I ignored it. Then it started to hurt, then it got bigger. When I noticed that I had just started my new job and my health insurance had yet to kick in. I was forced to try to forget it. I got my insurance in November but made an appointment and canceled it at the last minute. I chickened out. See, my family has bad history with cancer. My mom died of it three and a half years ago, my aunt died of it two years ago, my other aunt beat it, and my grandmother died of it as well. All different types were represented, bone, lung, brain, breast. It was wrong of me to put it off, it is different when you have a child. I have a responsibility and a duty to her to take care of myself. I went to the general practitioner a few weeks ago. She had blood work done and my platelet count is outta whack. That could mean any number of things. It could mean nothing. My gut feeling is that this is just a cyst. I think that if it were anything more, I would be sick by now for sure. It is more the reminder that I have a monkey on my back at all times. My medical history makes me something of a ticking time bomb in some respects. I have tried to do what I can. I now work out, am trying to eat better, and attempting to avoid stress. I have pledged to myself and to Aly that I will do all I can to make it past her 25th birthday. When I think of all my mom has missed out on, it makes me so sad for her, for me as well. So while I am sure there is nothing to this at all, it is weighing more heavy on my mind than I thought possible. Tomorrow I will be meeting with the man who will biopsy both the lump on my collar bone and also another lump in my neck that was found on an xray. I am sure that is a lymh node… it has been there for years so if THAT was serious, I dare say I would not be writing this. I am not sure if he will even do anything then or if I will have to come back. It has been hard to get information about it.
I am not writing this for sympathy, jI don’t want sympathy. I wrote this just because I have been reminded of my mother several times tonight in different ways and I just felt like I should set my feelings out there. I feel stronger already, having just typed it out. K.I.T.T from Knight Ryder said last night that he has heard that it helps to talk about things. who knew a talking car in a lame movie would say something I would remember?
See you all at the next GNI, by then this will hopefully be over.
Ok so I’m at a loss for what movie to choose to review for our next show. I have to announce it on Wednesday and I need some help. Here’s a poll for you to rate some of the movies that I would consider. Choose your top 4 movies. Feel free to leave comments here on the post as well.
The Next Show
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
9pm ET, 8pm CT, 7pm MT or 6pm PT
Your Host
Jaime
Your Assignment
Share with us your thoughts on the movie Office Space.
What If Questions
1. If you had to pick a button, or a piece of flair, to describe yourself, what would it say?
2. What is the one piece of work equipment that you love so much you would threaten to burn down a building for?
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Discussion Topic: Video Games
This week was Rachel’s discussion topic of Video Games. A couple of co-hosts weren’t interested in this topic when it was announced. Listen in to see if Rachel was able to push their buttons so that they were able to enjoy the Wii-ful topic after all? Here are a few of the answers. Know which was from which lady? Dancing with the Stars, Frogger, Tetris, and Jones in the Fastlane.
What If? The ever present, What if segment.
1. What if you had to design a brand new video game? What would it be like or about?
2. What if you had to pick any TV or movie version of the future to be the actual future. Which would you pick?
Other Stuff You Should Know
We are selling t-shirts and stuffed animals! It will be a pre-order. Go here for more details.
What’s Coming Up? Our next show will be hosted by Jaime and we will discuss the movie Office Space on February 20 at 9pm ET, 8pm CT, 7pm MT, 6pm PT, 4pm Hawaii time. Call in your thoughts on the film at 206-203-4308, send an email to hello@girlsnightinpodcast.com or join us live on TalkShoe! Participating live is easier than ever now. You don’t need to register for an account or download software. Simply click to join in and participate as a guest user. You can do this right from your browser.
The What If questions will be:
1. If you had to pick a button, or a piece of flair, to describe yourself, what would it say?
2. What is the one piece of work equipment that you love so much you would threaten to burn down a building for?
The Next Show
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
9pm ET, 8pm CT, 7pm MT or 6pm PT
Your Host
Rachel
Your Assignment
Let us know what your favorite video game of all time is. Any platform is acceptable: PC, console, hand held, arcade, etc.
What If Questions
1. What if you had to design a brand new video game? What would it be like or about?
2. What if you had to pick any TV or movie version of the future to be the actual future. Which would you pick?
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