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amilyn

Birthdays, deaf dog, exchange students

Jul 14, 2009 14:15

Elf turned EIGHT yesterday. We had her party on Sunday and went out shopping first thing in the morning for stuff. We could not find a piñata at first, and mtgat and husband were lovely enough to retrieve one on their way. The critter was filled, everyone got in a good whack, and it was BEN who beheaded it with a huge, hard hit. I've got to say that ( Read more... )

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wiliqueen July 14 2009, 21:17:33 UTC

Anderson Cooper is a CNN anchor/host whose primary impression on me has been "terribly earnest." Also, I wasn't entirely certain until I saw this clip that he in fact knew how to smile. Which of course makes the clip approximately 300% funnier, and is no doubt why it made its way around so quickly!

amilyn July 14 2009, 23:50:36 UTC

Very likely. Also just...the amazing sight of someone THAT INEPT at using something as seemingly mundane as RediWhip...

chalcedony July 14 2009, 22:24:55 UTC

... slide apart like catastrophic tectonic plate movement.
Aha, I have had an effect on you! ::grins like a crazy woman::

You've never heard of Anderson Cooper??? Sweetie, don't you ever watch the news?

amilyn July 14 2009, 23:44:38 UTC

*grin* re: tectonic plate movement.

re: news.... I don't have cable. I don't watch news, I read it. When I did have cable, I didn't watch CNN after finding that they said the same four things over and over with no new information.

So...yeah...totally missed him and had NO idea of his background or that the Vanderbilts were anyone important.

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amilyn July 14 2009, 23:47:02 UTC

Yeah...I've been told. But even if I'd known that before, I never knew why Gloria Vanderbilt was "someone" and even in the 80s, my reaction was "So...who is she, anyway, and why does anyone care about her OR her jeans?" I figured she was a soap opera actress or something.

The irony is that, while I knew what RediWhip was and how to use it (observation of TV), WE never had it because it was too expensive.

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amilyn July 14 2009, 23:49:26 UTC

Now, when one whips actual CREAM...it works FINE as icing. And it's YUMMY. It works great, truly. Just not the canned stuff. And I'm betting you know the trick of putting the beaters and the bowl in the freezer before whipping it, too, don't you?

And are you an "add sugar" or "no sugar" person?

kevenn July 15 2009, 13:35:28 UTC

Never heard of Anderson Cooper??? He's only the sexiest news anchor EVER!!! :D

amilyn July 15 2009, 18:09:10 UTC

/me is not so interested in men, and thus never noticed...plus...it's cable news and LAME.