Good evening …. hmm what shall I call you all, it would be unfair to call you eejits as the Cartoon Craziness Challenge is a collaboration between myself and Mental Mama…hmmm…M…ok let me start again.
Good evening meejits, (see what I did there, good right!?) it is that time of the week again, and by that I mean time for another exciting installment of doodling disasters, speaking for myself of course!
This week 10 amazing people showed us in a variety of ways what ‘Happiness’ meant to them, I’ll add links at the bottom, should you have missed any entries.
This week, the theme for the challenge as suggested by the lovely Deborah from Container Chronicles is ‘Memories of a Childhood Vacation‘. Ever since she suggested it I’ve been turning ideas over in my head, I even put pen to paper at one stage but drawing a pictures of yourself getting stung on the arse by a bee is not as easy as it sounds!
You have until Sunday to complete this mission, should you chose to accept it! The only requirement is that you create a link back to this post when making your own, this in turn creates a pingback, which in turn alerts me to the presence of your drawing, how simple is that!
Entires for the current week will be updated as they come in (ish) and you can find them up there ^ on the Cartoon Craziness Challenge Page!
Only kidding, here’s what I came up with, in a list, cos people like lists and to be honest I am too tired to string it all together. If it’s not legible, think eejit speak and you’ll be grand!
I’m still not loving the job, in fact after today I wanted to hide under the desk and cry. I’ve been made permanent in the position though, so there is no backing out now, even though that was never an option in the first place. My boss and the other bosses are dead on, it’s me that’s the problem. In my next life I swear I want to be neither a PA or a Party Planner because I suck at both!
Someone was asking me about my blog today and when I said how many followers I had, they asked me if I thought I was successful. My answer was no, I’ve not been successful, because most of the time my writing sucks, but what I have been is very fortunate in the people I have met, because it’s them who make this whole blogging malarky worthwhile.
I know I have a load of comments to catch up on and that’s what I should really be doing right now, but I had things to tell you so had to write. That’s my excuse and I am sticking to it. I’ll be with you all shortly!
Mama and I are still loving the Cartoon Craziness Challenge and all the support you have given us. Your drawings have been amazing and unbelievably entertaining, whether you think it or not.
I’m still liking Blog Lovin as a reader. It’s much better than the WordPress one (sorry guys but yours misses posts) and I rarely miss posts, even if I don’t get to like them all. The WiFi on the train has been a little sketchy of late making connections a tad temperamental.
Last, but certainly not least. I’ve put up a couple of posts about myself and homelife etc, and people have commented that they like getting to know me a little better. It’s not that I intentionally hide who I am, it’s just not something that comes up in general commenting. So in an attempt to help you all get to know me a little better, I am going to let you ask me one question. Now I’m not saying I’ll 100% answer every question, because it does rather depend on what you ask, but I’ll try and come up with something. Thank you to Dean from It’s A Wee Bit Wordy for letting me pinch his idea, he has his own Q and A posts on a Tuesday if you’d like to question him as well!
I’ve seen this quiz doing the rounds, usually on Sheena, Not A Punk Rockers blog. I thought about entering before, but as usual time was not on my side and I never got around to it. I liked one of the questions this week so figured I would give it a try.
Many thanks to Cee for hosting this challenge. If you would like to enter or find out more information, please click HERE!
Now for this weeks questions and answers:
Have you ever been in a submarine? If you haven’t would you want to?
I’ve never been in a submarine and I don’t believe it is something I would like to try. I wouldn’t really be a fan of enclosed spaces and I can think of nothing worse than being stuck inside a large metal tank miles under the surface of the sea.
I’m thinking my only means of escape would be to fill myself full of beans while wearing a wet suit in the hope that I could float to the surface, that is assuming I don’t blow the crap clean out of myself….literally!
Are you a listener or a talker?
I’d like to think I am a healthy mix of both, but I guess for an honest answer you would have to ask my friends. I sometimes feel I don’t talk about things as often as I should and bottling things up is not healthy. I might start talking to myself, because no one else knows me as well as I do.
Do you prefer Crunchy Peanut Butter or Smooth Peanut Butter? Anything with your peanut butter?
Yuk! Neither thanks. It was just something I could never get used to the taste of. For me it’s a little like Marmite, you either love it or you hate it. Sadly, for the manufacturers, I don’t like either.
Have you ever been drunk?
I’m not really a drinker, I never was. I was usually the one who stayed sober to make sure everyone else got home safe and sound. I’ve been drunk a couple of times, but I don’t like the feeling of not being in control.
A couple of years ago while house sitting for my Sister and Brother in Law I decided I would buy myself a six pack of Non Alcoholic Beer, Becks Blue I believe it was. The weather was warm and sunny and the beers were going down really well. I phoned a friend of mine and asked him could he get me some more and he told me no. I asked why not and his reply was “Because it’s twenty past 1 in the morning you stupid cow, the off licence is closed”. Righty ho, that’ll be a no then. I decided to go into the back yard for a smoke instead. It was then that I realised I was drunk. What a lightweight, drunk after 6 bottles of Non alcoholic beer, I couldn’t believe it. In fact I wasn’t just drunk, I was very drunk and hitting the fresh air had not helped.
When my Sister and Brother in law returned from holiday I was telling them all about it and my BIL goes to get himself a beer. It was then that he realised I had drunk his 6 bottles of extra strength beer and not my Non alcoholic ones. Oops!!
You awesome people managed to submit a total of 10 entries last week, and there is even hope that Rob will still get one in bringing the total to 11!! We have some new joiners, welcome aboard, the more the merrier :)
Please remember during the week when the challenge is running to check out the CCC page from my links at the top, this is where you will find all the amazing entries. This week was really fun, seeing everyones interpretation of Superhero!
Ok, so the theme for this week is Kids and Pets, as suggested by Diana over at Trying to Make Things Right. Mama was all over this, she loved it, you’d think she had a special cat or something, whereas me, well I have nothing no kids or pets so I was like WTF, waggling my index finger and everything. Then I thought hang on a minute, I have imagination so I can draw what I would like my pet to be, or what I thought my kid would look like if I had one.
As always this challenge is open to interpretation, as in your interpretation. The main Mama and I are not here to judge, just to participate and laugh with you :)
This is NOT a drawing competition, it’s all about having fun and it’s for people of all levels of drawing. On the first week Tim drew me a stick cat. He wasn’t that pleased, I personally thought it was awesome, because he took the time to join in and the kitty was cute. Mama and I don’t want anyone to feel they are not good enough, because we think you are.
As always, create a post that showcases your masterpiece to the whole world and remember to add a link back to this weeks challenge post which then creates a ping back. Throughout the week I will update the Cartoon Craziness Challenge Page with all the entries for that week so far.
Good luck and thank you for supporting this madness!!
As with all things this week I am pretty much late to my own party! My business partner in Cartoon Craziness has even got there before me, but better late than never, here is my entry for Cartoon Craziness Challenge – Superhero!
Sue me, I find all things bottom burp related kinda funny, so my Superhero is called the Phantom Farter! She has a utility belt to help her out in all kinds of situations as well as wings that can waft as well as fly! My character in GTA has a black bob style haircut and no one gives her shit, so I figured PF should have the same.
Who would you be as a Superhero, or who is your favorite Superhero, tell us in a doodle and join the fun. For more information, click HERE!
He was gone, but never forgotten, and now he’s back with the re branded Cosmic Musicology Test! I mean what’s not to love, good tunes and wacky predictions, where else would you get it!! Welcome back Steve :)
Here’s a reminder how it works:
Each week Steve will post 3 new questions so…
(1) Go to the music player of your choice and put it on shuffle
(2) Say the questions aloud and press play
(3) Use the song title as your answers
(4) NO CHEATING
Title your post “Cosmic Musicology Test – …” and link back to this week’s page.
Post your response in the comment section of that week’s page.
Have a look at the archives or click on “Cosmic Musicology” in the category cloud on this page to see all previous weeks.
Any suggestions for future questions welcomed!
For more information, to submit ideas for future questions or just general feedback go to Cosmic Musicology Test.
I Know I Can – Self Esteem by The Offspring – F@&k! Of all the answers there are in the world, this new test would have to pick that! Self esteem is one of the things I don’t have in abundance and at the age I am now I had pretty much given up hope of ever having any! Perhaps my new job and no longer dressing like a tomboy are the things that are going to define me!
I Know I Can’t – The Bones of You by Elbow – I know I can’t jump the bones of you until I get some self esteem perhaps? I reside in a vicious circle! :)
I Know I Might Be Able To? – Nightmares on Wax – Les Nuits – Steve, you broke the quiz, I’m speechless and we all know that’s a first for this challenge. Ok here we go, I want to go to Madame Tussauds the Wax Museum, I’ve said it for a while. When I go I’ll take my low self esteem while dressed in my new girl clothes and try to jump the bones of the waxwork of Orlando Bloom dressed as Legolas from Lord of the Rings, probably getting arrested in the process. Now if that doesn’t give you nightmares nothing will!
How are you? Can I trust you? I am sick and rich and I want you to help me distribute my funds to charity organizations,
Please reply if you can help me distribute my funds and I am willing to give 20% of 38.5MILLION for your time.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Regards
Mrs Randa Ahmed
The above is yet another fine example of the unrelenting spam mail that Outlook thankfully filters into a ‘We shall take care of this shit for you’ folder. They seamlessly sort good from evil, shielding me from the worst that the world of the Internet has to offer.
My hatred of ‘Spam’ is not a new thing, in fact it was one of my first posts when I started this blog, although back then, nobody knew who I was. Nowadays people still don’t really know, but thankfully they are kind enough to humour me! You can read it HERE if you’re bored.
Occasionally when I see the numbers rise in my junk folder, I will have a quick rummage to make sure nothing of note has slipped through the net. Wading through the offers of Viagra, Penis Englargment Brochures and Free online sex whilst entertaining, is a period of time spent that I can never reclaim. I particularly love the ones similar to the above, that promise me a share of their fortune for a little assistance, which is usually in the form of money, only you’re not told that at the time.
Another pet hate would have to be ‘Cold Callers’, so incensed was I, that I previously wrote about them as well.
My Mother and Father receive an awful lot of cold calls. I have a different telephone line, so I probably do as well, I just never check it.
I used to feel guilty and tell myself they were only doing their job, and what a shitty job it must be. Well not anymore. Cold callers beware, I hate you with a passion and I will make the 60 seconds you spend on the phone with me as tortuous as I can.
Cold Caller (hereafter referred to as Ahole): Good afternoon is that (insert Motherships name)
Me: No, it’s her daughter.
Ahole: Ah good afternoon Madam, I wish to advise you that your computer has been infected with a virus.
Me: No it hasn’t.
Ahole: Yes Maam is has.
Me: No! It really hasn’t.
Ahole: How do you know?
Me: There is no computer.
Ahole: There is a computer.
Me: No! There really isn’t.
Ahole: Are you lying to me?
Me: (laughing) No I am not lying to you.
Ahole: Do you find this funny, you are laughing so you must be lying to me.
Me (getting irritated): You rang up and asked to speak to (insert motherships name) correct?
Ahole: Correct
Me: Well then I am not lying, in fact I am laughing because you are accusing me of being a liar when out of the two of us, I am the only one that clearly knows that my mother does not, nor never has owned a computer. But thanks for your time.
….dial tone!
To be fair, being the worrier that I am, I did run straight up the stairs to make sure my computerwas in fact still working! Surprise surprise it was!
There was another call a while back too, where a gentleman tried to sell me a mobile telephone. The conversation went on for a good ten minutes with me telling him I did not want a new mobile phone and him telling me that I really needed a new telephone. Looking back I have no idea why I didn’t just hang up, instead of standing there, my rage boiling like a kettle. After telling him for the gazillionth time that I did not want the phone, he replied, “Well I’m going to send you the bloody phone anyway” and hung up. WTF!!
Cold callers learn a lesson – I might be a soft touch, who does not say no very often, but believe me, when I say it I mean it!
Dear Mrs Ahmed,
I would ask if I could call you Randa, but I doubt that is even your name.
More likely it is one you have stolen borrowed from some unsuspecting lady who has no idea that she is doing the rounds of the Internet.
But I digress, back to your e-mail, I’m good thank you for asking. With regards to your question of can you trust me, that’s unlikely considering you do not even know me, are you that stupid that you go around offering a 20% share of your fortune to complete strangers. I have 500,000 in Grand Theft Auto Dollars and not even I’m that stupid!
Have you ever considered, what with you being so sick and rich, that you could hire yourself a Secretary to help you distribute your bullshit funds. Failing that, there are lots of very worthy Charities who would offer you help themselves for a sizeable whack of your fortune.
Now I don’t want to seem ungrateful, but to be honest I would rather you just gave the 20% you were going to give me to Charity, while I give you….sweet feck all.
I’d be happy to provide you a list of where I would like my money to go, if you would like to converse again, this has after all been such good fun!
It’s almost the end of the week, which means you only have one day left to submit your pictures for the weirdness and wackiness that is ‘The Cartoon Craziness Challenge’.
Mental Mama and I have both created pages on our blogs dedicated to the challenge as we each have our own sets of followers, although some are shared.
My page currently has information about the challenge and the information for this weeks along with entries so far. Mama’s is pretty much the same, however for this week and the purposes of this post, hers is WAY more important than mine.
She’s devised a great little feedback form, because while we know you are enjoying things so far, we would still value your input with regard to future challenges etc. If you’ve liked the idea, but not yet been brave enough to join us, then please let us know what you would like to see that might just make you change your mind.
You can find Mental Mama’s page HERE and we would be really grateful if you could spare us just 5 minutes of your time to let us know your thoughts.
There have been some amazing entires this week, and in case you are to lazy to go searching for the original post, (hence the reason why they are now on the page), here is a list of the entries so far:
When I saw the description, it was the lying ill and helpless bit that I focused on, you see I have not been here for a while because I myself was in that situation. Something terrible happened. I broke a nail!
Now I don’t expect guys to understand the importance of having beautifully manicured digits, but ladies, come on, you get it, right?! It’s like walking out of the house with your skirt stuck in your knickers, mor-ti-fying!!
Owing to the fact that it happened on a Saturday night there was not a lot I could do until the Monday. I phoned into work sick, and unable to think of another excuse I used RSI or Repetitive Strain Injury as it’s also known. Well I mean I wasn’t really telling any lies, because my hand was in agony as a result of the furious filing required to make my poor nail look somewhat decent.
My next call brought nothing but more pain. I had completely forgotten that Monday was my beauticians day off, which left me speaking to Marina, the bitch of the brows. After the previous incident with her and the leggings, there was just no way I was going to sit down and let her work on any part of me. So I asked if there was any chance of an emergency appointment on the Tuesday.
Marina: Broken a nail or something? (said in an extremely sarcastic tone)
Me: I’ll break your face if you don’t put me in the diary for tomorrow (smiling sweetly, even though she couldn’t see me).
Appointment made, it was then back onto the phone with work. Peppering ‘ouch’ throughout the conversation had the desired effect of gaining me another day off, however I was reminded of a meeting I was to attend that afternoon. That’s why I hate Mondays! Horrified at the fact I might have to leave the house in such a state, or worse still attend a meeting in the middle of summer wearing gloves, I started to get a little flustered. My boss, who I have to say is rather good at picking up on my anxiety suggested it might be possible to complete the meeting via conference call, or Skype. Without thinking things through, I readily accepted, I was just glad I did not have to actually go into work.
I spent the rest of the day tidying up a little, I certainly didn’t want my big boss seeing the mess that had accumulated over the weekend, and could not be tidied owing to the broken nail!
I hate waiting for a Skype call, it means you have to walk everywhere with the required device at a short enough distance to ensure the call is not missed. At about 2 minutes to 3pm, the time allocated for the call, my lunch time Tuna sandwich decided to make a surprise reappearance, typical right! But it was better to pay a visit to the loo than have someone hear the gurgling and rumbling of my poor stomach.
Trying to keep myself calm I left the tablet on the dresser and headed for the toilet. I had only just sat myself down, when the bloody thing started to ring. FFS, I’ve heard of getting caught with your pants down, but this was ridiculous! Imagine a rabbit caught in headlights, hovering over a toilet…that was me!
I cannot stress how important this meeting was, and how vital it was that I make some kind of appearance. I certainly did not envisage being naked from the waist down, and was beginning to realise that I might have been safer just going into work.
The device continued to ring and was in the process of vibrating itself off the edge of the dresser onto the the tiled floor below. Holding onto my knickers which were at this point round my ankles I made an awkward dive and somehow managed to catch the kamikaze tablet mid fall.
Me: Oh thank feck!
The Big Boss: Good afternoon Miss Dupp, have we called at an inconvenient time, I hear you are a little indisposed.
Oh balls, balls, balls, I’d only gone and answered the call at the critical point of rescue.
Me: More than you know Sir, more than you know.
The Big Boss: Shall we begin.
My mind was going ten to the dozen with the statement ‘ah feck’ seemingly stuck on repeat. What the hell was I going to do. Here I was back on the toilet, naked from the waist down, trying to hold a tablet at a modest distance, with a broken nail and alleged repetitive strain injury. W T absolute F!!
Me: Ah Sir, I might need a few moments just to compose myself and get organised.
The Big Boss: (there was most certainly laughter in the background) Yes Miss Dupp, I think you might indeed need a few moments. I certainly hope however that you will not ‘pee’ long, umm forgive me, I do of course mean be long. (at this point hysterical laughter could be heard from the Head office of the Captain Cosmetic Company).
I finished the meeting on the toilet and I also learned a valuable lesson, find a beautician who opens on a Sunday!
It’s the day after hump day, and also the second week of the 7 weeks of weird challenge. I’m a day late, but as someone rather intelligent once said, ‘better late than never’. Mental Mama, please forgive me, I will be on time next week, honest!!
Weirdest thing about you that other people don’t usually know.
I did look at this question last night and I thought long and hard about it, my brain even hurt a little. The conclusion I came to, well I couldn’t actually think of anything weird about me that people don’t already know, it just seems to be universally accepted that I am a little off kilter sometimes.
So here instead are five weird facts about me that I am sure someone out there does not know:
I don’t take Sugar in tea or coffee – This seems to amaze people. They assume, albeit wrongly, that because I am on the slightly larger scale of the spectrum that I must have about 5 spoonfuls of the sweet stuff per cup. My answer of ‘I don’t take sugar thanks’, was always met with a ‘Really?!’. I used to answer with ‘Yes, I’m sweet enough’ but these days it’s ‘yes, because clearly I am fat enough!’
My Favourite Film is a Cartoon – I don’t mean a Disney or Pixar cartoon. I mean a cartoon of CGI quality born from a Video game. Final Fantasy: Advent Children, is my most watched film ever, with The Lord of the Rings Trilogy coming in a close second.
I’m addicted to Stationary – I LOVE stationary, like I mean, I really LOVE stationary. I have lost count of how many notebooks and pens are knocking about my abode, but you can rest assured that only a few will have any writing in them.
My grammar is terrible!! – But you’ll know that anyway if you read my blog.
I’m a virgin – Virgin on the ridiculous that is! (I just threw that one in to see if you were still awake!)
So there you have it, I might be weird, but it feels wonderful! :)
If you would like to join in with Mental Mama’s Challenge, please click HERE!
The Indecisive Eejit 