Daily Mish Mash

This week I am featuring a list of favorite men from one of my readers, Jenny from Runningamuck. 

She says that her list tends to fluctuate depending on her mood.  I guess she must be really moody because her list is LONG.  Not that I’m complaining or anything, because long just means more cute guys to swoon over. 

Feel free to leave a comment about her list here, but then stop over for a visit to her blog to say hi.

 Enjoy! 

Christian Bale

Dane Cook

Sam Elliot  (Note from Jenny:  I’m sure the gals will think I’m totally nuts but I just can’t resist that grungy, old man with a gravely voice and cowboy charm!  Every list needs an old man pick on there anyway.)

Tom Selleck

Brad Pitt (Another note from Jenny–I would add that I held off from putting Brad Pitt on my list for many, many years.  Too much of a pretty boy for my tastes.  Or at least that’s what I claimed.  I think I secretly always had his name penciled in real lightly but then I saw “Troy” and I gave up.  His name is in sharpie now.  I couldn’t resist his character or his chisled-ness (I made that word up just for Brad).

(NOTE TO SELF:   WATCH TROY!!!!)

Gerard Butler

Johnny Depp  (Another note from Jenny–Most of the time I like ‘em grungy but sometimes I love the clean cut/boy next door look (like Johnny in Finding Neverland). 

Eric Bana

Russell Crowe

Denzel Washington

Mark Wahlberg (Note from me:  Am I the only one who will forever call him ”Marky Mark” no matter how serious of an actor he gets to be? )

Are you shaking your head week after week because your favorite guy is left off the list?  Do you want to see your list featured? 

Email me it to me at dailymishmash (at) gmail (dot) com.  I will do all the photo-hunting (because I enjoy this sort of grueling research), so all you need to do is send me the names (and any explanations you have for why they are on the list). 

Have a wonderful holiday weekend!!

No, I am not the winner of the fabulous Movie Madness basket from The Obsession Box Company.  Sadly, I’m going to have to part with it and send it out to one lucky winner. 

(I did have to threaten my kids’ with the promise of living the rest of their lives without hands if they so much as even thought of opening it.  Luckily, they are young enought to take these threats seriously because the basket is still intact.)

Anyway, I did a random drawing of all the comments on the contest page, as well as the added participants from Movie Madness.   Here is what came up:

Here are your random numbers:

44

Timestamp: 2008-07-03 16:58:50 UTC

Congratulations to Bookroomreviews!  I sent you an email requesting your address.  Once I hear back from you,  I’ll be sure to get this lovely basket out to you in the next week or so.

I would also like to mention that I was given this Arte Y Pico award from Two Dogs Running South.  

How exciting!  Thanks, Emily!

Here are her reason for giving me this award:

 Jen at Daily Mish Mash because of her Friday Eye Candy. THAT alone is worth   many, many awards. Remember Mateo’s BOOTAY? Yeah, that was Jen.

Well, since I am in no way responsible for the cuteness of Matthew McConaughey’s butt, I would like to pass this award along to the rightful recipients:

1.  God

2. His Parents (for having great genes)

3. His Trainer (See pic-right)

4. And of course, Mateo, himself!!!  Keep on keeping on with your cute self!

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for Friday Eye Candy.  It’s Jenny’sturn to pick the guys.  And she has some really interesting picks and a few old favorites.  You’ll see (If you visit tomorrow.  I know it is a holiday and everything, but I say it’s your patriotic duty to come by and pay tribute to some really hot American men.  Ok, a few are not American, but whatever.)

I’m such a lazy person cook.  If the dish involves too many steps or too many ingredients, I’m not inclined to try it.

That is why I was so excited to see the theme of this week’s Works for me Wednesday is Five Ingredients or Less Cooking. 

The first recipe that came to mind for me was My Famous Easy Fish Dish.  (It isn’t actually famous in the being followed by paparazzi sense, but it sure is a favorite in our house.)

This is so simple to make and very yummy!

Here are the ingredients:

• 1 lb Fish of your choice (Flounder, salmon, tilapia, mahi-mahi, rockfish, -whatever you like)
• Italian Dressing (enough to cover fish in bowl)
• 1/2 cup Mushrooms (sliced)
• 1/2-1 cup Cheddar Jack Cheese 

Directions:

1.  Clean fish and put in a bowl.  Pour enough italian dressing over fish to cover.  Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes to marinate.

2.  In the meantime, slice mushrooms and grate cheese (if necessary).

3.  Preheat grill to medium-high heat.

4.  Place fish on foil. (You may want to use some sort of non-stick spray.)  Top with mushrooms.  (See photo)

5. Grill for 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.

6.  Top with cheese and grill until melted (usuallly about another minute or so).

That’s it.  We usually serve  wild rice,peas and salad with this. 

Now I’m not saying this is the healthiest option, but it does beat fast food.  Plus, if you buy organic salad dressing, fat-free organic cheese, etc.. it would help to make it a bit more healthy. 

Click here to see more great, simple recipes.

If you haven’t yet entered the Movie Madness giveaway or taken part in the Movie Madness Carnival there is still time.  If you love movies, you’ll definitely want to head on over.

(Let’s try this again.  This post should show the picture.)

I interrupt the Movie Madness Carnival for some Goswatch:

A couple of observations:

1.  Man, he sure is working out lately.  Look at those arms!!

2.  Those shoes crack me up.  He’s always wearing them. And that gold watch.  I love his fashion choices.

3.  That hat is killing me.  Please stop torturing us (When I say us, I mean me and a few other crazy fans. And when I say it is killing me, I mean you look so darn cute in it that it is driving me mad.)

That’s it.  Intermission over.  Movie Madness may now resume.

Welcome to the July Movie Madness Carnival!

I hope you will join us as we discuss our love of movies. 

To participate, all you need to do is write a movie-related post.  Here are some ideas (but feel free to be as creative as you would like, just as long as you stick to the theme): a movie review, a list of your favorite movies in a genre, a video clip of your favorite movie scene, etc..  

 The post could be something you wrote today or one you may have done recently that you would like to highlight.  Please mention the Movie Madness Carnival in your post and link back to this post here at Daily Mish Mash.  Feel free to grab the banner for your site if you’d like.

A little about spoilers…I think it goes without saying that you don’t want to include spoilers in your post.  If you must include them, please give fair warning that you are doing so by putting a bold MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS at the beginning of the post. 

I FINALLY figured out how to put up a Mister Linky and I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.  Please leave your movie post title and url below.  Here is how to do this:

Since I haven’t seen a movie in a long time that is worthy of writing a review for,  I thought I’d make a list of my Top 5 Movie Kisses.  They really aren’t in any particular order, but you can probably guess my absolute favorite:

1.  The Notebook–Ok, if you hadn’t guessed by now, what took you so long??  This kiss is my absolute favorite.  Actually, I love every kiss from this movie, but this one is the best.  How can it not be?  There is really no comparison when it comes to this kiss. 

2.  Serendipity- A cute movie, a sweet kiss, and of course, John Cusack (again in some sort of precipitation).

3.  Gone With the Wind–A classic kiss!  I just watched it on youtube and I love how Scarlett’s all “Fiddledeedee” and Rhett’s all “None of the fools you’ve known have kissed you like this—have they? ”  I just love the way he takes hold of the situation and puts her in her place.  Not that I’m about men putting women in places, but it works in this scene.

4.  Titanic-The color of the sky, the costumes, LEO!!!  This is a truly magical kiss. 

 5.  Sixteen Candles–Ahh, Jake Ryan.  Didn’t every girl who grew up in the 80’s want to kiss Jake Ryan.  Gosh was he was dreamy.    Anyway, this is a great kiss:

So, what famous movie kiss do you think should be added to this list?

This post is part of Movie Madness.  If you haven’t already entered the giveaway, go here.

It’s almost that time again.  Are you ready for some Movie Madness fun?  This month’s carnival will be held this Tuesday, July 1st.  So, get working on your movie related posts. You may do a review of a movie you saw recently, but if you really haven’t seen anything lately worth writing about you may do a review of one of your all-time favorite movies.  Or you may simply make a list of movies that you love in a certain genre.   There are no rules, as long as your post is related to the theme of movies. If you are still unsure of how to play along, head on over to last month’s Movie Madness page.

Now on to the important news–the snacks!  How can we have Movie Madness without the snacks.  Here is this month’s giveaway:

It was generously donated by The Obsession Box Company.  They have over 500 quality gifts to choose from for any age and occasion.

This Movie Madness gift basket includes:

One $5.00 Blockbuster Gift card, 5 bags of microwavable popcorn, and  4 large 8-9oz boxes of Theater candy. Everything you need for a fun Movie Night! All the items are packed in a large popcorn bucket and wrapped with ribbon! A gift the whole family can enjoy!

I’m going to give you the opportunity to enter this contest four times.  Each time you leave one of the following comments your name will be entered to win:

1.  Leave me a comment letting me know your favorite type of movie candy.

2.  Take a look at The Obsession Box Company’s website and leave me another comment letting me know your favorite gift item.  (Leave the comment on this post, but make it separate from any others so it will be counted again.)

3.  Write a little blurb about the Movie Madness Carnival and giveaway on your blog and leave me another comment (on this post) letting me know that you did this. 

4.  Participate in Movie Madness on July 1st.  All comments from participants in the MMC will be entered. 

So, the more times you comment, the more times you win.  Can you tell how much I love comments?  The maximum amount of entries you may receive is four.  I tried to give opportunities for those of you who don’t have blogs to be able to play along.  The contest will be open until Thursday, July 3rd at 12pm (noon) EST and is you must be a resident of the US and Canadian to enter.

Good luck and I’ll see you back here on Tuesday for Movie Madness!

Remember the post I did a few days ago about things that were plucking my nerves.  Well, it seems that my luck is starting to turn around.  Look what we just bought:

That’s five cases, which means 60 cans (not dreadful 2 liter bottles)  of stomach rotting, bubbly goodness.  And it was only 5 for $10!!  Life is good!

And as if the universe was in a really giving mood– guess what we saw sitting outside our pyromaniac neighbors yard all day yesterday?

We were trying not to get our hopes up that it was, in fact, a moving van. I mean they could be just transporting their stuff to another location to have a giant bonfire.  It’s possible.   But once we saw pretty much everyone on the street sitting outside their houses in chairs, drinking mixed drinks and smiling from ear to ear we knew that they must be celebrating as well.    The pyromaniacs are moving!!  Hooray!!

And while I’m talking about good things, I have to mention this bloggy award that I received from My Friend Amy.  It is an award that Memoirs of a Mommy made up to honor the donor who gave her son a heart.  I’m all about organ donation, so I was super excited to receive this award.   

Here are the official rules:
The rules of this award are: SHARE THE LOVE!!! Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. All those that leave uplifting comments on your blog. **All I ask, is that you include a link to this post with the award and ask your recipient to do the same**

The only problem that I have with these awards is that I feel all Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls trying to narrow down all my favorite blogs to the select few that are worthy enough to sit at the cool table at lunch.  I don’t know why I feel this way.  I’m not delusional enough to think that there is anyone out there refreshing their page over and over again waiting to receive an award from me, but I still feel like I’m leaving someone out.  

Since there was no designated amount of blogs to award, I’ve chosen three to bestow this award upon: 

Auds at Barking Mad

Emily at Two Dogs Running South

Met at Prefers Her Fantasy Life

All these make me laugh, smile and generally just be in a better mood when I read them.  I hope you’ll check them out.

Next to a guy in a fleece pullover or a guy cleaning my house, there is only one other thing I find irresistable–guys who are wet. 

They could have just taken a swim at Pemberley and are surprised to see you there:

                                                                                Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy)

 They could be surfing the day away:

                                                            Matthew McConaughey

Or perhaps just forgot to pack a bathing suit, but still wanted to take a dip in the ocean:

                                                                                      Brad Pitt (who by the way is not usually one of my faves, but this picture could have swayed me)

Playing Guitar (or at least holding a guitar):

Justin Timberlake (for my friend Tonya)–Why is his shirt wet and nothing else?  Not that I mind or anything, just wondering.

Building sandcastles:

                                                                                      Josh Holloway (Again!!)

Playing soccer (or just holding the ball):

                                                                David Beckham (For Carol)–He needs to get a little wetter in this pic!

Right after a quick swim (who needs a towel??!):

                                                                                                      Gerard Butler

And how could I let a ‘wet men’ post go by without posting a pic of this glorious man about to profess his undying love:

                                                                                                       Ryan Gosling

One more of him because I can and it sort of fits the theme:

And the one man who can never seem to stay out of the rain–John Cusack:

Ok, I find that I keep using the same guys for Friday Eye Candy.  These are my faves but they may not be yours.  So I was thinking for next week, I would love to feature someone else’s “list” on my blog.  Please email your list at dailymishmash (at) gmail (dot) com.  I will find the pics and post everything on my blog and then link back to you.  If you don’t have a blog, you are still welcome to email me too.  I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Edited to add:  For those of you coming over from POW, this is a weekly feature on my blog.  Make sure to bookmark and come back every Friday!

1.  Coke Zero in a two liter bottle.  For some random reason, my husband decided to buy a few bottles of two liter Coke Zero in place of our usual  fridge-friendly 12 pack.  First day–delicious!  Next day–flat and yucky.   So, now that we are working on our second bottle I’m feeling compelled to consume the whole damn thing so as not to waste the bubbly goodness. 

2.  Urinary Tract Infections.  Maybe if I drank more water instead of the aforementioned Coke Zero, I would not get them as much.  But I figure if Coke can clean corrosion from your car battery, it sure as heck should be able to wash away bacteria in my bladder.  Doesn’t this seem like a good scientific theory?  No, I didn’t think so either.

3.  Giving Kids Homework at Vacation Bible School.  Seriously??!!   Look, I’m not trying to be ungrateful or anything.  I know that you all don’t get paid for all the work that is put into what you do.  I do appreciate the almost 3 hour break from my kids (not to mention all the cool crafts you are doing with them while at the same time teaching them about God and stuff) but I do think having homework is a bit much.  Come on now.

4.  My 3 month old computer freezing up.   Ok, Mr. Laptop, I know that  I’m working on Friday’s Eye Candy and it is just too much hotness for one computer to handle, but you are seriously getting on my nerves.

5.  Clutter.  This does not need an explanation. 

6.  Gas Prices.  Again no explanation needed. Well, actually I will add one thing to this.  Did you hear about the kids who are protesting the gas prices because their parents had to cut something out of the budget to afford to live and they chose cable tv.  Having to give up Sponge Bob would drive my kids to take extreme measures too.  I find this story funny but also inspiring.  Good for them for trying to take a stand!   We should all be protesting because this is getting out of hand. 

7.  Cats who are always begging for my food.  See that bowl behind you.  The one with all the food in it.  That is yours.  This chicken soft taco is mine.  And you can take your pathetic look and meowing over to the big oil corporations because with the price of gas being so high, I can not afford to give you scraps anymore.  Sorry.  Maybe you should make up little signs and protest at the gas station like the kids who lost their cable.  

8.  People burning things.  My neighbors behind us are pyromaniacs I think.  They are constantly having a bonfire and the smell of the smoke on a nightly basis is enough to drive me mad.  I’ve tried calling the police but I guess they are above the law because they just keep doing it.

9.  Matt Damon not looking like the Sexiest Man Alive in this picture.  I know it is for a movie, but there really should be laws prohibiting this sort of thing: 

10.  Ben Affleck.  He really hasn’t done anything to annoy me this week, but he just always rubs me the wrong way. 

11.  Moms in skimpy bikinis frolicking around with their toddlers on the beach.  My husband, on the other hand, loved this and couldn’t seem to take his eyes off of them.  I think he was just waiting patiently for something to pop out. 

12. Having to pay for new lenses for my son’s glasses (that I already spent $300 on so they would be supposedly scratch resistant in the first place) Maybe they wouldn’t have gotten scratched at the beach if the aforementioned husband wasn’t so busy looking at the bikini girls and paid more attention to where he put the glasses.

13.  Summer TV.  Between Celebrity Circus, Wipe Out and I Survived a Japanese Game Show, I’m avoiding the tv altogether.  My kids, on the other hand are loving every mind rotting minute of it. 

What’s plucking your nerves this week?

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