Daily Mish Mash

Happy Friday!  This week’s list comes from Amy of My Friend Amy.  Her list has a theme…men from across the pond. 

She says, “It’s those darn sexy Irish/Scottish/English accents….sigh.  With the one and only exception of my true love forever Brad Pitt.”

She also thanked me for hosting our lists because she has quite a few heterosexual male readers that she didn’t want to scare off forever.

Speaking of heterosexual male readers, I received a request to post a list from Blake.  I’m thinking that, in all fairness, I need to put his list (of women) up in a few weeks.  What do you think?  Will that ruin Friday Eye Candy forever or can you appreciate the beauty of the female form?

I always thought that my husband would be the first guy’s list to go up, but since he doesn’t show any interest in reading my blog I figure why bother.  His loss.  Our gain.  :) 

I actually showed him the dream date post and he had me laughing hysterically because he asked me if I had fun playing with my Colorforms (do you remember those??).  So, in case you are wondering, he couldn’t care less about Friday Eye Candy and my obsession with The Gos.  If he did, I would never post this stuff.

Enjoy Amy’s List and leave a comment here to tell her who’s your favorite guy on her list.  Then go over to her blog to say hi.  She has all sorts of fun things going on from the Lost Book Challenge to lots of great giveaways.  (I just won a book–hooray!!)

Ok, enough talk… bring on the guys:

Brad Pitt

 

Jude Law

 

Alex O’Loughlin

 

Stuart Townsend

 

Naveen Andrews

 

Ed Westwick

 I think I’m booked through August for Friday Eye Candy, but if you would like to see your list go up sometime in the fall, email me at dailymishmash (at) gmail (dot) com.  I love to see who you all choose!

This post is really going to live up to my blog name of mish mash.  I just have all these random thoughts floating around in my head that aren’t really worthy of an entire post, so I’m throwing them all together here.  Please don’t look for any purpose or cohesive theme, because you will find none. 

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I was unloading the dishwasher when my daughter walked through the kitchen.  She slipped on a little bit of the water that had dripped off a bowl I had just taken out. 

After she regained her composure, she looks at me with a flabberghasted expression and sighed loudly. 

Then she proceeds to say to me in her most agitated voice, “Mom, you really need write up a wet floor sign and post it when you have the time.”  

 I don’t know why but this just struck me as funny.  I guess I pictured myself getting out the markers and construction paper and drawing that funny looking guy in the triangle.  Sure, I’ll pencil it in right after folding the laundry, cooking dinner and the myriad of other endless tasks I have on my to-do list.   

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You know I didn’t really think that much of the Miley Cyrus bare back pictures when everyone was making such a fuss about them.  Yes, they were a bit unnecessarily sexy for her age,  but nothing too shocking.  

At the time, everyone was blaming the photographer for taking advantage of a young, innocent girl. 

Well, I wonder if people are still singing the same tune after seeing the latest provocative pictures .(Note:  Not the one to the right.  I refuse to post such filth on my blog.  The only wet t-shirt pictures that you will see here will be of guys on Friday Eye Candy–never, ever Disney teen stars turned tramps.  Why?   Because it is my blog and I make all the rules, so there!)

We always hear how mortified and shocked she is when her private photos are hacked and making their rounds online, but I just can’t feel that sorry for her.  Stop taking them or if you did it in the past and are regretful, then just DELETE all traces of them.  I mean I’m almost wondering if this is some sort of crazy publicity stunt.  If so, HELLO??  Did you not see what happened to Britney Spears??!!  Taking your clothes off is not the answer, Miley.  Show some class and cover up. 

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Last night for dinner we had pork chops, beans, noodles and apple sauce. 

I love this meal for one main reason.  I get to tell my kids and husband that we are having “Pork Chopppss and Aaaaple shauce (in my best Peter Brady/Bogart voice). 

It was the highlight of my day if that tells you anything. 

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Do you think it is really possible to be possessed by a demon?  I found myself wondering this yesterday a few times after watching my son and his hellish behavior.  I think we need to move on from time outs to getting a priest over here to do an exorcism if things don’t improve.   (I was going to post a picture of that girl from The Exorcist, but she is surprisingly scary if you actually look at her closely.  I thought I’d spare you the trauma.)

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Did anyone see the homerun derby?  Grady Sizemore and Chase Utley were in it and looking fine. Very fine, indeed.  They didn’t win though.  :(  

While we are on the subject of my cute baseball player list, I got a few comments that the Nick Markakis picture I posted really didn’t do him justice.  Natalie (no link/no website) was kind enough to email me a few more to share with you.  There were many but I think this was my favorite:

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My Tivo didn’t record Big Brother for us on Sunday when we were at the concert.  We forgot to set it to record the new season but were hoping that it would be smart enough to know that we always watch Big Brother.

Either Tivo isn’t as smart as I give Him credit to be or else He is trying to send me a message that I shouldn’t bother with it this year.

Every summer since it first premiered we have wasted countless hours on this completely mind-numbing and useless show.  Sure, it has provided a few entertaining moments (especially the seasons with Dr. Will Kirby) but for the most part I think I’m outgrowing this midsummer tradition. 

Did anyone watch on Sunday?  Should I tune in or should I leave my fate in the hands of the almighty Tivo?

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Speaking of wasting time on things, I don’t have a lot of praise for The Thirteenth Tale.  It got a lot of great reviews, but I just couldn’t seem to get into the story or the characters. 

The story had a lot to do with twins and the “twin bond”.  Since I’m not a twin I just felt like I couldn’t get the connection the author kept referring to over and over and over again. 

I only continued to push through because my book club loved it so much.  Well, now I’m not only annoyed with the book, but also my book club for recommending it so highly. 

This book has been compared to Jane Eyre and it was mentioned many times in the book, so my book club thought we should read this one next.  I’m currently on page 80 and already enjoying it far more than The Thirteenth Tale, so I am hopeful that it will be a better read.  I’m guessing it will be since it is a classic and all, but now I’m skeptical.

Has anyone read either of these books?  What did you think of them?

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Speaking of twins, what do you think of the names that Brangelina (that was for you Non-Soccer Mom) gave to their new twins?

Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline

I still haven’t made up my mind about them.  What’s a Knox?  Why must celebrity parents give their children such odd names.  I think Angelina has a thing with the letter “x”.  First Maddox, then Pax and now Knox.  I just see that getting confusing since they all kind of sound the same.  

I don’t know about you but I just can’t wait to see the whole brood trying to get from here to there.  I know there will be nannies and bodyguards and arms full of babies.  It will be such a fun spectacle to see!  

That’s it for now.  Was that enough random for you for one day?  Do you believe I went a whole post without mentioning Ryan Gosling?  Oops, I guess I didn’t really.  Oh well.

 

 

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!