Holiday Burnout - TOP FIVE!
Dasher and Dancer have been doing cartwheels in my head and I can't even tell you how annoying Blitzen has been these past few weeks. The holiday stresses are making me nuts.
Time to bust out another round of Top Five.
You may remember such Top Fives as The Original One from May 2005, or the October 2005 Edition, or even the one back in April. Well here we are again, with the 2006 Year
End Top Five.
2006 Year End Top Five
1. Top Five Resolutions for 2007
2. Top Five Albums/Songs You're Embarrassed to Admit Loving
3. Top Five Fictional People You'd Like to Ride in a Hot Air Balloon With
And the bonus question: Who's your favorite reindeer of the bunch?
Comments
Because I'm procrastinating in doing things that HAVE to be done around the house, I will do this Top 5 instead of being responsible!!
Posted by: Shannon | December 21, 2006 09:31 AM
Yay for Shannon procrastinating! And an equal Yay for being irresponsible. :)
Posted by: Kerri. | December 21, 2006 09:34 AM
1. Top Five Resolutions for 2007
*Get even healthier - maybe lose a bit of weight.
*Stay on top of 329
*Have a successful work year.
*Make a difference in people's lives.
*Think before I speak more consistently.
2. Top Five Albums/Songs You're Embarrassed to Admit Loving
This year?
*Dixie Chicks - The whole new album
I'm not ashamed of any of my other album/song loves.
3. Top Five Fictional People You'd Like to Ride in a Hot Air Balloon With
*Charlie Bucket
*Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz (I'd probably want to throw her overboard before too long)
*Bobby Goren
*Gatsby
*John Coffey
And the bonus question: Who's your favorite reindeer of the bunch?
Cupid - because he/she knows how to spread the love... :)
Posted by: Nicole P | December 21, 2006 09:40 AM
Nicole - Charlie Bucket. Excellent answer! And I got your message - will ring you in a bit. :)
Posted by: Kerri. | December 21, 2006 09:45 AM
I posted my Top 5's on my blog because I downloaded a YouTube video.
I am addicted to downloading those things now that I know how to do it.
Look for many more in the coming New Year!
Posted by: Shannon | December 21, 2006 10:03 AM
1. Top Five Resolutions for 2007:
-continue to keep the weight off
-get that darn driver's license
-get published (one way or another)
-stay in better touch with family
-start college funds for niece & nephew
2. Top Five Albums/Songs You're Embarrassed to Admit Loving
-(from Shannon) anything by Air Supply
-anything by Ace of Base
-Oops I did it again by Britney Spears
-All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey
-catchy commercial tunes
3. Top Five Fictional People You'd Like to Ride in a Hot Air Balloon With
-Elphaba
-Diana Barry (Anne of Green Gables)
-Holly Golightly
-Derek Shepherd
-Det. Ed Green
And the bonus question: Who's your favorite reindeer of the bunch?
Vixen. :)
Posted by: Rachel | December 21, 2006 11:09 AM
5 Resolutions:
1. Pay off my credit cards.
2. Get over my ex-girlfriend.
3. Pass the MPRE so I can get admitted to practice law.
4. Get a piano for my apartment.
5. Learn to make myself happy, more than just sporadically.
5 Albums:
NB: I am not ashamed of any of the music I listen to. There's no point in it; if it makes me happy, that's validation enough. That being said, here are 5 that other people might laugh at:
1. Anything by The Singers Unlimited
2. College a capella groups
3. The Wallflowers - "I Started a Joke" (the BeeGees original version is pretty great too, and I hate both of these bands)
4. Chuck Mangione - "Feels So Good"
5. Eric Carmen - "All By Myself" (c'mon, it's really Rachmaninoff, anyway)
5 People:
1. Ford Prefect
2. The Dude
3. John Galt
4. Atticus Finch
5. God
Posted by: The Rob | December 21, 2006 11:50 AM
Atticus was #6 on my list, The Rob...
:)
Posted by: NicoleP | December 21, 2006 12:43 PM
Top Five Resolutions for 2007
1. get on top of testing/carb counting again
2. finish losing baby weight
3. make more $$
4. get my house more organized
5. finish paying off at least one student loan
Top Five Albums/Songs You're Embarrassed to Admit Loving
1. Joesph and the Amazing technicolor dreamcoat
2. Out of the Blue cd - Debbie Gibson
3. New kids (great to work out to LOL)
4. Baby one more time cd - Britney
5. Michael Crawford sings Andrew Lloyd Webber
Top Five Fictional People You'd Like to Ride in a Hot Air Balloon With
1. Harry Potter
2. Nathan Lane's character from the Birdcage
3. Jordan Catelano (my so called life)
4. Scooby Doo
5. Roger from Rent
And the bonus question: Who's your favorite reindeer of the bunch?
VIXEN
Posted by: Erica | December 21, 2006 02:58 PM
Top 5 Resolutions...
1. Break 80
2. Shoot low 80's consitantly
3. Do more squats at Gym
4. Never run out of Rum
5. Train for Diabetes Marathon (more about that later)
Top Five Albums/Songs You're Embarrassed to Admit Loving
1. Dixie Chicks (i learned they rock)
2. Shakira
3. Kelly Clarkson "Breakaway"
4. W.A.S.P "The Last Command"
5. Nelly Furtado (all)
Top Five Fictional People You'd Like to Ride in a Hot Air Balloon With
1. Dora the Explorer
2. Darth Vader
3. Axel Foley
4. Sam Malone
5. Zoolander
And the bonus question: Who's your favorite reindeer of the bunch?
OLIVE!
Posted by: chris | December 21, 2006 11:07 PM
Top 5 Resolutions...
1. Nope. Not going to do it. No resolutions this year. I'd just break them anyway, and it's not worth the pain.
Top Five Albums/Songs You're Embarrassed to Admit Loving
(I'm not ashamed, but all of these make me laugh...or sing at the top of my lungs)
1. Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil (http://schnappy.ytmnd.com/)
2. Gold Digger - Kanye West
3. Come Baby Come - K7
4. Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
5. License To Ill - Beastie Boys
Top Five Fictional People You'd Like to Ride in a Hot Air Balloon With
1. Biff (Lamb - The Gospel According to Biff)
2. The Mad Hatter
3. Zaphod Beeblebrox
4. Inspector Clouseau
5. Max (Where The Wild Things Are), as long as I could wear the wolf suit.
And the bonus question: Who's your favorite reindeer of the bunch?
Spike (he's the quiet one who never gets to go out on Christmas...something about probation...)
Posted by: Christel | December 22, 2006 05:52 PM
07 Resolutions:
- Be on top of my paperwork piles
- Just say no to sweets in the lunch room (well, less sweets)
- Maintain a positive attitude
- Learn something new
- Take time for myself
CD's
- Brady Bunch
- Backstreet Boys
- Jaime Walters
- Vanilla Ice
- Belinda Carlisle
- Oh, and many more!
Hot Air Balloon
- The balloon operator(damn, if you are getting me up there someone sure as hell better get me down)
- Curious George
- Ms. Frizzle
- Superman
- Alf
Reindeer:
Comet
Posted by: Irene | December 22, 2006 10:28 PM
Top Five Resolutions for 2007
1. Replace the rotten VW
2. Lose the last 5 lbs
3. Expand the EXIST reader base
4. Take tap dancing lessons (again)
5. Spend lots of time with family
Top Five Albums/Songs You're Embarrassed to Admit Loving
1. Yanni (I have the "Live, at the Acropolis" album.)
2. Anything involving certain Mouseketeers (oh dear)
3. Old school rap (like the Black Sheep)
4. Emmitt Otter's Jugband Christmas Album
5. German techno
Top Five Fictional People You'd Like to Ride in a Hot Air Balloon With
1. Mr. Miyagi
2. Assorted Smurfs (including, but not limited to, Painter Smurf and Hefty Smurf, because I thought they were the hottest smurfs. Of course.)
3. Legolas
4. Indigo Montoya
5. The Little Prince, so I could toss him over the side for being so pretentious.
And the bonus question: Who's your favorite reindeer of the bunch?
Donder. I always felt bad for him because he sounded itchy, like dander.
Posted by: Kerri. | December 22, 2006 11:32 PM
My 2007 resolutions...
1. Stay on top of my Diabetes as much as possible
2. Drink more water and beverages other than diet sodas...
3. Eat more healthfully.
4. Find some new hobbies/interests
5. Stress out MUCH less...
Top 5 Songs/Artists I'm embarrassed to admit liking..
1. Ludacris- "Money Maker"... lol
2. PCD
3. Justin Timberlake
4. Fergie
5. P.Diddy "Come to me"
Hot air balloon...
Ariel, Bridget Jones, Barbie, Shelby (Steel Magnolias), and Ally McBeal
Reindeer.... I'd defintely have to go with Rudolph... (I think we have some things in common)
Posted by: Andrea | December 22, 2006 11:40 PM
Emmit Otter rules!! I can't count the number of times I've seen that show on HBO.
Posted by: Shannon | December 23, 2006 07:55 AM
I always thought the reindeer was Donner, not Donder... kind of like the Donner party.
Posted by: Lou Lou | December 23, 2006 10:55 AM
So, I googled the reindeer name... Donner is thunder is German and Donder/ Dunder is thunder in Dutch. Thought you'd enjoy that tidbit of random trival this morning.
Posted by: Lou Lou | December 23, 2006 11:01 AM
Well, duh!!! I thought I was supposed to post these on my own blog. Let's try this instead.
2006 Year End Top Five
1. Top Five Resolutions for 2007
Get closer to figuring out what I am meant to do when I grow up.
Spend more time and energy on friends and family, and less on the job.
Run a 1/2 marathon in Dec. 2007. Gonna need all year to get ready.
Travel more. Hubby recently took a job with flight benefits :-).
Change Endoc's. Trial appt. set with new one in Feb.
2. Top Five Albums/Songs You're Embarrassed to Admit Loving
Everybody Loves to Cha, Cha, Cha (James Taylor)
Kokomo (Beach Boys)
Leader of the Band (Dan Fogelberg)
This Old Guitar (John Denver)
Isn't that enough?
3. Top Five Fictional People You'd Like to Ride in a Hot Air Balloon With
George Jetson
Garfield
One of "The Others" from Lost
Captain Kirk
Ricky Bobby
And the bonus question: Who's your favorite reindeer of the bunch?
Vixen -- becaues I have a feeling she causes trouble with the other reindeer
Posted by: carol | December 23, 2006 04:56 PM