The OCD in me is compelling me to write this post and explain things no one has asked for an explanation about.
In other words, you get a bit of randomness to make me feel better before the good stuff starts up again next week (she says optimistically.) So let’s get on to business first, shall we?
Blog Business
This little addition to my anti-camping campaign is why this post is being written:
**EDIT: Sorry if you’re a subscriber and received a few post notification e-mails today. I was going through and tagging old posts (in an attempt to organize,) and I think the “quick edit” thing made it look like a new post. They are not. In fact, they’re old and embarrassing, so I suggest you don’t read them. Again, sorry. I have no clue what I’m doing.
It’s true. I have no clue what I’m doing when it comes to blogging and the technical/aesthetic/pimping out aspects of the hobby. Basically all I know how to do is write words and plop in a picture of something other than me once in awhile. I was trying to organize and instead think I bombarded some loyal readers with a million new post notifications, which is quite possibly the most annoying thing ever—after camping.
So I apologize. I have no Google Reader, I don’t tweet and things aren’t always fancy here in my little corner of the Interwebs. My solution to the organization thing is make a bunch of old posts private, as they were from a different time and not really representative of who I am now. I won’t bore you with that, or maybe I will, but just not right now.
The moral of the story is that organization is bad and should be avoided at all costs, but that reading my blog is good and should become something bordering on addiction, minus the shakes and support groups.
M & M Racial Profiling?
I don’t really eat candy, so I know I’m late to the game with this one. However, I was making my one-and-only recipe, and by “recipe” I mean following four directions with three ingredients—when I made a discovery.
See, I usually use holiday M&Ms because I’m fancy and make this treat for the holidays, but this time I was using plain ol’ everyday M&Ms.
While I was aware that the blue M&M had taken up the duty of melting in one’s mouth and not in one’s hand, I had no idea the light brown M&M had become extinct! Where did the light brown M&M go? I know that each color tastes the same, but I swear that the light brown M&M used to taste more milk chocolaty than the rest, therefore making up for the fact that it was light brown and not a “lucky” color like green.
Oh well. At least I don’t have to alter my “recipe.”
Cart Confusion
One final thing to overshare before I get back to not camping and writing about things of great importance (to me.) There is a reason they provide the mini shopping cart and the regular sized shopping cart. The mini shopping cart is for people buying a minimal amount of items (note the word “mini” is found in the word “minimal.”)
If you take one of the mini shopping carts and then fill it to the point of overflow and then complain that the items are falling out of your cart, you deserve to get the stink eye from me and everyone else that finds you annoying—which would be everyone.
And just to be clear—using the smaller cart loaded up with groceries does not qualify you to proceed to the Express Lane explicitly for people with 10 items or less. The size of the cart is not directly proportional to the speed at which you deserve to check out.
Whew. OK.
We’ve established that I’m stupid technologically—different than technically stupid, mind you, that the light brown M&M has been sent to a farm where it can roam free and live happily forever after and that small grocery carts are for small amounts of groceries.
OCD itch scratched.
I think my work here is done.
I am SO glad to hear the light brown M&M’s are frolicking with my childhood dog that bit a neighbor kid, and my friend’s puppy who turned out to be both deaf and blind. I was worried there for a minute that they had killed the light brown M&Ms.
I’m glad I could put your mind at ease, as that’s what I’m here for.
The loss of the light-brown M&Ms hurt me deeply. I always thought that the dark brown one’s were most chocolately and would save them for last, but the light-brown ones were second best. As to blue–I give them to my son. He’s too little to know what he’s missed.
Also, by recipe, do you mean you’ve found a way to improve on the M&M in it’s natural state? That’s no recipe; it’s a miracle!
No. Check the link for my recipe–they’re fun little pretzel treats!
dude, I’ve had a domain name for nearly a year and I still havent moved my blog over and spruced it up. I suck at blog housekeeping.
I only do email subscriptions (dont fret, your one of them) because I dont like google reader or whatever. Google reader sound like a wannabe kindle device, incase the people at google are reading your comment section.
They took the light brown M&M because they let blue take the spot. I mourned it for while and hope they hear me out and bring it back. Maybe I have a dirty mind, but the only thing blue the size of an M&M should be blueberries and viagra.
I don’t even do subscriptions, but I do “like” blogs on Facebook with my own Facebook fan page thingy and have a handful that I always read. That way I’m not distracted with extra email or Facebook updates about other blogs (that will inevitably draw me in when I should be productive) but I can keep up-to-date when I have time. I have no idea how Readers work, and honestly, don’t care
Other than blueberries, there is no natural blue food that people knowingly consume.
I love the mini shopping cart so much that even when I have an exorbitant amount of items to buy I STILL use the mini because I think it’s darn cute.
Thanks, I was thinking that you were pretty prolific yesterday! I started out doing subscriptions, but that got so overwhelming (I try to keep a clear email inbox) so I broke down and put all the blogs I like into Google Reader. It’s not ideal, but it’s so much easier to stay on top of the blogs I like to read that way.
Craptastic. Now everyone thinks I’m a weirdo, which isn’t entirely incorrect, but for completely different reasons.
i <3 the mini cart. it isn't as heavy or hard to push around. the only drawback is the lower part, i hate bending over. sometimes if we have a lot to get, nathan and i will BOTH get a mini cart and ill put the heavy stuff in his. i knew there was a reason i got married.
I actually love the mini cart as well, but not when I have to buy large items or large amounts of small items. Sometimes you just have to splurge with the big girl cart. The lower part is awkward though, as I can never squeeze anything taller than a foot in there. Not that I don’t still cram it in, but I have some dignity
That’s what she said.
I’m one of those people who no matter what groceries they’re buying, I grab the hand held basket. A big cart makes me feel vulnerable. Like if there was some sort of emergency I couldn’t get out quick enough with my big awkward cart. Yes, if there was an emergency I would be taking the groceries with me. Also, I can’t get around the store as quickly. So I’m usually rocking a He-Man look with the amount of crap I manage to carry in the puny basket. But at least I don’t complain about it.
We don’t have the mini carts here. Now I’m pissed.
But you have cool accents. And hockey players. I think you win.
I love big carts so I can throw in my “big buddah” handbag that carries all…. and for those “just in case”… I think I’ve been in Tokyo WAYYYY too long, and had no idea about the green/christmas m&m’s… where are the brown one’s… do they still have the peanut m&m’s… I do subscriptions, so I can keep in touch with friends, family and bloggie friends but I’m afraid I did the same yesterday… we are testing the site and I threw up a few test posts… and I thought I excluded them from the RSS but I didn’t whoops!
I just wanted you to know that I enjoyed reading your old posts. I struggle with ED too and was feeling alone in it today…til I read your posts. Thank you.
I love the mini-cart and tend to use it (or the handheld basket) as a challenge to pack everything that I want/need in it just right to make it all fit. I also tend to tell the bagger to get lost as I prefer to bag my own groceries as well (again, maybe it’s some kind of tetris-like puzzle that it so appealing? or I’m a freak).
I had no idea about the light brown m&m’s and am strangely sad about it.
No google reader, no subscriptions, no twitter, barely on facebook (long story). Yay for low tech ladies!
You still have grocery baggers? I’m amazed.
Yeah, but they seem to be bottom of the barrel. They’ll put shampoo or soap in with food products which is just wrong.
I LITERALLY laughed out loud at this, because when I was a kid I always ate M&Ms in order of color, and saved the light brown ones for second to last and dark brown ones for very last because I swore they tasted chocolateyer. The light brown ones have been gone for over a decade, though, I think! We are not alone in our indignance: http://www.angelfire.com/apes/jab/mms.html
You know, I was perfectly content in my ignorance of not knowing my good friend the light brown M&M was gone forever! I must admit though that your OCD is pretty amusing.
Light Brown M&M!! I had forgotten. Blue excited me so much when it came out that something the color of what happens when I eat too much dairy, was obviously quickly forgotten. Blue though, the color of…elmo? Shit, there really isnt anything that color blue except Elmo and tarps. Huh. I am reassessing my Blue M&M allegiance.
I hate to burst your bubble, but Elmo is red. Grover was blue.