Flip Flop Conversion Day
So Tuesday was St. Patrick’s Day, and I forgot to wear green. I ate spinach with breakfast. Does that count? I’m sure I had green in my teeth. Nobody hot even pinched me. Well, my friend Graci did. And she’s hot…but it didn’t do anything for me.
It happens every year. That day when you must break out the flip flops, capris, and toenail polish. Today was the day! Also known as FFCD or Flip Flop Conversion Day. On FFCD you must reintroduce your feet to flip-flops. It can be a rough day, as the toes feel slightly violated, but after the breaking-in period is over, life is so good. We now say flip-flops, but back in the day you called these shoes thongs. Sometimes my mom forgets we don’t say that anymore. We were at a shoe store last summer, and Mom is standing by a guy helping her, and she says, “Oops! I can’t seem to keep my thong on!” Got his attention.
Once warm weather hits, I wear flip-flops all the time to school. I am a devoted follower of the Nike Celso.
And I’m pretty much a Celso evangelist. Anywhere I go, I preach the good news of the comfort and joy this flop will bring you. My whole family wears them now. Their families wear them. My fellow snow worshiper Holly wears them. And her whole family. I can’t recommend them enough. (But don’t get the really skinny ones. They are imposters of comfort.)
And just when you think nothing can replace your favorite flip-flop, there comes the Teva.
My favorite of ALL flops right now is my black pair of Tevas. And I love how they don’t scream “I like to rock climb and make my own fishing lures!” Anyone have any favorite summer shoes? (Or in my case, March through October shoes.)
I read our school announcements every day to my kids. Sometimes the messages are just funny. Wanted: Strong, Male Athletes (Stuntmen). Or this one: Do you like volleyball, but wouldn’t be caught dead wearing spandex? Occasionally I like to put in special voices. Today provided a good one. Bodybuilder’s Club meeting. Remember to bring posing shorts to Thursday’s meeting. We’ll check bodyfat and weight first, have discussion, and perform poses. Sadly, I was not able to attend that meeting. I hope they got along okay without me.
Did you know Japan now has robot supermodels on the runway? (Since when have they NOT been cyborgs?) But at two million dollars each, they’re pretty much a steal. And they won’t yell at you if you run out of Perrier at the food table. Accoring to THIS article, she’s five-two and only weighs ninety five pounds. Even robot models are starving. Ninety-five pounds. That robot needs some M&Ms.
So in the current book I’m writing, the main character eats SweetTarts when she gets stressed. Yesterday I was looking around on YA book review sites and stumbled upon this.
I don’t really know what the book is about, but it HAS to be good. But probably not as good as this one my friend Holly recommends…
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Did anyone see the show Castle Monday night? I didn’t, but I’m going to watch it on the web because it has an old fave from some Joss Whedon shows. And it’s like the second coming of Moonlighting, a show I watched religiously back in the day. Everyone today has been raving about it. Except for some Flight of the Conchords and a few minutes of Idol, I am way behind on my TV viewing. Except, a HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to my friend Salle-Anne (the name of Frances’s station wagon in the Katie Parker books, btw)Â for tipping me off to the face that my hero of heroes Carol Burnett was on Tuesday night’s SVU. She was pretty much…amazing. I hope she lives forever. Is that too much to ask? I love YOU Miss Hannigan!
Okay, gotta go. I have to find this Castle show and sacrifice an hour of my life. But since I’m not eating candy this month, I seem to have the time…
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I didn’t wear green, either – only it was on purpose. I wore orange… for “protestant”
. I didn’t get pinched, though. I don’t think anyone where I work (at church/Victory Home) even realized it was St. Patrick’s Day. lol.
Flip Flops?! I can’t stand ‘em. I have a pair of “dress” flip flops and I like those… but I can’t stand regular flip flops. My feet always hurt! Ok, this is going to sound strange, but… my favorite shoes for March-October would be my dress shoes. I love getting dressed up!! So in the summer-y weather I wear loads of skirts. Which equal nice, cute, summery dress sandles. Those range from my brown wedges with straps over the toes, to my flat black “Mudd” shoes. I wear a lot of dress shoes in the wintery weather, too, but I only have two pairs… black “Mudd” heels, and brown “Mudd” heels. LOL.
The books are just.. wow. It’s crazy some of the stuff that’s out there. What exactly is Castle? I’ve never actually heard of it…
CASTLE IS AMAZING! I highly recommend it! and thanks for giving props to Mrs. Hannigan!(possibly the best drunk performance ever by Carol Brunnet!
So far I’m really liking Castle. I missed the wonderful Carol Burnett, but she is totally awesome!
I am LOVING “Castle,” hope you enjoy it! Nathan Fillion is so darn cute.
My favorite summer shoes are my Skechers sandals that I bought for much cheaper than this (http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7527557/c/3.html). I love Nathan Fillion, especially in Firefly, but I’m not feelin’ the love for Castle. Maybe my comedy bone is broken, but I couldn’t stop rolling my eyes during the premiere.
funny enough, one of my biggest annoyances when i moved here for DEEP SOUTH was that i couldnt wear flip-flops all year round. (though i did try that first year…almost lost a toe to frostbite.)
Carol Burnett is an awesome lady. she may live forever. she could be japans test bot they made back in the day that escaped because they wanted her to lose weight and walk runways, or make tiny gadgets, and of course cant die.
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ah I love flipflops! They drive my family crazy because they get between their toes and have no arch support, but they’re definitely my favourite shoes. The weather went above 0 degress Celsius here in Canada this weekend, so I wore some to church. Unsurprisingly, I was called crazy. You’d think they’d learn, considering that for a couple years I never wore anything but sandals, even when there was snow outside. Lucky you, living somewhere warm. You always talk about wanting snow…you can have ours.
I, too, am really enjoying Castle–you have to admit that no one can deliver a line like Mal…er, Nathan Fillion.
And yay for flip-flops! It’s finally warm enough to wear them here as well. Now I just need to find them undernearth all the snow gear that’s taken over the front closet…
And robots? I mean let’s think about this: what would become of Tyra and America’s Next Top Model?! There would be no drama, no tears, no cat fights, no…entertainment.
I love “Castle”! Watched it for the first time this Monday and fell in love with the author/policewoman duo. The screenwriters for that show totally deserve kudos for their crafting of the characters — their chemistry is perfect!
I looooove flip-flops, but sadly I have none. Instead, I have a closet full of strappy, Sunday-style shoes that I hate. Right now it’s too cold here for me to wear sandals instead of sneakers, but as soon as it’s warm enough…
How the heck did Japan invent a robot-model? And how can something made entirely of metal weigh ninety-five pounds? And why would someone want one?
I wouldn’t know anything about flip flops. They don’t make them in my size.
Castle/Nathan Fillion – Awesome!
Carol Burnett on SVU – Awesome!
Flip flops – Not so awesome. I can’t wear them long enough to get used to them. But I have a pair that I wear the one or two times I get to a pool. I just suffer through until I hit the water.
Okay, Jen, are you wearing the right kind of flops? I can’t wear most of them. They kill my feet. like the kind at Wal-Mart or Payless or the cute plastic-type ones at Old Navy. Could not last 5 minutes in them. But those two I mentioned are AWESOME.
Timothy, you should write letters of protest to companies until they comply and come through for you. Unacceptable!
Girls, I’ve only seen the premiere, so I’m gonna watch show no. 2 this weekend. I hope it continues to be so solid. And sizzley!
Salle, best drunk performance indeed! Omg! “Some women are dripping with diamonds! Some women are dripping with pearls! Lucky me, looking what I’m dripping with…little girls!”
Colene, a Carol Burnett fembot would be awesome.
Hannah and Bethany, you girls dress so professional! Makes the rest of us look like schlumps!
I totally watched that episode of SVU with Carol Burnett on Tuesday, and I don’t normally stay up that late (I know… I’m lame!). It was an amazing performance.
And I broke out my flip-flops a couple of weekends ago… oh the freedom!!
Becky, Carol did a great job. She really plays drunks well. But she was…creepy! The whole plot with Shaggy creeped me out. (And flip-flop freedom is right!)
Shauna, I have GOT to see Firefly. I just never got around to it. I’m not into Sci-Fi, but I can tell from all the raves it gets, that that’s not really necessary. I’m surprised you didn’t like Castle! I hope this doesn’t mean you saw crappines in it I didn’t, but it will reveal itself to the rest of us later. If the show crumbles, it’s totally your fault.
LOL.
Graci ‘would’ pinch you.
I wear my own sacred pair of those exact black Tevas like houseshoes around my house. I used to pride myself on defying the dress code rules and wearing flops to work.
Have you seen the film version of the play “Noises Off”? Carol Burnett is so good in that. I highly recommend it. It also has John Ritter, Nicolette Sheridan, Christopher Reeve, & Michael Caine in it. Oh, and Balky’s brother. You know who I’m talking about? She’s definitely one of my favorite childhood memories. I would laugh at all the grown up jokes that I didn’t actually get on her show with my parents.
I wish I had some SweetFarts…