Green Room - Week 11 - Day 5

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I’m sure that if I tried, I could come up with something clever take on the “news of the day” or just mock the lot of you. But today is a little different for me, because really only one thing is on my mind.

Today is my second anniversary with my girlfriend. Since I can’t seem to wipe the smile off my face, I figured “Why bother trying?”

At the end of what turned out to be our first date, I walked her to her car and she gave me a hug. I remember that hug, and just how amazing it felt. I remember *thinking* how amazing it felt. What I didn’t find out until several weeks later, was that I had actually muttered “Oh my god” OUT LOUD!

Once I found out, her nervous laugh and “You’re so cute” made a lot more sense with the context! : )

What have *you* forgot to use your “inside the head” voice on, and accidentally let out into the universe? What was the reaction?


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Oh, and there is a poll or something going on: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/641109.html

Comments

[n3m3sis43.livejournal.com]

Most things I say, really. People don't even bother reacting anymore.

[porn-this-way.livejournal.com]

YUP, pretty much this. Brain-to-mouth filters are massively overrated.

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

Gary, that's fucking adorable and you realize I am going to build a story where I borrow that, right? Because I totally am.

In other news, the GR always shows up just as I start wanting to write for the day. Do you have some sort of fucking radar, Gary? I know my kid does, lol.

[n3m3sis43.livejournal.com]

He doooooes. I almost didn't finish my chapter yesterday because of the timing of that GR.

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

So do mine. Especially when I'm trying to meet a deadline!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Just remember how to spell my last name in the dedication! ;)

Slight more embarassing in a practical sense, she had brought over some Jamaican pies that ended up not being all that great (I liked them more than she did) that we ate when she came over to my apartment at about 3pm. We ended up talking until about 2 am - and it never occured to us to eat, or even get a drink! (Seriously, where are my manners? I should have asked if she wanted something! But I was so engrossed in the conversation!)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I don't have radar. Cameras that I have secretly installed in the homes of every Idol contestant, past and present, that's another story! :)

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

I know my kid does, lol.

And this is another one of those pain in the ass things that doesn't change as they get older. :grin:

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

<3

Happy Anniversary, Gary! I love hearing about how people met and that kind of magic that happens.

My most memorable 'should have used my inside voice' experience was when my first baby was born. I just looked him in my hands and said, 'oh my god, it's a baby!' And the midwife thought that was hilarious.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

When she left that night, I literally said to myself (or the cats, but considering they were in the other room, it was probably just to myself. :D) "I just met my wife!"

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

That *is* hilarious! Were you perhaps expecting something else? ;)

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

I think my doctor had one of those moments when Owen was born. He pulled the little guy out and said "it's a boy!" (we had waited to find out the sex of the baby until his birth) and then immediately said "look at the BALLS on this kid!"

I still laugh thinking about it.

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

LMAO!!! You were expecting a turnip weren't you? I know I was.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

SO and I knew each other only online for a couple of years before we actually met in person. We weren't especially close, but when he announced in the forum that he was moving back to this area and didn't have time to fly back here to find a place to live, I took it upon myself to find him a place. I was the only one on the forum living in this area, and I figured it was nothing for me to do a favor for an as-yet-unseen friend.

I finally found him a place at the other end of my town, emailed him the pertinent information, we exchanged phone numbers, the whole bit. We kept in touch while he drove back up here. When he called to tell me that he expected to be pulling into the new place at such-and-such a time on such-and-such a date, I figured I'd meet him there because he had nobody to help him unpack.

That was at 8AM. I didn't leave there until after midnight that night, and I had to be at work 3 hours later. And we hardly got anything unpacked because we just kept talking and talking and talking without nary food nor drink!

Happy Anniversary Gary!!!

(edited AGAIN because it's so obvious I can't spell correctly in the morning)

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Heee :) That is such a cute story :)

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary Gary!!

The hubby also got a hug at the end of our first date, and he later told me, he was hoping for a kiss, but I made it better by sending him a text message later that day which read "smile, because someone is thinking about you."

I'm not known for blurting out the things I'm thinking, BUT, people often have a good idea because my poker face is not a good one. I will often grimmace or roll my eyes when I KNOW I should be controlling myself. Oh well!

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

I think the worst one for me (and there have been MANY) was the time I was pregnant with my second daughter. I was about 8 and a half months along. I went out to lunch with a friend and the waitress was commenting on how cute I was (I was only 20) and asking how far along etc. etc. So we talked and after awhile I pointed at her very bloated belly and asked her how far along she was.

Yeah.

Needless to say someone else served us the rest of our meal and I really wanted to go into labor right there and then so an ambulance would come and take me away.

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

We were on a cruise in 2011 and went to this champagne brunch which we all love. As we're sitting down at the table, the waitress looks at me and says "well, no champagne for you!" For a second, I was stunned because I didn't know how she knew I didn't like champagne and then I realized that she thought I was pregnant! I was mortified, because I thought I'd lost a lot of weight and looked pretty good at that point. I also felt really bad for the waitress who later apologized.

[porn-this-way.livejournal.com]

My experience with completely lacking a brain-to-mouth filter are really too numerous to name, but one of my faves was at work last year. The school where I work is obsessively evil about paperwork, redundant paperwork, documenting everything, documenting that you documented, and so on. One afternoon after a particularly long day, I was headed down the hall to drop some papers off when I happened across one of the assistant principals (We'll call her Ms. M) and another teacher having a discussion about...you guessed it...proper documentation for some random shit. I walked past, dropped my papers off, and then on the way back, passed the AP again in the hall. Without even thinking, I walked up to her and was just like, "Hey Ms M. If somebody farts in the hall and forgets to document it, what happens?" As soon as it was out of my mouth, I was just like ooooooh shit, WTF did I just say?? So the AP looks me dead in the eye, her expression completely unreadable, and says without missing a beat, "Well, that depends on whether it was a wet juicy one or an SBD." I fucking lost my shit and just about fell over laughing. "Okay, thanks for clearing that up!" was about all I could manage to choke out. She was just like, "no problem," and walked off! Best ever! Granted this was an AP who was rather notorious for having a goofy sense of humor, but that sooooo could have ended not-well for me.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

What I didn’t find out until several weeks later, was that I had actually muttered “Oh my god” OUT LOUD!

Hahahaha! Well, it sure looks like that worked in your favor. No doubt of your sincerity. :D

I usually don't let out anything too damaging, but I see that I've lost some traction over the years. At a soccer game awhile back, my son's coach suddenly raised his arms to yell, "Sub, ref!" and exposed his beachball stomach. It was SO much worse than under the shirt. I said, "Uh oh," and looked over at my daughter, whose eyes were just huge and horrified.

I need to go back to the horrified silence, and not the blurting. ;)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

My husband had an endoscopy this morning, and once he was brought back to the post-op area and started coming out of it, he muttered something and I had to ask him to repeat himself. What he said was, "I'm getting to be an old hand at this," LOL.

Fortunately, there wasn't an ulcer, he just had a narrowing of his esophagus which caused irritation to the lining. The meds he has been taking are helping with that, fortunately.

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

Thank God it wasn't anything too serious. Is this something he'll have to take meds or anything for?

ETA: And if I didn't read so fast I would have caught that last line about his meds. I'm a doofus.

I'm just glad he's okay.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Awww, that's really sweet. :) Happy Anniversary!

I tend to subvocalize rather than vocalizing, so mostly people just say, "What? I can't hear you."

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

Usually quotes from my favorite movies, especially if I've been hanging out with my mom too much (since movie quotes and hysterical laughter are our main form of communication).

ETA: Oh, and happy anniversary! Look at me being all, "ME ME ME WHO CARES ABOUT GARY".

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

I forget to use my inside voice a lot.
Some days it just seems like the snide off hand comments just have to come out.
This is particularly true when people paint nice little targets on themselves with the things that they say.

[beldar.livejournal.com]

I once sat through a screening of an AWFUL movie while the director and cast were in the audience, constantly stifling the urge to make smartass comments at the screen. At one point I couldn't help myself and blurted one out -- and the people around me laughed. Seems they knew it was crap, too.

[porn-this-way.livejournal.com]

Also, because somebody had to do it, insert requisite "ewwww, romance" comment here. :p

(J\K. Happy anniversary! But also....ewww, romance :p)

Late Commenter League: Gimme the prize

[beldar.livejournal.com]

Happy Anniversary, boss-man!

And my inside voice is usually that of the audiobook I'm most recently listening to, which has given it some interesting accents.

For the rest of you, I finally got around to naming my top five LJI:XA prize picks yesterday. Here's what I asked for:

1. A swift hippie-kicking at a time and place of my choosing
2. A gazillion dollars, in Canadian pennies (they're not using them anymore)
3. The Loc-Nar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_%28film%29)
4. A rug woven from Sean Connery's chest hair
5. A cursed Genie that I can give to my enemies so that when their wishes go horribly awry I can write up their cautionary tales as entries in Season Nine.

Hopefully there weren't too many others asking for these, as I finished at the bottom of the finalists.

Re: Late Commenter League: Gimme the prize

[porn-this-way.livejournal.com]

I am *so* going to fight you for the genie.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I have an inside my head voice? Who knew?