Friday Five with a St. Patty's Day theme

From thefridayfive:

1. Have you ever made corned beef and cabbage?
I usually skip the cabbage. I've never done it the traditional way, I tend to throw it in the slow cooker with some potatoes (this is happening right now actually). I LOVE corned beef, but I'm also a very "salty" person, where husband is on the "sweet" side of things so he is not as much into the cured meats. Probably best for my blood pressure to only eat it once a year.

2. Will you be tipping back a decent pint of Guinness this weekend?
No, thank you. I may have Irish roots but I'm not a Guinness fan. I always say I prefer beer I don't have to chew. But I've got plenty of other adult beverages in the fridge. I'd rather have an Irish Coffee to finish off my day.

3. Do you own an Irish wool sweater?
I do not...which kind of surprises me but I'm betting they are not machine washable and I don't buy anything that is not machine washable. Though if I DID go to Ireland, I'd probably be tempted to buy one just because I'd know it was authentic.

4. Have you ever ‘met’ the Tart with a cart (i.e. have you been to Dublin)?
NOT YET! It's on my list. I figure hopping over to Ireland would be one of the easier destination vacations since people speak English so it is high up on my to-go list.

5. Do you know what tractors, submarines and ejector seat all have in common?
I'm tempted to Google this, but I will be honest and just say NOPE!

one last post before bedtime...

Going through old emails and OOPS, ages ago sgaile picked out 5 of my icons for the ya olde icon meme going around. Good way to end the weekend, yeah?

Fun fact: I made all of these but the last one. :)


This is one of the Kodama, tree spirits, from Princess Mononoke, one of the first anime movies I saw and loved. When their hands wobble like that, they make a little rattling noise that is both adorable and unsettling, which was usually when I would use it for posts, when something someone said made my head feel a bit wobbly. If you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend it.


It's the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Good icon for serious posts where you don't want a wobbly headed tree spirit making light of a situation.


It's Buffy! This is from the Season 8 comic covers, which I thought were just GORGEOUS. I had several of them framed and hung up in my apartment for a good long while. I still have my big Jo Chen autographed print of the first issue cover. Anyway, yeah, Buffy. My hero. One girl in all the world, fighting the forces of darkness.


This is a fun one. The image is Natalie Portman from the movie The Professional which is a pretty dark story about an assassin and a very young girl that he ends up kind of protecting against his will. It does have a few light moments as the serious old man has to deal with a kid. This image is from one of those moments where Natalie's character is playing dress up. The text is a title of a play that was made into a PBS special starring Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon as two local theater actors - one who is painfully shy off stage and another who just came to town and falls for the on-stage persona, not realizing that off stage he is introverted to the nth degree. Used this one for posts that felt kind of wacky or out of character or just discussing people.


Eddie Izzard! Talk about a real life hero. He was really my introduction to the existence of trans people and his stand-up still makes me laugh. Now he's doing some political work in England but still doing stand up. Life is full of tough choices so it is good to have a CAKE OR DEATH icon ready to go for such discussions.

Clearly I was feeling verbose! These little 100x100 squares mean a lot to me!