Jas-ersize

Today is my friend Jas's birthday.  Aside from his as-of-yet unrealized promise to guest write on this blog he is a pretty decent guy.  We have been friends since eleventh grade when I challenged him with a movie quote which he immediately identified.  We have had our ups (Mardi Gras birthday celebrations) and our downs (when he monopolized my boyfriend with guy time) but as with most of our group from high school we are still good friends. 

If I'm being serious, it has mostly been a lot of good times.  So, you want to be my friend forever, feel free to take a crack at the quote if you want: "Get down and give me...infinity!"  [Not you Jas!  You're already in.]

There once was a fellow named Jas
Who quoted movies with great pizazz.
He'll ace any test
Because he's obsessed.
Wonder 'bout what kind of life he has?

Happy Birthday to Me!!!!

I am incredibly excited to take the day off for the first time since writing this blog!  I say it's allowed since I write two limericks a few days ago and it's my birthday.

But I won't leave you with nothing to read, instead I am going to leave you with some works by a few other people.  One of the joys of being a world class (read: the world's only) plogger is that you receive some real gems for your b-day.  Here are a few of them:

This is from my friend Tad who does an excellent of incorporating some private jokes including the time he accidentally poured an entire beer down my dress (he was hugging me and didn't consider that the sudden tilting of our bodies would equal the tilting of his beverage), the time a mutual acquaintance tried to convince us a head would with gravel in it could be remedied by Listerine, and the fact that he liked to get the dog all riled up right before bedtime when she was a puppy.

There was a gal named Alisa Scher,

To eat bacon she would not dare,

Although she calls her dog “the monster”

And dog play sessions may sometimes be a disaster;

There is no other canine she’d want to sponsor,

Heck, Zoe looks like Yoda the Jedi Master.*

Someday she may crash your party,

and make a big ole mess;

To retaliate hardy,

simply pour beer down her dress;

When you fall and she gives your wounds a clean,

Stop whining you pansy, its only Listerine!!

Although this poem may keep the laughter at bay,

I certainly hope you have a Happy Birthday.

Second is this little ditty from my cousin Stef who is a creative writing genius.  Though we have an ongoing debate over who should end up with actor Ian Somerhalder. (Honestly she can have him, I'm more of a Stefan gal than a Damon person.)

Alisa, Alisa I love you so much,

But Ian is mine so don't you dare touch!!!

Even though it's your birthday that's usually full of wishes come true,

If you try and swoop in on my man, I will SUE YOU.

And last but not least, a very cute (though non-birthday related) ditty from Adina in response to my limerick about her.

There once was a girl named Alisa
Whose blog was quite a crowd pleaser
Especially this one time
She immortalized me in rhyme
And in thanks, I drop to my knees, sir!

Ah how wonderful it is to be adored!  Happy Birthday indeed.

* And how cute is The Monster as Zoda (Zoe + Yoda)?

Nameless but not Shameless or Blameless

I have a friend who shall remain nameless, but let's just say he promised to guest blog for me at some point and he has not come through.

Perhaps he has spent all of his time with his new job at D Mag-Jas-ine, or checking out the art of Jasper Johns. Or taking luxurious Jasmine-scented baths. Or just enjoying his time back in TeJas.

[Figure it out yourself]

Jabberwocky poems have suffered without
Any guest blogging promised by some old lout.
Somehow he has not contributed, even during this creative drought.