Well, today I found out the holidays have ended
and I certainly hope I’m happy because all my clothes are too tight and uncomfortable and it’s nobody’s fault but my own. Last September I thought to myself, “Well, the holidays are nearly upon us so I might as well not even try to curb my eating desires and eat everything I can think of, especially items containing sugar and/or cream. And while I’m eating sugar and cream, I’ll also put a special focus on eating all foods that are white in color, such as potatoes and rice, bread and other things containing flour. Then I’ll reevaluate when the holiday season ends.”
It ended today, so I’m reevaluating. This might take me a few days to form any real conclusions about what must be done to make my clothes fit again.
But in the meanwhile I’d like to start a Refrigerator Meme. The requirements are: Take a photo of the contents of your refrigerator and post it on your blog.
Please don’t feel that you have to explain each item because — in the case of my own fridge, anyway — a picture tells a thousand words. My refrigerator photo tells why my clothes are hurting me and leaving marks:
I only posted the two top shelves because they came out best. The bottom shelves came out too dark, but there’s a 13-pound roasted turkey down there in the shadows, along with two bags of apples, a bag of lettuce, and a zucchini. I think there’s also some moldy mushrooms in a bag, but I’m afraid to look too closely.
I’m tagging the following 10 bloggers from my Blogroll. If I didn’t tag you it’s because I know your blog isn’t really suited to this (Beth at Avenue Z, for instance; Slice of Life, I didn’t tag you because you’ve been tagged hundreds of times and I thought I’d spare you, as a gift of sorts.). Some people may feel this meme is too much of an intrusion into private life, and if this is the case please DO NOT feel obligated to participate! I won’t tell people your fridge was loaded with nothing but booze, and I won’t be offended at all, so please don’t be offended that I tagged you.
This is meant in the spirit of silly fun so if you want to do this, cool. If not, eh. It’s no big whoop. And if I didn’t tag you and you want to participate PLEASE DO! Let me know so I can hop on over and check it out.
In Repair (I don’t know why this came out blue but it won’t fix itself!)
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I didn’t EXACTLY follow the rules (I tend to get lost when following) but I did write a fridge bit.
@ Bound and Gags – Thank you so much for doing that! I loved it! The idea of posting a photo of the content of the fridge ON THE FRIDGE is hilarious. But as I said, it’s an excellent idea. Chris, you-are-too-funny. And creative. Funny and creative people make me so jealous.
I love it. My camera battery is dead so I’m going to have Sarah take the pictures. I will probably have to take at least three pictures to cover everything because I use a lot of condiments for cooking.
Ooooh, I love the stuff in your fridge. I could happily live off that stuff for several days.
My fridge is a joke–there’s rarely anything in it. The first thing Emily does when she comes by is to check it out and she always says the same thing: “Jeez, there’s nothing in here.”
And as you know, there is never ever any ice in the freezer. There is, however, a half-eaten pint of New York Fudge Crunch and numerous frozen dinners.
Ok, I posted my fridge pictures. I did have to explain a few interesting items. Also check out my blog called “How I got burned by a skunk”. True Story. I see those Swiss rolls in your fridge. Oh, those were the days. I have Cool whip in my freezer, only it’s Fat Free and I pretend it’s vanilla ice cream. I have such a good imagination. So good, that I know I am really thin and from another planet and this is all a dream.
Hilarious! My guy D.J. just made me take a picture of my fridge and send it to him the other day. I had two old apples, two empty serving platters, a dried garlic clove and some iced tea from before Thanksgiving. Long live the writing life!
@ Barbara - My mother used to do that same thing to me! She’d come in and walk directly the fridge and declare it empty. And for the life of me I can’t figure out how you live without ice. That’s just mental. The fridge that came with this house has an ice maker, so now I am very wealthy in ice. I have so much ice, when I drop a cube on the floor I don’t have to rinse it off and use it. I can afford to just throw it in the sink! That’s how ice-wealthy I am.
@ Joan – Your fridge photos are excellent! Thank you for doing the meme, I loved looking in your fridge. The fat free Cool Whip is actually very good! I don’t taste much of a difference at all. And you’re doing so great, I think of you all the time and I’m ashamed of myself with the fucking Swiss Rolls. I don’t even like them that much. You’re in a thought bubble hovering over my head, telling me to reach for something healthy. You’re very inspirational. And I’m so glad you’re blogging. I love your stories, and THAT SKUNK STORY IS HILARIOUS!
@ Beth – Your fridge sounds so Sex In The City, you should be proud of it. All that’s missing in there is a bottle of champagne. Hmm, now which Sex In The City girl are you … oh, you’re Carry of course! How excellent.
I did this, but it was extremely painful!
Me too, and it wasn’t painful, but I am a little ashamed at how messy my fridge looks next to Wendy’s.
And why didn’t anyone tell ME that the fuckin holidays ended?!
David, you mean you’re not subscribing to the ElPaso Times? What ARE you?! Gotta go clean my fridge before I take any photos of it…. sheeesh, what I do for you people. (actually, I’m THRILLED!!!!!!!!!!! to be meme’d! more coffee, find my camera, oh BOY!)
Interesting meme. I’ll try to do it tomorrow. Luckily, I gave my fridge the clean treatment a couple of months ago.
[...] the way, this post is a direct result of a meme by Life With Buck — the challenge… take a picture of your fridge and post it. Wendy didn’t tag me [...]
And they said it couldn’t be done….
http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/index.php/2008/01/03/giving-a-helping-hand/
That Dean’s Dip looks DE-LISH!
I’ve never seen that in Canada…
Thanks for the link, and to save you the trouble of seeing a picture of my very near empty fridge, let me just explain that the fridge at my Parents’ house was WAY more bulging and interesting over the holidays…and when it was time to leave, my mom armed us with 4 containers of tupperware leftovers, and a bag of milk (’cause my sister and I are too lazy to buy our own, LOL….)…hence a “verbal” representation of a visually dull fridge
CuriousC, no fair cleaning your fridge first! And I’m not sure how to answer your question “What ARE you?!”. Usually my answer to queries that start that way is “I’m just some guy.” How ’bout that?
And Romi, excuse me, but WTF is a “bag of milk”??
Hey…the Seattle Times didn’t tell me the holidays were over. I guess we shall continue to party on!
Thank you for my”gift”. LOL It’s because I still haven’t put up the seven weird things about me, isn’t it? Oh the guilt of it all!
Hey! I just noticed your cafepress shop. Have you considered featuring Stella? You know how much everyone loves her… (Not that we don’t all love Buck!)
David: oh crap, I forgot bags of milk were a Canadian thing, so here’s a link to a canadian milk bag, which goes in a jug (you buy these milk bags in 3-packs…)…
http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/milk3.jpg
Hi everybody, we’ve been in Carlsbad Caverns all day with the kids or I would have on here sooner.
@ MBMQ – Thank you for doing this! It really was fun, and you and have a lot of the same stuff in our fridge. It looked great.
@ David – Your fridge is also great, I gushed over it on your site. And wasn’t that headline insane in the El Paso paper? I couldn’t believe it when I saw it, I stared at it the whole way into the house, trying to think what to do with it.
@ Curious C and Alyson – Great, I’ll be looking for your refrigerators. Or not. Either way it’s no problem.
@ Beth – Only you could pull this off and as I said over on Avenue Z, I’ll never again hesitate to tag you!
@ Romi – Bagged milk? Is that what the kids are drinking these days? Tell me more about this intriguing container.
@ David – I just asked her about the milk. I see you’re as out of this milk loop as I am.
@ Susan - Thanks for visiting my shop! I just got it up and running (thanks to Bound and Gags) and I need to blog about it because it was hard. At least it was hard for a bear of very little brain, such as myself. I plan on doing a couple of Stella T-shirts, I just haven’t had time. Have you seen the awesome shirt Brian from In Repair designed with Stella?
Sorry, David, I have no idea what was in my head yesterday… I know you as a very clever witty guy who doesn’t happen to read the ElPaso Times… And, I didn’t get around to cleaning my fridge first before taking photos… I’m going to go read about milkbags now and then shop for a Stella for President Tee. Happy Friday, “C”
I was mortified at the thought of posting the contents of our fridge online. Alan thought I should do it, but he said wanted to clean and organize the fridge first. I figured that would kind of defeat the purpose so I never did it.
Please don’t hate me!!
I don’t hate you Brian! You could have organized the fridge or whatever you liked, there were no actual rules. You didn’t even have to do it, so there! Actually, everybody’s photos were better than mine. They all went the extra mile and showed freezers, crisper drawers, etc. That was a relief, because after I posted the meme I began to realize that some people might be really freaked out by it, like if I asked for snapshots of their underpants.
Well dang! Sadly, the RAM in my kick-A new computer was bad, so I’ve been waiting the last week for replacements. But worry not. You shall have a shot of my fridge soon!
[...] Peru by fightingwindmills on January 3rd, 2009 Inspired by a meme I saw on Wendy’s blog Life With Buck, I took photos of my refrigerator last January. We’ve made a few changes in how we eat and [...]