Brynne Pettiford - Plinky Answers

What I Wish I Had More Time For

2011-06-24T00:07:25-06:00

Quite honestly I need to be taking more pictures, baking more delicious treats, and spending more time with people who aren't me. If I was doing all of those things I think I'd be slightly happier. Not that I'm super unhappy, I just think I'd be happier.

Bleh! Inception.

2011-06-22T21:37:41-06:00

If I had more than two thumbs they would ALL be down.

inception

Inception. I think I was expecting more from the movie. There was this point towards the end where I didn't know what was going on and I honestly didn't care either. Usually, if a movie loses me I'll watch it again figuring that whatever I missed the first time will pop out the second. I gave it another go and decided that the movie was a huge waste of time. I knew it was completely foregone when I got supremely distracted by DiCaprio's sudden old man face. I was really curious as to when he got so old. I kind of figured at that point that everyone was wrong. The movie sucks. it's beautifully shot and the DP deserves a lot of credit for making such a crap movie visually stunning.

My Kitchen has the best dessert

2009-05-17T21:20:19-06:00

I have this problem. I think that my dessert is superior than going out. Most of the time when I eat dessert out if it's really good I'm trying to figure out what magic touch they used to make it so tasty. Then I hunt down a recipe make any necessary modifications and throw it down!

'Tis better to have loved and lost

2009-05-16T12:28:13-06:00

Speaking as someone who had a very recent and strangely uncomfortable run-in with her ex-dude, I can honestly say that it's better to at least have experienced the love. I think there is a lot that can be gained by giving someone your love and allowing that love to do what it needs to do. The love changes the person who experiences it. It sucks to lose it but the growth it can cause is priceless.

This pea coat is just taking up space

2009-04-27T19:21:32-06:00

Heart 2

Hmmm.... I have quite a few useless things. I've already referenced the golden frog as the strangest gift I've ever given. Honestly, it's probably my pea coat. What am I going to do with a pea coat in Southern California? It's too hot for that amount of wool here. I got it my first year at USF and it served me well while I lived in the city those two years. It's a nice coat and I would wear it more if I had some need for a heavier coat. Considering it's mostly too hot here all the time, I don't think it'll come out of the closet any time soon.

One day I'll roll in a Volkswagen Thing

2009-04-21T21:32:30-06:00

Volkswagen Thing - front

For some reason, when I was a kid I thought that the Volkswagen Thing was the most amazing thing ever. They are ugly, came in crazy day-glow colors and looked like someone high decided to modify a Jeep. It was love. I don't see them very much these days but when I do, I get excited. I've been telling my dad for years that if VW could do something for me, it would be to bring back the Thing. I currently drive a Rabbit and I love it. Though, I can't help thinking that I would love to own a Thing and name it Cousin It. Ahhh.... I dream big sometimes.

When the rescue ship comes, I'll tell 'em: I'm fine, thanks

2009-04-20T00:53:47-06:00

It sounds like there isn't much rocking the boat. I might send a message home to my loved ones but beyond that I think I would stay. I'm assuming that "plenty of food" implies "infinite food" and that we have shelter. I don't see why I would return to a stressful lifestyle when I'm surviving stress-free. Sounds ideal if you ask me.

Leave a party if...

2009-04-20T00:51:08-06:00

I've been to a lot of parties that have devolved into messes. I'm not a fan. I don't prefer to go to parties that don't include people I'm related to.

Vomitting from others
There's a good chance that I would feel obliged to help clean up the mess if it was one of my friends that was sick or it was one of my friends house.

Fighting
Whether involved in the fight (or shouting match) or just present when it starts. It's best to head out either way. Then you aren't the crazy yeller OR the observer.

General presence of crazies
I'm just not a fan of crazies.

My money's on the pack of hyenas

2009-04-16T00:58:00-06:00

Have you seen The Lion King. The hyenas EAT Scar! That's all I have to say about that.

Stuck in an elevator with Marisa

2009-04-03T00:32:19-06:00

Marisa
Chances are we will spend all our time waiting for someone to rescue us by creating a list that compares all the key people in our lives to desserts. We already took care of the condiment list.

Bethany
We would probably spend the time analyzing why so many people in our lives make us insane. That is what we do. Then we would talk about all the beer we aren't currently drinking and all the football that we aren't currently watching.

Hop on Pop brings me back

2009-03-28T18:09:29-06:00

Hop on Pop was the first book I could ever read by myself. My mom likes to say that I sort of taught myself to read by memorizing Hop on Pop. I've been trying to pry my nose out of books ever since but considering that my floor is covered in piles of books that don't fit on my book shelves, I don't see that happening any time soon.

I demand A Better Kitchen

2009-03-27T18:36:05-06:00

A Better Kitchen
I wish that I could upload a photo to this post to illustrate the teeny-tiny-ness of my kitchen. There is approximately 6sq.ft. of counter space and the space to move around in is crazy small. I bake A LOT and having no space to do it is making me insane. I want a bigger kitchen!

The Bucket List

2009-03-24T19:39:34-06:00

Visit ALL Pro-Football Arenas
Since deciding that I needed to take interest in a sport and my obsession with football developed I've been to three pro football games. This past fall I decided that I wanted to visit every pro football arena. I would also like to see every team play live (which of course means staying in New York for two weeks since the Giants and the Jets have the same stadium). I think my mom said it best at the Eagles v. 49ers game this past fall; "Football is so emotional. More emotional than any other sport."

Sell a photo
I don't know that I would want photography to be my main source of income. I feel like that would some how cheapen it for me. I would like to maybe get a photo into a gallery and have it sell. That would be enough for me.

Finally see The Wallflowers or Jakob Dylan
It's never worked out that I have been able to see The Wallflowers perform. 4 years ago they were in San Francisco the day I was getting back from Europe and the next night they were in LA when we were driving back to the bay area. Jakob Dylan was playing in San Francisco the night I was flying up. While I was in the air he was probably taking the stage. It may just not be meant to be.

Raise $25,000 or more for a charity
I don't know what the charity would be or how the fund raising would be achieved but I would like to spearhead something that moved people enough to open their wallets and give.

Bake a Wedding Cake
I just really want to say that I've done this. Who knows I may just make my own when the time comes.

They helped me, maybe they'll help you

2009-03-13T18:45:50-06:00

Another You by John Mayer

"I hope she looks like you, yeah, and is nicer, too"

I Don't Love You by My Chemical Romance

"I don't love you, like I did yesterday" I think that says it all.

Still by Ben Folds

"Even the things that seem still, are still changing"

The Ove' Glove sells itself

2009-03-12T20:29:22-06:00

the 'ove glove

I've never actually bought anything off an infomercial but I will say that the Ove' Glove looks amazing and I want one REALLY bad! It's an oven glove. Not a mitt. It has fingers! Considering that I currently get things out of the oven using a dish towel right now. The Ove' Glove would solve ALL those problems.

My money's on the bear

2009-03-10T00:01:03-06:00

Now this is something that is definitely dependent on two factors.
First, where does the fight take place? If it takes place on land then the bear totally wins because the shark is useless on land. If it takes place in the ocean, then my money is on the shark.
Second, what kind of bear and shark are we talking about? Most bears are pretty vicious. So if it's any kind of bear vs. a big huge type of shark then it's a fair fight. If it's a bear vs. one of those tiny sharks then that's not really fair and the bear wins.
All my money is on the bear. They eat honey, after all.

My favorite line from 'Juno'

2009-03-07T21:14:03-06:00

"Are you for real, like, for real for real?"
"Yes, Leah. I am for shiz up the spout."
"Well Phuket, Thialand!"

I wish I could live alone!

2009-03-02T20:21:27-06:00

Right now, I live with someone I found on Craig's List. He's weird and makes food that smells terrible. I'm not any kind of fan of his. In fact, my room currently smells like whatever he made for his dinner last night. It's annoying. I would really like to get my own place but I don't think that's possible right now. Rents aren't dropping in Long Beach yet. Hopefully by the end of the year I can be in my own place.

The story behind the gold frog

2009-03-01T17:03:31-06:00

I got this gift for my birthday or Christmas (sometimes it's hard to remember, my birthday is two days before Christmas). It's a gold frog from Pier 1 Imports. My best friends, Amy and Justin, gave it me. I guess that they thought I was serious when I said it was cool. Justin manages a Pier 1 store, so I'm sure that's also part of it. I went to visit him one Saturday and commented that I thought the gold frog was badass. When they gave it to me I was mostly confused as to why someone would buy another person a gold frog. It now lives in the curio cabinet that my aunt gave me when I moved into my apartment. I am kind of attached to it now. My dad said it looks like Kermit the Frog in gold. I responded and said, "Well, it ain't easy being green."

You'll find these magazines piled on my floor

2009-02-26T00:43:09-06:00

All these magazines come to my house and I don't read them.

Self & Shape
Supposedly they are exercise magazines and are supposed to inspire me to exercise. They generally inspire me to ignore their presence in my life.

Esquire
I usually get to these about 3 months late. I like it because it's like a Cosmo for men with significantly better writing. Plus there is usually a very attractive man on the cover.

Entertainment Weekly
I can honestly say there are only 5 issues a year that I read of this magazine. They are: The fall TV preview, the spring TV preview, the Summer movie preview, the winter movie preview and the photo issue.

I'm turning into my grandma

2009-02-24T19:05:55-06:00

I don't know that I'm so much turning into either of my parents but that I'm turning into my maternal grandmother. When I was a kid I spent a vast majority of my time with my grandma. She dragged me everywhere with her. She made me go to church when she went to confession, to my various aunt's and uncle's houses, to the grocery store, the mall, to everywhere. I did it begrudgingly. I would have much rather have stayed at my aunt's house and ride my bike or watch TV with my cousin. Now at 26 I appear to have picked up some of her weirder traits. When I go to some people's house I won't put my purse down. I will hold it. It's huge; I posted a list of the crap that's in it. When I'm mad I grumble rather than say something. Unless I'm really mad and then the yelling starts. I think it's a good thing that I'm like her. She was an amazing woman who raised 15 children (9 her own, 6 from my grandfather's first marriage). She watched my cousin and me when she had breast cancer and after her first two strokes. She was the back bone for my family and to be even a little bit like her is an honor.

Sure I'm like my dad, in that I have very little patience for assholes and idiots and that I can't shut up to save my life. And I'm like my mom, in that I'm stubborn and I like what I like and nothing else. To be honest, I don't mind being like my grandma. She was great.

I carry all this stuff around

2009-02-20T18:16:12-06:00

I have a big purse and it holds all my stuff. I don't use 80% of the things that it contains but they are in there and I like it that way.

iPod
Need for mad tunes at all times. You don't even want to know my iPod contains though.

Wallet
Is has my plastic money spenders in it and my ID for whenever I buy booze at the grocery store. That's the only place I ever get carded.

A Hat
I stuck it in there on Sunday before I left my parents and I haven't taken it out yet.

Make-Up Bag
I got tired of have my various lip glosses, lip balms, lip sticks and such getting lost in the bottom of my cavernous bag.

Keys
I have no less than 10 keys on my key chain for I am a janitor in my spare time!

Note Pad
For taking notes.... duh!

Lotion
For dry skin and it smells good.

Anti-Bacterial Gel
I don't know. I've never used it.

Tissues
Sometimes I need to blow my nose.

Check Book
Paying bills... that's all.

Spanish Fan from Sara
Sometimes I get hot.

Headphones
For the iPod.

Pens
Writing checks and notes.

Glasses cleaner
I wear glasses and they get dirty and I don't like it.

Gum
No one likes stinky breath.

Matches
To burn stuff.

Tickets
They get thrown in there after movies and concerts. I take them out when I clean my purse out.

An old grocery list
That too will get taken out when I clean my purse.

The Yard House works for me

2009-02-19T19:19:10-06:00

I'm thinking since I see most of my friends on a fairly regular basis that by friend you mean Anne. I haven't seen her since August!

My very dear friend Anne has been in Italy for the past 6 months and I miss her. We were chatting on Facebook a couple weeks ago and I mentioned that the Yard House has a huge beer selection. Anne likes beer as much as I do. I think it would be great to go to the Yard House since it's relatively close to where I live and we could call a cab to get to and from there. Then we wouldn't have to worry about having a DD.

I like to Wii Fit

2009-02-16T19:01:28-06:00

I'm not the biggest fan of exercise. I'll take a walk when I feel like it. I usually go up to the grocery store or to the Starbucks by my house.

I try to do the Wii Fit everyday. I usually start with my body test so I can bummed out about my BMI (which I don't actually thinks means anything). Then I do boxing. Today I decided I'm going to at least one exercise from each category (Aerobics, Balance, Strength and Yoga). I don't know if it's working but it makes me feel better about spending most of my time inside these days.

A word of advice from my dad

2009-02-11T19:48:07-06:00

My dad often gives me the weirdest advice. My favorite was when I was mad at someone for doing something I didn't like. I told my dad about it and he says to me, "When people are treating me like shit, you know what I do? I say 'Aw, fuck 'em'." Another thing he once told me was, "Eh, piss on 'em." Those two statements pretty much sum my dad up. He's a nice guy and he hates when people take advantage of that. I can't say I blame him.

Watch "The Breakfast Club"

2009-02-10T18:50:41-06:00

This movie is most excellent for resting up. Five angsty teens from the 80s locked in a library for 8 hours, hilarity ensues. This movie is always going to occupy a spot in my top 5 all-time favorites. Watch it while you are sick and all that ails you will disappear.

Brynnie-Poo-Poo-Head

2009-02-08T13:06:03-06:00

For some reason, everyone I'm close to in my family calls me Brynnie. The story goes that when I was little and at my Aunt Lucille's house, I was majorly grumpy. (Not surprising, I've spent most of my life being grumpy.) I guess she started calling me Brynnie Poo Poo Head. When I turned 18 she said she was going to stop. She didn't and I don't really care. I find it rather endearing. I guess it's just one of those things.

Sidekick Brynne to the rescue!

2009-02-07T15:29:54-06:00

I generally consider myself the witty sidekick. This is mostly due to the fact that I am a witty sidekick. I'm the friend that is mostly cynical and beyond honest. Sometimes it's just a matter of telling my friend's to take the step forward. I like to be the voice of reason and the voice of crazy. It works for me.

I love the kitchen

2009-02-06T18:54:55-06:00

13A2 living room ~ north {notes}

My favorite room in my very tiny apartment is the kitchen. It's not an especially large kitchen nor is it stocked to the point where I could decide to make something and make it. What I like is that it's mine. It's my space to make and create anything I could possibly want to eat or prepare for others. I've amassed some items that I use fairly regularly. There are definitely some things I would change if I had the option but for now it's a good kitchen. It serves me well.

When I started using the Internet

2009-02-05T18:07:30-06:00

I'm the first to admit that I'm a computer retard. I get frustrated at the simplest of things. I probably started using it regularly in my senior year of high school which was roughly 8 years ago. I wasn't really super into the world wide web until I started college though. I'm not exactly the most savvy person when it comes to using things on the internet. I don't have a lot of patience for it either. I blame that one being a Californian though.