Take this box of crazy as my gift to you

June 29, 2008 by parkingathome

Hello, welcome! Welcome to the pay it forward contest, 2008!

First, here are the prizes awarded to the winner!!

In an apparent effort to give the ocean a big, swift, punch to the vagina, we have been hording all the seaweed from it. We are ready to part with said weed, as long as you don’t put its seasoned and roasted goodness back in the ocean, and instead make that nasty-ass sushi stuff that people apparently like

The middle box is a “gift set” apparently so that you can give dried weeds to others in a pretty box.

Warning: we receive this on a regular basis for about a year now. We have never opened the packages, but I cannot guarantee freshness, even though it is vacuum sealed. I also apologize that Hubs ate the package with this classic orange-tape warning:

So please, don’t eat any silica gel packets you may come across. The silica is not food. Not even Korean food.

Top: Roasted chestnuts. Jackson loves him some chestnuts, but they make his kitty poo’s stick something awful and HE is not the one cleaning the litter box.

Middle: Two boxes of gen-u-ine green tea, and one box of corn tea. Yes, corn tea.

Bottom: Apple hard candies. They taste so disturbingly similar to apples that when I eat them I get angry that they’re making me eat apples as candy. But they’re pretty good.

AND:

This is the mother-in-law-lode.

We have here a tower of essentially Korean cup-o-noodle, three packages of for reals asian ramen noodles, two packages of rice patties that you break up and put in soup when you just can’t get enough of that yummy rice, and the anchovy flavored meals.

Have you ever sat down with your cup-o-noodle or ramen and thought, “Do they really have this shit in asia?” Why, yes they do. But it’s way fucking better. If I cared not about the caloric content of these guys, I’d eat them. The spice packets have real spices that make it spicy and your nose will run because of the flavor explosion.

So those are the prizes. If you don’t want this stuff, and you want it to go back in my pantry, you will have the option to opt out and get a different prize.

RULES:

The rules are simple, you must comment on this post by the end of the day on July 4th. The end of the day will be 6:00pm MDT. The winner will be chosen at random so feel no pressure on this contest.

Since Swistle was the one who came up with this idea, and she is also very excitable when it comes to the subject of baby names, please choose out of the following list the names that Hubs and I have tentatively decided on for our children. Choose three:

Anthony
Beatrice
Holly
Hannah
Miles
Michaela
Henry
Joseph
Meghanne
Stephen
Jeryme
Kristy
Ethan
George
Coroline
Lisette
Andrew

I’ve included middle names in there too, so if you want to create full names for them first, middle, Parkingathome, that would be cool. Or, if you think they all suck, feel free to make up names that go with Parkingathome…like Ivanna Fuckwhile Parkingathome. Whatever, it doesn’t matter, just leave a comment, the winner is random. You could comment with your favorite drag-queen name and win.

BONUS ROUND:

If you live in Utah, and do not want my mountain of prizes, you may also choose from the following:

4 bottles of Martinelli’s sparkling cider
1 huge mound of dirt from our back yard. You might need it to backfill something…or something. Please take our dirt.
Some local beer – Polygamy porter and the like. We don’t like it and it will just sit here until next year when we have a house guest

If you do not live in Utah, and do not want my mountain of prizes, please let me know on your comment, tell me 4 random facts about you, and I will get you something that I think you would like.

So that’s that, ya’ll. Comment away! If you have questions you can email me at:

parkingathome

gmail

dot

com

THANKS FOR PLAYING!

EDIT:

Holy crap, this is the highest viewin day in the history of parkingathome! And…not too many comments. Don’t worry if you think the food is as nasty as I think it is. You can opt out and get a lovely prize decided upon later, something picked up specifically for you! Also, I’m loving the guesses on which names we are thinking about naming the unborn and unconceived fetuses. Keep those coming, filthy middle names and all!

Posted in Blogging Stuff, Contest, Meme | 38 Comments

38 Responses

on June 30, 2008 at 8:06 am MzEll

Beatirce, Coroline, and Lisette. Gorgeous names.
on June 30, 2008 at 8:22 am moo

Ethan Miles
Beatrice Coroline (or did you mean Caroline?)
Meghanne Lisette

I adore talking baby names.
on June 30, 2008 at 8:23 am Sarah

Holly, Hannah & Henry. Apparently I like ‘H’ names!
on June 30, 2008 at 8:44 am skiplovey

Michaela,
Ethan,
Lisette

Not in order of importance. I love Lisette.
on June 30, 2008 at 9:31 am Clink

I was denied Henry and Miles when I was expecting so I say either one of those :)
on June 30, 2008 at 10:45 am Fiona Picklebottom

Stephen Miles

Andrew Steven

Lisette
on June 30, 2008 at 10:50 am Sara

Lisette
Henry
Miles

Awesome name choices.
on June 30, 2008 at 10:57 am Danielle

Ethan
Coroline
Hannah
on June 30, 2008 at 11:01 am Bikini

Michaela (because I am a sucker for Jane Seymour as Dr. Quinn)
Lisette
Miles

And I would totally make an apron for your cat if you win my contest. I used to make miniature cat furniture, but then my human kids sat on it and squooshed my pieces out of shape. I did, at one point, make a velvet leopard print chaise lounge (kidney shaped with scalloped back) for an artist’s cat in trade for some artwork.
on June 30, 2008 at 11:12 am Miss Heather

I like Beatrice, Miles and Ethan. I also like you. :o) And I still need to meet your hubs. We should hang out soon!

Beatrice Shifaced Parkingathome
Miles “The Bastard” Parkingathome
Ethan Fuckoff Parkingathome
on June 30, 2008 at 11:13 am Lorraine

Hi!

I like Coroline (but only if the “line” sounds like “leen”), Lisette and Beatrice. I think Bea would be a great nickname!

Also, my son totally wants all the seaweed, so yay if I win!
on June 30, 2008 at 1:40 pm clarabella

Here from Swistle:
Beatrice Meghanne
Jeryme Miles
Miles Henry
Lisette Coroline
Go!
on June 30, 2008 at 3:04 pm Michelle

I’m right here with you on the pay it forward side. Yay us!

And I SO eat that food. In fact, tonight is half price sushi night near my gym, so guess what I’m gorging on tonight?

My names:
Ethan (it was on my list)
Lisette
Holly

Good luck with the coming baby!
on June 30, 2008 at 4:24 pm Paige

Wow, those are some “interesting” prizes.

As far as names go, I like Kristy, Anthony and Caroline.
on June 30, 2008 at 5:19 pm Sam

Well, I like Lisette, Joseph and Miles. Kristen is one of my favorite girl names, and that’s very close to Kristy, so I would like to respectfully submit it for consideration!
on June 30, 2008 at 7:08 pm Misty

Oh, man. I am sure you hear this all the time, but you are so funny!

And I like Miles, Michaela, and Lisette.
on June 30, 2008 at 7:37 pm manager mom

I like you. You’re funny. Let’s have a cup of dried seaweed someday.

I would suggest Jennifer Parkingathome. While 86% of female bloggers may be named Jennifer (myself included) it is shockingly underutilized for the preteen set.
on June 30, 2008 at 8:20 pm Danielle-Lee

I love Michaela and Ethan!

I can’t come up with any funny, outrageous names to go with Parkingathome. Damn it.

I like seaweed, but I’m not sure I want a whole pallet of it. :) Damn it.

But can contest enter-ers really be choosers? Hmmmm.
on June 30, 2008 at 8:39 pm Hallie

Anthony, Miles, and Andrew.
on June 30, 2008 at 11:06 pm Cuddles Kovinsky

ha ha, yay! This is fun.

I like Henry and/or Beatrice.

Or

Krashed Whyle Parkingathome
on July 1, 2008 at 5:38 am Missy

I like Holly and Michaela. And I really like Sierra at the moment, no idea why.
on July 1, 2008 at 5:50 am Becky

Thanks for the comment! ;-)

I like Miles, Ethan & Meghanne. Which I had to copy and paste to make sure I got the spelling right, but is a totally cool name.

PS. I think your prize looks awesome – something most people wouldn’t buy for themselves necessarily, but would be fun to try!
on July 1, 2008 at 7:13 am Vicky

I like Ethan, Hannah, and Michaela.
on July 1, 2008 at 8:40 am Rebecca

I like Ethan and Hannah the best.
on July 1, 2008 at 8:48 am Tessie

Oooo, fun topic!

I like Beatrice, Miles, and Joseph.
on July 1, 2008 at 8:50 am EMama

Someone already guessed the names I picked: Henry, Miles, & Lisette.
Lovely.
on July 1, 2008 at 12:51 pm Nicole

Holly, Kristy, and George.

My brother’s name is George.
on July 1, 2008 at 1:46 pm Miss Grace

Miles
Beatrice
on July 1, 2008 at 7:56 pm Emily

Ethan Anthony
Miles Andrew
Beatrice Coroline
on July 1, 2008 at 8:52 pm Danielle M

I love Henry, Miles and Beatrice ( my grandmother’s name)
on July 2, 2008 at 8:49 am Jenny H.

Hey!

I’m gonna go with Michaela and Miles. I know it said three, but I liked those two the best!
on July 2, 2008 at 10:32 am Joanne

Hmmmm, Holly, Joseph, and Andrew.
on July 2, 2008 at 12:27 pm houndrat

All I can say is, wow. And—are geniune Asian cup o’noodles also for poor, starving students? Except, of course, in Asia?

I figure anything I don’t like, I can feed to the Ferganator.

Hmmm…I like Lisette.
on July 2, 2008 at 2:19 pm lola

I like
Michaela
Meghanne
Coroline
on July 2, 2008 at 5:35 pm K

Alyssa
Giovanna
Anthony!
on July 2, 2008 at 9:21 pm Libby

I think it would be fun to name the children something so that their initials spell out a word. like Miles Andrew Parkingathome (MAP.) But it’d be even BETTER if it spelled something funny, like Henry Oliver Parkingathome – HOP.
on July 2, 2008 at 11:25 pm Melissa H

Stephen, Kristy and Lisette. I think your prizes are the funniest of the ones I’ve seen. Thanks for entering over at my blog :)
on July 3, 2008 at 11:35 am Kristi

Holly Coroline
Miles Stephen
Michaela Lisette

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