End Game, also oh my god I have so much to read.

The Pay it Forward contest is over, ya’ll!

I will use my special calculations to select the winner, and once I notify them, I will notify you. It may be random, it may be who I like best, it may be NONE of you because I want the cup-o-noodles to myself. That’s likely, right?

Thanks for all of the guesses on names. No, we are not pregnant, nor are we going to be any time soon, but in following the “we moved waaaay fast” theme of our relationship, I think Hubs and I talked about kids about a month or so after we met. Our choices at the moment are:

• Hannah Lisette
• Michaela Meghanne (yes, spelled funky like that)
• Ethan Miles

Though I’m sure that’s subject to change once we actually get to the point of procreating. Right now we’re still just practicing.

I’d have to do some sort of tallying, which I’ll post along with the winner, but Beatrice was a wildly popular choice. All names other than the ones above were pulled directly from my ass, so it’s nice to know I can choose a very popular name out of said ass. Coroline was from a great book by the same name by my favorite author ever ever Neil Gaiman. Stephen is one of my brother’s names, Andrew is a nephew, Henry is (of course) Indiana Jones, Joseph is a co-worker, Jeryme is a name I used to like, and the rest are just random thoughts. “Hmmm…bbbbbb…eatrice!” So la le la

Right, Did you guys do as I did? This was my week:

1. Go to Swistle’s post
2. Open each one in a new tab
3. Skim over everything until I saw what I should comment about
4. Find the post comment link – which was VERY HARD TO FIND on some of these
5. Comment, and think “wow, I sound so dumb/generic/like I’m full of myself”
6. Grumble at the word verification
7. type my name, email, and website (a billion times)
8. Add blog to Google Reader
9. Go to next.

Guys, I have about 25,672 unread posts now, and that’s just what’s showing on your home pages. You know me, I have to start from the beginning of your blog and read all of you. If I read just the posts from now, it’s like watching the last 10 minutes of a movie. I get hella pissed when there is not an easy way to get to the beginning, and I have to hit “older, older, yet older” til I get tired of it and wander away. So please, for my sake, and the sake of all the other readers you gained this week, give me a link to your history.

Also, very excited about all the new people I’ve found. Especially (and please don’t take offense) the no-baby blogs. I love the kid stories and all, but I’m just not in that stage and can’t relate. Give me a husband/wife/kitty/dog story and I’ll be there with the “mm-hmm’s” and the “oh god I know it’s.” I just don’t know much about cleaning shit out of infant scrotum’s. I just don’t. But talk to me about your cat shitting in the flower bed, and I’m all “I know, I watched it come out and was jealous of how easily he could poop.”

So, there you have it. A great week to help me find a lot of new reading material and internet friends. Yay!