Conversation with my friend Laura:
Laura: So you didn’t buy the taxidermied marmot? Were you drunk?
me: Of course not. I was just socially drinking. Not drunk drinking.
Laura: Drunk drinking?
me: Drunk drinking = drinking to get drunk. Which I don’t do.
Laura: Drunk drinking.
me: Or “drunking”, if you prefer. It’s shorter and probably more likely what you’d call it if you actually were out drunking.
Laura: Got it. Now I kind of want to go drunking.
me: And that’s why words are dangerous.
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It’s time for the weekly wrap-up. Let’s get started, shall we? 
What you missed on my parenting blog on the Houston Chronicle:
What you missed in my shop (tentatively called “Eight pounds of uncut cocaine” so that your credit card bill will be more interesting.):
What you missed on the internets:
- Free Juanita Weasel stick puppet
- From the latest issue of O Magazine
- From Vanity Fair
- Kick-ass stuff I pinned.
- I’m really more of a jiggler.
This week on shit-I-didn’t-come-up-with-but-wish-I-did-because-it’s-kind-of-awesome:
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I bet the marmot would make a fabulous drunking friend…as would you.
Erin recently posted..Excuse me if I get a bit heavy for a moment
-sad- I want that Iphone app…but have android.
Happy! Now i can talk about Drunking at work and create HR problems
(I am that girl)
Lori recently posted..The weight loss journey starts today.
I wish I could go out for a good ol’ college drunking! —minus the puking hangover, that is. I’m too old for that and will take to long to recover.
Meg recently posted..RE: Unconditional Love
I see a new t-shirt in your future. BADD: Blogess Against Drunk Drinking.
Rebecca recently posted..At Stride Rite, girls are pretty and boys are actve.
I’m totally drinking….wait I’m drunk, so what is the end result of drinking? I’m drunkinged
*um, but with 2 gs, of course.
Rebecca recently posted..At Stride Rite, girls are pretty and boys are actve.
You’re going to need your own dictionary. I’ll call Miriam-Webster for you if you like.
Rob R recently posted..I’m Craving my Wife’s Shampoo
I’m drunking this very minute!
naturally inappropriate recently posted..Twatbadgers
I have often used the term drunking. It’s as if you already know me!
Texts from Hillary = Awesome
Texts from Dog = Friggin Awesome
Texts TO Dog FROM Hillary drunking = YOU GOTTA DO IT, JENNY!
Carrie recently posted..I’ve apparently been really busy doing a lot of nothing this week. What a shock.
Drunking = my new favorite word!!!
Heather recently posted..Vodka Girls Easter Traditions!
I love you, Jenny! My pilsner glass(es) of wine & I needed a label, and there you are, delivering it right on time!
I’m DRUNKING tonight!!
I sure hope Amazon is as good at delivering your book on release day!
Huggles,
rissatoo
Drunking could also be drunk basketball playing. Though that doesn’t sound like it would be as popular.
Cindy recently posted..Someday, These Kids Will Appreciate Their Left-Brained Mother
Went to Anime Boston today.
Either you were there, or your awesome wolf coat has a brother, because I saw someone going down the escalator in it while I was going up the other side.
I got very excited and made a total fool of myself trying to explain to everyone on the escalator that they may or may not have been in the presence of The Bloggess.
It was an awesome near-celebrity encounter.
I totally give you credit for being that wolf.
Thanks for making my day.
I’m at a family function. Pretty sure I’d rather be drinking, whatever the meaning.
Karen Sanders recently posted..A-Z Challenge, Evolution
How could you not get the taxidermied marmot?!?!?! I don’t even know what came next in this post; I was too stunned to continue reading.
Shella recently posted..Hot Nerd Love
*drunking. Damn autocorrect
Karen Sanders recently posted..A-Z Challenge, Evolution
Your video with the celebrities of the internet and twitter was an ABOMINATION. Your interchange with Wil was insane-mazing. LOVED IT. GO YOU!! Sorry I couldn’t be of more service. To the future!
Also, I am thinking about tentatively calling our online store “30 kilos of cut & prepped cocaine” now. Thanks.
Best,
charlie
http://HowToBeADad.com
“former lover of unicorns”
Charlie recently posted..Equipment: Revenge of the Crazy
I am totally babysitting some folks who are drunk drinking tonight. If I find a taxidermied marmot, I’ll nab it for you.
LDiggitty recently posted..jewels of the interweb (volume 20)
I drunkinged my way out of college. And that is why I am bitter and come here for my daily pick-me-up. Carry on. And thank you.
I’m completely on board with drunking. I can’t wait to tell my coworkers that there is a word for that unfortunate incident of mine that they witnessed a few Friday evenings ago. Actually, instead of making it seem intentional, I’d like to say that I was a victim of drunking, not an active participant with a goal or anything.
Michael Rochelle recently posted..You Know You’ve Had A Good Night When…
I thought only teenagers and alcoholics drink just to get drunk.
Ashley Pariseau recently posted..Stupid Things Men Do
Is it just me or do the links at the end just take me to the apple store??
Drogging. The act of blog commenting while intoxicated. I will demonstrate this weekend.
Canadian Dad recently posted..My Son Hates Food…
This may be the new antipsychotics I’m on, but what the crap? I am so lost
Imperfectmomma recently posted..Dear you
I so damn happy that good things are happening for you right now! For all that you’ve done for the rest of us, just by being here, being yourself, and putting yourself out there for us, it’s just right that you should have some happy time! Love ya!
I’m drunk
I do my drunking at home
Making up lame-ass wussy things like Fruit Cocktail (snack-cup of red grapefruit, sugar syrup, lemonade, and vodka. Because I can’t handle shots). Hey, it worked. Until I cried.
Dangerous Lilly recently posted..Sex Toy Journalism: Seeking the Truths of Silicone via Flame Testing and Confronting Manufacturers
What a coincidence… I’m drunking right now. And watching The Ten Commandments. And remembering the time when I met Charlton Heston at an NRA rally. I was ten, and the meeting was held in the same barn where they show sheep during the county fair. When it was over, they handed out Bibles.
It was the crowning glory of my young, redneck life.
Chelsie recently posted..(Mostly) Wordless Monday
I drink to be more social (why hello glass of wine + anxiety = me slightly less anxious and more prone to actually socializing instead of burying myself into the nearest wall)… does that count as drunking? Or drunk-alizing? (drinking + socializing?)
Nicky recently posted..Pins pins pins/Week wrap up.
Holy…of all that is holy!! You’re in Oprah?!!! Girl…you are set!
DogsDontPurr recently posted..Fuckalicious!
It has been awhile since I have gone drunking—but only a short while since my last dubious purchase. I need an excuse for the weird stuff that I pay.
Morgan Eckstein recently posted..Cat opens the freezer
Drinking is so totally what you would call it while engaged in it…
WG
WilyGuy recently posted..Don’t You Hate Them?
Not to dampen spirits but Oprah NOW is not Oprah back THEN but still, you could get drunken-drinken just thinking about it. You are shit-famous now! Congrats Jenny.
Laurie F. recently posted..Plinky Prompt: The Penny Debate (Should We Keep The Penny?)
I don’t love alcohol enough to waste a good drink on NOT drunking. Drunking is the whole point.
Lorca Damon recently posted..Champagne Wishes, Caviar Dreams, and Deviled Eggs
I will use that when I am out celebrating my birthday tomorrow!
“Hi, it’s my birthday Mister Bartender, so can you help me out with my drunking.”
“Pardon me, while I go drunking. Or would you like to go with me?”
It makes the fact that I have to share my birthday with some Jesus fellow who seems to have usurped my day this year. The nerve…
Kat Rowley recently posted..Oh, Captain! My, Captain!
Ohh I’m about to go drunking right now. Win.
Mayor Gia recently posted..Good things! And bad things. But Mostly Good Things!
*the fact that have to share my birthday a little better.
Jeepers, you’d think I had already started drunking…
Kat Rowley recently posted..Oh, Captain! My, Captain!
You were in Marie Claire too! I wish I could take a picture of it, but I left my magazine at work.
Can’t remember the last time I when drunking. This it was pre kids.
Corey Feldman recently posted..Egret and the Moonbow
The story about Tuna Buttons reminded me, of course, of Posey. They should get together. It also reminded me of a book our book club read (title escapes me at the moment) in which one character CAN suck the life out of others and then she takes over their body. It all started with experimenting on her cat. It’s a weird book. It takes place in England and they live next to a cemetary. There were these twins who hated each other and the one twin stole the other twin’s daughters. You’d like it.
(I just spent 20 minutes going through all my book purchases on Amazon and it’s not there. I have no idea where it came from now).
Sometimes what should be social drinking is drunk drinking and THAT’s when the problems start.
#thingsIregret
Pish Posh recently posted..G is for Great Garden Burritos
I actually never went out drunking, and now I have a health problem that keeps me from drinking any alcohol at all. Damn.
Brenna recently posted..I’m sure it’s her BEAUTY that’s the problem
Drunking… I knew there was a word for how I meant to be spending my time! Now where is my Jack Daniels and my tiara?
Taxidermied marmot – that’s going to be my new favorite thing to call people I don’t like. I will use it in a sentence. “Rick Santorum is a taxidermied marmot.”
Sher recently posted..Hemp Bracelets I Want Right This Minute
Drunking. I knew there was a word for what I meant to be doing with my time. Now where is my Jack Daniels and my tiara?
I would love to have the marmot!
Crack You Whip recently posted..The Prince of Whales
I love how it is still Saturday and you are posting this. You are way ahead. In so many weird ways.
Mary recently posted..Sparking Wine with Brie
I just spent a full Saturday making baked goods and cooking and entertaining kids…this is either related to the fact that I keep getting older…or my medication…
Nic F. recently posted..Martha Fucking Stewart Bitches~!
One of my NY best friends used to call it Drunking also. We did a lot of it which sadly neither of us can remember. Fucking NY clubs.
Suzy recently posted..This Is One Of The Funniest Things I’ve Ever Written While Still Remaining Completely Obscure To Everyone But My Family
I find that if I start drinking, it inevitably becomes drunking.
It’s just better that way. The anxiety sort of fucks right off, though I have to be sure I’m in a safe setting to be drunking.
An aside: Making easter dinner while drunking results in burned buns (of the wheat variety) and burned hands (of the flesh variety). You have been warned.
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Stephanie C | Seriously? Really?? Seriously? recently posted..Kijiji is a little terrifying.
When I’m home alone and don’t need to parent, I like to fix myself a glass of wine with a Benadryl back. I guess that makes me Benadrunk? Yes. I like it.
Rach recently posted..Cluster Chuck
I think I’d like to partake in a little drunking right now.
Amanda recently posted..A Look At The Thoughts Running Through A Boy’s Head While Playing Sports
@krissy, I believe that if you go drunking, when you finish, you are bedrunkened.
That’s right, isn’t it?
Genevieve recently posted..SAG-AFTRA, ONE UNION!
I love Texts from Dog. Truly.
And also, Unicorn Success Club.
Jen recently posted..One Year Blogoversary!
“what the fuck is that? is that a fucking marmot?”
Simone recently posted..Pre Taboo Tales Prep
also – the texts from hillary is pretty amazing. although – what is H B I C? should i know this? what is happening to me?
Simone recently posted..Pre Taboo Tales Prep
This drunking business?
I am getting it down pat.
I have to do something that will show effort will Princess Jed is away.
Mel Princess of the Jellyfish. recently posted..SECRET BATTLE HEADQUATERS. WE ARE UNDER SIEGE.
Well this is what I did today…http://www.breadedcats.com/
I’m going have to go drunking to drown my sorrows if my advance-ordered copy of your book doesn’t turn up soon.
Stupid iPad tried to auto-correct “drunking” to “drinking”. It knows nothing.
Renee recently posted..Best Frenemies
You should write a whole new dictionary made up of these …brave new words
)
Elisa
“Drunking” is a better word than “getting pissed” which when drunk becomes “pisssssheeeed”
I always preferred ‘getting skwiffed’ or ‘I’m skwiffed’. ‘Tis an old word but
’tis a good word!
Kaitlyn recently posted..Stop Looking For It
Drunking, other than learning my SSN, is the other thing I did in college. Oh, and got that degree thing that is in a huge frame in the attic.
Drunking was the best part.
You do realise that that definition wll now most probably appear in the next re-run of published dictionaries and be attributed to you.
Tom Stronach recently posted..Virginia Waters England
I’ve never gone drunking. I’ve always been a social drinker. Maybe that’s my problem.
Cassandra Neace (@CassandraNeace) recently posted..Going Public: Neruda and Merwin
Oh my many tales of drunking. I have a word of warning though, buses and drunking do not go well together. At. All.
Holly Folly recently posted..I Hope I Do Not Murder These Peach Trees.
Don’t Drink & Drunk, kids. You’ll regret it later.
On another note, a wrap-up post featuring seemingly immortal cats AND Doctor Who got me thinking…maybe Posey is a Timelord Cat?
Claire J recently posted..“Canal-side Dreams” – Postcard from Amsterdam
Dearest Jenny,
You’re far too famous for this, and I’m not really sure how to convince you that this isn’t spam, but I just nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Congrats! Come on by my blog for the award and details.
You should do this because if you actually visit my blog, I’ll most likely squeal VERY loudly, scaring either my husband or my coworkers. And if I scare my coworkers, they’ll wonder why, and then I’ll most likely get fired for looking at porn at work, so nevermind. You should probably just ignore this.
xoxo
AJ
My habit of social drinking has made it more difficult for me to achieve a good drunking.
Also, whenever I see the words “Free Juanita Weasel Puppet”, I can’t help but think it sounds like a political cause, like it’s sponsored by Amnesty International or something. Although I don’t think they advocate for imprisoned weasels.
Once again, you’ve opened my mind to important issues I hadn’t considered…
Kate recently posted.."e" is for "book"
Love the story about Tuna Buttons. I am not a drunker or a drinker. I guess I will drive all the rest of you home. Leave your keys here \__________/
Awesome fellow Texas girl awesomely drunk drinking. YAY
Geek Goddess recently posted..Basement Porn, Nudes, Penis Acclimation, or How I Acquired X-ray Vision
You’ve seen this, right? http://www.flickr.com/photos/confetta/2235534081/
Had two customers in my store the other day, wearing jackets with the name brand across the right chest, like a name badge. That made me laugh. The ‘Sherpa’ was apparently guiding the ‘Marmot’. I pointed it out to the customers, thinking it was amusing, “You know, if your jackets were namebadges…”. The wife/Marmot laughed, and commented that that was a ‘unique observation’. Thanks to you, I got a lovely mental image of two taxidermied marmots, one dressed as a Sherpa, guiding the other through a snowy display….
THANK YOU for the link to Doctor Who stuffs!!!! I am totally a fan of both the original and the reboot. I carry around the 10th Doctor’s sonic screw driver. Only slightly obsessed, mind you.
Eleanor recently posted..More minis, Happy Holiday, and various other things…
If drinking to get drunk = drunking, then what does social drinking equal? Hm? Ready and…go!
Expat-Mom recently posted..How much are you willing to Pay for Religion? – Monetarily, Not Symbolically
I’m confused. Can I be “drunked?”
Pablo Andreu recently posted..Hawking Hides Answers To Universe’s Mysteries In Easter Egg
Out drunking. I like that. It makes me want to go drunking as well.
Carol recently posted..The Hunger Games and the dystopian trend
Isn’t it great when kids remind us that if something doesn’t turn out exactly as we envisioned, it can still be the “perfect” creation? Your kid seems amazing, Jenny. You must be doing something right
I think we spent most of our college years out drunking. If we had spent more time out studying I might have a GPA I could actually tell people about!!
Holly from 300 Pounds Down recently posted..Avenging Angels!
going out drunking after a long day of social family drinking. I would blame you, but I am too much in heart with you to want to get you into trouble!
After tonight’s Easter dinner, I wish I had gone drunking.
Rob R recently posted..The League of Unfamous Bloggers & Evaporated Dreams
A drunking, I haven’t done that in a while with good reason. Though now I really want that app, curse having an Android phone instead. Keeps me from having all the nifty stuff.
Scarlet recently posted..Sock Sunday
‘Down the Who Hole’ sounds dirty . Just sayin’.
After reading your first negative book review, I find myself* consumed with curiosity about the back cover.
Nancy
*I get lost a lot. Sometimes I find myself again
Thank you for always finding things that make my life better and sharing them. Down the Who Hole made my whole day.
Katrina recently posted..Why blog?
I love the term that you used in the conversation
drunk drinking
thanks for this post.
Nicole recently posted..here
Loving Texts from my Dog. And ‘drunking’ is a great word. I declare!
weezafish recently posted..I Wanna Girl!!
I’m sure the fines would be much worse if someone is caught drunking and driving. I mean, if you’re trying to get drunk, then putting yourself behind the wheel? Off to jail with you little crazy! Now if you were just caught drinking and driving, the cops will be like: Oh, you weren’t trying to be drunk? Well, we’ll just let you off with a warning. And don’t worry, we’ll pay for that telephone pole you demolished with your hummer.
The End
The story of The Immortal slayed me! I just recently lost my 22yo cat. The thing was, he went downhill in 3 days and, of course, on a Saturday night when the rest of the family was out of town I had to make a drive in the rain to the nearest emergency vet clinic. Xrays showed badness, so I had him put to sleep. He was mangy and deaf and had kitty Alzheimer’s and seemed to live FOREVER.
Sounds alcohological to me. I believe in making up my own words too. Especially during/after drinking copious amounts of alcohol.
Alcohological –
(adj.) Things that seem logical only after consuming large amounts of alcohol.
The Extrovert recently posted..Apparently, I am invisible
Also, when I first read that, I thought it said “taxidermied MARMITE” Which would loads different, albeit tastier. Maybe. How WOULD a taxidermied Vegemite sandwich taste? The mind boggles.
cagey (Kelli Oliver George) recently posted..Literally Literary: Fifty Shades of "Meh"
Kate – me too! I keep reading “Free Juanita Weasel stick puppet” like “Free Tibet!”
mossum recently posted..Don’t you just love makeovers?
Dear Jenny
thank you for introducing me to the the awesomesauce that is Text From Dog. I may never get any work done again.
Regards
Me
P.S. You may also like to know that my Husband and I are considering buying Beyonce’s for all the family this year for Christmas and that “Holy Shit-Snacks” is our new favourite exclaimation. Love Me.
You are lovely. And I’m not just saying that because I am drunking right now.
Caryn recently posted..Glazed Beetroot
This post makes me long for my drunking days
Jenny recently posted..Cauliflower Lentil Sloppy Joes with Coconut Slaw
Drunking should be in the Urban Dictionary now.
Naked Girl in a Dress recently posted..An Exclusive Interview with The Bloggess
Drunking. Yes. Best word ever.
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