Love My “O’s”
Edited to add: After this post was written and posted, it was brought to my attention that one of MY BEST FRIEND’S LAST NAME begins with O. So I put her in her rightful place on the list (well, she should be #1, but I think you can see the list is not in order of importance).
I was doing some blog surfing and stumbled on Sizzle Says, an awesome blog that kept me riveted as I thumbed through her archives. One of her recent posts listed 10 things she loved that begin with the letter R, and she said the way the meme works, if you want to get tagged, you leave a comment and she’ll assign you a letter, and so it goes. How fun is THAT?! So I left a comment, crossing my fingers I wouldn’t get Q or Z since I’d definitely have to bust out my dictionary…and I got O. Don’t think I don’t hear the universe laughing at me.
The only problem with the letter O is that there’s SO MANY things I’m rather ambivalent about: Oprah, Obama (don’t get me wrong, I like him, but I don’t LOVE him…I like him, but I don’t like him like him…anyone else feel 15 when I say that?), October, Ohio, and olives all instantly came to mind. But I don’t lurve any of those things. So with a little help from my hubby, here’s a list of things that I love that begin with the letter O:
1. Oreos. Specifically, Double Stuf.
2. Optimistic people. No Eeyores tolerated here!
3. Ophelia. Have you heard Natalie Merchant sing this song? Here’s a youtube video of this song (she starts singing around the minute-and-a-half mark):
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w0HArmTuVs]
Let me tell you a story: I had a friend who I used to go to open mic night with, and she was always the best. She could quiet a huge crowd as she sang a capella. I would beg her to sing Beloved Wife by Natalie Merchant, which she did about half the time. The guy who ran the open mic would tell her every time she performed that he’d love to record her, but for whatever reason, she never wanted to sing professionally. A few years later, this friend and I went to see Natalie Merchant at a relatively small venue. During one particular song, Natalie Merchant put the microphone down into the crowd for specific people to sing parts of the song, and when my friend volunteered to sing the next part and Natalie Merchant put the mic close to my friend, my friend belted out the next few lines, and Natalie Merchant pulled the mic back and said, “Wow.” She was stunned and it took her a few beats to recover, since she hadn’t expected to be impressed by any singing. Ten years later, I’m still so proud of my friend.
4. Off-hours, aka the weekend. Could I get a double shot of that, please?
5. Older women. Preferrably over the age of, oh, 50. Women old enough to be my mother. I even went so far as to tell the ladies I knit with that I preferred their group to another group I knitted with because they’re older (they seemed to take this okay, though on reflection, I probably should have just kept my yap shut). Given the choice between women my own age and older women, I usually choose the older women.
6. Onions. I was just wondering the other night if my excessive eating of onions will inhibit my ability to discern more subtle flavors in the future. If it does, I’ll just eat more onions.
7. Being online. My blog, my blog reader, Twitter, Facebook (purely for Scramble purposes)…
8. Opinions, of which I have many. And of which you will get to SEE when I do some more videos. This next one should be a doozy. Jessica and I have decided to discuss our difference of opinion on how LibraryThing should be used.
9. My oven, which, if you’ve ever rented a room from your friend, whose oven broke while you were living there, and they didn’t fix for six months, and finally you moved out to a new place and not a month later your friend got her oven fixed, well then you’d love your oven, too.
10. Did you really think a newly married gal would get the letter O and not mention ORGASMS?! I won’t even expound on that one.
11. One of my best friend’s last names begins with an O (I won’t give out her last name for privacy reasons), but I’d take her over everything on this list. Well, almost everything. 
Lest you think I’ve forgotten words that begin with the letter O, here’s words I thought of using but rejected, probably because I didn’t love them enough: oranges, ovaries, oxygen, oysters (blech!), Ozarks, options, orchids, Oregon, opera, olive oil (I like butter better), octopus, and oatmeal (another blech!).
Okay, now, remember how I said this works? If you want to participate, leave a comment and I’ll assign you a letter (randomly, I swear!). You then write about 10 things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and when people comment on your post, you assign them a letter, and so it goes.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:43 pm
You did a great job with this! I knew orgasms had to make any O list. That’s a great story about your friend. Impressing Natalie Merchant? That’s something!
Glad you stopped by my blog.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
OK…I’m crossing my fingers! Can I be tagged on this one? Sounds like so much fun; loved your answers!
shelcows AT gmail DOT com
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February 3rd, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Of course I’d like to be tagged, sounds like fun
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February 3rd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Great list! This sounds like tons of fun. Letter me please?
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February 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Glad to hear you love older women! I’m 50!
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February 3rd, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Oh, me, me! I want to play.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Very fun post! I’m so glad you posted about loving the song Ophelia – I remember falling in love with Merchants singing around the time that Lilith Fair was going on, but I haven’t listened to her in ages. Now I’m going to load my ipod up!
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February 3rd, 2009 at 6:51 pm
I would love to play! You did excellent with the O letter, I must say. I would add Omaha to such a list. I enjoyed living in that town… And of course, my puppy Oscar.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
LOL, I would love an oven too in that situation. I luurve my dishwasher after living without for what seemed a VERY long time. Assign me a letter please!
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February 3rd, 2009 at 7:21 pm
I’d like to play too, please!
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February 3rd, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I’d like a letter, too, please…Vanna.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Tag me, tag me!
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February 3rd, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Now see, I didn’t even think of that last one until you mentioned it. ;-P
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February 3rd, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I love Oregon and oatmeal!
I’ll play!
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February 4th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Thanks, Trish! My post is up here:
http://subliminalintervention.blogspot.com/2009/02/ten-things-i-love-brought-to-you-by.html
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February 4th, 2009 at 4:50 am
How fun!!
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February 4th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Sign me up! This one is really cute.
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February 4th, 2009 at 5:57 am
I’d like a letter please. And like you, I am crossing my fingers to not get an X,Zor Q!
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February 4th, 2009 at 6:29 am
what a fantastic meme! I would love to participate!
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February 4th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Love Natalie Merchant (and that song in particular) but I’d never seen the video, which is great! I love the interviews at the end! Great post, Trish.
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February 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I’d like a letter please!
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February 4th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Thanks for the letter! Here is my post;-)
http://thesmugcloud.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/la-la-la-la-light-bulb/
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February 4th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Here’s a link to my post:
http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-i-love-about-m.html
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February 4th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Ok I’ll give it a try
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February 4th, 2009 at 10:47 am
[...] F-ing fun meme! Posted on February 4, 2009 by Rebecca @ The Book Lady’s Blog Trish posted this fun meme earlier, in which you are assigned a random letter and must name 10 things you [...]
February 4th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Hahah that was a great read!! …. especially #10!
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February 4th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Hey, since I’m #27, do I get to pick my own letter? Yeah, baby!
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February 4th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
ok i wanna play
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February 4th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Here’s mine:
http://chris-book-a-rama.blogspot.com/2009/02/k-is-for-kookie.html
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February 4th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I’d love to play! Which letter may I have?
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February 4th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
I’d love to do this! May I have a letter please, Vanna? Er, Trish?
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February 4th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Hi,
I tagged you for a meme.
Lorin
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February 4th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Can I play? Letter, please.
You did great with O !
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February 5th, 2009 at 7:08 am
If it’s not too late, I’d love to play along!
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February 5th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
That was fun to read. I wouldn’t mind trying this please. Thank you.
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February 6th, 2009 at 11:30 am
[...] are a Few of my Favorite Things Posted on February 6, 2009 by lisamm Trish had a fun post the other day about 10 things she loved that started with the letter O. It’s a [...]
February 6th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I had fun with this!! Here’s the link to my post:
http://lisamm.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/deeeeeeeeez-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things/
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February 6th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Is it too late, cause this seems pretty fun! And frankly I enjoyed reading your list!
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February 6th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
[...] Trish had a fun post the other day about 10 things she loved that started with the letter O. It’s a meme and to play along, I had to leave a comment and wait for Trish to bestow me with my very own letter. She bestowed me with the letter D. At first I thought, could she have picked a harder letter?? Then I thought, yeah, I guess she could have given me X or Q or U and I’d be stuck talking about x-rays or Quantum Leap or underwear. So Trish, thanks for D. It’s not so bad. [...]
February 6th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
[...] Trish had a fun post the other day about 10 things she loved that started with the letter O. It’s a meme and to play along, I had to leave a comment and wait for Trish to bestow me with my very own letter. She bestowed me with the letter D. At first I thought, could she have picked a harder letter?? Then I thought, yeah, I guess she could have given me X or Q or U and I’d be stuck talking about x-rays or Quantum Leap or underwear. So Trish, thanks for D. It’s not so bad. [...]
February 7th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I’m always up for a challenge…
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February 7th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
O.k. Trish, I’ll bite – assign me a letter…I’ll also mention that you were smart not to include Ohio. Being an Ohioan…in February…I can attest to the fact that it really isn’t a LOVEABLE state!
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February 7th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
O is a tricky one- good job!
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February 8th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Nice list! I love the Natalie Merchant story and I can’t wait to see the next video.
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February 8th, 2009 at 10:13 am
This sounds fun! Tag me!
Marta
http://martasmeanderings.blogspot.com
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February 8th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Ok I did it!
http://expectation387.vox.com/library/post/the-ds-that-i-love.html
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February 8th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
MY last name starts with O too!! (hint: you should add me to this post… just kidding.
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Give me a letter… sounds like fun.
(even though I have plenty I need to write about now, being 5 reviews behind and all… I’d way rather do this.)
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February 8th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I wish I’d gotten O. I would have put Obama at the top of my list! and Oregon, cuz that’s where I live.
I got a hand me down E from Lisa. I can make that work!
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February 8th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
[...] with “P” Posted on February 8, 2009 by Heather So I saw Trish over at Hey Lady! doing this meme, where she listed 10 things she likes that start with a particular letter (she did [...]
February 10th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Here’s my “S” post!
http://www.skrishnasbooks.com/2009/02/letter-s.html
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