conversations

(setting: we have just driven by a sign that says "seasoned firewood")
me: seasoned firewood? what's that? did they sprinkle a little cinnamon and nutmeg on it?
mark: no. not even close.

(setting: i have just said something rude)
mark: wow, that's very...ubiquitous of you.
me: i don't think that word means what you think it means

denise: i do not want to write this essay.

mark: i'm sorry, i wish i could write the essay for you.

denise: well, thanks babe, but it's supposed to be brief and to-the-point and those aren't exactly your strong suits

mark: well, i may not be brief, but i'm to the point

denise: so you're long-winded and to the point?

mark: i mean, it takes me a while to say what i want to say, but i always make my point in the end

denise: you know they changed the astrology signs. you're a cancer now.

mark: cool

denise: do you even know what you were before?

mark: yeah...poseidon

denise: no

mark: no, i mean...presario

denise: presario? as in, a compaq presario? i think the word you're looking for is 'pisces'

(setting: i literally just woke up, it's like 7 am)

denise: what does "dog and pony show" mean?

mark: i don't understand how your brain works

denise: i heard it in a song and i need to know what it refers to

mark: you literally just opened your eyes, when did you have time to think about that?

denise: just tell me what it means!

our sense of humor

when mark and i were doing our premarital counseling, our pastor had us take this 100 question test that was supposed to tell us, out of 10 areas, where we differed the most. and then we were supposed to focus on those areas in our counseling. they were things like, family, money, etc. we knew we'd have some differences but we were really surprised when our #1 area of difference was "personality." i mean, what? how can our personalities be that different? but i guess in several ways they are. i am a typical virgo (meaning perfectionist, critical, nit picky) and am kind of an introvert. a night alone is like a dream to me. mark is very laid back, almost nothing bothers him. and he is an extreme extrovert - a night alone to him is like a nightmare.

so i guess our personalities are kind of different but there is one thing we have the same- and that is, our sense of humor. and the other night, this commercial made us crack up hysterically for about 5 minutes. we kept watching it over and over.