Binkies and Briefcases

Today I am over at Wendy Nielsen.com in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month telling the story about the lump I found at age 25:

I do know how it feels though, to discover the lump.  

I found mine a few years ago in a most unglamorous way; one day I was scratching my left armpit. It makes me giggle a little, but that really is how I found it. It felt like a tiny, hard little pebble at the top of my breast. I kept picturing the scene in Finding Nemo when they clog the filter with aquarium gravel. 

Recently I have been subjected to more late night television than normal.

Between getting this house ready to go on the market and a baby who is kind of a night owl, I’ve watched my fair share of Conan and Leno monologues, to which I say meh. 

Where are the late night shows that relate to the mommies (and daddies too) up doing 2am feedings? Do you know how many pre-dawn infomercials I had to endure during the first few months of each baby’s life? 

C’mon, network execs. We are out here in the trenches losing sleep rocking screaming babies. We need you to be funny and relatable and not trying to sell us something for just $19.99 plus the cost of shipping. Pretty soon the sleep deprivation is going to take a quick left turn and morph into the ugly cry.

If I had my way I would join forces with all of the other fabulous and funny mommies in Blogland to create a brand new kind of sketch comedy show.

I asked around and moms everywhere agree, our show would be epic. I invited some fabulously talented ladies over to help me demonstrate. 

Move over, Robot Chicken, Robyn from Hollow Tree Ventures is showing you up with her fresh new perspective in her hilarious staged photo series As the Dollhouse Turns. 

 

Anna from My Life and Kids says that if asked to write for our new {imaginary} SNL-style show, “I would do a weekly skit on lies my mother told me… the rare gene that doesn’t allow our voices to work with microphones, the extra vertebrate that will paralyze us during organized dance…” You can read about those lies and more on Anna’s blog. There are some doozies.

Rebecca from Frugalista Blog.com said that she would be willing to offer her hilarious Tutorial on [how to wear] Spanx. Click over to her blog to watch the video. Oh, yes. There is a video.

And me? I think I would go with a character based on a certain little boy I know. I would call it “That’s Ridiculous, Nicholas!” It would feature a little boy embarrassing his mother in various ways by doing things like announcing in the department store that she carries cheese in her underwear. True story. (True that he said it, NOT true that I do it.)  

And we want your ideas too! Link up below if you have a blog post, video, skit, or another idea that you think would fit in with our {imaginary for now} show.

(I apologize, but I’m having some technical difficulties with my linky tool. You are more than welcome to link to your favorite posts in the comments if you are having a hard time seeing the links.)