This morning I read a post about how blogging can lead to self-discovery. It gave me pause. As I sat pondering what I have learned about myself while blogging these past three months, I actually made a discovery. I discovered that I had dripped some ice cream on my t-shirt last night.
Not just any ice cream, but Ben & Jerry’s “everything but the…” ice cream. (As in “everything but the kitchen sink” not as in the 80’s band “Everything but the Girl”) To be clear, this flavor contains no sink, no girl, but lots of decadent yummy stuff.
It is currently the flavor of choice in the MMM household. And by household I mean my EC and me. We still buy the cheap stuff for the kids. When they complain, I just remind them where the grocery store is and tell them to “Have at it.”
HOWEVER… last week, Jimmy Fallon, the late-night-talk-show-host-that-I-never-watch-because-Ferguson-is-funnier, introduced his own Ben & Jerry’s flavor appropriately called “Late Night Snack”.
Here is the description: Ben & Jerry’s Late Night Snack is vanilla bean ice cream with a salty caramel swirl and fudge-covered potato chip clusters.
I know this comment is about two years late, but I just have to say I love you for admitting that Craig Ferguson is funnier-than-Fallon. I quit watching him several months ago because I was afraid I was going to hell for it…thanks, I can now start again.
Now don’t go blaming me! I had to stop watching because he has gotten too dirty.
Mom and I love “Late Night Snack”! I almost didn’t try it, but I’m not one to turn down ice cream.
Ditto to buying the cheap ice cream for the kids. That also applies to pizza. Little Caesar’s for the kids, chicken garlic Papa Murphy’s for the parents.
Ok, that ice cream sounds awesome. Both of them do actually, but salty and chocolate? YUM. I don’t buy Ben and Jerry’s because I am too cheap on a lot of things, but I just might have to buy this to give it a try.
We had leftover chocolate one year when my family made Christmas candy. We decided to dip potato chips in it. It was so good.
Oooh…ice cream. My achilles heel. My delicious, sweet, and fattening achilles heel. Sounds delicious!
Identity? No, but I could say that part of my belly will be formed by the discovery of this ice cream.
BTW, I already read your thesis. And you are much smarter than me.
I wrote about forming identities in my master’s thesis on mommy blogging (you can read it at my blog). Could you say that part of your identity has been formed by the discovery of this ice cream? 😉