Which one are you? {Round Two}

For those of you that haven't read our first post, "Which one are you?" , we like to play games while watching TV. It makes the time go by faster and is really, very enjoyable.

Here's how it works, basically:

1. Pour a glass of wine. (Or two or three)
2. Watch a really good 30-minute sit-com.
3. Decide which character you are and laugh at the crazy antics that ensue.

Ben and Kate, the new Fox comedy, airs on Tuesdays at 8:30pm and is hilarious (in a weird, awkward situations kind of way). The show centers on the life of Kate, a 20-something who got pregnant in high school and has been trying to find a way to have a normal life ever since. To assist her with this endeavor, her brother Ben has come to town and really only seems to make matters worse (and weirder, I might add). Somehow, she manages, with the help of family and her best friend, BJ (who is awesomely British, and doesn't really know how to act appropriately around children).

While there are many characters that are unique and interesting in this series, our favorite characters are Kate and BJ for a number of reasons.


This is Kate. She's kind of a hot-mess, but she doesn't really mean to be - if that makes any sense at all. A single mom since she was a teenager, she has learned to depend on herself to get things done. She also bears the responsibility of taking care of her older, yet immature, brother Ben. The most important things you should know about Kate are that shes quirky (like, making funny voices at inappropriate moments), accidentally flirtatious with people she probably wouldn't ever want to be with, and accidentally mean or snobbish to people she really does like and want to date. She also has about the worst luck with men and can't seem to figure out what to say or do in order to have a lasting relationship.

Kate is me, basically, without the hot-mess part. While I don't make funny voices at inopportune moments, I am a little quirky. I don't like the sensation of biting into strawberries, I am perpetually warm but insist on wearing sweaters, and I jump to extreme conclusions. I'm weird, whatever. I also have a problem with saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Sometimes alcohol is involved, other times I just don't think about how something will sound before I say it. Kate does this a lot and it tends to cause a domino effect of problems for her and her motley crew. The worst part about this problem is that it causes me to accidentally flirt with guys that I am in no way attracted to. You know, that guy approaching you at the bar in his BMW t-shirt at 1:30 am, claiming to be rich but looking (and smelling) like desperation and homeless-ness had a baby? That's the guy I accidentally hit on. Not the 28 year old brain surgeon with the Bentley out front. No, of course not. That's the one I accidentally insult who walks away without buying me a drink. These are the Kate-like problems I have. Like I said, we are basically the same.



This is BJ. She is Kate's best friend and right-hand woman. They work together (although, I use the word "work" loosely when it comes to BJ) and she often invites herself into Kate's house and life like she owns the place. It's all good though, because when Kate needs her, she is there - well dressed, manicured, and possibly slightly inebriated. She isn't very good with children, as is apparent by her interaction with Maddie, Kate's daughter, and is kind of self-absorbed but it's all very loveable because she's British and who doesn't love a good accent? She is also brutally honest and always, like a good friend, has Kate's best interest at heart - even if she shows it in extreme ways.

While Lindsey is only kind of loveable because she does not have a British accent (just kidding), she has a lot of tendencies that lead us to believe if she were a more extreme person she might be BJ. Lindsey is always well dressed and manicured, and if she had her druthers we would all be slightly inebriated and walking our dogs with a glass of wine in each hand. It's not a bad idea. BJ usually goes to extremes to make sure Kate doesn't put her foot in her mouth (a valiant effort), and Lindsey often has to do this for me too. (Although, she has never physically smacked my phone out of my hand before as BJ once did to Kate)  Basically, BJ is a really good friend and so is Lindsey, making these two obviously alike.

I hope you enjoyed this episode of "Which one are you?" and will comment with your own quirky TV games!

We're Going to Be Rich!

Michelle and I want to be rich, so we can stay home all day, work on our tans, go to the gym, and keep our DVR below 20%. Unfortunately, we are not rich, so we continue to have to work day in and day out. But, we know where our fortune will come from.

Board Games.

We love games, as Michelle may or may not have mentioned before. We once made a very intricate Twilight board game while in our Childhood Literacy class, which TRUST ME is much better than the one they are selling on the shelves at your local Target. Unfortunately for us, the marketed version of the Twilight board game beat us to the punch, thus making our version obsolete.

This is a real thing we made, people.

Tell me you don't want to play this game.

Fortunately, this is not our only board game idea. Again, unfortunately, all of the rest of the ideas were also marketed and sold before we could get ours to Milton Bradley, Hasbro, or Parker Brothers. If any of those companies are the same as each other, don't tell me. I prefer to continue thinking they are all their own selves.

Due to recent events, we have found our next big money board game idea.

Michelle has a problem. She jumps to ridiculous conclusions when we are discussing or observing situations.

Example 1:
While internet researching the possibility of pregnancy by toilet seat (you really don't want to know why we were discussing this, I promise) Michelle wondered why there were so many posts about this on the internet. More specifically on a Canadian Teens website. What do Canadian Teens need this information for?

Michelle: Maybe it is for girls who are like... obsessed with being pregnant and babies and just want to be pregnant so badly that they need to know if this is a way. That's real, I saw it on Maury once. A bunch of 13 year-olds who wanted to get pregnant with their boyfriends. And it was way before Teen Mom was on MTV, so they didn't even know about that untapped market. Or maybe they are trying to entrap someone. She wants to have a specific person's baby, so she's wondering if she can do it via toilet seat.
Lindsey: Maybe some pregnant girl is just trying to lie to her parents about having sex, so she needs to know if the toilet seat lie will work or not.
Michelle: Yes, that is more plausible than my idea.  

Example 2:
Michelle's dog Abbie loses her toys, often. And I use the word "loses" loosely, because she doesn't really lose them, she hides them. Except for her squeaking toy. That one she always has out and plays with CONSTANTLY slowly driving us crazy with the sounds of her squeaks. Michelle just bought her a few new, non-squeaking, toys so as to try to preserve our sanity. The other day we returned home from a short trip to the store to discover the new green snowflake chew toy was not in the middle of the floor where it was when we left. Michelle was torn between being thrilled she had played with it, and terrified that she lost/hid it. Michelle glanced about the apartment and found no green snowflake anywhere.

Michelle: I cannot find it.
Lindsey: It's gone.
Michelle: It probably is. She went out while we were gone and sold it for beer money. Or she already ate the entire thing.
Lindsey: Or she hid it with the other toys that all suddenly go missing.
Michelle: Yea, that makes more sense than her eating the entire thing in less than 10 minutes.

Example 3:
Leaving Wal-Mart, a large white van with no windows stalks us to our parking spot. Naturally, Michelle assumes they are trying to kidnap us. I'll go ahead and give her that one, since windowless vans are pretty notorious for that. However, after we were safely locked in the vehicle and the van was still sitting apparently waiting for us to leave, this ensued.

Michelle begins backing the car out.
Michelle: Is he sitting there, waiting for my spot? Just waiting for me to back out so he can take this non-desirable spot near the back of the parking lot? Not to mention there are at least seventeen open spots in any given direction.
The van then proceeds to park in the spot next to the one we vacated, very crookedly and surely over the white line.
Michelle: Then he doesn't even take the space? He sits there and waits for it, and then doesn't take it?
Lindsey: Maybe he's just really bad at parking and wanted you to be gone so he could park his massive windowless van without the fear of hitting your car on his way in. He parked over the line.
Michelle: Fine. I don't know why I assume these crazy things and you come to the most rational conclusions about everything.

And in the Target parking lot, an idea was born. Walking to our car we witnessed two younger girls, approximately 12 and 8, crossing the parking lot by themselves to get to their car. The older one suddenly breaks out in a run and begins to encourage the younger one to run also.

Girl: Run! Hurry up!! Go faster!
Michelle: If those were my children I would be furious with her for running through the parking lot without holding her sister's hand and then making her little sister run, too. That is very unsafe.
Lindsey: Maybe their father is abusive and he gave them a time limit and said if they weren't back in the car before time was up he would leave them there.
Michelle: (Stops in place and stares at me in awe) Did you really just say that? You think that could be happening?
Lindsey: No. They are kids, kids make dumb choices, like running through a parking lot while their 8 year old sister lags behind. I was once and 11 year old with an 8 year old sister, it seems like something we would have done. It's an idea I had for a new game, Jumping to Conclusions. It could make us rich.

I cannot divulge anymore about what the game entails, because frankly I've probably told you too much already. If this game is on the shelves before Michelle and I are able to sell our version we will know it was one of you. Don't steal our idea... It will hurt our feelings.    

Which one are you?

So, Lindsey and I really like to play games. It's a thing. One of our most recent and favorite games to play from our couch is the "Which one are you?"game. Here's how it works, basically:

1. Pour a glass of wine. (Or two or three)
2. Watch a really good 30-minute sit-com.
3. Decide which character you are and laugh at the crazy antics that ensue.

Anywho... our favorite show to play this with is the CBS comedy, "Two Broke Girls."  It pretty much follows the lives of 2 twenty-something girls who are a bit down on their luck due to crazy different circumstances. They meet, become roommates, and embark on a journey to own a cupcake shop and make millions of dollars. Well, maybe not millions. The reason this show is so perfect for us is because A.) Lindsey and I are roommates, B.) We are broke, kind of, and C.) We like to eat cupcakes. Also, it totally describes our lives minus the part about being waitresses in New York without cars who can't pay their bills on time ever and wear the same clothes all the time. We don't have that issue. Yet.

Here are the characters:

This is Max. She had a "disadvantaged childhood." She also knows how to work the streets. Not like a prostitute, although sometimes she insinuates it.. jokingly, of course. Anyways, she is pretty witty and funny and she has big boobs (It's a thing she says, not just me).

Reasons why I'm like Max:
-I too had a disadvantaged childhood... I wasn't allowed a dog in the apartment I grew up in. I was crushed.
-I know how to work the streets.. I've lived in this same town my entire life. I couldn't get lost if I tried. (Is that not the same thing?)
-I am witty and funny. (Ask Lindsey)
And... I have big boobs. Case closed.



  This is Caroline. Caroline Channing. She was rich for a really long time. Then her Dad did something shady and now she's poor like Max. She is super high maintenance and is kind of in denial about not being able to afford the finer things in life. She is also a go getter, which proves to be helpful in the cupcake business.

Reasons why Lindsey is like Caroline:
-She isn't rich, but she shops like she is.
-She is kind of high maintenance, and I can say that because we are friends and she knows it's basically true and I love her anyways.
-She too is in denial about not being able to afford the finer things in life.
And... she is a go getter. For sure. Case closed.


So you see, that is how the game works. We play it often and as Couch Potato Princesses we encourage you to take the time and play the "Which one are you?" game too. It proves worth it in the end.

Also, it's realllllllllly super funny when your character, or your roommates character, has a life event that aligns with REAL life events. You start to even pull for your character like, "You go girl! Kill that rat! I'd never have the guts to do it for real!"

Sidebar- Lindsey just texted me from across the couch that we are out of wine. That's sad. See why we need to be rich?

If you really want to make us feel less like crazy people and more like part of normal society, comment and tell us what shows you watch and which character you (or your roommate) might be in it!

Goodnight, spuds!