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Sunday night
6 years ago
Thursday, October 28, 2004
One of the joys of living in different places is...
You know you're from Denver if...
(like Jenica, I've bolded the ones that apply to me, leaving normal those that apply to "others I know")
You identify directions by the location of the mountains.
When visiting friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz. (well, I could when I actually lived in Colorado anyway...)
Snow in June is not unheard of. Neither is 100 degree weather.
You scoff at the weatherman on TV. Especially when giving a five-day forecast.
"Timberline" is somewhere you’ve actually been. Many times.
You know what a "Chinook" is.
You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" is - and why it's called that.
You know what a "fourteener" is.
You know what a "Rocky Mountain Oyster" is. (yish, never eaten one though--ishyick--guess proves I'm a suburbanite)
You think a red light means three more cars can go. The fast lane is for cruising and the slow lane is for passing. Turn signals are optional.
Shorts are worn year around, regardless of temperature.
"Wildlife" means more than squirrels and pigeons. You don’t stop and look when you see deer.
You’re not sure if Colorado extends west of the Rockies.
You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is.
You own a big dog named Aspen, Buck, Cheyenne or Dakota that wears a bandana.
The entire top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
You think that formal wear is ironed denim. (wait! What, it isn't?? Aw rats)
You've never actually been to Aspen, much less ski there.
"Damn Rockies" is an expression you use when you can't find a parking spot Downtown.
During a thunderstorm you wonder which I-25 underpass is flooding.
If it rains more than 2 days straight you compare the weather to being in Seattle.
If the humidity gets above 25%, you consider it muggy.
People driving on the 16th Street Mall are considered "tourists." (not to mention lawbreakers and stupid--although the latter is redundant)
The biggest event of the year is the Western Stock Show.
The only RTD bus you've been on is the 16th Street shuttle.
There is not enough money in the world to get you to move to the Springs.
When giving directions, you never say "Turn left, turn right", it's always go West, then South. (but only when I'm in Denver---can't do that here!)
You think 5-Points is a ghetto.
You consider LoDo a tourist trap with expensive condos.
You have absolutely no recognizable accent.
You have been skiing less than 3 times in your life. (Hallelujah Jesus, I'm not alone!)
You know that "The Narrows" refers to I-25 between University and Broadway.
You know where the city ended when you were a kid, and would never move further out than that boundary.
You merge onto the highway at 15 miles an hour. (Drives people here nuts, one of my main reasons for doing it. I'm improving, though.)
You never plan a picnic between 3:30 and 6:00 in Spring or Summer months.
You only go to Lodo when friends are in from out of town. (We are the friends, though)
You say things like "I don't care how big Parker is, it's still a one-horse town".
You see no reason to travel to Aurora.
You think most of the people in Colorado Springs are religious freaks.
You think the rest of the freaks live in the "People's Republic of Boulder." (...this would be my mom's thought-pattern--except she thinks they all live there...)
Thornton, Northglenn and Westminster are "Another State." (especially Thornton)
You actually get these jokes...
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You know you're from Milwaukee if... (0r Wisconsin in general)
You've been to the Rep and could smell beer, brats, and kraut.
You drive around with little Green Bay Packers flags on your car.
You and your friends spend all day Sunday drinking at the bar, bashing the Cubs.
You don't know that Schlitz, Blatz, and Pabst aren't brewed in Milwaukee anymore. (don't really care either, but that's a different story...)
You know people who have tied dead animals to the hoods of their cars.
You know what a "Supper Club" is.
You've eaten beer, brats, and kraut for breakfast.
You think "The Safe House" is better than Disneyworld.
You won't let a car from out of state go faster than you.
No matter where you go you see the Jesus Car - and can't understand what's coming out the speakers.
You cruised Hwy 100 or Sherman Ave.
You own at least one tie with a or peice of jewelry with a Green Bay Packer theme.
You can find and pronounce : Eau Claire, Oconomowoc, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, and La Crosse, Fond du Lac. (piece o' cake!)
You can correctly spell Milwaukee.
You know what "bubbler" means.
A holstein cow outside of Wisconsin makes you miss home.
When talking about the Green Bay Packers you refer to them as "we."
When the weather hits 0 degrees you decide that maybe it's time to get out a jacket instead of a sweatshirt.
The family gets together every week for fish fry at the local pub.
You know what a brat is, and they're at every outdoor event that your family has ever had.
You know how to make a very good sled out of normal household items. (it was called "traying" in college...hint hint)
You have watched Fargo and not noticed an accent.
The local paper needs 6 pages to cover the Packers... in July!
Your best shirt has a big letter G on it.
You've said "Of course they'll win. They're God's team."
You family owns a "winter car" while the "good one" sits in the garage from Nov-Apr. (Hi Linda)
Your put ketchup on a charcoal grilled NY strip steak.
You think everyone from south of Madison has an accent.
Down South to you means Chicago. (used to)
You can make sense out of the words "upnort" and "Trivers." (or N'aubrn)
You have to go to Florida to get a tan in August.
You consider Madison exotic.
You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving. (absolutely--and believe me that's not a compliment!)
You buy cat litter every winter, but you don't own a cat.
You know what to do with a Blatz. (but I don't do it)
You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Bucky the Badger hangs on your Christmas tree even if you didn't go to University of Wisconsinm Madison.
You can use the word "ya der hey" easily in a sentence.
You hear someone use the words "uff-dah" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter. (I say uff-dah!)
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce.
You know how to polka. (kind of)
You know what a FIB is and can spot them a mile away. (heh heh heh)
You think of the major four food groups as cheese, beer, brats and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
You have eaten a cow pie at the State Fair.
Country Kitchen is the place to meet after the party.
You have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Irish Fest, Oktoberfest, or all of the above.
You can't be friends with a Vikings fan. (it's difficult, but possible)
(like Jenica, I've bolded the ones that apply to me, leaving normal those that apply to "others I know")
You identify directions by the location of the mountains.
When visiting friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz. (well, I could when I actually lived in Colorado anyway...)
Snow in June is not unheard of. Neither is 100 degree weather.
You scoff at the weatherman on TV. Especially when giving a five-day forecast.
"Timberline" is somewhere you’ve actually been. Many times.
You know what a "Chinook" is.
You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" is - and why it's called that.
You know what a "fourteener" is.
You know what a "Rocky Mountain Oyster" is. (yish, never eaten one though--ishyick--guess proves I'm a suburbanite)
You think a red light means three more cars can go. The fast lane is for cruising and the slow lane is for passing. Turn signals are optional.
Shorts are worn year around, regardless of temperature.
"Wildlife" means more than squirrels and pigeons. You don’t stop and look when you see deer.
You’re not sure if Colorado extends west of the Rockies.
You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is.
You own a big dog named Aspen, Buck, Cheyenne or Dakota that wears a bandana.
The entire top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
You think that formal wear is ironed denim. (wait! What, it isn't?? Aw rats)
You've never actually been to Aspen, much less ski there.
"Damn Rockies" is an expression you use when you can't find a parking spot Downtown.
During a thunderstorm you wonder which I-25 underpass is flooding.
If it rains more than 2 days straight you compare the weather to being in Seattle.
If the humidity gets above 25%, you consider it muggy.
People driving on the 16th Street Mall are considered "tourists." (not to mention lawbreakers and stupid--although the latter is redundant)
The biggest event of the year is the Western Stock Show.
The only RTD bus you've been on is the 16th Street shuttle.
There is not enough money in the world to get you to move to the Springs.
When giving directions, you never say "Turn left, turn right", it's always go West, then South. (but only when I'm in Denver---can't do that here!)
You think 5-Points is a ghetto.
You consider LoDo a tourist trap with expensive condos.
You have absolutely no recognizable accent.
You have been skiing less than 3 times in your life. (Hallelujah Jesus, I'm not alone!)
You know that "The Narrows" refers to I-25 between University and Broadway.
You know where the city ended when you were a kid, and would never move further out than that boundary.
You merge onto the highway at 15 miles an hour. (Drives people here nuts, one of my main reasons for doing it. I'm improving, though.)
You never plan a picnic between 3:30 and 6:00 in Spring or Summer months.
You only go to Lodo when friends are in from out of town. (We are the friends, though)
You say things like "I don't care how big Parker is, it's still a one-horse town".
You see no reason to travel to Aurora.
You think most of the people in Colorado Springs are religious freaks.
You think the rest of the freaks live in the "People's Republic of Boulder." (...this would be my mom's thought-pattern--except she thinks they all live there...)
Thornton, Northglenn and Westminster are "Another State." (especially Thornton)
You actually get these jokes...
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You know you're from Milwaukee if... (0r Wisconsin in general)
You've been to the Rep and could smell beer, brats, and kraut.
You drive around with little Green Bay Packers flags on your car.
You and your friends spend all day Sunday drinking at the bar, bashing the Cubs.
You don't know that Schlitz, Blatz, and Pabst aren't brewed in Milwaukee anymore. (don't really care either, but that's a different story...)
You know people who have tied dead animals to the hoods of their cars.
You know what a "Supper Club" is.
You've eaten beer, brats, and kraut for breakfast.
You think "The Safe House" is better than Disneyworld.
You won't let a car from out of state go faster than you.
No matter where you go you see the Jesus Car - and can't understand what's coming out the speakers.
You cruised Hwy 100 or Sherman Ave.
You own at least one tie with a or peice of jewelry with a Green Bay Packer theme.
You can find and pronounce : Eau Claire, Oconomowoc, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, and La Crosse, Fond du Lac. (piece o' cake!)
You can correctly spell Milwaukee.
You know what "bubbler" means.
A holstein cow outside of Wisconsin makes you miss home.
When talking about the Green Bay Packers you refer to them as "we."
When the weather hits 0 degrees you decide that maybe it's time to get out a jacket instead of a sweatshirt.
The family gets together every week for fish fry at the local pub.
You know what a brat is, and they're at every outdoor event that your family has ever had.
You know how to make a very good sled out of normal household items. (it was called "traying" in college...hint hint)
You have watched Fargo and not noticed an accent.
The local paper needs 6 pages to cover the Packers... in July!
Your best shirt has a big letter G on it.
You've said "Of course they'll win. They're God's team."
You family owns a "winter car" while the "good one" sits in the garage from Nov-Apr. (Hi Linda)
Your put ketchup on a charcoal grilled NY strip steak.
You think everyone from south of Madison has an accent.
Down South to you means Chicago. (used to)
You can make sense out of the words "upnort" and "Trivers." (or N'aubrn)
You have to go to Florida to get a tan in August.
You consider Madison exotic.
You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving. (absolutely--and believe me that's not a compliment!)
You buy cat litter every winter, but you don't own a cat.
You know what to do with a Blatz. (but I don't do it)
You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Bucky the Badger hangs on your Christmas tree even if you didn't go to University of Wisconsinm Madison.
You can use the word "ya der hey" easily in a sentence.
You hear someone use the words "uff-dah" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter. (I say uff-dah!)
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce.
You know how to polka. (kind of)
You know what a FIB is and can spot them a mile away. (heh heh heh)
You think of the major four food groups as cheese, beer, brats and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
You have eaten a cow pie at the State Fair.
Country Kitchen is the place to meet after the party.
You have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Irish Fest, Oktoberfest, or all of the above.
You can't be friends with a Vikings fan. (it's difficult, but possible)
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Missed these yesterday
20 Questions to being a Better Person
Middle of the road, eh? Does that mean you're yellow? Yellow as a salamander frying on blacktop? Yellow as a urinal cake? Yellow as a delicious marshmallow Peep? Mmmm. Peep. Sometimes I think if it weren't for Just Born candy, I would just expel my life force and expire. Hot Tamales. Mike and Ikes.
But I digress.
Nicely done. You are robustly average, and I approve of it.
Thx Jenica.
_____________________________
20 Questions to a Better Personality
Wackiness: 54/100
Rationality: 38/100
Constructiveness: 46/100
Leadership: 16/100
You are a WEDF--Wacky Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you a Menace to Society. {heh}
Well, whether you're actually a menace depends on how you choose to channel your energies. You chew your fingers {yes} and have an addictive personality. {oh yeah} Properly guided, you can be enormously productive--otherwise you run amok, {hmm, sometimes} stir up trouble, {no, I don't think so} and generally have a hell of a good time. {so-so}
To your friends, you are a source of relentless entertainment. {True? Don't know} You often get into trouble, but you almost always find a way out. {mm, well, I guess} You are strangely popular {?} and feed off others' energy. {yep} You live hard, seize the day, {I guess} and although your more sober friends {no, see, I'm the "sober friend!"} would like to see you settled down, you generally have fewer regrets {WRONG} and better memories than they do. Your tenet is that, at the end of the day, one regrets only what one didn't try. {tend to agree with that} You are right.
You could benefit from outside help in balancing your highs and lows. {probaby very true...} Or perhaps cutting back on the caffeine. {NEVER! Don't touch my caffeine! I'll be asleep.}
Of the 48,010 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 4.8 % are this type.
Your score as a human being is 78.5.
Middle of the road, eh? Does that mean you're yellow? Yellow as a salamander frying on blacktop? Yellow as a urinal cake? Yellow as a delicious marshmallow Peep? Mmmm. Peep. Sometimes I think if it weren't for Just Born candy, I would just expel my life force and expire. Hot Tamales. Mike and Ikes.
But I digress.
Nicely done. You are robustly average, and I approve of it.
Thx Jenica.
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20 Questions to a Better Personality
Wackiness: 54/100
Rationality: 38/100
Constructiveness: 46/100
Leadership: 16/100
You are a WEDF--Wacky Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you a Menace to Society. {heh}
Well, whether you're actually a menace depends on how you choose to channel your energies. You chew your fingers {yes} and have an addictive personality. {oh yeah} Properly guided, you can be enormously productive--otherwise you run amok, {hmm, sometimes} stir up trouble, {no, I don't think so} and generally have a hell of a good time. {so-so}
To your friends, you are a source of relentless entertainment. {True? Don't know} You often get into trouble, but you almost always find a way out. {mm, well, I guess} You are strangely popular {?} and feed off others' energy. {yep} You live hard, seize the day, {I guess} and although your more sober friends {no, see, I'm the "sober friend!"} would like to see you settled down, you generally have fewer regrets {WRONG} and better memories than they do. Your tenet is that, at the end of the day, one regrets only what one didn't try. {tend to agree with that} You are right.
You could benefit from outside help in balancing your highs and lows. {probaby very true...} Or perhaps cutting back on the caffeine. {NEVER! Don't touch my caffeine! I'll be asleep.}
Of the 48,010 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 4.8 % are this type.
Back in the saddle again
BDI.
01. layer chicken
02. automatic transmission
03. restless leg syndrome
04. juggle Rosie
05. powered by Blogger
05. compliment embarrassing
06. spew Bush
07. castle Timeline (just watched it last weekend)
08. freckles Sparky
09. dough Amish Friendship Bread
10. style hair
11. bonus pay
12. green eggs and ham Jesse Jackson
01. layer chicken
02. automatic transmission
03. restless leg syndrome
04. juggle Rosie
05. powered by Blogger
05. compliment embarrassing
06. spew Bush
07. castle Timeline (just watched it last weekend)
08. freckles Sparky
09. dough Amish Friendship Bread
10. style hair
11. bonus pay
12. green eggs and ham Jesse Jackson
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Feast (I'm hungry, what can I say?)
This is from last Friday's Feast....
Appetizer
Name 3 things that you are wearing today.
Who was the last person you hugged?
My son the Spark.
Salad
What do you like to order from your favorite fast food place?
Twister at KFC, no tomatoes.
Main Course
What time of day do you usually feel most energized?
Early morning. Once I'm awake, that is.
Dessert
Using the letters in your first name, write a sentence. (Example: Sweet unusual spaniels are nice.)
Tricky: Time harasses everyone.
Appetizer
Name 3 things that you are wearing today.
- A blouse my brother's former girl friend (not girlfriend) bought for me....and other boring clothes, too.
- My wedding/engagement rings.
- A ring my mom gave me that she got when she was a kid.
Who was the last person you hugged?
My son the Spark.
Salad
What do you like to order from your favorite fast food place?
Twister at KFC, no tomatoes.
Main Course
What time of day do you usually feel most energized?
Early morning. Once I'm awake, that is.
Dessert
Using the letters in your first name, write a sentence. (Example: Sweet unusual spaniels are nice.)
Tricky: Time harasses everyone.
What season...not that I agree...
You're a Spring. You usually are very close-knit with your friends and value every freindship you have. You're a real people person and everyone loves how friendly you are. You're good with encouraging people but usually don't like to be the center of attention. You are a social butterfly and probably are in several circles of friends but it's just because you're well liked and you make people comfortable. You're both fun and wise but you are very realistic about life.
What season are you?
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I am King Arthur (the Monty Python version)
You are King Arthur of the Britons! You let no-onestand in your way, you are brave and strong! Keep searching, you'll find the grail yet!
Which Monty Python & the Holy Grail Character are you REALLY?
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New meme spot
From: Daydreaming on Paper
Are there things that you hate to buy? Items that you either hate to spend perfectly good money on or hate to spend the time it takes to buy them?
I'm not a shopper. I'd prefer not to spend money on anything, but I really hate (right now) grocery shopping. Not because I don't like food (haha hah!), but it's just a pain: every week we run out of stuff, every week I buy the same stuff, every week. It's the every week that kills me. (...or every month or whatever)
I just don't like anything that wears out or runs out immediately. Clothes, food, etc. etc.
Are there things that you hate to buy? Items that you either hate to spend perfectly good money on or hate to spend the time it takes to buy them?
I'm not a shopper. I'd prefer not to spend money on anything, but I really hate (right now) grocery shopping. Not because I don't like food (haha hah!), but it's just a pain: every week we run out of stuff, every week I buy the same stuff, every week. It's the every week that kills me. (...or every month or whatever)
I just don't like anything that wears out or runs out immediately. Clothes, food, etc. etc.
20 Questions to having a Better Family
This cracked me up. And I don't even watch this show! Now I know why: it's too close to my reality! :-)
Your score as a human being is 52.
This makes you like The Simpsons.
This score isn't so bad. There's hugs and kisses at the end of the day, no matter if they're cynical or sandwiched between comments about how wide your ass is getting. You haven't beat your parents -- you joined them. {well, now, that's debatable...}
The bright side is you have a lot of stories to share, and living through all this malfunction means you're perfectly equipped for dealing with all the asshats in the real world. After your experience with your family, you'll be starved for a new one. Thus you'll love your in-laws, who'll love you back. {100% correct on all counts.}
Your score as a human being is 52.
This makes you like The Simpsons.
This score isn't so bad. There's hugs and kisses at the end of the day, no matter if they're cynical or sandwiched between comments about how wide your ass is getting. You haven't beat your parents -- you joined them. {well, now, that's debatable...}
The bright side is you have a lot of stories to share, and living through all this malfunction means you're perfectly equipped for dealing with all the asshats in the real world. After your experience with your family, you'll be starved for a new one. Thus you'll love your in-laws, who'll love you back. {100% correct on all counts.}
Where ya been? Dunno
Tuesday Twosome
What is more annoying...
1. Having to look at someone who has food stuck in their teeth or spittle in the corner of their mouth?
What is more annoying...
1. Having to look at someone who has food stuck in their teeth or spittle in the corner of their mouth?
Spit. No contest. Euckkk.2. People who don't wash their hands after using the restroom or don't flush the toilet after using it?
The handwashing is really annoying. These are both so gross though that it's a tough call. ('Course it sort of depends on whether we're talking public restrooms or at home, too...)3. People who take your parking space that you have been waiting for or cutting in line at the store?
The parking-place thieves. I generally call people out when they cut in line. Then again, I live in a pretty polite place; neither of these things happen often.4. Getting an unimportant phone call in the middle of the night or having to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night?
The phone. The bathroom thing is old hat for me. On the other hand, I usually don't hear the phone at night, so it doesn't really matter.5. Staying home on the weekend because you are dateless or going out on a date with an obnoxiously annoying person?
Going out with someone annoying. But, see, I'm married, so neither answer really applies. I'd just rather stay home either way. ;-)
Saturday, October 9, 2004
Saturday Six
New meme. I didn't leave a comment, because I didn't want to "sign up." Which tells you how lazy today has made me.
1. What is your favorite cartoon show?
A toss-up between Hey Arnold! and The Wild Thornberrys (but I don't really watch that often anymore). I love Roadrunner cartoons.
2. I found this on Wil's journal: Take the quiz...What natural disaster are you?
Tornado. See my house for details.
3. What was the design of the last postage stamp you used?
Either the flag one or one of these.
4. What was the last pill you took?
Vitamin? I take 2 calciums, a vitamin and my Allegra with breakfast every morning. Although I take them separately (i.e., not in one gulp), I don't use the same order. So I think this morning I ended with the giant green pill.
5. It's your ultimate breakfast: what's on the plate?
Uhm, assuming a bottomless stomach? Ham, bacon & (lots of) cheese omelet. Some cold pizza (anything but veg or fish), bagels and cream cheese, several poptarts....I love breakfast, actually....pancakes/waffles (just syrup and butter), biscuits and gravy, home-made hash browns, bacon. No orange juice! MILK.
Burp.
6. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #26 from SpringsNymph and Neil: not sure how this works, so I'm answering them all
a) When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
b) Are you anywhere close to that dream now?
c) Now that you're in the "real world," is your current job now really what you want to do for a living?
d) If not, what would you ultimately like to do?
My earliest memory is watching the grocery checkers punch in the prices on the cash registers: clack clack clack CHINGGG, clack clack clack CHINGGG! I wanted to do that when I grew up. Those cash registers have gone away, so obviously, in order to realize this dream, I'd have to move either to a third world country or backwards in time. I'm willing to do neither.
BUT, I type all day, visually clacking things on my monitor with my mouse. I don't work in a grocery store--thank the good Lord!--but I work in my second dream place: the library. I love my job (much as I complain about it). There's really nothing I'd rather do, unless I could get paid to travel, read or sleep.
1. What is your favorite cartoon show?
A toss-up between Hey Arnold! and The Wild Thornberrys (but I don't really watch that often anymore). I love Roadrunner cartoons.
2. I found this on Wil's journal: Take the quiz...What natural disaster are you?
Tornado. See my house for details.
3. What was the design of the last postage stamp you used?
Either the flag one or one of these.
4. What was the last pill you took?
Vitamin? I take 2 calciums, a vitamin and my Allegra with breakfast every morning. Although I take them separately (i.e., not in one gulp), I don't use the same order. So I think this morning I ended with the giant green pill.
5. It's your ultimate breakfast: what's on the plate?
Uhm, assuming a bottomless stomach? Ham, bacon & (lots of) cheese omelet. Some cold pizza (anything but veg or fish), bagels and cream cheese, several poptarts....I love breakfast, actually....pancakes/waffles (just syrup and butter), biscuits and gravy, home-made hash browns, bacon. No orange juice! MILK.
Burp.
6. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #26 from SpringsNymph and Neil: not sure how this works, so I'm answering them all
a) When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
b) Are you anywhere close to that dream now?
c) Now that you're in the "real world," is your current job now really what you want to do for a living?
d) If not, what would you ultimately like to do?
My earliest memory is watching the grocery checkers punch in the prices on the cash registers: clack clack clack CHINGGG, clack clack clack CHINGGG! I wanted to do that when I grew up. Those cash registers have gone away, so obviously, in order to realize this dream, I'd have to move either to a third world country or backwards in time. I'm willing to do neither.
BUT, I type all day, visually clacking things on my monitor with my mouse. I don't work in a grocery store--thank the good Lord!--but I work in my second dream place: the library. I love my job (much as I complain about it). There's really nothing I'd rather do, unless I could get paid to travel, read or sleep.
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Wednesday is Hump Day
[There’s a whole bit about soap operas…I’m not doing it. Can’t stand ‘em. Sorry BDI... ]
Put your thinkin' caps on -- it's time to do the Mind Hump. This week a little "getting to know you" fun with a crazy twist.
01. If you could have a compartment (like a glove compartment) installed on your person, where would you have it installed and what would you keep in it (other than things you would keep in your wallet or purse)?
03. Commercials ... they can make us laugh or can annoy the heck out of us. Tell us about your favorite commerical and/or a commercial you simple loathe.
Put your thinkin' caps on -- it's time to do the Mind Hump. This week a little "getting to know you" fun with a crazy twist.
01. If you could have a compartment (like a glove compartment) installed on your person, where would you have it installed and what would you keep in it (other than things you would keep in your wallet or purse)?
Umm, I think I have one currently being underused: my skull is supposed to contain a brain, but frequently I seem to forget to “pack” it when I get up in the morning. It stays in bed and I go off doing things without it.02. A local university has asked you to teach a class about the one thing you know the most about. What would you be teaching and what would the name of the course be?
Otherwise, I’d kind of like to have a little pocket somewhere (upper arm? back of my neck?) for my sunglasses.
Funny, I was just kind of thinking about this last night. I’m most likely to be asked to teach something about cataloging or scrapbooking/conservation, which would be ok. But I’d also like to teach something on early church history, or possibly linguistics (not grammar, but the history of language and so forth).
03. Commercials ... they can make us laugh or can annoy the heck out of us. Tell us about your favorite commerical and/or a commercial you simple loathe.
Don’t get me started on the loathing part, there are too many to list, but during the Olympics I was ready to torch all the Cadillac dealerships in the area (one). Ones I like are hard to come by, and I usually can’t remember what they’re advertising (so much for the theory behind good ads, eh?). I like funny ones. I like the current Coke commercial because it reminds me of my nephew (long story) and I like the Lamasil nail fungus commercials because they are delightfully ucky.04. If we were to tiptoe into your room while you were sleeping, what position are we likely to find you in, on what side of the bed and are you a snorer, drooler, a sleep talker or sleep walker?
I sleep to the left of The Beast, on my side in semi-fetal position. I rarely move overnight, usually waking up in the same general position I went to sleep. It freaks The Beast out, although he should be used to it after this long! He says I snore sometimes, but he DEFINITELY ALWAYS snores, which is why I wear earplugs every single night. Don’t drool too much, that I’m aware of, have been known to sleepwalk, but not since I was little. Talking in my sleep: yes. Scared the crap outta The Beast yelling “Fire!” one night when we were first married. Heh heh Don’t think I say anything too weird or incriminating, though.05. "Snips and snails and puppy dogs tails - that's what little boys are made of. Sugar and spice and everything nice - that's what little girls are made of." Besides those things mentioned above, what are some of things you personally might be made of?
I think we can eliminate 'everything nice.' Some pepper. Uhm, lots of sugar (future diabetic here), some adrenaline, lots of saltwater. Music. Words. LOTS AND LOTS of words. ;-)
Friday, October 1, 2004
This may be a sign I need to go home...alone
Beretta92fs.
You're good. Almost as good as a Sig but cheaper. That's why the US military
chose you. You're kinda scary.
What handgun are you?
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I like the kinda scary part...
Hmmm...
You rule. In 15 years, you won't be as known as you are now, but most of the people that will know you then will like you (or else I'll beat them with a stick). You're nice to listen to.
What band from the 80s are you?
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That's just great.
I think.
Cuz I've never heard anything by them (but hey, I do know who they are).
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