J-meme -- Sounds like a rapper's name to me, lol. 1. What is your name? Jessi 2. A 4 letter word. June 3. A vehicle: Jaguar (Rawr!) 4. A city: Jersey 5. A boy's name: Jay 6. A girl's name: Jennifer (That's what a ton of people end up calling me anyway. Oops!) 7. Alcoholic drink: Jim Bean 8. An occupation: Janitor 9. Something you wear: Jeans!! (My favorite!) 10. A celebrity: Uh...can't use Jennifer or Jay....um, Ja Rule....I knew I'd work the rapper bit back in here somewhere!! 11. A food: Jelly 12. Something found in a bathroom: The "John" (lol, I skipped this one originally and asked a friend the question without any background info....he came up with this, so I cheated a little bit, but yay for a good answer!) 13. Reason for being late: Jabbed myself in the jugular (Can you tell that I'm halfway decent at Scattegories?) 14. Something you shout: Jumping Jehosaphat!! (Okay, so I don't yell it, but some people do, hehe) 15. An animal: Jackrabbit (only because I couldn't do jaguar again. I think it shows that I didn't actually read this meme before starting it, lol) 16. A body part: Joint 17. Word to describe yourself: I usually say something like "jaguar" or "juicy" to throw people off when this question is used as an icebreaker. Something about "jubilant" or "joyous" just aren't silly enough for me.
Anywho, here's a quick meme to pass on:Rules: Use the first intial of your name to answer these questions. Don't repeat words in a different question and do not pick your own name for a girl/boy name.
(J is sometimes a tough one for things like this because choices are limited, but oh well)
Sunday, June 22, 2008
J-meme
Thursday, March 27, 2008
6 Quirky Things about Quirky
Alright, it's been a while since I've done a meme and I don't usually do them at all. This time, though, it's coming from the lovely Lady Language 'and' it's about quirks, so how could I pass it up?
Anywho, here are the rules:
Link to the person that tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Share six un-important things/habits/quirks about your self. Tag 6 random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. Let these random people know that they are tagged by leaving comments in their blog. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.
Before I begin, a while back I did a post about the ABCs of Quirky Jessi. There are tons of little quirks about me and who the person behind the blog is.
So here we go:
1. I can't wink. I've tried a million and one times, I'm sure, and I used to spend time as a kid getting completely frustrated because I couldn't get one eye to do anything without the other doing it, too. It was sad because everyone I knew could wink, so I thought I just wasn't doing something right. Turns out, a lot of people can't wink and it's not something I can force myself to do, so I gave up on it years ago.
2. I can't roll my Rs. This one still bugs me, though! Lol. As a huge cat lover and someone who goes by cat-related names on several sites, portraying a kitty-like persona both online and offline.....it kills me that I can't purr. :( And when I was learning Spanish, my biggest hang-up was that I didn't like knowing I pronounced "perro" (dog) and "pero" (but) exactly the same. *cries* :P
3. I'm just under 5 foot tall....and I *like* it. I have no desire to be tall at all. :)
4. I get really funky food cravings. I thought I talked about them here once before, but I can't seem to find a post about it. The only thing I ran across was one where I mentioned a condensed milk and paprika sauce I accidentally created and couldn't get enough of. I go through cycles where I'll want the same thing for a week straight....like cottage cheese and french dressing, baked potatoes with salsa, avocados straight out of the shell, and those flat popsicles every 5 minutes. (Good thing they're not too bad for me!)
5. I have a very personal relationship with my laptop. I sleep with him....er....we share the same bed at night....
6. My first license plate was Crzy J 1. When I started this blog, I thought crazy was waaayyy too overrated and mainstream because well, apparently everybody thinks they're crazy. I once went through a meowing phase......that's not the same as someone who gets frazzled and calls themselves crazy. So eventually, Quirky was born and I ran with it. I never actually planned to stay as Quirky either, but I wouldn't change it now. :)
And as for tagging, you're all it! Post a link in my comments to yours and I'll stop by to see it. :D
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
New Year's Non-Resolutions
I considered doing an "end of the year" type post, but then put it off long enough that I didn't have the time to....and was glad I hadn't after seeing everyone else in the internet world doing a million and one lists of "end of the year" type compilations.
But then I was tagged.
I was called out.
I was infected.
Ew.
And now I feel this strange urge to follow the instructions I was given. I blame this chica.
It's all Emily's fault.
Hmph.
Alright, so enough whining, pouting, fussing, link lovin', line draggin', puttin' it off. Here's the meme:
What you do is list 7 New Year’s resolutions you are not going to do in 2008 year based on 2007’s results......~Well, and then a bit of instructions about who I'm supposed to tag, but I don't tag, so uh, nevermind.
I haven't really done resolutions the last few years....but these are non-resolutions, so they're okay, right? Stealing Emily's format with a quick copy and paste, I'm also going to steal some of her non-resolutions, too. How's that for creative laziness? :P
- I will NOT check my multiple email accounts, blog stats, discussionboards/forums every chance I get. The world will not come to a crashing halt if I do not reply to something right away. (This is so hard to do with a straight face/cooperating fingers....)
- I will NOT spend my every waking hour either online or thinking about the online world.
- I will NOT break out into hysterics the next time I talk to the tech lady who informs me that she doesn't know when my internet will come back...and suspects it'll be at least a few more hours (after almost all day of it already being off!!)
- I will NOT dehydrate myself because I don't want to part ways with my computer to go fill a water bottle down the hall.
- I will NOT break every healthy eating rule in the book because I'm too comfy in bed with my laptop to bother to move for something more complex.
- I will NOT spend my time at work doing menial things online instead of working hard on my school work.
- I will NOT base whether my day is good or bad according to what happened online or whether my day was "online-worthy."
Thursday, December 28, 2006
The Most Random Survey Ever
1) What side of the heart do you draw first?
*Draws a heart* I believe it's usually the left...not that I draw hearts on a regular basis anyway.
2) Can you dive without plugging your nose?
I can't even dive, so I wouldn't know. If I dunk my head under water, I don't necessarily have to, but it's prefer.
3) What color is your razor?
Which one? Let's see, I have a blue Venus razor...I have a pink one (I don't usually buy pink, but I wanted to try out their vibrating one, and it was only available in pink at the time)....I've got a black trimmer...and I have a black and silver Seiko. Oh, and I have dark purple-y maroon-ish colored one that was mailed to me a couple months ago as a free trial, and I liked it enough to keep it and continue using. I might even buy the next set of blades for it.
4) What is your blood-type?
Um...uh oh....I used to know this, but now that I'm being asked, I can't think of it for the life of me. It seems like I'm A something...but I'll have to call my mother about that one. *Makes a mental note*
~edit~ Nope, I'm O+. This, of course, came after my mother trying to tell me while she was on the phone, and her getting into a debate with the caller about RH- and PKU tests (huh?), with her eventually telling me that I'm O-retarded. Gee thanks, lol. (And the debate is still going on, by the way....I left 10 minutes ago, and they're still talking about it....geez...I'm the most common blood type...period...hehe).
5) Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours?
Ryan...and no, we're not going into the reasons why, hehe.
6) What is a rumor someone has spread about you?
I don't usually get rumors spread about me. People tend to like me too much. Well, okay, that and the fact that I'm good about keeping personal things about me private, so that they don't exactly have any dirt on me anyway....and if they try to make something up, people know better (actually, come to think of it, even if it's true, people wouldn't usually believe it, lol). I can only remember one rumor about me, and that was in like 8th grade maybe....and we're so not going there either.
7) How do you feel about carrots?
Should I feel 'anything' about carrots? Actually, I kinda do have an emotional connection to them. When I was little, I used to always want to like them...even though they grossed me out. Every couple months, I'd beg my mom to buy me some so I could try them again. Because my tastes often changed, and I was so insistent on liking them, she kept buying them for me. Now, I am proud to say that I will indeed eat carrots....and I'll like them. I still can't stand them cooked, but nice and crisp is quite yummy indeed, especially if I have a bit of dip for them.
Oh, and I also feel the need to point out a friend of mine who has the username involving her past obsession with carrots. Our first conversation was about her old carrot eating habits, and it just went from there. All in all, I feel pretty happy about carrots.
8) How many chairs at the dining room table?
Well if I had a dining room table, I could answer that question. The bed I typically eat on, has no chairs...but it has four legs, so maybe it's like a chair in itself...9) Which is the best Spice Girl?
Um, I'm trying to remember their names....I was never big on them, although I will give them credit for allowing "Wannabe" to spread my school like wildfire.
10) Do you know what time it is?
2:15!! (Yay for being able to cheat by using standard computer clocks...that wasn't really a random question...I'm not sure why it's even here....)
11) Do you know all the words to the Fresh Prince Theme Song?
No, but I know a good portion of them....
"Now this is the story all about how, my life got flipped, turned upside down, and I'd like to take a minute just sit right there, and I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air....(music).....In West Philadelphia, born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days, chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool, and all shooting some b-ball outside of the school, when a couple of guys, who were up in no good, started making trouble in my neighborhood, I got in one little fight and my mom got scared, and said you're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air. I whistled for a cab and when it came near, the license plate said "fresh" and had a dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, nah forget it, go home to Bel-Air. I pulled up to a house about seven or eight, and I yelled to the cabby "yo, home, smell you later." Looked at my kingdom I was finally there, to settle my throne as the prince of Bel-Air. (I remembered more than I thought....probably missed a few words here or there, but damn...that's pretty good, hehe).
Now ask me to do the Carlton. 'I' can't do it, but I sure can point you in the direction of a few people who can, hehe.
12) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?
Calm the people down around me. If I was alone, I'd push the little help button, call someone, and then sit patiently until they unstuck my elevator.
14) True or False: All's fair in love and war?
I beg to differ, but then there are people who beg to differ with me, and then we beg to differ with each other, and it just gets to the point where we're not even thinking about love 'or' war any more, so it doesn't seem to matter.15) Do you know how to use some words correctly, but not know the meaning?
Um, I can't really think of any.
But....it does remind me of a blog I was reading yesterday, and I pledged to use the words she was talking about. So here they are....twatwaffle, and kerfuffle. I do believe I could use them correctly, lol, but I'm not sure I really want to know where "twatwaffle" originated from.
16) Do you like to sleep?
Sure thing....unless, of course, it's interrupting the rest of my life, in which case, I'd rather be doing other things, and despise that eventually I'll have to stop and rest.
17) Do you know which US states don't use Daylight Savings?
Offhand, nah. I know Arizona doesn't....and Indiana is kinda screwy with only parts of it not following it, and other parts of it using it anyway. Messed up.
18) Do you know the song Total Eclipse of the Heart?
Of course. Bonnie Tyler. ~edit~ I was going to start singing it for you, but I think she does it better. Listen to this instead:
19) Do you want a bright yellow '06 mustang?
Oh no! In fact, it's a huge pet peeve of mine. Personally, I can't stand yellow on cars anyway, but to ruin a Mustang with it? No thanks!
To make matters worse, just as my tuition was due last year, and I was hoping my dad would help me out, he showed up at my doorstep (he's 7 hours from me, but I needed a ride back home for the holidays, and he apparently worked it out with my mother while I was out of the country....I was given 5 minutes warning that he'd be there!)......driving a bright yellow Mustang '05. Oh, I could've killed that man, *adds an lol so it seems like she's joking, lol*
So, um, no....no bright yellow Mustangs for me....
20) What's something you've always wanted?
I'm not sure...I don't tend to want much, and when I do, it's something obtainable so I can achieve it myself.
21) Do you have hairy legs?
Actually, they are somewhat hairy at the moment. Now that I'm at home, I can't step out of the room for more than 5 minutes without someone yelling at me because one kid or another has done something (I timed it yesterday....3 minutes, 46 seconds, hehe). I did partially shave them last weekend when we went to get Santa pictures done, and I realized last minute that everyone was wearing skirts instead of jeans like we usually do, so I did a quick lotion shave on the lower half so I could wear panty hose without them looking incredibly horrible, lol.
Uh, not that you really wanted to know 'that' much...
22) Would you rather swim in the ocean or a lake?
I can't swim, so I'd rather have a pool so I can stay in a shallow end and swim around underneath while still being able to touch the bottom to push myself up for air....yes, that's right, I can swim underneath, but for the life of me, I can't stay on top (except for floating, which I 'can' do....just don't try to get me to move at the same time).
Now if you gave me a snorkel, I could swim under the surface for hours upon end, so I guess in that sense, and ocean would treat me quite nicely, right?
23) Describe your hair.
Well, it has a great personality...temperamental at times, but for the most part, if you give her what she wants, she'll reciprocate. Like most other thing, she has her days where she's not feeling the greatest, but as a general rule, she's happy and full of life.24) Do you have Entomophobia?
*Googles* Insectophobia? Oh dear heavens, no! Oh, the stories I could tell about my interactions with bugs....like the time when I was around the age of 7 and brought my mom a pair of jumping spiders in my closed hands, and then opened them in her face to show her while she was napping. And I'll have you know, I still think I had every right to be upset that she smacked them out of my hand....I worked hard to catch those suckers, and she just swatted them away...I don't care if they could've bit me. *mad face* (And yes, I know spiders aren't insects....but the same applies for a whole array of bugs)
25) Are you an adult?
They keep telling me I am, but I much prefer my child-like nature. I can be as serious as adults are 'supposed' to be, and I've been that way for years....but as a general rule, I'm a child at heart, and I hope to always be that way.
26) Where is/are your best friend(s)?
Not here...they're spread out over the U.S. and I only see them occasionally....or better yet, the select few I would rank in my top category of friends, are people I've never met in person, and I only interact with them online.
27) Do you have a tan?
I have freckles...do they count?! I don't tan very easily now (when I was younger I did...hence all the freckles), and when I do, it rarely lasts any more. I had a bit of one over the summer (I'd hope so....I worked at a summer camp), but now that it's the dead of winter, I think not.
28) Are you a rachel ray addict?
Puh-lease....I knew Rachel Ray before she even thought about being popular, lol. Okay, so that's only because the only time I watched t.v. was during a break between classes over lunch hour, and she just happened to be on at that time...and I'd watch her on commercials of other shows. Although I'm far from an addict, she's one of the few names I recognize, and would still watch if it were offered to me.
29) Do you enjoy spending time with your mother?
Of course. It can be crazy, but considering she's my best friend, in the best sense of the phrase, then I definitely enjoy the time I spend with her....whether it's a 2 minute phone call between classes, a night throwing walnuts at each other at 3 in the morning, while one of us laid on the couch, and the other in the floor (don't ask), or having a serious discussion about the wonders of the world, there's always something enjoyable.
30) Are you a sugar freak?
Simply put, no. Now, I do enjoy sugary items from time to time (think chocolate), as a general rule, I don't eat or drink much sugar.
31) Do you like orange juice
I don't often drink it, but when I do, I enjoy it. I used to be rather picky with it (I really, really didn't like pulp), but now, it's so rare, I don't particularly care....as long as it's cold and, uh, orangey.
32) Where do you wish you were right now?
Here....but there are a few people I wish were here with me. And soon, I'll head back to my place, and I'll be happy to be there, but for now, this is working just fine for me.
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Christmas Blog Things
| Your Holiday Personality is Caring |
 You like to reach out to people all year long, but you're especially giving during the holidays. Make those you love homemade presents (like cookies or scarves). Call someone who might be feeling a little down. Give to your favorite charity. |
I don't like going to blogs that are full of surveys and 'this is what a random generator says I am', but the occasional one is fun, so I'm passing these on for others. This is the Christmas category from BlogThings and should satisfy anyone's craving for a random time waster of cutesy Christmas descriptions. Ranging from 'Which reindeer are you?' to 'What crappy Christmas gift are you?' to 'What kind of gift giver are you?', it's all there....
(Okay, so I have to go take one so I have a picture at the top, lol...then it's back to wrapping presents! ~~Christmas personality, it is, and it's right on the money...)
Monday, November 13, 2006
You're Living In The Year 2006
So I told you my list phase would last for a bit...and then I didn't post any more, lol. Here's one for the road:
2. You haven't played solitaire using real cards in years. Ha! Wrong. I played with real cards over the summer...when I worked at a camp and we were isolated from everything else, of course, but still, it should count for something!
3. Your idea of vegging out at home is turning on the a/c, lounging on the lazyboy and watching cable or dvds on your flat screen tv while eating microwavable popcorn. Wait. I'm confused. My way of vegging out consists of having my laptop sprawled out in front of me along with the rest of that....but I'm trying to think of how I 'vegged out' before. :S4. You have a list of 15 different numbers each to reach family members on your cellphone. Yes. Well, no....but close. Dave can vouch for this one as I picked a number at random to call him because I didn't remember which one was the number I was supposed to actually call. I think it was only 5 that I had listed for him, though....but it wouldn't surprise me that in the next few years I'll have people with even more numbers listed (home phone, cell phone, spouse's cell phone, work phone, work desk line, home fax number, work fax number....)
5. You email the person who works at the desk next to you. 'I' don't...but I know people that I work with that do, so it still applies.
6. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is because they don't have email addresses. Well duh....but even if they did have email, some of them I wouldn't stay in close contact with because all they'd do is send me forwards.
7. You pull up in your driveway and use your cellphone to check if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries. Nope, because I can do that myself....but back at home, I've called a few minutes before I planned to arrive, so they'd know that when I got everything in, that they'd be expected to help put them away.8. Almost every commercial on television has a website at the bottom of the screen. Now this one's a bit behind. You see, now every commercial has a *myspace* website address at the bottom, especially the latest movies.
9. Leaving the house without your cellphone (which you survived without for the first twenty or so years of your life) is now a cause for panic, making you turn around to go back and get it. Actually, I've done this one. It's not a regular thing, though. If I happen to forget it (how could I do that? It's a habit, but let's talk hypothetically here), then no biggie. But there have been times that it would've been considered unsafe not to have it with me (yeah, I know, 50 years ago they didn't have them at all, but now, because they 'are' available, it's nice to have them as that extra safety measure)
10. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee. Wrong! But only because I don't drink coffee. It's gotten to where I'm online before I take that first morning pee, though....not that you asked, but I'm sharing with you anyway. Feel special. :P11. You've forgotten how to mail a letter. Wrong again! But it's mainly because of the girlies at home whom have never really gotten mail, so I've made a habit of sending them little notecards telling them how much I love them and miss them. And over the summer, I sent handwritten letters to my best guy friend because I had limited net access. But they're right...in general, people don't use snail mail at all.
12. You never go to the bank. Online banking is the way to go. True, true. I have a check setting on my dresser from over a month ago that I have yet to cash simply because I never go to the bank. My check is automatically deposited, bills are paid online, I shop online, I transfer money online, I do it all right there and there's really no reason for me to really go into the bank any more. I doubt the tellers really want one more customer anyway, so I don't think I'm missed much.
13. You can probably stay at home one whole year as long as you can get take-out, order groceries, clothes, appliances and whatever else via the web. I do that anyway, don't I? With the exception of going to classes and work, I stay in....and those I'd do online if I could, lol. Yes, pathetic, I know, but isn't it wonderful?
Okay, so does that mean I'm only partially living in the year 2006 since I couldn't agree that I'd done all of them completely? :S
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Driver or Passenger?
So this post is going to be inspired by this blog, who was, in turn, inspired by Sunday Scribblings. I'll admit, I didn't really read either in its entirety, but I didn't need to to get my mind a-working. I don't know where this post is going, but hey, I know where it came from, so who cares? Since when does this place have to make sense or have a direction, right?
Anywho, the basis of Sunday Scribblings "to provide inspiration and motivation for anyone who enjoys writing and would like a weekly challenge." Every Saturday, they post something for others to write their own blogs about, and then those bloggers can add their links to that page, and others can read what 'they' wrote. I have no intentions of doing that, though....at least not this time....but I wanted to give some background as to what the place was about so that other bloggers that stop by here can discover a new place they should visit. Sometimes it's a suggestion to write a something like a bedtime story or about something revolving around a bedtime story being read, etc.....and other times it's just a word like "morning." You take it where ever you want and there are no rules, of course. It's merely a prompt to give you a starting place.
This week's prompt was ""I don't want to be a passenger in my own life." (Diane Ackerman)."
Read that again. "I don't want to be a passenger in my own life." It's funny how many people are just that, though. My first reaction is to retort "uh, I'm not passenger...I'm the driver!" but oh how false that seems to be at times. We whine and moan about things not working out for us or things being boring or tiring or upsetting or just sucky....but we sit there and watch it happen. I can't even begin to count how many times I've said the line "well do something about it!" to someone who's merely whining in retrospect instead of taking the action to make a change. Sure, I've found myself in the same boat, but as soon as I realize this, I glance to my left, pull out my rubber bands, and attack the thing that's sitting in the driver's seat where I'm supposed to be. Sometimes it's not easy....after all, I don't always have enough rubber bands, or maybe I've tried a different method of attack, and it's not working out as well, but I 'always' get back behind that steering wheel.
At the same time, though, it's not necessarily a bad thing to be in the passenger's seat either, so my second reaction to the quote was to say "but maybe I 'do' want to be a passenger." Not all the time, of course, but what's wrong with letting life chauffeur you around for a bit while you relax in the seat next to it and watch the scenery? If you're constantly speeding along, maneuvering between semi-trucks, slamming on the brakes at stoplights, and rushing off to the destination point....which is never really the 'final' destination, but merely one more in a row of many stops you'll make along the path....then sometimes you forget to look around and enjoy the mother on the street corner who is shaking her finger at a little boy and lecturing (I can guarantee you didn't notice the smirk on the kid's face either) or how the leaves are just starting to change on the trees (did you notice that the last set of squirrels born have almost reached adulthood and no longer look so scraggly?).
Sometimes, there's no time for stopping and smelling the roses (sometimes, you can't even find those roses if you tried), but at least crank up the music and dance your way through. If you insist on being the driver or can't afford to sit in the passenger seat, then buckle up, don't go 'too' high over the speed limit (it's only going to cause you problems in the long run....you'll get burned out), and dance to your heart's content. Not only will you feel better and make it through your days easier, you're guaranteed to make someone else smile, too. Whether you're literally driving in your car (the others 'can' see you dancing, ya know) or metaphorically singing your way through, learn to appreciate being both the driver 'and' the passenger in your life.
(Yeah, yeah, so it turned into more of an inspirational lecture than my typical quirkiness, but hey, that's what came out....I didn't plan it. I just let the driver take me here. Sue him, not me!)
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Saturday, November 4, 2006
Things to Do
Things I've done are in bold and things I want to do are italicized. I swear this kind of crap (the lists and passed along stuff) *will* end....but it's a phase. Let me work through it and don't gripe or I'll bite you. Rawr.
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink --I'd only want to do it if I was sober enough to realize how much money I was spending, lol
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone --well, minus the candles, but with bubblebath, so they cancel each other out, right?
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise --Numerous times...and I just did it a couple days ago for the first time in quite a while
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon --This is one of the few things that I know my mom wants to do...and wants to do enough to speak of it on several occasions. I figure my first hot air balloon ride will be if/when I take her on hers...
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity --Guilty...but I'd like to make enough at some point to be able to do it more than once, even if it's a mistake
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day --Heh, for longer than that...
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states I definitely want to do this one
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk. Can we double bold this one? I've done it more times than I could possibly even try to count.
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign --Well, I was driving the getaway vehicle, lol
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road-trip --Mini-road trips, but not ones that last more than a weekend
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love --What's the opposite of italicized for this one?
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater --My first one was over the summer. There were two of us that had never been, and the two Canadians we were with about had a fit because they constantly go (they're a big thing in their area because it's easy to take alcohol with you, etc). We drove an hour and a half on a night that wasn't even our night off just to go, and had to be up early the next morning, but it was so worth it.
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured an ancient site
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played Dungeons and Dragons for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married --I'm actually not sure if I want this one or not, but it's likely to happen anyway, so I'll italicize it anyway
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced --opposite italicization
76. Gone without food for 5 days --oh geez, no way...
77. Made cookies from scratch --Again, more times than I can count. I thank my mom for this one because even though she rarely does anything 'from scratch' any more, she passed along this sort of thing to me when I was younger.
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo --I don't know about this one, but I don't think I want one...
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason --Bolded because I got them for myself...italicized because it'd be nice to get them from someone else
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently well enough to have a decent conversation --I knew Spanish well enough at one point to say yes to this...but now, not so much, even though I'd like to brush it up again
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children --Bolded because I've certainly had more than my fair share of raising children...but italicized because they weren't necessarily my own, so I'd like to do that eventually
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over --We've done it before...and I'm likely to do it again
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking --In fact, I just sang louder...and danced more....and smiled at them, hehe
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication --Not necessarily...I want to write the articles, but I don't want to go large...
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild --Oh geez, I used to love mushroom hunting. I haven't done it in years, but wild mushrooms are wonderful...
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states --That would be awesome. If I want to visit all 50 states and achieved this one, too, then that obviously means I've made enough money to sufficiently travel occasionally over the years.
124. Visited all 7 continents --Actually, I'm not sure I would want to do this. It'd be cool to be able to say I did, but Antarctica doesn't necessarily rank high on my list of places to visit, and for the money it'd cost, I could visit other places instead.
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad (and the Odyssey)
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care --I didn't personally have to do it, but I witnessed the decision
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair --I added lowlights for the first time last year...seemed like I waited forever compared to everyone I knew.
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident --It was both of our faults, technically, and I blame the semi-truck more than I do myself, but I can still say that yeah, I partially caused it, I suppose
150. Saved someone’s life --I don't like thinking about it, but when it comes to talking someone off the ledge of suicide or the depression that would lead to suicide, yes, I've saved more than one life....I 'really' don't like the way that sounds, though.
Alrighty, you ladies and gents that have already begun grouching at me for not being personal in my blog ("It's a *blog.* It's supposed to be about *you.*" Blah, blah, blah), there ya go. You wanted personal, so you got it. Now LEAVE ME ALONE about it. I didn't create this to talk about what's going on in my life...if you want that, come talk to me. This is for my randomness that the majority of you that I know can't handle on a long term basis. So shush your whining and let me be my quirky self before I bite you all. *Growls*
And fyi...I just counted 56 that I've already done (although it could be slightly off). I think doing a third of them is actually pretty good on my end. In the next 10 years, I hope to cross several more of those off my list, too...
The Art of Stealing Blog Ideas
So this chica Katie is going through Time Magazine's All-Time Top 100 Novels and 30 Books You Should Read before You Die...and she's, well, reading them all. I'd give you some excuse about not having enough time to do that (and I don't really), but considering I'm sitting here writing in a blog, I don't feel it's fair to say such a thing. I could be using these 20 minutes (while my laundry is washing, might I add) to read...but I just plain don't want to. I have a gigantic forgotten mental list of books that I'm supposed to read (not to mention the humongous "oh my god, that's a wonderful movie, you *have* to watch it like now" list that people keep adding to)....so this just looks somewhat overwhelming (eh....after glancing over some of the titles, I'd have to say somewhat 'under'whelming, too....).
But, for the sake of making use of the time I spent reading her entries, I'm reposting the links anyway, so maybe someone else will go and read them....or maybe, I might go back to this in a long while and realize that it's time to start reading some of them (because there really are a few of them that I want to read...I just haven't gotten around to it or I forget the titles when it's time to actually grab a book to read).
(I've seriously gotta stop using all these parentheses. I feel like I'm supposed to apologize, but again, I don't feel like it. It's my blog and I'll parenthesize what I want...and there's nothing you can do about it. :P)
(One load of laundry is officially done...jeans, in case you were wondering....and now it's time to move on to the next task...which is 'not' reading a classic.....)
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Friday, November 3, 2006
What's My Accent Today?
| What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio. | |
| What American accent do you have? | |
I do want to note, though, that it's really accurate. I think part of the reason I can so easily adjust my accent is because I don't have much of a set one in the first place. I've moved so much that I tend to just both consciously and subconsciously change the way I pronounce things to fit the area I'm in. I can sound like any region I need to when given a bit to adjust....and it's actually harder 'not' to pick up on the accents than it is to imitate them. When I went to London, I was told specifically not to try to copy the way they speak....so I thought, "ok, no biggie." Wrong. Within a couple days, words and phrases were slipping into my vocab and I couldn't stop it. It stuck with me for several weeks after the fact, too, no matter how much I fought it. The same happens when Kentuckian phrases or accents on certain words slip in when I least expect it....even though I only lived there a few years when I was younger and I haven't been back for an extended time since. It's crazy....but I love it.
And fyi, I don't care how many times I'm told I should go into tv or radio, I will 'not' go into broadcasting. I don't wanna and you can't make me! *crosses arms and stands firm on the decision*
Thursday, November 2, 2006
How Many of Me
| HowManyOfMe.com | ||
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- There are 734,923 people in the U.S. with the first name Jessica.
- Statistically the 61st most popular first name.
- More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Jessica are female.
- Names similar to Jessica:
- Jesse
- Jessi
- Jessie
It's pathetic that that's probably the most personal I've gotten in this blog so far. I can't really talk about myself here....just my quirky thoughts...so we've let a site analyze my name with statistics and we'll slap the label "personal" on it anyway.
Oh, and fyi, because I go by Jessi quite often, I typed that one in, too. Obviously not many kids are actually 'named' Jessi (well, Jesse for boys, but not as a girl), but I found it interesting that when it popped up the similar names, "Jessica" and "Jane" were the only two listed. It didn't list "Jesse" or "Jessie" at all.....and where did "Jane" come from? Hmmm...
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Girls vs. Grown Women
Women vs. Girls
Girls leave their schedule wide-open and wait for a guy to call and make plans.
Grown Women make their own plans and nicely tell the guy to get in where he fits.
Girls want to control the man in their life.
Grown women know t
i have to admit, i'm a pretty crappy driver on both levels. i'm much more content sitting in the passenger seat, where i can just coast along doing my own thing...
I believe that there is a higher power that really is in control and is the driver of my car...but that doesn't mean I'm not actively involved in my own life. There are choices a person has to make and things that they have to be willing to make...