Would I Lie to you??

So.... a couple of days (week?) ago, I posted the lovely Hair & Lies entry. Here's the results......

 

Everybody gets to ask me 3 questions. They can be about anything.

Two of them I will answer honestly.

The answer to one of them will be a complete fabrication.

Then you get to guess which one is the lie.

Set 1:
a) Who is your favorite admin of any message board? Robin, of course! *lol*
b) How did you meet C? At a strip club
c) What is your favorite baby name? Anjali

Set 2:
a) are you bi? Yes
b) how many siblings? none
c) how many kids do you want? 7

Set 3:
a) What is your worst 'vice'? Lying
b) What is your favorite book of ALL TIME? Dune
c) Who is your hero or heroine? Beverly Guy

So.

Which is lie, which is truth, hrrrrrmmmmm??

 

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In other news, Heeellllooo Fall! Apparently, once August is done, it's Fall's turn, and Fall has stepped up with a vengence. 60° at 8:30am??? WTF? I'm so not ready! I'm still wearing flipflops and gauze!! Noooooooo!!

Though, one nice thing about fall, and the cooler weather, is that I'm EVER so much more industrious - my eyes start wandering around the house and myself, looking for things that I can work on. Yes, winter is MY busy time, and summer is one loooonnnnggg siesta.

This weekend, I'm tackling the garage. Our gym is mostly set up (I'm waiting on the treadmill, and I need to find a cheapie TV) but everytime I walk through the garage, I get the heebiejeebies, and the oh my gods, what the fuck IS that - so, yes, MUST clean out the garage. Most of it is old stuff that Mr. Wilson left behind, some of it is our stuff, and a lot of it is dead bugs. *shudder*

I was thinking about it last night, and then started thinking about what I would wear (scarf, long pants, long sleeved shirt) and I realized that a long sleeved tshirt would be about perfect - but I don't own one, and don't plan on owning one.

See, I have this thing about clothes. I'm a fat girl, no getting around that, and personally, I feel even fatter when I'm in - slouchy clothes. Teeshirts are toppers on my list of slouchy clothes - I wear them before I go to bed/around the house - and even rarely then. I just - I feel sloppy in them, and as I feel like most people who look at a fat person automatically think they are sloppish, I'm not trying to feed into/buy into that attitude. Annnyhhhooowww, I started thinking about what else I could wear that would fit that same general 'ideal' - light, not wrinkly, comfy, cheap, easy to clean - and it hit me! I need a kameez.

So, I drifted off to sleep daydreaming about the perfect kameez, and how I'm going to sew most of my clothes this winter (bugger, that reminds me, I MUST send off that woman's patterns tomorrow!)

Anyhow.

In addition to cleaning the garage, I want to try to put in yarn twists. I've been avoiding it, because I know how long it takes me to twist my hair, and I suspect it's going to take me even longer with the learning curve, and I really most likely need a full empty weekend (if ya know what I mean) in order to do that, and I REALLY should have done it over the Labor Day weekend (and dammit, I need to find that yarn) and blahblahblah.

I figure it HONESTLY shouldn't take me more than 18 hours. And I can squeeze 18 hours out - esp. if I prep my hair on Friday night. So, I'm thinking - prep hair on Friday night, clean garage on Saturday, finish hair prep Saturday night, do twists on sunday. Of course, I also run the risk of having to go to work with some crazy looking hair, but thats what headwraps are for. *lol*

Urm, house, hair - ah, yes, womb.

I'm still bleeding. *sigh* Tis day *think* 25? I think....but at least it's slowing up - I should be leakage free by the weekend - praise all that is sweet, holy and merciful. Thankfully, it's been a very - easy - bleed, this  go around. No cramps, no headaches, no rashes,  just a woman and her cup. *lol* I almost kinda sorta want to STILL be bleeding tomorrow, so that I can freak the accupunturist out - who has been horrified at the length of my bleed for - oh, since the first visit - what, two weeks ago? *shrug* What can I say? My body needs to get rid of it, I'mma let it get rid of it. I feel fine, and I'm not bothered by it (though, I SHALL enjoy having 'neat' sex, ooh, yes I shall!) and while it's PISSING me off as far as TTC'ing goes - if I trust my body, I trust my body. And, as it's an annovulatory bleed ANYHOW, it's gonna be abnormal. If I was doing this after a normal cycle (ie, not a 60 day one) I would be fffffreaking out.

It's interesting to me, how Fall tends to me more of a time of change than spring is. I get into ALL my major - my life sucks, and this is how I'm going to fix it ACTIONS in the Fall. Springtime, I'm just so damn happy it's not winter anymore, nothing in my life sucks, therefore I have no reason to change anything. *lol*

Urm.

Yes, that's about it. I'm actually NOT going to talk about work, this go around. I've had a mostly pleasant week, so yeah.

Toodles!

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Hair & Lies

OK, here's the deal.

Everybody gets to ask me 3 questions. They can be about anything.

Two of them I will answer honestly.

The answer to one of them will be a complete fabrication.

Then you get to guess which one is the lie.

Heheheee.....

 

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And, after the many demands, here is a bad picture of my hair.  I should have taken it on Monday or Sunday, or something. *laugh* By the end of the week, it's fuzzy & full. The red & black picture is a comparison of my hair in twists in - November, I think.  It's hard to really see the huge difference in thickness of the twists, I think, but it's very easy to see/feel IRL..... It's about the same length at this point as it was in Nov - but without all the dyed & fried ends - which is a HUGE part of the added thickness....

          

*frowns at face*

I think I've gotten fatter.

 

Hooooooooottttttttttttttt.

Hot. I mean, ohmigods, I love the heat, but this shit is INSANE. It wasn't this hot last year, was it? *fans self* HOT. I'm still learning the proper airflow procedures to keep our house as cool as possible with a mere two window units in 2300 sq ft. So far, I haven't done too badly.

Still. 107 degrees at 5pm? *faint* Just, MEAN.

Work can still fuckoff, though I did get a chance to express some repressed frustration yesterday, and I don't have the pointless meeting today that I thought I did, and I researched, solved, and fixed a problem, so over all, it's been a good day.

Still not pregnant.

C is still loving his job - though he is short a couple of people - hey! If there is anyone in the Memphis area who can pass a background check (you'd be suprised......) he seriously needs a good dishwasher, and possibly a line cook - but because he's short, he's been working his ass off, and he doesn't do well in mild heat, so poor baby.

Oooh, I should go home and make a smoothie tonight. I think we still have some soymilk in the house.

Hrm. I think a quick survey will wrap this up nicely.

1. Which article of clothing do you wish you had one more of?
Urm - the delightful tube dress I bought a little while ago. It's perfectly comfortable, actually floor length (okay, when I wear it as a skirt) and I think it would be wonderful maternity wear. Yes, I've added a new criteria to clothing I buy, and what?

2. What is your favorite thing to go shopping for?
Books, definitely.

3. What is your favorite meal to cook?
Spaghetti, suprisingly enough. It's easy, quick, defuckinglicious, and is great as leftovers.

4. Who was your favorite teacher ever?
Mrs. Kegler - she was my english teacher, and damn she was hard. But she challenged us, and made us read, and I love her for that.

5. Did you ever win any awards in school? Details, please
Urm, honor roll? A couple of best improved's my first year - mainly in math, as that was the only thing I sucked on....oh, man I won a lot of awards in high school.

6. If you could only listen to one CD for the next year, what would it be (Mix CD's you made on your computer DO NOT count)?
Dido - No Angel

7. Have you ever involved small woodland animals in your sex life?
No. Have they ever involved themselves? Yes. And no, I'm not sharing - let just say camping and deciding that now is a good time to experiment with food is NOT a good combo.

8. What's the best legal way to make a whole lot of money and do very little workBe born to the Hilton's?

9. What celebrity would make you speechless if you met them?
Urm, I don't know. I'm often inappropiately exurberant, so I don't think I would be speechless, at all.

10. What TV show do you watch and think, "Geez, this is lame. But I sure do watch it a lot."?
Hrm - none that I can think of, actually. I'm addicted to the Science Channel, anyhow.

11. Which TV family would you most want to be a member of and why?
Roseanne's.

12. What song always makes you want to dance?
Hey Ya - OutKast

13. What do you do about a hangover?
Drink lots of water, eat greasy food, and a small bit of the hair of the dog that bit me.

14. Have you ever played "Guitar Hero"? Are you any good?
Nope - it's on the Wii, right?

15. Indiana Jones or Han Solo?
Definitely Indiana Jones!!

16. Alex P. Keaton or Marty McFly?
Ew, and ew?

17. Rocky or Rambo? Oh, god, Rambo. At least he's quasi-understandable. 18. Do you think you drive safely? Besides the speeding? Yes.

19. When is the last time you went to the zoo? Oh man, it's been a LONG time.

20. How old is too old for myspace?
Dead?

21. Will you visit duped again and tell him you did this survey?
Who? Where? What? I swiped this one while surfing the OD on random...

22. How many times a day do you think about sex?
2, on a good day?

23. If you wrote a book, who would you ask to write the foreward?
No clue - depends on the book.

24. 50 Cent or The Game?
Definitely Fiddy.

25. Poison or Motley Crue?
Who?

26. Do you know what a palindrome is? Give me an example.
Yes..... urm...... I can't think of one. LOL

27. Have you noticed that most eyewitnesses on the local news are "local yokels"? Why can't they ever find someone well spoken?
Because the well spoken people were smart enough to get the fuck out of dodge before the media shows up.

28. What do you want for your next birthday?
Swollen legs, nausea, and a wee parasite? KThanx!

29. Why don't they show Bugs Bunny on network TV on Saturday morning anymore?
Because despite all appearances, Bugs Bunny is NOT for kids. I love Boomerang.

30. Who was your favorite cartoon character as a kid?
Bugs Bunny, but of course. :lol

First the iPodness, now this??? Clearly....

I'm bored at work.

And I said that really quietly, because it's 4:22pm, and if I say it loudly, something will break that will have me stuck here until 6pm. Anyhow, me, bored, randoming, ooooh!

[0.1] What were you doing Feb 1st? Um, at work, I'm sure. Bitching about why the hell I didn't have my car yet, definitely.
[0.2] What kind of cell do you have? A Razr.
[0.3] Color socks are you wearing? Black, with wee white bands around the top.
[0.4] How many Harry Potter books do you own? I don't think I own ANY, actually. Hubby might have purchased one, but I never got into the Potter.  
[0.5] Paper: College ruled or Wide lined? Ummm - whatever's cheapest?
[0.6] Do you have a digital camera? Yes, I love my digital camera, it’s fantabulous.
[0.7] Do you have a job? Yes, I have a job which, I mostly hate most days.
[0.8] What color is your jacket? Gray - lovely gray wool.
[0.9] Does it snow where you live? Ocassionally.
[0.10] Ever been to Italy? *frowns* I don't think so - if I had, it would have just been a layover.....but I'm pretty sure that I never made it to Italia...
[0.11] Do you keep your movie tickets? Not on purpose, no.
[0.12] How many phone numbers do you have on your phone? Um, no clue - fifty something?
[0.13] Who was your last text from? Work.
[0.14] Who's your #1 on myspace? I think it's Cinderella, actually, but as I can't check from work, I'm not sure.
[0.15] Do you have a yellow shirt? Funnily enough, I just brought one for a costume party.
[0.16] What month is it? February.
[0.17] You ever lit a match? Why no, I'm not a pyromanic, why do you a.......oh, that wasn't the question. Hehehehee........
[0.18] Can you start a fire? Gimme something other than raw mental powers, and yup.
[0.19] Can you go a day without looking in a mirror? Um, yeah. In fact, I'm sure that I have gone SEVERAL days without looking in a mirror - I know what I look like.
[0.20] Is your bedroom window facing south? Yup.
[0.21] Ever been ductaped?  Dear god, no. That stuffs sticky.
[0.22] You have an older brother? No.
[0.23] Have you ever STARTED a food fight? No, and actually, I don't think I've ever BEEN in one.
[0.24] Can you walk in high heels? Oh, yeah baby!
[0.25] Collect anything? Do books count??
[0.26] Steve or Joe? Steve, definitely.
[0.27] Aren’t penguins awesome? They're aiight.
[0.28] Who'd miss you most if you died? I think it's a split between hubby & my mom.
[0.29] Do you own a scarf? Several actually - a better question would be do I WEAR a scarf...
[0.30] Bald or fat? Well, I'm ALREADY fat, and I happen to like my hair, thankyouverymuch.
[0.31] What color is the blanket on your bed? Red. Glorious, rich, deep, smooth, soft, silky, red.......
[0.32] Do you have an orange ball? I don't have balls at all....oh you didn't mean that kind? Um, the answers still no.
[0.33] Ever been wakeboarding/kneeboarding? Aren't these methods of torture?
[0.34] Ever seen a starfish?  Yup.
[0.35] Can you juggle? For about 3 tosses, sure.
[0.36] Do you tear open your gifts? Depends on the wrapping paper.
[0.37] Mittens or gloves? Ew, ew, ew!! Gloves = cold = the Hate.
[0.38] Whats the longest Halloween candy has lasted with you? Um - until the 2nd, roughly?
[0.39] You're wearing pj's arent you? God, how I wish I was...
[0.40] Fly or laser vision? Flying. I can already cut people dead with my eyes.
[0.41] Looking back- what was your least favorite year? Murph. 2000 was kinda rocky...and before that 1990 sucked pretty majorly.
[0.42] Ever answered a phone that wasnt yours? Yes.
[0.43] Hit anyone with a cart lately? No  - I usually go grocery shopping alone...
[0.44] Where did you work last year?Across the street. I like this place better - fewer bugs....creepy crawly ones, that is.
[0.45] How was your last birthday? I turned 30, therefore it had no choice but to rock.
[0.46] Last song you heard? Expectations, by Minne Riperton
[0.47] Who WONT repost this? Um - pick everyone on my faves list, take out two people, and that about covers it.
[0.48] Roses or carnations? Roses.
[0.49] Last person you yelled at? I don't yell much.
[0.50] Italian or Mexican? Depends on my mood, but I cook more Italian.
[0.51] Ever eat an entire can of frosting? Oh gag me!
[0.52] Strange belief as a child?  I'm from Jupiter.
[0.53] Favorite candybar? Butterfingers.
[0.54] How old were you when you learned to read? 3.
[0.55] Size jeans you wear? *sigh* It depends on the maker. I wear anything from an 18 to a 24. Bitches.
[0.56] Last time you had a headache? Couple days ago.
[0.57] First car? 2002 Mazda Protege - black, fast.
[0.58] Do you have Barbies? Ummmm - I used to, but I think I ditched em or gave them away mannnny moves ago.
[0.59] Whats on your bedroom walls? Nothing, actually. Our headboard is so high that the big sexy picture won't fit over it (okay, it will, I jsut don't feel like hammering in another nail)
[0.60] Insert random word here: Entre-vous
[0.61] Do you own anything sharp? Mwuauaua. Poke me and find out.
[0.62] Whats the first word you think of when you hear- Lake: ? Michigan.
[0.63] What color is your watch? I don't think I own a working watch....okay, it might work, but I wouldn't know as I haven't worm one in YEARS.
[0.64] Ever been pushed off something? Yes.
[0.65] Last time you were hyper? Hmmm....it's been a while, actually.
[0.66] Do you like poprocks?  Eh. I can take em or leave em.
[0.67] How about poptarts? GROSS! I mean, if I wanted to eat something that damn dry, I'd have a rice cake.
[0.68] Have you ever been pantsed? Been what? Is this a British survey? Sneaky Brits.
[0.69] Do you like head phones or earphones? Earphones... I don't like stuff on my ears..it makes me think bugs are trying to climb into my ear canal.
[0.70] What color is your printer? White.
[0.71] Do you use pencils or pens? Pens. Very, very fine-tipped pens.
[0.72] Do you like to take bubble baths? Actually, no. I'm not much of a bathtype girl, largely because I refuse to take a bath in a tub that hasn't been freshly cleaned, and I refuse to take a bath in a tub that has cleaner residue in it.
[0.73] Do you use lotion as soon as you get out of the shower? On my face, yes. everywhere else - no.
[0.74] Why do girls always "talk shit" on someone? Because people are shitty.
[0.75] How do you like your toast? Just gently browned, slathered with real butter (and it MUST have melted into the bread) with just a smear of jam.
[0.76] Do you like pulp in your orange juice? Gag.
[0.77] Do you think we should eliminate pennies? Do I care? No.
[0.78] Do you like the Wizard of Oz?  Oh yes!
[0.79] Do you prefer pullover hoodies or zip-up ones? Hoodies? Okay, a 16 year old Brit?
[0.80] What body of water is closest to your house? Mississippi River.
[0.81] Did you ever make ornaments for your tree in art class when you were younger?  a) No Art Class b) Grew up Muslim c) No.
[0.82] What's your favorite kind of cereal? Corn Pops.
[0.83] What kind of sneakers to you own? Nikes, I think they are?
[0.84] Do you live in a brick house? Nope.
[0.85] What grade are you in? See - told you it was a 16 year old!
[0.86] What color is the carpet in your bedroom? Beige.
[0.87] At your school are you required to cover your books? SEEEEE!!!! Damn Kids.
[0.88] Do you have those lazer mouses or just the regular ones with the ball? Gah, non-spelling kids at that! I have a laSer mouse, by the way. Or is that British spelling? Gah.
[0.89] Do you have a dog? No.
[0.90] What is its name? Urm, this really could have been combined with the above question to prevent me having to answer a ....oh bloody hell, no dog, thus no name.
[0.91] Do you own designer labels? Um. Hmmmm. I don't think so.
[0.92] Do you see yourself getting married? What is it with these surveys trying to make me a bigamist? Is this a sign?
[0.93] If you could go on a date with anyone...who would it be? Blech. Dating.
[0.94] What are you considered? (ex. prep, goth, emo, jock..) I take it back - it's an American 16 y/o. And for the record, I'm the one in the back laughing at all of the cliques bitterly.
[0.95] Are you in the "popular" crowd?  Nope. Never have been, suspect I never will be. *sigh* Does this make me emo?
[0.96] Does your group of friends have a "name" to call themselves? I used to be part of the Trio.
[0.97] What is your least favorite word? Snow.
[0.98] What is your favorite non alcoholic drink? They MAKE drinks without alcohol? Dang. Um. Water.
[0.99] Do you like Cher? The singer, or the chick frm Clueless?
[100.] How do you feel about the movie "Clueless?" *ROFLOL* I swear, I hadn't read this question when I answered the previous one. It was aiight.
[101.] When was the last time you shaved your legs? July? August? I need the fur to stay warm.
[102.] What did you have for lunch today? I didn't eat lunch. I know, I KNoooow.
[103.] What is your favorite holiday and why? Whichever one ends up giving me the most days off.
[104.] Do you ever think about your future spouse? Stop it!! I'm already married! Are you trying to kill him off, or something??
[105.] Do you ever watch any of the award shows on TV? Um, no. In fact, I tend to avoid them like a plauge of acidic snow.
[106.] How often do you drink soda? Once or twice a week, usually less.
[107.] Who was your favorite teacher in elementary school and why? Homeschooled, so really, I only had one teacher - me Mam!
[108.] Do you use mouthwash when you brush your teeth? *gag* No. The combination of mouthwash & toothpaste? *gggaaaggg*
[109.] Do you use body wash or soap? Soap about 90% of the time.
[110.] Do you like any reality shows? Does MythBusters count?
[111.] What is the name of the book you’re currently reading? Shockingly enough, I'm not reading ANYTHING currently. I just finished one series, and I haven't decided on my next.
[112.] Do you do your laundry every week or do you wait until you have absolutely no clothes to wear and no choice but to do laundry? As I only have about a weeks worth of work appropiate clothing (that is rapidly dying away) if I DON'T wash every week, I'm in trouble.
[113.] What’s your opinion of Angelina Jolie?Now see, if there was someone who I MIGHT push C off a bridge in order to marry? Oooh yes. I'd be a bigamist for yooouuuu.....
[114.] What color underwear are you wearing? Black, I think.....
[115.] Are you a Starbucks whore? No.
[116.] Do you have a pearly white smile? *snorks* No, not since drinking ironlaced spring water for all the years my adult teeth were forming.
[117.] Do you wear a lot of jewelry? Wedding set, always. Ring on right hand, usually. Earrings, always, unless I forget to put them in. Necklace, most of the time.
[118.] Do you have a particular brand of water you prefer over another? I am sooooo not a water connisour (or however you spell that). As long as it isn't NOTICABLY tainted, *shrugs* it's WATER.
[119.] Do you like your grandparents or do they annoy you? I love my Gramma!
[120.] Do you like sports? *waggles hand back and forth* eh, I can take it, I can leave it.
[121.] Do you love being the center of attention or would you rather be a fly on the wall? Fly on the wall, most of the time.
[122.] Are you still in high school? Seeee!!!! And no. I missed my 10 year reunion, if that gives you a GENERAL idea of how long it's been. Jaysus. I'm getting old.
[123.] What do you plan on majoring in (if you want to go to college)? Hrm. Knowing what I know now, and knowing who I was then, I think I'd still take a comp Sci major.
[124.] What is your favorite accent? British, actually. *sigh* Nothing sexier than a fiooone black man with a smooth British accent. *fans self*
[125.] Where is your dream vacation? Anyplace with sun, sand, and water. All preferablly non-polluted and free of woman-eating creatures.
[126.] Would you ever think of studying abroad? Even considering how long I've been out of school, I'd still love to study abroad.
[127.] Have you ever been fishing? Nope.
[128.] What do you think of guys wearing pink? Depends on the outfit.
[129.] Do you ever watch the news? Actually, THIS is what I avoid like an acidic plague of snow.
[130.] Have you ever been pulled over? If so, why? Speeding. Always speeding.
[131.] Do you shave anywhere besides your legs and underarms?  Considering I rarely shave my legs or my underarms.....I'm not sure how to answer this. I actually most likely shave my mound more than I shave my legs.
[132.] What is your cell phone service provider? Cingular.
[133.] What does your fifth text in your inbox say? I only have one in my inbox - and that one I'm saving for sentimental reasons.
[134.] What was the last amusement park you have been to? Six Flags over something or another.
[135.] Are you a homebody or do you prefer to be out? Homebody. I love my home.
[136.] What is the brand of bra you are wearing now? Cacique.
[137.] Do you have a big family? No, it’s very small.
[138.] Have you ever been involved in a major weather disaster (hurricane, tornado, etc.)?  Involved? I watched tornado form from my front porch once....I kissed outdoors in the middle of  Hurricane Opal.... do either of those count?
[139.] Do you enjoy science or do you hate it?  I LOVE science. It usually makes sense.
[140.] Do you watch medical shows or do you think they’re too unrealistic? I can't stand the sight of surgery, and baby shows make me hoarse.
[141.] Who is your favorite comedien? Carlos Mencia.
[142.] What do you think of when you think of Florida? Warmth. Wonderful, glorious, warmth. Crashing housing market. Old people.
[143.] Do you love or hate Valentine’s Day? Oh, I despise Love Costs Money Day.
[144.] How many pillows do you sleep with? Only one. One lovely, fluffy, soft, tender, huge, wonderful, pillow.
[145.] What’s your favorite thing to snack on? Smartfood, dude.
[146.] Do you exercise? I used to, then accident, and I stopped. I think I'll start back up next week.
[147.] How much money do you have on you? Cash, you mean? About 3 bucks, I'd guess.
[148.] Do you use Post-Its? I use them, I love them.
[149.] What was the last board game you played? Um. Inner Circle, most likely.
[150.] What was the last thing you bought? Dinner from Subway, last night.

See - I'm done, it's 5:17, and I'm going home.

G'night lovelies.

 

iPodness - Tonight's the Night

I considered cheating a few times, but I was good. So steal it, cuz you know you want to.

The Rules? (We don't need no stinking rules!)

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to each question.

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What does next year have in store for me?
"Hustla" - Nappy Roots (Hmm, yup. Assuming next year = 2008, I can TOTALLY see this one)

What does my love life look like?
"TimeCrash" - Eric Serra (Hmmm - this is from the Fifth Element Soundtrack, but I can't remember what scene...)

What do I say when life gets hard?
"Ahh Haa" - L.A Sno (It's usually more along the lines of Ahh Shit, but that works.)

What do I think of when I get up in the morning?
"Why Keep on Breaking my Heart" - Nina Simone (Since getting out of my dreamily comfy bed = heartbreak on a daily basis, yah.)

What song will I dance to at my wedding?
"My Heart Can't Take Much More" - Changing Faces (As I've already had a wedding, I suppose my heart CAN'T take much more, as it would be against the law.)

What is my state of mind at the moment?
"The Last Goodbye" - Atomic Kitten (Hrm - taint time to leve work yet, so - hrm.)

How will I die?
"Gift from Virgo" - Beyonce (Virgo - the Virgin, right? Holding a bow? So I'mma get shot by an arrow? Hmmm.....)

The song that will be played at my funeral:
"Kuh's Theme" - Kuh (If I could change that to K's Theme, it would work nicely- as things go, it's a pleasant instrumental.)

The song I'll put as the subject of this entry:
"Tonights the Night" - Pink (Really?? I don't have any plans....)

The song that describes my friendships:
"Rock Your Body" - Justin Timberlake (*redfaced blushing* Oh, shut up.)

The song that describes my future marriage:
"Next Lifetime:Live" - Erykah Badu (Good, because I happen to LIKE the husband I have this lifetime)

The song that describes my future children:
"Walk of Ju" - Sweetback (Um - they will walk early? They will all convert to Judaism?)

The song that describes what this summer will be like:
"4-Leaf Clover" - Erykah Badu (Lucky me!)

The song that describes what people think of me:
"Cold Cold Heart" - Norah Jones (Okay, so yes, I CAN be a raving bitch at times.....what about it? Hmm? Hhhhmmmm?????)

The song that describes how I did in school:
"Wasted Time" - Me'Shell Ndegecello (*ROFLOL* Well hell, I coulda told you that!)

The song that describes how nice a career I'll have:
"Next Lifetime" - Erykah Badu (Okay, Um. I guess that means I'm not going to HAVE a career this go round?.)

The song that describes my personality:
"MotherFather" - Musiq (Hmmmm......yeah, I like taking care of folx, and what?)

Interviewed & Answered

Okay - so, I'm going to answer the interview questions that the lovely Mayor Of Nerdville provided for me....

1. What do you usually eat for breakfast? Breakfast? What is this thing you call breakfast?? Okay, okay. Normally, when I'm eating crappy and screwing up my metabolism and so forth, I don't eat breakfast. I eat lunch (because my stomach is threatening  to revolt) and I will eat something around a time that could be called dinner. When I'm being a good, loving owner of the only body I'll ever have, I usually have a big ass bowl of oatmeal. 

    
2. Who is your favorite relative, and why? No doubt, no question - my mom. Largely because she's the only SANE relative that I have - the only one that I can depend on, the only one who isn't flaky as all get out, the only one who actually knows how to USE HER BRAIN. Me love mommy.

3. If you could sit down and interview any one person, dead or alive, famous or not, who would it be and why?  Hm. I don't know - I'm sadly enough, not a big history buff - and most of the history that i'm interested in, was caused by a collective of people, not single screwups (or strokes of brilliance). Hey! I want to interview Nicholas Tesla (though, if I remember his quirks right, he wouldn't let me within 20 ft of him, as he was rather frightened of women). I think that he was one of the most brilliant, and definitely most underrated scientists (or magicians, depending on who you ask)  and dude - I would love to be able to get some of his devices to work - and I have no doubt that some of them did.

Well! That was fun (but shorter than I thought it would be). And it's only 10am. And I'm bored.

 

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Yes, let's put an interlude there between the fun and the whinging that is about to occur. You know what? I'm suffering from severe shorttimers disease, but I'm not a shorttimer. I'm bored. out. of. my. mind at work, and I don't CARE. I - I have no, none, nada skin in this game of my job. Now, if I'm given something to do, I do it, and I do it well, but I bloody certainly for sure don't go LOOKING. Its a rather twisted sort of life..... C asks how my day has been, and usually I shrug and say that it was - Okay.  Because really, it IS okay. It's not perfect, and it doesn't suck, and it's jsut generally - okay, and I'm okay with that. It could be better - but.... I don't CARE.

And my kitchen is trashed. Yes, totally, out of left field, but argh!

Okay. I'm done, because I don't feel like whinging, and I can see that is where this is headed.  Maybe I'll take a free class from MIT.     

OD Year in Review

Rules: Take the first sentence (or 2, or 3 or 4 whatever lol) from the first post of each month of 2006. That's your year in review.

January:
So. Tommorow, around 9:10pm, I'll officially be 29.

It's - interesting, me getting older - esp with all else that has been happening to me and around me. Looking back over the years, I'm certainly NOT where I thought I would be at 29, but - I'm - happy with where I am. I have a husband whom I love (and loves me), I've got a job that pays the bills and a plan for the future. I've got friends, and joy, and love. I don't have kids - or a house - yet, but - I see that in our close future. And really - I'm - HAPPY, dare I say it?

February:
It's only WEDNESDAY?? Sheesh, this week is really dragging.

So, work - right? I write so much more at work than I EVER do when I'm at home, largely because well - at home I actually have ISH to do.

So - I think that yesterday I wrote about my explorations in the world of Thrift for wineglasses, and my utter failures thereof.

March:
Hmmm.....I'm thinking that maybe I should change my diary name - I'm still Witty, Wicked  & Wise - but I'm more other things than I am that. And lately, I've been feeling kind of - sharp. Pointy, even.

April:
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
-- Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

That song has been - my song - since it first came out. I love it, love it, love it. It reminds me to be open, to be hopeful, to keep moving forward and pressing on.

May:
Hmmm... let's see, what's shaking in me life?

The movers are coming Thursday, as is the cable guy (gotta get the internet, ya know!), and hoepfully (if the bastids from Sears ever CALL me) so will the fridge, but I'm thinking we might have to go a couple of days fridge free. Luckily, we have two HUGE ice coolers, and a pratically bare fridge, so that should work out well. I'm going to do a DITL on Thursday, even though the 'official' DITL day was yesterday. Pffht. *laughs*

June:
So, it's the end of the week (Yaaay!!) and we just got paid (YAYYY!!) and I'm merrily plotting on what to do with the 'loose' money (within reason, of course!)

So. Let's start with making more money. I've got a 401(k) that I can use to 'play' with stocks.

July:
There really should be more four day weekends - they are lovely - just long enough to TRULY enjoy the weekend, but not quite long enough that I am dreading (anymore than usual) coming to work. So....

Didn't do NEARLY as much as I planned, but did do the important stuff.  The bathroom is spotless! The kitchen - mostly spotless. It was spotless before I leapt upon it and wrecked it with a 4 hour cooking marathon.

August:
Your Life Analysis:

Life: Your life rating is a score of the sum total of your life, and accounts for how satisfied, successful, balanced, capable, valuable, and happy you are. The quiz attempts to put a number on the summation of all of these things, based on your answers.

September:
This is the fourth time today that I've clicked on 'write' when I meant to click on 'notes'. I guess that is the universe's snarky ass way of telling me that if I want notes, I need to bloody write something, eh?

Be warned - this entry has more parenthetical comments than - than - heavens, I don't know what, therefore it might be an adventure to read. 

Let's see.

October:
Why, yes, I AM still alive. Bullets, cuz I'm random like that.

• I have instruction manuals for both the knitting machine and the sewing machine, as well as bobbins and needles and yarn and thread and the like. Now, I just have to muss things up, and turn my dining room table into a craft center.

November:
Haven't even started writing today - naughty, naughty girl. I've been pounding away on a document I need to get done for SWHC that I need to finish at work so that I can print out many many free copies, so - yeeeahhh. 

I may be the oddest person ever - really - I get moody for the silliest of reasons - just resentful that things aren't going MY way. *stomps foot*

Why yes, I AM a brat.

December:
But I'm not sleepy in the least - I'm just tired. The kind of tired that makes you snippy. The kind of tired that makes doing anything more than laying draped on a couch under a blankie seem not only unfair, but also rather mean. The sort of tiredness that makes you want to throw tantrums and stomp your feet and pout because dammit - if  you could just GO TO SLEEP everything would seem to be sooo much better. But you can't. Cuz you aren't SLEEPY.

Just tired.

Nano Survey (cuz, Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!)

Look everybody, it’s a NaNoWriMo survey! Stolen from the everso fabulousTemmykins!

What’s your NaNoWriMo screenname? MindOfKiya - because it just sounded right
Why did you decide to do NaNoWriMo? Because I'm insane, obviously. Isn't that why anyone does this? But no, really - I'm doing it to see if I can.
Have you outlined your book’s plot? Plot? What is this thing you call a plot? Hmmm?
What genre will your book most likely fit into? Insane babblings....seriously. I've been having dreams lately, and whhhhooooohooo. While my intial thoughts were a mystery, um....well. Let's just say it's - getting interesting.
What’s the title of your book? Title?? What is this thing you call a title??? Hmmm??
What music will you listen to when you write? Instrumentals usually - oohhh. I need to put together an iPod playlist for Nano!! I get distracted if there are words... ohh butterfly.....
What’s in your NaNoWriMo survival kit? Large amounts of instant sleep, a computer, pens, paper, cloves (if I was still smoking), a thesarus and a dream journal. Hey, if Stephen King can do it, why can't I??
How many writing buddies do you have? 10? 11?
Do you honestly think you’ll win NaNoWriMo by writing 50,000 words in a month or less? Ummm....the only RIGHT answer is yes. A better question would be - will I still be SANE by December 1st?
Do you have any tips for fellow Nanos? DON'T REREAD YOUR WORK UNTIL IT'S DONE!! Esp. if you are an editing freak like me, because you will lose more time rewriting than you will writing. Keep notes of maor plot arcs, and be willing to scrap them in a second for a really FUNNY idea. Warn your family and loved ones that you will be walking around in a muttering, heavylidded stupor that only raises when you are in front of a computer - and TALK to the other Nanos - we'll keep each other sane.
Make a NaNoWriMo pledge here and now in front of all these witnesses. I pledge to write 2000 words a day - words that fit into a sentence structure (unless it's mad crazy dialouge) - words that are in English (unless you know, their Martians or something) words that - words that make me laugh - even if it's in that 'Oh my god, what was I SMOKING???!!?!??' sort of way. Cross my heart and hope to win.

Me? Bored? Nahhhhh....

You were born on 13 January 1977.
Your date of conception was on or about 22 April 1976 which was a Thursday.

You were born on a Thursday under the astrological sign Capricorn.
Your Life path number is 11.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443156.5.
The golden number for 1977 is 2.
The epact number for 1977 is 10.
The year 1977 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/31/1976 and ending 2/17/1977.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Dragon.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Goose; your plant is Bramble.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Famenoth, the third month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 23 Tevet 5737.

The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning crescent.

As of 8/31/2006 4:53:05 PM EDT
You are 29 years old.
You are 355 months old.
You are 1,546 weeks old.
You are 10,822 days old.
You are 259,744 hours old.
You are 15,584,693 minutes old.
You are 935,081,585 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Orlando Bloom (1977)
Stephen Hendry (1969)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961)
Richard Moll (1943)
Charles Nelson Reilly (1931)
Gwen Verdon (1925)
Robert Stack (1919)
Sophie Tucker (1884)
Horatio Alger (1832)

Top songs of 1977
You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone
Best of My Love by Emotions
I Just Want to Be Your Everything by Andy Gibb
How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees
Evergreen (from 'A Star Is Born') by Barbra Streisand
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor
Rich Girl by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco
Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.23561643835616 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

There are 135 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 30 candles.

Those 30 candles produce 30 BTUs, or 7,560 calories of heat (that's only 7.5600 food Calories!) . You can boil 3.43 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1977 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1977 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1977 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1977 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

Your birthstone is Garnet

Garnet is used as a power stone
Some lists also consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources): Emerald, Rose Quartz

Your birth tree is: Elm Tree, the noble-mindedness
Pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest demands, tends not forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, tends to a know-all-attitude and making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humour, practical.

Songs in the key of C

Leave me a note. I give you a letter of the alphabet. You think of ten songs that start with that letter that you like/own/are on your harddrive. Then you go!

[Thunder Road] gave me the letter C.

Call Me - Me'shell Ndegechello: I can't remember which of her songs I heard first, but this is from her first album 'Plantation Lullabies', and it features her sexy gruff voice, and that fabulous bass guitar, as well as just being a sexyyyy song in and of itself.

Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue: Potentially the most deadly earworm song EVER - but then - I love Europop. It also reminds me of the funner part of my last days at Lilly - this was the theme song for the Scottish contigent. I had locs still back then, and I whipped hair with the best of them.

Canned Heat - Jamiroqui: Not really EuroPop, but it's a slamming dance song, one of the ones that gets me grooving at my desk. I heard them perform this song live, and you can't help but sing (and dance) along.

Circle of One - Oleta Adams: I fell in LOVE with Oleta after hearing (and performing a choreographed dance routine) to Everything Must Change in highschool. This song blends so wonderfully with that one - the fact that when it really comes down to it, you can choose to be lonely, or to share yourself with others - and either way - change is vital.

Cleaning Out My Closet - Eminem: a classic (can you really call it that?) of his. If any song reflects his style and his voice and his subject matter - this is it. This song IS Eminem.

Clear and Present Danger - Mattafix: A new favorite of mine - stumbled across it while looking for new music on music.mp3.ru. I sat and listened to the entire album in rapture - it's soft, and laidback, but energetic. And the voices! It's almost a lullabye...with a hot drum line.

Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls: What was the name of the all female rock tour that Sarah MacLachan chick was running? (Thanks ya'll - The Lillith Fair!!) The year I saw them in Atlanta, the Indigo Girls were featured, I was neckdeep in my first lesbian relationship, living in my own place for the first time, and I screamed this song along with the Indigo Girls - this song will always take me back to that year.

Control - Janet Jackson: "When I was 17, I did what people told me...." CLASSIC Janet. And of course, the mantra for a generation of young women - hell, it's still partially my mantra - I'm such a controlfreak.

Crazy in Love - Beyonce: When I hear this - I can't help but to start quivering and shaking the girls. I'm not a big fan of Ms. Knowles - but I lost about 15 pounds to this song while in Geneva - as well as got hit in more times than a little bit. Then, that might have been more the pole dancing than anything else. *does the boob jiggle*

Crede-Ma - O-Zone: Despite the fact that I have no CLUE what they are saying (this is the same group that sings the infamous Numa-Numa song), I love this song. It's a combo of r&b and rap, with a very smooth, roadtrippin kinda feel.

Nope, not eaten by bears.....

Go on and swipe it, you know you want to.

A - is for age: 29
B - is for beer of choice: Michelob Amber Ultra (low-carb)
C - is for career: Ass-sitter
D - is for your dog's name: No doggies!
E - is for essential item you use everyday: Computer
F - is for favorite song at the moment: Um - Put Cha Sexy on by.......some fellow with an odd name - Lyfe Jennings!
G - is for favorite games to watch: whatever C happens to be playing
H - is for Hometown: Chester, Pa
I - is for instruments you play: None - though, I've been thinking about getting a drumdrumdrum
J - is for favorite juice?: Orange
K - is for last kiss?: C
L - is for last hug?: C
M - is for marriage: only once, only once
N - is for name of your best friends: Oh man....L, A, C & N
O - is for overnight hospital stays: 0
P - is for phobias: I honestly don’t think I have anything I’m phobic about.
Q - is for quote: It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society
R - biggest regret: Getting credit cards
S - is for status: Mawwied
T - is for time you wake up: 6:45AM
U - is for underwear: Cacquie string bikinis
V - is for vegetable you love: Broccoli!!
W - is for worst habit: Procrastination
Y - is for yummy food you make: Umm - everything?
Z - is for zodiac sign: Capricorn

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It's 2:30 on a friday, I have a meeting at 3pm (hmm, I wonder if they ever gave a call-in number?) and I fully intend of leaving the INSTANT it's over. Life has been - rather sickeningly boring. Work, Home, Shop (sometimes), Sleep, Sex, playing with hair, cat, hubby, farting around with wallpaper and primer.

Okay, okay - I did go out camping and stuff - but - that was one of those experiences that rocked, yet are almost impossible to write about without violating several people's privacy as they were - unique.

Though, I have to admit, sitting in the dark staring at a fire listening to two shadowy forms talk about pulling out their vampire fangs and seducing 'donors' was rather - odd. I could never see who they were, and didn't know folx well enough to identify them by voice, but everytime someone spoke and was missing teeth, I worried.

I'm supposed to be going on a road trip Labor Day weekend - which means I'm going to miss out on the Labor Day Memphis Mafia OD Meetup *sighs* but - I haven't had a proper roadtrip with a buncha brilliant women in YEARS - I'll ahve to catch the OD'ers next year - maybe we could have it at our house!

*sticks out tongue at JHawk* ;)

Have a good weekend ya'll.

Surveylicious

Before I get started, can I just say how bummed I am over the fact that my iPod headphones are starting to get crackly? :( Booo. And of yeah, check out the color entry before this one.

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A is for Age:
I'm - 29. Holy shit, I'll be 30 next year! God! I feel about - 23? on good days, and about 45 on bad ones. How am I almost THIRTY with no kids? *sigh*
B is for Best Day Ever:
Like - best day of my LIFE ever? Umm.....Maybe the day I found out I was accepted to Spelman? I would say my wedding day - but that was so damn Hectic it's like - ahhh!! Only a weekly basis, Saturdays. Esp Saturdays that are part of a 3 day weekend.
C is for Career:
I'm a desk jockey, riding my chair to all ends of the interent. Oh, you mean what do I get paid to do?? I manage the CIF for an SAP R/3, APO, and SCM production system, as well as manage TPR's and USD tickets. I'm explaining it (or not) like that, cuz it's a pain in the ass to put my job into words that most people can grok. I'm a computer person, but I wanna be a midwife when I grow up. (aaakkk!! 30??)
D is for Your Dog's Name:
I am an unabashed cat person. Dogs smell funny.
E is for Essential Items You Use Every Day:
Everyday? Umm - Toilet Paper. Yup.
F is for Favourite Song at the Moment:
I think I'm still stuck on UnWritten by Natasha Bedingfield.
G is for Favourite Games:
Word Games, usually - I rock funky ass in Upwords, Scrabble, and Literati. I like trivia games too - I am the reigning "You don't Know Jack" Champeen!
H is for Hometown:
Ummmm - I was born in Washington, DC, and lived in 12 different states on the Eastern side of the country before I was 15. My mommy lives near Philly, and I live in Memphis. I don't really HAVE a hometown, but I claim Near Philly.
I is for Instruments You Play:
Umm - NO musical skills here. Okay, that's not true - I might have musical skills, I've just never tried to see. *firmly squashes the idea of learning drumming - I'm doing ENOUGH now. Maybe later though....... I like drums..... I've got a good sense of rhythm.....STOPIT!!*
J is for nothing, apparently, so I'll make something up. Jam?
YUmmmm - the best thing EVER - homemade bread, lightly toasted (in the OVEN - putting homemade bread in the toaster is a sin against carbs everywhere) smeared with a hiny ot f cream cheese and a healthy portion of strawberry jam. *ddrrrrroooollll*
K is for Kids:
Um - none? I actually don't have any children in my life at all right now - I've considered volunteering, but I can be a domineering biatch, and - I would always be very aware that I'm NOT their parent, and despite how much their blood might be screwing them up, I have to respect that parental right.
L is for Last Kiss:
This morning, after I scared the shit out of Hubby by somehow setting off the alarm. Oops.
M is for Mum's Job:
She works as a.....hmmm.... I think she's still doing inspections of group homes for the Mentally Retarded for the State of PA... because she's still in the field pretty often - so she hasn't been promoted to a deskjob yet.
N is for nothing, much like J, only N actually is for nothing, which makes this acceptable.
O is for Overnight Hospital Stays:
When I was born...and I'm assuming Mum had to stay overnight. (Mum is so british, isn't it??).
P is for Phobias:
There's really nothing I'm utterly terrified of. I'm not fond of spiders, but we've come to an agreement - if I'm in their house, they have the right of way. If they are in my house, they need to stay at least 4 feet away, or understand the concept of 'Shoo!!'. If they persue, they are removed with extreme prejudice.
Q is for Quote You Like:
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be - Lao Tzu
R is for Biggest Regret:
18, three credit cards, with a combined credit limit of 11K. What the hell were they (and I) thinking????.
S is for Sex:
God, I can't wait til I hit middle age and that much vaunted sexdrive perks up, cuz right now, I'm about as sexual as a happy, faithful nun.
T is for Time You Wake Up:
During the week it's around 7am.  At the weekend it's closer to noon....sometimes 1pm.
U is for Underwear:
Ummm black bikini cut panties wit purty lil flowers and a white bra.
V is for Vegetable You Love:
Broccoli. How I love thee. Raw, cooked, garliced up, gently sauteed in butter over covered with cheese. Spinach is a close runner up.
W is for Worst Habit:
Perrenial procratination.
X is for X-Rays You've Had:
Ummm - a couple of dental ones, and I think I got x-rayed for TB before I started working at Lilly.
Y is for Yummy Food You Make:
Hmmm- I'm a damn good cook in general. My personal favorite is sourdough cinnamon buns though (and I wonder why my ass so fat?)
Z is for Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn, through and through.

I'm so Surveylicious - times TWO!

I'm almost CERTAIN I've used that title

My Personal DNA Report - I'm a Reserved Creator

What's your Personal DNA?

That links you to My Personal DNA Report - and it's actually frighteningly accurate. Very cool though, VERY cool.

I'll continue updating as I find other FUN! surveys. Or, ya'll could ask me questions?

 

1. What is your occupation? System Analyst for a huge manufacturing company.
2. What color is your underwear? Underwear? Ummm - cranberry, I believe.
3. What are you listening to right now? My coworkers keyboard clickclicking.
4. What was the last thing you ate? Gah. Greasy pepperoni pizza.
5. Do you wish on stars? Only falling ones.
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Blue, I think. One of the really deep, dark blues that you had to write with to be sure it was blue and not black.
7. How is the weather right now? GORGEOUS!! 60, partly cloudy, breezy.
8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Ummm - a coworker in South Africa.
9. Do you like the person who sent you this email? Email? Email?
10. How old are you today? 29.
11. Favorite drink? Red Wine.
12. Favorite sport to watch? Not so much into the watching of sports. All of my coworkers have run off to watch some college boys play basketball and I'm all like - damn that, I'm going HOME.
13. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yep. Many, many, many times. Always natural colors though - even in college I was never ballsy (or crazy) enough to go green. Blue or purple is tempting though
14. Favorite perfume? I actaully very rarely wear perfume, cuz I smell so SHEXZAY. But when I do, I wear a men's cologne called Pi. Yeah, it's for boys, but damn it smells good on me.
15. Pets? One cat - zee Fhat Bhastard (also known as Giovanni the Don)
16. Favorite month? May.
17. Favorite food? Ugh, you mentioned food.
18. Last movie you've seen? Like - on a big screen? Doom, I think. Like - on a TV? Ummm - Independance Day.
19. Favorite day of the year? I don't have a favorite one.... though Friday(s) are pretty high up on the list
20. What do you do to vent anger? Cuss, usually. If I can't cuss, I cry. If I can't cuss OR cry, I tear up paper into very,very,very, very tiny pieces
21. Fall or Spring? Spring!
22. Hugs or kisses? Oh - hugs AND kisses, dammit.
23. Cherry or Blueberry? Fruit or flavor? Fruit - Cherry. Flavor - Blueberry
24. Do you want your friends to email (note) you back? *narrows eyes* They better!
25. Who is most likely to respond? Oh. you mean respond to the SURVEY. Um - none?
26. Who is least likely to respond? Like - duh?
27. Living arrangements? Gorgeous two bedroom ( ie bedroom and library) lofted apartment with hubby and the Don.
28. When was the last time you cried? Ohhh - it's been a while. Actually - that's not true. I cried with laughter at hubby earlier this week. He is SOOOOO farking funny!
29. What is on the floor of your closet? Um. Clothes my ass is too fat to get into anymore, and my VERY ghetto solution to hating dressers (I don't know why!) an open suitcase that holds my undies. Everything else gets hung or folded on a shelf.
30. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Does my mom count? If not, Nee - I met her the first day of UpwardBound - oh my god. Like. 14 YEARS ago. No way. *counts frantically* Holy SHIT.
31. What did you do last night? Played with FIMO, read more Wheel of Time, halfwatched some really bad TV, laughed at/with my hubby.
32. Favorite smell? Pre-rain.
33. What inspires you? It depends.
34. What are you afraid of? Dying poor and homeless.
35. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Extra cheese, extra spice please! Onions, ONLY if they are cooked, no pickles but lots of relish, spicy mustard, lettuce and tomatoes. *groans* Ugh. You HAD to bring up food again, didn'tcha?
36. Favorite car? Oh man - I LOVE my car (despite the odd high pitched squeaky sound it makes). If I could have ANY car in the world? Hah, I'd have to leave the country because NONE of them are roadapproved on this side of the Atlantic. Yes, I like to speed - what of it?
37. Favorite dog breed? Um - is there a non smelly kind?
38. Number of keys on your key ring? *thinks* I have two, actually. One is the keyring that is hooked to my wallet. I've got two keys on there - the master key to the house and the key to the back screen door (which we almost NEVER lock). On my car keyring, all I have is the car key and the security beep-beep thing.  Don't want to warp the steering column, ya know.
39. How many years at your current job? It'll be one in 3 days.
40. Favorite day of the week? FRIDAY, definitely.
41. How many states have you lived in? Oh holy cow. Okay. DC, MA, NY, OH, KY, TN, IN, CT, GA, FL, RI, PA- I think that's it. 12 all together.
42. How many cities have you lived in/name them: Oh good gracious! Oh, Hell no. Let's talk about since Highschool shall we, because we moved WAY too much when I was little. Let's see - Chester, PA, Atlanta Ga, Titusville FL, Indianapolis IN, Memphis TN. (Is it really frightening that I say Tenn-nuh-kee in my head?? Hip Hop is the DEVIL!)
43. If you were a fictional character, who would you be? Evie from The Mummy and The Mummy Returns and Scorpion King. OOohhh, Dwanye.

Oh, Yeah, you know this is trouble!!

A'ishah's Existing Situation
Volatile and outgoing. Needs to feel that events are developing along desired lines, otherwise irritation can lead to changeability or superficial activities.

A'ishah's Stress Sources
Has an unsatisfied need to ally herself with others whose standards are as high as her own, and to stand out from the herd. Her control of her sensual instincts restricts her ability to give herself, but the resulting isolation leads to the urge to surrender and allow herself to merge with another. This disturbs her. as such instincts are regarded as weaknesses to be overcome; she feels that only by continued self-restraint can she hope to maintain her attitude of individual superiority. Wants to be loved or admired for herself alone; needs attention, recognition, and the esteem of others.

A'ishah's Restrained Characteristics
Circumstances are forcing her to compromise, to restrain her demands and hopes, and to forgo for the time being some of the things she wants.
Egocentric and therefore quick to take offense. Sensitive and sentimental, but conceals this from all except those very close to her.
Circumstances force her to compromise and to forgo some pleasures for the time being. Capable of achieving physical satisfaction through sexual activity.

A'ishah's Desired Objective
Desires a tranquil, peaceful state of harmony offering quiet contentment and a sense of belonging.

 

A'ishah's Actual Problem(s)
Needs to achieve a stable and peaceful condition, enabling her to free herself of the worry that she may be prevented from achieving all the things she wants.
Wants to be valued and respected, and seeks this from a close and peaceful association of mutual esteem.

 

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Hah! I love the colorquiz - it's pretty much on point. Creepy, yes. Accurate, yes. Let's see what other quizzes I can find.  Ohhhh... I should do some tarot.

 

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Question: What should I do?
Deck: The Catpeople
Spread: The One Card spread is the most concise of all spreads, intended to provide a quick take on a situation, or to reduce it to a single point of meditation.

Results: The card represents the critical factor for the issue at hand. The Tower, when reversed: Continued oppression. Following old ways. Living in a rut. Inability to effect any worthwhile change. Entrapment in an unhappy situation. Imprisonment.

 

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Hmmm....interesting. I think I'll ask 1) a more specific question and 2) select a more detailed spread.

Question: What path leads out of this rut?
Deck: Voodoo Tarot of New Orleans
Spread: The Two Paths spread provides insight into an important decision ahead of you, the possible outcomes, and the forces that draw you towards each of these outcomes.

Results: 

	The top left card represents the first possible outcome. Marie Laveau (The High Priestess), when reversed: Being confused and led astray from the true path. Spiritual deception. Overzealous and shallow-minded pursuit of the esoteric. Insecurity, conceit and self-destructiveness. The forces of nature unleashed.
	The top right card represents the second possible outcome. The Market (The Wheel): The path of destiny. Karma on a grand scale. An unexpected turn of good fortune. A link in the chain of events. Success, luck, and happiness.
	The middle left card represents the force drawing you towards the first possible outcome. Petro Mambo (Queen of Wands), when reversed: The dark essence of fire behaving as water, such as steam: The natural embodiment of passion and sensuality, who will do anything to the be the center of attention. A seducer who calculatingly dons the guise of what others desire. A cocky and domineering person, who pushes anyone or anything aside to get what she wants. One who is vengeful and quick to take offense without good cause. May indicate infidelity and contempt for a relationship.
	The middle right card represents the force drawing you towards the second possible outcome. Shango (Eight of Discs): Dedicating yourself fully to a task. Learning a new craft or skill. Applying painstaking attention to detail. Industriousness and the efficient completion of tasks. Sticking with a project long enough to see it through.
	The bottom card represents the critical factor that decides what will come to pass. Ayida Wedo (Ace of Cups), when reversed: The seed of a destructive relationship or spiritual collapse. A missed opportunity for joy, contentment, fertility, or enlightenment. Failing to understand the emotional needs of those around you. May represent an unexpected message, a chance meeting, or the start of a friendship or romance.

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Hmm... even more interesting.  I want to ask the same question, same deck, different spread.

Question: What path leads out of this rut?
Deck: Voodoo Tarot of New Orleans
Spread: The Shadow Truth spread provides insight into your attitudes and hidden feelings. This spread is used when you are having trouble confronting something, or fear that you are concealing something from yourself.

Results: 

	The card in the center represents the attitude you assume. Simbi (Eight of Swords): Chagrin at the unforeseen consequences of prior decisions. Criticism, censure, and the imposition of external restrictions. Confusion leading to powerlessness. Inability to focus on the crux of a problem and free oneself from a difficult situation. Being hamstrung by a past failure or humiliation.
	The card to the right represents the thoughts and feelings that underly your attitudes. Obatala (Four of Discs), when reversed: Using your power freely for your own enjoyment and the betterment of others. Coming to grips with progress and using your position to help it along. Finding security and identity someplace other than in the possession of material things. Letting go and encouraging others to find their own path. Being magnanimous and generous with your success.
	The card at the top represents how your attitude is evolving and will evolve in the future. Courir Le Mardi Gras (The Devil), when reversed: Resistance of temptation. Freedom from bondage. The pursuit of higher goals despite the influence of luxury and pleasure. Release from obsession with money and power. Liberation from fear, weakness and indecision through communion with higher powers or the inner voice.
	The card to the left represents how others perceive your attitude. La Sirene (Seven of Cups): Daydreams and things seen in the glass of contemplation. The scattering of energies by strong desires and unrealistic goals. The pursuit of illusions and the dissipation of energy on false choices. Intoxication, delirium, and hallucination, leading to the negation of effort. Under rare and extreme circumstances, may indicate the revelation of transcendental spiritual truth.
	The card at the bottom represents what you cannot confront or are hiding from yourself. Couche (The Hermit), when reversed: Detachment based on fear, irresponsibility or naiveté. Self-imposed isolation from friends and loved ones. Listening to the wrong advice or ignoring good counsel. Concealment, disguise, and unreasoned caution.

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*laughs* If the cards could hum, they'd be humming "Youse a ho!!! Youse a ho!!"

I actually like that deck though - it's a new one on that site, and it's actually rather attractive. I've always wanted to learn the cards, but - well. I have a deck at home, but I was rather horrified when I learned that it was the deck used in a James Bond movie - Live & Let Die, I think it was. Since then, I haven't been able to even look at the deck, much less even try to use it. I wonder how much it costs? Hmm... 23 bucks for just the deck and a basic booklet,  38 dollars for the deck and a more detailed booklet. Hm. Maybe. I'll have to sleep on it.

Who I am

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Kiya!

1. During severe windstorms, Kiya may sway several feet to either side.
2. Britain's Millennium Dome is more than double the size of Kiya.
3. Baskin Robbins once made Kiya flavoured ice cream.
4. About one tenth of Kiya is permanently covered in ice.
5. Kiya will always turn right when leaving a cave.
6. People used to believe that dressing their male children as Kiya would protect them from evil spirits.
7. Kiya can usually be found in nests built in the webs of large spiders.
8. Kiya is picked, sorted and packed entirely in the field!
9. Banging your head against Kiya uses 150 calories an hour.
10. Birds do not sleep in Kiya, though they may rest in her from time to time.

I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

See, Bored??

So - a survey, stolen from Ms. Bella

1.When you look at yourself in the mirror, what's the first thing you look at?
My forehead, usually - checking for pimples.

2. How much cash do you have on you?
This second? 5 bucks and some change

3. What's a word that rhymes with "TEST"?
Rest

4. Favorite plant?
Umm - the momma spider plant that restored my faith in my green thumb.

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?
Corey

6. What is your main ring tone on your phone?
Gah! That stupid 'moto' tune - I need a new ring tone BADLY!!

7. What shirt are you wearing?
An burgandy sweater.

8. Do you "label" yourself?
All the time.

9. Name brand of your shoes currently wearing?
Liz Clabourne

10. Bright or Dark room?
Depends - if I'm on the computer, dim. If I'm reading or doing dainty work, bright

11. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?
She TOTALLY rocks (and rawks)

12. Ever "spilled the beans"?
*shhhh* but yes.

13. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Midnight? I was knocked OUT!

14. What did your last text message you received on your cell phone say?
No clue, as it's been deleted.

15. Do you ever click on "Pop Ups" or "Banners"?
Occasionally, if they are advertising somethings interesting looking.

16. What's a saying that you say a lot?
That sooooo '     '!!!

17. Who told you they loved you last?
My Corey.

18. Last furry thing you touched?
Giovanni

19. How many hours a week do you work?
40. Precisely.

20. How many rolls of film do you need to get developed?
Only one, I think - I switched to digital a while ago.

21. Favorite age you have been so far?
25

22. Your worst enemy?
As a rule, myself.

23. What is your current desktop picture?
Our wedding pictures.

24. What was the last thing you said to someone?
"CD has to be configuration - it's the only thing listed on this sheet" - to one of my coworkers.

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to erase all of your regrets, what would you choose?
Million bucks for sure.

26. What car do you drive?
2001 Subaru RSX. I love my pocket rocket (despite the fact that I've been behaving speed wise because I want to conserve gas)

27. What's the coolest thing you did with your car?
*snorts* Regularily outdrive silly young boys with noisy little pieces of shit who think a girl can't drive.

28. What's your best feature?
My eyes most days.  But today, my hair soooooo ROCKS.

What sort of General am I??

Julius Caesar You scored 51 Wisdom, 79 Tactics, 44 Guts, and 50 Ruthlessness!

Roman military and political leader. He was instrumental in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. His conquest of Gallia Comata extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, introducing Roman influence into what has become modern France, an accomplishment of which direct consequences are visible to this day. In 55 BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. Caesar fought and won a civil war which left him undisputed master of the Roman world, and began extensive reforms of Roman society and government. He was proclaimed dictator for life, and heavily centralized the already faltering government of the weak Republic. Caesar's friend Marcus Brutus conspired with others to assassinate Caesar in hopes of saving the Republic. The dramatic assassination on the Ides of March was the catalyst for a second set of civil wars, which marked the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son Octavian, later known as Caesar Augustus. Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written Commentaries (Commentarii), and many details of his life are recorded by later historians such as Suetonius, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 13% on Unorthodox You scored higher than 83% on Tactics You scored higher than 15% on Guts You scored higher than 59% on Ruthlessness

Dang!

Someone - I think it was Kimmie, did this a while ago, and I've been meaning to imitate her erry since. So - the Top Ten Most Played Songs on my iPod.

1) Fellowship - Comfort Woman (Me'Shell Ndegeocello)
2) Barefoot - Evermind (Amethystium)
3) Andromeda & The Milky Way - Comfort Woman (Me'Shell Ndegeocello)
4) Body - Comfort Woman (Me'Shell Ndegeocello)
5) Hot in Herre - Nellyville (Nelly)
6) Still Standing - The Best of David Benoit (David Benoit)
7) Son of a Gun - All For You (Janet Jackson)
8) Love Song #1 - Comfort Woman (Me'Shell Ndegeocello)
9) Come Smoke My Herb - Comfort Woman (Me'Shell Ndegeocello)
10) Love Song #2 - Comfort Woman (Me'Shell Ndegeocello)

Mind you - jsut to make it perfectly clear considering how OBVIOUSLY stacked the favor is for one particular album - I usually have my iPod on random - it stops when I plug it in to charge it, but other than that - random. *shakes head* My iPod likes Me'Shell - I knew it had good taste.

Answers,

Now, though, I'm in the questions mood. ask me anything, signed, unsigned, private whatever..... I don't think you guys could come up with something that I won't answer....

Myssk asks: *paraphrasing* Muslim?? Did you grow up outside of the US or something??

Nope, nope, nope. Boy - how to run through this one....I was born in Washington DC, and lived there until I was five. My mother embraced Islam when I was two, and from two until *thinks* 18, I was about as Muslim as you could get. She got married when I was five, and - honestly, I dug the dude until I hit about 11/12 or so. From then until 15, when she divorced the bum for the third (and in Muslim fatwah/law FINAL) time, I hated his guts with a deep burning fiery passion. He - my mother allowed him to turn her into a meek little mousy woman, who couldn't take care of herself, and didn't believe in herself or her own intelligence. Gah. Anyhow. At 15, I started school for the first time, and after my first year, told my mom that I wasn't Muslim anymore. I wouldn't reconcile who I was and who I wanted to be with the strictures of the religion as I grew up in it. I know, most likely better than most people, how the spirit of a faith can be corrupted into a law, but - it was the law that was the faith I knew, not the spirit. And that faith was - misogynistic, violent, and quite shamelessly patriarchial - no real suprise for a Middle Eastern faith, but - I felt that if I remained Muslim, I would be commiting a worse sin of hypocrisy than if I abandoned the faith altogether. Me & my mom came to an 'agreement' that I would still wear the outer symbols of the faith (headpiece and long skirts/pants, long sleeves) until I graduated.

The day after my high school graduation, I took off the headpiece, and wore a short skirt and a tank top in public for the first time in my life. It felt strange as HELL, but - I got over it pretty quickly.  Any remaining signs that I was once Muslim?  *thinks* I still hum a few arabic songs, I still Salaam folx who I know are Muslim, and I kinda keep track of when Ramadan is. Other than that? *shakes head* I know that I've been shaped by the faith, but I couldn't possibly put my finger on what things are a part of me that I wouldn't be if I hadn't been Muslim. *laugh* Except - I might not want to be a midwife, funnily enough.

I got interviewed - and I want MORE!!!

One of my new faves Myssk, ever so kindly responded to my pleading and interviewed me.....

1. You want to be a midwife, which totally rocks my socks. Was there any event that led you to this, have you always wanted to do it, etc? In short - what made you want to become a midwife?
Hmm, ya know, I don't think I ever actually wrote out why I want to be a midwife - and if I did, I might have been in one of my previous incarnations of this diary.
I've always been fascinated by childbirth/pregnancy - and I've always been pretty damn granola from how I grew up, where cloth diapering, breastfeeding til the child weaned themself, slingwearing, and cosleeping was all normal - just as having your baby at home with a midwife was. So, I've always known WHAT a midwife was. Now, what led me to wanting to become one? It was about two years after I had graduated from college, when I was looking around at my life as a computer person, and realized that I would have to be getting paid a HELL of a lot more to be even vaugely satisfied, and I still wouldn't LOVE my job. I had an amazing example of someone LOVING their work in C, and - honestly - I was jealous.  So, I started reading some self help books that were written to help you - narrow down what you are most passionate about, and help you figure out how to turn that into employment. As I was writing stuff down, it hit me. I mean seriously, it was like a brick to the head. For a woman who has never given birth, I know MORE about childbirth than many parents of multiple children - both the natural/interference free type, and the hospital brand - and I'm PASSIONATE about it. Get me started, and I tend to usually shut up because people brush me off because I haven't had kids, and therefore assume that I have no CLUE what I'm talking about - otherwise, and esp, when I am in a group of like minded people, I can go on and on and on.  I LOVE helping/teaching people, and I love finding new solutions for problems that make everyone happy. So - that's what started me on the path of becoming a midwife. I've never - wavered on becoming one, I just bounce back and forth with the timing....it's NOT a job that brings in huge amounts of money (esp. if you choose to NOT work in a hospital - which is something I'm going to struggle with as a doula - I really DON'T like hospitals) but - it's something that would be SO very rewarding.

 2. Do you believe in god, gods, higher power, etc. or are you agnostic/atheist?
Wow - you are asking some really timely questions. I believe in *thinks* how to put this? I don't believe in a big entity in the sky keeping an eye on all of it's creation.  I don't believe in MULTIPLE eyes in the sky, either. If anything, I would consider myself a witch, I suppose - and I'm learning that I don't think I mean Wiccan, either. I believe that there is an energy/power/force all around us that we can manipulate through focus, and through energy manipulation. Gah. I still haven't totally figured out what I believe in, but I know that Allah, Yaweh, and God ain't really my friends, and they haven't been doing shite for humanity since they 'kicked' us out of the garden, so ya know - if Karma is a true force, they have a lot coming back to them. *LOL* talk about the ultimate DeadBeat Dad. 
I said the question was timely because I'm JUST starting to get involved with a pagan group here, and - hell, I need to figure out a 30 sec answer to this question that doesn't sound totally haywire, and FEELS right to me. I've gone through a couple of religions/faiths - Muslim, Baptist (for a real hot second), agnostic (which is still maybe the closest, but it doesn't - FEEL - right), and out and out pagan. When folx ask me what I am, I usually say Heathen, and they leave me right alone. Hah. As I was telling one of my friends (I LOVE Dogma, by the way) I prefer to have 'ideas' rather than beliefs, esp. consider I don't know.

3. Here's a fun one: Pussy hair - wild, trim, or shave? Why?
Shaved usually, as otherwise I truly turn into the wild country. Interestingly enough, I've noticed I tend to be wilder in the winter, and get trim crazy in the summer. I've been thinking about investing in a pair of clippers to keep the jungle in check. Why? *grins* I like the way it feels and looks - sooo smooth. Sooo sexy...and no naughty hairs to get in the way of any fun. Shhh - but I make C trim to. :)

4. Do you ever wish you could fly? If so, what inspires the feelings? Airplanes, birds? If not, what superpower do you wish you could have?
Wondertwin powers, Activate!!! *grins* Okay, but seriously. Hmm... flying has never been a big thing for me - if I had to pick on superpower, it wouldn't be flying....though it WOULD be cool as all get out. Let's see - one superpower? It would have to be *thinks* Alteration. Being able to turn myself into anything/anybody. Heh. That would be fun. If it had to be a more mental power, it would definitely be empathy - to truly be able to read others feelings/reactions/emotions. Not telepathy, because I know there is stuff in MY head that I would like to kick out, and that seems like an utter violation of privacy to be rummaging about in peoples thoughts.

5. What is one of the most influential books you've read? If you don't feel there's been one choose a "most" option from this list: creepiest, worst, best, boring, or erotic.
Hey! No Fair! I've already answered this one in a theme entry earlier this month? week? Recently. *ruammges around* Here it is..... and it opens in a new window too.....

Thanks a million Myssk!!! You've given me a chance to waste ALMOST an hour and a half at this dreadfully dull place of work - or maybe I'm just too fast for them....

Now, though, I'm in the questions mood. ask me anything, signed, unsigned, private whatever..... I don't think you guys could come up with something that I won't answer....