hello, lovely

I don’t remember which blog I stole this from… I was reading in bloglines, and I just copy/pasted to an email so I’d remember to fill it out. I forgot to note the blog where I saw it! Sorry!

1. One book that made you laugh: Any books in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich make me laugh OUT LOUD… even if I’m in public. lol
2. One book that made you cry: Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson and Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
3. One book that you loved as a child: My favorite kids’ book is Go Dog Go! As an older child, I was a fan of the Nancy Drew series, and I read a TON of the Babysitter’s Club books.
4. One book you’ve read more than once: I don’t like to re-read books.. whenever I do, I remember what happens, and then I stop reading it.
5. One book you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it: I’m not really embarrassed to admit that I love books. I am a sucker for cheesy romance novels, and I loved VC Andrews books through the Ruby series.
6. One book you hated: Animal Farm. It’s the only book I’ve ever thrown away.
7. One book that scared you: The Shining was kinda freaky. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski was also kind of scary to me because it was just so odd. I don’t think I ever finished it, though.
8. One book that bored you: Every book I had to read in high school except the Great Gatsby. The Outlander also bored me until I started listening to it in audiobook form… now I’m excited.
9. One book that made you happy: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, even though the series is done.
10. One book that made you miserable: I don’t think I’ve ever had a book make me miserable..
11. One book that you weren’t brave enough to read: Most of the books by Stephen King. lol I don’t know why.
12. One book character you’ve fallen in love with: I have three! Roarke from the “In Death” series, Edward from the Twilight Series (and i am NOT afraid to admit it!), and Jean Claude from the Anita Blake series… I have a thing for vampires (except Roarke)… and series. lol
13. The last book you read: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer… the new one comes out in a couple of weeks, and I don’t want to ruin the magic of the last one by reading something in between.
14. The next book you hope to read: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer and The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

Stolen from kc, again. Check out the last one I stole from her.

Here’s a music meme to reflect how eclectic your music collection might be. Put your music library in alphabetical order by song, then take the first song for each letter of the alphabet. No repeat artists. Tag five people then let them know they’ve been tagged to do the meme themselves.

A - Addicted to Me - The Click Five
B - Bab’s Uvula Who? - Green Day
C - Cailin - Unwritten Law
D - Daisy - Switchfoot
E - Easier to Be - Lifehouse (It’s actually Easier then Love by Switchfoot, but I already used that band!)
F - Face Down - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
G - Galaxy - Jason Mraz
H - Half-Life - Duncan Shiek (Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley is 2nd! LOVE that song!)
I - I’ll Be Loving You Forever - New Kids on the Block (hahahaha)
J - Jackson - Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon
K - Karma - Alicia Keys
L - L.O.V.E - Ashlee Simpson
M - Mad as Rabbits - Panic! At the Disco
N - The Name of the Game - ABBA
O - O’Sailor - Fiona Apple
P - Paper Bag - Anna Nalick (Actually, Panic Song - Green Day, but I used them already!)
Q - Quicksand - Incubus
R - R-Evolve - 30 Seconds to Mars
S - Sad Songs - Matt Nathanson (Actually, S.O.S - ABBA, but I used them already!)
T - Tailor Made - Colbie Caillat
U - Under the Moonlight - Travis
V - Val Kilmer - Bowling for Soup
W - Waiting - The Rocket Summer
X - XO - Fall Out Boy
Y - Yes - Coldplay
Z - Zen - Miser

Alternately, I decided to alphabetize by Artist Name and pick the first artist & song name, which proved to be a bit more embarrassing.

A - a-ha - Take On Me
B - Backstreet Boys - Incomplete
C - Candlebox - Surrendering
D - Damian Giglio - Crush
E - Ehren Starks - Lines Build Walls
F - Fall Out Boy - The Carpal Tunnel of Love
G - Gavin DeGraw - In Love with a Girl
H - Haley James Scott - Halo (Album Version)
I - Incubus - Quicksand
J - Jack’s Mannequin - Holiday from Real
K - Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
L - The Last Goodnight - Pictures of You
M - Mandy Moore - Only Hope
N - Nada Surf - Popular
O - O.K Go - Here We Go Again (love this video!)
P - P!nk - Stupid Girls
Q - (none!)
R - R.E.M - Everybody Hurts
S - Santana f/Michelle Branch - I’m Feeling You
T - Taylor Swift - Teardrops on My Guitar (rofl. I’m such a loser!)
U - Unwritten Law - Cailin
V - Vanessa Carlton - Nolita Fairytale
W - Waylon Jennings - Amanda
X - (none!)
Y - Yael Naim - New Soul (the song from one of the iPod commercials, yes.)
Z - Zack Hexum - How Many Times

I’m tagging Dina, Teresa, April, Stacy, and Jenny, and anybody else who wants to play along (Mellypie? Jessabelle? Rorobean?)

Stolen from kc!

Ask me seven questions. Not just any seven questions though. No, to keep it interesting, use the seven questions as per below - just copy and paste the following, replace the blanks with something you want to know/ask (e.g., 3. Donkeys or sandcastles and why?), anything you want, personal, silly, surreal or deep, comment away and I’ll answer honestly as I can! Then post this on your own blog and see what kind of things people want to ask you!

1. What do you think of _____________?

2. When did you last ____________?

3. __________ or ___________ and why?

4. What did you ______________?

5. What’s your favorite ______________?

6. How would you ______________?

7. Who would you most like to ________?

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I have another post in the works, but Joe was trying to read over my shoulder, and that was annoying me.

1. What was I doing ten years ago?
Starting the summer before my senior year. I believe it involved a lot of web-designing, blogging, and MUD-playing. I was also working at Winn Dixie as a grocery bagger.

2. What are five (non-work) things on my to-do list for today:
Well, today is done, so I’ll do tomorrow’s list…
a) Make Dinner (either bbq pork chops or chicken parmesean)
b) Finish Sheldon #1
c) Take pictures of Sheldon #1
d) Mail my Netflix movies. I can’t believe I forgot all freaking week.
e) Find out if I can go to the spinning thing on Saturday.

3. Snacks I enjoy:
Pretzels with Cream Cheese, chips & salsa/queso, chocolate.

4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Donate to everyone on my team’s 3-day fundraising (so we all will be able to walk & not worry about it), get married, buy a house w/ at least one room just for yarn, buy more yarn, go to Europe, open up a yarn store, start college/trust funds for all of my friends’ kids, give to charity, travel

5. Places I have lived:
Neenah, WI… Menasha, WI… Garland, TX… Dallas, TX… Bay Area, CA

6. Jobs I have had:
Grocery bagger, grocery cashier, Front End Manager, Photo Lab Tech, Receptionist, Sales Assistant, Receptionist…

7. Peeps I want to know more about:
You, if you want to play along

60 Things You Possibly Didn’t Know About Me

1. What is in the back seat of your car right now?
a bottle of water, an empty Ziploc container, an umbrella

2. When was the last time you threw up
I have no idea.

3. What’s your favorite curse word?
I like ‘em all.

4. Name 3 people who made you smile today?
Joe, Josh Groban & his Panda Love song, Dina for showing me the Panda Love song. LOL

5. What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
waiting for my computer to shut down so we could leave for work

6. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Knitting on Wicked & watching House, Season 3, Disc 3

7. What will you be doing 3 hours from now?
filling out this stupid meme? lol

8. Have you ever been to a strip club?
yep… the one time TC, Stacy, me, and Sarah went to La Bare (am I forgetting someone or was it just the 4 of us? lol). It? was hilarious. And uncomfortable.

9. What is the last thing you said aloud?
“Night, baby! I love you.”

10. What is the best ice cream flavor?
Ooh, it depends. If I’m lucky enough to go to Cold Stone Creamery … Cake batter. If I’m buying from the store, either Mint Chocolate Chip or Dreyer’s Loaded Butterfinger. It’s tasty.

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
H2O

12. What are you wearing right now?
PJ pants, a long-sleeved Old Navy t-shirt that is older than dirt, and plain ol’ white socks

13. What was the last thing you ate?
Cadbury Creme Egg… I love Easter candy.

14. Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
Unless you count the yarn to turn into clothing items, no.

15. When was the last time you ran?
Like, 1991? rofl. j/k. I have no idea. I don’t run. I walked around the block at work a few times on Friday, though.

16. What’s the last sporting event you watched?
Live & in person: Dallas Stars @ San Jose Sharks on November 7th. on TV: the Super Bowl. Not that I cared, but it really did look pretty sweet on our new TV.

18. Who is the last person you emailed?
my Dallas knitting group

19. Ever go camping?
yes, but not since before I moved to TX. lol

20. Do you have a tan?
Compared to living in TX, yes, but I’m still pretty pasty. lol.

24. Do you drink your soda from a straw?
If it’s at a restaurant or from a fast-food place, yeah, but at home or something, no.

25. What did your last IM say?
No idea… I don’t log my convos, and me and the people I IM tend to drift in and out of conversation. lol

26. Are you someone’s best friend?
of course!

27. What are you doing tomorrow?
working, but I am sooooo want to play hooky!!

28. Where is your mom right now?
at her house, i would think. lol

29. Look to your left, what do you see?
a wall.

30. What color is your watch?
pink. it looks a lot like a motorola razr.

31. What do you think of when you think of Australia ?
Silverchair, Sticks & String podcast, and the Southwestern Socks I knit in the colorway “Australia”

32. Would you consider plastic surgery?
Probably not.

33. What is your birthstone?
My REAL birthstone is Opal, but most of the jewelry you ever see for October birthstones is Pink Tourmaline.

34. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru?
Depends on my mood. or the line.

35.How many kids do you want?
None right now, but eventually 2.

36. Do you have a dog?
Nope.

37. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Joe, telling him I was in the parking lot waiting for him at work.

38. Have you met anyone famous?
I met Vickie Howell & Cheryl Oberle (knitting rockstars, lol) on Saturday. When I was a kid, I got to sit on the lap of some soap opera stars from Days of our Lives, but my mom knows about them better than I do.

39. Any plans today?
Considering the day is almost over, no.

40. How many states have you lived in?
Three: Wisconsin, Texas, California

41. Ever go to college?
Yes… to watch Joe graduate. (lol)

42. Where are you right now?
In the living room.

43. Biggest annoyance in your life right now?
Not enough knitting time.

44. Last song listened to?
I don’t know.. Joe was making up disgusting lyrics & I was ignoring him.

46. Are you allergic to anything?
I think I might be mildly allergic to cats, but that’s it.

47. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
my black mary janes or my sneakers. my FAVORITE shoes are some skecher oxford type shoes, but they died & i haven’t replaced them yet.

48. Are you jealous of anyone?
no.

50. Is anyone jealous of you?
not that I know of!

51. What time is it?
11:16pm

52. Do any of your friends have children?
yes… the most adorable children ever! until i have my own, that is.

53. Do you eat healthy?
I could stand some help in that department. I eat a LOT of junk.

54. What do you usually do during the day?
Wake up, go to work, come home, knit, go to sleep.

55. Do you hate anyone right now?
no.

56. Do you use the word ‘hello’ daily?
yes.

58. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
the big 2-8. man do i feel old. lol

59. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
nope!

60. How did you get one of your scars?
Only one? I have one by my eyebrow that I apparently got by running into the corner of a table when I was learning to walk. I also have one on my ring finger-tip from trying to cut open an English muffin w/ a sharp knife when I was a kid. I was a dumbass. LOL

By the way, I’m sick. How great is that?

Your Rockstar Name Is…

Vanilla Zombie

What’s Your Rockstar Name?

VANILLA ZOMBIE! *rofl*

aka The Band Meme

Found via Civil Bitch.

You are about to have your own band’s CD cover. Follow these directions to the letter. It’s fun and requires no thought at all. Go to……

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random - The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 - The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.

http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ - The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result as a comment in this post. Also, pass it along on your own blog, because it’s more amusing that way.

- - -
Band Name: José Moratón Taeño
Album Title: To Use Ordinary Situations
Album Cover: This photograph

(I like all of it except the band name, so I cheated and chose another one.. the band changed its name to Verdon. I like that better. )

Your turn!!

Some of this sounds right, but some of it doesn’t.

What Amanda Means

You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic “Type A” personality. You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated. You master any and all skills easily. You don’t have to work hard for what you want. You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you’ll knock down anyone who gets in your way! You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality.