I stole this from Jen's blog. I'm pathetically in love with memes.
One Word Survey
1. Where is your cell phone? table
2. Your significant other? theoretical
3Your hair? blonde
4Your mother? bed
5. Your father? office
6. Your favorite thing? sleep
7. Your dream last night? unremarkable
8 Your favorite drink? julius
9. Your dream/goal? travel
10. The room you’re in? porch
11. Your hobby? reading
12. Your fear? unemployment
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? alive
14. What you’re not? optimistic
15. Muffins? corn
16. One of your wish list items? job
17. Where you grew up? PA
. The last thing you did? whined
19. What are you wearing? shirt
20. Favorite Gadget? laptop
Your pets? parakeet
22. Your computer? Toshiba
23. Your mood? despairing
24. Missing someone? nope
25. Your car? theoretical
26. Something you’re not wearing? glasses
27. Favorite store? Borders
28. Like someone? nope
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? today
Open to anybody.
K.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
If only this would actually happen
A meme from Gwyn.
You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:
1. One weapon.
2. One song blasting on the speakers.
3. One famous person to fight alongside you.
Weapon can be real or fictional; you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.
Right, okay.
1) The OCD flash grenade. Zombies have a pretty shambling pace anyway-- it would take them that much longer to get to me if they have to touch each wall three times or avoid cracks in the floor.
2) "Sinner Man" Nina Simone
3) Avner from Munich. It would make things pretty angsty, but those zombies would be obliterated.
K.
You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:
1. One weapon.
2. One song blasting on the speakers.
3. One famous person to fight alongside you.
Weapon can be real or fictional; you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.
Right, okay.
1) The OCD flash grenade. Zombies have a pretty shambling pace anyway-- it would take them that much longer to get to me if they have to touch each wall three times or avoid cracks in the floor.
2) "Sinner Man" Nina Simone
3) Avner from Munich. It would make things pretty angsty, but those zombies would be obliterated.
K.
Monday, February 04, 2008
13 Things That I Have Done That Are Pretty Awesome
Another meme, this time from A G33k Tragedy!
13 Things That I Have Done That Are Pretty Awesome
1) I have traveled to Israel and Scotland by myself and survived.
2) I've been published and am still sending out material. True, my Wall o' Rejection is growing, but that's an achievement in itself.
3) Decided to go the AWP Conference, planned most of it, and ended up going by myself (again).
4) Went to a Billy Joel concert.
5) I have friends on 5 out of 7 continents, all met on study abroad.
6) Put all of myself into the organizations I have joined.
7) Taught Israeli soldiers how to play Red Rover at a Bedouin camp under the stars.
8) Climbed Masada and seen the sun rise.
9) Had the worst travel experience ever... and survived!
10) Have survived for most of the school year in my first apartment.
11) I've kept up this blog for nearly three years more than I thought I would.
12) Planned and executed my own Burns' Night for my fraternity.
13) Got great grades at the University of Stirling, all while taking the hardest classes I've ever experienced!
Wow, that felt like filling out a resume.
I'll tag Irina, Rachel, and Gwyn. Fill it out if you wanna!
K.
13 Things That I Have Done That Are Pretty Awesome
1) I have traveled to Israel and Scotland by myself and survived.
2) I've been published and am still sending out material. True, my Wall o' Rejection is growing, but that's an achievement in itself.
3) Decided to go the AWP Conference, planned most of it, and ended up going by myself (again).
4) Went to a Billy Joel concert.
5) I have friends on 5 out of 7 continents, all met on study abroad.
6) Put all of myself into the organizations I have joined.
7) Taught Israeli soldiers how to play Red Rover at a Bedouin camp under the stars.
8) Climbed Masada and seen the sun rise.
9) Had the worst travel experience ever... and survived!
10) Have survived for most of the school year in my first apartment.
11) I've kept up this blog for nearly three years more than I thought I would.
12) Planned and executed my own Burns' Night for my fraternity.
13) Got great grades at the University of Stirling, all while taking the hardest classes I've ever experienced!
Wow, that felt like filling out a resume.
I'll tag Irina, Rachel, and Gwyn. Fill it out if you wanna!
K.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wake Up Call
I've been seeing this meme everywhere, so I wanted to see how I came out:
1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
9. Were read children’s books by a parent
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
23. You and your family lived in a single-family house
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
25. You had your own room as a child
27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
31. Went on a cruise with your family
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
Well, it appears that I had a very privileged upbringing. I'm not terribly surprised, but I have to suppress a smile when I remember that many people in my high school were better off than me. Granted, my parents chose not to spend their money on outward symbols of wealth. Right now, we have three cars: a Toyota minivan, a Subaru Outback, and pretty crappy Fiat Spider cowering quietly in the garage. None of these are the Jaguars and Lexuses that were often parked outside of my temple. Our house is larger than many of my friends' houses, but nowhere near as big as those in the richest part of town. I guess that, in comparison, it was reasonable for me to have believed myself to be relatively lower middle class.
Of course, it's now reasonable for me to believe that I had been rather naive.
I now go to a pretty working-class school-- your basic state school near a big city. There are so many that don't have what I have that I feel kind of ashamed for my earlier opinions of my economic well-being. But what am I going to do? I just have to accept the fact that I was a bit of an idiot back in the day and just get on with appreciating what I have now.
Starting with finding out how much my parents pay for heat.
K.
PS. On a totally different tack, I just saw Anthony Bourdain spit on the little heart (where people were executed) outside of St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. I love that nasty heart!
1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
9. Were read children’s books by a parent
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
23. You and your family lived in a single-family house
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
25. You had your own room as a child
27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
31. Went on a cruise with your family
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
Well, it appears that I had a very privileged upbringing. I'm not terribly surprised, but I have to suppress a smile when I remember that many people in my high school were better off than me. Granted, my parents chose not to spend their money on outward symbols of wealth. Right now, we have three cars: a Toyota minivan, a Subaru Outback, and pretty crappy Fiat Spider cowering quietly in the garage. None of these are the Jaguars and Lexuses that were often parked outside of my temple. Our house is larger than many of my friends' houses, but nowhere near as big as those in the richest part of town. I guess that, in comparison, it was reasonable for me to have believed myself to be relatively lower middle class.
Of course, it's now reasonable for me to believe that I had been rather naive.
I now go to a pretty working-class school-- your basic state school near a big city. There are so many that don't have what I have that I feel kind of ashamed for my earlier opinions of my economic well-being. But what am I going to do? I just have to accept the fact that I was a bit of an idiot back in the day and just get on with appreciating what I have now.
Starting with finding out how much my parents pay for heat.
K.
PS. On a totally different tack, I just saw Anthony Bourdain spit on the little heart (where people were executed) outside of St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. I love that nasty heart!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Happy De-Lurking Week!
Apparently, it's National De-Lurking Week! If there are any of you lurking out there, speak up!K.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Taping My Glasses As We Speak
Are you? Click that button and take the test. Embrace your inner geekiness!
K.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Meme Attack!
I was tagged by Moonshadow to do this meme, which I don't often do. However, I am really hurting for ideas at the moment and it seems like a nice, calm thing to do.
So, here are 7 Things About Me That You Might Not Know
1) My great-grandfather was an one-armed American Lawn Bowls champion from Scotland. He's in this Time magazine article.
2) I'm a closet romantic.
3) I'm allergic to Vicodin/Codeine. Therefore, I can never take heroin. Boo.
4) I sometimes have trouble focusing on the big picture. Little things will niggle at me and distract me from way to fix the problem.
5) Sometimes I wish I could be more stylish, but I don't have the time, money, or effort to put into it.
6) Jonathan Rys Meyer creeps the hell out of me. Something about how his eyes are spaced just makes me want to cry.
7) I laugh when I hear a really strong Southern accent. It's awful, I know, but I feel like it's something that culture has created-- often funny characters have these accents that become ludicrous by association. I'm sorry. :(
So now I get to tag some people. I think these might be the last few people on the planet who haven't been tagged.
Irina from The IgNoble Experiment
abzdragon from A G33k Tragedy
nyjlm from So Love is Hard and Love is Tough
Adena from MotherThoughts
Whee!
K.
So, here are 7 Things About Me That You Might Not Know
1) My great-grandfather was an one-armed American Lawn Bowls champion from Scotland. He's in this Time magazine article.
2) I'm a closet romantic.
3) I'm allergic to Vicodin/Codeine. Therefore, I can never take heroin. Boo.
4) I sometimes have trouble focusing on the big picture. Little things will niggle at me and distract me from way to fix the problem.
5) Sometimes I wish I could be more stylish, but I don't have the time, money, or effort to put into it.
6) Jonathan Rys Meyer creeps the hell out of me. Something about how his eyes are spaced just makes me want to cry.
7) I laugh when I hear a really strong Southern accent. It's awful, I know, but I feel like it's something that culture has created-- often funny characters have these accents that become ludicrous by association. I'm sorry. :(
So now I get to tag some people. I think these might be the last few people on the planet who haven't been tagged.
Irina from The IgNoble Experiment
abzdragon from A G33k Tragedy
nyjlm from So Love is Hard and Love is Tough
Adena from MotherThoughts
Whee!
K.
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