13 posts tagged “meme”
Remember when people used to send these things around via e-mail? I never answered them then.
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1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:00 am. Not intentionally....woke up to hit the head and couldn't fall back asleep.
2. Diamonds or Pearls? Pearls
3. What two things do you always have with you? a bottle of water and my keys
4. What is your favorite TV show? The Wire. Oh my God, the most recent episode....
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cereal. I drink coffee once I get to work.
6. What is your favorite book? Tie between "The Sun Also Rises" and "The End of the Affair."
7. What is your middle name? Louise
8. What food do you dislike? Asparagus, Onions
9. What is your favorite CD? Ooooh...tough call. I don't know.
10. What type of car do you drive? Jeep Cherokee. When I drive. Which is rarely
11. Favorite sandwich? Fresh mozzarella on a baguette with roasted red peppers, basil and balsalmic vinegar.
12. What characteristic do you despise? Selfishness
13. Favorite item of clothing? White v-neck men's t-shirt
14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? I'm getting really excited about San Francisco
15. What color is your bathroom? One's pink and one's white
16. Favorite brand of clothing? Hanes
17. Where would you retire to? Michigan maybe?
18. What was your most recent memorable birthday? I started teaching my first class on my 31st birthday
19. Favorite saying Some bastardization of the holy trinity
20. Are you a morning person or a night person? min-afternoon person, actually
21. What did you want to be when you were little? a bird
22. How are you today? tired
23. What is your favorite candy? I actually rarely eat candy anymore...sad.
24. What is your favorite flower? tulips
25. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Conference presentation and then San Francisco!
26. What church do you attend? I don't
27. What are you listening to right now? nothing...beautiful, beautiful silence
28. What was the last thing you ate? Melba toast with smiling cow cheese
29. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Burnt Sienna
30. How is the weather right now? Cold
31. Last person you spoke to on the phone. A co-worker
32. Favorite restaurant? This little divey place close to where my parents live. Awesome BLTs
33. Hair color? Auburn
34. Sibling(S)? Older brother and sister
35. What was your favorite toy as a child? My cabbage patch doll
36. Summer or winter? I prefer autumn
37. Hugs or kisses? Hugs, I think
38. Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla
39. When was the last time you cried? Saturday before last
40. What is under your bed? Nothing. Still haven't fixed the broken bed situation, so my box spring is still on the ground
41. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Tiger
42. Favorite smell? The cabinet where my mom keeps her spices
43. What are you afraid of? Lots of things.
44. Plain, butter or salted popcorn? Butter and salt.
45. How many years at your current job? 1
46. Favorite day of the week? Usually Saturday.
47. How many towns have you lived in? 6
48. Do you make friends easily? People seem to like me.
Apparently it's "tortuga's going to answer a bunch of QotDs and memes so she can avoid thinking" day. It's just too goddamn sunny in my apartment to be in the mood I want to be in. I took out a couple that made no sense. So here we go...
1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A. Romantic? No. I do have a couple of dear friends, though, that I wouldn't trade for the world.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I'm assuming that this is career related, right? Well, the first one I really remember is that around age 5 I wanted to be a bird when I grew up. Specifically a Bald Eagle. And my stupid hippie parents told me that I could. So I believed them. I used to refuse to sleep in my bed and instead made a nest made of blankets on the floor. Then when I was around 7 I changed my mind and decided that I wanted to be a mermaid.
I sort of blame that whole situation for my inability to be realistic today.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I wish I could sing like Arethra Franklin.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Whiskey sour made with Wild Turkey Bourbon. Today I'd have you make it a double.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Broccoli. For realz, I love that shit. From what I understand, most people really hate it. My sister literally dry heaves when she smells it.
6) What was the last book you read?
A. Twilight! YA fiction ftw.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Libra
8) Any tattoos and/or piercings? Explain where.
A. No tattoos - I can't deal with the commitment. I got my ears pierced when I was around 12, but I've since let them grow over. I don't groove on jewelery.
9) Worst habit?
A. Insanity.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. Nope. Hitchhikers are all out to kill me.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. American politics.
12) Do you have a negative or optimistic attitude?
A. Optimistic usually.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Freak the fuck out. I hate heights and I'm claustrophobic.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. I don't know...I really feel pretty lucky, actually. Probably getting diagnosed with ITP and having to drop out of college, but even that worked out for the best.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.I have aural dyslexia, which makes it really hard for me to understand spoken words sometimes. If I'm talking to you, you may notice that I really have to stare and concentrate. I also tend to watch TV with the closed captioning on. I can understand speech okay without it, but I like the visual clues as a back up. This is also one of the many reasons why I hate talking on the phone.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. The only true pet is the wonder dog, who lives with my parents. There's also a couple half-feral barn cats that I'm friendly with and some cows and ponies.
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I likely would not answer the door and pretend that I wasn't home.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Scary as all fucking get-out.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. I wish I had thicker hair. It fell out during the course of my ITP treatment 11 years ago and never really came back in.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. It depends on the situation. I could see going either way.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Blue.
23) Ever been arrested?
A. Nope. But it's early days still.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Bottle.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Something boring like pay down student loan debt.
26) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. My apartment.
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. Oh yeah..my parents' house is haunted and I see weird shit all the time.
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Goof around on the Internet or read.
29) Do you swear a lot?
A. Generally no. But when I start, look out...every other word will be fuck.
30) Biggest pet peeve?
A. People who are inconsiderate.
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Turtle.
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. I appreciate the hell out of it.
33) Do you believe in God?
A. I believe in something bigger than the corporeal world. What exactly that it is, I'm not sure. Maybe God, maybe gods, maybe just some sort of share unconsciousness.
For reasons that will forever remain mysterious, I decided to give up doughnuts for Lent. I KNOW! What was I thinking?
EDIT: I took an online quiz and I got this. I can't get the embed to work.
Yesterday, I woke up and was hit by the renewed realization that I'm an adult and can do whatever I damn well want on my free days. I remember this fact every now and then and it makes me really happy. So what did I do? I cleaned my apartment and finally either unpacked those last few boxes that were clogging up the hall or hid them in the Closet of Mystery until I could figure out what to do. Yeah, not that exciting, I know. But I also walked downtown to catch Juno at the art theater, which is slightly more exciting. The point is, I had one of those moments of zen where I got to do exactly what I wanted to do at the moment I wanted to do it. And look how pretty my hallway is now:
1) When you walk in your front door, which room do you enter?
My downstairs sitting area
2) Do you have a dishwasher?
Nope. It’s the first time I’ve not had
one in 5 years and it surprisingly hasn’t been a problem.
3) Is your living room carpeted or does it have hardwood floors?
Hardwood floors with a rug
4) Do you keep your kitchen knives on the counter or in a drawer?
In a knife block with the blades turned up, as it’s supposed to be
5) House, apartment, duplex or trailer?
Duplex
6) How many bedrooms is it?
Two, although one is being used as an office
7) Gas stove or electric?
Electric. I wish I had a gas range and
electric oven.
8) Do you have a yard?
Yes, front and back.
9) What size TV is in the living room?
31” I think? It was a sibling handmedown.
10) Are your plates in the same cupboard as your cups?
Nope. Plates and bowls in one, cups in
mugs in another.
11) Is there a coffee maker sitting on your kitchen counter?
Hells yeah.
12) What room is your computer in?
My office
13) Are there pictures hanging in your living room?
Just one so far. It came with the
apartment. (Downstairs neighbor/landlord is an artist.) Now that everything is unpacked, my next goal
is to start adding art.
14) Are there any themes found in your home?
One of my bathrooms has this matchy-matchy fish theme because I got a crazy
deal on all the accessories one day at Wal-mart.
15) What kind of laundry detergent do you use?
Whatever is the cheapest whenever I purchase, as long as it’s unscented.
16) Do you use dryer sheets?
Nope. Don’t like the smell.
17) Do you have any curtains in your home?
Yes. Black-out curtains in my bedroom
and sheers everywhere else. My apartment
is frightfully sunny.
18) What color is your fridge?
Renters' white
19) Is your house clean?
Now it is. Yay!
20) What room is the most neglected?
My bedroom. It still hasn't recovered from the night I broke my bed. Eh... I just sleep in there.
21) Are the dishes in your sink/dishwasher clean or dirty?
I just did dishes, too, so there are none.
I admit that I usually let a couple of days build up before I do dishes.
22) How long have you lived in your home?
2 months.
23) Where did you live before?
The worst apartment complex I’ve ever lived in in my life.
24) Do you have one of those fluffy toilet lid covers on your
toilet?
God no.
25) Do you have a scale anywhere in your house?
No. I haven’t been weighed in over a
year (doctor’s appointment) and I haven’t deliberately weighed myself in
probably 10. Numbers just lead to trouble. I'm more concerned with how my pants fit.
26) How many mirrors are in your house?
Two – one in each bathroom.
27) Look up. What do you see?
Ceiling fan.
28) Do you have a garage?
No, but I do have off-street parking, which is a nice bonus. I hardly ever drive anymore.
I'm about two hours from putting my computer in a box. Back online hopefully Tuesday.
Okay, I am extremely anti-social and not at all narcissistic. I don't get it.
Okay, I'm doing a meme. You can too! Just enter "[your first name] needs" in google and find the first ten hits. Writing pithy comments after is optional. (I used my actual first name, btw.) So, here we go...what do I need?
tortuga needs a cold shower, self-esteem. Um, I think I actually have good self-esteem. And I haven't felt the need for a cold shower - if you know what I mean, and I think you do - in a couple of weeks.
tortuga needs to kick him in the nuts. See above. Ahem. Actually, it's not his fault at all.
tortuga needs your manly vote. I'm not sure what this means...unless it means it will require me to need a cold shower. In which case, bring it.
Baby tortuga needs your help. Probably, yes, that is true.
tortuga needs to die. Well, this took a turn for the violent pretty fast.
tortuga needs to blog more. I would agree whole heartedly with this statement. This is the last week for class for me, so I really hope to.
tortuga needs a new home. I do! I do! Damn...this is better than a trip to the psychic.
tortuga needs to play. All work and no play makes tortuga a dull girl.
tortuga needs a LiveJournal. Um, no. I like to think of LJ for the more immature set.
tortuga needs someone to pick her up from the airport around 4am. Man, I wish. That would mean that I've gone somewhere.
Okay, that was fun. I guess this meme is becoming more popular, so I had to edit out the hits that were to other "tortuga needs" type posts. Shame too, because I really liked, "tortuga needs to get her life back and establish herself as the person in charge." I just sort of wonder what the origin of that particular post was?
Eclectic, inventive, and peaceful.
You are never willing to accept what's "normal." You live to push the envelope.
You find it hard to make up your mind. You prefer to have everything you want, right away!
What Kind of Cake Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofcakeareyouquiz/
Okay, the first time I took this I ended up a Herman Hesse novel, to which I said, "Oh HELL Naw!" So I cheated and took it again. I'm not sure a Vonnegut book makes me look any better, though.
