Today is just a really somber day for me. Nothing that I can really talk about here. But I'm going to try to take my mind of things by doing some blogging. Actually some meme-ing.
Must be something about memes this new year. I've found three on various blogs I read and I want to steal them all. I was going to spread them out, but why not just get them all done in one fell swoop. Be happy they're not really long ones. I am.
Since they would make the homepage ridiculously long, I'm going to put them all in the extended post.
Updated (1/9/09): Changed answers to #86 and #89 in the Try Me meme.
Four of Whatever
From AmyD of Amy's Musings.
- Four family members:
Katie, Brian, Mom, and Dad - Four places that I go to over and over:
Walgreen's, Anderson's Bookshop, gas station, and home - Four people who e-mail me (regularly):
Katie, Scott, Allison, Sizzle - Four of my favorite places to eat:
Nosh, Subway, Jimmy John's, and Chipotle - Four places I would rather be right now:
Home, home, home, and home - Four TV shows I watch over and over:
How I Met Your Mother, Psych, The Office, and Seinfeld - Four things in the room I’m in:
Computer, iPod, Blackberry, and me - Four concerts I’ve been to:
Van Halen, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (and dozens more) - Four things on my calendar:
Lines, numbers, events, and red Xs to mark days passed - Four fears:
Heights, falling, spiders, and unemployment - Four things in your purse or wallet:
Driver's License, Debit Card, Discover Card, and car insurance (you'll note I did't say "money") - Four chores you hate doing:
Dusting, vacuuming, shoveling, and yard work - Four favorite animals:
Dogs, cats, ferrets, and monkeys - Four speed dials on your cell phone:
I haven't figured out speed dial on my Blackberry yet - Four favorite pieces of jewelry:
Wedding ring, watch, and... that's all I have; keychain, maybe? - Four Web sites you visit:
Google Reader, Gmail, Yahoo Start Page, and Twitter - Four people who have been in your car:
Katie, Brian, Mom, and Dad - Four things you are looking forward to:
The gym (believe it or not), losing weight, getting out of debt, and having kids - Four favorite types of candy:
Jelly beans, Tootsie Rolls, Take 5, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups - Four things found in your fridge:
Milk, orange juice, apples, salad - Four rituals you do daily:
Wake up, shower, check e-mail, say good bye to Katie even though I know she's asleep - Four things currently within reach:
Keyboard, mouse, iPod, water bottle - Four things you know how to cook:
Pizza, spaghetti, chicken parmesan, rice - Four Halloween costumes you’ve worn:
Emperor Palpatine, Perseus, Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man
First
From Kazza the Blank One.
- Who was your FIRST prom date?
I'm not sure who it was. Was it Kate or Jennifer? - What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?
Beer, at the ripe old age of three or four - What was your FIRST job?
Telemarketer for a financial services firm - What was your FIRST car?
1984 Chrysler LeBaron - Who was the FIRST person to text you today?
AmazonMP3 (from Twitter) - Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning?
Katie - Who was your FIRST grade teacher?
Becky Bryant - Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane?
Florida, I think - Who was your FIRST best friend, and are you still friends with him / her?
Steve Pope, no - Who was your FIRST kiss?
Not sure. I think I know, but I'd better check before she reads this - Who was the FIRST person you talked to today?
Katie, but she was half asleep so I may as well have been talking to myself or the dog - What was the FIRST thing you did this morning?
Showered - What was the FIRST concert you ever went to?
Kenny Rogers and Crystal Gayle - What was your FIRST tattoo or piercing?
Eye of Horus - What was the FIRST foreign country you went to?
Mexico, or it might have been Canada; I'm not sure which came first - What was the FIRST movie you saw in the theater?
Star Wars - When was your FIRST detention?
Sophomore year of high school - What was the FIRST state you lived in?
New York - Who was the FIRST person to really break your heart?
Dunno if it's truly been broken - With whom was your FIRST date?
Krys - What was your FIRST pet?
Tippee the gerbil - Who was your FIRST roommate?
My brother, technically; but if you're talking college, then a couple of morons out at Iowa State University - Who was your FIRST love?
True love? Katie. - What was your FIRST screen name?
Gurgi - When did you have your FIRST baby?
Haven't yet
Try Me
From Eden of So Anyway...
Bold = want to try; bold strikeout = done
- Started my own blog
- Slept under the stars
- Played in a band
- Visited Hawaii
- Watched a meteor shower
- Given more than I can afford to charity
- Been to Disneyland/World
- Climbed a mountain
- Held a praying mantis
- Bungee jumped
- Sung a solo - does karaoke count?
- Visited Paris
- Watched lightning at sea
- Taught myself an art from scratch
- Adopted a child
- Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
- Had food poisoning
- Grown my own vegetables
- Seen the Mona Lisa
- Slept on an overnight train
- Had a pillow fight
- Hitchhiked
- Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
- Built a snow fort
- Held a lamb
- Gone skinny dipping
- Run a Marathon
- Ridden in a gondola in Venice - only in the Venetian in Vegas, so far
- Seen a total eclipse
- Watched a sunrise or sunset
- Hit a home run
- Been on a cruise
- Seen Niagara Falls in person
- Visited the birthplace of my ancestors - yeah, Pittsburgh; Kiev, Ukraine is a ways off
- Seen an Amish community
- Taught myself a new language
- Had enough money to be satisfied
- Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
- Gone rock climbing
- Seen Michelangelo’s David
- Sung karaoke
- Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
- Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
- Visited Africa
- Walked on a beach by moonlight
- Been transported in an ambulance
- Had my portrait painted - who would want to?
- Gone deep sea fishing
- Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
- Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris - what's with the Paris obsession?
- Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Been in a movie
- Gone to a drive-in movie
- Visited the Great Wall of China
- Started a business
- Taken a martial arts class
- Visited Russia
- Served at a soup kitchen
- Sold Girl Scout cookies - I'm no Chris Kattan
- Gone whale watching
- Got flowers for no reason
- Donated blood, platelets or plasma
- Gone sky diving
- Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
- Bounced a check - well I guess I did, but the bank transferred from savings to cover it
- Flown in a helicopter
- Saved a favorite childhood toy
- Pieced a quilt
- Visited the Lincoln Memorial
- Eaten caviar
- Stood in Times Square
- Toured the Everglades
- Been fired from a job
- Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
- Broken a bone
- Been on a speeding motorcycle
- Seen the Grand Canyon in person
- Published a book
- Visited the Vatican
- Bought a brand-new car
- Walked in Jerusalem
- Had my picture in the newspaper
- Read the entire Bible
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating - I forgot I caught and ate a fish as a kid
- Visited the White House
- Had chickenpox
- Saved someone’s life - meant to mark this one in bold, however, I mark it tentatively as I hope to not be in a situation where someone's life needs to be saved; but I would if I needed to
- Met someone famous
- Sat on a jury - almost, but not quite
- Joined a book club
- Lost a loved one
- Had a baby
- Seen the Alamo in person
- Swam in the Great Salt Lake
- Been involved in a law suit - peripherally, my parents and brother were directly involved
- Been stung by a bee
- Ridden an elephant
- Owned a cell phone
