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Sunday Stealing - Part Four

We're back with Sunday Stealing!  Enjoy!

 

61. Ocean or pool? Ocean.

62. Fridays or Ruby Tuesdays? Um, neither. I don't believe I've ever been to either restaurant, and I much prefer Chili's. 

63. Did you want to go to college? I couldn't wait to go to college! I was excited to live far from home and meet new people. Oh, and get a great education, too!

64. What did you last time at a mall? Not quite sure what you're asking here. And we don't have malls on the central coast. Just outdoor shopping centers. 

65. Which close friend have you known the longest? My BFF Kelly. We met in second grade. 

66. Why do you like the music you do? It's got a good beat and fun lyrics. 

67. Do you read much? I read a LOT! I love books and get all twitchy if I don't have a book or my nook with me. 

68. Favorite country? UK.

69. What is something you wish you were better at? I wish I could draw or paint. 

70. What’s your favorite album/CD? I can't pick just one. I have DOZENS of favourites!

71. What's a good dinner order? Steak (or Prime Rib), baked potato and a steamed green veggie.

72. Planes or boats? Planes. 

73. One rumor that’s been spread about you: None that I know of. 

74. Who is your newest friend? Gwen. We were bus buddies at this past Weetacon. 

75. Have you ever sat on a rooftop? Yes, but it was meant to be a patio, so it's not like it was dangerous or anything. 

76. Was your last text useful? Yes; it was to cancel an appointment. 

77. Favorite soda? I don't drink soda much, but when it do it's Orange Crush. 

78. Do you like yourself? Not really. 

79. The worst weather: Hot or cold? Hot. If it's cold you can warm up by layering or snuggling under a blanket, but when it's hot, there's no relief. 

80. Do you play an instrument? I used to play the flute, but I haven't touched it since college. 

 

Sunday Stealing, Part Two

Good morning! Once again, I'm running very, very late on this new Sunday meme I'm playing, but hey, I was busy this past Memorial Day weekend - cleaning out and organizing my closets (both clothes and shoes), discovering a whole new shopping center at the other end of Paso which includes a shiny new TJ Maxx and Bed Bath and Beyond (!!), selling my crap good, quality stuff on eBay, going to visit my grandpa with my aunt and basketball superstar cousin, and rearranging living room furniture.

I was too busy to even bar-b-que even though I found and purchased a couple EZ Grills at Target. I LOVE these things! LOVE!! They make grilling SO easy and fun!

Anyway, on ot this week's installment of Sunday Stealing.

21. Have you felt that life is like being on a roller coaster? Yeah, but sadly, it's not as much fun!

22. Favorite year so far?  1988 pretty much rocked. I graduated from college, and got my first real job and apartment. Pity it all went downhill from there.

23. Do you consider yourself religious? I consider myself a believer in Jesus Christ, and try very hard to follow his teachings. I don't know if that's "religious" or not.

24. How do you dress to impress? I don' t; I dress for comfort. If it happens to impress someone, then bonus!

25. Have you ever been to Connecticut? No, and I'm not sure I'd ever have any reason to do so.

26. Do you eat sushi?  Yes, and I LOVE it! Not too fond of the raw stuff - sashimi, is it? - but the cooked rolls are to die for!

27. Would you smoke pot providing there was no risk or driving involved? No, I'm not interested in smoking pot regardless of the circumstances.

28. What do you think of Idol Winner Phillip Phillips?? I'm sure he's a super sweet guy, but Jessica Sanchez was ROBBED!

29. Do you believe that animals have souls?  I understand a lot of people believe that because they are animals and not human, that they do not, but sometimes when I look into the eyes of an adoring pet, I can't help but believe they do have a soul.

30. Who did you last talk to? Share, if you dare. I know it's not very interesting, but I last talked to a couple co-workers. Sorry, not salacious gossip there!

31. What is one thing that always annoys you? The rude, snotty attitude of entitlement of some people who believe the world and everyone in it "owes" them for whatever reason.

32. Do you believe in a higher being? I believe in the one true God, our creator.

33. Have you ever fallen in love with a neighbor? No.

34. Any plans for this weekend? Not yet, but I'd really like to go to the beach for at least a day.

35. Would you like to rule your country, if you could? Lord, no! That's gotta be the shittiest job on the planet! And, no one would want me to be dictator of this country anyway!

36. Do you like watching films about the nature of animals? I've been a fan of nature shows since I was a child watching Marlin Perkins on  Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, and Jacques Cousteau on The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Resently I loved the films March of the Penguins, Planet Earth and The Frozen Planet.

37. What's the difference between lust and/or lust? Is this a trick question??

38. Do you have a soul? I'm a human being created by God, so of course I do. That's a stupid question.

39. One best friend or many good friends? I have a great many good, amazing, awesome and wonderful friends.

40. Do you believe in spontaneous combustion? Ask me that a couple days ago, and I would've said, no, but this past weekend I had an amazingly spicy salsa (which was erroneously labelled MILD) and was pretty sure I was about to burst into flames!

Stealing a New Meme

I saw this new meme blog, Sunday Stealing, on my friend Bozoette Mary's blog, and decided to, well, steal it from her. I'm a couple days late, but decided to play along anyway:

1. Have you ever peed your pants as an adult?  Thankfully, no!

2. Who do you have a celebrity crush on now?  Currently madly in love wtih Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory.

3. Would you date someone you met online? I have in the past, but I probably would not do so now.

4. Do you wear underwear always? Oh, yes, always, everyday!

5. Do you hate yourself at times? I hate myself pretty much all the time.

7. Do you like dirty movies?  No, they're disgusting and degrading to women.

8. Could you believe Josha Ledet was voted off Idol?  NO!! WTF, right??? He was supposed to win the whole thing!

9. When was the last time that you bought a car? November 12, 2002, when I bought my Toyota Echo, named Misty Storm.

10. Have you ever been camping? Yes, when I was young. I always really enjoyed it.

11. How many times a day do you go on facebook? Don't know an exact count, but I check in several times a day.

12. What was the last movie you saw in a theater? Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part One

 
13. Have you ever worried that you'd cut off a limb? A whole limb? No. Fingers and/or toes, yeah, probably.

14. Where did you get your last email from?  Someone at work.

15. Favorite website? Not Always Right - takes me back to my retail days!!

16. Are you down with ghetto? No, thank you.

17. Will the world end in fire or ice? Probably fire, because I'm pretty sure we're going to just blow ourselves up.

18. Do you believe in the afterlife? Yes.

 
19. Would you be upset if facebook stopped working? Probably at first, but then I'll get over it and move on with my life.

20. How did you start your blog? I started it as an offshoot of my olj (self-portrait), and it was so much easier to deal with , so I closed my journal and stuck with the blog.

Untill next time ... cheers!

To the Guy Who Recently Called My Writing Style "Immature" ...

I write like
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I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

... Bite me!

Wishful Wednesdays: More Penelope, Please!

 

When I was a child in the 70s, I received a children's book called Penelope Goes to the Farmer's Market by Shirley Jean Boccaccio as a gift. (I believe it was from my Aunt-by-marriage Cathy (who is no longer my aunt, but last I heard is an attorney living in Seattle) but I honestly don't recall) It's a charming little book with photographs combined with illustrations and hand-written text. It's touted as a "feminist book for children", but at the time I didn't understand what "feminist" meant and just enjoyed the story of Penelope and her brother (who's name I think is Peter, but don't quote me on that) who live with a salamander named Sally. They were poor; so poor in fact that they couldn't afford to buy food, so they came up with the brilliant idea to ...

... well, I don't want to give away the story in case someone else wants to hunt down this book! Anyway, I was doing some random searches on the internet and discovered that Ms Boccaccio wrote and illustrated two other Penelope books: Penelope and the Mussels and Penelope and the Earth. Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway) I WANT THESE BOOKS! Finding them, however, is proving difficult, but hunting down favourite books from childhood to complete our personal library is all part of the fun, right?

Friday Finds

This week's finds are: Prophesy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink (found at Ecclectic Book Lover who is also hosting a giveaway contest for this book), Dark Destiny: The Sleeping Beauty Story Your Mother Never Told You by Kim Hackenberger and Melody Lowe (found at Jaime's blog), and Wake by Lisa McMann (I can't remember where I saw this one). They all sound really interesting, and I just might have to wander down to B&N at lunchtime today and see if I can find any of these. I still have $7.00 on a gift card to use and it's starting to burn a hole in my wallet!

P.S. I don't know why the pictures are lining up properly. Sorry.

Booking Through Thursday

This week at Booking Through Thursday we're asked: Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date)

• Reading something frivolous? Or something serious? Frivolous.
• Paperbacks? Or hardcovers? Paperback.
• Fiction? Or Nonfiction? Fiction.
• Poetry? Or Prose? Prose.
• Biographies? Or Autobiographies? Autobiographies.
• History? Or Historical Fiction? Historical Fiction.
• Series? Or Stand-alones? Series.
• Classics? Or best-sellers? Best sellers.
• Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose? Lurid, fruity prose.
• Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness? Plots.
• Long books? Or Short? Short.
• Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated? Illustrated.
• Borrowed? Or Owned? Owned.
• New? Or Used? New.

I found it hard to stick to "quick answers" as I wanted to elaborate on my responses!

Cover Attractions: Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors

I grabbed this book off the shelf simply because of the cover. I loved the contrast between the proper, Elizabethan attire, and the modern-day sunglasses stuffed down the front of the gown and the big, pink bubble the girl was blowing. After reading the blurb I knew I had to buy it (and I have read and enjoyed it), but I never would’ve picked it up if the cover hadn’t been so cool!

Friday Finds

 
Friday Finds is sponsored by MisB at Should be Reading. This week I have four finds to share:

 

I bought first place 4 health by Carole Lewis some time ago, set it on my bedside table and have basically been ingoring it ever since, but after getting my blood test results back, I think I really need to open it up and read it so I can get myself back in shape! Diet and fitness is also the point of The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron, which I just picked up at the bookstore today. I read about it on a blog I no longer visit very often becuause it is way too negative and angry for my taste. Anyway, before I stopped reading it, I caught a post about the book (they didn't like it, no siree, bob, they did not! one commenter even went so far as to call it "evil"! harsh!) and while the commenters were slamming it into the ground like a rotton tomato, I found it intriguing, and I'm excited to start reading it. The last book (which is actually in the middle) is The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester, and is the story of how the Oxford English Dictionary came to be. One of my co-workers read it and said it was really good, so maybe after I'm done reading all the books I've purchased recently, I'll borrow it from her and check it out.

Cheers, and happy Friday!

Teaser Tuesday: B is for Beer by Tom Robbins

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

4. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

5. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser this week comes from B is for Beer by Tom Robbins. I can't believe I'm following up the brilliant Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin for this, but since it's the book I shoved in my backpack last night, I guess I'm stuck with it.

 

From page 12: Gracie turned toward Uncle Moe, who grinned and beckoned her over, as she had suspected he might. Uncle Moe extended his can - and just like that, behind her daddy's back, little Gracie Perkel took her first sip of beer.