I got this off Florida Sun blog..

What is your current obsession? oh where to start! hmm I guess just plant tycoon!


Weirdest obsession? Rafael Sabatini novels


What are you wearing today? jeans and a tank top and ratty jeans


What's for dinner? mom is making sausage soup


What would you eat for your last meal?liz made pasta green beans black olives and zesty italian dressing stuff


What's the last thing you bought? umm chips, corn flakes and chocolate



What are you listening to right now? liz washing her hands

What do you think of the person who tagged you? technically no one tagged me


If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished, anywhere in the world, where would it be? hmmm anywhere? near here I guess

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Paris


What language do you want to learn? Italian


What is your favorite color? I love browns, blues, greens and oranges... and black


Favorite quote (for now)? "From childhood's hour I have not been as others were"


What is your favorite piece of clothing in your wardrobe? I have this baby blue suny cobleskill hoodie soft and warm!


Dream job? digging and maybe teaching


Describe your personal style cheap and easy


What is your favorite tree? uuuh dead ones.. fire wood! hot water! clean hair!


What are you going to do after this? hmm prolly read something play on facebook chat w/ friends


Favorite fruit? strawberries and grapes. watermellon bananas


What inspires you? a lot of things


What are your favorite books? vampire books not including Twilight which is garbage and romances.


What are you currently reading? Maggie Shayne's The Texas Brands


Go to your bookshelf, take down the first book with a red spine you see, turn to page 26 and type out the first sentence. Archaeological field work in the Maya area tends to be more grueling than dangerous these days. NGS The Mysterious Maya (I have two copies)


What delighted you the most today? mom paying for my pony's mani/pedi


By what criteria do you judge a person? hmmm


Are you artistic or crafty? crafty I guess

a reader profile meme

from mattviews a book meme

1. What author do you own the most books by?

Probably Christine Feehan. "vampire"/paranormal romance writer. my cousin has those books and if I don't get them back soon. Some one is going to get hurt. With those ten or 15 books out of my collection, Sabatini, I have The Sea Hawk, Scaramouche, Captain Blood, a copy of The Fortunes of Captain Blood and The Lion Skin. also there are so many more by him that I want soooo badly next comes Bruce Coville and Tamora Pierce

2. What book do you own the most copies of?

sadly The Wind in the Willows, I fell in love with Badger as a very small child watching the animated movie of this (which we have somewhere) and then at 17 I got myself an old copy of this and another book by the same man. I read it and loved it. Then my mom gave me her two or three copies, then my grandmother got these adorable little egg figurines with the River Rat, Mole, Toad and Badger in them. She lost Badger but gave the others to my older sister (doesn't like Wind in the Willows) so she passed them to me for my birthday. Then grandma found Badger and was going to give it to sister. Was forced to admit she had given them to me. So I got Badger. (I LOVE BADGER). Then grandma gave me wonderful, complete with box, which is now hidden where only I can find it, copy with the most amazing illustrations copy.... I have lots of copies of The Wind in The Willows.

3. Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?

ummm with what? and why do I care about grammer?

4. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?

Snape from Harry Potter. *sorry* Alberich from Take a Thief, Numair (not sure I spelled that right) from The Realms of the Gods, Nimrod from Children of the Lamp, I could go on but it's already a long list wait none of those are "secret"

5. What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children)?

hmm probably... I really don't know... I read most books more than once so it's hard to narrow down to one that's been read the most

6. What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?

at ten? I think Into The Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville

7. What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?

Ingo

8. What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?

Dark Whispers Bruce Coville I can't wait for the next and probably last book in this series who doesn't love Cara and the Dimblethum?

9. If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?

hmm I don't know. I much prefer to recommend based on an individuals preferance in books, but probably something by Sabatini

10. Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?

I don't know

11. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?

I hate it when books are made into movies so let them make the rest of the terrible Twilight series, which is by the way an insult to books everywhere

12. What book would you least like to see made into a movie?

anybook I really like

13. What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult?

"lowbrow"? I don't understand.

14. What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?

The Lion Skin, I couldn't follow it at all

15. Roth or Updike? David Sedaris or Dave Eggers? Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Austen or Eliot?

don't know them, again don't know them, Chaucer, who?

The Bookshelf Meme

From B. Fish Reads


The Rules
1. Tag 3-5 people, so the fun keeps going!
2. Leave a comment at the original post at A Striped Armchair, so that Eva can collect everyone’s answers.
3. If you leave a comment and link back to Eva as the meme’s creator, she will enter you in a book giveaway contest! She has a whole shelf devoted to giveaway books that you’ll be able to choose from, or a bookmooch point if you prefer.
4. Remember that this is all about enjoying books as physical objects, so feel free to describe the exact book you’re talking about, down to that warping from being dropped in the bath water…
5. Make the meme more fun with visuals! Covers of the specific edition you’re talking about, photos of your bookshelves, et

Backlink to Meme's Creator at A Striped Armchair




# The book that's been on my shelf the longest: I think that would be well there's always been a copy of Anne of Green Gables whether a Children's Abridged Version given to me by my grandma. Or one of the many copies I've destroyed over the years..



# A book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time, etc.): This is even harder than the first. I suppose Mitch Ablom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven it always makes me think of the older brother who gave it to me (again Scott thanks for the crow). Or Fannie Flagg's Can't Wait to get to Heaven, for some reason the little old lady in it makes me think of my grandma Peggy (died in 2001) No idea why just does.



# A book you acquired in some interesting way (gift, serendipity in a used bookstore, prize, etc.): I think that would be Sabatini's Scaramouche. I'd kind of been wanting to read it (older readers know I'm obsessed with his books) I haven't read it yet but after I manage to get my hand on the three books that will be my first three books of '09. I've re-read a couple but even though I'm doing that one Review All Challenge I'm not reviewing R rated books. Doing so would make me uncomfortable. And what with deciphering The Matrix trilogy (still can't decide if Neo died or not) I haven't finished a single new book yet.. And it's the sixth!!!



# A book that’s been with you to the most places: Hmmm sadly that's probably the Digging for the Truth book by Josh Bernstein... Hey the cover is portable eye candy!!!



# The most recent addition to your shelves: That would be The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin, mom found her copy and thought I might like it I'm not even done with the first chapter but so far I really like it!.



# A bonus book that you want to talk about but doesn’t fit into the other questions: Dirt Cheap... Sort of fit the most interesting way gotten one, went to a lecture by the author got myself a copy a few months later.

Christmas Meme from Holly and Breathless...

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
I am OCD positive. I wrap then put in really pretty gift bags... I CRAZY!!!

2. Real tree or Artificial?
Real. Used to have a fake one but Al wanted a real one so the past few years.

3. When do you put up the tree?
Day after Turkey Day

4. When do you take the tree down?
When mom says "get that thing out of my house"

5. Do you like eggnog?
Love it and if I can get cinnamon chips again this year I'm going to make eggnog/cinnamon chip cupcakes yumyum

6. Favourite gift received as a child?
I'll count "child" as under 18. And as such either the all in one of The Chronicles of Narnia or The Lord of the Rings 3 in 1

7. Hardest person to buy for?
Scott. He don;t like cookies so he gets scones and his wife Jen met her for all of one second at her wedding

8. Easiest person to buy for?
Mom scones she loves them

9. Do you have a nativity scene?
Yes Great Grandmas

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?
Mom does mail cards I don't do cards for anyone but Scott and him only sometimes.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
let's just put it this way. i loved the people who gave them to me.

12. Favourite Christmas Movie?
The Santa Clause

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
This year I didn't. I is baking.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Probably

15. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas?
cookies

16. Lights on the tree?
No might catch fire

17. Favourite Xmas song?
Winter Wonderland

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
stay home

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?
No. And I really don't want to

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?
Angel Dad's from a long time ago

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
morning after milking

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
Christmas songs that I hate like that Shoe song my mom's dying I think I'll buy her shoes to wear in the afterlife sick perverted nasty song

23. Favourite ornament theme or colour?
Ornament: does the donkey in the Nativity count?

24. Favourite memory of Christmas?
the year we watched "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" while I was starting to read it. Then a few days later went to see "The Two Towers"

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
"The Complete Series of The 4400". I think I almost got mom convinced but not sure... Sadly....

Booking Through Thursday from Breathless Mind

Are you a spine breaker? Or a dog-earer? Do you expect to keep your books in pristine condition even after you have read them? Does watching other readers bend the cover all the way round make you flinch or squeal in pain?

Oh, golly. I break spines, dog-ear. Very few of my books are even in decent condition. Books that I get out of the library read then later buy myself a copy, those are in good shape.

My Unicorn Chronicles are in great shape, as is my copy of the Sea Hawk, and Captain Blood, also Exile's Honor.

While my Take a Thief has finally very nearly bite the dust. My copy of To Kill a Mockingbird did bit the dust as did many others (my first copy of The Wind in the Willows, hey it was one of those children's pop up things? read the parts with Badger 'til they fell to bits. I love badger.)

Bending books all the way 'round? Yeah, I do that too. Books are meant to be enjoyed. As long as you don't have to return them to someone!

also list of top books over the last however long it was...

a meme for tuesday

What was the last book you bought?

C.L. Wilson's King of Sword and Sky as a late b-day gift

Name a book you have read MORE than once.

I've read Take A Thief a million times

Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life? If yes, what was it?

That's a hard one a lot of books have changed my life.

How do you choose a book? e.g. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews?

Series, author, genre, blurb, recommendation etc

Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction?

Fiction.

What's more important in a novel - beautiful writing or a gripping plot?

Either.

Most loved/memorable character?

Snape, love him. Sakr-El-Bahr, Sea Hawk, love the book

Which book or books can be found on your nightstand at the moment?

some romances

What was the last book you read?

An Ice Cold Grave- Charlaine Harris

Have you ever given up on a book halfway in?

yes. The Inferno.

Booking Through Thursday also compliments of Breathless Mind

What was the most unusual (for you) book you ever read? Either because the book itself was completely from out in left field somewhere, or was a genre you never read, or was the only book available on a long flight… whatever? What (not counting school textbooks, though literature read for classes counts) was furthest outside your usual comfort zone/familiar territory?
And, did you like it? Did it stretch your boundaries? Did you shut it with a shudder the instant you were done? Did it make you think? Have nightmares? Kick off a new obsession?


Like Breathless I think I'll give multiple answers.


The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom My older brother Scott, aka NY-something-fan, gave me this for Christmas years ago. Originally, I had no plans to read it. Why? I have nothing in common with Scott. Despite thinking he is one of the coolest people to walk the face of the Earth, well at least since Sabatini. Also I'd heard about it and had seen the movie, which by the way I also love. Normally seeing a movie wouldn't turn me off reading a book but would rather cause me to read it. In this case I didn't want to spoil the movie. Scott has a bad habit of making me eat crow about books. I've read every Albom book he's ever given me and loved them. Drat it.

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. The link is actually to the Wikipedia for Pausch but... This also came from Scott and was really good. Not that I was surprised or anything (Scott has pretty good taste in books) but it is still way outside my normal Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Romance and Classics love affair with books. It's really well written and a wonderful tale of what a father wants his children to know when he knows he won't be able to tell them himself. (Dude who wrote it died of cancer).
By the way Scott, I will get it back to you if Liz ever actually reads it (She probably won't).

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg again post forth coming as soon as we finish reading it for class (first seven chapters assigned over weekend). Wonderful story. Way out of my comfort zone. I'm a very accepting person but I don't particularly want to know. If you understand where I'm coming from? This is a yeah now you know kind of book. It was a kind of scary read for me. I'm very much not the sort of person who likes to read about the horrible things done to people. Unless it's a complete fabrication (vampires, sadly, probably do not actually exist despite my belief in them) this book is based very loosely on things that happened to the author. The people are fabricated but based on real things, I'm not saying that how I want to but I think you get what I'm saying. It's based on stuff that was really done to gays/lesbians and transgenders. Very enlightening book. But the professor is a psychopath.

Dante's Inferno Reading it because I want to. It's poetry, epic poetry. Until this the only epic poetry I'd been exposed to (sounds traumatic, it is!) was Mom reading us part of Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha which I also plan to read at some point. Not anytime soon. So far the Inferno has kind of traumatized me. I'm very religious. There is a God. He is my God. He doesn't have to be your God. But this is something I heard on Numb3rs last week, I'm not putting it in quote form because I can't find it but here goes, In believing in Him you risk nothing. If He isn't there you have made your time more peaceful, and you won't know he isn't. If He is by not believing what have you lost? That struck me has nothing to do with the Inferno but maybe tomorrow I'll do a post on what that statement made me think of. Probably not but you never know. (BTW nothing against Athiests, I have the utmost respect for anyone who doesn't need to believe there's something more).
Back to the Inferno. One of the most horrific circles of Hell for me was the one for non-believers and people who believed in other religions. The first circle Baptismal Sins. While I firmly believe in God in the Judeo/Christian model, I have no difficulty with more than one God or other religions. Heck as long as you're worshipping something I figure God will take it as a form of faith. I also believe God gives us more room than most Churches and religious leaders would like him to. God created us right? He made us how He wanted us to be. My faith is a very big reason why I have no problems with homosexuality, bisexuality, different religions and every other thing known to man. I have faith that God made each of us how He wanted us to be. And as God makes no mistakes and gives us no more than He thinks we can handle (though sometimes we wish He had less faith in us {yes I got that from somewhere but I don't know where, sorry}). So the absolute rigidity of the Circles, not only terrified me and caused some questions about my faith (they have been resolved) it was a little weird to realize how far some Faiths have come since the Middle Ages. Also just how different our society is. Many of the things called "sins" by Dante's time are of little concern today.
The Inferno is from around 1308. I'm reading it 700 years after it's shall we say original air date.
The irony was until I just now did the math this was lost on me. This is the anniversary year. What will the 1400 year moment look like? How will out world have changed? Will anyone know who Dante was? Will anyone remember who our great authors were? Which books will be being read by girls like me who enjoy reading things that shock and scare them? Will my religion still be around or will it be religated to myth like the Greek and Roman gods and godesses of old?
The Inferno and the questions it's caused me to ask myself may not have changed my world but maybe they've changed me a bit. I don't know. Maybe I was changing any way. But I like to think it's making my faith in my God a little stronger. Unlike some religion is very important to my mental health. Without it I don't want to know what I might become.
Kind of scary how everything I post about Dante becomes a religious exercise?
And yes every time I close it, I shudder. It bothers me but somehow, I think I have to finish it.

Dante's a little hard to top but any how...

Gallow's Hill- Lois Duncan 'nough said link is to one of my own posts on this book so. I will say this one totally rewrote my religion.

seven things meme

1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share seven facts about yourself on your blog--some random, some weird.
3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

This is from Breathless Mind

1) I love books to a scary unnnatural level. (I sleep curled up next to a pile of them.)

2) I can hear perfectly songs that I like without trying. (comes in handy 'cause you can't get Chasin' Amy anywhere)

3) I'm waiting. And I'm proud of that.

4) I love my newest baby, Nick a border collie that suddenly is a very nice doggie now that he's mine

5) I still wish on stars. No luck so far.

6) Edgar Allen Poe. Love him.

7) Okay one weird one. I'm afraid of moths.

I'll only tag two people. Chantele and John. Just 'cause. I'm not putting in links 'cause y'all share blogs.

Rebecca needs... Meme

meme from Breathless...

Rebecca needs enlightenment. Hmm I thought I was rather enlightened but okay.

Rebecca needs the receipts from each chapter's recruitment chairs. huh?

Rebecca needs help. LOL no arguments there.

Rebecca needs a family. Umm Has a family. Not ready to start her own.

Rebecca needs friendship. Hmmm. Already have to be bridesmaid in one wedding so don't wanna do that more than once. Three times never a bride better to stop after one.

Rebecca needs national attention. OMG!! I'm so glad someone finally agrees with me!!!

Rebecca needs to see the incident as an indication that Karma feels unappreciated. Hmmm. Okay, the kitty getting sick was caused by Karma how? Why punish the kitty?

Rebecca needs to kiss and make up. With who? I can think of some I wouldn't mind kissing but I've never met them so....

Rebecca needs to go up a couple of sizes. LOL maybe down a couple sizes. (size 17-19 is NOT too thin)

Rebecca needs a job. Hmm I have one but if someone's offering one that plays.


google your name plus needs. pick ten good hits. repost...

Music Meme 2.0

The rules are as follows:
1. Put your mp3 player or computer music player on random.
2. Post the first four lines from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song (Skip repeat artists and any instrumentals.).
3. Post, and let your friends guess which song and artist the lines come from.
4. No Googling! Don’t cheat!

1) Boxed in feel small
4 walls closin' in again
Just like clock work
ahhhahhh

2)How can it be permissable?
She compromised my principle
Yeah Yeah
That kind of love is mythacles

3)Friday night a little town
Not much to do but ride around
And listen to the radio real loud
Hanging out cut off jeans

4)Hey step aside brother
You're blockin' my view
But let me pretend I'm talking to you
'Cause I'm lookin' at her

5)Love don't come so easily
This doesn't have to end in tragedy
I have you and you have me
We're one in a million

6)I been lookin' for a driver who is qualified
So if you think that you're the one step into my ride
I'm a fine tuned supersonic speed machine
With a sunroof top and a gangster lead

7) Well we got no choice
all the girls and boys
Made all that noise
Cause they found new toys

8) Another Monday morning
Gotta clear my head
Traffic was a nightmare
Boss is on my back

9)I tripped over your suitcase
Lying on the bedroom floor
It's usually in the attic
i think I know what it's down here for

10)Mama's still got that sequined gown that she wore in '68
She taught her early how to smile that smile and wave from the parade
It took a whole lot of years and tears for her mama to finally see
No matter how many stitches and pins that ol' dress was never gonna fit

11)Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when are donw
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

12) He can't remember the times that he thought
Does my daddy love me?
Probably not
Guesses he saw him 'bout once a year

13)Three jolly coachman
Sat in an English tavern
And they decided
To have another flagon

14) Hillbilles love it in the hay
Tractors parked out in the yard
Say you and me take it down to the barn
Pull it inside and climb to the top

15) Oh baby baby
When you called me on the phone to day
You sounded frantic when you said
"Come over right away"

16) I wear a greasy ballcap
I like my shirt untucked
I spend Saturdays working on my truck
I don't like to fight

17) I've been drivin' all night, my hand's wet on the wheel
There's a voice in my head that drives my heel
It's my baby callin', says I need you here
And it's half past four and I'm shifting gear

18) Goin' out on the town
Just a me and you
Gonna have ourselves a party
Just like we used to do

19) I met a devil woman, she took my heart away
She said I had it comin' to me, but I wanted it that way
I think that any love is good lovin'
And so I took what I could get, mmm

20) Well you can dig me up a grave
And try and stick me in the ground
Well you can tie me to the bed
And try and beat me half to death

abc meme

A. Attached or Single? single

B. Best Friend? mom, Liz, Chan

C. Cake or pie? umm depends on what kind

D. Day of choice? Friday 13th

E. Essential item? book

F. Favorite color? eh I like them all mostly black and red and orange though

G. Gummy bears or worms? RED GUMMY BEARS ROCK!!!!

H. Home town? Smalltown, Ny

F. Favorite indulgence? Lindor's Dark Chocolate Truffles

J. January or July? January, 21 next time!!!

K. Kids? NONONONO never, unless the guy is really convinced his genes will win out

L. Life isn’t complete without? friends and family, and good books and a therapist to deal w/ the friends/family

M. Marriage date? way way in future, I don't even date but I want Oct 31....

N. Number of brothers and sisters? 2 bros 1 sis

O. Oranges or Apples? tangerines

P. Phobias? mottephobia mostly

Q. Quotes? "All that is gold does not glitter, bot all who wander are lost" JRR Tolkien,
"If you can't beat 'em join 'em destroy 'em from with in" adapted personal statement stolen from Lord knows who

R. Reasons to smile? I'm still kicking

S. Season of choice? Fall

T. Turtles or octopus? turtles then frogs

U. Unknown fact about me? I'm danged proud of who I am and how *hard* I've not worked to get here

V. Vegetable? carrots

W. Worst habit? spending far too much on books

X. X-ray or Ultrasound? umm X-ray I guess

Y. Your favorite food? my mom makes this terrific impossible cheeseburger pie...

Z. Which zoo animal is your favorite? cheetahs…for their speed and beauty, then meerkats

Sesame... very funny

'nother one

1. Song that always makes you sad?
"Stay" some guy on myspace 'bout a dog...

2. Last thing you bought?
Dark Whispers- Bruce Coville

3. Last person you argued with?
my sister I think

4. Do you put jelly before putting the peanut butter on?
umm nope pb first

5. One of your stuffed animals’ names as a kid?
ummm Lovey, she was a doll (still is) but she's the only one I remember

6. Did you ever own at one time a Barenaked Ladies Cd?
not that I know of

7. Favorite day of the week?
Sunday or a day w/ a new book in it...

8. Favorite Sundae topping?
sprinkles

9. Did you take Piano lessons?
nope

10. Most frequent song played?
Back of the Bottom Drawer- Chely Wright

11. TV show you secretly enjoy?
um Dog the Bounty Hunter, aside from the racist comments (which since it was a private conversation I'm assuming he didn't know was being recorded we can't judge unless you wanted to air your dirty undies too)

12. Would you rather play basketball or hockey?
ice or field? field, watch ice 'cause can't skate too good

13. Date someone older or younger?
lol older

14. One place you could travel right now?
is imaginary okay? then Luster

15. Do you use umbrellas?
not really I wear a hoodie and an Emerson Drive ballcap

16. Do you know all the words to the Canadian national anthem?
ha I don't know the American anthem all the way through so not a chance

17. Favorite Cheese?
swiss

18. The Smith’s or the Cure?
huh?

19. Do you prefer Blondes or Brunettes?
hmmm dark hair dark eyes tall and masculine lol

20. Best job you ever had?
being a kid

21. Did you go to your high school prom?
nope hit the Sr Semi Formal Ball the next yr though

22. Perfect time to wake up?
when the new book comes in the mail.

23. Perfect time to go to bed?
when I'm sleepy

24. Do you use your queen right away in chess?
nope second pawn in on the left

25. Ever been in a car accident?
hitting a deer count

26. closer to mom or dad…or neither?
my mom

27. What age is this exciting life over for you?
lol when I graduate college

28. What decade during the 20th century would you have chosen to be a teenager?
hmm i'm good with having been a teenager when I was thabks but otherwise the '60's tons of rocking music man.

29. Favorite shoes you have EVER owned?
Red stappy wedges

30. Do you have an article of clothing you have had since you were in high school?
lots of my stuff is from hs only been two years

31. Were you in track and field?
I run as fast as a dead walrus so no.

32. Were you ever in a school talent show?
um one for chorus it ended badly

33. Have you ever written in a library book?
um dunnu probably

34. Allergic to?
something in watermelon flavored bubble gum and Hawaiian Punch

35. Favorite fruit?
dried cranberries

36. Have you watched sex and the city?
at about 3:30 am when nothing else was on

37. Baseball hat or toque?
basebball cap

38. Do you shampoo first in the shower or soap?
shampoo

39. Wet the toothbrush or brush dry with the toothpaste?
wet toothbrush

40. Pen or pencil?
pen

41. Have you ever gambled at a casino?
nope

42. Have you thrown up on a plane?
never been on a plane

43. Have you thrown up in a car?
yep

44. Have you thrown up at work?
umm yes

45. Do you scream on roller coasters?
never been on roller coaster

46. Who was your first prom date?
didn't have a date for prom or sr ball

47. Who was your first roommate?
umm my family?

48. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk for the first time?
never been "drunk"

49. First job?
working w/ animals

50. What was your first car?
a hotwheels

51. When did you go to your first funeral?
my grandpa's in'99 I think

52. How old were you when you first moved away from your hometown?
still live in hometown just a different house

53. Who was your first grade teacher?
Mrs. Deitrick

54. Where did you go on your first airplane ride?
lol see above

55. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with?
never snuck out

56. Who was your first Best Friend and are you still friends with them?
Kyle D. Not so much still know where he is but seldom talk to him

57. Where did you live the first time you moved out of your parent’s house?
still live w/ parents

58. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day?
Mommy

59. Whose wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or a groomsmen?
never been in one thank the Lord, scary dresses

60. What is the first thing you do in the morning?
roll over try to go back to sleep

61. What was the first concert you attended?
I think the Statler Brothers or the Sun Mountain Fiddler

62. First tattoo or piercing?
eventually will get ears dome possibly a tattoo of a red eyed green tree frog climbing my ankle but... not yet

3 things meme

HREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
.o1 Rebecca
.o2 Becky
.o3 Bob

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
.o1 breezey375
.o2 breezey592
.o3 *lastname*592

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
.o1 hair
.o2 eyes
.o3 ankles

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
.o1 stomach
.o2 nose
.o3 too tall

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
.o1 Irish
.o2 Scottish
.o3 German

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
.o1 Moths
.o2 the Dark
.o3 losing my parents

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
.o1 laptop
.o2 iPod
.o3 books

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING NOW:
.o1 I'm Very Good At Being Bad silk screen tee
.o2 shorts
.o3 hairtie

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:
.o1 Emerson Drive
.o2 Brett James
.o3 Jimmy Wayne

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (RIGHT NOW):
.o1 She Runs- Jimmy Wayne
.o2 If I Was Your Vampire- Marilyn Manson
.o3 Carry On My Wayward Son- Kansas

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
.o1 Fidelity
.o2 Laughter
.o3 Commitment

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
.o1 I love cows
.o2 I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan
.o3 I hate the thought of leaving

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
.o1 Dark hair/eyes
.o2 Smile
.o3 Tall (OMG I;m attracted to a stereotype)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
.o1 Reading
.o2 watching movies
.o3 playing comp games

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
.o1 sleep
.o2 have the next book in the Unicorn Chronicles (t hasn't even been written yet lol)
.o3 be cool (temp wise)

THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING/YOU’VE CONSIDERED:
.o1 Archaeologist
.o2 Minister
.o3 Writer

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
.o1 LA
.o2 Paris
.o3 Savannah

THREE NAMES YOU LIKE:
.o1 Skye
.o2 Margaret
.o3 Jonathan

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
.o1 read 20000 Leagues Under the Sea in the original French
.o2 love someone more than myself
.o3 do something crazy

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY/GIRL:
.o1 I"m a bitcch
.o2 I cry during Steel Magnolias
.o3 my purse in huge and full of stuff I won't need

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY/GIRL (OPPOSITE SEX):
.o1 I love action and Sci-Fi movies
.o2 I don't care if I'm a tad grungy
.o3 I swear, rather like a @#%#@@$ sailor

movie meme

This “not-quite-a-meme” copied from Culture Kills (click to see his list and also links to others who have done it including the originator to whom I apologize for not giving credit).

What you do is, just pick a movie you would call a favorite from every year that you’ve been alive.
1988- Rain Man
1989- George's Island
1990-Home Alone
1991-Silence of the Lamb
1992- A League of Their Own
1993- Mrs. Doubtfire
1994- The Santa Clause
1995- Casper
1996- Independence Day
1997- Men in Black
1998- Rush Hour
1999- The Mummy
2000- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001- The Mummy Returns
2002- Men in Black II
2003- Bruce Almighty
2004- National Treasure
2005- Constantine
2006- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007- PS I Love You
2008- ??? Probably going to end up being something w/ Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Book Meme

1. Who are your favorite authors? Jules Verne, Rafael Sabatini, Bruce Coville, Mercedes Lackey, Diana Palmer, C.L. Wilson, Christine Feehan etc

2. What are your favorite books? The Unicorn Chronicles- Coville, Dark Series- Feehan, Exile's Honor- Lackey, Lord of the Fading Lands- Wilson, Lawless- Palmer, Sea-Hawk Sabatini, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea- Verne

3. What kind of books do you tend to read? anything that looks good

4. Do you prefer to borrow books from the library or buy them? buy but as am poor college student most come from the library

5. Do you prefer hardcover or paperback? paperback, librarian soul feels less guilty when they fall apart, other than classics, which I prefer in hardcover... you never know what you'll find in my copy of Pollyanna, I found an old old 4 leaf clover and a clipping of the authors obit.


6. What was the last book you read? What are you reading now? last: Dark Whispers- Coville now- not have been watching tv instead

7. Do you read everyday? YESYESYES unless I'm sick and can't wake up enough to, even then ca probably manage a few pages. Books are my cure all and to me are as addictive as alcohol or cigaretted

8. On average how many books do you read per year? estimated: 500-1000 plus I can finish up to 8-9 a day if I try so..


9. Do you belong to any book clubs? um book discussion groups yes

10. Recommend a good book. hmm... Courage of Their Convictions- Irons assigned reading for a college course really cool stories of Supreme Court cases
from Chucheria

Music Meme

"So here’s my challenge: Name the five guiltiest, most embarrassing pleasures on your iPod–the songs you secretly, shamefully enjoy when no
one’s around. It should almost hurt revealing to the world that they’re in your collection."
1) If I Was Your Vampire- Marilyn Manson
2) SexyBack- Justin Timberlake
3) Shut up and Drive- Rhianna
4) I Put A Spell on You- Marilyn Manson
5) Blue and Brown- Jimmy Wayne

from breathless

1. Doctor Who has lent you the Tardis for one day-trip. You can spend one day in any time from the Big Bang to the present day. Where and when will you go?

I would go back to when Teotihuacan was the biggest and only real city in the new world and snoop around a bit


2. Keeping in mind that you’re not allowed to mess up history, what will you grab as a souvenir?

a guinea pig, they eat them in South/Central America and I really want one for a pet

3. Same situation, only this time you can go forward in time. If you could visit one date in the future, what date would you pick? Again, you're not allowed to mess with the timeline - no checking out next week's Lotto numbers!

I wouldn't go. don't want to know how bad we screw up our kids will tell us.

4. Mozart (or your own choice of ye olde composer) has, as a result of bizarre fluctuation in space-time, been transported into your lounge for the next 5 minutes. What piece of modern music will you play for him?

Emerson Drive's Lucky Man, just because I love that song



5. You have figured out how to duplicate the bizarre fluctuation the day before your birthday, but now it will only work for famous writers. Which long-dead author will you invite to your party?

Rafael Sabatini just so I could tell him how much I loved The Sea-Hawk and Captain Blood
if he was busy Jules Verne, because I loved 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Actually I'd have to flip a coin a bunch of times because I'd also love to see Jean Webster of Daddy-Long-Legs as well as Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) and Elizabeth Hamilton Friermood (Circus Sequins) oooohhh or H. Rider Haggard of King Solomon's Mines sooo many more can't I just do a mass transpo and get them all?

SciFi meme from Breathless Mind

From Breathless Mind
Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror? I like it all...

Hardback or Trade Paperback or Mass Market Paperback? Mass Market paperback when available

Heinlein or Asimov?dunnu never heard of them

Amazon or Brick and Mortar? Amazon

Barnes & Noble or Borders? Catnap Books.. hardly ever get to major bookstores

Hitchhiker or Discworld?never heard of them

Bookmark or Dogear? bookmark when i remember mostly dogear

Magazine: eh

Science Fiction or Fantasy & Science Fiction?what.

Alphabetize by author Alphabetize by title or random? mostly by genre then as far as books by series pub. date

Keep, Throw Away or Sell? keep unless really bad

Year's Best Science Fiction series (edited by Gardner Dozois) or Years Best SF series (edited by David G. Hartwell)?never read them

Keep dustjacket or toss it? Keep.

Read with dustjacket or remove it? Remove.

Short story or novel?novel

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket? neither Snape died Snicket was terrible.

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks? when fall asleep, hoping to remember not to sleep on book so as not to drool on pages

"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"? ohhh how to choose? definately dark and stormy night, creepier connotation

Buy or Borrow? BUY to the point that Iam always broke!!!

Buying choice: Book Reviews, Recommendation or Browse? Browse or author recognition

Lewis or Tolkien? They're just about tied, I love the Chronicles of Narnia enough to read them over and over again and have multiple copies Tolkien is great as far as the Hobbit wasn't too crazy about LOTR but I did love the movies.

Hard SF or Space Opera? hard scifi

Collection (short stories by the same author) or Anthology (short stories by different authors)? Iislike short stories with a passion

Hugo or Nebula?awards matter little, they're not the true judge of books

.Golden Age SF or New Wave SF? eh

Tidy ending or Cliffhanger?if there's a possiblity of another book cliff hanger, but I'll prolly figure it out

Morning reading, Afternoon reading or Nighttime reading?all times

Standalone or Series?either depending on the quality

Urban fantasy or high fantasy?high fantasy

New or used?doesn't matter although used I feel less guilty about destroying

Favorite book of which nobody else has heard? does it have to be scifi?

Top X favorite genre books read last year?
umm didn't read too many busy...

X favorite genre series? (Where X is 5 or less)
1)Vladmar
2)Dark is Rising
Top X favorite genre short stories? (Where X is 5 or less)see above comment on short stories

meme

Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
Open the book to page 123.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the next three sentences..
Tag five people.*

The Emperor Mage- Tamora Pierce
"Who did Numair hit?"
Daine related what she had seen. When she was done, Alanna cursed under her breath. "You're right to be upset. I can't believe he was so foolish."
tagged by Mrs. Mecomber
*I choose not to tag if you wish to do the meme feel free