Memes - stuff about me
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Spookiness
Faith tagged me with telling a ghost story so I am obliging.
A few years ago, we had our company party at the Hotel Del. (For those of you not familiar, the Hotel Del is an old Victorian hotel in Coronado.) My date and I got a room there and hosted a cool pre/during/after party. We were in the old part of the hotel in this weird section where there were only two rooms. It was cool though because past our walk-in closet, there was like a dressing room with a chest of drawers and a huge mirror which we used as the bar. In any case, we were all trashed and ordered room service and the person who delivered our room service told us that the haunted room was just down the hallway and around the corner. So we go down the hallway and there is a single white rose that is strewn across the floor. Weird. We go down to where the room was and nothing going on, so we ended up back in our room and eventually everyone left and we went to bed.
So I am pretty plastered and I was trying to sleep and I had this dream about some chick, dressed in a black Victorian dress and she was asking me if I wanted to hear her story. I told her that I didn’t and I just wanted to go to sleep, but she kept showing up in my dreams all night. I didn’t think anything of it until the next day when we were in the gift shop looking at a book about the hotel and one of the ghosts that were supposed to haunt it. The depiction of the ghost in the book was eerily similar to the woman in my dream – a woman wearing a black Victorian dress. And her story? She was meeting her lover at the hotel. But he never showed up. They ended up finding her body near on the beach. So yeah. A ghost in my dreams. Pretty spooky.
Oh and I guess we are supposed to explain what happened logically? Alcohol + over-active imagination = ghost in your dream.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Four Things
I never do these anymore, but Joelle did it and there’s nothing on TV so here goes.
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1) Banker
2) Teacher’s Assistant
3) Office Manager
4) Empire Builder
Movies I could watch over and over:
1) Joy Luck Club
2) Clueless
3) Pulp Fiction
4) Independence Day
Four places I have lived:
1) Groton, CT
2) Philadelphia, PA
3) Mayport, FL
4) Vallejo, CA
Four things I did this weekend:
1) Laundry
2) Packed for my trip to Dallas/KC
3) Flew to Dallas
4) Worked (I had a boring weekend…sorry)
Four places I have been on vacation:
1) NYC
2) New Orleans
3) Hawaii
4) Seaside OR
Four of my favorite foods:
1) bacon
2) chocolate
3) nutella crepes
4) a burger or steak in TX (they taste different here, I swear!)
Four places I would rather be or go:
1) I’d rather be anywhere but here…..kidding. Fiji!!!
2) London
3) Paris
4) Espana
What are your favorite activities?
1) singing
2) going to shows
3) shopping
4) checking out new restaurants
Your favorite non-alcoholic drinks?
1] cherry coke zero
2] Pellegrino
3] Vietnamese coffee
4] Taro boba
Your favorite alcoholic beverages?
1] SoCo
2] Jager
3] Absolut Mandrin
4] Any one of these beers: Stella/Shiner/Peroni/Sapporo/Fat Tire
Favorite scent/smells?
1] freshly baked cookies
2] tuber rose
3] clean laundry
4] sweaty punk rock boys
Favorite colors?
1] black
2] pink
3] purple
4] brown
Favorite Flower?
1] calla lily
2] tuber rose
3] orchids
4] tulips
Favorite TV shows?
1] The Closer
2] Entourage
3] Iron Chef
4] Sportscenter
4 Hopes for the future?
1] more travel for fun (as opposed to travel for work)
2] go on tour with a band
3] to work out enough of my issues to not have to go to therapy on a regular basis
4] culinary school
4 bad habits?
1] chick-fil-a
2] too much jager
3] show whore
4] ripping my fingernails off when they are chipped
Hottest profession of opposite sex?
1] rock star
2] see above
3] see above
4] see above
Yeah. I need to back away from the keyboard and do something else tonight. Bu-bye.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
3 Years of the Rawk: Day Six
I did this meme about my current six a couple of years ago.
Here’s what it looks like today:
The Faint - Southern Belles in London Sing
I’ve been on a Faint kick for about three weeks now with no end in sight.
Dean and Britta - Singer Sing
I get happy every time I hear this.
Paramore - Hallelujah
I’m all about the chick fronted pop punk.
White Stripes - Conquest
This is such a great song. It’s a cover and there is some serious mariachi music going on with it.
Illinois - Bad Day
This is just fun.
Straylight Run - Existentialism on Prom Night
I’m on a huge Straylight Run kick since seeing them a few weeks ago. This is the song that started it all.
P.S Bonus track in the listen section...still on my Menomena high from the show in Dallas last week.
P.P.S. Songs from the original post, yo.
P.P.S. Halfway through...any suggestions for what to post for the next few days????
Monday, December 18, 2006
Because I Said I Would
Another meme to do. Well, I guess it’s sort of a reverse meme since you are supposed to do this for me. In any case, I dutifully filled this out on Lushy’s blog and you guys can have at it now. Answer in comments or and the best response to #10 will warrant some sort of prize (I’m trying to entice you guys to do this. Cookies, cocktails, other stuff? You name it, I will take care of you!)
1.Your Name:Your url:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of the blogosphere?
10. What’s your philosophy on life?
11. Would you have my back in a fight?
12. What’s one thing you always wanted to tell me?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. Would you give me a kidney?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. Have you ever had a fantasy about me?
17. Do you have a picture of the two of us?
18. How did we meet?
19. Have you ever been to my house?
20. Do you think I’m a good person?
21. Would you drive across country with me?
22. Do you think I’m attractive?
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?
26. Would you go on a date with me if i asked you?
27. When is the next time we will see each other?
28. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?
Saturday, December 16, 2006
2006 Review
At work. Quiet. Done with all the things I need to do. Can’t leave until 4. Meme time.
1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before? Set foot in 5 states in 3 days (CA, PA, ME, GA, NM)
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? not a resolutions type of girl
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes, one of my best friends had a baby in August.
4. Did anyone close to you die? No.
5. What countries did you visit? No foreign travel, but I was all over domestically.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? A Smashing Pumpkins show.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 11/11. Easy to remember, very cool night.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Visiting with Patrick without having a meltdown.
9. What was your biggest failure? Not heading back to the gym like I promised myself I would.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing beyond the normal cough cough here and there.
11. What was the best thing you bought? I'm really liking my new yakpak razor purse.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? I'm saying me because I'm usually a head case and I've been pretty good this year.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? I can't say that there was anyone that did that to me this year.
14. Where did most of your money go? Same as last year - shoes, shows, and cds.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Seeing Patrick. Going to Maui.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006? That's tough. I have been living with the 60 odd songs on my Super Fantastic Mix for a long time. I can at least narrow it down to three: The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy!, The Lashes - Please Please Please, and Johnny Cash - If You Could Read My Mind.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? I'll say fatter, but it's probably a push. DAMN IT!
c) richer or poorer? richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Relaxing. It seems like I never get a day off.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? I seriously need to lay off the jager.
20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
I have no idea yet. I guess it depends on how the next two weeks shake out.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006? I don't think so.
22. How many one-night stands? I was only with one person the entire year. Such an adult I was.
23. What was your favorite TV program? Gilmore Girls
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Absolutely not.
25. What was the best book you read? generation x by douglas coupland
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Silversun Pickups, La Rocca (Dangerbird records represent! I wanted to type reprazent but that's so not me.)
27. What did you want and get? Laid, thank god!
28. What did you want and not get? A clear view on the top of Haleakala
29. What was your favorite film of this year? The Departed. Please give Mr. Scorcese his Oscar now.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? My birthday is in two weeks. I will be 34.
31.What one thing made your year measurably more satisfying? being able to travel all over the country.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? black is the new black.
33. What kept you sane? Therapy.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Brangelina
35. What political issue stirred you the most? The mid-term elections and the potential for more voter fraud
36. Who did you miss? Usually, Patrick would be the answer here. But I saw him this summer and we're closer than ever (except for that pesky he lives in Norway issue.)
37. Who was the best new person you met? That would have to be my local music bloggers in crime - Cat Dirt and Rosey. Oh and Ben Lashes. Damn I love me some Ben Lashes.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006. When there is bad weather coming, get the hell out of the midwest sooner rather than later.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
This is hard. First I thought some Silversun Pickups....Kissing Families:
well someone said i made a mistake
kept looking forward on paths sideways
it's everything that is connected and beautiful
and now i know just where i stand
seasons always shift too late
spent too much time now on paths sideways
everything that is connected and beautiful
and now i know just where i stand
thank god it's over....
and then some Taking Back Sunday...Divine Intervention....
Yeah, we're stubborn and melodramatic,
A real class act.
You see, I know a few of your favorite things.
Five in the morning and all comes out pouring,
Love, out the same way in.
Something real, make it timeless,
An act of God and nothing less will be accepted.
Now if you're calling me out,
Then count me out.
The SSPU lyrics are more philosophical and the TBS lyrics are more like a few situations I dealt with this year. But I guess if I really had to think about lyrics that sum up the year, it would be some Rise Against...Give It All...
Breathe (breathe), the air we give (give), the life we live (live),
Our voices racing distances (breathe),
So wet my tongue (give), break into song (live),
through seas of competition
So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice,
It's not what we had in our minds,
I'm coming home tonight, home tonight
We give it all, this is the reason why I sing,
So give it all, and it's these reasons that belong to me
Today I offer all myself to this, I'm living for my dying wish,
I give it all, now there's a reason, there's a reason, to give it all.
« rawk off
Saturday, August 12, 2006
A Meme I Haven’t Seen Before!
I stole this from Ms. Sizzle, who I really should read more often.
last thing you burned while cooking?
I couldn’t tell you, it’s been a looooong time.
describe yourself in 3 words?
neurotic. needing therapy.
how long does it take you to get ready for your day?
10 minutes if I am in a rush (most days). but I really like to have 20.
are you a health freak?
Not so much. When I am focused on it, I eat pretty healthy.
how many people have thought you were the one?
Zero.
what turns you off about the opposite sex?
Men who are cheap.
what kind of car do you drive?
2004 Charcoal Grey Impala
favourite thing to toast to?
birthdays
what celebrity would you have coffee with?
brangelina
what celebrity would you not have sex with?
most of them
what is the main ringtone on your cell?
it vibrates then rings. If it gets to ringing, right now it is ataris – in this diary for anyone who I haven’t assigned a ringtone to.
what were you doing at midnight last night?
Internet and watching food network
last tv show you watched?
Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels – NYC edition
who is your best friend?
I always say Patrick by default since I have been saying that since I was 18.
who in your family do you get along with?
most of the time, all of them but my older sister
what is your top 5 hollywood hottie list?
John Cusack, Brad Pitt, Adrian Grenier, Chris Noth, Hugh Jackman
who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?
trouble
when/where was the last place you traveled?
Portland OR at the end of June
how many times have you been in love?
At least 3 times.
how old will you be in 10 years?
43
what did the last text message you received on your cell say?
Tomorrow noon to 3
(I delete messages frequently…this was from travis from last week…he was telling me when he was on air next.)
what is a saying you say a lot?
dude.
sinful snacking weakness?
right now it is dark chocolate hershey miniatures (dark chocolate mr. goodbars and krackels? Hell yeah.)
best clothing style?
cool tees, jeans and rad shoes
ever run out of gas?
once on my 20th birthday.
ever been to europe?
no
worst date ever?
I don’t go on dates.
personal records?
just tax records for the last 10 years. In my safety deposit box.
what would you do if you could be the opposite sex for a day?
get a blow job.
total jail time?
does a holding cell count? If it does, a couple of hours. (I was never booked or charged with anything.)
have a crush on anyone you work with?
nope.
in your cd player right now?
A burned cd – Rise Against at the Troub concert echo
what is something you believe in?
my ability to screw up my life.
what is something you fear?
falling in love and screwing it up
big or small?
It’s how you use it.
worst physical pain you ever experienced?
gall stones before it was diagnosed
tell us something about your childhood?
I was happiest when we lived on the east coast from when I was 4 until I was 9.
best time to catch you in a good mood?
late night…around 10pm is usually good.
if you could be anything for a day, what would it be?
Rawkstar!!!
most prized possession?
I don’t have anything that I really “prize”
would you ever sell it?
sell what?
what is one of your pet peeves?
people who can’t park.
favourite actor/actress
uma thurman
what song are you listening to right now?
The lashes – sometimes the sun
if you could sucker punch someone right now who would it be?
no one in particular is pissing me off enough to want to resort to physical violence
any secrets?
my life is an open book. Not.
unhealthy addictions?
coke zero. Jagermeister. (not together necessarily, but they work together as well.)
unhealthy fascinations?
internet boyfriend?
favourite sexual position?
there are too many factors to pick one. It depends on so many things – who, where, etc…
what do you notice first about the opposite sex?
how tall. Voice. Shoes.
favourite physical part of the opposite sex?
lips/tongue. (pierced tongue? bonus!)
what physical part would you change about yourself?
every girl wants to lose weight.
soft sensual sex or porn star sex?
I don’t ever find sensual sex to be soft. And porn star sex is kinda boring.
would you go on a date with someone you met online?
probably would sleep with him first. Ha!
work attire?
skirt or jeans with a sold colored top. Shoes to match if I am not lazy.
what is your best physical feature?
guys who wanna get laid say my smile. Guys that I have already slept with have another answer.
do you think anyone actually has read this far?
no idea.
« rawk off
Saturday, June 17, 2006
15 ways to kill time
I just pissed off Internet Boyfriend, which was a bad idea since I was relying on him to keep me amused until I can leave work at 4. Luckily, Christina did a meme so I am good to go for a little bit.
1. WHAT COLOUR ARE YOUR KITCHEN PLATES?
Purple and Green
2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
The Art of Travel (I actually haven’t started it yet and I probably won’t start it until I leave for Portland OR in a week or so.)
3. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Company logo
4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
scrabble
5. FAVORITE SMELL?
sweaty punk boys
6. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING?
how much time can I lie in bed before I really have to get up?
7. FAVOURITE COLOUR?
purple
8. LEAST FAVORITE COLOUR?
white
9. HOW MANY RINGS UNTIL YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
I have all sorts of different songs for everyone. But I am pretty good at answering quickly.
10. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
No.
11. DO YOU LIKE THUNDER STORMS?
Yes though they are rare in SD
12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
1986 Oldsmobile Calais
13. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Manager for some rock band. Or Linda Cohn on ESPN.
14. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY COLOR HAIR?
Blue streaks in my black.
15. IS THE GLASS HALF FULL, OR HALF EMPTY?
empty…now get me a refill
