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Monday, 22 September 2008

  • Joke

    from Anna.

    A farmer and his hands were having trouble telling two cows apart. In an attempt to prevent this, they tagged them with different numbers. The method worked, and when one of their tags tore off it didn't matter much--they could still tell them apart. Then the other cow's tag tore off, and that idea didn't work anymore. They lopped off one of their tails to try and tell them apart, but the other one's tail got caught in a fence shortly thereafter and the problem resurfaced. Finally, the farmer had a bright idea: he could measure the cows and tell them apart by the size difference! With great satisfaction, that night the farmer announced to his hands: "Good news, boys--it worked! The red one's three inches taller than the white one!"

Saturday, 20 September 2008

  • Another Quiz

    The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.

    The Rules:
    1) Look at the list and put one * by those you have read.
    2) Put a % by those you intend to read.
    3) Put two ** by the books you LOVE.
    4) Put # by the books you HATE.
    5) Put -- if you are indifferent towards reading book.
    6) Post. (Don't forget to tag me.)

    1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen**
    2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien*
    3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte*
    4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling*
    5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee--
    6 The Bible% (truth be told, I haven't read the entire thing. )
    7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte--
    8 1984 - George Orwell--
    9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman--
    10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens**
    11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott**
    12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy--
    13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller--
    14 Complete Works of Shakespeare--
    15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier--
    16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien*
    17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks--
    18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger--
    19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger--
    20 Middlemarch - George Eliot--
    21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell*
    22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald--
    23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens %
    24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy--
    25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams --
    26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh --
    27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky --
    28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck--
    29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll --
    30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame--
    31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy--
    32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens--
    33 Chronicles of Narnia- CS Lewis*
    34 Emma - Jane Austen--
    35 Persuasion - Jane Austen%
    36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis*
    37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini --
    38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres --
    39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden--
    40 Winnie the pooh - AA Milne*
    41 Animal Farm - George Orwell--
    42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown --
    43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez--
    44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving --
    45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins --
    46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery**
    47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy--
    48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood--
    49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding%
    50 Atonement - Ian McEwan--
    51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel--
    52 Dune - Frank Herbert--
    53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons --
    54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen%
    55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth --
    56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon --
    57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens*
    58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley --
    59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon--
    60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez--
    61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck--
    62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov--
    63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt --
    64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold --
    65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas %
    66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac --
    67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy --
    68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding--
    69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie --
    70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville *
    71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens *******
    72 Dracula - Bram Stoker --
    73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett --
    74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson --
    75 Ulysses - James Joyce --
    76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath --
    77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome --
    78 Germinal - Emile Zola --
    79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray --
    80 Possession - AS Byatt --
    81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens*
    82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell --
    83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker --
    84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro --
    85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert --
    86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry --
    87 Charlotte's Web - EB White *
    88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom --
    89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle --
    90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton --
    91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad --
    92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery --
    93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks --
    94 Watership Down - Richard Adams *
    95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole --
    96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute --
    97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas --
    98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare --
    99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl--
    100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo--

Wednesday, 17 September 2008

  • Quiz

    YOUR BOY SIDE
    [x] You love hoodies.
    [x] You love jeans.
    [ ] Dogs are better than cats.
    [x] It’s hilarious when people get hurt.
    [ ] Shopping is torture
    [ ] Sad movies suck.
    [ ] You own a car racing game.
    [ ] You played with Hot Wheels cars as a kid. (No, but I played with tractors and trucks.)
    [ ] At some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter.
    [ ] You owned a DS, PS2, N64,or Sega.
    [ ] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers.
    [x] You have watched sports on TV
    [ ] Gory movies are cool.
    [x] You go to your dad for advice.
    [x] You own like a trillion baseball caps.
    [ ] You used to collect hockey cards.
    [ ] Baggy sweats are cool to wear.
    [x] It’s kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
    [x] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors.
    [x] You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
    [x] Sports are fun
    [x] You talk with food in your mouth.
    [ ] You sleep with your socks on at night.
    [x] You have fished at least once

    YOUR GIRL SIDE
    [x] You love to shop.
    [ ] You wear eyeliner
    [x] You wear the color pink.
    [ ] You go to your mom to talk.
    [ ] You consider cheerleading a sport.
    [ ] You hate wearing the color black.
    [x] You like going to the mall.
    [ ] You like getting manicures and/or pedicures
    [ ] You like wearing jewelry.
    [ ] You cried watching The Notebook.
    [ ] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
    [ ] Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
    [ ] You don’t like the movie Star Wars
    [ ] You are/were in gymnastics
    [ ] It takes you around one hour to shower, get dressed, and make-up
    [x] You smile a lot more than you should.
    [x] You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
    [x] You care about what you look like.
    [x] You like wearing dresses when you can.
    [x] You like wearing high heel shoes.
    [x] You used to play with dolls as little kid.
    [ ] You like putting make-up on others.
    [ ] You like being the star of everything.
    [ ] Pink is one of your favorite colors.


    • Appearance •
    [x] I am shorter than 5′5″.
    [ ] I have many scars.
    [x] I tan/ burn easily.
    [ ] I wish my hair was a different color.
    [ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
    [ ] I have a tattoo.
    [ ] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
    [ ] I’ve had braces.
    [ ] I’ve been told I’m attractive by a complete stranger.
    [ ] I have more than two piercings.
    [ ] I have / had piercings in places besides my ears.

    • Embarrassment •
    [ ] I’ve slipped out a “lol” in a spoken conversation.
    [ ] Disney movies still make me cry.
    [x] I’ve snorted while laughing.
    [x] I’ve laughed so hard I’ve cried.
    [ ] I’ve glued my hand to something.
    [x] I’ve laughed ’til some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
    [ ] I’ve had my pants rip in public.

    • Health •
    [ ] I’ve gotten stitches.
    [ ] Broken a bone.
    [ ] I’ve had my tonsils removed.
    [ ] I’ve sat in a doctor’s office with a friend.
    [ ] I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed.
    [ ] I’ve had serious surgery.
    [x] I’ve had chicken pox.

    • Traveling •
    [x] I’ve driven / ridden over 200 miles in one day.
    [x] I’ve been on a plane.
    [ ] I’ve been to Canada.
    [ ] I’ve been to Cuba.
    [ ] I’ve been to Niagara Falls.
    [ ] I’ve been to Ottawa.
    [ ] I’ve gone to Sudbury.
    [ ] I’ve been to the Caribbean.
    [ ] I’ve been to Europe.
    [ ] I’ve been to Florida.

    • Experiences •
    [ ] I’ve gotten lost in my city.
    [x] I’ve seen a shooting star.
    [x] I’ve wished on a shooting star.
    [x] I’ve seen a meteor shower.
    [ ] I’ve gone out in public in my pajamas.
    [ ] I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
    [ ]I’ve kicked a guy where it hurts.
    [ ] I’ve been to a casino.
    [ ] I’ve been skydiving.
    [ ] I’ve gone skinny-dipping.
    [ ] I’ve drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
    [ ] I’ve crashed a car.
    [x] I’ve been skiing.
    [ ] I’ve been in a musical.
    [x] I’ve caught a snowflake or snow on my tongue.
    [x] I’ve seen the Northern Lights.
    [x] I’ve sat on a rooftop at night.
    [x] I’ve played a prank on someone.
    [x] I’ve ridden in a taxi.
    [ ] I’ve seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
    [ ] I’ve eaten Sushi.
    [ ] I’ve been snowboarding.

    • Relationships •
    [x] I’m single.
    [ ] I’m in a relationship
    [ ] I’m engaged.
    [ ] I’m married.
    [x] I miss someone right now.
    [ ] I’ve gotten divorced.
    [ ] I’ve told someone I loved them when I didn’t.
    [ ] I’ve told someone I didn’t love them when I did.

    • Honesty / Crime •
    [x] I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.
    [x] I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.
    [ ] I’ve snuck out.
    [ ] I’ve lied to my parents about where I am.
    [x] I’ve cheated while playing a game.
    [x] I’ve run a red light.
    [ ] I’ve witnessed a crime.
    [ ] I’ve been in a fist fight.
    [ ] I’ve been arrested.

    • Materialism •
    [ ] I own over 5 rap CD’s.
    [ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime / manga.
    [ ] I own designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.
    [ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
    [ ] I collected comic books.
    [x] I own something from The Gap.
    [ ] I own something I got on E-Bay.
    [ ] I own something from Abercrombie

    • Random •
    [ ] I can sing well .
    [ ] Stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
    [ ] I open up to others easily
    [ ] I watch the news.
    [ ] I don’t kill bugs
    [ ] I sing in the shower.
    [ ] I am a morning person
    [ ] I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
    [ ] I am a sports fanatic.
    [x] I twirl my hair.
    [x] I care about grammar.
    [ ] I have “?”’s in my screen name.
    [ ] I love spam.
    [ ] I’ve copied more than 30 CD’s in a day.
    [x] I bake well. (just not often)
    [ ] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red, blue, black, purple, or orange.
    [ ] I would wear pajamas to school.
    [ ] I like Martha Stewart.
    [x] I know how to shoot a gun.
    [ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
    [x] I laugh at my own jokes
    [ ] I eat fast food weekly.
    [ ] I’ve not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.
    [ ] I can’t sleep if there is a spider in the room.
    [ ] I am really ticklish.
    [x] I like white chocolate.
    [x] I bite my nails.
    [x] I’m good at remembering faces.
    [x] I’m good at remembering names.
    [ ] I’m good at remembering dates.
    [ ] honestly have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.

    FACT: About the first person you fell hard for?
    um..

    WHAT: Happened at 9:00 am today?
    My music history class started, and we listened to Bach's Cantata No. 80, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, movements 1 and 8.

    ARE YOU: Wearing something you borrowed from someone?
    sorta, I stole these shorts from my sister.

    WHAT: Is the last thing someone bought you?
    Mountain Dew

    WHAT'S: Your current problem?
    finding a routine for school.

    LAST: Person to lay in your bed?
    Lydia

    THE LAST: Food you ate?
    oatmeal raisin cookie

    SOMETHING: You say when you are mad?
    "whatever."

    DO YOU: Delete people off of facebook?
    Not usually.

    FAVE: Drink?
    Mountain Dew or hot chocolate

    DO YOU: Crack your knuckles?
    sometimes

    DID YOU: Cry at all today?
    no

    ARE YOU: Ticklish?
    no.

    WHO WAS: The last person you talked to last night before bed?
    Lydia

    HAVE YOU MADE: A mistake this past week?
    yes, i procrastinated.

    DO YOU:Miss someone?
    yes

    DO YOU KNOW: Anyone with the same name as you?
    yes

    WHEN WAS: The last time you really laughed?
    This evening when Grandpa said down a cannonball/shell from the Civil War and said, "I tried to pretend this wasn't heavy."

    HAVE ANY: Regrets?
    yes

    DO YOU USE: An alarm clock?
    unfortunately, yes

    ARE YOU: Social or antisocial person?
    Normally antisocial but I can make an effort to be social. It's much easier when I know the people.

    WHO WAS THE LAST: Person to disappoint you?
    i'm not sure

    DO YOU TRUST: People?
    most of the time

    WHAT ARE YOU DOING: Tomorrow?
    going to class, grading papers, hopefully mowing the yard, cleaning house for when my mom comes home

    WHAT WERE YOU DOING: At 5 in the morning?
    sleeping!!

    HAD A: loss recently?
    no

    LAST: movie you saw?
    I'm working on watching SWAT, but I last finished Catch Me if You Can.

    SOMETHING YOU: want to accomplish in the next 5 years?
    Finish school.

    WHAT WAS THE LAST: thing you said out loud?
    Goodnight--again.

    LAST PERSON: you hugged?
    don't really remember.

    HOW IS THE: weather right now?
    cool

    WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON: to send you a text?
    I don't have texting on my phone yet.

    WHAT DO YOU: have handy next to your bed?
    my glasses case, glass of water, and for some reason a bottle of sunscreen.

    ARE YOU: afraid of the dark?
    a little but not very

    FIRST THING: you'll save in a fire?
    my cat?

    WHAT DO YOU: always take with you?
    phone

    HAS ANYONE: put their arm around you in the past 5 days?
    yes

    HOW ABOUT: called you beautiful?
    no

    EVER TURNED: anyone down you shouldn't have?
    nope

    WHAT ARE YOU: stressing about right now?
    my mom, school

    DO YOU: swallow gum when your done with it?
    no

    ARE YOU: currently happy?
    kind of. I'm working on it.

    IN THE PAST WEEK: have you felt sad?
    yes

Sunday, 16 March 2008

  • Online

    So in the process of moving computers around the house,  it was finally decided that our wireless router had gone bad.  Yesterday, from about noon on, I was without internet.  It drove me crazy!  I am so addicted to the Internet/Facebook/email that it's not even funny.  Thankfully, Austin let us use one, so we have Internet right now.  It's a good thing, too, because I found out that I don't have class tomorrow night.

    In other news, I have a job at Dairy Queen.  I start tomorrow.  The only hitch to getting this job was that I have to wear khaki pants. I didn't have any khaki pants (at least that I can stand to wear for any length of time), so I tried to get some at Wal-mart the other night.  Wal-Mart didn't have what I wanted (style or size...why doesn't our Wal-mart carry sizes smaller than 8?), so I had to make a trip to the thrift store yesterday morning.  I found a pair of khaki jeans that I'll be able to wear, so now everything's good.