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Unconscious Mutterings - Week 160

Sunday, February 26, 2006

This week's Unconscious Mutterings meme:

Baby step:: Take It Slow;
Wasted:: Youth;
Reggie:: Miller;
Pitiful:: Wretch;
Acting out:: Hyper;
Tomato:: Basil Pesto;
Bad night:: Insomniac;
Trip:: Acid-;
Finance charges:: Unreasonable;
Sport:: Utility Vehicle.

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Tuesday Twosome

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

This week's Tuesday Twosome meme:

1. Do you have a collection of anything?     If so, of what?     Yes.     I collect (a certain style/type of) Willow Tree Angels, antique wicker baskets, antique furniture, furnishings, and artwork.

2. What is your favourite book?     How many times have you read it?     This is very difficult to narrow down to just one.     Perhaps if I try to narrow it down to a few, I can reduce some of the anxiety ... The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh which I have read at least 10 times, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron which I have read at least 7 times, and Danse Macabre by Stephen King which I have read at least 5 times.

3. Do you usually prefer books or movies?     Since my time is so limited these days, movies fit my schedule much better than books.

4. Do you tend to believe immediately what people tell you or are you cautious?     I'm very cautious - sometimes to the extreme - but, not without prior history to dictate my actions.

5. Where do you get your news information (TV, newspaper, internet) and why?     I'm not a news junkie, per se, because the majority of news is bad news.     I scan the headlines on my homepage, stop by a news network once or twice a week, but I don't get so wrapped up in the world events that I get overwhelmed by everything.     I encounter enough people in my day-to-day that I glean enough tid-bits of information by osmosis to keep me up-to-date on current events.

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Random 10 - Week 44

This week's Random 10 meme:

10 songs that sum up your weekend ... or were on your weekend playlist ... and one picture that relates back.

Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas;
1985 - Bowling for Soup;
Photograph - Nickelback;
L.A. Woman - The Doors;
Who Are You - The Who;
Evenflow - Pearl Jam;
Everybody Out Of The Water - The Wallflowers;
Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N'Roses;
Ironic - Alanis Morissette;
Lyin' Eyes - The Eagles.

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Take Me Back Tuesday - Week 59

This week's Take Me Back Tuesday meme:

Name three songs with transportation related words in the title.    Cab - Train; Running Out Of Days - 3 Doors Down; Fly - Nickleback

Name three artists with transportation related words in their name.    Train; B52s; 30 Seconds To Mars

Name three albums with transportation related words in the title.    Train - Train; Maybe You Should Drive - Barenaked Ladies; Superstar Car Wash - Goo Goo Dolls

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Deadly Sin # 6 - Pride

Monday, February 20, 2006

This week's Monday's a Bitch meme:

1.    Do you have a problem admitting you're wrong?     I'll let you know if it ever happens ... *ha-ha* ... just kidding!     Actually, I do have a bit of a problem admitting when I'm wrong.

2.    Would you rather watch someone important to you walk out of your life or beg them to stay?     It all depends ... if they were that important to me, I would do whatever I could to keep them in my life, but ... they would have to be very special for me to resort to begging.

3.    Are you the kind of person who would rather try your best and fail, or not try for fear of failure?     I try my very best at everything I do; even though, at times, fear of failure causes anxiety and hesitation.     Still, I will give it my best try.

4.    Have you ever expressed interest in someone high above your status, where your chances of being rejected were very high?     Not to my knowledge.     Although, I don't get tangled up in "labels" such as class/status, etc.     I choose my friends and lovers, not by any preconceived notions or prejudices, but simply by whether I feel a connection to them or not.

5.    If you made a contribution to a charity would you want credit, or would giving be enough?     I contribute to several charities on a regular basis.     I make no 'production' of my giving; I give to causes that are important to me.     I do receive receipts that I can use for tax purposes, but that is not "claiming credit" as a way of drawing attention to my giving.

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Monday Music Mambo - Week 87

This week's Monday Music Mambo meme:

1.    A song by a Beatle   Photograph - Ringo Starr

2.    A song featuring piano as the main instrument   Piano Man - Billy Joel

3.    A song with a woman's name in the title   Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith

4.    A song with a man's name in the title   Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

5.    A song about money   Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

6.    A song with weather in the title   It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls

7.    A song with parentheses in the title   Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) - George Harrison

8.    A song made by a punk band   Rock 'n' Roll High School - The Ramones

9.    A song with the word "song" in the title   Bird Song - Grateful Dead

10.   A song you love so much you stop and listen whenever you hear it   1985 - Bowling for Soup

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Unconscious Mutterings - Week 159

Sunday, February 19, 2006

This week's Unconscious Mutterings meme:

Right time:: Right Place;
Funeral:: Wake;
Calculate:: (d) Premeditated;
Believe me:: Honestly;
Chat:: Dialogue;
Anniversary:: Celebration;
Let you down:: No Support;
Shout:: Scream;
Sweatsock:: Stinky;
Prayer:: Communion with God.

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Friday Feast - Eighty-One

Friday, February 17, 2006

This week's Friday Feast meme:

Appetizer If you were a color, which color would you be, and why?     Pumpkin, or some other deep, rich earthtone.     Autumn is my favorite time of the year because I love the beautiful colors that Nature creates.

Soup When was the last time you went to the doctor, and what was your reason for going?     Thursday, actually.     I've been sick since November and my primary care physician was baffled.     She finally referred me to an allergist, who I saw on Thursday.     Three medications and two days later, I feel 95% better than I've felt in four months.     I guess I am allergic to something after all.     I go back in two weeks to begin the tests to see what it is.

Salad What do you collect?     (a certain type of) Willow Tree Angels, antique and/or unusual wicker baskets, (certain types of) antique furniture and furnishings, artwork, old mirrors, and stained glass.

Main Course What were you like in high school?     Name one thing you miss and one thing you don't miss about those days.    (If you're still there, imagine how you'll remember it in the future.)     Shy, artistic, smart.     I don't miss anything!

Dessert Pretend you're standing in front of your home, with your back towards your home.     Describe the view - what can you see?     Trees?    Cars?    A zoo?    Wal-Mart?     I see a field of grass, and behind the field is a grove of trees - tall pines and other assorted trees - all approx. 25-30 feet tall or more.     Vaguely, behind the trees, I can see the outline of a couple of houses -- no cars, no zoos and, luckily, no Wal-Mart.

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3x Thursday - TV Habits

Thursday, February 16, 2006

This week's 3x Thursday meme:

1. How much TV (movies not included) would you say you watch a week?     What type of programs do you watch?     Too much, honestly!     Police dramas, forensics, a few sit-coms.

2. What are your favorite shows?     Are there certain programs you just can't miss?    L&O:SVU, L&O:CI, L&O, CSI, CSI:NY, Medium, Criminal Minds, NUMB3RS, NCIS, Without A Trace, My Name Is Earl.     I never miss L&O:SVU & CI, CSI, Medium, and Criminal Minds.

3. Even if you're not a big TV watcher, are you taking the time to watch any Olympic coverage this week and next week?     If so, which sports are you interested in watching?    No, I'm not into them, especially since they are pre-empting several of my favorite shows on NBC and I'm reduced to a few L&O re-runs on USA.

Bonus Question for Comments:    What's your movie watching like at home?     Do you watch a lot of movies?     Do you have a Netflix/Blockbuster type thing going?     If so, do you like it?     Why/why not?     I watch quite a few movies.     I do have a Blockbuster.com account.     I like it very much, and receive my movies in a one day turn-around most of the time.     I currently have over 200 movies in my queue.

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Wednesday Mind Hump

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

It's Wednesday once again, and that means another Wednesday Mind Hump courtesy of BlogdriveInsanity! This week's Hump has a Valentine's theme...

1. Valentine's Day - love it, like it, tolerate it or hate it?
I'm somewhere between like and tolerate, I think. Valentine's Day is just so commercialized. Most any other day of the week/month, you can purchase the same flowers/chocolates for 1/10th of what they charge you on V-Day, just because they know they can. Even though I'm 1/2 of a couple, it is just such a over-commercialized holiday -- greeting cards, florists, restaurants with 2-hour waits even with a reservation (that's the voice of experience talking!) -- it takes the warm-fuzzy feelings out of the day when big-business sticks all of their fingers into the pie. I did receive some nice gifts, though -- and not the usual V-Day sort. I'm calling today to schedule my hour-long, deep-tissue, full body massage (gift certificate).

2. Who or what is on your "love list" right now?
My s.o., my five cats, three dogs, my friends, my parents ... hopefully my new nutritionist/accupuncturist that I'm scheduled to see next week, my favorite Japanese restaurant in Chattanooga that I got to visit last week that I hadn't been to in over eight months, and the cool rice cooker I got for Christmas that makes perfect killer rice.

3. What does your own personal candy heart say?
Dangerous!

4. Will you be my valentine next year? (asks rfduck the music-loving mememeister...)
Of course, I'd be honored ... one can never have too many valentines!

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Wednesday 3

This week's Pretend Writer - Wednesday 3 meme:

1. If you were given the choice to receive $100 for yourself or donate $10,000 to a charity of your choice but the donation must be anonymous which would you choose and why?    I would donate the $10,000 to a charity.     An anonymous donation wouldn't be a problem.     I would donate it to breast cancer research.     My mother is an eight year survivor!

2. Is it Jam or Jelly?    I guess I have to cop-out and go with the cheesy/obvious answer ... it must be jelly, cuz jam don't shake like that!

3. What is your unique talent?    Harboring a giant "people-magnet" inside of me that makes total strangers walk up to me and tell me their whole life story from DNA-conception to what they had for breakfast that morning.

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Monday Music Mambo - Week 86

Monday, February 13, 2006

This week's Monday Music Mambo meme: