Monthly Archives: December 2003

Killing time.

Stolen from elsenet because I really don’t want to go clean the bathroom.

Coke or Pepsi?: These days I’m drinking flavored diet whatever but I am traditionally a Pepsi loyalist.
Love or Lust?: I’m in love, and I’m in lust. Both have their place.
TV or movies?: Movies, commercials suck.
Cats or dogs?: Cats
Meal or dessert?: Ice cream.
East coast or west coast?: West, I never want to leave.
Tall or short?: Tall is good.
Football or baseball?: Hmmm. That’s a no.
Soccer or basketball?: Still no.
Outside or indoors?: I like being inside.
blonde or brunette?: I’m a brunette.
Apples or oranges?: Orange juice?
Aol or yahoo?: Yahoo
Stars or moons?: I don’t get it.
People have you loved?: This would be a long long list. I have been blessed with many good people in my life and I hope I let them know that I appreciate them often enough. The relationship loves are Brian, Stephen, and Tom.
People have you kissed?: This is an obscene number.
Commandments have you broken?: I have stolen, I have coveted, I have worshiped graven images, I have dishonored my parents (but my father deserved it. Why doesn’t the Bible have provisions for abusive assholes?), I have worshiped other gods, I have taken the Lord’s name in vain (daily), I do not keep the Sabbath, I have lied. 8/10. I have yet to be married so I can’t have commited adultery, but give me time. I doubt I will ever murder someone.
Places have you lived in (for over 3 months)?: Oh good lord. Ardmore Oaklahoma, Dennison Texas. Everything else is California: Riverside, Los Gatos, Canyon Country, Whittier, Apple Valley, San Jose, Mountain View… I don’t feel like continuing. I have had more than 40 addresses.
Countries have you been to?: England, France, Australia.
Languages can you speak fluently?: English and I am supposed to become fluent in Spanish.
People are you talking to right now?: Ben is ignoring me, does that count?
Times have you been in a car today?: Once.
Different kinds of meat have you eaten?: Beef, veal, chicken, turkey, lamb, pork, venison. I think that is it.
Different kinds of liquor have you tasted?: Oh bloody hell. Vodka, Whiskey, Bourbons, lots of wines, I don’t know. Lots and lots of alcohol.
Jobs you have held?: 7?
Years of school have you attended?: I am up to 18 so far and I am registering for classes.
Shows have you been to this month?: I went to a few at Dickens Fair, Mona Lisa Smile… I think that is all.
Friends would you call “close”?: I suppose it depends on the value of close. I would call Anna, Alex, or Jaime crying in the middle of the night. There are many other people in my life who know most everything there is to know about me.
What’s a weird fear you have that no one else probably does?: I don’t think I have any fears that are special to me.
Is not Jon Stewart great?: Who?
What song are you listening to?: I have a great movie on: Get Real
Best face wash/acne fighting product?: I don’t know what the best one is, I rotate.
How loud do you sneeze?: Usually not very loud.
Do you like your handwriting?: I don’t like my handwriting at all. Even I can barely read it.
Ugliest color you’ve ever seen?: I find a great number of yellows to be very icki.
Does having matching socks matter to you?: Doesn’t it matter to everyone? 🙂
If you were in band, what would you call it?: “I don’t know” and the first album would be “Self-titled debut album.” –Inside joke from high school.
Last time you were on a plane?: September–going to Hawaii.
Have a digital camera?: Yes I do.
How big is your TV?: I don’t know, fairly large.
Have you ever heard of Mystery Science Theater 3000?: I used to fall asleep every week watching the show. It was never really my thing.
How many pillows do you sleep with?: 2
Sex..good or bad?: Delightful.
Most annoying commercial ever?: I find basically every commercial horrible.
Lamest pick-up line ever?: My mind is blank.
Dumbest song ever?: I couldn’t pick one to be the dumbest, I get irritated easily.
Worst way to die?: Burning alive
Who’s the funniest comedian?: Bill Cosby
Ever been in a car accident?: Fender benders
Ever had braces?: It was debated, but no.
Do you know HTML?: Not yet, it is a goal for next term.
What’s the most useless class in school?: Well, statistics was utterly useless to me.
Best Jones Soda flavor?: Vanilla
Something you collect?: Movies
Something you wish would die?: That stupid plant in the back yard.

New Years sort of meme

1. What did you do in 2003 that you’d never done before?
Went to Europe and Hawaii.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I tend not to make them. I have hopes, but I don’t remember them.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My brothers wife did! Yay!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not this year.

5. What countries did you visit?
France and England

6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?
Good health.

7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The day I was diagnosed with HPV because I instantly thought I was dirty and untouchable forever.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I graduated from college.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not applying for SJSU for the fall in a timely fashion. Stupid insecurities.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Plane tickets to Europe.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Tom has been supportive through so many issues this year that it is almost unbelieveable.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Only this one asshole who doesn’t bear mentioning.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Doctor bills.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Discovering dancing and knowing that it is something I very much want to do.

16. What song will always remind you of 2003?
No idea.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
I don’t know. Some things are better and some things aren’t as good. I’m further along with planning for my life and that makes me very happy.

18. Thinner or fatter?
Thinner. Yay me!

19. Richer or poorer?
Poorer.

20. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Sex.

21. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Be depressed.

22. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my partners family before going to see friends.

23. Did you fall in love in 2003?
I’ve loved my baby for longer. I fell into like within the last month though. Hm.

24. How many one night stands?
None

25. What was your favourite TV programme?
ER or Law and Order CI

26. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t believe so.

27. What was the best book you read?
I’ve read so many! I’m not sure I found a best this year.

28. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Celtic music, and I may get into more Classical because of dancing.

29. What did you want and get?
I’m now poly.

30. What did you want and not get?
I wanted to be further along in my education, but I got scared and so I’m not.

31. What was your favourite film of this year?
Finding Nemo

32. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I had dinner with several of the most wonderful people in the world for my 22nd birthday.

33. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having Tom ask me. But I’ll deal.

34. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?
School marm

35. What kept you sane?
Knowing that people love me.

36. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None.

37. What political issue stirred you the most?
Oh I’m not into politics enough. I’m glad that Arnold was elected.

38. Who did you miss?
I miss many people for strange reasons.

39. Who was the best new person you met?
New person. Hmm. Probably Jill.

40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003.
I can ‘just get over’ some things.

41. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Not to be cheesy:
I Used To Hide In A Party Crowd
Bottled Up Inside
Feeling So Left Out

Standing In A Corner Wearing Concrete Shoes
With My Frozen Smile
And My Lighted Fuse

Now Every Time I Start To Feel Like That
I Roll My Heart Out Like A Welcome Mat

Oh Watch Me Go
I’m A Happy Girl
Everybody Knows
That The Sweetest Thing You’ll Ever See
In The Whole Wide World
Is A Happy Girl

I like it.

Lemming sort of thing.

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