did someone say lemming?

So I got this quiz from L, and I'm of course going to fill it out because that's exactly what I live for -- wasting time until I can find something else to do. And Christen is watching a terrible movie called Core so there's really nothing else to do. Onwards!

Name three things you are wearing right now:

1. USF sweatshirt (College of Education, even though I was only in it for 1 semester)

2. tan capri pants

3. froggie socks with froggie heads on the back

Name 3 of your favorite bands/artists:

1. They Might Be Giants

2. James Taylor

3. Tom Lehrer

Name 3 of your favorite songs:

1. Walking Man (James Taylor)

2. '39 (Queen)

3. Birdhouse in Your Soul (TMBG)

Name 3 things you want to do in the next 12 months:

1. edit for someone for money.

2. find an engagement ring under my pillow.

3. cure my writer's block/have my own room for writing.

Name 3 things you want in a relationship:

1. Comic Relief

2. Intellectual Stimulation

3. "Other" Stimulation

Name two truths and one lie:

1. I love my Natty light. *ahem* *cough*

2. I love cheese.

3. I'm lactose intolerant.

Name 3 physical things in a love interest that appeal to you:

1. an opinion.

2. a penetrating look (if possible that look should include glasses).

3. humor

Name 3 things you just can't do:

1. whistle.

2. dance in front of people.

3. be seen in a bathing suit.

Name 3 of your favorite hobbies:

1. buying good books in musty old shops.

2. losing myself in said good books from musty old shops.

3. finding errors in published materials.

Name 3 things you want to do right now:

1. quit my job.

2. make cookies.

3. sleep.

Name 3 careers you are considering:

1. editor.

2. writer.

3. student.

Name 3 places you want to go on vacation:

1. Ireland

2. anywhere I can comfortably sleep in a tent

3. Charleston (that's where I always go on vacation)

Name 3 kids names:

1. Etta Abigail

2. Benjamen Jacob

3. Isabelle Anne

Name 3 things you want to do before you die:

1. write a book.

2. have a family.

3. read all the books in my library.

Name 3 other people who have to take this quiz right now:

1. MooCow because he may get bored enough to do stupid things like this.

2. Ivan because he just will.

3. Jordan because he just won't.

going to the mattresses.

High score: 146

Low score: 110

I won both those games (on the low games evidently everyone else was having crappy games too) but lost all the ones in between. What happened that will make you laugh, though, is that I fell. Like fell, fell. Like, knees first and sliding into the gutter.

So okay, now that you've had your laugh, here's what happened: I went to the bathroom to change my shirt (I can't bowl in long sleeves and it’s been freaking cold lately). On the way back, I must have stepped in some water, because I went to bowl and instead of sliding my feet planted and I went knees first into the lane, turned on my back and slid into the gutter. I heard all the boys from Idlewild Baptist that were bowling next to us go, "Oh, shit!" and one of them helped me up as I was crying hysterically. Christen was MIA, but he took care of me afterward. He was watching the tv.

Monday I went home early because I couldn't stand on my legs (and I can't stand on my hands, at least not for more than a moment). So it was a day of doing nothing, watching movies on my five million movie channels and setting Drumline to tape on the DVR. We watched American Wedding, and besides wanting to kill Stiffler the whole time, it was cute. Christen had/has a thing for Alyson Hannigan (but more of the Buffy version than the Pie version).

Books I've read in the past two days:

Stranger than Fiction by Chuck Palhniuk: The opening essay is about a stage orgy, and kinda took me aback (despite enjoying my reading) and I was curious/ wondering if the rest of the book would be the same subject matter. It wasn't. But it was still quite good, especially his portrait of Juliette Louis.

Sidebar: When I type Juliette, spell check tells me that an alternate spelling is oubliette. Take that, Labrynth!

Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck: Very interesting and endearing "Life was rough but I made it through because of my family" memoir. The girl went through horrific things, but in the end, everything turned out alright. How sweet. But of course if it didn't turn out alright, there wouldn't have been a memoir, and then where would we be? Anywho, it was good in spite of itself, and I'll read the sequel (Still Waters, in case you want to read the sequel too).

Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I didn't expect to like this, because I really liked the movie and was afraid that it would make me not like the movie. But if you don't really think of the movie as a real story and more like how The Terminal was "loosely based" on that guy in the French airport, you'll enjoy this book. I did. There was much more information on how he really lived and what drove him to do the things he did, but I still felt it sugar-coated his life on the run. But maybe that's just me – maybe his life on the run really was sugar-coated, who knows?

Next book to read: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers (the dude who started McSweeney's). I'll let you know how it is!

Movies seen in the past two days:

American Wedding: Cute, but still not better than the first. Anything is a step up from the second one, though, and if you can ignore Seann William Scott it is significantly better.

The Godfather: I know, I know … I'm really behind on seeing this. You know how when everyone tells you what you're missing by not seeing something that is supposed to be wonderful and you just don't feel like seeing it? Yeah, so I wasn't going to watch it ever. But lately it seems like a lot of the things I read or watch (like Vowell's Take the Cannoli) has references, so I decided to check out what I was missing. Pretty good, but I don't know if it's worth staying up till 3am to finish.

so i've been less than prolific this past week. but i did get that cleaning done the other night -- it took 4 hours. not too bad, since the place sparkled afterward, and i finished before christen got home so he was dazzled by how clean the apartment was (actually, his exact words were, "honey, i would have helped you with the tree." :P dork.) my sister spent the night last night so she could come with me to shea's birthday dinner since i didn't want to go by myself. we got her a bottle of biltmore estate riesling and a gift certificate to dsw (shoe mecca). kyle and her mother bought these toasting flutes for her (they're amazing in real life) for the wedding. this morning jamie and i went to the bridal store to see shea's dress (also gorgeous), and went shopping at international plaza for awhile.

i've nothing more to say. oi.

this is for moocoo. i got it in an email from my crazy aunt and thought of him. 

feeling ambitious.

so a short post right now.

i'm feeling ambitious, so i'm going to try to take down the tree and reorient my living room (hallelujah), clean the kitchen, reorganize my cds and books, clean the bathroom, hang the clean laundry and organize my closet. in three hours.

wish me luck.

i wouldn't be a geek unless i posted it too

and we all know what a geek i am for geek tests.

being exactly 1/3 geek is pretty nift.



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high score last night: 159.

other scores: 111, 138, 159, 139, 111, 138.

i didn't do too badly. i think this week we are going to get our balls. i want to know the difference in polyester and urathane, and what works the best before i buy, but the dudes at sports authority really don't know anything. anyone out there know?

books i've read in the last two days:

hoot by carl hiaasen: i didn't realize this was a children's book until after i started it (reading the whole dust jacket instead of just the first paragraph does wonders) but it was still a well-written and cute book. very moralistic for children. good stuff.

take the cannoli by sarah vowell: this was a great book, and she is such a great writer. if i could handle her voice i'd be obsessed with her, i think. the only problem i had with the book was the way it changed courses so drastically. i know vowell separated the parts, but the middle (postcards) where she talked about different places seemed far out of place and not nearly as amusing as the first and last sections.

84, charing cross road by helene hanff: such a charming book, it made me yearn for a penpal and a bookstore that i felt as close to as she did. of course, i have several that i frequent, but none like that. when i was in high school i collected penpals: illinois, south carolina, north carolina -- i had them everywhere. but as people have grown up they've grown out of writing real letters, and i miss that so much. L recommended this to me, and i thought it was delightful. L, if i knew your address instead of your email, i'd be writing you letters instead of emails even though you live on the other side of town.