10 Names That Aren't All That Awesome

So I was trying to come up with an idea for this weeks list and couldn't think of anything. So I plagiarized part of 2 lists from Parents.com They had the top 10 of each sex and I am only posting the top 5 of each. So here there are in order of popularity with my own comments thrown in for fun. Girls

1. Isabella/Isabel/Bella - Really ladies? We can't find better names for our girls than one popularized by a series of books about Sparkly vampires? Especially since the girl is obsessed with being a vampires housewife. A perfect Mormon woman whose name means devoted to God.
2. Emily - I've never really liked this name. The last Emily I met was in karate class and she was a "pacifist" who liked causing pain on her practice partners. I've never met any Emily's who were industrious or striving for anything.
3. Elizabeth - Liz, Lizzie, Beth, Ellie. Why should you have a name that can be shortened so many ways? And the only really good Elizabeth's I've ever even heard of were Queen Elizabeth I, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. If you're going to give your child a biblical name pick one that doesn't mean my God is an oath.
4. Ava - I can't hear this name and not think of the Smashing Pumpkins. With a song that includes not only your daughters name but lyrics like

   And you'll always be my whore Cause you're the one that I adore And I'll pull your crooked teeth You'll be perfect just like me

   How can you expect your child to ever turn out normal? Also if you insist on naming your child "like a bird" prepare for a lifetime of eating disorders.
5. Olivia - I hear Olivia and I think of a little blue haired grandma in a rocking chair knitting or something. I do not think cute little girl. I know there are quite a few Olivia's in the world. Olivia Newton-John perhaps being the most famous. I'd have to say that this is by far, however, my least disliked name on this list. I would possibly have considered it for my future daughter if it weren't for the meaning. Olive tree. Really? If you're going to name your daughter after a tree pick a better one. Like Willow or Rowan. Not something that is poisonous unless treated for at minimum a month before they're edible.

Boys

1. Aidan - This one's not too bad actually. I just don't like how many different ways there are to spell it. Just on the website I stole these from there are 11 different ways to spell this one name. It does have a cool meaning though. Little fire.
2. Jayden/Jaden - Yet another biblical name on the list. This time it means God has heard. So, appropriate if you've been praying to get pregnant. However like Aidan there are too many different ways to spell this name. 17 different variations on this one.
3. Michael - My first real boyfriend was a Michael. You know what I called him behind his back? Mikey. I've never really liked the name since. If you're going to name your child after an Angel though why not go with the biggest and baddest of them all. The one that led the army for god.
4. Jacob - Yet another name made popular by sparkly vampires. This time however NOT the lead. I'm surprised Edward didn't make the list but the werewolf did. According to the meaning though this name is only appropriate if you have twins and Jacob is born second.
5. Ethan - Firm and steadfast? I've never actually met any Ethans in my life so I can't really say if this is true or not. But still I can't help but think of unemployed slackers when I read/hear this name. Remember this?
   
   Not exactly my picture of firm or steadfast.

As always some of the comments are made purely for comedic purposes. I know that what you name your child only in part influences how they'll turn out.

166 ... I do have a life. I just like movies.

SUPPOSEDLY, if you've seen over 85 [of these] films, you have no life. I do have a life. I just love movies. There are 238 movies on this list.

If you would like to copy this to your blog and show the world how much of a life you don't have the rules are as follows.

1. Copy the entire list.
   
2. Bold the ones you have seen
   
3. Post to your blog
   

1. Rocky Horror Picture Show
   
2. Grease
   
3. Pirates of the Caribbean
   
4. Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
   
5. Boondock Saints
   
6. Fight Club
   
7. Starsky and Hutch
   
8. Neverending Story
   
9. Blazing Saddles
   
10. Airplane!
    
11. The Princess Bride
    
12. AnchorMan
    
13. Napoleon Dynamite
    
14. Labyrinth
    
15. Saw
    
16. Saw II
    
17. White Noise
    
18. White Oleander
    
19. Anger Management
    
20. 50 First Dates
    
21. The Princess Diaries
    
22. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    
23. Scream
    
24. Scream 2
    
25. Scream 3
    
26. Scary Movie
    
27. Scary Movie 2
    
28. Scary Movie 3
    
29. Scary Movie 4
    
30. American Pie
    
31. American Pie 2
    
32. American Wedding
    
33. American Pie Band Camp
    
34. Harry Potter 1
    
35. Harry Potter 2
    
36. Harry Potter 3
    
37. Harry Potter 4
    
38. Resident Evil 1
    
39. Resident Evil 2
    
40. The Wedding Singer
    
41. Little Black Book
    
42. The Village
    
43. Lilo & Stitch
    
44. Finding Nemo
    
45. Finding Neverland
    
46. Signs
    
47. The Grinch
    
48. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    
49. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
    
50. White Chicks
    
51. Butterfly Effect
    
52. 13 Going on 30
    
53. I, Robot
    
54. Robots
    
55. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    
56. Universal Soldier
    
57. Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
    
58. Along Came Polly
    
59. Deep Impact
    
60. KingPin
    
61. Never Been Kissed
    
62. Meet The Parents
    
63. Meet the Fockers
    
64. Eight Crazy Nights
    
65. Joe Dirt
    
66. KING KONG
    
67. A Cinderella Story
    
68. The Terminal
    
69. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
    
70. Passport to Paris
    
71. Dumb & Dumber
    
72. Dumber & Dumberer
    
73. Final Destination
    
74. Final Destination 2
    
75. Final Destination 3
    
76. Halloween
    
77. The Ring
    
78. The Ring 2
    
79. Surviving X-MAS
    
80. Flubber
    
81. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
    
82. Practical Magic
    
83. Chicago
    
84. Ghost Ship
    
85. From Hell
    
86. Hellboy
    
87. Secret Window
    
88. I Am Sam
    
89. The Whole Nine Yards
    
90. The Whole Ten Yards
    
91. The Day After Tomorrow
    
92. Child's Play
    
93. Seed of Chucky
    
94. Bride of Chucky
    
95. Ten Things I Hate About You
    
96. Just Married
    
97. Gothika
    
98. Nightmare on Elm Street
    
99. Sixteen Candles
    
100. Remember the Titans
     
101. Coach Carter
     
102. The Grudge
     
103. The Grudge 2
     
104. The Mask
     
105. Son Of The Mask
     
106. Bad Boys
     
107. Bad Boys 2
     
108. Joy Ride
     
109. Lucky Number Slevin
     
110. Ocean's Eleven
     
111. Ocean's Twelve
     
112. Bourne Identity
     
113. Bourne Supremecy
     
114. Lone Star
     
115. Bedazzled
     
116. Predator I
     
117. Predator II
     
118. The Fog
     
119. Ice Age
     
120. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
     
121. Curious George
     
122. Independence Day
     
123. Cujo
     
124. A Bronx Tale
     
125. Darkness Falls
     
126. Christine
     
127. ET
     
128. Children of the Corn
     
129. My Bosses Daughter
     
130. Maid in Manhattan
     
131. War of the Worlds
     
132. Rush Hour
     
133. Rush Hour 2
     
134. Best Bet
     
135. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
     
136. She's All That
     
137. Calendar Girls
     
138. Sideways
     
139. Mars Attacks (Ack! Ack! Ack!)
     
140. Event Horizon
     
141. Ever After
     
142. Wizard of Oz
     
143. Forrest Gump
     
144. Big Trouble in Little China
     
145. The Terminator
     
146. The Terminator 2
     
147. The Terminator 3
     
148. X-Men
     
149. X-2
     
150. X-3
     
151. Spider-Man
     
152. Spider-Man 2
     
153. Sky High
     
154. Jeepers Creepers
     
155. Jeepers Creepers 2
     
156. Catch Me If You Can
     
157. The Little Mermaid
     
158. Freaky Friday
     
159. Reign of Fire
     
160. The Skulls
     
161. Cruel Intentions
     
162. Cruel Intentions 2
     
163. The Hot Chick
     
164. Shrek
     
165. Shrek 2
     
166. Swimfan
     
167. Miracle on 34th street
     
168. Old School
     
169. The Notebook
     
170. K-Pax
     
171. Krippendorf's Tribe
     
172. A Walk to Remember
     
173. Ice Castles
     
174. Boogeyman
     
175. The 40-year-old Virgin
     
176. Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
     
177. Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
     
178. Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
     
179. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
     
180. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
     
181. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
     
182. Baseketball
     
183. Hostel
     
184. Waiting for Guffman
     
185. House of 1000 Corpses
     
186. Devils Rejects
     
187. Elf
     
188. Highlander
     
189. Mothman Prophecies
     
190. American History X
     
191. Three
     
192. The Jacket
     
193. Kung Fu Hustle
     
194. Shaolin Soccer
     
195. Night Watch
     
196. Monsters Inc.
     
197. Titanic
     
198. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
     
199. Shaun Of the Dead
     
200. Willard
     
201. High Tension
     
202. Club Dread
     
203. Hulk
     
204. Dawn Of the Dead
     
205. Hook
     
206. Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
     
207. 28 days later
     
208. Orgazmo
     
209. Phantasm
     
210. Waterworld
     
211. Kill Bill vol 1
     
212. Kill Bill vol 2
     
213. Mortal Kombat
     
214. Wolf Creek
     
215. Kingdom of Heaven
     
216. The Hills Have Eyes
     
217. I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
     
218. The Last House on the Left
     
219. Re-Animator
     
220. Army of Darkness
     
221. Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
     
222. Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
     
223. Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
     
224. Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
     
225. Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
     
226. Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
     
227. Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
     
228. Ewoks The Battle For Endor
     
229. The Matrix
     
230. The Matrix Reloaded
     
231. The Matrix Revolutions
     
232. Animatrix
     
233. Evil Dead
     
234. Evil Dead 2
     
235. Team America: World Police
     
236. Red Dragon
     
237. Silence of the Lambs
     
238. Hannibal
     

32 Wierd names found while trolling MySpace

Okay so I joined the dark side and have a myspace page. Mostly as a way to keep in touch with friends who wont do it any other way.

While I was "browsing" for friends the other night I ran across some rather interesting and funny profile names. Here they are in no particular order

1. WHAT THE FRENCH TOAST!!!!!!! - Yes there really were 7 exclamation points I counted.
   
2. king ding a ling!!!!
   
3. ♠Something like a pimp♠ - This on a females profile
   
4. JaggedlyMajestic - I didn't see anything majestic about this person on her profile
   
5. Cudworth - I don't know if I'd advertise being worthy of being cow vomit
   
6. NAME TAKEN - Pretty damn original, ranks right up there with making your password iforgot
   
7. The Borough Creep - Looked pretty creepy in his profile pic
   
8. Green Eyed Dork ^.^ - At least she's honest about what she is
   
9. Boof Queen - What the hell is a boof and why would you want to be the queen of them
   
10. The Love Burrito ♥ - The Love Burrito? Oh come on you couldn't come up with anything better than this?
    
11. That One Girl - You know! That one that we saw at the thing!
    
12. Res Ipsa Loquitor - How many people out there really know what this means (See here if you're one of those that doesn't know.)
    
13. I changed my name to "His" chick - Who is he and why does he own you?
    
14. Dream Seller - Ooh! I'll take a nice wet dream please.
    
15. Hottie Mc.Awesome - She looks like she's about 12 in her pic
    
16. Curlytoes - Why do we need to know this? Really I would have been happier with Hangstotheleft
    
17. dont wear skinny jeans cause my knot$ dont fit - Rly? They dont? r u sur? Have you tryd l8ly?
    
18. Punctuation, is? fun! - Only when used correctly sweetheart.
    
19. Cheezy McCheeselson from Cheesleton - How cheesy.
    
20. Take My Magic Marker and Blacked Your Left Lung - How do you propose I do this? Should I smoke it? Should I just try inhaling without lighting it? Or should I cut myself open and color on my lung?
    
21. SEALED BENEATH THE SURFACE - Of what? Two week old pudding? Or are you trying to be all deep and emotional and you mean the real you is sealed beneath the surface you show the world?
    
22. I'll Take The Rapist's For 200 - Really that's all you're worth?
    
23. i make airplane noises when i swing - I'm sure all the men appreciate it.
    
24. Ms. I Stay Fresh Like I'm Wrapped In Plastic - Wow that's a lot of last names. Must have been hard finding the husbands in the right order
    
25. friend genetic vibes meet become urn friend - Ummmm, yeah.
    
26. Mr Im doin me - Well thank you for sharing but you really should keep that to yourself unless you plan on charging people to watch.
    
27. Are you Serious??? - Why yes I am. Thank you for asking
    
28. eloquent delinquent - Okay just wierd
    
29. Don Tomato - Are your goons named potato and butternut?
    
30. KILLER POTATO ™ lovez FRANCE - Glad to know that potatoes love France. Especially killer potatoes
    
31. Mumble Bee - Great so you buzz and don't enunciate. Must make talking to you really difficult
    
32. C to the Lo - Okay but who's going to C to the Hi?
    

There would have been more but I got bored looking for more. It wasn't fun anymore. So there you go.

13 Books I've Read

I'm at a loss for what to list today. I guess my life is pretty boring. Not much goes on that I find cool enough to blog about. So I'm going to start with item number one on my list of lists. Things I have made.

Or at least I was going to until I scrolled down a little bit and saw that I have already done that list. So on to number two. Books I have read. This is by no means an exhaustive list. There isn't enough time in the world or enough space on the hard drive I call a brain for that list. This is just a list of 13 of the one's I remember reading and remember liking.

1. Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
   
2. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
   
3. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
   
4. 1984 by George Orwell
   
5. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
   
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
   
7. L'Etranger by Albert Camus
   
8. Beneath a Mountain Moon by Silver Ravenwolf
   
9. The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind
   
10. The Lord of the Ring's Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein
    
11. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
    
12. Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams
    
13. Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
    

11 Things found while doing yard work

So it's list day again. Yeah go list day! We were specifically asked to make lists that weren't useful. So here you go.

Our city is paying to put large dumpsters on the streets for about a week at a time for neighborhood beautification. In preparation we cleaned up all the trash and stuff lying around the back yard today. Shit that has been accumulating for years before I moved into my current residence.

1. a rusted out bed frame
   
2. shit loads of Styrofoam
   
3. lots and lots of cans (beer and soda)
   
4. like 4 hoses (who needs more than one?)
   
5. dead soccer balls
   
6. buckets
   
7. old interior doors
   
8. rail road ties
   
9. lighters
   
10. empty cigarette packs
    
11. candy wrappers
    

15 Names List

Found this the other night while listening to Flogging Molly and reading random knitting blogs. It's my list of names. Enjoy and create your own.

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car): Charlie Saturn

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie):Vanilla Snicker Doodle

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name): K-Cha

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal): Purple Cat

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born): Joy La Mirada

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first): Chaka

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink): The Green Diet Pepsi

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers): Chuck Donald

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Red Special Dark

10. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ): Jean Dean

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Perry Pittsburgh

12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Winter Iris

13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”): Strawberry Sockie

14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Nothing Willow

15. YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”): The Knitting Snow Tour

100 Chart Toppers the Year I Tested Out of HS

Apparently Monday is LIST DAY. I was going to make Friday list day here, but noooooo. Miss abdpbt says that Monday's have to be list day. So fine! Here's my Monday list.

I was reading another blog recently. I can't remember which one it was and I can't remember where I found the list but here it is. The idea is that you go to this website, no I can't remember the address didn't I just tell you that, and find the list of 100 chart toppers the year you graduated from high school. Then you go through and bold the one's you liked. I have added comments on those bolded.

1. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio
   
2. One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
   
3. Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion: Yeah I know sappy schlock, but I liked it.
   
4. Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project
   
5. Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey
   
6. Give Me One Reason, Tracy Chapman: How can I not like a song by someone with the same last name as me. Seriously I really do like this song. Probably one of like 3 songs by Tracy that I actually like.
   
7. Tha Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
   
8. I Love You Always Forever, Donna Lewis
   
9. You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow, Toni Braxton
   
10. Twisted, Keith Sweat
    
11. C'mon N' Ride It (The Train), Quad City Dj's: You're probably thinking by now that this girl has no taste. She liked this song? What's wrong with her? I didn't like it so much for the lyrics but the catchy beat that made it easy to dance to. No I didn't do the train.
    
12. Missing, Everything But The Girl: I don't remember why I liked this song just that I did.
    
13. Ironic, Alanis Morissette: There were a lot of Alanis song's that I didn't like but this one I did. I also loved the video for this song. I saw her in concert once and OMFG does this girl have some energy. It's like she did an 8-ball before she came out on stage. She couldn't sit still.
    
14. Exhale (Shoop Shoop), Whitney Houston
    
15. Follow You Down/Til I Hear It From You, Gin Blossoms: Another one of those top 40 songs with a catchy beat.
    
16. Sittin' Up In My Room, Brandy
    
17. How Do U Want It/California Love, 2Pac
    
18. It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Celine Dion
    
19. Change The World, Eric Clapton: Who wouldn't love a song that starts "If I could reach the stars I'd pull one down for you". EC has got to be one of my favorite musicians of all time. I've loved him since he was in Cream.
    
20. Hey Lover, LL Cool J
    
21. Loungin, LL Cool J
    
22. Insensitive, Jann Arden
    
23. Be My Lover, La Bouche
    
24. Name, Goo Goo Dolls: Sometimes I wish I had someone that I could hide from the world with. Where it didn't matter who I was or what my name was. I think that's why I still like this song.
    
25. Who Will Save Your Soul, Jewel: I think that this song is a great commentary on where the world was at the time it was written and where we're still headed. Kind of sad but everyone is just looking for a quick buck.
    
26. Where Do You Go, No Mercy
    
27. I Can't Sleep Baby (If I), R. Kelly
    
28. Counting Blue Cars, Dishwalla: I think the main reason I liked this song is because I was a new pagan at the time and really into the goddess figure and it refers to god as a woman.
    
29. You Learn/You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette: I liked this one because it tells you how you should live you life. Go out there! Make mistakes! That's how you learn how to be a better person and make better decisions.
    
30. One Of Us, Joan Osborne: Again I think I liked this one because of my religious research. What if god was one of us? What would (s)he think of what we've done with the planet. I don't think (s)he'd be very happy.
    
31. Wonder, Natalie Merchant
    
32. Not Gon' Cry, Mary J. Blige
    
33. Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio: As much as I dislike rap I did like this song. I liked the movie too.
    
34. Only You, 112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
    
35. Down Low (Nobody Has To Know), R. Kelly
    
36. You're The One, SWV
    
37. Sweet Dreams, La Bouche
    
38. Before You Walk Out Of My Life/Like This And Like That, Monica
    
39. Breakfast At Tiffany's, Deep Blue Something: "And I said what about, breakfast at Tiffany's. She said, "I think I, remember the film and as I recall, I think we, both kinda liked it" And I said , "well, that's the one thing we've got"". I liked it too. You gotta always look for what does work, not what doesn't work or you'll never make it.
    
40. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New), Coolio
    
41. The World I Know, Collective Soul: I've been on the edge before. I was pulled back by love. I don't think I ever want to go there again.
    
42. No Diggity, BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)
    
43. Anything, 3t
    
44. 1979, The Smashing Pumpkins: Dude it's a song about the year I was born. And Billy Corgan is HOT! with his little baby face and those chubby cheeks you just want to pinch til he bruises.
    
45. Diggin' On You, TLC
    
46. Why I Love You So Much/Ain't Nobody, Monica
    
47. Kissin' You, Total
    
48. Count On Me, Whitney Houston and Cece Winans
    
49. Fantasy, Mariah Carey
    
50. Time, Hootie and The Blowfish
    
51. You'll See, Madonna
    
52. Last Night, Az Yet
    
53. Mouth, Merril Bainbridge
    
54. The Earth, The Sun, The Rain, Color Me Badd
    
55. All The Things (Your Man Won't Do), Joe
    
56. Wonderwall, Oasis: I think everyone needs a wonderwall in their lives. Someone that they can talk to and be saved by sometimes.
    
57. Woo-hah!! Got You All In Check/Everything Remains Raw, Busta Rhymes
    
58. Tell Me, Groove Theory
    
59. Elevators (Me and You), Outkast
    
60. Hook, Blues Traveler: I think this has got to be one of the most honest songs I've ever heard. It tells the truth about the music industry. It doesn't matter what they say or if they mean it as long as it's catchy.
    
61. Doin It, LL Cool J
    
62. Fastlove, George Michael
    
63. Touch Me Tease Me, Case Featuring Foxxy Brown
    
64. Tonite's Tha Night, Kris Kross
    
65. Children, Robert Miles
    
66. Theme From Mission: Impossible, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
    
67. Closer To Free, Bodeans
    
68. Just A Girl, No Doubt: I've felt like this many times in my life. Where someone else was controlling what they thought I should do. What they thought was right for me. I still feel like this sometimes. I'm just sick of everyone else telling me what they think will be right for me. I'm an adult. I'm almost freaking 30 for Christ's sake. Let me make my own decisions.
    
69. If Your Girl Only Knew, Aaliyah
    
70. Lady, D'angelo
    
71. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First), John Mellencamp
    
72. Pony, Ginuwine
    
73. Nobody, Keith Sweat
    
74. Old Man and Me (When I Get To Heaven), Hootie and The Blowfish
    
75. If It Makes You Happy, Sheryl Crow:I can't say exactly why I like this song. I just did. Maybe it was the hook.
    
76. As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins
    
77. Keep On, Keepin' On, Mc Lyte
    
78. Jealousy, Natalie Merchant
    
79. I Want To Come Over, Melissa Etheridge: Who doesn't feel teenage angst at unrequited love for the popular guy at school. The thing that made it really bad is that we were friends. He even told me once if I was older then there would've been something. Goddamn statutory rape laws.
    
80. Who Do U Love, Deborah Cox
    
81. Un-Break My Heart, Toni Braxton: I think this one came out not long after my BF left me for my Best Friend. Joke was on him though. He turned her gay.
    
82. This Is Your Night, Amber
    
83. You Remind Me Of Something, R. Kelly
    
84. Runaway, Janet Jackson
    
85. Set U Free, Planet Soul
    
86. Hit Me Off, New Edition
    
87. No One Else, Total
    
88. My Boo, Ghost Town Dj's
    
89. Get Money, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
    
90. That Girl, Maxi Priest Featuring Shaggy: I wanted to be that girl.
    
91. Po Pimp, Do Or Die
    
92. Until It Sleeps, Metallica: This is post haircut and most of their stuff post haircut I didn't like. But this one I do.
    
93. Hay, Crucial Conflict
    
94. Beautiful Life, Ace Of BaseI think I wanted to be happy no matter what. This song gave me that hope.
    
95. Back For Good, Take That
    
96. I Got Id/Long Road, Pearl Jam
    
97. Soon As I Get Home, Faith Evans
    
98. Macarena, Los Del Rio
    
99. Only Wanna Be With You, Hootie and The Blowfish
    
100. Don't Cry, Seal: This goes along with wanting to be loved. Wanting someone there to hold me and tell me it would be okay and I didn't have to cry.
     
     Can you guess what year I graduated? Or actually tested out. I didn't "graduate" in the strictest sense of the term. I tested out before graduation because I was going to college at the same time as high school and what I was learning in college was more advanced than what I was learning AT THE SAME TIME at high school. Isn't that the way it's supposed to work though? College = more difficult than high school. Am I right?
     
     Remember I did say guess. Not go plug one of these songs into a search engine somewhere to see what year they were on the charts. So guess. What year did I test out of high school?

16 Things I Have Made

This list will not include food stuffs. That list would be huge. It will however include some of the craft items I can remember.

1. Numerous cross stitch items
   
2. 2 pairs of socks
   
3. Numerous fulled bags
   
4. Numerous Market Bags
   
5. Clapotis
   
6. a couple of hats
   
7. 2 chemises
   
8. 2 pairs of shorts (with help from mom)
   
9. 1 under skirt
   
10. 1 over skirt
    
11. 1 bodice (again with help from mom)
    
12. curtains
    
13. popsicle stick structures
    
14. clay ashtrays
    
15. beautiful finger painted landscapes (at least that's what I told my mom they were. They must have been beautiful because she usually put them up on the fridge.)
    
16. And one time in elementary school, I made a mission out of sugar cubes (I don't remember which one it was though)
    

A List of 26 Lists

So I have put up a few lists on things on my blog fairly recently. So much so that I was linked to be another blogger as being a list lover. She has challenged us to make lists. Not meaningful lists of anything of significance. Just a list of useless things. To that end I have decided to make a list of things you can make lists of.

1. Things you have made.
   
2. Books you have read
   
3. Movies you have seen
   
4. Reasons to keep hitting snooze in the morning
   
5. People you love
   
6. People you hate
   
7. Things you need to do
   
8. Books you need to read
   
9. Books you want to read
   
10. Books you need to read but don't really want to
    
11. Stuff you need to buy
    
12. Stuff you want to buy but don't have the money for
    
13. Ideas for blog updates
    
14. Knitting patterns you want to make
    
15. Knitting patterns you want to design
    
16. Crafts you want to learn
    
17. Games you want to play
    
18. Celebrities you want to fuck
    
19. Celebrities you want to kill
    
20. "Normal" people you want to kill
    
21. Food you love
    
22. Food you hate
    
23. Cars you want to own
    
24. Cars you have owned
    
25. Hair colors you have had
    
26. Hair colors you would like to have
    

This list could go on and on but I have to go get in the shower to get ready for work now. You can add more in the comments.

Blog Theft 101

1. Find a blog you love.
2. Steal ideas from it

It’s that simple. Granted the blog I stole this from stole it from another blog. Woo Hoo. Lots of fun.


The instructions for passing this list around the internet like a viral disease are as follows:

1. Look at the list and bold those you have read.
   
2. Italicize those you intend to read.
   
3. Underline the books you love.
   
   Abdpbt has added to these instructions the following:
   
   
4. Put in ALL CAPS the one that are also on the hypothetical list of books that Sarah Palin did not ask to have banned, but merely inquired about the theory of banning in general, a subtle and unimportant distinction.
   
5. Strike through books that should not be on the list. This might be due to the fact that you hate them, or think they are not “literary,” or just because you are being capricious today.
   
6. Color green those books that are propaganda or glorified trash. Feel justified in making these kinds of distinctions based on your status as both an ivory tower intellectual and a card carrying member of the media elite. Accuse naysayers of living in a “fly over” state. Drink organic coffee sweetened with agave nectar or stevia.
   
7. Color red those books you haven’t read but “should” have, or which you have never heard of. Offer self-effacing, anti-intellectual explanations where necessary. Talk about how much you like popular culture as diversion tactic, and to make people think that you are “quirky.” Wear glasses with dark rims.
   
8. Add books that should be on the list to the end. Take comfort in the fact that no list of this kind could ever be complete, and will always alienate someone. It is the problem with establishing canonicity. Pat self on back for using word “canonicity” outside of academic paper. Also, punch self in face for being tool.
   

She says, “Listen, it’s my website and I make the rules. So I don’t want to hear any bitching. So without any further ado, the list:”

I have edited the list to reflect my changes with the above rules except rule number 1. I’m just too lazy to go try to find a copy of that list and compare.

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: I personally feel anything by this woman is useless drivel. If I want to read trashy romance novels I’ll go buy them on clearance at Big Lots for 50¢.
   
2. The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
   
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
   
4. The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling: Loved every one of these books. I do reread them sometimes too. I did however get very angry with JK when Dumbledore died in book 6. Hope that didn’t ruin it for you.
   
5. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Had to read it in school. Don’t really remember it though.
   
6. The Bible: I really should read this just to see what all the crazies are talking about and why they’re so fanatical about this book.
   
7. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
   
8. Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell: I find it kind of scary that under the current administration, and possibly the next, we’re moving closer and closer to this state. Orwell was right just not on the date.
   
9. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
   
10. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: I’ve heard this is a really good book. I didn’t see the movie but it seems like it might be fun. I’ll let you know once I’ve read it.
    
11. Little Women by Louisa M Alcott
    
12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy: abdpbt said this was the most depressing book she ever read until she got to one of the other books on the list. I however found it wonderful. Makes me want to keep going no matter how bad I think things have gotten just like Tess did.
    
13. Catch 22 Joseph Heller
    
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
    
15. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
    
16. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien: Read this as a child. I’ve always loved fantasy novels. Even the trash romance novels I read now are about things that probably can’t happen. Time travel and vampires and stuff like that. Some will say that this shouldn't have it's own place on the list as it's part of the LoTR Trilogy. In fact it is not a part of the trilogy. It's a prequel. (And OH MY GOD THE HELL! How much of a geek am I that I abbreviated it LoTR?)
    
17. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
    
18. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger: Another book I was forced to read in high school. Don’t really remember much of it though. I do know I liked it.
    
19. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
    
20. Middlemarch by George Eliot
    
21. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell: hated the movie, and I know everyone always says the books better but I don’t think I can make myself care about such a spoiled rotten brat as Scarlett.
    
22. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald: Don’t really know what this one is about but I do know that there’s always a lot of hype surrounding it.
    
23. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
    
24. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: This is one of those books you just have to read at least once in your life.
    
25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: Loved the movie, hope the books better.
    
26. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
    
27. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Another one of those books you have to read.
    
28. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck: I like the other Steinbeck work I’ve read so I’m hoping this is good as well. I think I may have read this in high school but I don’t remember.
    
29. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: Loved the Disney movie as a child and didn’t realize quite how different they make things.
    
30. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame: Love Mr. Toad’s wild ride and like books with anthropomorphized animals.
    
31. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
    
32. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens: This is one of those books I SHOULD read but probably never will.
    
33. Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis: Anthropomorphized animals. What more is there to say?
    
34. Emma by Jane Austen: See number 1
    
35. Persuasion by Jane Austen: See number 1
    
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis: See number 33
    
37. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: I’ve heard of this book and heard good things about this book. So eh? Why not?
    
38. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
    
39. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: Another one where I loved the movie and hope the books better.
    
40. Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne: Who hasn’t read Winnie the Pooh? If you haven’t there must be something wrong with you.
    
41. Animal Farm by George OrwellMore anthropomorphized animals, and this one has a message.
    
42. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown: I read it because of all the hype surrounding the movie. It wasn’t as good as I had hoped but it was better than the movie.
    
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    
44. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
    
45. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
    
46. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery: I read this as a preteen and thought it was boring. I still think it’s boring.
    
47. Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: I like his other work and therefore will hopefully like this one too.
    
48. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
    
49. Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Another one of them required books.
    
50. Atonement by Ian McEwan
    
51. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
    
52. Dune by Frank Herbert: I liked the movies and this is another that I hope will be better.
    
53. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
    
54. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: See number 1
    
55. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
    
56. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
    
57. A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: I’ve heard Dickens is boring. I’ve been told a very verbose person. However if I can get through Hugo I could probably get through Dickens.
    
58. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: It’s another one of those future doom and gloom books but still there’s hope.
    
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
    
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    
61. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Yet another required read. However this one I enjoyed.
    
62. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov: I’ve heard the story outline but never actually read the book.
    
63. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
    
64. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold: This want to read is based on comments other’s have left regarding this book.
    
65. Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: I’m just not one for prison stories. I know it’s supposed to be a great story but thbbpt is kind of how I feel about it.
    
66. On The Road by Jack Kerouac: I don’t really have anything to say about this one I just don’t think I’ll ever read it.
    
67. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: Another one of those that I think I might like because of my like of his other works.
    
68. Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding: Hated the movies would probably hate the books. I mean I have enough blogs to read already. I don’t want to add another.
    
69. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
    
70. Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
    
71. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens: I like the musical that was adapted from this perhaps I’d like the book.
    
72. Dracula by Bram Stoker: I’ve read lots of vampire stories. I usually like them all. This one was a fun twist on the usual story.
    
73. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett: I know I’ve read this but can’t for the life of me remember anything about it. Which means I was either really young or it really sucked.
    
74. Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson
    
75. Ulysses by James Joyce
    
76. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath: This is one of those woman books. Right? Something every woman should read. Right? At least that’s what I remember hearing about it.
    
77. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
    
78. Germinal by Emile Zola
    
79. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray: The plot of this book seems incredibly boring. I’m not really interested in intrigues and plots to get the dying aunts money and other such drivel.
    
80. Possession by AS Byatt
    
81. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: Who doesn’t remember humbugs come x-mas time?
    
82. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
    
83. The Color Purple by Alice Walker: I know Oprah was in a movie of this once. Or was in Whoopie. Shit I can’t remember and I’m not going to take the time to look it up.
    
84. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro: If this is the one they made the movie out of never never never going to read it. The movie almost put me to sleep it was so boring. And since most of my reading is done in bed I’m pretty sure the book WOULD put me to sleep.
    
85. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
    
86. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
    
87. Charlotte’s Web by EB White: Loved this book as a child. We need more PEOPLE like Charlotte in this world. Willing to go out of their way to help others.
    
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom: How does this person know who I’m going to meet in heaven? Or even if that’s where I’m going? I mean come on. Did he die? Did he go to heaven? I know if I went to heaven I don’t think I’d ask to come back to write a book about who I met there.
    
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: This is bolded and italicized because I’ve read some of them and need to read the rest.
    
90. The Faraway Tree Collection by Enid Blyton
    
91. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: I just like the title. Sound all dark and dangerous. It probably isn’t though.
    
92. The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery: Read in the original French. Over the course of several months with my French-English dictionary next to me. I never was a good French student.
    
93. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
    
94. Watership Down by Richard Adams: All I remember is something to do with rabbits. Not sure if that was in the story or if it was just the picture on the cover. But I definitely remember rabbits.
    
95. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
    
96. A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
    
97. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: I’ve heard lots of things about the musketeers and what they did, what they stood for and all that I should probably read what all the fuss is about and really learn what Dumas thought they should be.
    
98. Hamlet by William Shakespeare: Another one of those required reads in high school. And oddly enough one that I really did like. I know I said earlier that I didn’t care for intrigues and trying to get what you don’t really deserve but hey it’s Shakespeare.
    
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
    
100. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: The first time I read this, yes first time I have read it more than once, it was hard to get through. Damned Hugo and making the first 6 chapters about the history of what’s going on at the time.
     
     
     Books added by abdpbt:
     
     
     
101. The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie.
     
102. White Teeth by Zadie Smith.
     
103. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding.
     
104. Geek Love by Kathryn Dunn.
     
105. Blindness by Jose Saramago.
     
106. The Corrections by Jonathan Frantzen.
     
107. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
     
108. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.
     
109. Fury by Salman Rushdie.
     
110. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.
     
111. The Monk by Mathew Lewis.
     
     
     Books I would add:
     
     
     
112. The Hunchback of Notre Dame By Victor Hugo
     
113. The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind
     
114. The Complete Works of E.A. Poe
     
115. L’Etranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus
     
116. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
     
117. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
     
118. Something Wicked This Way Comes By Ray Bradbury
     
119. The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
     
120. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonegut
     
121. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
     

Yes I have read all the books in my additions. Yes I liked them all. 113 is actually 8 or 9 books and 119 is at least 3, probably more.


As far as the books on the original list are concerned I have only read a quarter of them. Not great but still much better than abdpbt’s assertion that most people have only read 6 of the books.


So what would your list include?

101 Things About Me

Some of this information may be may be useless, some of it may be redundant, but that's okay. It's still fun.

1. I'm the second oldest person in my household and among my siblings.
   
2. I'm one of 2 children.
   
3. I love to knit.
   
4. I love to do martial arts.
   
5. I hate to deal with the general public.
   
6. I live in Utah.
   
7. This is my only blog.
   
8. I am a science geek.
   
9. I love to read fiction.
   
10. My favorite past-time right now is knitting dishcloths. (I'm an addict.)
    
11. I dye my hair.
    
12. I get acrylic nails.
    
13. My favorite color is purple.
    
14. I play D&D.
    
15. I want to be a veterinarian.
    
16. I have too many projects that I'm working on at the moment.
    
17. I play Everquest II.
    
18. I bruise easily.
    
19. I don't think I'm very good at sparring.
    
20. I have 4 tattoos.
    
21. I have 6 piercings that are not in my ear lobes.
    
22. At the time I am writing this I am 29 years old.
    
23. I kill plants.
    
24. I'm 5'7.5" tall.
    
25. I used to be a tour guide at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA.
    
26. I was born in La Mirada, CA
    
27. I graduated class of 1996.
    
28. I'm pagan.
    
29. I love Tinkerbell.
    
30. I'm going gray.
    
31. This list is a lot more difficult to write than you'd think it would be.
    
32. I study Shaolin Chuan'Fa.
    
33. I teach Shaolin Chuan'Fa
    
34. I love dragon flies.
    
35. I can memorize patterns after the first time knittd.
    
36. My second favorite color is green.
    
37. I have one living parent and one living grandparent.
    
38. I have a niece.
    
39. I used to be a web developer.
    
40. I want to learn how to fly.
    
41. I want to learn how to ride a motorcycle.
    
42. My closest living relative is 90 miles away.
    
43. I hate it when people mess with my stuff.
    
44. I love twitter.
    
45. I only have dial up at my dojo.
    
46. My hair is longer now than it has been in 5 years.
    
47. I love Indian food.
    
48. I have a warped sense of humor.
    
49. I like the noise my row counter makes when knitting.
    
50. I use knitting as meditation.
    
51. I hate cleaning but I do it anyway.
    
52. I love my steaks rare and my egg yolks runny.
    
53. I have a very strong sense of what's right and what's wrong.
    
54. I stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves.
    
55. My eyes are green.
    
56. My nose turns up at the end.
    
57. I don't like making lists.
    
58. I love writing articles for Helium.
    
59. I can't stand flat keyboards.
    
60. Bright light gives me migraines.
    
61. I am baffled by teenagers.
    
62. I have a cat named Odin.
    
63. I am in love with Heather Armstrong.
    
64. I currently have just over 20 students and am looking for more.
    
65. I love my job.
    
66. I am a tiger when sparring and should be more like a crane.
    
67. I drink Diet Pepsi.
    
68. Most of my clothes are black.
    
69. I need to pass my leopard test before I can take my dragon test.
    
70. I am under incredible stress at work at home.
    
71. I live with 4 ferrets, a cat, and a dog.
    
72. None of the above animals are mine.
    
73. M roommates never do dishes.
    
74. I drive a Saturn.
    
75. I have an Etsy shop.
    
76. As much as I like to think so my boss is not an ass.
    
77. I wrote hits list in notepad and accidentally saved the file as 1001.html not 101.html.
    
78. I make lots of typos.
    
79. I know how to crochet but don’t like to.
    
80. I do counted cross stitch.
    
81. I make beaded stitch markers.
    
82. I love making fulled bags.
    
83. I hate my state bird, the seagull.
    
84. I love a man with an accent.
    
85. I love the way Peaches & Crème stripes when used to make my market bags.
    
86. I have two uncles.
    
87. I have two aunts.
    
88. I have no idea how many cousins I have.
    
89. It takes about 10 hours of knitting to make one market bag.
    
90. My office is a sauna in the afternoons and evenings.
    
91. I wear glasses.
    
92. I despise make up but wear it on a daily basis.
    
93. I used to smoke pot but haven’t in 8 years.
    
94. I have officially registered for Hat Attack.
    
95. I still occasionally do some Cold Fusion Development.
    
96. I’m knitting while I write this.
    
97. I want to learn Chinese.
    
98. I want to get married and have children.
    
99. I’m really good with other people’s money but horrible with my own.
    
100. I love the scent of Mary Kay’s new formula of Lipstick.
     
101. It has taken me 5 months to write this list.
     

SP5 Questionnaire

1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer higher quality and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you?

I wouldn't call myself a yarn snob but I do tend to stay away from the acrylics as they aren't the softest yarn in the world. I much prefer Alpaca, and Merino.

2. Do you spin? Crochet?

No.

3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.)

Not that I knot of but I do try to stay away from heavily scented items.

4. How long have you been knitting?

Since my doctor prescribed it as physical therapy in January of this year. So approximately 4 months.

5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?

Yes

6. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc.)

Lavendar is by far my favorite scent, with vanilly following a very close second.

7. Do you have a sweet tooth?

Well duh. Of course. I especially like dark chocolate, but not too dark. And NOT white chocolate. It's not really chocolate.

8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do?

Right now I don't really have any other crafts. I used to do cross stitch but haven't in a very very long time.

9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)

I love old school techno. Yes my PC can play MP3s.

10. What's your favorite color? Or--do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can't stand?

My favorite color is purple. Any shade. There aren't really any colors that I don't like but purple is by far the best.

11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?

Not sure what you mean by family situation but, I'm engaged and I have a cat.

12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know)

To win a multi-million dollar lottery and never have to work again so I can spend all day knitting.

13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?

As stated above alpaca is my current favorite, I also love merino. I also like mohair. I don't currently have a favorite weight tho most of my projects have been done in worsted or chunky.

14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?

Anything itchy or not very forgiving. If it's too stiff, like cotton, it agrivates my wrist from my surgery.

15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s?

Look to the right. I don't really have an obsession but I'm making a couple of mohair projects right now. I've also got a bunch of yarn just sitting waiting for me to go get the right size needles.

16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?

Don't really have any faves right now. I'm sure that after I've been knitting longer I'll come up with something that I just have to knit all the time.

17. What are you knitting right now?

Again look to the right

18. What do you think about ponchos?

They're okay as long as they don't look like something my mother would have worn when she was my age.

19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?

Depends on what I'm making. If it's something small like a baby sweater straight, If it's something large, or knit in the round, circulars.

20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?

Addi Turbo's. Nuff said

21. Are you a sock knitter?

I'd like to be.

22. How did you learn to knit?

Knitty Gritty and DIYnetwork.com

23. How old is your oldest UFO?

About 3 months

24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird?

That'd have to be baby Stewie on Family Guy

25. What is your favorite holiday?

My Birthday :)

26. Is there anything that you collect?

Yarn

27. What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?

None. Why subscribe when you're not sure if you like the patterns in the magazine until after you've seen it? I'd rather purchase the one's I know I'll like and acutally get some use out of.

28. Any books out there you are dying to get your hands on?

Not really.

I've been Meme'd

No this was an email but I figured I'd answer it here instead of just email. That way you can all see my answers.

What time is it? 5:09PM

Name as it appears on birth certificate: Katrina Joy Chapman

Piercings: 2 holes in each ear, nose, tongue, and navel

Eye color: green

Place of Birth: La Mirada, CA

Favorite Food: Dark Chocolate

Have you ever been to California? Well duh!

Ever been toilet papering? Of course. Many, many times.

Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes

Been in a car accident? Yes...quite a few.

Croutons or bacon bits? Neither.

Favorite day of the week: Sunday cause it's the only day that I regularly have off.

Favorite restaurant: In-N-Out

Favorite flower: Black Tulips

Favorite sport to watch: I don't really watch sports, but if I did it would be soccer.

Favorite drink: Dr. Pepper

Favorite ice cream: mint chocolate chip.

Disney or Warner Bros.: Disney, but then I was a tour guide for a while so it's not really a fair question.

Favorite fast food restaurant: In-N-Out

What color is your bedroom carpet? Boring Apartment tan.

How many times did you fail your driver's test? Written: 0. Behind the wheel: 3 but the tester knocked off one of subtractions because it was the same as one of the mistakes I had previously made on that same test.

Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? It was a comment notification from blogger.

Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? My LYS of course.

What you do most often when you are bored? Knit

What is your bedtime? Usually around 1AM when the good stuff on AdultSwim is over.

Favorite TV shows: Family Guy and Futurama. Anything on Animal Planet.

Last person you went out to dinner with: My honey Sam.

What are you listening to right now? My co-workers talking.

What is your favorite color? Royal Purple

Lake or ocean? Ocean of course. So Cal born and raised.

How many tattoos do you have? 4 but that's not nearly enough.

Have you ever run out of gas? Yes but it wasn't my fault. I had just bought the car and didn't know the gas guage was broken.

Cats or Dogs? Cats of course.

Time you finished this meme? 5:20