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Friday, February 10, 2012 at 11:01PM Mrs. G. 
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
4) What time is bedtime?
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
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1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
4) What time is bedtime?
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
I feared for my life the night my friend and I hitchhiked because our car broke down.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"Is she..." Alive, I was going to say. (From "An Object of Beauty" by Steve Martin)
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
An abstract painting, an old school room clock and some family photos
4) What time is bedtime?
Between 10 and 12 unless I have insomnia
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
This week (it's an ever changing list): Posie Gets Cozy, Kaylyn's Kitchen and Mimi Smartypants
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
I prefer to be a night owl, but I just don't have the stamina to recover from a very late night like I used to.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Yes, in fifth grade a friend and I sang an Olivia Newton John song at our grade school talent show.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
Passing a logging truck on a 2-lane road (one lane each direction) ... I was tired of being behind it but didn't know it was pulling TWO trailers instead of just one load of logs... until I was fully committed. Horns were blaring and I barely made it. My passenger was probably scarred for life. I still shake a little bit over it, and it happened 26 years ago.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
Look, he said, pointing up. (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender)
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Three large paintings: a folk-art pastoral scene with sheep (their red eyes creep me out a little), a gnarled old Live Oak in the Hill Country, and a woman walking on a path in the North Woods of Wisconsin. The first we purchased, the second we acquired, and the 3rd was my mother's.
4) What time is bedtime?
Usually between 10-10:30pm. Seeing as how it is now after midnight, I'm up waaaaay past my bedtime.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
http://thesmittenimage.blogspot.com/ where Hilary always has beautiful photos and prose, and I've been trying to educate myself to take better photos via http://shootabout.com/
I've been wasting too much time of facebook lately, so I guess I have to count it as one.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
I'n a night owl but my husband is working hard to transform me into a morning person. Tomorrow AM will be rough.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
I chickened out and didn't go through with it, but up until 1 week beforehand, I was going to sing the Styx song "Babe" for a middle school talent show. I was in 7th grade, my brother was in 8th grade, and I couldn't bear to be up there in front of his friends. I've been thinking about it lately and really wishing I'd gone through with it.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? When the car skidded.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? "...Like scents from varying roses..." George Eliot - School Parted Us. Taken from 'Sisters', a gift book by Helen Exley. I asked CK to hand me a book and this is what he chose.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? Two clocks, 7 bookshelves and a print of a 19thC Australian landscape.
4) What time is bedtime? As in going to bed or falling asleep on the couch before going to bed? The former btn 10:30/12:00 and the latter frequently by 9:00pm!
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? www.jezebel.com, www.vintagericrac.blogspot.com, flickr
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? Morning combined with occasional bouts of night owlyness that last long enough that I then have to go to bed at 7:30/8:00 pm.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
In yr 8 some friends and I got on stage for auditions for the school concert. I can't remember what we sang but we dressed up as Diana Prince/WonderWoman except to save my blushes I put a paper bag over my head before attaching the crown. We got the laughs and all went well until we finished when I got rushed by the Yr 9 girls so they could find out who was hiding inside.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? I feared for my life the night I helped a girlfriend kick her abusive boyfriend out of the house. He was crazy scary and I called my brother beforehand to give him all the details in case I disappeared.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? We could tell already that this one was as expensive, as finely made and as clean as his coat. From Amor Towles Rules of Civility
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? To my left a wall of fabric featuring peonies and roses in a huge floral print and a very tall window. Ahead of me a full bookshelf, a poster of Klimt's Danae, a large mirror, and Diego Rivera's Nude with Calla Lillies. To my right the ornate wood headboard to my bed, a retablo, a large clay sun I lugged home from Mexico 30 years ago, and a clay madonna with child perched over the door to my room. Behind me a tall armoire, my chest of drawers, a "Keep Calm" poster, and a shrine to Glinda the good witch and some of my childhood loves.
4) What time is bedtime? 1 to 2 am
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? I am loving Margaret Cho's blog so much right now, also adore Tavi Tulle's (StyleRookie) new site Rookie magazine, and I live vicariously through David Lebovitz as he makes a beautifully sweet life in Paris. If I really fessed up, I'd admit to a Pinterest problem.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? Night owl, but I am not grumpy when my dogs roust me at 7:30. I do hop back in bed for a couple more hours quite often.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? Yes! As a second grader I sang Elton John's Saturday Night. It was epic. There was some talk among a few attendees that I could attribute my rather gauche choice of song to being the product of a broken home. I wanted to explain that I just couldn't figure out an arrangement for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-serious Beatles fan at the time.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
I'm sure there were many times I should've been, but what comes to mind is every time I've been on a roller coaster (except Space Mountain) and when I gave birth.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"I'll use my laundry situation as a good example." From "One year to a Successful Massage Therapy Practice" by Laura Allen
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
A landscape painting of a local lake purchased at the Goodwill.
4) What time is bedtime?
I usually shift my schedule to fit external pressures; I generally do not sleep before 2am these days.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
I really wish I had some - but as it is, I just hang around Facebook & here.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
If I let nature run it's course, I believe I'd naturally sleep between 2-10 am.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
I did as a teenager. I had no talent, but sang Hotel California with my best friend at the time as though I did.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
I, too,, had a very frightening hitchhiking experience, but I was by myself. Still shudder at my foolishness.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"There was no sign of Mr. Arty-Farty. The False Dad." From When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
To my left, a very old embroidered piece of fabric which I turned into a wall hanging. In front of me, a wall filled with family photos, and to my right, a painting of my late brother on a motorcycle.
4) What time is bedtime?
Anywhere from 10pm to 1am.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
I spend way too much time on the internets - a lot on facebook and bunches of blogs. It's hard to pick favorites, but besides The Manor, I enjoy http://blackbird17.blogspot.com/ ... http://www.theredneckmommy.com/ ... http://jugglinglife.typepad.com/juggling_life/ ... and I really need a 4th pick ... http://smittenkitchen.com/
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Both, unfortunately ... but I have more success waking early than staying up late.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Not really ... I do remember one piano recital - I was in 5th grade. Apparently, duets with parents were a possibility - although I swear the teacher never told me that. My Mom was devastated (she was a very gifted pianist.) Yeah, good times.
1. When I was robbed at gunpoint about twenty years ago.
2. "Connie examined my left hand..." the latest Janet Evanovich.
3. Mostly framed photos, but also some framed postcards and an original piece from an artist I see every year at the Harbor Springs art show, Marie LaMothe.
4. Anywhere from 7 pm to midnight! Depends on the day.
5. Eggton and Jan's Sushi Bar, both cooking blogs as I am learning to cook, and The Bloggess, because NO ONE is funnier.
6. Definitely a morning person. I get up at 6:30 or 7 on the weekends even!
7. I would have DIED first. But I do sing pretty well.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? Yes, I was twelve years old and caught in a riptide. A man who had been drinking on the beach thought he could *save* me. It was only in my attempts to swim away from his reeking breath and flailing arms trying to gram me that I inadvertantly swam sideways and out of the current.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? "Modern commercial wheat production has been intent on deliv-"
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? Beautiful red ochre paint. I'm in the kitchen.
4) What time is bedtime? Either around 10:30 or whenever I fall asleep in the recliner.....whichever comes first!
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? Elana's Pantry, Amazon's Kindle book page, and Facebook/Words With Friends
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? I used to be a night owl, but now I just try to sleep all night and make it through each day.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? No way.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? I've been in NY taxi cabs often, but the time that really sticks out is the time I went for a run at about 11:00 at night, in my skinny little twenties body in my skimpy little running clothes. I was running alone around a track and was suddenly so overcome with fear that I had to sprint to my car and lock myself in. Not sure if the danger was in my head or some instinctual thing, but I've never forgotten it.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? "To turn the heel, the heel stitches are divided into thirds." Sock Knitting Master Class by Ann Budd.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? My house is a really open concept so I'm sitting at my desk in between the kitchen and the living room. The walls are full of stuff like cabinets and art and photos and crockery and granite. And a few ants --sigh.
4) What time is bedtime? Lately, about 9:30, depending on how hard I've worked out that day.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? The bloggess, facebook, pandora.com
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? Morning person
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? I've participated in lot of them. I'm a singer.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for your life?
Yes. But it's a rather sordid story and I prefer not to think about it at this stage of my life.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"Had Captain Hemings married my great-grandmother?" from The President's Daughter by Barbara Chase-Riboud
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
A large print of Ansel Adams' "Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico" and a small print of Andrew Wyeth's "Master Bedroom." Two small original oil paintings: one impressionist piece purchased at a fair in Stanley Park, Vancouver... the other of the Bar Harbor Inn purchased in yes you guessed it, Bar Harbor Maine. Plus some of my husband's fine landscape photography framed in a collage.
4) What time is bedtime?
Usually 9 PM (see #6)
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
Three Dog Blog: http://lifewiththreedogs.blogspot.com/
A Scratch Behind the Ears (and other nice things): http://ascratchbehindtheears.blogspot.com/
Aunt Snow's Doves Today: http://doves2day.blogspot.com/
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Total morning person, I'm usually up around 4:30 AM. I used to be a night owl in my younger days but now that middle age has smacked me in the face, apparently I'm morphing into my father. Well, not quite. He used to get up at 3:30 AM and commence with happy whistling in the kitchen, much to my mother's chagrin. I can't whistle. Thank God.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Umm, I have no talent. But I did participate in the 4th grade spring fair at our elementary school where a group of girls performed the Charleston. Mom made me a pretty satin dress in pale pink with fringe on the bottom that swirled when I danced. She also made a matching headband with a fluffy feather tucked inside. I was cute, for sure. But I still had no talent.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
Not that I can think of
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"blaming and defending"
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
paintings, photos, drawings, cracks, nails where the calendar should be, a favorite necklace, my grandma's mirror
4) What time is bedtime?
11, but it never ever happens. in reality, between 12 an 2
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
117hudson, FIMBY, Habitblog
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
night owl
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
camp as a teenager, entire cabin sang some sappy song, i tried to hide. i can harmonize though.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
I've seen my life flash before my eyes a few times, but I don't know that I had time to feel real fear in those instances. I've also been in serious danger before and not really realized it until afterwards. The time I remember feeling most frightened and vulnerable is when my family was backpacking in Colorado. We were on a mountain in a pretty bad thunderstorm in this tiny tent and heard lightning hit a tree very close to us. We prayed and then spent the thunderstorm singing songs and being silly to distract ourselves because there was nowhere to go. Mostly I was afraid for my children and my husband more than myself, though. I felt as long as they were safe, it would be okay.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"That was what he would remember, that feeling of endless space." The Memory Keeper's Daughter
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
I'm in the kitchen looking into the dining room. There is nothing on the walls really in here, just things above the cabinets: decorative plates, a barn cookie jar set, a pinewood Derby car made to look like the '47 Chevy pickup my husband rebuilt, two antique stoneware jugs, sunflowers, baskets, river glass in a huge jar, bottles found down by the river, a large and ornate ceramic mug, rooster figurines, a wooden I<3 roosters sign, blue Mason jars with more river glass, a syrup pitcher shaped like a standing bear, a soup tureen with a chicken shaped knob on the lid, stars made from twigs, a wicker rooster, various animal skulls found in the woods, and three 8x12 prints of sunflower photos I entered in a local contest. On the walls in the dining room are three Pioneer Woman sunset photos, a photo by Tom Parker of an old truck and sign at sunset, and a self portrait print (maybe intaglio?) my brother made.
4) What time is bedtime?
Usually around 10:oo p.m.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
Facebook, Pinterest, Post Secret - These are my current addictions. I've fallen out of the blog habit lately.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
morning
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Unfortunately. They were always required participation. I'm not comfortable in the spotlight, and I don't feel I have any real talent that can be presented on a stage.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
Only for medical reasons - turned out fine.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
...and when the railway workers joined in, the city was isolated from the rest... from Moscow, 1941 by Rodric Braithwaite (Russia during WWII - an obssession of mine)
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
A panoramic photo of Denali National Park, and a styleized "antique" world map, also three photos of our sons, between the ages of three and six, that my husband took. They will be 10 and 11 next month.
4) What time is bedtime?
Midnight when I'm not working/commuting. Ten pm when I am.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
http://www.the-broad-side.com/
http://sarahpiazza.org/
http://midlifemixtape.com/
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Definitely a night owl. Does not mix with working or parenting :(
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Not a talent show, but a lip synching contest. I dressed up as Steven Tyler and "sang" 'Dude looks like a lady' in college. No one got the joke.
There are pictures.Loved K's story about the Elton John song!
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? Some medical stuff - preeclampsia, the odd panic attack.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? to him and his mysterious companion. For a while the bookseller only" (From The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? Pen and ink print of Oxford, U.K. (Goodwill score!)
4) What time is bedtime? Between 9:30-10:30
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? http://tulpensbadwords.blogspot.com/. http://www.thebalancedmind.org/, facebook/pinterest/etc
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? morning
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? no talent shows, but I sang the odd solo in high school productions
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? Not really. I've been so frightened I thought I might die, but scared for my life? No. Thank God.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? "and tossed him out the window. Quixote landed with a screeching..." The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? Not one damn thing. Still. After 2 years. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
4) What time is bedtime? 10:00pm
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? The Bloggess, Margaret and Helen, Hey Dahlin'.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? Night owl.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? Uh, no.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
Yes. When I was 17 I worked for a local carry-out Pizza Hut that was on a street known for it's prostitution and drug dealing. One night I didn't manage to get a ride from one of the drivers to go home, it was around midnight, and as I was walking to the bus stop some guy started following me in his truck. As I was running to get away I tripped and fell and he stopped the truck, got out, and started trying to make me get in "so he could take me to the hospital in case I really hurt myself". I screamed bloody murder and a couple of guys coming out of a 24hr fitness around the corner came to my rescue. I never took the bus home from there again.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
and the scent of her neck. He thought about wrapping his arms around --- from The Odds: A Love Story by Stewart O'Nan
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Photographs of my kids, a print of an 1890's logging scene from the Oregon coast, an Congolese fabric collage, drawing and paintings my kids have done, and a row of postcards of various types .
4) What time is bedtime?
Usually between 9 and 10.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?Pinterist, http://www.101cookbooks.com, and http://apronstringz.wordpress.com.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Morning person.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Yep. Played piano.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? Yes, there was and I think I will blog about it Monday.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? " . . . the front door locked. She carried no house key--no . . ." It's from Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card and it's one of my son's favorite books.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? Tons of family photos on one wall, art on the other walls, a guitar, and, one narrow wall in the dining room, plaster hand prints from each of my four children (they all had the same Kindergarten teacher and it was a project she did each year).
4) What time is bedtime? Upstairs by nine, asleep by ten.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? Blue Dogs, Yellow Skies is my favorite new blog. I can't pick favorites among the rest I read because all the bloggers are my friends. I am on FB and Twitter a lot.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? I always thought I was a night owl, but it's really not hard for me to get up early when that's my schedule. I learned after taking a survey in Oprah, that I a night owl with flexibility.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? Oh my gosh, yes. I did a modern dance with a friend to Just the Two of Us. It was the seventies.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
There have been a few moments when I have thought "I may not survive this experience" (childbirth and my first marathon being the most notable), but I did and what's more, went on to do both of them again, so I guess they really do not count. So the answer is no.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
""I'm feeling it." Norman paged forward." From " Seriously, Norman !" by Chris Raschka ( children's author)
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
A print by a woman who served on the local YWCA board with me. She is Aboriginal and the print is beautiful. It is called " The gift" and shows a couple with their newborn. I received it as a gift for surviving the presidency of the board during 2 tough years. Kitchen cabinets. Framed family pictures. A silk scarf map of Italy, part of my dad's kit from WWII. (He was a navigator). And some Nutella fingerprints (sigh).
4) What time is bedtime?
Whenever I can no longer keep my eyes open. Or when the Flames game finishes. Usually around 11:00 pm.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
The Yarn Harlot http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/ - good writing , mostly about knitting, but I also like the fact that she is Canadian and living in Toronto,(where I grew up) so it is familiar to me.
So the thing is.....http://sothethingisblog.blogspot.com/ Love her writing and her humour.
The Bloggess http://thebloggess.com/. This is "spit out your coffee, not quite suitable for work" but still very funny.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Mostly a morning person. I love being the first one up. I feel slightly superior and I do some of my best thinking then.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Do piano recitals count? And 5 of us did a singing number in the high school talent show. Once.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? Yes, just last summer, in the ocean. Rogue set of waves appeared and hammered the whole family. I don't know if I was more afraid for myself or the panic at not being able to protect my children.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? "...once, and that had been awful enough to make me doubt men and my.." The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? Watercolor of Santa Cruz island, TV, two horse head prints, lithograph of a French street, poster of Chateau Margaux label, martini prints.
4) What time is bedtime? Too late, usually. 11-12ish
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? Tough to answer! I follow lots of derfs and don't want to leave anyone out. Non-derf blogs: wouldashoulda.com, pandagon.net, blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? Most definitely a night owl.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? If the answer is yes, it was so hideous I have blocked it from memory.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
No, although I came very close to drowning when I was little. I didn't fear for my life because I didn't realize what was happening.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"handful of housing projects and the abandonment of"--The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Mirror, big window, and a picture of my daughter making brownies
4) What time is bedtime?
At 10:00 pm on the dot, my eyes slam shut.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
Swistle, Mimi Smartypants, and Kate Christensen's blog
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Goooood morning, sunshine!
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Yes, we did "She Blinded Me With Science" in middle school and I was a hunchback. A very talented hunchback, if I do say so myself.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
Yes. Most recently a little over a year ago when I was driving over a mountain pass in a blinding snowstorm at night. My husband had to roll down his window and look for the line painted on the side of the road to confirm we were still on it. It was one of those stretches of road around here where there is nowhere safe to pull over or stop. I am never, ever doing that again.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
Nearest is a relative term, and I'm not going to get a tape measure to determine exact nearestness. So, here's one from the bookshelf next to me, "C++ for C Programmers": (it won't let me underline a title?!?)
"Object-oriented programming is a data-centered view of programming, meaning"
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Art. All framed. One Japanese animation cel, two Boris Vallejo posters, one original watercolor miniature dragon, then the "collage" above my desk: a pen and ink of dolphins swimming to a castle in the sky, an original watercolor of a dragon building a snow dragon, a print of a winged cat originally in watercolor, an original gouache of a lady in a greek building, and my poster of Angel's Landing from Zion National Park.
And some spiderwebs up in the corner.
4) What time is bedtime?
These days, 12:30 - 1:00.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
www.gaiaonline.com
www.gocomics.com
www.etsy.com (but it's falling fast)
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Early night owl. I don't do well at 2 am, but I do horribly at 7am. 9am meetings used to be my bugaboo - you're just not going to get my best at that hour because I'm not friggin' AWAKE.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Nope.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
Yes. Most recently a little over a year ago when I was driving over a mountain pass in a blinding snowstorm at night. My husband had to roll down his window and look for the line painted on the side of the road to confirm we were still on it. It was one of those stretches of road around here where there is nowhere safe to pull over or stop. I am never, ever doing that again.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
Nearest is a relative term, and I'm not going to get a tape measure to determine exact nearestness. So, here's one from the bookshelf next to me, "C++ for C Programmers": (it won't let me underline a title?!?)
"Object-oriented programming is a data-centered view of programming, meaning"
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Art. All framed. One Japanese animation cel, two Boris Vallejo posters, one original watercolor miniature dragon, then the "collage" above my desk: a pen and ink of dolphins swimming to a castle in the sky, an original watercolor of a dragon building a snow dragon, a print of a winged cat originally in watercolor, an original gouache of a lady in a greek building, and my poster of Angel's Landing from Zion National Park.
And some spiderwebs up in the corner.
4) What time is bedtime?
These days, 12:30 - 1:00.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
www.gaiaonline.com
www.gocomics.com
www.etsy.com (but it's falling fast)
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Early night owl. I don't do well at 2 am, but I do horribly at 7am. 9am meetings used to be my bugaboo - you're just not going to get my best at that hour because I'm not friggin' AWAKE.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Nope.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
I went horseback riding on a huge farm with friends when I was 16. Since I had ridden very few times before, they gave me the oldest gentlest horse to ride. Apparently something spooked it as we were slowly trotting along and it took off like a wild horse. Everyone was screaming to just hang on which I did for what felt like two hours but was probably 10-15 minutes. Eventually, he reared up and threw me off. I ended up with a mild concussion and a bruised hip but I thought for sure I was going to die.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"You've never heard of the freshman thirty-five? That's funny." from Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Pictures of my kids and a lighthouse painting I used to love but it's been there too long and I'm a little sick of it.
4) What time is bedtime?
See question 6, just a menopausal crazy bitch.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
Murrmurrs(murrbrewster.blogspot.com)ByeByePie(byebyepie.typepad.com)SayLaVee(blackbird17.blogspot.com) The first two are funny as hell, the third a relaxing point of view blog.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
I doze off at 9 just as a favorite show comes on and then awaken at 1 am and cannot fall back asleep until 5am. I think this makes me a vampire bat instead of a night owl.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Third grade- a sad little ballet solo. I thought I was graceful at the time.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? I did an internship at the Philadelphia Zoo when I was in college. At that time, they created a video about the zoo as an incentive to donate money. I was helping the Director get some zookeeper footage behind the scenes in the polar bear house when I heard thumping feet, a loud roar and then a loud thwang! against the door into the polar bear enclosure. I have an image permanently implanted on my brain of a polar bear standing on its hind legs smacking the door. For a moment, I thought the bear was going to come through the door. I'm surprised I didn't need to change my pants.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? "Above the sink I found a box of safety pins for attaching jewelry to the gowns" from This Lovely Life by Vicki Forman.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? Pictures my kids drew. After we moved in to this house, the kids thought the walls looked a little bare since we hadn't hung any pictures yet. The drawings are still there 3.5 years later. I find it charming. I'm sure most people think it's really indulgent.
4) What time is bedtime? Mine? Should be 11pm but it's usually 12am. Kids? 8pm with lights out at 8:30
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? Stimeyland, CakeWrecks, Epbot. XKCD oh! and Diary of a Mom.
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? night owl. see above bedtime
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? There was this one time at band camp...
We HAD to participate in a talent show at band camp. And the ironic thing is that no one ever played the instrument they played in band. I don't remember there being a rule against that. My talent? Usually the group I was in found a song to lip sync. I mostly remember hoping we didn't look too stupid.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for your life?
No, but I've been frightened for other peoples lives.
I've had family in medical situations where we literally....waited for the outcome.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"And this is very special, Her clothes from the past are very precious to her."
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
I recommend it... a young adult distopian novel. A good read.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
A Star Wars Poster, a Return of the Jedi poster...and a painting done by my grandfather in 1968 of a scene in India.
The computer is in my oldest daughters (30) old room, which she moved out of in 2006. I joked that I would keep it as a shrine, but I suppose I could redecorate now?
4) What time is bedtime?
Any time I want.
Usually no earlier than 11pm.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
...of course.
Hmmm... I really like to read Amanda over at SouleMama. Making her life be what she wants it to be...calmly.
Marinka at Motherhood in NYC...I relate.
Jen at Juggling Life. She may have my life, just in another country.(Ok, she's a little younger too.))
I guess I like blogs where I can either relate to the humour, the experience...or that let me see a different way of livin
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Night Owl...see above.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Haaaaaaaaa!
I have plenty of talent. I'm just not sure the world was ever ready to see it.
There WAS a ballet performance in 1975. I may have been a daffodil. Don't judge, I was 13 and have never worn a tutu since.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? Pass.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? 'anticlimax noun comedown, letdown, disappointment, bathos.
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? Children's art, shelves of cookbooks, what must be soup I think, and perhaps chocolate?
4) What time is bedtime? 10-ish, but then I read
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? I love Green Girl in Wisconsin, Schmutzie.com, Knitting With Pencils... they are all listed on my own blog!
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? MORNING!
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? Lots of times! I sing and play guitar. My first guitar and singing performance was 'Kumbaya', which I thought was LAME.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
As a child of addicts, over and over and over. Usually in a car with someone high or drunk and me contemplating the risk of jumping out a passenger door at high speeds.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
In 1674 Hooke was at the peak of his career: he was Chief Surveyor for the City of London, and held in great esteem by the Corporation, and by leading figures in the East India Company. (The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London)
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
In my studio/dining room, sketches, old photos, bulletin boards, finished but homeless art pieces.
4) What time is bedtime?
Usually about 11
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
XKCD, very funny science cartoon blog
mimismartypants
Christies of London Auction
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Neither, midday please
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Nope.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
I was 19, doing field work in the Gaspe, came across a bear and her two cubs. The trees were all too small to climb and the truck was locked. She didn't see me, so I very quietly climbed on top of the truck cab and scrunched down so that I wasn't very visible and stayed there until my partner (who happened to be my husband) came back with the damn keys.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"The Flavians inherited and continued Nero's programme of urban renewal" Rome, an Oxford Archaeological Guide by Amanda Claridge
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
I'm in bed, the room is full of photos of family: grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren, our wedding and courtship, canoe trips and baby baths. I don't like family photos in public spaces, I love them here where I can sit in bed and look at them as I wake up in the morning.
4) What time is bedtime?
9:30 if I'm being good, 11:00 if I'm being stupid
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
Bye, Bye Pie
Ask A Manager
Redneck Mommy
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Neither really. Unfortunately
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
I never even participated in a grade school Christmas concert.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
I was nearly smooshed between a big rig, a SUV, and a cement divide on the freeway a few weeks ago. My life flashed and then everything was fine.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
we have to inwardly also hear heartfulness
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Vertical blinds, a vine wreath, a wooden toy horse, and the TV
4) What time is bedtime?
Usually 9 or 10
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
Pinterest, Facebook, my school website
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Morning! Rise and shine!
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
No. Nor do I regret that decision.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? Not that I can remember.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? 'unaware that deer are motivated by anything more' The Hidden Life of Deer by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? A large weaving of the delicate arch in Arches National Park, Utah, 3 southwest tiles, a southwest looking picture, and speakers.
4) What time is bedtime? Too late - midnight to 1 a.m.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? I am a crafter, so papervernissage.blogspot.com, beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com, smittenkitchen.com
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? Night owl, unfortunately.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? Nope
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life?
In the car with my drunk husband (now ex) who was furious with me and driving crazily.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
""Of or relating to one of two or more closely related minerals and specifying a particular physical structure (esp. a polymorphous modificatin); specific. said of a mineral that is stable at a temperature lower than those of the gamma and beta polymorphs." From the Glossary of Geology. What can I say? I'm at work. If I was at home it would have been a quote from Game of Thrones. :)
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in?
On the walls of my office cubicle are some postcard reproductions of Group of Seven artwork, some photos of me with friends taken in various places, photos of my kids, artwork done by my kids, a "Keep Calm and Carry On" sign, a voodoo doll, a chart showing the alt codes for French accented characters, a geological time chart, and a poster of an intimidating cat next to an open book that is captioned, "If you don't like my changes, I can always edit your face."
4) What time is bedtime?
Between 9 and 10.
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
GlobeandMail.com
Jenontheedge.com
Facebook .com
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Uber morning person. I am horribly chipper and cheerful in the mornings. It pisses people off.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent?
Sadly, no.
eeeeee!!! Questions to answer, unexpectedly! I love it!!!
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? Yeah...when the doctor told me (the second opinion doctor) that I did, in fact, have rectal cancer. YIKES!
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? "... the mother bunny catches the baby bunny in the end and says, "Have ..."
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? a Pirates of the Caribbean flag, courtesy of a co-worker who had a conference at Disney. a picture of Paris, two calendars, a reminder email (which, hooray, I can take down now), a tack board, a phone instruction list, and a poster of a garden with a black cat sitting in it and a quote at the bottom which says, "The ideal of beauty is simplicity and tranquility." - Goethe
4) What time is bedtime? Usually around 9 or 10 pm
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)?
http://sweetteasunshine.blogspot.com/
http://www.117-hudson.com/
http://tar0shiba.tumblr.com/
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? I used to be a night owl...but...yaaawwwwwwwn...not so much anymore
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? ha, baton twirling.
1) Was there ever a time you were frightened for you life? I don't think so.
2) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say? "this: Workers who received good reviews had no incentive to" from Get Rid of the Performance Review
3) What is on the walls of the room you are in? a July 2010 - June 2011 Yearly Planner calendar, individual calendars for July - December 2011, a 2012 Yearly Planner calendar, a dry erase board, and a clock.
4) What time is bedtime? 10 - 10:30pm
5) What are your current three favorite websites/blogs (besides this one, of course)? The Bloggess, Dooce, and Mom to the Screaming Masses (it was hard to chose just three)
6) Are you a morning person or a night owl? I like daylight.
7) Have you ever, as a kid or an adult, participated in a talent show? What was your talent? no.