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Jan. 2nd, 2003 12:09 pmWell it's a new year and I'd like to have started it out in my new apartment, but we are still trying to move everything and get unpacked. So for now Alex and I are still sleeping at my parent's house. We will be moved in completely by Saturday (I hope) though I doubt I'll be anywhere near done unpacking. The kitchen is half finished... at least I've gotten most of our stuff washed and put away anyway. Alex gets the bedroom. It's smaller than I thought it would be, but that's okay because the living room is enormous. So Jeff and I will be spending the next six months sleeping on the sofa bed in the living room rather than buying a mattress and sleeping in the bedroom with Alex. Oh well. It's better than sleeping on the floor.
I made some resolutions, though so far they've gone horribly amiss... as usual. :) I resolved to eat better (am currently munching cheese-stuffed pretzels as my lunch), drink less soda (am on my 2nd Vanilla Coke of the day), and exercise every day... which I've actually done so far. Moving boxes and lifting furniture counts, right? Because that's what I've been doing. I've a horrible bruise on my right leg now from crashing into my dad's license plate on his car while trying to wrangle a particularly difficult box into the trunk of my car. It's turned purple in the middle with funny black spots. It's gross. :)
And now, a survey.
Seven things I love:
1. My daughter. She’s the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen. She certainly tops my (admittably small) list of achievements by an incomprehensible gap. She truly is the best thing I’ve ever done.
2. My husband.
3. Animals, all of them… literally… even creepy crawlies.
4. Spaghetti… mmmm…
5. a good story
6. inspiring music
7. good conversation with good friends over good food… and it doesn’t even have to be philisophical and deep. It could be about the weather and favourite colours, because so long as it’s with a good friend it will always be meaningful.
Seven things I dislike:
1. Prejudice
2. ignorance (those capable of, but unwilling to, learn)
3. war
4. violence
5. hunger
6. those who shun others because they look, act, talk, or think differently… especially those who make life a living hell for the “outcasts”
7. the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer, and then having to listen to the rich spout off about the poor and the “free handouts” they get at the expense of the rich.
Seven things on my desk:
1. a handful of pens
2. a Harry Potter calendar
3. a computer that is broken (hey, it asked my desk, not the one I’m sitting at now)
4. some notebooks with various stories started but left unfinished
5. a beautiful card from Hildi
6. my cellphone
7. a moving box of Harry Potter and Star Wars LEGOS, already assembled
Seven facts about Me:
1. I love languages but have the hardest time learning them, so the only language I speak is English, with a little Spanish that I’ve picked up from living in an area heavily populated by Mexican immigrants, though I never use the Spanish as it’s only a few words here and there that don’t really make a sentence (and half of what I know is vulgar language anyway).
2. I was called the Human Teddy Bear in high school because I was a) perfect for cuddling and b) small enough to fit neatly against just about anybody. I still am, but nobody calls me the Human Teddy Bear anymore because I don’t have anybody to cuddle with other than Jeff and Alex… or I guess I ought to say I don’t have anybody to cuddle with who is comfortable cuddling with “just a friend”.
3. Nice a country as the United States is, I don’t want to live here. I’ve never wanted to live here. My heart has been set on living in the UK or some small little known and not heavily populated country for as long as I can remember, and nobody seems to understand why I want to LEAVE the US and never return to it. This fact has made me a bit of an outcast in my own family and amongst my friends for as long as I can remember. I learned not to talk about it.
4. I currently have no health insurance and it will be a very long time before I can afford it, if I ever can.
5. I’d like to be a gardener but have no skill or talent at growing things.
6. I’m so short, I could be a Hobbit… a tall Hobbit, but a Hobbit nonetheless
7. My husband and I are only common-law married and have never made it entirely official because, if it’s not one family objecting, it’s the other… and most people we know, friends and family alike, frown upon a sort-of Jewish, sort-of non-religious wedding ceremony… nobody would show up… it’d be a heartbreaking day. So we’ve never done it. Not even at the justice of the peace. I just couldn’t stand to be that depressed on my own wedding day.
Nine things I like about the Opposite sex:
1. The way they look so cute sometimes and don’t know it
2. They are handy for fixing things around the house, and even if they don’t know what they are doing, they’ll still try to fix it.
3. How they try very hard to be romantic, and mostly fail miserably at it… it’s cute… sometimes
4. The way they can sprawl somewhere and take up more space than they look capable of (much like a cat)
5. they are super comfortable to lay on
6. they smell good, like fresh earth
7. how they can act stereotypically manly around their friends one minute, and the next be sweet and gentle around their girlfriends/wives/women in their lives
8. the confussed and slightly horrified look he gets when I ask my husband to go buy me feminine hygiene products and he asks “why?”
9. how they ALL look 5 when they are asleep
Four things I'd eat on my last day of life:
1. spaghetti made by scratch with my daughter and husband (without him complaining)
2. a big thick juicy cheeseburger done medium-rare with a mudslide
3. whatever misspince’s favourite food is, eaten with her, all afternoon
4. strawberries and vanilla ice cream
Six celebrities I'd have sex with:
Were I not married…
1. Ewan McGregor
2. Dominic Monaghan
3. Elijah Wood
4. Jake Gyllenhal
5. Sean Biggerstaff
6. Billy Boyd
But since I am married I’d take a day of deep and meaningful conversation with the lot of them.
Four Vacations I've taken:
1. Chincoteague Island, Virginia
2. Mexico Beach, Florida
3. Kristin’s house
4. um… that’s it… I’m poor and we never really took vacations when I was a kid
Four things I'd like to learn to do:
1. play piano and/or violin
2. speak Icelandic, Scotch Gaelic (like Sean, my squid does… I miss that), and Hebrew
3. play video games worth a flip WITHOUT needing Jeff to get me past the hard parts
4. fly
I made some resolutions, though so far they've gone horribly amiss... as usual. :) I resolved to eat better (am currently munching cheese-stuffed pretzels as my lunch), drink less soda (am on my 2nd Vanilla Coke of the day), and exercise every day... which I've actually done so far. Moving boxes and lifting furniture counts, right? Because that's what I've been doing. I've a horrible bruise on my right leg now from crashing into my dad's license plate on his car while trying to wrangle a particularly difficult box into the trunk of my car. It's turned purple in the middle with funny black spots. It's gross. :)
And now, a survey.
Seven things I love:
1. My daughter. She’s the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen. She certainly tops my (admittably small) list of achievements by an incomprehensible gap. She truly is the best thing I’ve ever done.
2. My husband.
3. Animals, all of them… literally… even creepy crawlies.
4. Spaghetti… mmmm…
5. a good story
6. inspiring music
7. good conversation with good friends over good food… and it doesn’t even have to be philisophical and deep. It could be about the weather and favourite colours, because so long as it’s with a good friend it will always be meaningful.
Seven things I dislike:
1. Prejudice
2. ignorance (those capable of, but unwilling to, learn)
3. war
4. violence
5. hunger
6. those who shun others because they look, act, talk, or think differently… especially those who make life a living hell for the “outcasts”
7. the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer, and then having to listen to the rich spout off about the poor and the “free handouts” they get at the expense of the rich.
Seven things on my desk:
1. a handful of pens
2. a Harry Potter calendar
3. a computer that is broken (hey, it asked my desk, not the one I’m sitting at now)
4. some notebooks with various stories started but left unfinished
5. a beautiful card from Hildi
6. my cellphone
7. a moving box of Harry Potter and Star Wars LEGOS, already assembled
Seven facts about Me:
1. I love languages but have the hardest time learning them, so the only language I speak is English, with a little Spanish that I’ve picked up from living in an area heavily populated by Mexican immigrants, though I never use the Spanish as it’s only a few words here and there that don’t really make a sentence (and half of what I know is vulgar language anyway).
2. I was called the Human Teddy Bear in high school because I was a) perfect for cuddling and b) small enough to fit neatly against just about anybody. I still am, but nobody calls me the Human Teddy Bear anymore because I don’t have anybody to cuddle with other than Jeff and Alex… or I guess I ought to say I don’t have anybody to cuddle with who is comfortable cuddling with “just a friend”.
3. Nice a country as the United States is, I don’t want to live here. I’ve never wanted to live here. My heart has been set on living in the UK or some small little known and not heavily populated country for as long as I can remember, and nobody seems to understand why I want to LEAVE the US and never return to it. This fact has made me a bit of an outcast in my own family and amongst my friends for as long as I can remember. I learned not to talk about it.
4. I currently have no health insurance and it will be a very long time before I can afford it, if I ever can.
5. I’d like to be a gardener but have no skill or talent at growing things.
6. I’m so short, I could be a Hobbit… a tall Hobbit, but a Hobbit nonetheless
7. My husband and I are only common-law married and have never made it entirely official because, if it’s not one family objecting, it’s the other… and most people we know, friends and family alike, frown upon a sort-of Jewish, sort-of non-religious wedding ceremony… nobody would show up… it’d be a heartbreaking day. So we’ve never done it. Not even at the justice of the peace. I just couldn’t stand to be that depressed on my own wedding day.
Nine things I like about the Opposite sex:
1. The way they look so cute sometimes and don’t know it
2. They are handy for fixing things around the house, and even if they don’t know what they are doing, they’ll still try to fix it.
3. How they try very hard to be romantic, and mostly fail miserably at it… it’s cute… sometimes
4. The way they can sprawl somewhere and take up more space than they look capable of (much like a cat)
5. they are super comfortable to lay on
6. they smell good, like fresh earth
7. how they can act stereotypically manly around their friends one minute, and the next be sweet and gentle around their girlfriends/wives/women in their lives
8. the confussed and slightly horrified look he gets when I ask my husband to go buy me feminine hygiene products and he asks “why?”
9. how they ALL look 5 when they are asleep
Four things I'd eat on my last day of life:
1. spaghetti made by scratch with my daughter and husband (without him complaining)
2. a big thick juicy cheeseburger done medium-rare with a mudslide
3. whatever misspince’s favourite food is, eaten with her, all afternoon
4. strawberries and vanilla ice cream
Six celebrities I'd have sex with:
Were I not married…
1. Ewan McGregor
2. Dominic Monaghan
3. Elijah Wood
4. Jake Gyllenhal
5. Sean Biggerstaff
6. Billy Boyd
But since I am married I’d take a day of deep and meaningful conversation with the lot of them.
Four Vacations I've taken:
1. Chincoteague Island, Virginia
2. Mexico Beach, Florida
3. Kristin’s house
4. um… that’s it… I’m poor and we never really took vacations when I was a kid
Four things I'd like to learn to do:
1. play piano and/or violin
2. speak Icelandic, Scotch Gaelic (like Sean, my squid does… I miss that), and Hebrew
3. play video games worth a flip WITHOUT needing Jeff to get me past the hard parts
4. fly
