city, suburb, country. where would you prefer to live? where would you never want to live?

i kind of live in a suburb and it's ok. i just don't like being so close to neighbors when they're not always the nicest.

sometimes i think it would be cool to live in the city like the cosby's, but i don't know if i could handle all of that commotion and the crowds of people.

i dream of living in the country, having a big yard and fields to walk through. not having to worry about the neighbors and all of our subdivisions rules. i'd like to be able to have some farm animals and more dogs that i could let roam around. i would like to have neighbors, but have them far enough away to still be friends with without them being in my business. i'd love my windows to have a picturesque view instead of more homes.

aliens

i used to be terrified of the idea of aliens as a child. i think i watched way too many episodes of unsolved mysteries. the idea of a strange creature being able to come into my room at all hours of the night and abduct me truly scared me and i lost sleep over it. i eventually got over it and don't even think about it anymore.

what would you do if you were the president?

find a really, really good vice president, and entire staff to help me keep up the charade b/c i have no clue on how to be president! lol

there's a song lyric "i guess i'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all." do you agree or disagree?

agreed.

if you were forced to live one year of your life over & over again, which year would you choose?

i wouldn't choose any, then it wouldn't be called living, just repeating...

your autobiography in 25 words

daughter
design
friend
sunshine
monsters
apples
trees
camera
paint
clumsy
virgo
pencils
animals
water
typography
colors
ice cream
hoosier
worrier
shy
birds
warmth
vintage
flowers
art

zombies

there once was a zombie named mel
for human flesh he had no smell
the monster was vegan from what i can grapple
and we have a zombie apple

if i looked under your bed, what would i find?

just a couple of dust bunnies hoppin' about.

describe a nightmare that you had recently

this is my real answer to yesterday's topic.

as for todays: i had a dream a few weeks ago that i tried for a new job and then they changed their minds about hiring me. i guess i didn't have my old job either, but then they took me back. i actually woke up crying. i don't know if that was really a nightmare, but it was very emotional for some reason. so much so that i wrote it down in my dream journal.

what is the best feeling in the world?

not this one. i can within a nanosecond of fainting at the eye doctor today and now i think that bronchitis is settling in.

useless facts in your head

rabbits are known as lagamorphs. the are not related to rodents, they are their own phylum

phil hartman, ty pennington and genevieve qorder were all graphic designers

umm that's all i got. the random stuff really only comes up with a trigger fact

which cartoon are you most like? it could be attitude or looks. post a pic.

i kind of look like meg griffin from family guy

but sometimes...

i am have a sarcastic attitude like daria

free day

i have to wear nice clothes to work today b/c i am going to my friends wedding after work. i'd rather be wearing jeans. and why is she getting married on a wednesday? i know it's a quickie, small thing, but really? maybe i'll tell everyone i have an interview ;-)

22?s

1. are you good at following directions?
i don't know about giving directions, but i am the navigator on road trips with my family. i have a pretty good memory.

2. do you still have clothes from high school?
i don't think so.

3. would you prefer to go out for dinner or have someone cook for you at home?
it depends on my mood. i'm leaning towards going out.

4. what's your favorite television show?
right now i really enjoy "modern family"

5. what's your favorite abbreviation?
i really don't have one... maybe lol

6. would you rather work a crossword puzzle or poke out your own eye?
crossword puzzle for sure

7. do you prefer super glue or krazy glue?
super

8. which two movie stars would you like to meet?
sandra bullock
ed helms

9. what color do you wear the best?
brown

10. would you prefer to knit or crochet?
crochet. i can't do either, but 'becca tried to teach me how to crochet.

11. what book would you like to have read to you?
harry potter series

12. how did you celebrate your thirteenth birthday?
my mom paid for my two best friends and i to spend the day at celebration station. we rode go-karts, played mini-golf and arcade games all day. we ate pizza and laughed at the animatronic animals. it was the best!

13. what do you remember about kindergarten?
i used to write the letters in the alphabet backwards and i also wrote from right to left. my teacher told to write from left to right, so i wrote all of the letters backwards from left to right. i still have trouble remembering which direction the lowercase b and d go. i get confused.

14. what do you find most addictive about facebook?
seeing what people are doing and looking up people from high school (even if they weren't my friends). the curiosity.

15. you're starting a job at a movie theater. would you rather take tickets or pop popcorn?
popcorn. i used to do that in high school for honors society events and 'becca and i would make popcorn for people at work.

16. who would you rather sleep with - ross or chandler?
chandler

17. would you accept the powers of superwoman for a year if it meant you had to give up your favorite food?
yes, i could give up ice cream -- there's always custard!

18. how much money would be enough to get you to shave your head?
yikes. at first i was going to say there wouldn't be enough, but i would do it for 100,000 or wait maybe 50,000

19. a killer bunny is chasing you. what color is the bunny?
pink, with vampire teeth

20. what movie do you not want to see?
the exorcist. i will never watch that.

21. to which magazine would you like a subscription?
national geographic. i love the photography.

22. what topic do you think we should all blog about?
apples

chartreuse

i had a little parakeet named chartreuse. she had a friend named indigo.

free day

did a lot of spring cleaning today and now i'm watching the grammys. not a very exciting weekend, but a productive one.

free day

just got done watching "the town." i would recommend it, it was very good. ben affleck is getting hotter with age.

cookies are...

yummay.
my favorite ones are chocolate chip with m&ms!

free day

my mom found this recipe for baked ziti, so we made it for dinner tonight. it was pretty easy and super yummy. thought i'd share.

what you think people associate you most with

flowers.
i may have understood that wrong, but that's what came to mind.


and the answer for yesterday's blog is. #1 -- i hate green beans

tell 2 truths and 1 lie about yourself. the rest of us will guess which is the lie

1. green beans are my favorite vegetables
2. when i was little i wanted to grow up to be a horse
3. i can wiggle my ears

blog about marlana

i've met marlana, twice (i think). the first time i met her i thought to myself "that girl has awesome hair". she really does! and i thinks it's awesome that she's a court reporter, it seems like such an interesting career. she really a really nice, caring person and if she can put up with 'becca she must be a saint. hahaha, just kidding 'bec, love ya!

i might be slightly OCD about ...

i check and recheck to make sure the stove/oven is off before bed and in the morning i check that the flat iron and the toaster are both off and i make sure the front door is locked before i leave. i've been known to turn around in the morning just to recheck if i'm not sure. i can also get a little OCD when it comes to vacuuming and yard work. i am a perfectionist -- a true virgo.

turning point in your life that makes you smile/cry?

the day my grandma died. my life has never been the same. i miss her every day.

what would you choose for your last supper?

haha. i got the topics confused between the days.

a cheeseburger with french fries and a marshmallow milkshake and a salad




stressful evening yesterday -- car problems -- again

have you ever had a recurring dream? what is it?

when i was much younger, like 7 or 8. i used to have this dream that my grandma was driving our old car that i called "big red". i was in the backseat and we were headed towards the back of our subdivision. we were going over the bridge, which really isn't much of bridge b/c it has earth underneath it, but water on both sides. anyway we were driving over the bridge and vampires and werewolves were chasing us. we were trying to get away but the bridge was crumbling into the water. i can't remember if we actually made it to the otherside or not. i haven't had that dream in a very long time, but parts of it are pretty vivid. Even when i was older i've dreamt that that bridge and the other bridge in our subdivision (which is the same setup) was falling underneath me and i was not able to get across. in those dreams there were any vamps or weres.

who do you admire most?

my mom.

the ONE thing you are MOST proud of?

i don't really have one specific thing that could be measured. but i am pretty proud of all of the fact that I (and my mom) have overcome so much crap that has been dealt to us over the years. i think that most people would have cracked a long time ago, but we just keep moving forward and try to do get through life with a smile even when we though we couldn't take anymore. we've been through so much for so long and just hope that one day it will get better. i'm not sure that's happening soon. i try to keep hope alive.