Monday, July 28

Oh what I would do...

A book! A book! My kingdom for a massive box of English books!!!
Recently, I've been missing the joy of reading books in English, and sadly, I don't have any books to read in English here, they are almost impossible to find, and if you do find them, they will cost you an arm and a leg to get....and since arms and legs don't exactly grow on trees then I have to be content with just the thoughts of having books in English, which isn't exactly as satisfying.

If anyone reads this, and has it in their little heart to send me books, then reply, I'll send you an address in the states where you can send them, so they will be brought down to me.

Tuesday, July 22

An open book...I've got no secrets

Well my sister did it, and I found out a few things about her that I didn't know previously....seriously. So I decided to do the same, and perhaps you might find something out about me you didn't know before.

Have you ever...


Sung someone to sleep?
Yup, used to take care of these kids, and the easiest way to get them to fall asleep was to sing soft songs to them.

Baked a cake without a recipe?
um.....don't think I'd ever want to try it, my cakes baked 'with' a recipe barely even come out.


Recorded your voice?
I'll admit yes, I did. On a tape recorder once, on an mp3 player, and then finally in an actual studio

Written a novel?
Started and never finished any of the stories I tried writing, they were all crap.

Lost a loved-one?
Yes

Been in a band?
Nope...always wanted to be in one or start up my own thing though. did sing at two wordstocks, the same ones my sister did, she only sang at them because I convinced her to, we sang together 'The B'Smith Sisters'

Wanted children?
Once...but only because I was with someone I loved

Cried yourself to sleep?
eck....yes....

Met someone famous?
don't think so, but then again, how do you define famous? dang, I guess since I had to ask they weren't famous afterall

Wanted to be famous?
one can dream, can't they?

Used a rhyming dictionary?
nope, don't think I ever did

Drew/painted a piece of art to completion?
yes, a few pieces

Streaked?
In my wild days

Gone somewhere deliberately in the hopes of running into someone?
um...isn't that borderline stalking?

Felt so incapable of expressing love that you cried?
well if that would make me seem to be like a blubbering fool...then no....but if not, then yes, at times I have felt quite incapable

Written a song?
what exactly would constitute as a song? silly ditty's running through my head? or actually having written something down on paper and put a melody to it as well as music? darnit...I've done both

Climbed a mountain?
yuppers, i have

Wished you were the opposite gender?
heh...just for a day, to see what it would be like

Been heartbroken?
its better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.....(bullshit)

Been in love with someone who had no idea?
don't think so


Do you...


Stop reading books halfway through? yes, usually because I never have the time to finish them...or they're an e-book and I can't ever get to the computer to read it...

Cry during movies?
no, not often at all

Talk a lot?
probably

Do you try to talk less?
I think its evened out pretty well with the times that I don't talk

Sleep better alone?
no, I prefer to sleep with someone, or something, its more comforting, i usually stack my pillows around me to make it more cozy

Pinch pennies? I don't think I'm so good at that...

Quickly lose interest in projects? are you kidding? all the time...fortunately I'm dedicated enough at times to try to finish it the best I can...other times...you can forget it

Misplace things?
oh god, I feel like I'm getting so old, there was a day when I would get annoyed at how other people would do that all the time, because I never did...now...I feel so bad for ever doing that

Love math? like 1+1=2? sure, thats fine, but any algebra or geometry, you can just forget it....i'm a wonderful finance person, as long as they aren't my finances


Do romantic, thoughtful things for the people you love? I'd have to go with what my sister said on this one and say I'm selfish

Have difficulty getting rid of things you don't use?
all the time, how did I become such a packrat? its horrible

Notice and remember little things about people?
occasionally...depending on what people, and interesting they are

Prefer wine to beer?
sometimes, but wine and beer are pretty much my favorite alcoholic beverages

Do an accent?
hehe....yes...I sometimes imitate accents in my classes

Enjoy the spotlight?
shhh....don't tell

Love board games?
same as my sis 'Only when I'm playing with good company.' which isn't all that often sadly

Wish people would stop talking about you?
if its bad then yes, but if its good, then they can talk all they want

Enjoy exotic foods?
i don't think so, unless calmari counts...which i doubt as 'exotic' foods are more like monkey brains and fish eggs

Cook elaborately for yourself?
oh yeh....when i have the ingredients + time + an empty house so no one else asks for any.....which actually never happens....so no, I don't cook elaborately for myself

Have expensive taste? Oh god yes, I'm 'in love' with this store in the mall....but its waaaaay out of my price range

Write on yourself? not so much anymore

Wish you could be someplace else? sometimes

Miss people? DEFINITELY! all the time

Organize to a fault? organize? organized? me? HA! only when i'm in the mood and have time, but that hardly ever happens, and when it does, it turns into a wreck the next day anyhow, so whats the point?

Wear clothes that are too big for you?
all...the...time. I went through a drop in weight recently and none of my clothes fit me, i'm stuck with having to pin my pants and wear belts, soon i'll take them to the taylors to get them fixed...or soon i'll buy new clothes...whichever

Wear make-up every day?
yeh...pretty much, i work basically everday