Welcome to the 2006 edition of... Getting to know your friends

Welcome to the 2006 edition of... Getting to know your friends

This was an email I got this morning. I figured, this may be a good post. If you want to, copy it and fill it out on your blog and let me know in the comments section so I can read yours.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 4:30am
2. Diamonds or pearls? no
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? DaVinci Code
4. What is your favorite TV show(s)? House, PBS
5. What did you have for breakfast? mt Dew
6.What is your middle name? Charles
7. What is your favorite cuisine? American/my Mama's home cooking
8. What foods do you dislike? vegetables
9. Your favorite Potato chip ? Pringles
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Bishop Allen
11. What kind of car do you drive? VW Jetta
12. Favorite sandwich? peanut butter
13. What characteristics do you despise? liars/cheaters/people that do not take responsibility for their actions ( I could go on...)
14. Favorite item of clothing? t-shirt( I guess)
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Anywhere
16. What color is your bathroom? white
17. Favorite brand of clothing? I wear black on outside cause black is how I feel on the inside
18. Where would you want to retire to? mountains
19. Favorite time of day? I dont have a favorite
20. Where were you born? Burlington, NC
21. Favorite sport to watch? /NFL/college basketball tie
22. Who do you least expect to send this back? just about everyone I send it to
23. Person you expect to send it back first? no one
24. What laundry detergent do you use? Tide
25. Coke or Pepsi? I drink both, but prefer Coke
26. Are you a morning person or night owl? Yes
27. What size shoe do you wear? 7
28. Do you have pets? no :(
29. Any news you'd like to share with everyone? I'm not unwell, thank you.
30. What did you want to be when you were little? bigger
31. Favorite candy? All candy
32 What is your best childhood memory? playing in the park behind my house in Durham
33. What are the different jobs you've had? envelope stuffer, customer service, camp counselor, librarian/Archivist, seat belt factory,
34. Nicknames: I will not repeat any at this time
35. Piercing? ear when I was in college
36. Eye color? brzown (that's rap for brown)
37. Ever been to Africa ? no
38. Ever been toilet papering? yes
39. Love someone so much it made you cry? no comment
40. Been in a car accident? yes
41. Favorite restaurant? too many to name
42. Favorite ice cream? Edy's Chocolate Fudge Brownie
43. Favorite flower? miniature rose
44. Disney or Warner Brothers? Disney has better rides
45. Favorite fast food restaurant? ChicFilA, Cookout
47. How many times did you fail your drivers test? 5
48. Before this one, from whom did you get your last email? Bill Clinton, no really
49. Which store would you choose to max out your credit cards? TigerDirect
50. What do you do most often when you are bored? eat, internet
51. Bedtime? 11 mostly
52. Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire?
it doesnt matter
53. Last person you went to dinner with? library staff
54. What are you listening to right now? Geraldo at Large (teh suck)
55. What is your favorite color? I wear black on the outside cause black is how I feel on the inside, green
56. Lake, Ocean or River? yes
57. How many tattoos do you have? none
58. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? single cell creature
59. How many people are you sending this Email to? 42
60. Who sent this to you and what is something you didn't know about
him/her? Sally and to be honest, no surprises...
61. What materialistic thing would you ask for if you had one wish to make?
house of my own
62. Time you finished this? 4:58am

Well, for some time now I have been trying to post and it all comes out the same thing:

I am lonely, I have so much work to do, I am scared I have ms(I refuse to capitalize it), it was the same post everytime and I don't want to do that.

It is Homecoming at the university where I work. It has pretty much been all I have been working on since end of August. The big days are this weekend with campus tours on Friday, events on Saturday and a memorial service on Sunday afternoon. Between that and just really having nothing new to say, I have not posted. I want to say I will be back posting like I was after Homecoming but I just don't know. And I am still reading everyone's blogs. I just feel I don't have anything to say that is blogworthy. And I know I will get, write what you know or feel or makes you mad so on and so on.

Nothing times nothing still equals nothing.

Nonesuch #209

**Update**
Got this from Pop Candy:

The return of WOXY?

Pop reader John E. has been keeping me updated on the possibility of WOXY.com returning to the airwaves. It seems investor Bill Nguyen is interested in integrating the defunct radio station with Lala.com, so keep your fingers crossed.

Keep an eye on the WOXY message boards for developments. In previous posts, Nguyen has said he'd like to make the station free with higher-quality audio. DJs would retain complete editorial control, and the new station would include more exclusive in-house performances. It all sounds good to me -- let's just hope it's not too good to be true.

I think this would be very cool. I really hope it goes through.


Last Friday afternoon, at 5:35pm, woxy.com signed off after 23 years, 17 on the radio waves and 6 online. The vintage channel which they called "your Modern Rock primer" played last May's Modern Rock 500 each day from 9am-5pm playing 100 songs a day. Many songs that I had forgotten about were played, many many from my youth and college days. Band and songs that I swore I would always listen to and of course as time passed, I let them slip off my radar. I was a relative newcomer to woxy having not lived near Cincinatti so I can only really say I was onboard for a year maybe a little more. I saw a link to it on a blog(imagine that) and went there and had been listening ever since. On the regular channel from what I can tell, the last song was MC5-Kick - Out The Jams.
Below is the playlist for the last 100 songs of the Modern Rock 500. There came a time somewhere in the 40s or so, I knew all the songs they played. Not only knew them but was very familar with them, own the songs, albums etc. I hope I can find a new station, website or something to listen to. I had planned to comment on each song but have not had the time. I may repost later with comments on each song. But you know, some if not most of these songs, there just isnt more to say other than listen.

100 - David Bowie - Suffragate City
99 - The Cure - Lovesong
98 - The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
97 - Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
96 - Patti Smith Group - Dancing Barefoot
95 - Gary Numan - Cars
94 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
93- The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
92- Nirvana - In Bloom
91 - The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
90- U2 - With Or Without You
89 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust
88- Folk Implosion - Natural One
87 - Elvis Costello - Alison
86- The Afghan Whigs - Rebirth Of The Cool
85 - The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
84 - Talking Heads - Take Me To The River
83 -James - Laid
82 - Nine Inch Nails - Closer
81 - Blondie - Rapture
80- Devo - Whip It
79- The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
78 - David Bowie - Changes
77 - Modern English - Melt With You
76 - Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
75- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
74 -Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
73 - Oasis - Wonderwall
72 - Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
71 - The Cure - Just Like Heaven
70 - Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
69 - Beck - Where's It At
68 - The Clash - Rock The Casbah
67 - REM - Losing My Religion
66 - Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout)...Peace Love and Understanding
65 - Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
64 - Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
63 - Smashing Pumpkins - Today
62 - Pavement - Cut Your Hair
61 - Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
60 - Beastie Boys - Sabotage
59 - The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro
58 - Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up
57 - New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
56 - Woohoo - Blur
55 - Nirvana - Come As You Are
54- Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
53 - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
52 - Patti Smith - Gloria
51 - Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
50 - U2 - Pride (in the name of love)
49 - Bjork - Human Behavior
48 - XTC - Dear God
47 - Faith No More - Epic
46 - My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
45 - Pearl Jam - Alive
44 - Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
43 - REM - Its the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
42 - Blondie - Heart of Glass
41 - Nirvana - All Apologies
40 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
39 - Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All
38 - Bauhaus - Bela Lagosi is Dead
37 - Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (To Party)
36 - B52's - Rock Lobster
35 - Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
34 - Fugazi - Waiting Room
33 - Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
32 - Pixies - Where Is My Mind
31 - U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
30 - The Police - Roxanne
29 - Depeche Mode - Personel Jesus
28 - Lou Reed - Walk On the Wild Side
27 - Elvis Costello - Radio Radio
26 - Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
25 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
24 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android
23 - The Clash - Train In Vain
22 - David Bowie - Space Oddity
21 - New Order - Blue Monday
20 - The Breeders - Cannonball
19 - The Replacements - Alex Chilton
18 - Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
17 - Pearl Jam - Jeremy
16 - REM - Radio Free Europe
15 - Television - Marquee Moon
14 - Beck - Loser
13 - The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
12 - Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
11 - Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
10 - The Clash - London Calling
9 - Radiohead - Creep
8 - Violent Femmes - Blister In the Sun
7 - Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
6 - The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
5 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
4 - U2 - New Year's Day
3 - Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
1. The Smiths - How Soon is Now

Nonesuch #208 T-shirt Tuesday

Got this for Chritmas last year from one of my D&D friends.



I used to play a gnome on World of Warcraft which I do not play anymore. I have got some strange looks when I wear this to the grocery store. hehe

Nonesuch #207 Friday Flower

buds

Nonesuch #206(i think) Freeze Tag

So, all that read Anne's blog have been tagged if we want to be so I will try to do both of the memes that she has posted and answered. With the way things have been going this week, it will probably take me all day to complete this.

Things that scare me.

1. fear itself
2. being lonely for the rest of my life


People who make me laugh.

1. Most people can make me laugh and I am at the #1 spot on that list


Things I hate most.

1.
2. liars/cheaters
3.

Things I don't understand.

1. why no one takes responsibility for their actions anymore?
2. what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen sparrow?
3.

Things I'm doing right now.
1. typing
2. waiting for lunch
3. 3rd update for this post

Things I want to do before I die.

1. see the rest of the US
2. see the world
3. Tour the US on a best hot dog tour.

Things I can do.
work on computers(dont tell anyone)
take photographs
cook(desserts are my specialty)


Ways to describe my personality.
laid back(most of the time)
I go through spells of being very secretive and not saying much about myself.



Things I can't do.
I dont think about things this way.


Things I think you should listen to.
your elders - they have seen more and done more than us young folks may ever do. Wisdom is a good thing.


Things you should never listen to.
talk radio - no, I'm serious. All it will do is make you mad


Things I'd like to learn.
to speak Sindarin

Favorite foods.
peanut butter
mac and cheese
chocolate anything
fried chicken
cookies
cake
jello
hot dogs


Beverages I drink regularly.
water
dr pepper
lemonade
gatorade - rain lime, rain tangerine, original orange
guinness




Shows I watched as a kid.
Dukes of Hazzard
60 Minutes(yeah, i'm odd)
Superfriends
Batman and Robin
Battlestar Galactica
All in The Family
One Day At A Time
Good Times
MASH
Patridge Family - until that episode with the tornado and they were stuck in the basement. Never watched it again. I still dont know if they ever got out.
And I could go on, watched a lot of TV growing up. I may add more as I remember them.

GI Joe - thanks Virginia Belle!



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This one is Kat's tag.

8 Facts/Things/Habits about me.


1. I too sleep on the couch most nights. But its because if I put my back towards the back of the couch, I cen feel like someone is beside me.

2. I can eat peanut butter for all my meals and snacks.

3. I had long hair for 16 years until I cut it short in May

4. I have played Dungeons and Dragons for 26 years and I still play. Its like our poker night. Wish we could play more, but my group is all over the place now and it is hard to get together at times.

5. I wake up just about every morning between 3:30 and 4am no matter when I go to sleep. So I get 3-4 hours of sleep, not enough some days.

6. Sometimes I wonder why I have a website, blog, and profiles on various dating sites.

7. I drive a VW Jetta and yes it has grateful dead stickers on it

8. eight eight i forget what eight was for

In other news, I quit the one pay dating site which shall remain nameless at this time but I seem to recall that I may have mentioned it before. If that is the case, I will look and see and then I will say its name. I was getting nowhere and the ones that I actually made contact with would stop emailing. In fact, I had more dates from myspace than I did that place. There was a questionare that I had to fill out when I quit asking why and I told them: "This was a waste of my time and my money and that I had met more people and had more dates on myspace than here." I then changed my email address to one of "dummy" addresses and quit. I had heard that even after you quit they still send you matches and emails asking to come back to find your "soul mate" and they are rooting for you. If I go back, it will be on my terms. Hmmm, did I just quit a dating service or did I BREAK up with a dating service....Something to ponder.

I went back to the doctor yesterday for more tests. They hooked me up to a computer to check out my brain functions including eyes, this one with clicks in my ears and they sent tiny electric shocks in my arms and legs. It doesnt sound like much but I was in the office for around 2 hours. The tests were inconclusive so I have an MRI in October. Maybe then, I will know more. I just want to know one way or the other.

I am glad it is the weekend. I want to do something but my options are limited. My friend Sally is working most of the weekend or I would go see her.

Longest post is quite sometime. I just really havent had much to write about, well I have but it would have been, "my back hurts. I hope I dont have MS. I am lonely and I am tired of being lonely. I miss my ex a lot now that NFL has started back up."

So anyway...

Nonesuch #205 Make Up Monday

"Tell me why...I don't like Mondays" - Boomtown Rats

It has been awhile, I know. I just have not felt like I had much to say so instead of having short really lame posts, I just decided to wait till I had enough info for a really lame long post.

Soda Sunday - I have bought the Jones sugar free cream soda yesterday. It is good, better than I thought it would be when I realized I got the sugar free instead of the regular. Not even sure if there is a regular. It is a sipping soda, not a guzzle it down soda. Also got V8's V-Fusion fruit and vegetable drink. Have not tried it yet but will let you all know what I think.

I think since tomorrow is Tuesday I will do a double shot/double shot t-shirt tuesday post if I am able.

I think today is my friend Chad's birthday or it may be tomorrow. I know it is beginning of September around the 4th or 5th. Always remember two parties we had for his birthday, one up in Boone and the other at the house we rented back some 12 years ago. Good times, good people, good music, just doesn't get any better than that.

The world is a bit lonelier today now that Steve Irwin has died. Godspeed.

Football starts this Thursday. I work Thursday night so I will not be able to see the beginning and I will miss Diddy's performance...damn(sarcasm) but should be home to watch most of the 2nd half. Really looking forward to next Sunday when there will be many games on including Manning versus Manning on Sunday night football. I think Peyton will take this one but Eli may well turn out to the better QB in the end, some 15 years from now. I like what I have seen with the Panthers in the pre-season but again, that is pre-season. We dont know what the team will be like once the games start counting. On paper, they look strong.

I went to the arthitis doctor last thursday. I am being tested for MS but we(my dr and I) think it is my arthritis but we want to be sure since the symptoms for both are the mostly the same or similar. I go this thursday for some neurological tests and probably will have an MRI sometime in the future. They put me on celebrex which has helped the pain for now.

And Anne is home from the hospital :)

Nonesuch # 204 Friday Flower

ants on hosta blooms