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You Asked, I Have Answered


04 Oct

From Dawn:

What’s for dinner tonight? Hubby forgot about the turkey that defrosted yesterday, so we cooked a frozen DiGiorno (square) pizza.

What city were you born in? Phoenix, Arizona. Camelback Catholic Hospital. To my knowledge, it no longer exists.

What is your favorit color? Cobalt blue is my all time favorite color. Although, right now I’m in a phase where I tend to favor autumn colors.

What am I wearing right now? At 10:06pm PST you are wearing a green peignor with heeled slippers that have poufs of green feathers on them.

What color is my hair? You went to the stylist today and decided to get your black hair streaked with neon purple. You look hot.

Have you tried the triple chocolate big kitkat yet? CHOCOLATE!!! Where is it??? Nope, but now I think I must try to find it.

Have you listened to the druid podcast that kirk cameron made? Kirk Cameron… uhm, isn’t he that has-been actor guy that needs to get “Left Behind”? Let me guess, was he dissing druids?

Sweet potato, yukon gold, idaho or red? Idahos are for baking and reds are for stews.

Tomato sauce or alfredo? Alfredo!!

Now a question from Ree:

What was your inspiration for Treegan? Treegan is one of the characters I’m roleplaying at Bardic Web. Treegan was actually inspired by my little cousin Lea (who is now grown-up and married!). When I was visiting my dad at his parents home in Oxnard about twenty years ago, dad and I babysat Lea who was about 5 years.

My dad, when we were younger, and older too, as a matter of fact, had a deep tone to his voice that when we heard it, we jumped. My brothers and I called it the Voice. Lea was playing with some toys while we watched tv and after awhile she became bored and came in with us to watch tv. Dad told Lea to go and put away her toys. She didn’t move. I glanced at dad a few minutes later, and just knew the Voice was going to put in an appearance. It did.

“Lea! Put away your toys!” It wasn’t a shout, but it was firm. I was almost ready to jump up and put the toys away myself.

Lea, in her little pastel green jammies, stood up, hands on her hips, faced dad and replied, “Do it yourself, Jack!” She sashayed over to her chair with this smug look on her face and plopped herself into it.

I was ready to die, until dad burst out laughing.

Little Lea had just slain the dragon. That’s Treegan.

Last, but not least, questions from the inimitable, the one and only, Mr. Fabulous!

What is your favorite tongue twister? You might have seen it pop up in my sidebar. It is: She sells seashells by the seashore. I used to recite this whenever I went into a public situation so I wouldn’t stutter.

Favorite fairy tale? One of the rare Brothers Grimm fairy tales that isn’t often in print that is titled, The Devil’s Three Hairs. Second would have to be Hansel & Gretel. Except, in my version of it, the witch put them in the oven.

Favorite condiment? The french fry dip at D’Lish’s Hamburger Shop at Riverpark Mall known simply as “Special Sauce”. It’s believed that it is 1000 Island Dressing and Ketchup. I don’t think so. I mixed those two once at home… bleh!

Do you love me for my mind or my body? Now we get to the heart of things, Mr. Fabulous, because as everyone should know by now, my blog isn’t at all about me, it’s all about you. I love you for your mind which is as twisted as the Winchester House in San Diego. Why don’t you dust the cobwebs from your synapses once in awhile?

Is the spork overrated as a utensil? Not at all. In fact, I think it’s just not getting the right PR. After all, I recall when it was first introduced in my school when they had to cut their budget. That was back in 1969 and the poor spork is still ridiculed.

Might Help if This Post Had A Title


04 Sep

Stolen from Do You Have Issues because I needed something to do before I washed my hair:

1) Are you happy/satisfied with your blog with it’s content and look?

Since I design my own layouts on a fairly regular basis, at least I know I’m happy with the look. The content… well, sometimes it’s great and sometimes it isn’t. It’s a random mish-mosh that either works or it doesn’t.

2) Does your family know about your blog?

Yes. My mother reads my blog now and then. My brother has a blog at Trouble Ain’t Over.

3) Do you feel embarrassed to let your friends know about your blog or you just consider it as a private thing?

My friends are online. I think they know about my blog.

4) Did blogs cause positive changes in your thoughts?

Blogging has kept me sane, I think. It provides me with a place to write and to be creative.

5) Do you only open the blogs of those who comment on your blog or you love to go and discover more by yourself?

I do blog surf, but if someone comments on my blog, sincerely, then I definately visit and give them a read.

6) What does visitors counter mean to you? Do you care about putting it in your blog?

I don’t pay attention to other bloggers visitor counters. It isn’t why I’m there. As for my own counter, it’s invisible. I use it to check my referrers. I have a lot of lurkers, so I like to know where they come from. It’s nice to know I seem to have a regular lurker from Finland.

7) Did you try to imagine your fellow bloggers and give them real pictures?

All my fellow bloggers either look like Barbossa or Bette Davis. Do you really want me to explain that?

8) Admit it. Do you think there is a real benefit for blogging?

Yes. I think it is an excellent way to communicate and to bridge that gap between countries. Where else can you sit down, biting your nails, and pray as you read about a woman whose family is in the midst of bombings in Hezbollah? (All Kinds of Writing). Only in the blogosphere can you get well wishes from people all over the globe when you’re having a bad day. Do you know what it does for your self-esteem to know that someone as far away in Japan suffers from depression and sends you a little ecard that says, “just thinking of you”?

9) Do you think that bloggers society is isolated from real world or interacts with events?

I think bloggers actually tend to keep more on top of their real world than folks did before the internet and blogging. After all, the real world is where some of the best blogging material comes from.

10) Does criticism annoy you or do you feel it’s a normal thing?

Criticism, if it is asked for, is just fine. If you criticize a post of mine a story, or some personal opinion and I didn’t ask for you to tear into it, it bugs me. But if I do ask, then go for it.

11) Do you fear of some political blogs and avoid them?

Politics are over my head. I avoid it on TV, in real life conversations and in the blogosphere.

12) Did you get shocked by the arrest of some bloggers?

Uhm…. what arrests? Oh wait… I did hear about an arrest last year about a 15 year old girl with a Livejournal blog that threatened to kill her mother in her blog and did just that.

Bloggers are in a community. As in any community, there are good and bad. Some are going to do things that shock you.

13) Did you think about what will happen to your blog after you die?

It will die. My husband doesn’t know how to access it, so probably no one will know what’s happened to me. It does tend to bother me to think about that, but I don’t know what to do about it.

14) What do you like to hear? What is the song you would like to link to on your blog?

My brother Jack’s album, Trouble Ain’t Over. See on the sidebar? Go to his site to listen to a sample and buy it. You’ll love it.

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