Hey all...

I signed up in 05 but didn't become active until recently. I was hiding in the arcade trying to steal Jason's high scores.
I live in Santa Barbara and as you can tell by my 911 thread I work as a police dispatch.
I just turned 40.
Watch way too much TV
Drink way too much Mountain Dew.
Love my dog even tho her pic is no longer my avatar.
And sometimes I am way too wordy... but that's cuz I have no one else to talk to.
Ah well ask away!

Okay....I've got a question to ask you.

What did you do today for your birthday?

Okay....I've got a question to ask you.

What did you do today for your birthday?


my friends took me out to lunch Sushi, I wrote my christmas cards, and then I put up my TV. I logged on while waiting for my dinner to cook but that was done 20 minutes ago and I'm still on line!

my friends took me out to lunch Sushi, I wrote my christmas cards, and then I put up my TV. I logged on while waiting for my dinner to cook but that was done 20 minutes ago and I'm still on line!

Sounds great! Now I'm back online for the moment, checking my PM's and writing down addresses so I can mail out my Christmas cards this weekend! 8)

Who is one celebrity that you would LOVE to meet, and haven't yet?

Do you come from a big family?
Have you always lived in California?
Do you like to do any crafty things or do you collect anything?

Your favorite music?

Who is one celebrity that you would LOVE to meet, and haven't yet?


There are four...

Whoopi Goldberg but I would be totally intimidated by her
Oprah...cuz I want her to go Hi I'm Oprah, nice to meet you (I love how she introduces herself -as if people don't know her!)
Ellen cuz I want to dance with her
Rosie O'Donnell because say what you will about Rosie but I find her extremely entertaining. She embraces pop culture like I do so we could stay away from the politics and just talk about TV shows!

Do you come from a big family?
Have you always lived in California?
Do you like to do any crafty things or do you collect anything?


No I am an only child... my father is an only child... my mother has 5 sisters.  The sisters were in two groups... the first three each had 6 kids... of the last three one is gay, my mom had me, and the youngest only had one also.  Weird huh.


I have lived in California longer than I have lived anywhere else but I was born in Holland.
We moved to Maryland when I was 2 or 3 actually, my father was in the air force so he took us home for a couple months while he awaited his next orders.
My mom and lived in Riverside while my dad was in Viet Nam
When he returned we moved to Las Vegas, then Panama, Washington DC, back to Vegas, Salinas Ca, Stockton CA until I moved to Santa Barbara in 1996.

I am not very crafty but appreciate people who have this talent.  At one point the University (UCSB) had a picasso exhibit at their museum.  There was a pic. of one of the paintings on the web site. I was pretty bored working the graveyard shift so I recreated the image using markers, pens and whiteout... I was pretty proud of it but how sad is it that someone with absolutely no artistic talent can copy a Picasso and get it almost perfect?  ;D

I collect everything!  I have always been kind of a snob slob. When we lived in Panama my mom threatened to throw out my toys if I didn't clean up my room. I didn't so she threw away everything. As a result I have tried to get back everything I ever owned. I am a bit of a packrat.  Some of that is due to the trauma of losing my stuff as a kid but a lot of it is about the moving around so much. I never had a home so my stuff was my home. It's still that way.

I collect Action figures.. I love super heroes! Especially superman!
Barbies.
Any TV show memorabilia like dolls for TV shows, I have all the Charlie's Angels dolls but haven't picked up the van yet
Jem Dolls
Movie Posters
and my all time favorite thing to collect are 8x10s from my favorite shows/stars.  I have a Buffy the Vampire Layer Slayer wall, a Cagney & Lacey wall, photos from 3rd Watch, Any Day Now... I have a drawer full of photos I don't have room to display... that's why I want a big house... just so I can display my crap.

Your favorite music?


I love 80s music, Motown & Rap.  but I spend so much time watching TV I don't listen to music as much as I would like.... I love Janet Jackson, TLC and Eminem.  I wish I could have seen TLC in concert before Left Eye died.

any one else?

What is your favorite vacation memory?

Santa Barbara seems like such a beautiful place (from the pictures I've seen - I've never been West of Indiana.) although I understand it is a celebrity hang-out or at least very expensive/upscale.  I think that is where J-Lo was supposed to marry Ben Affleck when that all was happening, I imagine the town was pretty crazy then.

What is your favorite food?
Do you like wine?
Is Carly your only pet?

What is your favorite vacation memory?


when I was twelve I went to lake havasu...I remember being amazed that the london bridge was there!

I remember my first trip to LA too... it was the first time I ever felt "home" in  city. I still get that feeling whenever I go there I feel like I should just pack up and move!

Santa Barbara seems like such a beautiful place (from the pictures I've seen - I've never been West of Indiana.) although I understand it is a celebrity hang-out or at least very expensive/upscale.  I think that is where J-Lo was supposed to marry Ben Affleck when that all was happening, I imagine the town was pretty crazy then.

What is your favorite food?
Do you like wine?
Is Carly your only pet?


There are a lot of Celebs here....Oprah has a house here, Dennis Franz, Cheryl Ladd....so many people. Kelly LeBrock and Noah Wylie live in Santa Ynez about 3o minutes north) That's also where the Neverland Ranch (Michael Jackson's playground) is located. Sadly I never run into Celebs here....Director Taylor Hackford & his wife Helen Mirren also live in SB but of course I didn't meet them here I met them in LA!


I like to eat so I have few favorite foods. I love spaghetti, Red Lobster Fried Shrimp & lobster, chilli, the beans and rice my mother makes, steak.....mmmm I love steak cuz I'm a carnewhore!  ;D Yeah I said it!  About the only thing I don't eat is cheese, mushrooms and Avacadoes...

I don't drink.... I used to but I learned I had problem... it wasn't that I had a problem drinking... my problem was that I couldn't stop drinking  ;).  I joke about it but it has been hard.  Next week will be 11 years for me...but to answer your question I didn't really like wine. If I had to drink wine I'd do the pink stuff or the coolers.  and never EVER Beer!

Excuse me... Carly is my daughter  ;D.  Yeah I adopted her when she was one. She had a hard life before coming to live with me. She lived with a transient who was very mean to her but she is soooo sweet you'd never know it.  She lived with a friend of mine but kept running away. She suffers from separation anxiety and would go looking for people to be with. I had a pretty bad back injury in 1991 and was home for 5 months. About a month into it my friend had to get rid of Carly and they gave her to me because I was home 24/7.  We have been nearly inseparable since. I take everywhere I can. Whenever I go visit my parents in AZ Carly is in the backseat.  She hates it when I go to work or to LA but she knows I will always come back so she doesn't run away anymore. 

My parents each have a dog I posted pics of them on the pet photos thread.  I think of them as family too but they are not mine. 

What is one type of show you DON'T like to view?

What is one type of show you DON'T like to view?


just one?  anything centered on Country music... boring political stuff...real life medical stuff

Have you ever been on a boat?  Do you get seasick?

What made you want to be a 911 operator?  I think that's a way cool job, I considered it also when my county first opened their first 911 center years ago, but I didn't think I could handle it.  :(

Have you ever been on a boat?  Do you get seasick?

What made you want to be a 911 operator?  I think that's a way cool job, I considered it also when my county first opened their first 911 center years ago, but I didn't think I could handle it.  :(


I have been on a boat a few times I don't get sea sick but I don't like being confined I like to know I move and get out and go places if I need to... probably comes from being cooped up in a dispatch center 10 hours a day with no break....tho at time I was on a boat I hadn't become a dispatcher yet  :-\\ hmmm.... why did I become a dispatcher? 

you want the short answer or the long one???

Growing up I watched a lot of tv.
I always gravitated to cop shows.
I spent my childhood thinking I wanted to be a cop when I grew up.
After high school I had pretty bad grades so I didn't go to college. I worked at Toys R Us
When I moved to Stockton I thought I would look into this law enforcement thing. I took class at Delta College and got my AA in Criminal Justice but realized that even though I was good at it I didn't want to be a cop.

Then one day I was watching GH.  It was like one of those AHA moments Oprah always talks about.
There was a camera man for the show who caught his reflection in some glass during a shot
It was like a lightbulb went on... I don't like cops I like cop shows... I don't wanna be a cop I wanna work in TV.

Fortunately my 1.8 GPA from high school didn't matter cuz I had a 3.9 in JR college so I got into UCSB.

I was much older than the students here though and putting myself through school. I had to find a job that was flexible with my school schedule. I thought why not put my AA to use.  So I got a job with a department and worked my way up to dispatching.

I like it even though its hard, frustrating and stressful but its not what I want to do forever.
I graduated in 2000- and thought I would work for a year or so to save money and move to LA to pursue my dream. 
Unfortunately in 2001 I was injured  at work and was out of work for 5 months.  I started getting caught up on my bills and stuff in 02.
Then in 03 my landlord sold my apt. and I had to move again. All the money I saved went to the move and I thought well I can start saving again but my new apt was 400 more a month.  70% of my paycheck was going to rent and car payments... I still had to pay everything else. Needless to say, I still haven't saved any money although i finally got a raise this year. I hope to get some money together soon so I can move on.

For the obvious question- the back injury was permanent enough so that I can't do camera work or dress sets...both very physical stuff that I really wanted to pursue.  I could write but  I feel like (although my scripts have been well received) I don't have enough ideas to sustain me in the industry.

I want a nice simple job on the set like Script girl or continuity. But those jobs will not pay me enough to live on my own in LA.  I refuse to share a place with anyone.

I tried to transfer to Beverly Hills PD cuz they pay a lot but failed out of the interview process by 2 lousy points. SUX...I think I was too honest in telling them I was hoping to work in the industry on my days off or maybe they didn't believe me when I said I have wanted to make LA home since I was 10 years old... Los Angelinos are so cynical they don't believe anyone but actors and directors would live there by choice.

TMI?

Describe the one 911 call that you laughed about the most.

Describe the one 911 call that you laughed about the most.


Honestly it was the one about the dog crap on the bike path.... there's something about the way she said "...and a child could come along and eat it!" She really believed that a kid would be dumb enough to see shhh sitting on a sidewalk and mistake it for chocolate or something....it was utterly ridiculous.

The other one was the one about the lady who wanted someone to come give oxygen to her dead cat. It wasn't like she came out and found the cat dead....the cat got caught between the bed frame and floor... It was squashed and stiff ( I guess they had been on vacation or something) anyway...the cat was beyond dead but the woman thought oxygen would help.

...yeah and the burger one...."Ma'am we're not gonna come out and enforce a cheeseburger!"

What are your goals for 2008?

What are your goals for 2008?


1. keep walking... I've lost 3 whole pounds since thanksgiving... not a lot but since I haven't changed my eating habits yet I feel good about.

2. eventually alter my eating habits but I'm not that committed to it cuz I love food....if I make small changes that will be a success for me

3. work less but save more.  I work a lot of OT because we were understaffed in 07. We will be fully staffed in 08 so I don't have to work any more 14 hour shifts. but I will also shop less so I can actually save money. I got very nice raise in may but saved nothing!

Ah, so no one has asked the obvious yet....what does the "Q" stand for? :D

You don't have to really answer, I'm just being a smartass. :P

Ah, so no one has asked the obvious yet....what does the "Q" stand for? :D

You don't have to really answer, I'm just being a smartass. :P


I'm actually surprised- its the first question people ask me....

I was born Tamarra Quintana ________ and went by my first name (Tamarra) through high school. I have always hated my name- and even more I hated that jokes people made about my name.  I'd hear the Annie song Tomorrow everyday or the Mr Rogers song "Tomorrow, tomorrow we'll start the day tomorrow with a song or two"  Only once did a  person make a joke that actually made me laugh

by the time I was in high school I got pretty defensive about it. I would actually hang up on customers if they made a joke or laughed at my name. I talked with my mom and she said why don't you go by your initials then... it made sense cuz I always wrote Tamarra Q. ___________ on everything... I liked having a Q in my name

I started going by TQ then decided at some point when someone said you have to use your name not initials so I started using Tq...and convinced them it was my actual name... I had a friend who refused to call me Tq- he knew I liked the Q so he just called me Q

I sign all my emails Q so any friends who were paying attention just started calling me Q too.

I'm actually surprised- its the first question people ask me....

I was born Tamarra Quintana ________ and went by my first name (Tamarra) through high school. I have always hated my name- and even more I hated that jokes people made about my name.  I'd hear the Annie song Tomorrow everyday or the Mr Rogers song "Tomorrow, tomorrow we'll start the day tomorrow with a song or two"  Only once did a  person make a joke that actually made me laugh

by the time I was in high school I got pretty defensive about it. I would actually hang up on customers if they made a joke or laughed at my name. I talked with my mom and she said why don't you go by your initials then... it made sense cuz I always wrote Tamarra Q. ___________ on everything... I liked having a Q in my name

I started going by TQ then decided at some point when someone said you have to use your name not initials so I started using Tq...and convinced them it was my actual name... I had a friend who refused to call me Tq- he knew I liked the Q so he just called me Q

I sign all my emails Q so any friends who were paying attention just started calling me Q too.





I understand the thing with names and jokes.
I go by my middle name, because if you look at my whole name together, it sounds like a Southern assassin, or something.
I only go by my first name in medical and legal affairs.

I'm actually surprised- its the first question people ask me....

I was born Tamarra Quintana ________ and went by my first name (Tamarra) through high school. I have always hated my name- and even more I hated that jokes people made about my name.  I'd hear the Annie song Tomorrow everyday or the Mr Rogers song "Tomorrow, tomorrow we'll start the day tomorrow with a song or two"  Only once did a  person make a joke that actually made me laugh

by the time I was in high school I got pretty defensive about it. I would actually hang up on customers if they made a joke or laughed at my name. I talked with my mom and she said why don't you go by your initials then... it made sense cuz I always wrote Tamarra Q. ___________ on everything... I liked having a Q in my name

I started going by TQ then decided at some point when someone said you have to use your name not initials so I started using Tq...and convinced them it was my actual name... I had a friend who refused to call me Tq- he knew I liked the Q so he just called me Q

I sign all my emails Q so any friends who were paying attention just started calling me Q too.





Q is cool. It makes you sound like a spy or something. :)

Q is cool. It makes you sound like a spy or something. :)


Or an omnipotent Star Trek demigod!  :D

I understand the thing with names and jokes.
I go by my middle name, because if you look at my whole name together, it sounds like a Southern assassin, or something.
I only go by my first name in medical and legal affairs.


why is it most of the famous (infamous?) murderers/serial killers are identified by all three names?

Harvey Lee Oswald
John Wayne Gacy
Mark David Chapman
Okay not Jeffrey Dahmer but he seems to be an exception... Did these go by all their names or is it something the media did?

Q is cool. It makes you sound like a spy or something. :)


spy is good....



Or an omnipotent Star Trek demigod!  :D


....this is better  ;D

why is it most of the famous (infamous?) murderers/serial killers are identified by all three names?

Harvey Lee Oswald
John Wayne Gacy
Mark David Chapman
Okay not Jeffrey Dahmer but he seems to be an exception... Did these go by all their names or is it something the media did?


Well, when it comes to the famous Assassins in American history, they all seem to be called by their full names.
Examples include:

-John Wilkes Booth
-Lee Harvey Oswald
-James Earl Ray
-Charles Robert Guiteau

Well, when it comes to the famous Assassins in American history, they all seem to be called by their full names.
Examples include:

-John Wilkes Booth
-Lee Harvey Oswald
-James Earl Ray
-Charles Robert Guiteau


yeah them too

HA HA I just realized I said Harvey Lee Oswald....oh welll he doen't deserve my getting it right!

What's a snozberry?

I understand the thing with names and jokes.
I go by my middle name, because if you look at my whole name together, it sounds like a Southern assassin, or something.
I only go by my first name in medical and legal affairs.
Great name.  Q was the name of the very best pet fish I ever had.  He'd come right to the top of the tank and eat flakes from my fingers.  I miss that little guy...

What's a snozberry?


well I found out later that snozberries were most likely schnoz (nose) + berries = boogers

So you see when Willy Wonka proclaims that the snozberries taste like snozberries he admits that people eat boogers  8-P 

But by the time I learned this I had used the name long enough  that it stuck!  ;D

The "Snozberry?!? Whoever heard of a snozberry?" line precedes one of my favorite movie quotes/life philosophies.

"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams."

Great name.  Q was the name of the very best pet fish I ever had.  He'd come right to the top of the tank and eat flakes from my fingers.  I miss that little guy...


that sounds like a cool fish.

I had a beta for about two years... my father didn't know betas had to be separated from other fish= hence the name Japanese Fighting Fish= my father thought Max looked lonely and bought him some company. I came home to find fish parts in my bowl  8-P

that sounds like a cool fish.

I had a beta for about two years... my father didn't know betas had to be separated from other fish= hence the name Japanese Fighting Fish= my father thought Max looked lonely and bought him some company. I came home to find fish parts in my bowl   8-P
Oooh, not good!  My daughter presently has a red Beta which she named Sara and wants to know why it's an only child like she is; well, here's why... ;D, thanks, Dad!

well I found out later that snozberries were most likely schnoz (nose) + berries = boogers

So you see when Willy Wonka proclaims that the snozberries taste like snozberries he admits that people eat boogers  8-P 

But by the time I learned this I had used the name long enough  that it stuck!  ;D

The "Snozberry?!? Whoever heard of a snozberry?" line precedes one of my favorite movie quotes/life philosophies.

"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams."





Wow,I didn't know that. :o

Oooh, not good!  My daughter presently has a red Beta which she named Sara and wants to know why it's an only child like she is; well, here's why... ;D, thanks, Dad!


L ;D L

Wow,I didn't know that. :o


I am a wealth of useless knowledge Howie  ;D

OK, so here I am, Q.  I just explored the "Ask Me" board/forum for the first time today.  (Does that answer your question?!?)  ;)

So, what to ask...

Why on earth do you actually want to move to L.A.?  You like big city life that much?

OK, so here I am, Q.  I just explored the "Ask Me" board/forum for the first time today.  (Does that answer your question?!?)  ;)

So, what to ask...

Why on earth do you actually want to move to L.A.?  You like big city life that much?



Two reasons...

1. We moved around a lot when I was a kid so I never really got a sense of home.  The first time I was in LA i was 10-12  I felt whatever it is that people feel when they talk about home. I finally got it. I don't know if its because so many shows I watched were set there so it felt familiar to me but I don't think so cuz it was a strong deep connection I can't really explain. I feel it every time I go there now. I know that is where I have always been meant to live.

2.  Let's face it where is a tv addict the happiest? In the land where television is made. Its the only city in the world... except new york but not to the same extent, that I can go out almost everyday and get my TV fix without staying home and watching tv.  I can go to show tapings, take studio tours, visit the Museum of TV & Radio, go to the Margaret Herrick Library, Universal Studios/City Walk, tour beverly hills, hollywood, walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame, go to the wax museum... there is just so much to do that fascinates me.  Plus I have friends there and no friends left here so I'd actually interact with people (in the real world) again. 

Whew.... 

^^ Ah, so there is  a logical reason why people like to live in a bustling metropolis!  (Two reasons, in your case.  ;) )

I'm the type that would rather commune with timber wolves, mountain lions, ponderosa pines, and snow-graced mountains.  Too many people and chaotic human energies unsettle me.

I hope you move soon, following your heart's desire.  :)

What would you think of living in a suburb of said area?

What would you think of living in a suburb of said area?


Me or Mystic???? 

I actually want to live in Glendale or Studio City... nice quiet, "safe" neighborhoods  but drive a couple of blocks in either direction and you've got city!!!  I like to be somewhere that doesn't roll up the sidewalks at dusk.  Really its got everything you could want Ocean, desert, mountains...its all right there!

What are your plans for this year?

What are your plans for this year?


I really do want to start writing again.  I have a couple of scripts floating round my head but everytime I sit down at the computer I end up here!  ::)

I also plan on working less... I work a lot of OT because someone has to work and everyone else in dispatch knows that if they say no I will work it whether I want to or not because someone has to... we are finally fully staffed so I can let the newbies take all the OT.

Other than that. . .  I really have no goals. I just want a washer and dryer of my own so If I have to go outside and build the shed myself (my landlord has been "working" on it for 3 years) I am going to get one this year!!!

Do you have an embarassing moment you distinctly recall?

(I'll share one, if you do)

Do you smoke?

Do you smoke?


Howard's first it's easier.... I don't smoke.  I used to have a cigarette now and then when I was drinking but only because I thought it was cool.... one fateful night in San Diego I had WAY too much alcohol and one cigarette... I was sitting in the back of pick up throwing up all the way home  *sitting in the bed of a pick up is illegal and I don't do that anymore  ;) *  anyway... just the thought of a cigarette makes me ill.

I was always pretty much anti-smoking anyway because I didn't like breathing in second hand smoke. My mother is a smoker and it annoys me. She seems to think that cracking a window makes the smoke go out but really smoke wafts in all directions.

Do you have an embarassing moment you distinctly recall?

(I'll share one, if you do)


Hmmm....

:-[ in high school I watched alot of those films like Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds & Heaven Help Us... so I became kind of a wise ass. I also went to Catholic school... in English class Sister Carol was talking about a book and said something like... "They all sang out"  I opened my mouth and spread my arms and let out a resounding "AAAAAHHHHHH" I thought people would join me but they just looked at me like I was nuts...

:-[ I got drunk at party sophomore year of high school and met this guy who, in my inebriated state looked (to me) like Michael Jackson...this was 84 so you know, Thriller was a big deal.  I was too drunk to remember my name and number so my friend gave it to him. He called me on Sunday night and even though the only thing I could remember about him was that he had a Jeri Curl and those aviator glasses MJ wore I told him all about me including where I went to school.  He showed up at my school on Monday- it was an all girls school so getting a visit from a guy was a big deal- everyone heard (my friends have big mouths) that some guy I met at a party was here to see me... When I saw him I realized that they are called beer goggles for a reason... not that I am gorgeous but this guy was the UGLIEST MO' FO on the planet... I mean that was embarassing... they wouldn't let me live it down.

:-[ My friend had a party and I was drinking... how many of my embarrassing moments start off with I was drunk  :-\\ - anyway it was Cinco De Mayo and my friend's birthday so her familia had a huge party to honor both events.  At some point I went to the restroom and returned to the dance floor dancing fool that I am.... I was jumping around, spinning, doing the robot, popping/locking the whole shabang.... anyway I was out there dancing up a storm for about 20 minutes and everyone was watching me... I thought 'Yeah! They like it...." finally my friend's aunt came up and pulled me off the dance floor. She told me to look behind me... yeah when I came out of the bathroom I brought the toilet seat cover I used out with me... it stuck to my ass and was just hanging out of my pants and it twirled everytime I did... all those people watching me were just standing there laughing at me....  :-\\


Embarrassing enough for you Wayne?

How did you get so smart I'm still trying to win a million (got there acouple of times, but got the answer wrong) :)

How did you get so smart I'm still trying to win a million (got there acouple of times, but got the answer wrong) :)


The secret is to not use your phone a friend and 50/50 until the end....  by 500K if you have both left and don't know the answer use 50/50 then phone a friend... it seems the friend always gives you the wrong answer so just select the answer he doesn't give.... by the way the friend gives the right answer in the early rounds but screws with you in the later ones....

by the way.. that took many hours - days in fact.  But I committed every answer I got wrong to memory so by the time I hit a million I had seen a lot of those questions before.

Plus I know a lot of useless trivia...

The secret is to not use your phone a friend and 50/50 until the end....  by 500K if you have both left and don't know the answer use 50/50 then phone a friend... it seems the friend always gives you the wrong answer so just select the answer he doesn't give.... by the way the friend gives the right answer in the early rounds but screws with you in the later ones....

by the way.. that took many hours - days in fact.  But I committed every answer I got wrong to memory so by the time I hit a million I had seen a lot of those questions before.

Plus I know a lot of useless trivia...

Thanks, I've noticed that they repeat alot of the same questions,maybe I should try to use my memory more.

Hmmm....

:-[ in high school I watched alot of those films like Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds & Heaven Help Us... so I became kind of a wise ass. I also went to Catholic school... in English class Sister Carol was talking about a book and said something like... "They all sang out"  I opened my mouth and spread my arms and let out a resounding "AAAAAHHHHHH" I thought people would join me but they just looked at me like I was nuts...

:-[ I got drunk at party sophomore year of high school and met this guy who, in my inebriated state looked (to me) like Michael Jackson...this was 84 so you know, Thriller was a big deal.  I was too drunk to remember my name and number so my friend gave it to him. He called me on Sunday night and even though the only thing I could remember about him was that he had a Jeri Curl and those aviator glasses MJ wore I told him all about me including where I went to school.  He showed up at my school on Monday- it was an all girls school so getting a visit from a guy was a big deal- everyone heard (my friends have big mouths) that some guy I met at a party was here to see me... When I saw him I realized that they are called beer goggles for a reason... not that I am gorgeous but this guy was the UGLIEST MO' FO on the planet... I mean that was embarassing... they wouldn't let me live it down.

:-[ My friend had a party and I was drinking... how many of my embarrassing moments start off with I was drunk  :-\\ - anyway it was Cinco De Mayo and my friend's birthday so her familia had a huge party to honor both events.  At some point I went to the restroom and returned to the dance floor dancing fool that I am.... I was jumping around, spinning, doing the robot, popping/locking the whole shabang.... anyway I was out there dancing up a storm for about 20 minutes and everyone was watching me... I thought 'Yeah! They like it...." finally my friend's aunt came up and pulled me off the dance floor. She told me to look behind me... yeah when I came out of the bathroom I brought the toilet seat cover I used out with me... it stuck to my ass and was just hanging out of my pants and it twirled everytime I did... all those people watching me were just standing there laughing at me....  :-\\


Embarrassing enough for you Wayne?

Man! And you shared 3!

I'll have to post three of them myself.
Be sure to look for them on my "Ask Hawk: Redux" thread.

Do you like retro items? ???

Man! And you shared 3!

I'll have to post three of them myself.
Be sure to look for them on my "Ask Hawk: Redux" thread.


well I had to build up to the truly embarrassing moment....the last one. You can't just dive in - you know.

Do you like retro items? ???


I guess it depends on what you mean by retro... I am definately nostalgic so I guess I am into retro. I never really thought about it tho...

I always thought if I won the Lottery I wouldn't build a dream house. I would buy a roller skating rink and renovate it.  The cafeteria would be the dining area and I would convert it to a diner from the 50s complete with juke box. 

But the arcade area would have all my favorite games from the 80s to today...including elevator action, paper boy, crazy taxi and a ton of shooting games... my pinball machines would be the ones they made for all my favorite tv shows.  The DJ booth would hold my cd collection plus my dvd collection because I would have a flat screen on the far wall.. . In addition to being able to skate in the rink I would also put up a basketball hoop so I could shoot hoops too.  The area where people put on skates would be my living room and the office would be the bedroom

not that I spend much time thinking about it...  ;D

since I am trying to recapture the best part of my youth does that make me retro?

no new questions 4 me?

Is it expensive to use the mobile phone for the Internet?

my cell carrier Verizon has a option for mobile TV at $25 a month. 
TV addict that I am I got the service but fortunately it comes with unlimited internet access. 
Internet on the cell phone though is not like the real internet.
There are some sites I cannot visit...and the connection can sometimes be as slow as dial up.

my cell carrier Verizon has a option for mobile TV at $25 a month. 
TV addict that I am I got the service but fortunately it comes with unlimited internet access. 
Internet on the cell phone though is not like the real internet.
There are some sites I cannot visit...and the connection can sometimes be as slow as dial up.


Dial Up on a phone, that sounds about right.

Unlimited internet access, perfect!

Dial Up on a phone, that sounds about right.




;D  silly boy - I meant as slow as a dial up modem...as opposed to the speed of cable or dsl.

;D  silly boy - I meant as slow as a dial up modem...as opposed to the speed of cable or dsl.


The screen must be small?

The screen must be small?


from the top of your avatar to the bottom of your medal and about the same width or slighter wider

from the top of your avatar to the bottom of your medal and about the same width or slighter wider


...and the text appears in good definition?

...and the text appears in good definition?


Definitely legible. 

The longer posts are harder to read that's why I stuck to the chain & link games but for the most part as clear as text message.

Definitely legible. 

The longer posts are harder to read that's why I stuck to the chain & link games but for the most part as clear as text message.


That is understandable.

Do you like video games?

Do you like video games?


I LOVE LOVE LOVE video games.

I used to play Elevator Action and Paperboy after school everyday my frosh year of high school

I have
original nintnedo
Super nintendo
Sega Genisis
PS2
PS3
Xbox (not 360)

and two handhelds 
Game boy advance
PSP

if I am not at work, online or watching TV then I am usually playing Grand Theft Auto (or Punch Out on Nintendo... that game never gets old!)

Has your boyfriend/husband ever cheated on you?

You do realise you can still vote on the Pet Photo Competition.

You do realise you can still vote on the Pet Photo Competition.


no I did not realize that.

Has your boyfriend/husband ever cheated on you?



that's funny Howard...  I never really mentioned it before but I haven't been on a date in over 10 years. 

I never really saw the point.  I knew very early on that I didn't ever want to get married... partially because I am super selfish and I just like to be alone that way everything goes the way I want it and I don't ever have to compromise.  ::)

The other thing is I am soooo independent. I watch Wife Swap and I am appalled to learn that in 2008 there are still woman who wait on their husbands hand and foot....omg I would kill the guy by the end of the first week.

having said that the longest relationship I have ever been in was when I was in high school... it lasted two years.  I was in a junior and he was in the Army.  We saw each other once a week and I was happy because there was no pressure I could care less what he was doing the other 6 days because  was not sleeping with him I just wanted someone to make out with and watch movies with... he was good for that...plus I could say my boyfriend and I did this... my BF said that.... so it was the prestige of having one but none of the pressure....

I used to joke that if I ever got married I would want to live in different locations...two houses close by or two apartments on different floors or in different buildings.

But really I just don't want to be married. I have no need for another person in my life.



Also when I was dating I was attracting some really weird and scary guys so deciding not to date was a good decision.

but that's another story for another time.

no I did not realize that.


One of the two dogs that was tied in first place yesterday on 9.3, has now risen to 9.4.

Do you have any pets?

Do you have any pets?


I'm a dog person. I have always had them... Right now I just have Carly...I guess actually she has me.  ;)

^bump


Just thought...

If anyone had anymore questions for me or about me now is the time to ask  ;)

Do you have a favorite color?  A favorite food?  A favorite scent?  A favorite comfort item (a special blanket or cherished teddy bear or whatever?)  Do you want to get another pet someday?  Do you have a favorite song or a favorite type of music?  If you were independantly wealthy and did not have to work, where would you live, where would you travel?  Do you like video games?  If so want kind?

I think that oughta keep ya busy for awhile.  ;D

Do you have a favorite color? 


Well black is beautiful  ;D but um...lets see

Clothing: I wear a lot of greys - like sports grey I also like burgundy



A favorite food? 

Home- My mom's spaghetti.

Restaurant- Red lobster Fried shrimp


A favorite scent? 

I always say money when I get this on those surveys.
The truth is that I really like those clean scent odor stuff...it smells like clean laundry.


A favorite comfort item (a special blanket or cherished teddy bear or whatever?) 
When I was about 7 we lived in Panama. I was really sick for about a week. No one knew what was wrong with me. All of my toys were thrown out because they were afraid they were contaminated. After I got better the first stuffed animal I got was a stuffed rabbit. I have a pic I'll pull out later. Anyway I still have it. I love it.


Do you want to get another pet someday? 

I go back and forth on this. I caught myself glaring at a couple in Costco Friday because they were buying two dog beds. I was so jealous but the truth is I don't want another dog...I want Carly back so I don't think I'm ready yet. I found some video footage of her on my computer yesterday  :\'( 


Do you have a favorite song or a favorite type of music? 
I love 80s music but not the heavy metal hair band stuff. I would love to get Guitar Hero but fear I will hate most of the songs. I need to rent the game so I can see what they exactly offer.

oops... I went off on a tangent.

My favorite artists are TLC  :\'( , Janet Jackson and Eminem.



If you were independently wealthy and did not have to work, where would you live, where would you travel? 

My favorite question of the lot! I have a plan for winning the lotto. Big money $200+ million!  ;D

I would buy myself 2 houses. One in Santa Barbara because its beautiful and I want to continue living here and one in LA. Because I do a lot of LA stuff....plus if I had the money I would do even more LA stuff and it would be nice to have a place to flop rather than driving the 3 hours round trip on top of 5 or more hours in line and 2 hours at an event. 

Secondly, I would buy my parents a house because AZ is too far away. I don't want them living with me tho  ;) so I would put them in Camarillo which is inbetween LA and SB I think they would love it there tho.

Third - Bills, My bills, my parents bills and bills of my friends who are really in need. (though I wouldn't divulge how much I actually won because I wouldn't want them begging at my door.  ::) )

Fourth - I'm not a big traveler. You know me and TV... I don't want to go anywhere because I might miss something although I could hook up two TiVos to every tv in every room and maybe get all my shows recorded while I'm gone  ;)

we moved a lot when I was a kid and lived in different countries so I don't need to see other places. People would always visit us and we'd do the whole sightseeing thing so I have grownup hating sight seeing. I want to see Movie Sets and Sound Stages. I would totally go to Orlando because I want to do the whole Theme Park Tour there. I would stay for a couple of weeks and do a different theme park every other day- a day in between for rest and not go on the weekends. 

I would go to Vegas because "It's Vegas baby" and even though I've lived there twice I think it'd be nice to go when you can afford to gamble.  (If you hear me planning an W00T get together in Vegas then you know I'm loaded. If I advocate one that someone else is planning I'm just excited to see ya'll. )


Oh and FINALLY!!!

I would start a production company. I already have the logo picked out.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/qslogo.jpg

The funny thing is- I would hire my friend to be a figure head but we would make decisions together...with me getting final approval on projects and stuff but I would "hire" myself as a production assistant so that no one would know I was in charge...  ;D .  There's too much kiss ass going on in Hollywood. I could sort out the kiss asses and get rid of (through my proxy) the people not getting the job done and once I assembled what I thought was a loyal crew I would come clean.





Do you like video games?  If so want kind?

Love Video games! I wish the day was 48 hours long just so I can play more.

This is totally wrong but I love those first person shooter games. Especially Grand Theft Auto. When I have a bad day at work... the kind where the cops just get on my nerves I play GTA and go on a cop killing rampage!  ;D  The next day all my frustrations are gone and I am happy go lucky at work again!





I think that oughta keep ya busy for awhile.  ;D
hmmm that killed about 30 minutes!

Thanks Patty.

I'm a dog person. I have always had them... Right now I just have Carly...I guess actually she has me.  ;)




You're a dog person? Me too!! So I guess I picked the right card to send you last Christmas, huh? ;)




A favorite food? 

Home- My mom's spaghetti.

Restaurant- Red lobster Fried shrimp

I love my mom's spaghetti too. Is she part Italian?

You're a dog person? Me too!! So I guess I picked the right card to send you last Christmas, huh? ;)


I love my mom's spaghetti too. Is she part Italian?



You did pick out the perfect card. That dog was cute I saved the card too!


Nope no Italian although we have a lot of everything in my ethnic makeup but somewhere along the way she learned how to make really good spaghetti.

You did pick out the perfect card. That dog was cute I saved the card too!


Nope no Italian although we have a lot of everything in my ethnic makeup but somewhere along the way she learned how to make really good spaghetti.

That's good. For the record, my mom is half Italian; she learned how to make good spaghetti from her Italian mother. :)

You said in one of your above posts that you liked Red Lobster and their fried shrimp. I have never tried it, but I have been to the Red Lobster restaurant near my house. What about fast-food, and Chick Fil A?

That's good. For the record, my mom is half Italian; she learned how to make good spaghetti from her Italian mother. :)

You said in one of your above posts that you liked Red Lobster and their fried shrimp. I have never tried it, but I have been to the Red Lobster restaurant near my house. What about fast-food, and Chick Fil A?


When I was kid we lived in Washington DC there was a seafood rest. somewhere called Cheasapeke House. They had the best fried shrimo. To me Red Lobsters taste just like that. It brings back a lot of memories for me I haven't found any other fried shrimp that comes close.


Lets see fast food.  I hate cheese so know that none of my selections come with cheese and I am a picky eater so I special order a lot!

Burger King- I love their Whopper (no pickles onions or tomatoe) all that stuff gets in the way. I open the whopper and eat the lettuce. Then I add more ketchup b/c they never put enough. The whopper is only one of two places I will actually have mayo on the burger.  (Sometimes I have onion rings b/c I love fried onions but BK's rings always disappoint.)

Carl's Jr-  grilled chicken sandwich- plain...just chicken and bread please (I like to add my own BBQ sauce)!  or the $6 Burger (no pickles or onion) for that one I will open the burger and eat the tomato then the lettuce and then put on more ketchup  ;D ) I know it's an illness... no sides.  I was there the other day and saw they have new shakes mmmm but I was able to resist the shake! 


Chick-fil-a- The original chicken sandwich and sometimes a side of chicken nuggets... I know... but since I don't eat their waffle fries I suppose it's okay!  ;D

McDonald's- my list is long because I love McD's... a hamburger (or a double cheeseburger no cheese) extra onions... I know but on the kids burger they dice the onions so they are digestable. I used to ask for a quarter pounder dressed with hamburger toppings (ie diced onions) but it always confused them so I just started ordering more burgers.  Extra ketchup. I am a Heinz girl but McD burgers requires McD's ketchup.

Sometimes I get nuggets but haven't had any in about 6 months. 

oh and apple pies. I think there's crack in McD's Apple pies because I order them EVERY FRIGGIN TIME I GO IN!!!!

and Fries of course McDs has the best fries on the planet I don't care if I find one in my car five weeks later and it still looks the same as the day I bought it I love me some Mickey D'z fries!!!

Wendy's Wendy's has pretty good fries too. In Holland we eat dip fries in Mayo. Its not something I do often... plus you need just the right kind of mayo. but there is something about Wendy's fries that scream for mayo...fortunately I don't eat there alot. I also love their Homestyle chicken sandwich. Plain...just chicken and bread and I eat it that way.

They have good chili too. I have never liked the square burger tho.


KFC Original recipe pls.  For chicken I have developed an unusual habit. I only like wings and legs. It seems to me that chickens have been injected so much with crap that the other pieces are always fatty but the legs and wings never disappoint.



Finally I have a french fry tip for those who love to salt their fries and dip them into ketchup. Instead of salting the fry salt the ketchup that way the salt stays on the fry  ;)


Only I could talk this much about fast food  ;D

I forgot Taco bell... I love the Chalupa but all I want is my Chalupa tortilla thingy and the chalupa meat. no toppings!  ;D

I am a strange girl.

lol I could talk in that much detail about fast food too, I definately have my opinions!


You spoke of Holland, your mother is Dutch, correct?  I think you've said before, maybe even earlier in this thread, I really should go back and re-read it before I ask this question.  But oh well.  Have you ever lived in Holland?  I know you said you lived in Panama, when did you come to the U.S. and did you have to learn to speak English or always spoke the language?

lol I could talk in that much detail about fast food too, I definately have my opinions!


You spoke of Holland, your mother is Dutch, correct?   I think you've said before, maybe even earlier in this thread, I really should go back and re-read it before I ask this question.  But oh well.  Have you ever lived in Holland?  I know you said you lived in Panama, when did you come to the U.S. and did you have to learn to speak English or always spoke the language?


I was born in Holland, in Utrecht. My father was in the Air Force and stationed there in the late 60s.
We moved to the states when I was 3 or 4. I only spoke Dutch and my mom spoke some English but my father had immersed himself in Holland and spoke Dutch most of the time and always with her family so English was never spoken in the home.

When we came back to the states my father had a 3 week leave so we stayed with his "sister" really she was his aunt (long messed up family history there) they're only a year or two apart and were raised as siblings. Something more for a PM ya know... Needless to say I wasn't talking much but I have lots of pics of that time.

Anyway- My dad got his orders and we moved to Riverside CA.  and shortly we got there my dad got his orders for Viet Nam Leaving my limited English speaking mom with a Toddler in 1970's Cali woo hoo!

Would it surprise you to learn that I learned English from TV?  Electric Company was awesome for that! Plus Seasame Street and Romper Room.  And I have vivid memories of Cal Worthington (& his dog spot) commercials... funny what the mind holds.

I used to love to fly but developed a severe anxiety about it when I was 15 so I haven't been back to Holland since I was 14.

Oh in a sad twisted turn of events I was fluent in dutch until high school. Apparently my aptitude for languages only allows me to hold two languages at a time so when I had to take Spanish in high school I was having problems because I could only come up with the dutch words. Finally I let go of the dutch to take in the spanish. Now I speak some weird hybrid of both languages. I know enough of each to get by if someone speaks to me VEEEERRYYY SLOOOWWLY  ;D .

As I say Ik verstaand Netherlands mar ik praat neit so good.  Sorry Henk I actually never learned to read or write dutch. My mom hates that she let me lose the language the way I did.

Funny thing is, well for me anyway, is that what I thought was fluent dutch apparently wasn't  quite so fluent. See my maternal grandmother was from Suriname. And my maternal grandfather was from Holland. So my mother lived half her life in Holland and Half her life in Suriname because her parents had houses in both countries or something... I don't really know. I have pics of me in Suriname but I was an infant.... like 18 months.

Anyway- all these years I didn't know but my moms family speaks their own hybrid language a mix of Dutch and Surinamese (or what ever it is)... I work with a guy who is dutch and I said something to him in dutch one day and he said "What the hell language are you speaking?" and that's how I learned that I am quasi-trilingual well I guess quad lingual if you add English too.  ;D


I have become far too Americanized to feel Dutch but I am always proud to claim it when I can.

As I say Ik verstaand Netherlands mar ik praat neit so good.  Sorry Henk I actually never learned to read or write dutch. My mom hates that she let me lose the language the way I did.

Funny thing is, well for me anyway, is that what I thought was fluent dutch apparently wasn't  quite so fluent. See my maternal grandmother was from Suriname. And my maternal grandfather was from Holland. So my mother lived half her life in Holland and Half her life in Suriname because her parents had houses in both countries or something... I don't really know. I have pics of me in Suriname but I was an infant.... like 18 months.

Anyway- all these years I didn't know but my moms family speaks their own hybrid language a mix of Dutch and Surinamese (or what ever it is)... I work with a guy who is dutch and I said something to him in dutch one day and he said "What the hell language are you speaking?" and that's how I learned that I am quasi-trilingual well I guess quad lingual if you add English too.  ;D




You probably speak (spoke) Surinamese Dutch as it is (was?) a Dutch colony.

You probably speak (spoke) Surinamese Dutch as it is (was?) a Dutch colony.


yeah it was definately a hybrid of the two languages. its funny though because the entire family speaks it so I had no idea that what i was speaking was different than the Dutch Henk speaks. well most of it's the same really there are just some slang words my family picked up that was incorporated to my use of the language. Since I was never formally educated I just assumed the words I used were words every one knew.

If you dial 911 from a mobile phone does it still go to the local dispatch centre?

If you dial 911 from a mobile phone does it still go to the local dispatch centre?


Yeah in the Santa Barbara depending on where you are when you call it will go to the Santa Barbara City Police, Santa Barbara County Sheriff, California Highway Patrol or the University Police at UCSB. 

Of course there is a margin of error if you happen to be close to the invisible line that divides jurisdiction-
but the call centers are set up so that once we figure out where you are calling from we can easily transfer you to the right agency. 

Yeah in the Santa Barbara depending on where you are when you call it will go to the Santa Barbara City Police, Santa Barbara County Sheriff, California Highway Patrol or the University Police at UCSB. 

Of course there is a margin of error if you happen to be close to the invisible line that divides jurisdiction-
but the call centers are set up so that once we figure out where you are calling from we can easily transfer you to the right agency. 


Thanks.  It's something we were discussing last week at James's Wolf Cub meeting.  I wasn't sure how things worked here in the US

In the UK the 'area code' you dial to a mobile phone doesn't tell you the area of the country they live in - it tells you you are dialling a mobile phone.  When you dial the emergency services it doesn't go to your local area emergency operator necessarily so you need to know in great detail where you are located so they can pass your call on correctly.

Thanks.  It's something we were discussing last week at James's Wolf Cub meeting.  I wasn't sure how things worked here in the US

In the UK the 'area code' you dial to a mobile phone doesn't tell you the area of the country they live in - it tells you you are dialling a mobile phone.  When you dial the emergency services it doesn't go to your local area emergency operator necessarily so you need to know in great detail where you are located so they can pass your call on correctly.


wow that's scary.  I get calls from people who have no idea where they are and you want to help but its hard. Now the cell phones have GPS and we just installed a mapping system that plots their location on a map. It gets close but not spot on.

I think in smaller areas (more rural) the 911 calls route to not necessarily the nearest to your present location but to the nearest one where your phone service is located.  When I moved from eastern Ohio to western Ohio several years ago, and called 911 because of a car accident that happened behind me, it routed my call back to eastern ohio (some 200 miles away).  But then that was 5 years ago, so maybe it's different now.  It might be worth looking into your cell phone service provider for more information.


Did you ever see the episode of Without a trace about the 911 operator? 
Season 5, Episode 3: 911
Original Air Date—8 October 2006

I think in smaller areas (more rural) the 911 calls route to not necessarily the nearest to your present location but to the nearest one where your phone service is located.  When I moved from eastern Ohio to western Ohio several years ago, and called 911 because of a car accident that happened behind me, it routed my call back to eastern ohio (some 200 miles away).  But then that was 5 years ago, so maybe it's different now.  It might be worth looking into your cell phone service provider for more information.


Did you ever see the episode of Without a trace about the 911 operator? 
Season 5, Episode 3: 911
Original Air Date—8 October 2006


I did... I love it when shows depict a dispatcher. My all time faves...mostly because they are so hilarious are an episode of SVU "OMG I think it's him" I don't remember the actual episode I just remember the dispatcher rec'ing a call from a serial rapist killer and her reaction to it.

Also, my all-time fav is from a Chips episode titled 11-99  (11-99 is a code created by CHP it is the code officers use in the state of CA for Officer Down)

anyway Grossie has a new beeper on his belt that is supposed to alert the dispatch center if the officer is prone. Grossie falls chasing a stray dog, the beeper is activated and the dispatcher totally freaks out... it is HILARIOUS!!

I use it in training and tell the trainees..."Don't do this!"  ;D

I guess that is true about all occupations.  Rarely does Hollywood ever get it right, simply because they "jazz" it up to make it more... dramatic I guess.  ::)
I know the shows that I've seen librarians portrayed on almost always portray them being so snooty and with a stick up their backside.  Where in real life, no librarian I ever met was like that.  lol

I know every nurse I ever talked to said the show "ER" was so awful because it just made them all look imcompetant and horny.  ;D  Not saying the latter might not be entirely a bluff, but well yeah, you know what I mean.  ;D

I guess that is true about all occupations.  Rarely does Hollywood ever get it right, simply because they "jazz" it up to make it more... dramatic I guess.  ::)
I know the shows that I've seen librarians portrayed on almost always portray them being so snooty and with a stick up their backside.  Where in real life, no librarian I ever met was like that.  lol

I know every nurse I ever talked to said the show "ER" was so awful because it just made them all look imcompetant and horny.   ;D  Not saying the latter might not be entirely a bluff, but well yeah, you know what I mean.   ;D


;D

hate to tell you this but I was in a library a couple weeks back (classes ya know) and I borrowed 6 books.
Unfortunately one of the books landed on my overloaded floor and precariously placed (unused) speaker stand was accidentally put onto of it. This speaker stand has a large nail on the bottom to keep it place on carpet.

Unfortunately the nail went through the cover first 5 pages of the book.  :-[ The first two pages of reading material didn't have a hole but a dent but there was a hole in the tille page and those mysterious blank pages books have that I am finally thankful for.

I need the book for a couple more days and put tape over the hole in the cover so it would tear any further -  mind you the spine had already been taped by the library to keep it intact.

I took the book and apologized for the damage and offered to pay for it. The guy helping me was very kind. The woman at the reference desk looked at the book and gave me a cold look. Then she asked who put tape on it- she rolled her eyes when I said I did. 

It was a lender from another branch so they have to find out if that branch wants me to pay. After the guy walked back to me she said very loudly..."And make sure you note it on her account"  IT WAS AN ACCIDENT FOR PETE'S SAKE! I could've just put the book in the bin and walked but I tried to do the right thing. What a bitch!  >:(

;D  OK, you found the ONE mean librarian.  We try to hide her at various libraries but SOMEONE always finds her.  ;) ;D

I wouldn't worry about it too much, you did do the right thing.  Stuff happens, ya know?  Even I, as a librarian, have had my share of...erm...accidents with books. 
AND, like you, it seemed to always be with books that came from other libraries.  It must be a curse, I'm thinking!

But the books got revenge, this massive pharmacy book fell off the top shelf and hit me in the head, I was seeing stars.  ;D

OK, sorry to hijack your thread to talk about librarians (I have my own thread about that!)

Since you and I are television addicts:

What are your favorite shows?  What shows can you not stand?  What shows/characters would you change, for instance, you really like a character from one series, but the writers for the series they are on, write TERRIBLE dialogue or scenes for them, how would you change it or put them on another series?  I hope that makes sense... lol

OK, so given that you like Mafia 3 something or other (sorry, can't remember) what other music do you like?

and for random question of the day, what size shoe do you wear?  Do you like wearing shoes at home or do you go barefoot as much as you can?

;D  OK, you found the ONE mean librarian.  We try to hide her at various libraries but SOMEONE always finds her.   ;) ;D

I wouldn't worry about it too much, you did do the right thing.  Stuff happens, ya know?  Even I, as a librarian, have had my share of...erm...accidents with books. 
AND, like you, it seemed to always be with books that came from other libraries.  It must be a curse, I'm thinking!

But the books got revenge, this massive pharmacy book fell off the top shelf and hit me in the head, I was seeing stars.   ;D

OK, sorry to hijack your thread to talk about librarians (I have my own thread about that!)

Since you and I are television addicts:

What are your favorite shows?  What shows can you not stand?  What shows/characters would you change, for instance, you really like a character from one series, but the writers for the series they are on, write TERRIBLE dialogue or scenes for them, how would you change it or put them on another series?  I hope that makes sense... lol

OK, so given that you like Mafia 3 something or other (sorry, can't remember) what other music do you like?

and for random question of the day, what size shoe do you wear?  Do you like wearing shoes at home or do you go barefoot as much as you can?


you can hijack my thread anytime you like. I should find your library thread since I've had a question about a short story that's been dogging me for years. btw you and Gis maybe I have found my connection to locating it! but that's for another time. . .


Favorite shows- I was going to say besides the obvious? But I feel the need to include them.

I am almost compulsive about the shows I watch and the list is long but I will clean it up a bit.

B&W shows- I like the standards like Andy Griffith and Lucy (tho I'm a little sick of Lucy since it's always on!)
My favs are Leave It to Beaver, Donna Reed, Dick Van Dyke & My Three Sons (It started in B&W) I miss when TV Land only showed old shows or when Nick @ Nite boasted an all B&W line up.

70's Mary Tyler Moore, Charlie's Angels (I can't explain it but it really impacted me growing up!), Vega$ (I wish this were on DVD).  I hated All in the Family growing up but I love it now.

80's - Facts of Life (to be fair it could've gone in 70s too), Fame, Kate & Allie

90's/00's Friends, Charmed, Alias, Medium (can't tell if it's canceled or coming back as a midseason replacement)

Current  Bones, Criminal Minds, Heroes, Life, Ugly Betty, Simpsons, King of the Hill, SVU, CI, Lost


Reality/Talk shows- Oprah, the View, Amazing Race, Survivor, Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen, THE SOUP!!!!

I really scaled that list down...

The truth is I love dialogue; so well written shows capture my interest!

Cagney & Lacey
Roseanne  (Joss Whedon, Buffy & Amy Sherman, Gilmore Girls- both wrote for this show!)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Designing Women
Murphy Brown
Gilmore Girls
Veronica Mars
Third Watch
House

^these are, in my opinion, some of the best shows that have ever been produced.


My So-Called Life, John Doe, Boomtown, Related, The Inside & Women's Murder Club (oh and Veronica Mars) are shows that were canceled far too soon


SHOWS I CAN'T STAND:

I hate shows that depict black people in a negative light (read that as buffoonish) I would've loved Good Times but I hate JJ and never would have had that character. He added very little to the series IMO. 

Likewise, while Archie Bunker was 'lovable' I find George Jefferson intolerable.

I hate the new shows centered on people famous for nothing at all.  Simple Life would have been better if Paris and Nicole had to live in LA earning 1000 a month. Watching them trying to do with out Guuchi, Prada and limos and have to pay bills and cook would have been far more entertaining than watching them sabotage someone's business.

The Hills and the ....of Love shows are obnoxious.

Any talk show where people throw things or fight is awful.

All those shows that rec'd ratings this summer Japanese Game show, fall off the ball (whatever) and that new one on fox Hole in the wall...Ridiculous.

YEah I watched Queen Bees but more in a "roll your eyes" what is America coming to sort of way!



The mix-mash question is intriguing but requires some thought. 

Off the top of my head I thought I would like to do a little CSI shake up. Get all my favs of the various CSI shows on one and fire the boring ones. Read boring as... David Caruso, William Peterson and that NY Dude is that Gary Sinse?

I would also like to fire Anthony Lapaglia and Poppy Montgomery from Without a Trace- what is that accent she uses anyway? The actress is Aussie or english or something and the character is supposed to have a West Virginia (I think) accent...Its horrible.

I have no problem with the writing of either Bones or House but I wonder how Brennan would react to house and how House would react to Brennan?

I need to think about this one some more.


SHOES.

I wear an 81/2 wide. I always wear tennis shoes, sometimes walking/hiking boots. never flip flops or sandals.

I have a weird anti-foot thing. I don't want to see feet, touch feet or think about feet. The only time I touch my own is when I am in the shower or when I put on socks. I know it's weird.... Tam's current myspace photo totally creeps me out!  ;D

Having said that tho. I have noticed that whenever people wear flipflops they  ALWAYS wind up touching their feet or playing with their toes but rarely do they do this while wearing PROPER shoes.  Check it out next time you're sitting somewhere with someone who has on flipflops .

Oops I forgot the music question.


Three 6 Mafia was the group. 
I like rap music, if you look on my top friends of myspace you'll see Playboy 7 (he's a rapper) I've known him since he was a toddler and I was 5.  The music can be misogynistic but it doesn't bother me.  Whoopi Goldberg says she has no problem w/ people using the "n" word because they are not talking about her... for the record I hate that word and only tolerate it in my rap music but when rappers call women b's or hoes I know they aren't talking about me so I don't care.


My favs tho... the music I cannot be without is TLC, Janet Jackson, Eminem, Boyz to Men, Journey, Bob Segar  the Dreamgirls Soundtrack, and a random sampling of 80s music.

so as much as I love TV I hate the tv question because I obsess about it... last night I couldn't stop thinking that I forgot a lot of shows but specifically 4 particular current shows

Chuck
Pushing Daisies
Saving Grace
The Closer

LOVE THEM!!!!!


Moment of Truth

HATE IT!!!  ;D

How did you get into the line of work that you are now?
What did you do before this?
What did you want to be when you were a little girl?
How long have you been doing what you do?
If you could do anything in the universe (as a job) what would you do?

Interesting reading in this thread.  Man......I knew it!  I couldn't put my finger on it but this thread confirmed it. I THOUGHT you looked European!!!

So, Q....why are you so certifiably crazy? ....and what can be done about it?  ;D


BTW ....... KFC, only legs, wings and breasts for me. The rest is highly suspect and I check the box before leaving because the young kids serving haven't got a clue which is which.  :o  ....and they NEVER think to include the little moist towels to clean up with either. >:(

Interesting reading in this thread.  Man......I knew it!  I couldn't put my finger on it but this thread confirmed it. I THOUGHT you looked European!!!

So, Q....why are you so certifiably crazy? ....and what can be done about it?  ;D


BTW ....... KFC, only legs, wings and breasts for me. The rest is highly suspect and I check the box before leaving because the young kids serving haven't got a clue which is which.  :o 8)....and they NEVER think to include the little moist towels to clean up with either. >:(



I think KFC put the kaboosh on automatically giving out handiwipes because they're trying to save money  ;D

I think KFC put the kaboosh on automatically giving out handiwipes because they're trying to save money  ;D


I noticed you avoided my very legitimate question..... 8)

How did you get into the line of work that you are now?
What did you do before this?
What did you want to be when you were a little girl?
How long have you been doing what you do?
If you could do anything in the universe (as a job) what would you do?


Let's see.

When I was a kid we moved a lot and I was a strange kind of bossy and shy so I had a difficult time making friends.

Fortunately I had lots of friends in my TV to keep me company.

As I got older I watched lots of cop shows and thought I wanted to be a cop.

I took classes at the Delta College in Stockton and got my AA in Criminal Justice but I knew my temperament wasn't suited for law enforcement. Plus I knew I didn't want to get shot.

Then I was watching General Hospital one day and saw a reflection of a camera man and it hit me right away (Oprah would call it my Aha moment)  I didn't want to be a cop I wanted to work on a cop show!!!!

So I applied to UCLA & UCSB and got into one... as much as I love UCSB I wish I'd applied to USC too (they have a TV program). Anyway I majored in film but needed to find a job while going to school. I had an AA in Crim. Justice and applied with a dept and got the job. I've worked for this dept for 11 years now. I started as a community service officer- and then  when a dispatch position opened up I got the job.


Before working here- I was stocked the shelves graveyard shift at a grocery store but I kept falling asleep in class.  ;D

Before that I worked with Americorps- we took at risk youth and got them into community service by taking them to convalescent homes.

Before that I worked about 20 years in retail.  Barnes & Noble, a small toy store in Stockton and Toys R US in Salinas Ca

My first job was at a movie theater. I made $3.35 an hour!  ;D


If I could do anything at all--- I would be retired-- and I'd spend my days tooling around LA going to TV show tapings and meeting celebs!

But if I couldn't afford to do that I would love to work for a show. Like I would love to be writer's assistant or script supervisor for a show I love.  Or Continuity I would absolutely love  being in charge of continuity on a set.  

But those jobs don't pay as well as this one and I wouldn't be able to afford the lifestyle I've become accustomed to (And I refuse to live with people!) so I continue to dispatch until I win the lotto.


As a little girl I wanted to be one of Charlie's Angels  ;D  

I noticed you avoided my very legitimate question..... 8)



Oh I was getting there!!!  ;D





So, Q....why are you so certifiably crazy? ....and what can be done about it?  ;D





I am an only child.

My parents worked....a lot...

so I was left to my own devices growing up.

I didn't have a lot of friends because most of the places I lived the friendships had already been pre-established.

Guess I've been crazy most of my life. That's what happens when a kid with an over active imagination is left alone for hours at a time.

Plus... when I was in 4th grade we lived in Wash DC.

That's where my dad is from. He had a niece (actually a cousin but whatever) she was 13 and I was 9. She lived in the ghetto with her mom, two brothers and her sister. they had two rooms... it was a lot like Good Times.

We lived on base in a four bedroom.  I had a bedroom and a playroom...yeah I was kind of spoiled but my parents worked hard and could afford to buy me stuff... 

Anyway- my father wanted to "save" his niece (cousin) and invited her to stay the summer with us. My father felt because he got out of the ghetto she could too but she had to work for it. She was to young to get it and instead hated me because I had stuff. My parents would leave the house before  8 am and by 9 am she was kicking my ass.

I used to lock myself in the downstairs bathroom and stay there from early morning until my father came home for lunch then I would lock myself in before he left until they came home at 6. She broke almost all my toys and broke my mom's favorite lamp and said I did it.  (My mom knew me well enough to know I always admit when I screw up) but I didn't tell them about the abuse so for two weeks I spent the better part of the day cramped in a half bath. 

Wouldn't that make you crazy too? 

and no I don't think there's a remedy for my particular mental illness.


Oh I finally told my folks what was up and they sent her back to the ghetto. She grew up to be a crack whore or something.. seriously I have little to no contact with that side of the family.  Her brothers were great though. One died of AIDs in the 80s and the other is raising her kids for her. 

Hi Snoz! I promised questions, here they are:

--I'm an only child too. Have you ever wished you had a brother or sister?
--What's your fave toppings on a Subway sandwhich?
--Do you like the tv show "Mad Men"?
--Will you post more questions on my threads?
--I know you collect Barbies, is there any Barbie you wish they'd create, like a certain celeb or something?

Thanks!  ;D

Hi Snoz! I promised questions, here they are:

--I'm an only child too. Have you ever wished you had a brother or sister?
--What's your fave toppings on a Subway sandwhich?
--Do you like the tv show "Mad Men"?
--Will you post more questions on my threads?
--I know you collect Barbies, is there any Barbie you wish they'd create, like a certain celeb or something?

Thanks!  ;D


The only time I find myself wishing for a sib is when I have to deal with the whole parental obligation thing. It's great you took care of your mom but I'm not built that way. Plus they live 500 miles away and expect me to quit my job and move to AZ if something happens because I rent a small apt and they own a home.... I hate Arizona. I'd be less grumpy if they moved back to California.



The only sandwich I will eat at Subway is Tuna (on wheat) my favorite toppings for tuna are mayo, mayo & mayo  ;D  oh yeah and black pepper and Classic Lays potato chips.



I haven't seen Mad Men although I feel I need to. I like to keep some shows a mystery to me that way when a couple of seasons are avail on DVD I can devour them. That's what I did with House (now in season 5) I watched seasons 1 - 4 this summer.



I will post more questions in your thread, I promise, just as soon as I come up with some.



I wish they'd make Barbies for my favorite TV shows.  They have a series of I Love Lucy barbies.  I'd love to see a Buffy barbie. Some other company came out with an 11 inch barbie-like doll depicting Buffy but I want a Barbie Buff Doll.


Good questions. Pls ask more!  ;)

Hi Snoz!

I actually have a Barbie question: I know you collect them and I really hope you can help me. For a few months, I've been looking for the Kimora Lee Simmons Barbie.

http://images.entertainmentearth.com/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CMTL4688lg.jpg

She's my favorite fashion designer and style icon and I just like her. And I love her doll because it's actually the first multi-ethnic Barbie that Mattell has made because Kimora herself is African-American, Japanese and Korean.  :)  Do you know where I can get this doll from?

Thanks!  ;D (It'll look great next to my MJ and Liz Taylor dolls! )

Hi Snoz!

I actually have a Barbie question: I know you collect them and I really hope you can help me. For a few months, I've been looking for the Kimora Lee Simmons Barbie.

http://images.entertainmentearth.com/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CMTL4688lg.jpg

She's my favorite fashion designer and style icon and I just like her. And I love her doll because it's actually the first multi-ethnic Barbie that Mattell has made because Kimora herself is African-American, Japanese and Korean.  :)  Do you know where I can get this doll from?

Thanks!  ;D (It'll look great next to my MJ and Liz Taylor dolls! )


she's beautiful! I might have to get one myself  ;D


She's avail for $65 from here http://www.barbiecollector.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=L4688

I can't look any harder right now cuz I'm at work and I'm supposed to be training someone but I will look and see if I can find a better deal elsewhere for you!

Hey Snoz!

You're a rockstar! Thanks!  :)

It's funny she came with a fur and my Liz Taylor doll didn't.  ::)

Oh I was getting there!!!  ;D



I am an only child.

My parents worked....a lot...

so I was left to my own devices growing up.

I didn't have a lot of friends because most of the places I lived the friendships had already been pre-established.

Guess I've been crazy most of my life. That's what happens when a kid with an over active imagination is left alone for hours at a time.

Plus... when I was in 4th grade we lived in Wash DC.

That's where my dad is from. He had a niece (actually a cousin but whatever) she was 13 and I was 9. She lived in the ghetto with her mom, two brothers and her sister. they had two rooms... it was a lot like Good Times.

We lived on base in a four bedroom.  I had a bedroom and a playroom...yeah I was kind of spoiled but my parents worked hard and could afford to buy me stuff... 

Anyway- my father wanted to "save" his niece (cousin) and invited her to stay the summer with us. My father felt because he got out of the ghetto she could too but she had to work for it. She was to young to get it and instead hated me because I had stuff. My parents would leave the house before  8 am and by 9 am she was kicking my ass.

I used to lock myself in the downstairs bathroom and stay there from early morning until my father came home for lunch then I would lock myself in before he left until they came home at 6. She broke almost all my toys and broke my mom's favorite lamp and said I did it.  (My mom knew me well enough to know I always admit when I screw up) but I didn't tell them about the abuse so for two weeks I spent the better part of the day cramped in a half bath. 

Wouldn't that make you crazy too? 

and no I don't think there's a remedy for my particular mental illness.


Oh I finally told my folks what was up and they sent her back to the ghetto. She grew up to be a crack whore or something.. seriously I have little to no contact with that side of the family.  Her brothers were great though. One died of AIDs in the 80s and the other is raising her kids for her. 






I didn't really expect an answer (as you're not really crazy)......but you have had an interesting life so far......and you're still around to tell the tale.  ;)

I didn't really expect an answer (as you're not really crazy)......but you have had an interesting life so far......and you're still around to tell the tale.  ;)



You ask I answer... I don't have a lot to hide so ya know.....


Finally decided to "come out of hiding" huh?  Nice pic

Hey Snoz!

You're a rockstar! Thanks!  :)

It's funny she came with a fur and my Liz Taylor doll didn't.  ::)


Ha... but did the Liz doll come with "diamonds"

Hi Snoz!

I was wondering, since you collect Barbies, have you seen the Barbie that is based on Dihann Caroll's character from the TV show Julia? It's so cute!

http://www.theclassicdoll.com/shop/images/n5017.jpg

I saw one at Wal-Mart for 35 bucks!  ;D

Oh, and please ask more questions on my thread hun!  ;D

Do you have any personality traits or habits that are similar to your mom or dad's? 
Are you close to either parent?

What is your favorite food?
If you could develop one skill that you do not have now, what would it be?

Hi Snoz!

I was wondering, since you collect Barbies, have you seen the Barbie that is based on Dihann Caroll's character from the TV show Julia? It's so cute!

http://www.theclassicdoll.com/shop/images/n5017.jpg

I saw one at Wal-Mart for 35 bucks!  ;D

Oh, and please ask more questions on my thread hun!  ;D



I actually have the original...

http://theohzone.net/juliatalkingdollinbox01.jpg 



I haven't seen the new reissue tho! I need to get that!!!!!


THANKS! Please ask more!  ;)

So how do I get my neighbours to stop popping into my back yard whenever they feel like it?  Without offending them of course.  They keep crashing our parties, walking in the yard while my husband and I are get jiggy, how oh how do I make it stop?

Do you have any personality traits or habits that are similar to your mom or dad's? 
Are you close to either parent?

What is your favorite food?
If you could develop one skill that you do not have now, what would it be?


I have my father's sick, weird, twisted sense of humor... I have my mom's lack of patience...actually I am way more patient than my mom but that's not saying much  ;D

Some days I roll with it, but on the days I'm channeling mom I can feel the blood boil and I just walk out tired of the long lines....

I'm closer to my mom than my dad which is weird because I am more like him... she doesn't give a crap about music or TV....tho I did get her into Celebrity Apprentice and Amazing Race... sundays are fun!

We talk all the time. My dad isn't a big communicator so we mostly just sit in silence but its cool because he lets me watch whatever I want... my mom and I fight for the tv...we have to bargain...you take this hour then I take the next...  ;D


Favorite food....

Wow I love food so that hard for me.... If I have to make it then Spaghetti... I make kick ass spaghetti... but can't cook much else...
My mom makes this Indonesian Dish called Roti... its essentially a curry chicken, green beans and potatoes on a tortilla... LOVE IT....
Or Fried shrimp and lobster...cuz I love shellfish!

and of course steak, pork chops and steak....porter house if you want to know my favorite cut!  ;)

So how do I get my neighbours to stop popping into my back yard whenever they feel like it?  Without offending them of course.  They keep crashing our parties, walking in the yard while my husband and I are get jiggy, how oh how do I make it stop?


Now when you say getting jiggy with with your husband... does that mean you are.... like you know...making whoppee? Or dancing to old will smith songs?  ;D

How close are you with them? I would take one aside and say... while I appreciate your company- the old man and I are trying to have some he and me time...

with regards to the party.... order them a pizza, a big pizza...and make arrangements for delivery just before your friends arrive....perhaps they'll be so absorded with free pizza they won't show up...

or...put a padlock on the fence- then when they try to get your attention to let them ignore them... make sure the musics loud so can say you didn't see/hear them later....  ;)

How do you get into SO many celebrity events?  Do you belong to a club or something?

Ever been in the audience of a game show?  If you could be a contestant on a game show, which one would it be? (Can be one that isn't on the air anymore.)

How do you get into SO many celebrity events?  Do you belong to a club or something?

Ever been in the audience of a game show?  If you could be a contestant on a game show, which one would it be? (Can be one that isn't on the air anymore.)


okay so there's this organization in NY and LA that used to be called The Museum of Television and Radio....its now called the Paley Center for Media (named after the founder of CBS William S. Paley) 

Anyway- I have a membership to the one in Beverly Hills.... throughout the year they put on these events... sort of like inside the actor's studio- because its a panel discussion with actors, producers, writers, directors and creative teams behind the most celebrated shows on TV...

Every year they have an event called PaleyFest....and this is two weeks worth of shows. One event a night I buy the big package so I get to go to some after parties...

Its a whole thing some of us do every year. There's a facebook pic (several actually) of my friends and I in line these guys have become good friends and I met them at Paleyfest last year. 

Game show taping? No I haven't gone to one of those but I have been to a bunch of Sitcom tapings.

If I could be on any game show I would have wanted to be on Tic Tac Dough. Or Concentration with Alex Trebek.. I was good at those.

Also- last year Who Wants to Be A Millionaire was doing themed episodes... I would have loved to have been on a TV themed episode....

Funny story... about 4 years ago I tried out to be on a new game show.  The show aired on PAX. I made it to the final round...then they said we are going to give you two words and you have to name the celebrity... they said "Georgia" and "Brother"  I thought it was Jennifer Jason Leigh (cuz she was in a movie called Georgia... I had no idea what brother had to do with it... anyway it was Julia Roberts...Damn I love Julia Roberts... I should have gotten it... anyway.. they didn't want me as a contestant.  :\'(


YAY this is fun!!! Please ask more!

Snoz! You kill me!

I didn;t know that doll was a re-issue!

On to the questions:!

--Do you have any Michael Jackson dolls?

--If you do, will you sell the little guy to me?

--If you could design a Prince doll ( there are none on the market now) what would he look like and would it talk?

--Is there any doll that you want in your collection that you don't presently have?

--Will you PLEASE ask some questions in my threads?

Thank you!

Snoz! You kill me!

I didn;t know that doll was a re-issue!

On to the questions:!

--Do you have any Michael Jackson dolls?

--If you do, will you sell the little guy to me?

--If you could design a Prince doll ( there are none on the market now) what would he look like and would it talk?

--Is there any doll that you want in your collection that you don't presently have?

--Will you PLEASE ask some questions in my threads?

Thank you!



Yeah they came out with the original Julia doll back when the show was on the air but she wasn't dressed like a nurse.  she was wearing a gold lamie (I think its lamie I'm not all that fashionable) jumpsuit... gold and silver actually  ;D

I do have one MJ doll... now don't get mad at me...but I bought it at a swap meet in sometime between  1990-96 and I just had to have it cuz it was naked and (as I said at the time) anatomically correct.  I never got any clothes for it... but I don't know if I'm ready to part with it yet... its a fun memory for me.  ;) 

I still have to clean out my apartment tho... I am such a procrastinator... and when I do I will let you know if I find any other MJ stuff.

If I made a prince doll it would totally be from Purple Rain wearing this outfit
http://www.mnhs.org/collections/mplsmusic/web_assets/fullsize_images/mf008475.jpg


Yeah... I never got the Grease Dolls they came out with a couple years ago.  I really wanted those.


and I'm digging this doll
http://www.barbiecollector.com/images/showcase/products/N5860_9993_main.jpg


and this one...
http://www.barbiecollector.com/images/showcase/products/N4980_9993_main.jpg


and this one
http://www.barbiecollector.com/images/showcase/products/L7261_9993_main.jpg


but mostly I just want a house so I can get the dolls I do have out of boxes on put them on display like they deserve to be.


and yes I will ask you more questions but only if you keep asking me some as well!  ;)

Did you know that Demi Moore collects dolls too?  I read somewhere that she bought a house just to display her dolls (don't know if that's true or just gossip.)

As for gameshows:  There used to be one called "Beat the geeks" that I wanted to go on, where you are pitted against other "experts" in various fields of trivial knowledge...you'd definately give the T.V. geek a run for his money.

What is it that you like about dolls?

If you could save enough money (or were fabulously rich) would you get those dolls that have have real diamonds/other gems on their clothes?

Is there such a thing as a Barbie Museum?  Wanna go sometime?  lol

Did you know that Demi Moore collects dolls too?  I read somewhere that she bought a house just to display her dolls (don't know if that's true or just gossip.)

As for gameshows:  There used to be one called "Beat the geeks" that I wanted to go on, where you are pitted against other "experts" in various fields of trivial knowledge...you'd definately give the T.V. geek a run for his money.

What is it that you like about dolls?

If you could save enough money (or were fabulously rich) would you get those dolls that have have real diamonds/other gems on their clothes?

Is there such a thing as a Barbie Museum?  Wanna go sometime?  lol


No I didn't know that about Demi Moore... that's cool!

I do remember Beat the Geeks... I would love to go on that show. When I was working on my film degree at UCSB they offered a TV class for the first time. The professor was new (younger than me) I was pretty well know around the department because the Film Studies Chairperson liked me and told everyone about my vast knowledge of TV...

I took the class for fun and the prof would say something like daytime TV addressed social issues before many primetime shows..... isn't that right Tq? Or- Historically, TV would.... now correct me if I'm wrong Tq..... it was pretty funny.  Shockingly... I got an A in the class.


When I was sometime between the age of 3 and 5 I had a Mrs Beasley doll...like Jodie had from Family Affair. I carried her with me everywhere. I don't know what happened to her but I have since purchased another one because of the nostalgia behind it...don't really know how I got into collecting barbies... I sort of blame my mom...

You know I am a slob.... always have been- which is weird because I am also a germaphobe but I guess my own mess doesn't freak me out as much  ;D

anyway- when I was 8 or so... my mom told me if I didn't clean my room she was going to throw all my toys away... I should have believed her.... she threw everything away.... EVERYthing... she did it again when I was 11. That time she threw away all my barbies, my Charlies Angels dolls, my CA Van, my barbie vette....everything...

As I got older I was traumatized by these events...(although I never learned my lesson) and at the age of 18 I worked at Toys R Us.. I was working the barbie aisle and I was like.... I used to have this one and that one and that one too... plus they had a whole lot of new barbies...I was intrigued. I also fell in love with Jem at that time and decided to buy all the Jem dolls... I got them all but Roxy... My friend I drove all up northern Ca trying to find a stupid roxy... I eventually found one at a doll show a few years later. 

During this time I became obsessed with getting all the barbies I lost and I found a place in the bay area...its now the Doll Attic/Barbie Museum...the museum was founded in 2004 but the Doll Attic was basically a large store full of vintage Barbies for sale... I spent about $300 replacing my Charlie's Angels Doll... I never did get a CA Van... I really want that damn van....

I think next time I'm in the bay area I will check out the Doll Attic and see what they have...I haven't been there in about 15 years.
If you want to go....come on down to Cali...I'll go with ya!

As for buying a barbie with real diamonds- that doesn't really interest me.... owning Barbies is about as girlie as I get... Diamonds do nothing for me... now a barbie with a working TV in her gown? That excites me...

Hey Snoz!

--Do you like any films with Cary Grant and if so, which ones?

--I like those dolls that you wanted. Have you ever seen the doll room that Candy Spelling (Tori Spelling's mom) has at her mansion?  :o

--How's my Apple cd coming?  ;)

--Will you post more questions on my threads?

--Jimmy Stewart's Birthday is wednesday--are you gonna watch any of his films?

Thank you!  ;D

Hey Snoz!

--Do you like any films with Cary Grant and if so, which ones?

--I like those dolls that you wanted. Have you ever seen the doll room that Candy Spelling (Tori Spelling's mom) has at her mansion?  :o

--How's my Apple cd coming?  ;)

--Will you post more questions on my threads?

--Jimmy Stewart's Birthday is wednesday--are you gonna watch any of his films?

Thank you!  ;D


Yay more questions!!!

His Girl Friday is my favorite. I have to think about others. I'm more of a gregory peck fan.

I'll be busy Friday I'm going to a conference and the criminal minds season finale is that night. Sorry but shemar trumps jimmy

The apple cd will happen on my next days off. Two out of towners visited me this weekend

And yes when I think of more qs I will ask them. 

Hey Snoz!

I liked His Girl Friday too. I like Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird. I haven't really seen that many of his movies. He's another actor I know because he was freinds with Michael Jackson.

:( I've never watched Ciminal Minds. LOL. Shemar is cute, but Jimmy had those gorgeous blue eyes.
And thank you about the cd. I truly appreciate it .  ;D

;D

When are you coming to Vermont for a visit?



Cat

Hey Snozzie!

I know that you're really a great movie afficianado and I was wondering if you could help me.

I'm looking to buy another great old movie and I was wondering if you have any suggestions. (I'd prefer anything with Jimmy, Cary, Clark Gable or George Brent)

Also, do you know if there are any good websites for Dorothy Dandgridge. I really liked her movies and singing.

Thank you!  :)

And one more thing, just because I have to mention him, lol. What era do you think Prince looked the best?

:)

When are you coming to Vermont for a visit?



Cat


when I win the Cali lottery that way I can afford to drive cross country... .shoot.. I can afford to have someone drive me across country!  ;D

Hey Snozzie!

I know that you're really a great movie afficianado and I was wondering if you could help me.

I'm looking to buy another great old movie and I was wondering if you have any suggestions. (I'd prefer anything with Jimmy, Cary, Clark Gable or George Brent)

Also, do you know if there are any good websites for Dorothy Dandgridge. I really liked her movies and singing.

Thank you!  :)

And one more thing, just because I have to mention him, lol. What era do you think Prince looked the best?

:)


I'm more of a Sydney Poitier fan myself...but ... 

hmmm have you seen His Girl Friday? that's got Cary Grant...  Philadelphia Story? Bringing Up Baby? we may have talked about these before but I forget.

I don't think I've seen a George Brent film... I'm not too big on Clark

as for Jimmy... I have Shop Around the Corner ready for watching this weekend.. Cant think of too many others....the ones I can think of you've probably seen...  Rope, Mr Smith, Wonderful Life...


You know what! I'm not going to conform to your likes I'm going to try to get you to stretch your boundaries...  :D

My Favorite Classic films... B&W films are like

Pinky
Cabin in the Sky
Stormy Weather
the Thin Man Movies!
Strangers on a Train (its my favorite Hitchcock film)
Children's Hour
Paths of Glory


there's more but that's it for now...

Patch of Blue is my favorite Poitier film...but that's probably because, for some reason, I have yet to watch Lillies in the Field.
Raisin in the Sun!
Porgy and Bess
Defiant Ones, In the Heat of the Night and Guess who's coming to dinner... not in that order...



as for Dorothy Dandridge I found this site http://home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/dandridge.html

also this site that sells pics http://www.moviemarket.co.uk/Photos/Dorothy_Dandridge_P200448.html



not for nothing but Prince actually does absolutely nothing for me... so I'd have to say I find him most tolerable oh.... in I guess some of those pics with a five o'clock shadow when he's not wearing heels and ambiguous clothing...  :)

Do you have any repetitive pains (no, co-workers don't count!)?


If you were to retire tomorrow, what would you most like to do with the rest of your time?

Do you have any desire to become a paramedic because you work so closely with dispatching them (or is that fire department, (sorry I get confused easily anymore)?)

If you had to give up one thing that you like and depend on in your life right now, what would it be and why?

Do you have any repetitive pains (no, co-workers don't count!)?


If you were to retire tomorrow, what would you most like to do with the rest of your time?

Do you have any desire to become a paramedic because you work so closely with dispatching them (or is that fire department, (sorry I get confused easily anymore)?)

If you had to give up one thing that you like and depend on in your life right now, what would it be and why?


dang... cuz I have a couple of co-workers who.... never mind  :-X

;D


My back kills me regularly... I have a back injury from 2001 and it still bothers me when I stand or sit for too long or sleep the wrong way...


If I were to retire I would probably do exactly what I do on my days off... watch tv... uber post here and go to la to meet celebs!  ;D
I don't have a great desire to travel because we moved a lot when I was a kid so I like being at home with my stuff!!!

Fire stations have paramedics but also there are ambulance companies that have their own paramedics and EMTs... we house a fire engine at our station but I don't dispatch and we operate our own ambulance... with our own paramedic and students who are EMTs...
I could not do that job because
1) I hate needles
2) vomit makes me vomit
3) I don't like blood or bodily fluids...bad enough when I have to deal with my own I don't want anyone elses on me...  8-P
4) and they get paid crap... ours make about $14 an hour.. .not enough for that kind of job...

I'd rather be a cop... except for that pesky being in shape requirement...  ;D


That last one is a good question.... I already have... I gave up Mountain Dew about 4 months ago.. I am sad that I no longer drink it... but i need to jump start this getting my health in order...

I joke about it but the one thing I could not live without is the TV.. I am too depended on the company!  I live alone and prefer it that way but its the one thing that keeps me sane..

hmmm I could give up my car if I had too but considering the distance from Public transportation and the hours I work I hope I don't have to..

I've been homeless and don't ever want to do that again so I am not giving up my residence.. 

yeah.... just the mountain dew... I could give up vegetables- I like them and depend on them but I could do without them!  ;D

^ Excellent!  Thanks for answering so fast. 


Do you have to mow your own lawn?

Do you have a dishwasher?

Do you like to go out to the movie theater to watch movies?  or do you prefer to watch at home?

Do you like to go to friends' houses and visit or watch movies?

If you could create a "woman-cave" in your home, what would it have in it?

Any celebrity that you haven't met yet that you'd LOVE to meet?

I was watching the David Letterman show and he had on Lauren Conrad (The Hills) as a guest.  She mentioned that her show had just done something at the Paley center, and I actually knew what she was talking about!  So you taught me stuff.  You should be proud.  lol
Do you want to babysit a cat (or two?)  Mine are driving me nuts tonight!

^ Excellent!  Thanks for answering so fast. 





and thanks for asking such interesting questions!  :)

In the interest of making this not so daunting a read... each of your next questions will get their own post!

^ Excellent!  Thanks for answering so fast. 


Do you have to mow your own lawn?






I have a yard but not much of a lawn. I had one once....sod...but it died before it ever grew high enough to be mowed.  I have trees on the other side of my fence....they drop leaves, small ones on the dirt... I like the way it looks so I leave it... its not like huge piles just a small layer of scattered leaves... then my landlord comes and rakes it up... and I have to look at the hard compacted dirt again  ::)

 
When Carly was alive he expanded the part of the yard for her to use...I should be better about weeding it...but I hate yard work so I don't that stuff grows and grows... sometimes he gets out there and tames it...sometimes he has his landscapers do it... I'm a horrible tenant.  ;D

Do you have a dishwasher?




I have a dishwasher....but its broken... and by that- I mean that I am the only functioning dishwasher in my house and I have lost the motivation to stay on top of it so I have a stack of dishes that need tending... I tend to buy paper plates or wash just the dishes I need because I hate washing dishes... my sink is sooooo smalll...  Know those large Spaghetti pots with the holes in the lid so you can flip them and get the water out? yeah my sink is just big enough for me to sit on of those in it...and its shallow...makes for unpleasant washing.....
hmmm is there such a thing a pleasant dish washing?

Do you like to go out to the movie theater to watch movies?  or do you prefer to watch at home?





I used to love going to the theaters but the older I get the more impatient I am... I hate movie talkers and large crowds so I will wait for a movie's popularity to die down before I go... I love being the only one in the theater.. that's my favorite...

i love watching at home. I don't have a large TV but I want one... but the tv I have is an HD Flat screen... and I have both an HD DVD player and Blu Ray...  so I love watching good action movies in high def!!!

Do you like to go to friends' houses and visit or watch movies?




I love my friends but I'm not social... I don't feel comfortable in other people's houses... and then sitting and watching movies with them? no I'd much rather go to movies with my friends..the only time I don't sharing a theater.  I like to spread out when I watch.. I don't want to sit on a couch next to someone.. I want the whole couch or my own chair... then.... you know my thing with feet...its very real. I freak out if I am in the room with someone in bare feet...what if their foot touches me... what if I see them touch their foot and then they touch something Ihave to touch...or they touch me... what if ... its too much for my neurotic brain to soak in...

when I get a house I will have stirct no flip flop rule for visitors  ;D

If you could create a "woman-cave" in your home, what would it have in it?





Easy... a wall full of DVDs.

A large TV Like 60-108 in.

I want a wall with three  27 - 35 in TVs... one for my Xbox one for my Playstation and one for my Wii... and he

then on an opposite wall I want one TV 27 or 35 inches...for my old school game systems...

I would also want a couple  of real arcade games..... I love arcade games.
Crazy Taxi
Time Crisis
Hot Pursuit (its a pinball game)
some movie/tv themed pinball games
and oh this game I played at Dave and Busters.... its called Police Emergency or 911 emergency...its a shooter game that has a metal pad- which makes the player on the screen mimic your actual movements!!!! LOVE THAT GAME!

and... well the truth is.. my woman cave- ideally would be a roller rink that I convert to a residence so it also has a roller skating area and a basketball hoop...  :) 

Any celebrity that you haven't met yet that you'd LOVE to meet?

I was watching the David Letterman show and he had on Lauren Conrad (The Hills) as a guest.  She mentioned that her show had just done something at the Paley center, and I actually knew what she was talking about!  So you taught me stuff.  You should be proud.  lol
Do you want to babysit a cat (or two?)  Mine are driving me nuts tonight!




I would love to meet Oprah but I'd be so intimidate I wouldn't know what to say..

I've seen both Ellen and Whoopi but never met them.. that would be fun... I would love go to lunch with Rosie.. there were too many fans wanting time. I would love to talk her ear off about growing up a tv addict...

and I'd love to meet the Charlies Angels sans Farrah I suppose  :\'(    I have met Tanya Roberts... at a taping for That 70's Show and she was so sweet to me... and happy that I was an Angels fan but she is my second to least favorite Angel... my least favorite angel (for the record) is Shelly Hack.



glad I taught you something...sorry it was via Lauren Conrad tho  ;)


sorry I'm not much of a cat person...  besides you'd go nuts with out them and you know it!




please ask more questions!!!
(it seems to work for Tiffeny)

Hey Snoz!

Gosh, I keep forgetting that some people actually do like Oprah. I personally don't But I wouldn't be scared to talk to her. She's human. And she  can introduce me to Michael Jackson and Prince. I'll just plaster on my pageant smile and be chummy with her.  :)

Here's some questions:

--Who's your favorite person on food network?

--Which one would you love to cook with?

--Will you post more questions on my threads?

--What toppings do you like on your hot dog?

--What's your favorite flavor of milkshake.  :)

Thank you!

Hey Snoz!

Gosh, I keep forgetting that some people actually do like Oprah. I personally don't But I wouldn't be scared to talk to her. She's human. And she  can introduce me to Michael Jackson and Prince. I'll just plaster on my pageant smile and be chummy with her.  :)

Here's some questions:

--Who's your favorite person on food network?

--Which one would you love to cook with?

--Will you post more questions on my threads?

--What toppings do you like on your hot dog?

--What's your favorite flavor of milkshake.  :)

Thank you!



There's a food network??? Really???

just kidding I've heard of food network but I hate everything about cooking except for the eating....  ;D 

oddly enough.... I do love competition cooking shows... well I love Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef.... There is a new Top Chef...featuring Master Chef competing against one another on Bravo...Wed June 10 is the first episode!!! You should watch it... I will be starting a thread about it...

Hmmm who would I cook with? Well I still hate cooking... but there was a chef in competion on Top Chef... dang I forget her name it was the first or second year... I don't think she's on Food Network tho...but she seems like a lot of fun... Um...she works behind the scenes for Top Chef now... and also did some cooking for the movie No Reservations... if you watch the extras you'll see who I'm talking about...

yes I will post in your threads... I have been uberposting in another thread trying to improve the boards standings and sort of forgot to go back to other threads...

Hot dogs? Easy.... a little bit of mustard on both sides of the dog and then a ton of ketchup on top.... I can't stand it when they put mustard on one side and ketchup on the other.... and never, ever put the mustard on top...it ruins it...

I'm a simple girl I don't like a lot of flavors mixed together... when I eat I eat all of one thing then I go on to the next thing.. all my fries then my burger.... I always leave my favorite item as the last thing I eat.... and well if I have a mix of stuff... .like a fruit bowl... I will eat all of one fruit, then all of the next and the all of the next..... starting with my least favorite and ending with my fav...

one of the few things I mix... I like mashed potatoes & gravy with peas and corn...but that's because he frozen foods mashed taters and veggies need to be mixed...  ;D


Oddly I will also mix shakes... I love a Strawberry and Vanilla shake...because vanilla is too vanilla and stawberry is to strawberry.... but mixed it tastes perfect...


or give me an oreo cookie shake!

Can you tap dance?  Twirl a baton?  Have you ever taken any lessons on how to do... anything?  (Including driver's ed.)

What's your favorite animal?  What breed do you like best?

Do you have a favorite childhood toy memory?  School memory? 

How well did you do in school?  What was your favorite subject?

Any more school plans for you?

What do you like about Disney?  (I think you said you wanna have a birthday there in the coming years)

What t.v. era do you like best?  If you could play any character in any t.v. show, what would it be?
If your character were written out of the show, how would you want to be written out?

Can you tap dance?  Twirl a baton?  Have you ever taken any lessons on how to do... anything?  (Including driver's ed.)

What's your favorite animal?  What breed do you like best?

Do you have a favorite childhood toy memory?





you ask great questions...



Tap dance? No- I can sort of fake it but I've never had any lessons or anything...

Baton? No.. I can do a basic twirl but nothing really spectacular.

As a kid I was a professional quitter... I quit judo, swimming and something else after the first class...don't know if I thought the work was too hard and not worth the effort... I sort of just wanted to jump right in and do without learning... or if it was all sort of boring so I didn't go back...

I learned to play the flute in 7th grade but i never practiced- I hated it  actually....

I did take drivers ed offered thru the boys catholic school one summer because after my first day driving with my dad i hit a lamp post...we decided it served us better if someone else taught me to drive  ;D

other than that... I don't really take lessons.. I'm rather impatient and i especially don't do well if there is a classroom full of people because once I've learned something I'm ready to take the next step... I don't have much tolerance for slow learners...and stupid questions frustrate the hell out of me... Especially if the instructor has just said "Do this with part A and then do this with part B"  and then some tool says... What should I do with A????  ::)



Favorite animal? I don't really have one... I mean I love dogs and think baby animals are generally cute but I don't really give animals much thought...except when I think.. that cow, chicken or pig was mighty tasty!  ;D



Childhood memory? We talked in some other thread about Dutch Christmas... Sinter Claus and Zwarte Pete (black Pete) I was terrified of Zwarte Pete as a kid and always wound up crying whenever I went to see Sinter Claus cuz I thought Zwarte Pete was going to kidnap, cook and eat me!

I also remember having terrifying nightmares about the troll doll from Trilogy of Terror in my dreams this guy

http://z.about.com/d/horror/1/0/U/n/trilogy_doll.jpg

used to chase me all over the apartment in Panama.....

and when we lived in vegas I used to have nightmares about the One Armed Man from the Fugitive chasing me.... guess I had lots of nightmares as a kid....still do actually...

Can you tap dance?  Twirl a baton?  Have you ever taken any lessons on how to do... anything?  (Including driver's ed.)

  School memory? 

How well did you do in school?  What was your favorite subject?

Any more school plans for you?





favorite school memory? When I was a freshman my friends and I used to skip down the hallways singing Follow the Yellow Brick Road - we were kind of lame.....  we also used to sing Johnny B. Goode ala Back to the Future senior year


I was a horrible student...excelled in English... I managed to get thru four years of English without reading a book!  8)
but history, math and science always bored me... especially math and science... I once had a World History Teacher give me an F+ on a test because she thought it would lesson the sting of failing.  ;D

There were 86 people who graduated from my high school I was ranked...85 (1.8 GPA) but to be fair.. I didn't think I was going to college and I couldn't be bothered to work on stuff I didn't care about.... the person who was 86th was pregnant....it was a catholic school.  :)


What I learned about myself is when I take stuff I am interested in- criminal Justice for my AA (I had 3.8) and later Film Studies (3.5) I do well but I still suck at working on something I have no interest in...and I think its unfair that univerisites require specific classes... I have no use for Math above balancing a budget... and no use for science at all... that's why they have people who major in that so I don't have to deal with it......


I am taking a few classes this summer... Blacks in the MEdia... and Ethics.... Ethics is the only  class I actually need because the last time I tried to take it some 22 year old girl walked in and said...

                        so um. like. I'm gonna like be teaching philo 4 and like with philosophy like we pretty much just hang out at like
                        starbucks and stuff reading and like talking... and like yeah... that's where you can like find all the upper division
                        Philo majors....  ::)


yeah... I like... had to like...leave.... and like.... drop that class....you know.  ::)  so hopefully I fare better this time around...

Do you have a favorite childhood toy memory? 

What do you like about Disney?  (I think you said you wanna have a birthday there in the coming years)

What t.v. era do you like best?  If you could play any character in any t.v. show, what would it be?
If your character were written out of the show, how would you want to be written out?


I just reread your question and realized it was favorite childhood toy memory...

when I was a kid I wanted a shot gun... a toy one.... my grand parents were competative....even tho they were married to each other so my grandmother got me a cheapo plastic one and my grandfather got me this really cool "blue steel" metal one with real fake- pump action - and all...it was as close to being real as you could get without it actually firing bb's or something...



If you mean Disneyland? I like the fantasy aspect of it... I'm not the fan of the disney movies I used to be... Really only Bambi and Robin Hood... my favorites are the live action movies... put on something with Johhny Whitaker or Jodie Foster and I will watch it everytime...


I haven't been to Disneyland since 2000- I am due for a visit....especially since its so close... I've never been to Disney world but would love to go...



I don't have a particular Era of TV that I like best....tho TV was still magical before the first writer's strike back in  1988....

I don't like the way do TV now... what with splitting up the seasons so you get half in the fall and the rest in the summer.... I don't like that TV has been dumbed down for the masses.. I love Survivor, amazing race and other competition shows but airing something like Wipeout! Disgusts me.... Pushing Daisies was canceled so that America could laugh at people falling off super sized dodge balls....

I hate that good writing often gets overlooked because something is prettier.... or because the other show on the air doesn't require so much thinking...

And I HATE THAT JAY LENO IS TAKING OVER NBC... 5 hours of JAY LENO during prime time? That's 5 more shows that NBC is not picking up... because they won't stand behind their shows.....Sorry Jay but I hope you fail miserably!


one more to answer but work beckons....brb

  If you could play any character in any t.v. show, what would it be?
If your character were written out of the show, how would you want to be written out?



If I were to play someone on TV I'd want to be someone sassy... like Christine Cagney!  I have lots of tude so my character would have to as well...  :)


if I were written out I'd want to go in style...and take a whole lot of folks with me... you know...like go postal or go out with a big bang... do you watch SVU?  Did you see how that twad Stuckey went out on Tues? Yeah... something like that.... I want my exit to be a memorable one not something lame...  I want people to jump out of their chairs and go... DAAAAMMMNNNNNNNN!!!!  8)

oh I forgot.... great questions! Please ask more!  :)

If you were a character on a sitcom or tv drama series, what actor would you want to play Q ?    ::)

If you were a character on a sitcom or tv drama series, what actor would you want to play Q ?     ::)





Easy! Kim Coles! I've loved since Living Single!!!!! 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VDpqsK9LE60/RnGArx6_wRI/AAAAAAAABtE/VPy7BSTS9zs/s400/kimcoles.jpg


great question! please ask more!  :)

If I were to play someone on TV I'd want to be someone sassy... like Christine Cagney!  I have lots of tude so my character would have to as well...  :)


if I were written out I'd want to go in style...and take a whole lot of folks with me... you know...like go postal or go out with a big bang... do you watch SVU?  Did you see how that twad Stuckey went out on Tues? Yeah... something like that.... I want my exit to be a memorable one not something lame...  I want people to jump out of their chairs and go... DAAAAMMMNNNNNNNN!!!!   8)




You mean like ........"DAAAAMMMNNNNNNNN!!!!  ....who's bringing the beer to the party tonight now?  :o

You mean like ........"DAAAAMMMNNNNNNNN!!!!   ....who's bringing the beer to the party tonight now?  :o



yeah...that's exactly what I meant.....  ::)


no I mean DAAAAAMMMMMNNNNN that's Gwenyth Paltrow's head in that box!: THAT CHICK'S A DUDE!; Private Pyle just shot Senior DI Hartman and then killed himself!!!!!  :o  DAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNNNNNN  :o

yeah...that's exactly what I meant.....  ::)


no I mean DAAAAAMMMMMNNNNN that's Gwenyth Paltrow's head in that box!: THAT CHICK'S A DUDE!; Private Pyle just shot Senior DI Hartman and then killed himself!!!!!  :o  DAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNNNNNN  :o






Wow....all good examples. Well done!  ;D

Wow....all good examples. Well done!  ;D


thanks... I was trying to think of more shocking moments but was suddenly at a loss... hmmm maybe that should be a new topic....

When I was sometime between the age of 3 and 5 I had a Mrs Beasley doll...like Jodie had from Family Affair. I carried her with me everywhere. I don't know what happened to her but I have since purchased another one because of the nostalgia behind it...don't really know how I got into collecting barbies... I sort of blame my mom...


My maiden name is Beesley, and my sister had a Mrs. Beasley doll when she was growing up too.  Actually, my sister looked just LIKE a Mrs. Beasley doll when she was little - she wore the exact same glasses and had the blonde hair and round face and everything.  Anyway, my mom bought one about ten years ago, and it still sits proudly on her little rocking chair.   :)

I can't believe your mom threw all your toys away.  She didn't mess around.  My mom used to threaten to do that too, but I always cleaned my schitt up before she could follow through.  I can't imagine what I would have done.   :(

I've really enjoyed reading about you!  I love your roller rink idea!  

Now for some more questions:

Which celebrities do you detest the most and why?

What makes you laugh the hardest?

What are your biggest pet peeves?  (Non foot-related)





 

thanks... I was trying to think of more shocking moments but was suddenly at a loss... hmmm maybe that should be a new topic....





....and God created a new topic ....... and it was good!

....and God created a new topic ....... and it was good!


god is great; god is good; from this moment on god is Q  ;D








wonder how many members I just offended!  ;)

god is great; god is good; from this moment on god is Q  ;D








wonder how many members I just offended!  ;)


You can list them as separate posts in the LTE!  ;D

Easy! Kim Coles! I've loved since Living Single!!!!! 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VDpqsK9LE60/RnGArx6_wRI/AAAAAAAABtE/VPy7BSTS9zs/s400/kimcoles.jpg


great question! please ask more!  :)
she's a good looking choice  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/07/naughty.gif


what would the title of your show be?  I suggest "It's all about Q"

My maiden name is Beesley, and my sister had a Mrs. Beasley doll when she was growing up too.  Actually, my sister looked just LIKE a Mrs. Beasley doll when she was little - she wore the exact same glasses and had the blonde hair and round face and everything.  Anyway, my mom bought one about ten years ago, and it still sits proudly on her little rocking chair.   :)

I can't believe your mom threw all your toys away.  She didn't mess around.  My mom used to threaten to do that too, but I always cleaned my schitt up before she could follow through.  I can't imagine what I would have done.   :(

I've really enjoyed reading about you!  I love your roller rink idea!  

Now for some more questions:

Which celebrities do you detest the most and why?

What makes you laugh the hardest?

What are your biggest pet peeves?  (Non foot-related)





 




Aw - I want to see pics of your sis!



celebs I detest.....


Michael Richards and Mel Gibson for the obvious reasons......


Clint Eastwood- because he squints, has a really odd delivery of his lines and well I just don't like his movies (except Million Dollar Baby- but that its because of Hilary Swank that I liked it....or even saw it!)


Tom Green- I think he's an idiot and he totally ruined the Charlie's Angels move (so did Bill Murray by playing Bosley as a buffon but I still like Bill Murray)


Clint Black- I didn't have an opinion of him one way or another but after watching Celeb Apprentice this past season i thought... what an ass!!!! Same goes for Gene Simmons from last season


I'm sure there are more but those are the ones that came to mind.


oh yeah- Yoko Ono cuz that bitch broke up the beatles....... just kidding!  ;D



what makes me laugh the hardest? I don't know I mean sometimes the strangest things crack me up....like that 5 year old- the jokes were so bad they were funny... I love non-sequiturs tho

really crazy stories- cops are the best story tellers.

and usually what makes me laugh really hard is when actors are trying to get through a scene and they crack up.... like Friends with the bagpipes.... they weren't acting they were reacting and it was great....the other one that gets me every time is that blooper from Will and Grace when grace is in the hospital and a nurse is supposed to draw blood.... Debra Messing couldn't keep a straight face because of the actresses voice...there was something about the way the girl said I couldn't pass her driving test because....it was hard that broke Debra up everytime and everytime I watch it I lose it tooo...




Pet peeves..... you may have noticed here on the boards... I'm intolerant of people who can't follow a simple thought... its like some one draws a one, a three and a five and expects you to get where they are but some people need to see the 2 and the 4 to make the leap.... that annoys me -  but even worse some people need 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5  and then you still have to help them get it....


I have a co worker who does the paperwork for new hires... We were talking about new hires and one of our student employees who handles the scheduling for new hires said to her
"Do you work on Monday"
"all day except from 12-1"
"okay- I come by at 2"
"for what?"

me.... "Um...to have you do the new hire paperwork we were just talking about...."  ::)


I don't know it just seems like sometimes the pieces of the puzzle are right there....do we really have to hold your hand and assemble it for you to get you to see the big picture....

the other day Howard posted to Danoot (about the service for her mom)
glad things went well; did they go as planned?

what?!? that question was just odd but be proud I didn't call attention to it!  until now...  ;D



oh and narrow mindedness... I hate that.. I mean I am pretty set in my ways but I feel like I do so to benefit most people and the others...the conservatives are not so open to broader ideas and the big picture...

and religious zealousy  (if that's a word) I'm all for quietly practicing your faith but I wish people would stop trying to convert me and I really hate people praying for me...  I just want people to wish me luck and think positively about me... 

okay I'll stop ranting now....


:)

thanks ash! That felt good!

please ask more questions!

You can list them as separate posts in the LTE!  ;D


good point!

she's a good looking choice  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/07/naughty.gif


what would the title of your show be?   I suggest "It's all about Q"


considering I'm so self centered that's a damn fine choice!!!! mind if I steal it!  :)


runner up title might be.... Welcome to the Queendom!  ;D

I just remembered another celebrity I dislike Ash....

Michael Jordan... now how did I forget about him? The man is even more arrogant than I am!  :D

god is great; god is good; from this moment on god is Q  ;D








wonder how many members I just offended!  ;)


....or you could just pray for them!

This is a great thread. It provides sooo much ammo!

god is great; god is good; from this moment on god is Q  ;D








wonder how many members I just offended!  ;)



I am TOTALLY offended!!!  >:( >:( >:(


It should be:

Goddess is great; Goddess is good; from this moment on Goddess is Q.  ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

I am TOTALLY offended!!!  >:( >:( >:(


It should be:

Goddess is great; Goddess is good; from this moment on Goddess is Q.  ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat


I'm sorry I should have caught that before submitting the post!!!! my bad!  ;D

Dear Q,

How do you find out about t.v conventions and will you take me to the next Desperate Housewives one please?

Dear Q,

How do you find out about t.v conventions and will you take me to the next Desperate Housewives one please?




Ha Ha! I didn't think you'd actually post it!

I am a member of an organization called Paley Center for Media. They have on in Beverley Hills and in NYC.  Paleycenter.org

as a member I get advanced notice for all the events they are going to do and sometime can get tickets early.

And yes if you want to go to the next Desperate Housewives event its doable but... you'd have to fly here..... I don't know if they do desperate housewives in the UK but alot of tv shows have fan events there. I have a friend who flew there for a Supernatural Event.


the next event is Wed. House MD!

Ha Ha! I didn't think you'd actually post it!

I am a member of an organization called Paley Center for Media. They have on in Beverley Hills and in NYC.  Paleycenter.org

as a member I get advanced notice for all the events they are going to do and sometime can get tickets early.

And yes if you want to go to the next Desperate Housewives event its doable but... you'd have to fly here..... I don't know if they do desperate housewives in the UK but alot of tv shows have fan events there. I have a friend who flew there for a Supernatural Event.


the next event is Wed. House MD!
Supernatural? that's so funny, my best friend goes to that every year she is a huge, huge fan. She had a friend who was flying over from America for it now what are the chances it's the same person?? *start the twilight zone music*

Well you know going to Philly has given me the bug for traveling to America again and I haven't been to L.A. for 20 years now........

Supernatural? that's so funny, my best friend goes to that every year she is a huge, huge fan. She had a friend who was flying over from America for it now what are the chances it's the same person?? *start the twilight zone music*

Well you know going to Philly has given me the bug for traveling to America again and I haven't been to L.A. for 20 years now........


what's your friends friends' name.... that was weird sentence to type... i wouldn't be surprised....this woman appears to know everyone... I was at the event last night and I was talking about my friend and five other people were like oh we know monique....  the other friend went was Angela but she's not as socialble

Since you're a film buff, what's your take on theatrical animation?

Are you aware that some feature celebrity caricatures and pop culture referances from the era? (Honestly as an average joe, I'm only familiar with a few and gotten info from commentary and other boards)

One example would be "A Tale Of Two Kitties", which feature cats caricaturized as Abbot & Costello against Tweety or cartoons like "Autograph Hound" (Donald Duck) or Warner Bros. "Hollywood Steps Out".

Since you're a film buff, what's your take on theatrical animation?

Are you aware that some feature celebrity caricatures and pop culture referances from the era? (Honestly as an average joe, I'm only familiar with a few and gotten info from commentary and other boards)

One example would be "A Tale Of Two Kitties", which feature cats caricaturized as Abbot & Costello against Tweety or cartoons like "Autograph Hound" (Donald Duck) or Warner Bros. "Hollywood Steps Out".


I'm not the animation buff you are... my experience with theatrical animation goes back to when I was a kid going to see the "newest" disney movie... I didn't know how old those films were when I was kid.

Then the more recent influx of the Pixar films. I'm a fan of pixar flix and there are TONS of references in them! I probably catch about 90% of the references...

I have always been aware (and been a big fan of) self referential media.... in terms of animation. Looney tunes did it a lot...and even as a kid I had been widely exposed to old movies and stuff so I was able to identify a lot of the actors being characterized in the clips.

Later Animaniacs carried on the tradition quite nicely and those jokes came quick but I still caught most of them.

I just want you to know that I had some crack on my way to work this morning.

And by "crack" I mean McDonald's Apple Pies.  ;D

I just want you to know that I had some crack on my way to work this morning.

And by "crack" I mean McDonald's Apple Pies.   ;D




mmmmmmm crack!!!!! I've been off the stuff for almost three months now...but that doesn't mean I'm not still jonesing for it!!!!



please ask more questions! thanks!

Do you like any casino games such as Blackjack, Poker, or Slot Machines?

Can you walk and chew bubble gum at the same time?  How about patting your head and rubbing your tummy and saying a tongue twister like "Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" all at the same time?

When did you learn to tie your shoes? 

How tall are you?

Did you ever want brothers or sisters?

What is your favorite color?
Do you have a favorite painting or painter?

Do you like any casino games such as Blackjack, Poker, or Slot Machines?



I love slot machines...especially the ones with built in mini games I can play those for hours....

I'm not so good at blackjack and poker....

once I was playing black jack and I threw $40 down for change.. I was sort of day dreaming and the dealer had set my chips in the betting area... she was about to deal and I said WAIT  and pulled out $35 bucks... she said next time you can't change your bet... I said I wasn't betting the whole thing I just wanted change....  she said okay and dealt me a black jack...that bitch... I would have had $100  >:(



Can you walk and chew bubble gum at the same time?  How about patting your head and rubbing your tummy and saying a tongue twister like "Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" all at the same time?



no but I can sing Red Rubber Ball..... I prefer Neil Diamond's lesser known version... I wish it were avail on CD or as an MP3!


When did you learn to tie your shoes? 


I don't remember.... kindergarten or first grade probably....

in second grade I once wore a zip up jumpsuit and got my tummy skin stuck in the zipper...that hurt like a mother!!!! I was afraid of zippers for years afterwards!  ;D



How tall are you?


5'2" and 1/4... sometimes I fudge and say I'm 5'3"  :-
Did you ever want brothers or sisters?


as a kid not really but the older I get the more I wish there were someone else to carry the burden cuz I know I'm not cut out for caring for the 'rents when the time comes  :(


growing up What is your favorite color?


blue like that pretty royal blue from the 80s 



Do you have a favorite painting or painter?


I have to get back to you on this because a couple of years ago I was exposed to some art that I really really loved... and I went on and on about wanting works from two authors... but now I can't recall who they were... so I want to find my research... its rather embarassing since I was so enamored with their work!


thanks tho! These are really great questions!!!  :)

Okay I finally remembered one name....

Radcliffe Bailey. This guy takes old photos and uses them in his art work...its all black art...sorry I'm still opposed to the whole African-American thing...


http://www.arthurrogergallery.com/images/thumbnail/Radcliffe_Bailey_Uncured_Labor_1646_32.jpg

This is titled Uncured Labor...its a pic of a Tobacco field that has yet to be worked by slaves...its hard to tell, I think, but see the rail road tracks running thru his painting? that was an homage to the Under Ground railroad.... presumably...I think why there are no slaves in this particular picture.... anyway he did a whole series of works that have the railroad tracks in them... I would love one of those works....


now to recall the other artist...who is my favorite  :-[  her name is right on the tip of my tongue....  :(

Pat Ward Williams.... "accused.blowtorch.padlock" because it's a glaring reminder of how unfair things have been... basically it takes a pic that ran in Life Mag of a black man accused of murdering a white man and is essentially tortured as if that constituted justice...

I'm all into that cultural history crap.... don't get me started on the murder of Emmett Till  :\'(

Pat Ward Williams.... "accused.blowtorch.padlock" because it's a glaring reminder of how unfair things have been... basically it takes a pic that ran in Life Mag of a black man accused of murdering a white man and is essentially tortured as if that constituted justice...

I'm all into that cultural history crap.... don't get me started on the murder of Emmett Till  :\'(


:\'(

Patty is the best question asker ever! 

What is your favorite weather?

What is your favorite outfit?

How do you think Obama is doing so far?

Do you think it's funny that Hilary Clinton fell down and broke her elbow?

I'm all into that cultural history crap.... don't get me started on the murder of Emmett Till  :\'(


Oh yeah!  That was horrible and atrocious!  I read about that in Jet magazine several years ago.  So very sad (and infuriating).



Patty is the best question asker ever! 



Ah thanks Ash!  :-*  I'm so random that I never know what I'll think to ask next.  lol

:\'(


I know.... me too....

Patty is the best question asker ever! 



That wasn't a question but yes she is!!!! O0





What is your favorite weather?



80 degrees with a slight ocean breeze.... anything in the 90s and I melt... and forget summers in AZ I'm a raging bitch in heat...  I mean in the heat!  ;D





What is your favorite outfit?



alas the fashion bug never bit me.... I love jeans and a t- shirt.... as you can tell in virtually all my pics!  ;D
When I'm chilling at home its big, comfy baggy sweats and sleeveless t-shirt....

and tennis shoes...almost always in tennis shoes  ;D





How do you think Obama is doing so far?



:-

Do you think it's funny that Hilary Clinton fell down and broke her elbow?



Is it sad that I'm just now hearing this for the first time.... again I live in a bubble.... if I didn't hear about it then it probably never really happened!  ;D  Just kidding... is there footage of this on line.... BRB

nah didn't find any footage.....  but I did catch the fly swatting....how cool is barack!!!!  ;D



you ask great questions too please ask more!

Was Lorraine Toussant as nice as she appears?  I know, it's a bad habit to think that they are like the characters they play on t.v.  I might have to start watching "Saving Grace" now that I know she's on it.  Although in the commercials, she seems a bit of a ... um... aggressive woman... lol  Might have just been the episode though.


If you were to change your name, what would it be?

If you could go back and relive 3 things in your life, what would they be?

If you could go back and change 3 things in your life, what would they be?

How old do you want to be when you pass on (sorry, I guess I'm feeling morbid tonight)?

If you could design your gravestone, what would it look like?  (I love statues and stuff so naturally I'm a taphophile (go ahead and look it up)  lol

You said you were trying to write movie or television scripts?  What are basic ideas that you are working on?

What television star(s) male, female and/or cartoon  ;D  from the 70s would you like to meet in their prime?

If you could have a dinner party with 10 famous people (living or dead) who would be on the guest list?  What food would you serve? 

Can you tell I'm bored?  :D

Can you tell I'm bored?  :D



your boredom totally works in my favor!!!!!


I'm breaking this down into two posts because ....we need the post count  ;)  and I have a feeling my answer to your first question may be long  ;D



Was Lorraine Toussant as nice as she appears?  I know, it's a bad habit to think that they are like the characters they play on t.v.  I might have to start watching "Saving Grace" now that I know she's on it.  Although in the commercials, she seems a bit of a ... um... aggressive woman... lol  Might have just been the episode though.




Lorraine Toussaint was very nice...very elegant and classy. I'd met her once before for an event about Any Day Now - that event was my first and one of my favorites... if you ask me to I'll tell you why  ;) 

and she was kind then too... Holly Hunter talked....... a lot........ and I think the cast was a little bored because she didn't let any of them really say much... but she, Holly, had so many wonderful things to say about everyone she works with... or she was blowing big ole smoke stacks up their ass...she's  great actress so its hard to tell  ;D

Lorraine and Nancy Miller have worked on three shows now apparently... I guess the third is an episode of the Closer but I can't tell... Imdb let me down on that one.  Oh no...I found it...the third was Threat Matrix.  anyway Lorraine said she would read the newspaper on camera if Nancy Miller wrote the article.  ;D 

Nancy calls Lorraine her lucky charm...2 shows out of three aint bad.... Lorraine came on Saving Grace in the second or third episode....

Grace is definitely an aggressive character...she's a loud mouth, sex crazed drunk who happens to be a really good cop.... the thing they pointed out at the event is prior to the shield this show would never make it on the air! Especially not with a woman...she's like Christine Cagney but amplified by 20!  :o

Its a bit in your face being on cable and all... they say shyt a lot... and some of the sex scenes would be raunchy for HBO  ;D but the Grace is a flawed character...she has had a lot of tragedy in her life... and lives with a lot of guilt. I don't want to reveal all the stuff grace has to deal with because the way it unfolds in the series is flawless and almost necessary....

I'll give you one....the show is set in Oklahoma and her sister died in the Oklahoma bombing... but what we eventually learn is that the sister was getting some paperwork or something... she was supposed to go the day before the bombings but Grace was off getting drunk....or having sex....or both.... instead of baby sitting like she promised so the sister has to go the next day instead....and dies...grace carries that guilt and about a hundred other burdens...

Its a good time to catch up because it season three takes things in a new direction....and one thing to remember is that like we all do in real life- grace evolves...the grace we see in season three would not do....not on the same level at least...the stuff that grace of season one did.

the best part of the show...is the relationship between Laura San Giacomo and Holly Hunter.... its like Nancy took that relationship between M.E. and Rene from ADN and somehow made it even stronger.... I can't explain it... these two Rhetta and Grace have been friends since kindergarten... and the actress capture it so realisitically... I wanna see a Rhetta and Grace ala Thelma and Lousie road trip ep!!!!

Then there's the who religious aspect....its that whole is there a god- do angels exist- do you believe in miracles.... but its not that in your face religious crap that I hate.... they deal with real questions and say there are no easy answers....and... hmmmm if god can choose someone like grace to help him improve the world...then maybe he isn't as judgmental as the fundamentalists make him out to be!  :)


Do your self a favor and rent the show....the seasons are short... 13 eps season one... and 14 eps season two... and as good as those seasons were season three started off even better!!!!


I have stepped down and put the podium away!  ;D


can you tell I love this show!  ::)


now didn't you ask me some more questions?

If you were to change your name, what would it be?




for one summer in 1977 I insisted every one call me Jill (as in Munroe)  :-

If you could go back and relive 3 things in your life, what would they be?




do I get to experience them as they were? do I get to change the events for a more suitable outcome? do I get to live them for a period of time or are we talking just one specific moment? soooo many options.....




If you could go back and change 3 things in your life, what would they be?




see what I get for not reading ahead????


okay Relive----

The first one that comes to mind is Carly... I would just love to go back and even if I could spend one day with her I would make it the best day ever....  If I could change things I would walk her more... and I would have taken her to a different vet  >:(

I went to a diana ross concert when I was in the 9th or 10th grade... I would love to have that moment back it was great....

and- well any of these paley events I would love to relive again.... especially Any Day Now, House was great....Gilmore Girls, Cagney & Lacey, American dreams and the buffy reunion...

oh just the definitive one... the Freaks and Geeks cast party I got invited too... I would like to redo that one but be more outgoing... It was my first real celebrity party deal and I was terribly shy... I know... not Q...but yeah I was!



Change---

I'd like to go back to June 2001 and not fall out of that chair...this back injury definitely derailed my life plan....

Also I wish I knew about the Paley center sooner...there are so many wonderful events I would have loved to attend!!!

and I'd probably like to go back to high school and just start all over... see if I can do things right the second time...but then again I might not be here with you guys and that would make me sad...

How old do you want to be when you pass on (sorry, I guess I'm feeling morbid tonight)?




I want to be about 287  ;D and healthy as a horse.... odd for someone in my job... but I fear death.. Its so final  :-\\  no one to remember after you've gone... all my stuff that I love...what's gonna happen to it? No one will love it the way It do...  :\'(

for a long time I've had a fear that I would die when I was 44 I can't explain it but its been really strong in me for so long... and now that that time is like 3 years a way I'm terrified... if I get to see 45 I will be sooooooo happpy!!!! I want to have a huge party for my 44th but I may have a bigger one for 45 if I live out the year....  :(




If you could design your gravestone, what would it look like?  (I love statues and stuff so naturally I'm a taphophile (go ahead and look it up)  lol




I don't want to be buried because the idea of rotting in the ground disturbs me.... and I have no one to visit my grave so that's just sad.....

but if I did want all that then I would want Buffy's Tombstone...  word for word.... with a Q on it at the top where they normally put a cross


http://www.cjcs.com/tib/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/buffydeath21.jpg

;D


Buffy Anne Summers .......She saved the world...alot!  8)

You said you were trying to write movie or television scripts?  What are basic ideas that you are working on?



for me to actively be working on something I'd have to actually sit down and start writing! lol


but I have a tv movie floating around my head about an abused boy who won't speak... its busting to come out but I keep forcing it back in...

then I was sort of joking in another thread about rehashing Kate & Allie with Jenny & Emma but the more I think about it...the more I think this could be a really good idea....

my problem is I want to write something really original but all I can come up with is a rehash of old material!





What television star(s) male, female and/or cartoon  ;D  from the 70s would you like to meet in their prime?



Ohhh good question!!!!

Nancy McKeon! and the rest of the facts cast
the cast of Charlie's Angels....sans farrah I guess  :\'(  (Robert Urich would have been cool too!)
Lynne Moody..most people don't know her but she was on Soap and Lou Grant and a ton of tv movies
Val. Bertinelli
Ha Ha... no men apparently... but that's because women in TV have always been my favs!

The only cartoon characters I've ever wanted to meet are Jem & the Holograms.... I would love to write a live action version...hmmmmm





If you could have a dinner party with 10 famous people (living or dead) who would be on the guest list?  What food would you serve? 



this is an unfair question... sort of because there are two types of dinners I would want....

one would be just for fun! a couple of comedians, the creative minds behind two of my favorite shows and the cast of gilmore girls!!!

1. Rosie O'Donnell but only if she talks TV and childhood and not about politics
2. Ellen Degeneres
3. Chris Rock
4. Joss Whedon (Creator of Buffy, Angel, Firefly & Doll House)
5. Amy Sherman Palladino (Gilmore Girls creator writer)
6. Daniel Paladino (ditto)
7. Lauren Graham (lorelei gilmore....cuz lauren graham and Amy sherman are exactly like lorelei in real life)
8. Alexis Bledel (cuz Gilmore and Sisterhood)
9. Amber Tamblyn (cuz GH, Joan of Arcadia, and Sisterhood)
10. America Ferrera (cuz Ugly Betty and Sisterhood)


then there's the serious talk... the focus would be civil rights and all...  but because its me... I'd like the cast of any day now there to talk about the series versus the real deal.... so


1. Nancy Miller
2. Donzaleigh Abernathy (she played rene's mom is the daughter of a real life civil rights advocate Rev Ralph Abernathy)
3. Lorraine Toussaint
4. Annie Potts
5. Dr. King
6. Oprah
7. Whoopi
8. Maya Angelou
9. My great grandmother
10. Medgar Evers or maybe....  Sorry Patty i need 12 people... this will be like the last supper... Q and her 12 inspirerers  ;D
11. Sidney Poitier
12. Aaron McGruder....the creator of Boondocks! LOL... cuz watching him explain his dr King ep...to Dr king...now that would be a fascinating...

wow patty that was great!!!!! Thanks!!!

wow patty that was great!!!!! Thanks!!!





You are quite welcome!  :)

Why type of employment do you have that you get to meet Eve Plumb and many other celebs?

Why type of employment do you have that you get to meet Eve Plumb and many other celebs?


I'm a police dispatcher....my job has nothing to do with my celeb encounters....except that they know what a TV freak I am and give me lots of time off to go hangout in LA andstalk meet celebs....  ;)

the eve plumb thing was a total accident... I was sitting outside a charity event I was attending and she was walking down the street.  She wasn't at the event or anything!


great question...please ask more!  :)

What is the most money you have spent on one single item?


How many CD's do you own? (you can guessitmate if need be)  DVD's?


If you could meet one person off of this board, who would it be & why?


Are you left handed or right handed?


What would you rather do...go camping in the woods or stay in a hotel room in a big city?


Name three places you would like to visit (It can be a city, country, state, island, etc...)


If you were awarded 1 million dollars tomorrow, what would be the first thing you would buy?


Who is your role model now & who was it when you were a kid?


What is your favorite cartoon series?


Who is your favorite music artist from these decades: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s


Have you ever met someone in real life off of the Internet?


Are you in love?  In lust?


If you had to give up sex for one year in exchange for $5000 would you do it?


Describe your idea of the perfect mate.


Where do you see yourself in 10 years?


What are your goals in life for the next 10 years?

I totally knew you were going to do this!  :P


What is the most money you have spent on one single item?  besides buying a car....because I made payments so that doesn't count. I spent $250 on a crew members jacket for my favorite show... Any Day Now... I never wear it tho because I'm afraid of damaging it!
oh and I dropped $1200 to attend Paley Fest this year!


How many CD's do you own? (you can guessitmate if need be) I have about 500 cds...which is a bit ridiculous because I always listen to same 150 tracks out of 5000 on my mp3 player & ipod.


DVD's? I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said 1000.  I have about 700 films and a couple hundred TV shows.


If you could meet one person off of this board, who would it be & why?  this is so unfair because I want to meet so many of you... Hopefully I get to cross two people of my list next month  ;)

But I really want to meet the people I've clicked with.... Cat, Tam, Stats, Ash, Sami, Jess, Reynolds, Bookmistress, ladybug, dag, gis... you know... all those people who made it to Philly and then some!




Are you left handed or right handed? Right handed


What would you rather do...go camping in the woods or stay in a hotel room in a big city? Hotel for sure and they better get good channels on the TV!



Name three places you would like to visit (It can be a city, country, state, island, etc...) I want to go to the florida theme parks! other than that I spent too much time moving around as a kid so I hate traveling... the only other place I like to be besides home is LA!




If you were awarded 1 million dollars tomorrow, what would be the first thing you would buy? Tax free? do I get to spend the whole million or only 500K? 
I would pay my bills.. that amounts to about 70K if you factor in student loans...
after that I need a new car
I want my parents to move from AZ to Cali so I would put a down payment on a condo for them
also get myself a condo in LA so I have some place to stay when I go to my TV events so I don't have to drive back and forth.

and I have a friend I owe a car... I've been telling her for a year that I'm going to buy her a car so I would do that.


I think I spent close to a million with that list.  ;)


Who is your role model now & who was it when you were a kid?  when I was a kid I looked up to TV characters... first it was Jill Munroe on Charlies Angels and then Christine Cagney on Cagney & Lacey.... I secretly wanted to be white and blonde...whoopi has a great routine about this in her first stand up show..... I thought I was the only one when I saw that....

now I don't really have a role model per se...I admire people who do what I wish to do but am too scared to try. I have a friend who graduated with me from UCSB and she's out there writing scripts and selling them and I admire that she had the guts to do what I keep talking about... and I admire Nancy Miller because she produces the kind of shows I would want to produce if I were doing it! That's why I was so stoked to meet her.... I love strong, independent women..... so Oprah  ;)

seriously....if you think about it there is no reason for oprah to succeed... she was born, as she says, Negro...in Mississippi... in 1955.... yet she rose above all of that and became one of the most famous, powerful, influencial women in the world...it seriously blows my mind.


What is your favorite cartoon series? as a kid I had no taste if it was on tv I would watch it no matter how much it sucked... I still do this today with some shows but not cartoons... I am very picky about my animated series....

I love Jem & the Holograms.
King of the Hill
Pepper Ann
Weekenders
As Told by Ginger
Danny Phantom

I watch these shows almost every time they are on....no matter how often I've seen the episodes.



Who is your favorite music artist from these decades: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s  you skipped the 40's & 50's  ;)
30's/40's - Billie Holiday
50's- Buddy Holly
60's - Supremes
70's - Bob Seger.... I also love Journey both 70's and 80's Journey but i have to reserve the 80s for my other favorite....
80's - Janet Jackson - I love Janet from 80's & 90's 
90's - No surprises here.... TLC hands down.... If someone made me choose between Janet and TLC I think I'd have to pick TLC but it would hurt!
00's- Eminem... forget how you feel about the person behind the artist....the man has a gift!



Have you ever met someone in real life off of the Internet?  yes... in '08 the Paley Center was having three events as a package deal, The Riches, Moonlight and Bones.... I wanted to go to bones so bad but all those crazy moonlight fans bought out all the packages... I ended up joining the Moonlight fan site and posed as a moonlight fan to get someone to give up bones tickets they didn't plan to use  ;D I got my tickets and met a couple of the people from the boards I had been talking too....


Are you in love?  In lust?  I have only ever been in love with one person..... myself  ;)
seriously tho... I'm not wired that way... I just don't go for that whole I luuuvvv himmmm crap.... I love bull shyt love stories but real life romance bores the crap out of me.  I admire those of you who can do it tho.. I am not patient enough to devote my life to anyone but myself...... and no I've never been in lust either.....unless my encounter with Shemar Moore counts? that's about as close to feeling lustful as I have ever been  ;)



If you had to give up sex for one year in exchange for $5000 would you do it?  obvioulsly, based on the answer above...yes without question.... now if you asked if I could give up tV.... nope... not even for a million bucks..... not unless it was broadcast tv and I could still get my fill from online and DVDs.


Describe your idea of the perfect mate. I had her... her name was carly  :\'(


Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I'd like to be in a house... don't care if I own it or rent it.. I'm just tired of living a cramped one room/studio apt. I want to live like an adult with a house, two bathrooms, a washer & dryer and a dishwasher... and I am tired of sharing a wall with a neighbor so it has to be a house... not an apt... 


What are your goals in life for the next 10 years? hopefully I will get off my ass and write one of the 5 scripts that are floating around my head... I don't have to write a good movie or TV show... I just want to write a popular one  ;D  it'd be nice to have both tho!


thanks for the questions....they were great! please ask more!  :)

I'm a police dispatcher....my job has nothing to do with my celeb encounters....except that they know what a TV freak I am and give me lots of time off to go hangout in LA andstalk meet celebs....  ;)

the eve plumb thing was a total accident... I was sitting outside a charity event I was attending and she was walking down the street.  She wasn't at the event or anything!


great question...please ask more!  :)

Still Jealous you met Eve Plumb. Would like to meet any Brady kid.
Police dispatcher? Could be a interesting and chaotic job at times?

Still Jealous you met Eve Plumb. Would like to meet any Brady kid.
Police dispatcher? Could be a interesting and chaotic job at times?


aw frank...next time I run into one of the brady's I'll hold them to the spot until you can get down here!  ;)

I would love to meet Maureen McCormick and Chris Knight....

Still Jealous you met Eve Plumb. Would like to meet any Brady kid.
Police dispatcher? Could be a interesting and chaotic job at times?


sorry forgot about the other part  ;D

Yeah its definitely interesting some of the time... mostly because people are really, really stupid!  >:(  and have no idea what constitutes an emergency.....

I always say "Your lack of planning is not my emergency!"

but its cool when you save a life.....sucks when you lose them tho... I've experienced both (the latter too many times  :\'(  )

sux too because during the fire- the sheriff recognized his deputies, officers in my department (because we helped with the evacuations and stuff), the agencies from the state that provided mutual aid....we brought in something like 300 additional police officers... and of course he thanked the fire fighters local and from all over who came to help.... but not once did he thank his dispatchers.... Those dispatchers worked their collective arses off... many of them have homes & family  in the burn area but couldn't leave to check on loved ones because they were too busy taking calls from the general public... some concerned about their properties, others angry they got evacuated, some out of area callers worried about their families....nosy nellies and of course the routine calls for service...report calls and stuff...

Always remember to thank dispatchers... they are truly the unsung heroes!

Hey Patty!  I found some more art! lol....

fallen princess takes fairy tale princesses and depicts them in real world situations  ;D

http://www.jpgmag.com/stories/11918

Have you ever been to Canada?

Have you ever been to Canada?



no I only visit developed countries  :P


Actually, its funny because Degrassi was one of my favorite shows growing up and I always wanted to go to TO and walk down Degrassi St. (does it even exist?)  ;D


and Psych, which is supposed to take place in Santa Barbara CA (where I live) films in Vancouver or somewhere nearby 

Actually, its funny because Degrassi was one of my favorite shows growing up and I always wanted to go to TO and walk down Degrassi St. (does it even exist?)  ;D



The school where Degrassi takes place does exist, been there before. I met the girl who plays Caitlin, twice. (One in a gym in the 80's, once on the street.) She's a cutie.

(I also liked the show back in the 80s)

Degrassi street does exist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Grassi_Street

The school where Degrassi takes place does exist, been there before. I met the girl who plays Caitlin, twice. (One in a gym in the 80's, once on the street.) She's a cutie.

(I also liked the show back in the 80s)

Degrassi street does exist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Grassi_Street




so the original school is real? AWESOME... I know the school they use in TNG is a set....

and you met Stacie Mistysyn TWICE.....dude that's as awesome as Eve Plumb in my book!!!!

I would love to meet Anais Granofsky "Lucy"....

I've exchanged emails with Pat Mastroianni "Joey" but we never met

so the original school is real? AWESOME... I know the school they use in TNG is a set....

and you met Stacie Mistysyn TWICE.....dude that's as awesome as Eve Plumb in my book!!!!

I would love to meet Anais Granofsky "Lucy"....

I've exchanged emails with Pat Mastroianni "Joey" but we never met



Funny that you mention Lucy and Joey together with Caitlin, they were my 3 favorite characters on the show. I found Caitlin & Lucy both kinda cute.  I've also bumped into Snake (he's a tall guy, much over 6 feet tall) and I saw Arthur once as well.

When I met Stacy, she was kinda shy, didn't say much other than she knew I recognized her and said "hi"

Funny that you mention Lucy and Joey together with Caitlin, they were my 3 favorite characters on the show. I found Caitlin & Lucy both kinda cute.  I've also bumped into Snake (he's a tall guy, much over 6 feet tall) and I saw Arthur once as well.

When I met Stacy, she was kinda shy, didn't say much other than she knew I recognized her and said "hi"




that's all very cool... see I am jealous... I would have had Degrassi verbal diarrhea tho I can talk about that show for hours with anyone who will listen  ;D

when they did the Next Gen pilot ep... I was upset that more attention wasn't paid to the old cast at the reunion 

that's all very cool... see I am jealous... I would have had Degrassi verbal diarrhea tho I can talk about that show for hours with anyone who will listen  ;D

when they did the Next Gen pilot ep... I was upset that more attention wasn't paid to the old cast at the reunion 


Maybe Start a Degrassi thread. Hard to do a poll of fave character, too many characters to like.
I didn't like the twin red heads Erica and Heather, or Claude.

Having lived in Toronto a bit, I recognized many of the streets they used in the show (amazing how they camouflaged those igloos and 5 feet of snow on the ground..they shudda won some awards for that  :))

Maybe Start a Degrassi thread. Hard to do a poll of fave character, too many characters to like.
I didn't like the twin red heads Erica and Heather, or Claude.

Having lived in Toronto a bit, I recognized many of the streets they used in the show (amazing how they camouflaged those igloos and 5 feet of snow on the ground..they shudda won some awards for that  :))


I hated Claude... we've had two or three degrassi threads here already....they've been since buried but they are there.

I hated Claude...


We agree!!
He should have been hit wish a fish, but what actually happened to him was worse, except for poor Snake ( Archie) who found him... eesh..

We agree!!
He should have been hit wish a fish, but what actually happened to him was worse, except for poor Snake ( Archie) who found him... eesh..


aw see now you've got me all nostaglic and needing to pull out my DVDs! I also have every ep (including kids of Degrassi St on VHS) I'm nuts...


but first I must finish my visitation with Chuck's Chicks....I'm halfway thru season two

aw see now you've got me all nostaglic and needing to pull out my DVDs! I also have every ep (including kids of Degrassi St on VHS) I'm nuts...


but first I must finish my visitation with Chuck's Chicks....I'm halfway thru season two

I think Caitlin was "Lisa" in that one, and Wheels was "Scruff"
I watched some of that too. Don't have any Degrassi on DVD yet, one day when they begin selling DVDs in Canada, I'll buy some  :D

I think Caitlin was "Lisa" in that one, and Wheels was "Scruff"
I watched some of that too. Don't have any Degrassi on DVD yet, one day when they begin selling DVDs in Canada, I'll buy some  :D


Wheels was Griff.  good luck first you'll need to find electricity  ;D  actually I'm a bit Jealous... whistledog is forever bragging about the great deals he finds on DVDs up in the boonies in Canadia

I LOVE your new avatar. Are you using that to scare a certain person?  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Wheels was Griff.   good luck first you'll need to find electricity  ;D  actually I'm a bit Jealous... whistledog is forever bragging about the great deals he finds on DVDs up in the boonies in Canadia

Right, he was Griff, not scruff
Yes, great DVD deals in Canada. I bought "Ben Hur" and "The Sand Pebbles" for $3.99 each and "Mary Tyler Moore" DVDs for like $14. Just goota wait for the sales. Every Simpsons DVD I bought at less than $20 each season.

Now if they only had DVD players in Canada, I could actually watch some of this stuff!  :)

How often do you make the trek to AZ and not tell me? :D  Do you usually fly or drive?

Hi Snozzie!

I'm sure you've heard me mention that I've been trying to put a novel togethere for quite some time now, but since I keep getting sick, I have to keep putting it off.  >:(

Do you have any ideas of what I can do to sit and concentrate long enough to get my story off the ground?

;D Thank you!

I LOVE your new avatar. Are you using that to scare a certain person?  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat


but of course!  ;D

but mostly its just to entertain you!  :)

Right, he was Griff, not scruff
Yes, great DVD deals in Canada. I bought "Ben Hur" and "The Sand Pebbles" for $3.99 each and "Mary Tyler Moore" DVDs for like $14. Just goota wait for the sales. Every Simpsons DVD I bought at less than $20 each season.

Now if they only had DVD players in Canada, I could actually watch some of this stuff!  :)


;D

at least they shine real pur-dee when you hang them from strings on the trees!

How often do you make the trek to AZ and not tell me? :D  Do you usually fly or drive?


I get to AZ about once (maybe twice a year... ) usually I go around christmas time and occasionally I go in the spring. I never go in the summer.

The last time I was there was May 2008 oh wait... I did make it during christmas 08  (I missed christmas 07) but I only stayed three days...

I will let you know the next time I am there for longer than three days.  :)

I drive because I hate to fly. It takes about 7 hours.

Hi Snozzie!

I'm sure you've heard me mention that I've been trying to put a novel togethere for quite some time now, but since I keep getting sick, I have to keep putting it off.  >:(

Do you have any ideas of what I can do to sit and concentrate long enough to get my story off the ground?

;D Thank you!



you're going to ask me about getting off your ass and writing  ;D  that's like Stevie Wonder asking Ray Charles what color his suit is...  ;)


If you're serious about writing you just have to do it- early in the morning- late at night whenever you can steal a few moments for yourself....that means turning off Prince and MJ because they distract you, telling Dion to give you a couple hours space, and sitting quietly with your characters letting them speak to you.

It sucks that valuable hours you could spend writing have to spent in dialysis but hopefully you get well soon and start writing like a fiend... 

Excellent questions everyone please ask more!!!  :)

Hi Snoz!

Thank you for the answer! (karma honey) And tha tjoke cracked me up. I have to use that! And thanks for the suggestion. I guess I will have to show Dion the door if I want to work. But I actually do concentrate better when I play Prince. He's the perfect background noise and I kind of zone out while I'm listening to him and can write pretty well. I have a fanfic story I've written with him and Michael (they are NOT a couple in the sroty, but feuding over a woman they both want) and when I play Prince, I write okay. I've had fans actually ask me if I know Prince and Michael, or if I AM one of them.  ;D

By the way, have you found anything from "you know who" from that Ameoba place ?  :)

Hope to hear from you soon and please ask some questions in my threads.  ;)

Hi Snoz!

Thank you for the answer! (karma honey) And tha tjoke cracked me up. I have to use that! And thanks for the suggestion. I guess I will have to show Dion the door if I want to work. But I actually do concentrate better when I play Prince. He's the perfect background noise and I kind of zone out while I'm listening to him and can write pretty well. I have a fanfic story I've written with him and Michael (they are NOT a couple in the sroty, but feuding over a woman they both want) and when I play Prince, I write okay. I've had fans actually ask me if I know Prince and Michael, or if I AM one of them.  ;D

By the way, have you found anything from "you know who" from that Ameoba place ?  :)

Hope to hear from you soon and please ask some questions in my threads.  ;)


well then by all means let prince play... I guess I just assumed the minute prince came on you would get up from the computer and start dancing around the room!  ;D 

I tend to play the soundtrack from Man From Snowy River when I study and when I write...hmmmm I haven't listened to it in a year...better go dust it off.

;D

By the way, have you found anything from "you know who" from that Ameoba place ?  :)

Hope to hear from you soon and please ask some questions in my threads.  ;)


I haven't been to LA since we talked. LA is about 90 miles from me. I go there every couple of months but right now I take summer classes M-Th and Iwork Fri-Mon so it may be a while before I get down that way... I promise I won't forget tho... and in the meantime I am looking everytime I go in a thrift store.

Snozzie!

I'll Karma you again as soon as my waiting period is over. (I karmaed you for the joke lol) And I really appreciate what you're doing. HUGS!

And when certain songs come by Prince like Lemon Crush, and Gett Off and Electric Chair, I have to shake my booty! LOL!

Snozzie!

I'll Karma you again as soon as my waiting period is over. (I karmaed you for the joke lol) And I really appreciate what you're doing. HUGS!

And when certain songs come by Prince like Lemon Crush, and Gett Off and Electric Chair, I have to shake my booty! LOL!


well that's a good thing..when you spend so many hours sitting at the computer writing you need to get up everyonce in a while at shake things out to keep the blood circulating  ;D ;D

Hope to hear from you soon and please ask some questions in my threads.  ;)



btw I asked you a list of questions on June 20th and I'm still waiting for answers!  ;D


In the meantime please ask me more questions!!!!  ;)

Hey Snozzie!

I'mn sorry I missed your questions! Which thread are they in? Gosh, forgive me!  :(

Hey Snozzie!

I'mn sorry I missed your questions! Which thread are they in? Gosh, forgive me!  :(


no worries...they're in the anything else about you thread  :)

Hi Snozzie!

More questions!

(and I answered the others in my thread!)

I'm listening to Prince now, so here's a few questions about him for you:

--What's your favorite Prince video? Least Favorite?

--What's your favorite Prince hairdo? Least Favorite?

--When he lost his mind and changed his name to the Symbol, did you call him "The Artist" or just "Prince"?

--Which one of his girlfriends/ wives did you like best? (and if you say Manuela I will scream)

--If Prince and Michael started slap boxing outside your house, who do you think would get thier jaw broken first?

--Have you see the cover of the LoveSexy album and if you have, what do you make of how Prince looks on the cover?

--Prince is a vegetarian. If you had to cook a meal for him, what would you serve him?

--Prince is also a Jehovah's Witness. If he came to your door with a Watchtower pamphlet, woudl you listen to him or slam the door in his face?  (or grab him, toss him in a box and mail him to me LOL)

--Will you ask me more questons in my Anything Else thread?

Thank you! I hope that's enough questions!  ;)

Hi Snozzie!

More questions!

(and I answered the others in my thread!)

I'm listening to Prince now, so here's a few questions about him for you:  ugh Prince questions... one of the reasons I don't ask as many questions about him is because I don't really like Prince.  but I'll play along anyway....  ;)


--What's your favorite Prince video? Least Favorite?  favorite Video... maybe When Doves Cry because of all the scenes from Purple Rain
Least? I don't know I haven't seen that many videos.. maybe Diamonds and Pearls.


--What's your favorite Prince hairdo? Least Favorite? I don't think Prince has worn a do I like yet... maybe the short hair is the best... least is the long, relaxed hair.


--When he lost his mind and changed his name to the Symbol, did you call him "The Artist" or just "Prince"?  I would call him prince and then say "I'm sorry The Artist Formerly Known as Prince

--Which one of his girlfriends/ wives did you like best? (and if you say Manuela I will scream)  hmmm can't name any but apple and vanity... since vanity was in Berry Gordy's the Last Dragon I pick her!



--If Prince and Michael started slap boxing outside your house, who do you think would get thier jaw broken first? depends on witch one I decided to bitch slap first!  ;D

--Have you see the cover of the LoveSexy album and if you have, what do you make of how Prince looks on the cover? I hadn't seen it but I have now and I wish he would eat something!

--Prince is a vegetarian. If you had to cook a meal for him, what would you serve him? steak....he needs some meat on his bones  ;D

--Prince is also a Jehovah's Witness. If he came to your door with a Watchtower pamphlet, woudl you listen to him or slam the door in his face? I'd probably do this >>>>>>(or grab him, toss him in a box and mail him to me LOL)  just for you!  ;D

--Will you ask me more questons in my Anything Else thread? Absolutely!


Thank you! I hope that's enough questions!  ;)  thanks and please feel free to come back and ask some more!  :)

Do you like onions on a burger, and if the answer is yes, do you prefer raw or grilled?

Do you like onions on a burger, and if the answer is yes, do you prefer raw or grilled?


I like diced onions, or onion powder, in my burgers. I don't really like onions on my burgers but if I have to have them then grilled...

oh one exception... McD's hamburgers have finely diced onions on them and I love those... those are raw... only time I'll ever eat raw onion... assuming what McD's is serving is real onion  ;) 

thanks for asking! please ask lots more questions!  :)

I like diced onions, or onion powder, in my burgers. I don't really like onions on my burgers but if I have to have them then grilled...

oh one exception... McD's hamburgers have finely diced onions on them and I love those... those are raw... only time I'll ever eat raw onion... assuming what McD's is serving is real onion  ;) 

thanks for asking! please ask lots more questions!  :)
do you mean onion powder mixed into the meat b4 they're cooked?  and as for McD's....well, they sure know how to do it! 

what about onion rings...do you like those?

do you mean onion powder mixed into the meat b4 they're cooked?  and as for McD's....well, they sure know how to do it! 

what about onion rings...do you like those?


yeah when we make burgers at home (which isn't often) we season the meat with onion powder and black pepper!

I love onion rings... just not on my hamburgers...  ;D

What kind of classes you taking this summer?

yeah when we make burgers at home (which isn't often) we season the meat with onion powder and black pepper!

I love onion rings... just not on my hamburgers...   ;D

I'm gonna have to add onion powder to my hamburger meat nest time. sounds good. thre's a place, I can't remember the place, but they put these really thin crispy shoestring onion rings on the burger.


what toppings do you like on your 'ham'burger?   notice I did not say cheeseburger  :)  

What kind of classes you taking this summer?


Right now I am taking one class called Blacks in Media its funny because the prof is in his late 50s early 60s, with a Jeremiah Wright sensibility.
And the students... who until Monday...existed in this little bubble thinking the world was one way found out something new.... I could literally see the bubble pop over each kid's head as he talked, and talked and talked... its going to be fun!


I think I'm supposed to take Intro to Ethics but I'm hoping I can replace it with something else.

I'm toying with taking another film studies course. but the profs all know me and it would feel weird being back in their classroom. I also signed up for a Video Game Research course but I don't know if I can actually take it because it conflicts with another class... I just want to know what its about.

The summer session is broken into two halves
6/22-8/1
8/3- Sept something...

anyway- I was going to take two classes this session but the prof requires sooo much reading for his class I don't think I could handle two and my job.

maybe I can take two in the next session. or three if I take something easy.  ;)

I'm gonna have to add onion powder to my hamburger meat nest time. sounds good. thre's a place, I can't remember the place, but they put these really thin crispy shoestring onion rings on the burger.


what toppings do you like on your 'ham'burger?   notice I did not say cheeseburger  :)  



when you remember the name of the place with the crispy onion rings pls let me know.


I did notice you omitted the cheese from my burger and I appreciate it...

I am really picky about food. With hamburgers it totally depends on where I am eating...

If its home or a family style restaurant (Chili's, Dennys etc) I just want the burger plain.. usually with A1 or ketchup.

McDs burgers are perfect... I open them up and pick off the pickle because I don't like pickes (especially not on my burger) but they are such small slices I enjoy eating them alone. 

Whoppers I always order no pickles, onions or tomatoes and then I open the burger and eat the lettuce then I ate the whopper with just the mayo and ketchup  ;D

people have studied my eating process because I'm like freaking Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally.... I special order a lot!  ;D

when you remember the name of the place with the crispy onion rings pls let me know.


I did notice you omitted the cheese from my burger and I appreciate it...

I am really picky about food. With hamburgers it totally depends on where I am eating...

If its home or a family style restaurant (Chili's, Dennys etc) I just want the burger plain.. usually with A1 or ketchup.

McDs burgers are perfect... I open them up and pick off the pickle because I don't like pickes (especially not on my burger) but they are such small slices I enjoy eating them alone. 

Whoppers I always order no pickles, onions or tomatoes and then I open the burger and eat the lettuce then I ate the whopper with just the mayo and ketchup  ;D

people have studied my eating process because I'm like freaking Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally.... I special order a lot!  ;D


when you say picky, you ain't lying  ;D  but it's the way you like it so that's how it oughtta be

when you say picky, you ain't lying  ;D   but it's the way you like it so that's how it oughtta be


I think food is one of the purest things we indulge in why allow yourself a bad meal!  ;)

I think food is one of the purest things we indulge in why allow yourself a bad meal!  ;)
true, true. I believe in enjoying and savoring food and being grateful for having an abundance

Where were you born?  Where did you grow up?  What did your parents do for a living while you were growing up?

Do you have any money to lend me so I can buy an iPod?


Oops, wrong thread.  ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Where were you born?  Where did you grow up?  What did your parents do for a living while you were growing up?

I was born in Holland. My dad was in the Air Force so I lived all over

We lived in Riverside CA while my dad was in Viet Nam then when he returned we moved to

Las Vegas > Panama > Wash DC > back to Vegas

When we lived in Vegas my dad retired but my mom, who was working at Denny's as a manager, got promoted to District Manager so we moved twice because of her job
Salinas CA, Stockton CA

then I moved to Santa Barbara CA when I decided to go to college here.. and have been here ever since I LOVE IT!

After my dad retired he got a county job pushing papers... I never really asked him about what he did so i can't say more than that.
My mom left Dennys to buy into a franchise with a friend in Stockton. They owned three restaurants.... but the partnership dissolved and they stopped talking.
then she worked for a coffee business (Java City)
She tried to start her own coffee shops but she bought them in AZ.. she was supposed to open in November but got delayed and ended up opening them in July.... hard to sell coffee in the desert in July...

she ate the big one on that idea and up until last week she was working at the Progressive call center in AZ.. .now she's retired and thinking about stalking me on facebook  :-\\

my dad retired about 3 years ago... from whatever it is he did..  ;)

Do you have any money to lend me so I can buy an iPod?


Oops, wrong thread.  ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat


I will buy you an ipod if you loan me $8000  first ;D

What's your favorite musical Artist/group?

What's your favorite musical Artist/group?


I don't really do favorites just because there isn't one I would listen to over all others

I love TLC, Janet Jackson, Eminem, Journey  and a bunch of others but I would be sad if I could only listen to one of these artists.

I like Journey. What's your fave Journey song? (mine is "Lights")

I like Journey. What's your fave Journey song? (mine is "Lights")


Lovin', Touchin, Squeezin'


but Lights is a very close second...  :)

Oh I really like Elton John too... Rocket man just came on and reminded me...  :)

Oh I really like Elton John too... Rocket man just came on and reminded me...  :)

Your favorite Elton John song? ( mine is "Your song")

Your favorite Elton John song? ( mine is "Your song")


Levon  8)

2nd Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Q

Were you on duty yesterday at the time when Michael Jackson was taken to the UCLA Hospital?

Q

Were you on duty yesterday at the time when Michael Jackson was taken to the UCLA Hospital?


no I wasn't... I didn't hear about it until I was on my way to class yesterday afternoon... 330 pm PST

no I wasn't... I didn't hear about it until I was on my way to class yesterday afternoon... 330 pm PST
Then the tragic news must had been announced?

We (the family and me) were up till around 1am here watching in disbelief at the news.

Then the tragic news must had been announced?

We (the family and me) were up till around 1am here watching in disbelief at the news.


I believe the news was announced shortly after 2pm PST.

I was driving when I heard the news... imagine my shock

I believe the news was announced shortly after 2pm PST.

I was driving when I heard the news... imagine my shock
I am still in shock right now.

Have you ever wanted to be photographed with a celeb and they kinda gave ya the cold shoulder?
Who are they?

Have you ever wanted to be photographed with a celeb and they kinda gave ya the cold shoulder?
Who are they?


Happens all the time LOL. Simon baker said he had to leave to take care of his elderlymom then he took a pic with my friend.

But I've had it work the otherr way too.

At big love bill Pullman refused to take any pics but he rememered hanging backstage with me at a three six mafia concert so he said yes when I asked. :)

I don't mind if I miss the pic if they make an effort to get as many fans attended to as possible. I hate when they snub right up front when they know they are the only reason we came. Holly hunter could have stayed for a minute but no she ran off quick.

In the end tho it's simply about the timing. You play the odds. I've been lucky a lot so I can't complain when I miss one. 

I guess you have been lucky.

What was your favorite subject in High school?

so do you like seafood? if yes, what are some of your favorites  :)

I guess you have been lucky.

What was your favorite subject in High school?


LUNCH!  ;)  seriously... my cafeteria lady had these amazing Tuna sandwiches...and these burritos that were great because they didn't have cheese. I would eat a tuna sandwich and two burritos every day... and, because she liked me and she knew how much I loved them if she ever had left overs she would call me over and give them to me... it was usually one or two more of each... there's a reason I'm as big as a house  ;D


The subject I excelled in was English. I managed to get thru four years of schooling and the only thing I ever read was page one of Grapes of Wrath and the Friends, Romans country men speech from Julius Ceaser.... I could write papers and pass all the tests based on the discussion alone.... later on I actually read some of the books and realized I was missing out on some great literature.


great questions please ask more!

Are you feeling any better?

so do you like seafood? if yes, what are some of your favorites  :)


Most people think I don't like seafood because I never order fish... I am just in love with Steak so why get fish when you can eat meat... the truth is tho

I LOVE LOBSTER, SHRIMP and CRAB!!!!!!!

I enjoy fish...but not fish with bones... I don't like those thin fish bones if you accidentally swallow them they get stuck in the back of your throat and its hard to get over the feeling of choking without actually choking  ;)


I don't eat clam chowder but,  if I found myself at an establishment known for clam chowder, I'm sure I could find something else to eat  ;) .... sometimes... and don't tell anyone I said this... its more about the company than the food anyway.  :)

so even if I watched everyone around me eating clam chowder I would be perfectly happy watching them enjoy the soup while I drank water and ate crackers and then I'd just hit a drive thru on the way home  ;)

please ask more questions.

Most people think I don't like seafood because I never order fish... I am just in love with Steak so why get fish when you can eat meat... the truth is tho

I LOVE LOBSTER, SHRIMP and CRAB!!!!!!!

I enjoy fish...but not fish with bones... I don't like those thin fish bones if you accidentally swallow them they get stuck in the back of your throat and its hard to get over the feeling of choking without actually choking  ;)


I don't eat clam chowder but,  if I found myself at an establishment known for clam chowder, I'm sure I could find something else to eat  ;) .... sometimes... and don't tell anyone I said this... its more about the company than the food anyway.  :)

so even if I watched everyone around me eating clam chowder I would be perfectly happy watching them enjoy the soup while I drank water and ate crackers and then I'd just hit a drive thru on the way home  ;)

please ask more questions.
what a coincidence! I love lobster, shrimp and crab too!!!  :D  hopefully we'll get a chance to sample some delicious seafood in SF

what a coincidence! I love lobster, shrimp and crab too!!!   :D   hopefully we'll get a chance to sample some delicious seafood in SF


I can't wait!

I can't wait!
lunch in the city by the bay, and then maybe Nations for later  ;) 


so what TV/Movie stars are on your list of actors that you still must meet one day...

lunch in the city by the bay, and then maybe Nations for later  ;) 


so what TV/Movie stars are on your list of actors that you still must meet one day...


sounds doable... 

I'm not saying this because of Farrah- the angels have always been on my list...

so Cheryl Ladd, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson... pretty much in that order.. I've met Tanya Roberts and have no desire to meet Shelly Hack.

Whoopi Goldberg
Ellen Degeneres
Queen Latifah
Sanaa Lathan (Love & Basketball)
Valerie Bertinelli
Cast of Facts of Life
the original cast of ER
and yeah I'll admit it... nut or not I'd be excited to meet Tom Cruise

and Barrack is high on my list too... he was in Santa Barbara once and I hope he comes back but he'd have to come talk on campus... its the only chance I'd have at getting close to him.

Jaclyn Smith, Valerie Bertinelli...oh yeah!!!! :)

What's a favorite place you have travelled to? (outside the USA)

Jaclyn Smith, Valerie Bertinelli...oh yeah!!!! :)

What's a favorite place you have travelled to? (outside the USA)


I've never travelled outside the US... but I've lived outside the US... oh wait... I did travel to suriname but I was an infant and I went back to Holland at the age of 14.....

so I guess out of the two places I lived Panama and Holland and the two places I've traveled too... Suriname and Holland I will pick Holland because thats where I was born  :P


I moved so much as a kid I don't find traveling a pleasant past time

I've never travelled outside the US... but I've lived outside the US... oh wait... I did travel to suriname but I was an infant and I went back to Holland at the age of 14.....

so I guess out of the two places I lived Panama and Holland and the two places I've traveled too... Suriname and Holland I will pick Holland because thats where I was born  :P


I moved so much as a kid I don't find traveling a pleasant past time

I see.
Do you speak dutch (or I should ask any language other than English)

I see.
Do you speak dutch (or I should ask any language other than English)


until I was in 9th grade I spoke dutch very well... I never learned to read or write it tho.
In 9th grade I had to take spanish... I learned then that I was only good at holding two languages in my head.... I had to let go of a lot of dutch to get spanish in... now I speak just enough of both dutch and spanish to get me out either country semi safely...

Oddly enough.. I didn't start speaking english until my dad came home from Viet Nam. My mom didn't speak it that well and we moved from Holland to the States and within a month or two of getting here my dad got shipped out... I was three... my mom continued speaking dutch in the home... I learned English from the Electric Company and Sesame Streeet.


Great question please ask more  ;)

until I was in 9th grade I spoke dutch very well... I never learned to read or write it tho.
In 9th grade I had to take spanish... I learned then that I was only good at holding two languages in my head.... I had to let go of a lot of dutch to get spanish in... now I speak just enough of both dutch and spanish to get me out either country semi safely...

Oddly enough.. I didn't start speaking english until my dad came home from Viet Nam. My mom didn't speak it that well and we moved from Holland to the States and within a month or two of getting here my dad got shipped out... I was three... my mom continued speaking dutch in the home... I learned English from the Electric Company and Sesame Streeet.


Great question please ask more  ;)

Who were your historical, political, sports or entertainment industry hero's grwoing up?

Happens all the time LOL. Simon baker said he had to leave to take care of his elderlymom then he took a pic with my friend.

But I've had it work the otherr way too.

At big love bill Pullman refused to take any pics but he rememered hanging backstage with me at a three six mafia concert so he said yes when I asked. :)

I don't mind if I miss the pic if they make an effort to get as many fans attended to as possible. I hate when they snub right up front when they know they are the only reason we came. Holly hunter could have stayed for a minute but no she ran off quick.

In the end tho it's simply about the timing. You play the odds. I've been lucky a lot so I can't complain when I miss one. 


Bill Pullman was at a three six mafia concert?  :o ;D

If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?


What is your favorite kind of cereal?


Do you like to swim?


Do you drink skim, 1%, 2% or whole milk?


If you had to live someplace other than California, where would you live?

You guys are so good to me!



Who were your historical, political, sports or entertainment industry hero's grwoing up?



historical? when I first read about Harriet Tubman & then later MArtin Luther King I was moved.... I still didn't quite understand because I was in fourth grade... to me slavery may has well have happened in the 1400s I just didn't really understand that the civil war had ended just 110 years prior.

And with the Civil Rights movement it always seemed like decades ago... like it was the early 1900s I mean I saw the dates and everything but I wasn't thinking... hey its 1976 and MLK marched on Washington in 1963 that's only 15years ago.... it wasn't until I was in college that I really started doing the math and discovered how lucky I was to be born when I was...


sports? I've never been big on sports idolization... I watched Boxing because my father did and he loved Ali but I never really understood why... I was a sugar ray leonard fan cuz he was cute...  ::)

yeah I just don't have any sports idols...


entertainment? Pretty much if they were on TV I totally idolized them... I had big time hero worship for the action ladies... Wonder Woman, Bionic Woman, Cleopatra Jones (the Tamra Dobson movie) if the lady could kick ass I was all over it... I guess I never bought into that whole women must be submissive flowers bull shyt!  ;D

Bill Pullman was at a three six mafia concert?  :o ;D


BACKSTAGE!!! at a three six mafia concert.... he was dancing and head bopping and when he saw me he pointed enthusiastically and yelled to me... I VOTED FOR THESE GUYS TO WIN THE OSCAR!!!!!  ;D  oddly he had his 14 yr old son and some of his sons buddies with him.... that seemed a little ill advised considering the nature of three six mafia music but you know.... who am I to judge.... I would have been listening to three six mafia as a teen but not with my parents... so good for them for keeping the lines of communication open.


BTW I wasn't supposed to be backstage but since my officers were working the concert and the people manning the gates were the student employees who work for us I just sort of walked back there and no one questioned it.... mostly because the students are a little afraid of me and the cops didn't care because they know I like rap music.... the crowd was insane tho... no way I was going to be in the audience with 1000 college kids.

If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?


What is your favorite kind of cereal?


Do you like to swim?


Do you drink skim, 1%, 2% or whole milk?


If you had to live someplace other than California, where would you live?



I think of myself as more of an ostrich I do a lot of burying my head in the sand... ass up when the walls start crumbling around me...
my friends call me a rabbit tho because it seems I get lucky at the last minute a lot... my luck seems to be running out tho....


favorite cereal?  Sugar cereals!
Peanut butter crunch
Apple Jacks....tho I'm made they changed them! who needs all those colors  >:(
Alpha bits.... tho apparently they've taken out the sugar  >:(
Count Chocula! mmmmmmm
and Frosted mini wheats... the red box, not the yellow... those bite sized ones just don't cut it...

but I had to stop eating cereal because I can actually eat an entire box in one sitting.




If I had a pool of my own I would use it but I have a weird kind of anti-fetish about being in water with other people... it makes my skin crawl... I don't do hot tubs and I don't do pools... some of it has to do with that whole I hate feet thing and I would totally freak out if someone touched me with their foot... but the other part of it is that whole skin cell transference thing... I know there's enough chlorine in the water to kill stuff but I cant get past the image.... I don't take baths either.


2% milk... always...


Why on earth would you ask me such a horrible question? Why would I live anywhere but cali?  ;)
of all the places I've lived this is the only one that's felt like home...

but If I had to be anywhere else I suppose it would have to be Hawaii because its still the US, you have the ocean and the weather is decent... I don't do extreme heat or extreme cold.



great questions... please ask more!

Have you ever been to the East coast of the states? Where?

Have you ever been to the East coast of the states? Where?


I lived in Washington DC when I was 3 for a couple months and again when I was in 4th grade (for almost a year).

I visited my grandmother when I was in the 2nd grade in Maryland.

In 1994 I went somewhere like DC for training (it was DC or Baltimore) we didn't get out too much tho...

then I went again in 1995.... this time we spent a week on a Mennonite Campus in the back woods of Maryland. the county was dry... my friends and I were not. There was one liquor store that stayed open until sundown... and one bar.... pretty much no one in there had all their teeth. it was funny because two of the girls I was with were just a couple years out of college and looked like your stereotypical college girls.. we all got drunk and the girls were dancing together...guess that didn't happen a lot there but it's common enough in Cali...anyway my "slutty" friends (honest they weren't slutty at all...just 'free' ) were the most popular attraction that night.

it was a scary, scary town to alone in after dark tho... I didn't like it.

I lived in Washington DC when I was 3 for a couple months and again when I was in 4th grade.

I visited my grandmother when I was in the 2nd grade in Maryland.

In 1994 I went somewhere like DC for training (it was DC or Baltimore) we didn't get out too much tho...

then I went again in 1995.... this time we spent a week on a Mennonite Campus in the back woods of Maryland. the county was dry... my friends and I were not. There was one liquor store that stayed open until sundown... and one bar.... pretty much no one in there had all their teeth. it was funny because two of the girls I was with were just a couple years out of college and looked like your stereotypical college girls.. we all got drunk and the girls were dancing together...guess that didn't happen a lot there but it's common enough in Cali...anyway my "slutty" friends (honest they weren't slutty at all...just 'free' ) were the most popular attraction that night.

it was a scary, scary town to alone in after dark tho... I didn't like it.


eeesh...Time for that eerie banjo "deliverance" music

I've been to Washington D.C three times myself, I enjoyed it there.

eeesh...Time for that eerie banjo "deliverance" music

I've been to Washington D.C three times myself, I enjoyed it there.


it was cool....we were with Americorps and stood out side the white house yelling for Bill to let us in cuz we were his people!  ;D

apparently he was out of town that day  ;)

eeesh...Time for that eerie banjo "deliverance" music

I've been to Washington D.C three times myself, I enjoyed it there.


yeah I spent most of the time "joking" that as soon as I saw the sheets come of the clothes lines that's when I was getting the hell out of there...

yeah I spent most of the time "joking" that as soon as I saw the sheets come of the clothes lines that's when I was getting the hell out of there...


I can't even remember what state that movie took place in (Deliverance) Some state that probably thinks Nascar is a sport.

I can't even remember what state that movie took place in (Deliverance)
A dire state?

A dire state?

I looked it up on wiki. It was Georgia.
Is Georgia a dire state?

I looked it up on wiki. It was Georgia.
Is Georgia a dire state?
The same as "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"?

hey don't be jacking my thread..... this is my ego spot yo!  :D

I looked it up on wiki. It was Georgia.
Is Georgia a dire state?


yes... most georgians don't think so but that's because they don't know any better...  they are slightly behind Canadia on the evolutionary track!  ;D

The same as "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"?


Was he looking for a soul to steal? Was he in a bind? Was he way behind? Was he willing to make a deal?  ;D

hey don't be jacking my thread..... this is my ego spot yo!   :D


's okay I feel better now.  ;)

yes... most georgians don't think so but that's because they don't know any better...  they are slightly behind Canadia on the evolutionary track!  ;D

but ahead of the rest of America?

but ahead of the rest of America?


ass  :P

ass  :P

Whatdya expect from us people who live in (partially frozen) caves?

Whatdya expect from us people who live in (partially frozen) caves?


pretty much nothing but assery ...  :D

pretty much nothing but assery ...  :D

assright

How many hours of TV do you watch a day?

What's your favorite commercial?

Do you have an intolerance for intolerant people? 

Can you solve a Rubic Cube without taking the stickers off?

Do you have any favorite historical people?

What's your favorite place on earth?

Have you ever hugged a Mountain Dew machine?  (Because most of us dew addicts have. :-[ )

How many hours of TV  do you watch a day? Some would say too many... I would say not enough... the truth is I watch maybe 8 to 12 hours a day... I think...Its seems I record 4-9 shows a day and I watch even more tv than what I record. The TV is one virtually every moment I am home. some things I pay more attention to than others. and I watch considerably less TV in the summer. But I watch a ton of DVDS.

and the TV is on when I sleep... I cannot sleep without it.


What's your favorite commercial?  hmmmm I've always been partial to the life cereal commercial. I started reciting it the minute I read the question... I also remember the original Got Milk Commercials  they were really creative... and this one is the best...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmFkZHjt6Y


Do you have an intolerance for intolerant people?  Absolutely... its probably my biggest flaw because it makes me a total hypocrite but since my intolerance is about people being sooo narrow minded I figure that at least I'm still on the right side of the hypocrisy.... I am for equal rights for everyone except for those who don't believe in equality  ;D  I hope that makes sense  :)


Can you solve a Rubic Cube without taking the stickers off? Yes... but not without disconnecting all the individual cubes and reassembling them....  ;D

I still have my original one. it has never been solved. I once got four sides figured out but then lost them trying to work out the other two... I can get two sides fairly consistently tho...  8)


Do you have any favorite historical people? hmmmm helen keller? harriet tubman? I'm not really all that political... I like everyday people who find braveness in the face of adversity because I know I do not have the strength to do it...  you know if I were Helen Keller I would have lived my life sitting in a corner rocking back and forth or something...

if I were Harriet Tubman once I made that first trip north I sure as shyt would not go back for more..... plus... not to make light of it or anything but walking and sleeping outdoors.... I just don't do that.... people ask me why I don't like camping.. I always say my ancestors endured enough of it running from slavery so I wouldn't have to ever experience that again....yeah at least one of my ancestors was a runaway slave...


What's your favorite place on earth?  In front of my TV... sad but true.....the happiest days are the ones where I have responsibility to know one... where I can curl up all comfy with a dew and a bag of BBQ lays and be all fat and disgusting and just watch my favorite shows.....hour, after hour, after hour....

or LA...


Have you ever hugged a Mountain Dew machine?  (Because most of us dew addicts have. :-[ )
I certainly hope you noticed the color scheme I chose here...  :)

hugged a mountain dew machine?  Depends.....are you counting dry hum......  I mean no... no I haven't ever done that to a mountain dew machine ever....  :D



great questions please ask more! 

The color scheme is great so Mountain Dewy and kind of Christmasy. :)

What's your favorite show for the "Golden Age of TV"?

Have you ever had a panic attack right before meeting someone famous?  I mean to the point of almost bolting.

What's your favorite kind of ethnic food?  (I know preferably from a place that delivers so you don't have to miss less than 3 minutes of TV.)

What's your favorite season in the year?
What's the best thing you like about California?
The worst thing?
Is you could build a time machine and go back in a specific  period of time and place, what time period?

how is your car running these days? 

The color scheme is great so Mountain Dewy and kind of Christmasy. :)
  Yeah I thought so too!  :)

http://What's your favorite show for the "Golden Age of TV"?

wow...the golden age? depends on who you talk to right.... for me I consider the golden age of tV the 50s - mid 60s

its simple.... Honeymooners hands down, no one comes close to having the timing of that group...especially since they did it live!
I also love Leave it to Beaver and Donna Reed... I can watch these shows over, and over and over and laugh like its the first time I ever saw the episode.


if you wanna talk the 70s then the Mary Tyler Moore show is one of the greatest comedies of all time  :)
but as you know I hold a very special place in my heart for Charlies angels, Vegas, Bionic Woman which needs to come to DVD and Wonder Woman....which I have yet to get on DVD.


if you're talking OUR golden age.... the 80s? The best show of the 80s was Cagney and Lacey but I loved the comedies too... so Designing Women is a very close second... 



Have you ever had a panic attack right before meeting someone famous?  I mean to the point of almost bolting.

never to the point of bolting but I have been reduced to a lump of stammering, gibberish speaking goo......

my meet with Jodie Foster went something like this...

me follow Jodie after an event....not cuz I was stalking her but because we actually parked in the same parking lot.... I got the courage to say her name and she stopped.... I said ... um, uh.. humina humina humina .... me you like kid growning up. 

seriously... she looked at me totally confused and said... thank you I think.... yeah...that was excellent  ::)



What's your favorite kind of ethnic food?  (I know preferably from a place that delivers so you don't have to miss less than 3 minutes of TV.)

ha ha... I love chinese food....tho I a percentage of Chinese in my heritage so I guess its not ethnic... Thai? wait I have indonesian too...

um.... Spaghetti..... yeah that's it!  I love spaghetti. 



great questions...

What's your favorite season in the year? Fall....because, theoretically that's when the new tv season starts... but really I like spring the weather is perfect in the spring.

What's the best thing you like about California? proximity to the ocean.... I never go but I like knowing its right there.... I live about 5 or 6 miles from it... I have a great view driving to work because I get two post card shots of it on my drive....


here's a pic of one of the views I get to see every time I drive into town

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/Santa%20Barbara/santabarbara-1.jpg


The worst thing?

cost of living... its so freaking expensive....  and traffic....california would be perfect if the only people who lived were the people who worked in the industry... a few of the service people I need to get stuff done... .and all my friends... everyone else should move to AZ or Montana or something  ;D



Is you could build a time machine and go back in a specific  period of time and place, what time period?

hmmmm I'm not the historical person Kathie is so I don't know that there's any one moment I would go back to... plus... history? not so kind to those like me so how much fun would it be to go back? Maybe if I could go back and enact some changes I might want to do that.... maybe I just want to go to florida and fix those damn voting machines! Imagine the last 8 years if Gore had been president  ;)

For me personally?  I actually think about it a lot. There was a lot of time wasted in my life... If I could go back to the time my mom had the option of moving to Stockton or San Diego... maybe things would be different if she chose San Diego...but then I would have missed out on knowing a lot of great people....

I could go back to high school and actually apply myself get to college earlier and do something with my life but same issue as above...the choices I made, the life I lived... I have come through it with some really strong friends....

in the end there are only two things I would actually change (well three if you count being more responsible with money- from the beginning)

1) would go back to 2001 - I feel out of a chair at work and injured my back.. if I could have that instant back and fall differently or not fall at all the life I live now would be very different....

2) if I could just go back to 2007 and take Carly to another vet she might still be with me today.... I would give all I have for that moment back... honest!  :\'(

how is your car running these days? 


it still needs a LOT of work....about $2500 I've decided to rent a car because I don't want to risk getting stranded in the middle of the state...

cost of living... its so freaking expensive....  and traffic....california would be perfect if the only people who lived were the people who worked in the industry... a few of the service people I need to get stuff done... .and all my friends... everyone else should move to AZ or Montana or something  ;D


That's the worst thing?  What about that your neighborhood is always on freakin' fire??????

That's the worst thing?  What about that your neighborhood is always on freakin' fire??????


oh yeah....well there is that! ... and um...fourth of July is two days away... I'm not gonna lie... I'm scared... one errant fireworks and here comes fire number four (in a year....) 

Gap Fire (was in Goleta) just across the freeway from where I work.... 7/1/08
Tea Fire....right behind my house....like a half mile up the hill...from my house... 11/17/08
Jesuita Fire.... 5/18/09 came within a couple miles of the house....

here's hoping people are smart...darn... if I have to rely on that.... we're totally gonna burn again  :-\\  ;)

Well then, my next question is:  do you have renters insurance?

Well then, my next question is:  do you have renters insurance?


next question please..... $2500 in car repairs.... do the math!  then cross your fingers.

Thanks for all your well-thought out answers.!

Thanks for all your well-thought out answers.!


its easy when some asks me good questions!  :)

next question please..... $2500 in car repairs.... do the math!  then cross your fingers.

You know my fingers are always crossed for you  :)

You know my fingers are always crossed for you  :)


aw thank you!

Favorite meal to order at a restaurant?

Favorite meal to order at a restaurant?


depends on the restaurant!  ;D

red lobster its always fried shrimp and something.... anything... as long as I get plenty of fried shrimp.... sometimes I get lobster tails too..

I'm not very adventurous so I will usually go for steak....if that's not avail. or funds are low then I go for the Chicken

pretty much anything so long as I don't have to eat cheese or mushrooms.

depends on the restaurant!  ;D

red lobster its always fried shrimp and something.... anything... as long as I get plenty of fried shrimp.... sometimes I get lobster tails too..

I'm not very adventurous so I will usually go for steak....if that's not avail. or funds are low then I go for the Chicken

pretty much anything so long as I don't have to eat cheese or mushrooms.


Like Red Lobster and like chicken too.
Allergic to mushrooms I am.
Here's my umbrella by the way ( as discussed elsewhere)

What's your favorite Christmas song?

Favorite junk food?

Are you any good at Frogger?  (Yes, the Atari game.)

Like Red Lobster and like chicken too.
Allergic to mushrooms I am.
Here's my umbrella by the way ( as discussed elsewhere)



my turn for the question... is your umbrella in a urinal?  ;D

What's your favorite Christmas song?

Favorite junk food?

Are you any good at Frogger?  (Yes, the Atari game.)


Its a tie.... Diana Ross & Supremes My Christmas Tree or Jackson 5 Someday at Christmas.

I also love a kids artist Joanie Bartels Wouldn't it be Fun to Santa Claus' Son

I only listen to 4 christmas albums... Supremes, Jackson 5, Chipmunks and Joanie Bartles....

I will occassionally rock Xmas in Hollis by Run DMC and a Christmas song by TLC  ;D



Junk Food... lays BBQ chips, reeses PB cups, Almond Joy and Red Vines.



No I suck at Frogger. I am too impatient to wait for the good route and after level three I get so bored Ijust wind up commiting suicide for fun.


Great questions please ask more! 

my turn for the question... is your umbrella in a urinal?  ;D

Nope, shower.

Nope, shower.


you probably pee in it tho so same diff  ;D

you probably pee in it tho so same diff  ;D

I don't pee in umbrellas  ;)

I don't pee in umbrellas  ;)


:D

Favorite Rankin-Bass cartoon?

Since there's so many fires in your area why do you choose to stay there?  (Besides because it's home and no sissy fire is going to get you off your homestead.)

Favorite Rankin-Bass cartoon?

Since there's so many fires in your area why do you choose to stay there?  (Besides because it's home and no sissy fire is going to get you off your homestead.)




The Year Without Santa Claus.


Actually the fires are a recent anomaly.  I moved to Santa Barbara in Sept 1996 and I don't recall any major fires in the area from 96 until July 2007. 
There were three big ones at the same time:  2 SB & 1 LA county in 07.
And then 2 fires at the same time in SB & LA fall of 08
and then this most recent fire...

prior to that the last big fire in Santa Barbara was in 1990.  And.... the majority (if not all) of these fires were started by humans being stupid. 

someone set off fireworks in a dead field.
Some kid played with matches
some drunk college students didn't properly extinguish their bon fire
some guy used a power tool that created a spark and ignited nearby brush....

why do people live in hurricane and tornado prone areas? Because they can't move or because they don't want to.... I LOVE Santa Barbara so I take the good with the bad...


great questions please ask more.

Favorite miniseries?

What's your all time record in Dew chugging?

Do you think California will ever pass a proper budget?

Do you like live theater, you know off Broadway stuff or even local?

Ever been to PA?  Did you like it or did you find the earliest flight out?