Friday, June 24, 2016

Friday 5 for June 24: Scattergories, Part 6

What random letter was generated by the online random-letter generator (this doesn’t really count as one of your five questions)? 

W

1. What brand or model of car, whose name begins with the letter, would you like to get?

~ Windstar. My family had a white Windstar when I was in my 20's and we drove iot down to Myrtle Beach, SC on many fabulous vacations. We lived in Dearborn Heights, MI, a city right by Detroit, so they were long driving trips that lasted a week. Great memories, great car.

2. What summer activity, whose name begins with the letter, are you looking forward to?

~ Watching the clouds roll by as I sit on my porch in beautiful weather

3. What’s an item in your desk whose name begins with the letter?

~ White Out, it's always been helpful and always will be

4. What’s something, whose name begins with the letter, that you find frightening?

~ Windstorms, dangerous extreme windstorms. My legs aren't as strong as they once were, I walk with a walker now, and walking in windstorms is soooooo not fun!

5. If you had to get a tattoo on your upper arm, what’s something whose name begins with the letter that you could live with?

~ Wizard, a really cool looking wizard

~~ Friday 5

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Sunday Stealing:: The Jackals Meme

Question 1: Who is your favorite Musical Artist?

~ Tough question, if I had to choose just one, I'd pick Beethovan, he was a genius.

Question 2: What is your favorite album by that Artist?

~ My favorite song by Beethovan is Moonlight Sonata, that song just deeply touches me

Question 3: Who is your Favorite Blogger?

~ Not to be self-centered or anything, I'd have to choose myself!

Question 4: If you could meet anyone (dead or alive), who would it be and what is interesting about them?

~ Jesus, I find him very interesting, I'd love to personally get to know him as a walking, talking human.

Question 5: What did you want to be when you grew up?

~ Yowza, looking back I wanted to be a twacher, a counselor, a ghost hunter and parapsychologist, a spiritual director, a retreat leader, a jockey, a journalist, a traveling correspondent for the Bay City Rollers, a singer in a rock band, an actress

Question 6: What is the most interesting piece of Trivia that you know?

~ The many similarities and coincidences tying John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. Rather than me listing them all, look here

Question 7: If you could live in any point of history when would it be and why?

~ As I answered in question 5,  the time of Jesus, so I can really talk with him, get to know him, hang out with him. I think there's a lot more to his own personal story and views that was never told. I'd love to sit down with him and get his inside scoop.

Question 8: What do you think of the election in the U.S. so far?

~ I think it sucks, I don't like Trump or Clinton (I dislike Trump more than Clinton, I think if he's nominated you'll find a backloaded sewer system because almost every American will be puking in their toilet every day), I wish a new candidate, an honest, strong, smart candidate would step in and take over. Dreams, dreams, dreams.

Question 9: What is your favorite TV drama? What do you like about it?

~ I'm not into any TV dramas. I like science shows and shows pertaining to parapsychology, such as Ancient Aliens, Ghost Adventures, Ghost Hunters, etc.

Question 10: What is the most interesting job you've ever had?

~ Working as a historical presenter at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. I was Santa's helper, a ghost at their Halloween program, played with kuds and taught them different games in the museum's Hands On section

~~ Sunday Stealing

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Sunday Stealing: My Friends Call Me Tulip

Can you stay inside all day without getting bored?

~ That's my life 24/7, except for dialysis. I am also bored 25/8, which is probably why I'm starting to see a shrink

Tell us about a TV show that we should watch.

~ Big Bang Theory (to me It's hilarious), Ancient Aliens, Ghost Adventures. Chopped leaves me amazed at times too!

When was the last time you were at your home computer all day?

~ I don't use a bigger computer or laptop anymore, just my cellphone net. And I'm usually here for hours everyday

What websites other than your own do you visit daily?

~ Facebook, assorted games

Do you have a favorite day of the week? Why?

~ Yes, any day I don't go to dialysis! Next werk I'll be going Monday, Wednesday, Friday, picked up by transportation at 6:00 in the mornings!

Did you ever watch Saturday morning cartoons? What was your favorite?

~ I loved it when the Bay City Rollers had a Saturday morning show, they were my studs at the time! I also enjoyed Isis, and if course Bugs and his pals

Were you a comic book fan?

~ Not a big fan, where I had to buy them every week, i enjoyed them though. I do remember Jughead was the first guy I had a wee bit of a crush on, even before I noticed David Cassidy, Tony Orlando or Tony DeFranco

Did you earn an allowance when you were a kid? How much? Was it tied to chores?

~ I could choose $2 or a Mexican Fiesta taco when my parents went out for dinner on Saturday nights, I remember I often chose the taco, they were just that good! Still are!

What is the fanciest type of car you've ridden in? What occasion?

~ Limo, a couple weddings I stood up in

Whats your favorite sport to watch?

~ Figure skating

Ever tried surfing?

~ No, wish I could though!

Have you ever been to a live major team sporting game?

~ Physically, yes, a couple Tiger baseball games. Mentally? I didn't pay attention to any of it, so no.

From a scale of 1 to 5 how athletic are you (1=nerd, 5=very athletic)?

~ -2

What's your favorite horror movie?

~ Alien, the first one, great special effects (I love it when that alien rips out of her stomach and goes flying across the room!)

What is your favorite cult classic movie? 

~ Jacob's Ladder, Harold & Maude, The Umbrellas Of Chernourg

About how many times do you go to the movies a month?

~ I haven't been to the theater since Christmas Day (saw the new Star Wars movie).  I miss the times when I would go two or three times a week at my dollar theater back in the 80's and 90's

Favorite movie, which one came to your head first?

~ Usually it's Somewhere In Time, but What Dreams May Come popped into my mind first today.

What if your life was like a movie? What type of movie would it be?

~ A melancholy indie drama, I'd have it also be a musical

Do you like long series movies, like "Lord of the Rings"?

~ I tend to, loved Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings was OK. I've always thought about taking a full day to watch all The Matrix movies from beginning to end

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Sunday Stealing:Meal Skipper Meme

From Tumblr Surveys, Surveys for fun!

1. Do you skip meals sometimes?

~ Often, I can't even remember the last time I had all three meals in one day, ...it was probably my last hospital stay a couple months back

2. Last time you overate?

~ Yesterday! I had a small Hungry Howie pizza with extra cheese and mushrooms, two ice cream sandwiches, handfuls of peanuts, doritos

3. Do you like Mexican food?

~ Love it! Burritoes, tacos, enchiladas, refried beans, hot chips & hot sauce. My favorite restaurant is Mexican Fiesta

4. Do you like Chinese food?

~ Love it! Egg drop soup, crab ragoon, almond chicken, fortune cookies!

5. Do you like Italian food?

~ Love it! Gnocchi, rigatoni, mustachiolli, lasagna, rotini, spumoni!

6. Do you like American food?

~ Love it! Barbecue ribs, texas toast, ot dogs (with just mustard!, ...and chili!), apple pie

7. Have you ever been on a diet?

~ Yes, some weird ones too!

8. Do you like vegetables?

~ Nope, never have! I will eat raw baby carrots (I love the snap in raw carrots!), potatoes (in a million different ways!) and snap peas are fun too!

9. On a scale from 1 to 5 how much do you eat a day (1= not eating, 5= eating 3 meals)?

~ I'll give this about a 3, I snack more than dine on true meals

10. Do you think you eat healthily?

~ Nope!

11. Do you think you are ugly?

~ Nope!

12. Do you like your hair?

~ Of course I do, it's mine!

13. Do you like the way you look?

~ Sure

14. Would you want to change anything?

~ I think it would be a blast if I could instantly change my hair or eye color like I could to dolls I had in my youth!

15. Do you ever wear a lucky color?

~ Nope, don't have one!

16. Do you care how other people see you?

~ Not really, I look good enough to me and if others don't like it then I'm not crazy about their egotistical stupidity

17. Do you or have you ever worn braces?

~ Nope

18. Do you wear glasses and/or contacts?

~ Yep! My eyes are sooooo bad without them! I miss wearing contacts, been sticking with just my thick glasses for months

19. Do you want to gain weight, lose weight, or stay about the same?

~ Stay about the same, but firm up

20. What do you do if you have the flu?

~ Sleep!

21. How many tries to get your drivers license?

~ I got it later than I wish (I was about 24), but it only took one test

22. Are you saving up for anything in the future?

~ Nope, when you have no money coming in, you can't save up for anything either!

23. Do you have a lot of spare time?

~ No, I'm too busy watching TV, surfing the net, sleeping

24. Do you consider yourself a responsible person?

~ Nope, I believe I'd be lieing if I claimed to be!

25. Do you consider yourself a lazy person?

~ This was asked a couple weeks back, wasn't it? I'd look, ...but, well, I'm still lazy

~~ Sunday Stealing