18 posts from September 2006

How many pets have you owned in your lifetime? Tell us about them.
Submitted by jennajellopy.vox.com.

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ncluding the various turtles, gerbils, snakes, rabbits, etc?  I have no idea.  But the major pets are listed and pictured. I don't have pictures of Napoleon or Torrey in my Flickr account and may add them later...
dogs Beau, Sandy, Torrey, Bella, Mazie
birds Peanut & Napoleon

We demand:  respect, equal wages and orgasms
And we should demand it here, too.  Some days, when I see what the religious right is trying to do to this country, I'm scared to be a woman.

What's the last thing you usually do or think about before you fall asleep?

Think about?  Most often?  Sex.
Do?  Most often?  Not sex.

What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why? 
Submitted by ducnly.vox.com.

Well, the new Aaron Sorkin looks good, and I adore Bradley Whitford.  CSI: Miami (I adore Emily Procter too), and possibly the original CSI.  And Nip/Tuck. 

But honestly, if I miss any of them, s'ok.  I don't go out of my way to watch TV, but I enjoy it when I watch it.  And, like Cecily, I've grown up on it, have read waaaayyy above my level since I was young, and was a child slave to the boob box.  But over the past 5 years, my TV has not been mine, and this has weaned me off scheduling my life around shows, because I could never guarantee that I would be able to watch it (there might be a race of some sort - car, motorcycle, school bus, tractor, lawn mower - if it had a motor and could go around in circles or on a track, he watches it).  So TV became less important.

Celebrate Banned Books Week 2006!  What little display space I have at MPOW has now been dedicated to challenged and banned books.

Is there a friend who you owe a phonecall or email? What's stopping you?

Owe is a strong word.  Email and phone works both ways and if someone wants to catch up with me, they know where I am.  That said, there are 2 people that it's tough to keep in touch with, both of whom I've known forever.

I just caught up with both of them.  Mel, I talked to for about 10 mintues yesterday (it was an odd conversation), and Jolie I talked to for about 45 minutes today.  I clued them both in on what is going on in my life and at least got caught up in Jolie's. Mel's husband hates me (and I really can't stand him), so she and I don't talk much. Hence the odd conversation.

Are you a morning person or a night owl?

Right now, I'm in between.  During my formative years, I was a night owl.  Then, when I started teaching at a school an hour away from my apartment and had to be there at 6:15 or so, I became a morning person.  And was that way for years (I stopped teaching 10 years ago).  Now, my body clock is changing again and I'm becoming more of a night person.  Yay for nights.

and my arm hurts.  It was in for 7 years (2 longer than it was viable), but because of the situation, I decided to have it removed so, eventually, if need be, I can go on some other sort of birth control.  Right now, there's no need for me to do so, but I wanted the option.

I have to say that I was pleased with the way the Norplant worked.  For 5 years, I didn't have to worry about taking a pill, getting a shot, putting on a patch.  It was just there.  It's a shame that they took this off the market. 

But I'll have a nice scar on my upper left arm.  And a really really nice bruise for the next couple weeks.

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)  Inspired by Stephanie.

This so depends on which player I'm listening to.  On my laptop (onto which I have just started loading music, so there are only 5 or 6 albums on it):

1. Why Don't You Come Over - Garbage
2. KC Accidental - Broken Social Scene
3. Capture the Flag - Broken Social Scene
4. Sex is not the Enemy - Garbage
5. I Don't Want to Fall In Love - She Wants Revenge
6. Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge  (This is my favorite song of the moment)
   
7. Boys Wanna Fight - Garbage
8. What Did I Ever Give You - Kaiser Chiefs
9. Someone Must Get Hurt - She Wants Revenge
10. Happy Home - Garbage

On my big iPod?

1. Ages of You - REM
2. Whatever Happened to the Girl - Ike Riley Association
3. Dreams of Our Fathers - Dave Matthews Band
4. When You Really Love Someone - Alicia Keys
5. Dancin' - Chris Isaak
6. To Anyone - Sheena Easton
7. I Would Die 4 U - Prince
8. A Good Year For the Roses - Elvis Costello
9. Polo Towers - John Scofield
10. Stranded - RHCP

And it would be different on my little iPod and even more different on my big computer at home (last count, 33,000 songs on the big computer)

Show us something star-shaped.

Bunny today is star shaped