Ow! Charlie bit me! /autotune
Couple of memes here courtesy of ilovejunk!
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1) squee
2) Juli
3) Juliana
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU'VE HAD:
1) squee4242
2) All the LOST-related pseudonyms you could imagine during X-E Troll Invasions.
3) The newest enterprise, Valley Girl Once Removed http://valleygirlonceremoved.wordpress.com/
THREE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST 33 MINUTES:
1) Set the washing machine to run again because apparently all it did was drain the inordinately expensive detergent out when I set it earlier.
2) Served myself a second helping of stew.
3) Started rewatching this Criminal Intent rerun with the polyamorous architect where Bobby uses his knowledge of esoteric design elements from the Taj Mahal to crack the mystery.
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) I give a fuck.
2) I'm a down-ass chick.
3) I have a brain.
THREE THINGS YOU DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) I can be annoying
2) and bossy
3) and depressive.
THREE COMPONENTS OF YOU:
1) Anxiety
2) Creativity
3) Silliness
THREE THINGS YOU'RE AFRAID OF:
1) Not being able to afford college.
2) Germs
3) Being alone forever.
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1) Jeans
2) Thermal with thumbholes
3) Hangover hair
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1) Glasses
2) Puppies
3) Lip treatment/hand lotion
THREE IMPORTANT OBJECTS:
1) My wonderful little Civic, which some old geezer bumped into the other week ;_;
2) My telly and DVR
3) My laptop
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
1) The Beatles
2) The Decemberists
3) Green Day
THREE WAYS TO BE HAPPY:
1) At the moment: take the heating pad out of the microwave and strap it to my back which utterly fucking kills after walking around California Adventure yesterday. Thanks, old geezer car accident!
2) Do what you love.
3) Marry a chiropractor.
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1) Syrup & Honey by Duffy
2) Charlie Bit Me by the internets
3) Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford with Dolly Parton
I posted that one on http://valleygirlonceremoved.wordpress.com/ earlier this week...I had an obsession with old variety show performances, I tell you, it's a sickness. Bonus Buffy Sante-Marie!
Equally good to YouTube are dance line videos, which are distinct from line dancing videos by the inverse level of coolness:
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1) University
2) Living alone
3) Shopping for investment versus disposable stuff
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1) Someone who appreciates me for everything awesome that I am, and not wanting me to be something else.
2) Someone that appreciates doting (some might call it smothering)
3) A partnership. Shit, is that really so much?
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SEXy people:
1) A dark, strong brow:
2) Androgyny:
(I have a picture of Eli Roth in guyliner, but it is so beyond not safe for lunch it's not even funny. GIS Eli Roth giant penis for a treat if you're curious and don't say I didn't warn you)
3) Heavy curves:
THREE EMOTIONAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SEXy people:
1) Patience
2) Sense of humor
3) Must love dogs =B
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1) Quit watching bad teevee, while being dreadfully behind on quality shows.
2) Avoid arguing with my mom over the most mundane shit.
3) Catch up on all the stuff that piles up.
THREE THINGS YOU MISS FROM YOUR PAST:
1) Potential
2) Confidence
3) Invincibility
THREE GIFTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE:
Honestly, I should be the easiest person to shop for; I want it all! Remember that license plate holder, "I want to be Barbie, that bitch has everything!"? Yeah.
1) A Bluray player
2) A netbook
3) The Julia Child library
THREE REASONS WHY YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE:
1) Too much teevee
2) Brain chemicals
3) Beans and rice (baby got back)
THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:
1) Photography
2) Writing
3) Reading
THREE CAREERS YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1) Preschool teacher
2) Journalist
3) Television production
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO FOR HOLIDAY:
1) Australia/New Zealand
2) England/The UK
3) Madagascar
THREE CARTOON CHARACTERS:
What, that I can see from where I'm sitting?
1) Marge Simpson
2) Chococat
3) Sebastian the crab
THREE BOY’S NAMES:
1) Lennon
2) Augustino
3) Francis
THREE GIRL'S NAMES:
1) Remedios
2) Veronica
3) Elisabetta
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1) Sing karaoke
2) Make a film
3) Sit behind Jack at a Lakers game
*********************************************
(Note that I answered these questions awhile ago and just never got around to posting)
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Flew on a plane this decade, applied to universities.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Not so much New Year's, but I gave up meat on Friday's for Lent, which didn't work out forever. But I've gotten back into the swing of things again for Meatless Mondays.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My cousin's baby is 10 months old and adorable...and let's not forget Pixie!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
One of the puppies didn't make it. RIP Dotty Mae 12.20.2009-12.20.2009
5. What countries did you visit?
Uh, I went to San Francisco for the first time.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
My own place :-P
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
Last weekend when the puppies were born, a few more weeks back when I got to ask Quentin Tarantino a question at a Q&A at the New Beverly.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Graduating?
9. What was your biggest failure?
You know, I really beat myself up over this guy I saw for a little while. I mean, he totally sucked but I managed to doubt my instincts and pin the blame on myself throughout. I was looking through my regular journal after I saw myself rid of him and couldn't stand to see all this mooning and whatnot and so I had to write something down to remind myself I'd be better served trusting my instincts in the future:
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I completely wiped out in a restaurant last month thanks to their decision to leave water all over a tile floor. I called Larry H. Parker and he got me...you know the story!
J/K, I have a different lawyer. I was tempted to call 1-800-THE-LAW2 though.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
The coolest thing I bought for anyone else was probably this rad postcard tin with Haunted Mansion artwork by Shag that I got my roommate for Xmas. I found an autographed one on ebay...For myself, I just got around three bones worth of Rodarte for Target stuff via UPS. I figured I'd buy it all just to try on and I'd return some of it, but I totally want to keep every bit of it now.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Pixie is SUCH a good mom!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Internet commenters, both on some of the political sites and during the Great X-E Troll Invasion of 2009.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Restaurants, shit I don't need.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Disneyland!
16. What songs will always remind you of 2009?
I don't know if it's the recession, the Nirvana boxset or just a virtue of the fact that I'm moving into a different demographic, but I noticed a lot of classic 90's awesome on the radio this year. Not just Nirvana, but Bush, Radiohead, Live, even Third Eye freaking Blind. Works for me, as I have resigned myself to the trends of the youth passing me by and am happy to remain ensconced in the ghetto of my teenhood's fads.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you...
i) happier or sadder?
Happier overall. I was in crisis mode in early 2009, and I'm certainly doing better than that now.
ii) thinner or fatter?
Thinner.
iii) richer or poorer?
Poorer, I guess. Considering I only just paid off my last teeth stuff, and I still need to fix up the filling that disintegrated on me.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I was always down on myself for not taking more advantage of my Disney pass, but goddammit any way, I went a hale of a lot.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Takeout food, angsting.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Driving up to the fam's in Lancaster.
21. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
Not sure, possibly trying to cruise babes with the roommie as wingman?
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Only if Shia counts.
23. How many one night stands?
Yeah, not so much. Open for business in 2010, though!
24. What were your favorite TV programs?
LOST, as always. Too bad 2010 will be our last year *sniff* Also have loved Man vs. Food, Hoarders, L&O: Criminal Intent, Secret Life of a Call Girl, Clean House and countless others.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate last year?
Nah.
26. What was the best book you read?
The sis got me "Closet Confidential" for Christmas, and it's awesome. I'm looking forward to the clothing cull.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Definitely The Decemberists.
28. What did you want and get?
A year at Disney.
29. What did you want and not get?
The tattooed, Mexican-Cuban Vincent D'Onofrio-alike from the dispensary who turned out to be gay.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I liked District 9 quite a bit. I'm a sucker for a great action movie with political undertones, so--
Oh I'm sorry, apparently Donny and Omar have a little something to say about a certain movie that introduced a creature known as the Bear Jew to the world:
Not to mention, Inglourious Basterds had the Jew Hunter:
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to Disneyland with my roommate, where I turned 26.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Baby, if I only knew.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Ooh, an excuse to post all those other camho pictures I never found an excuse for? I am honestly still so far from where I want to be in terms of personal style; I would really like to pull back a fair bit on the preppy and inject more of an offbeat appeal but I'm getting there.
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
34. What kept you sane?
Effexor XR FTW
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
We've already touched on Shia and Eli, but in something besides the "Jewish guys with a heavy brow" category, I really grew fond of Megan Fox after all those epic Jennifer's Body interviews.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The Stupak/Pitts/Nelson abortion funding bans.
37. Who did you miss?
Obama, in the health care debate?
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I dunno, anybody besides the giant douche.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Shoe liners!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
How could I play myself again?
Should just be my own best friend
Not fuck myself in the head with stupid men
There were additional uninteresting questions but I think I'll end on that upbeat note!
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1) squee
2) Juli
3) Juliana
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU'VE HAD:
1) squee4242
2) All the LOST-related pseudonyms you could imagine during X-E Troll Invasions.
3) The newest enterprise, Valley Girl Once Removed http://valleygirlonceremoved.wordpress.com/
THREE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST 33 MINUTES:
1) Set the washing machine to run again because apparently all it did was drain the inordinately expensive detergent out when I set it earlier.
2) Served myself a second helping of stew.
3) Started rewatching this Criminal Intent rerun with the polyamorous architect where Bobby uses his knowledge of esoteric design elements from the Taj Mahal to crack the mystery.
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) I give a fuck.
2) I'm a down-ass chick.
3) I have a brain.
THREE THINGS YOU DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) I can be annoying
2) and bossy
3) and depressive.
THREE COMPONENTS OF YOU:
1) Anxiety
2) Creativity
3) Silliness
THREE THINGS YOU'RE AFRAID OF:
1) Not being able to afford college.
2) Germs
3) Being alone forever.
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1) Jeans
2) Thermal with thumbholes
3) Hangover hair
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1) Glasses
2) Puppies
3) Lip treatment/hand lotion
THREE IMPORTANT OBJECTS:
1) My wonderful little Civic, which some old geezer bumped into the other week ;_;
2) My telly and DVR
3) My laptop
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
1) The Beatles
2) The Decemberists
3) Green Day
THREE WAYS TO BE HAPPY:
1) At the moment: take the heating pad out of the microwave and strap it to my back which utterly fucking kills after walking around California Adventure yesterday. Thanks, old geezer car accident!
2) Do what you love.
3) Marry a chiropractor.
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1) Syrup & Honey by Duffy
Click to view2) Charlie Bit Me by the internets
3) Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford with Dolly Parton
I posted that one on http://valleygirlonceremoved.wordpress.com/ earlier this week...I had an obsession with old variety show performances, I tell you, it's a sickness. Bonus Buffy Sante-Marie!
Equally good to YouTube are dance line videos, which are distinct from line dancing videos by the inverse level of coolness:
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1) University
2) Living alone
3) Shopping for investment versus disposable stuff
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1) Someone who appreciates me for everything awesome that I am, and not wanting me to be something else.
2) Someone that appreciates doting (some might call it smothering)
3) A partnership. Shit, is that really so much?
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SEXy people:
1) A dark, strong brow:
2) Androgyny:
(I have a picture of Eli Roth in guyliner, but it is so beyond not safe for lunch it's not even funny. GIS Eli Roth giant penis for a treat if you're curious and don't say I didn't warn you)
3) Heavy curves:
THREE EMOTIONAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SEXy people:
1) Patience
2) Sense of humor
3) Must love dogs =B
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1) Quit watching bad teevee, while being dreadfully behind on quality shows.
2) Avoid arguing with my mom over the most mundane shit.
3) Catch up on all the stuff that piles up.
THREE THINGS YOU MISS FROM YOUR PAST:
1) Potential
2) Confidence
3) Invincibility
THREE GIFTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE:
Honestly, I should be the easiest person to shop for; I want it all! Remember that license plate holder, "I want to be Barbie, that bitch has everything!"? Yeah.
1) A Bluray player
2) A netbook
3) The Julia Child library
THREE REASONS WHY YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE:
1) Too much teevee
2) Brain chemicals
3) Beans and rice (baby got back)
THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:
1) Photography
2) Writing
3) Reading
THREE CAREERS YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1) Preschool teacher
2) Journalist
3) Television production
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO FOR HOLIDAY:
1) Australia/New Zealand
2) England/The UK
3) Madagascar
THREE CARTOON CHARACTERS:
What, that I can see from where I'm sitting?
1) Marge Simpson
2) Chococat
3) Sebastian the crab
THREE BOY’S NAMES:
1) Lennon
2) Augustino
3) Francis
THREE GIRL'S NAMES:
1) Remedios
2) Veronica
3) Elisabetta
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1) Sing karaoke
2) Make a film
3) Sit behind Jack at a Lakers game
*********************************************
(Note that I answered these questions awhile ago and just never got around to posting)
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Flew on a plane this decade, applied to universities.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Not so much New Year's, but I gave up meat on Friday's for Lent, which didn't work out forever. But I've gotten back into the swing of things again for Meatless Mondays.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My cousin's baby is 10 months old and adorable...and let's not forget Pixie!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
One of the puppies didn't make it. RIP Dotty Mae 12.20.2009-12.20.2009
5. What countries did you visit?
Uh, I went to San Francisco for the first time.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
My own place :-P
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
Last weekend when the puppies were born, a few more weeks back when I got to ask Quentin Tarantino a question at a Q&A at the New Beverly.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Graduating?
9. What was your biggest failure?
You know, I really beat myself up over this guy I saw for a little while. I mean, he totally sucked but I managed to doubt my instincts and pin the blame on myself throughout. I was looking through my regular journal after I saw myself rid of him and couldn't stand to see all this mooning and whatnot and so I had to write something down to remind myself I'd be better served trusting my instincts in the future:
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I completely wiped out in a restaurant last month thanks to their decision to leave water all over a tile floor. I called Larry H. Parker and he got me...you know the story!
J/K, I have a different lawyer. I was tempted to call 1-800-THE-LAW2 though.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
The coolest thing I bought for anyone else was probably this rad postcard tin with Haunted Mansion artwork by Shag that I got my roommate for Xmas. I found an autographed one on ebay...For myself, I just got around three bones worth of Rodarte for Target stuff via UPS. I figured I'd buy it all just to try on and I'd return some of it, but I totally want to keep every bit of it now.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Pixie is SUCH a good mom!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Internet commenters, both on some of the political sites and during the Great X-E Troll Invasion of 2009.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Restaurants, shit I don't need.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Disneyland!
16. What songs will always remind you of 2009?
I don't know if it's the recession, the Nirvana boxset or just a virtue of the fact that I'm moving into a different demographic, but I noticed a lot of classic 90's awesome on the radio this year. Not just Nirvana, but Bush, Radiohead, Live, even Third Eye freaking Blind. Works for me, as I have resigned myself to the trends of the youth passing me by and am happy to remain ensconced in the ghetto of my teenhood's fads.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you...
i) happier or sadder?
Happier overall. I was in crisis mode in early 2009, and I'm certainly doing better than that now.
ii) thinner or fatter?
Thinner.
iii) richer or poorer?
Poorer, I guess. Considering I only just paid off my last teeth stuff, and I still need to fix up the filling that disintegrated on me.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I was always down on myself for not taking more advantage of my Disney pass, but goddammit any way, I went a hale of a lot.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Takeout food, angsting.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Driving up to the fam's in Lancaster.
21. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
Not sure, possibly trying to cruise babes with the roommie as wingman?
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Only if Shia counts.
23. How many one night stands?
Yeah, not so much. Open for business in 2010, though!
24. What were your favorite TV programs?
LOST, as always. Too bad 2010 will be our last year *sniff* Also have loved Man vs. Food, Hoarders, L&O: Criminal Intent, Secret Life of a Call Girl, Clean House and countless others.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate last year?
Nah.
26. What was the best book you read?
The sis got me "Closet Confidential" for Christmas, and it's awesome. I'm looking forward to the clothing cull.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Definitely The Decemberists.
28. What did you want and get?
A year at Disney.
29. What did you want and not get?
The tattooed, Mexican-Cuban Vincent D'Onofrio-alike from the dispensary who turned out to be gay.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I liked District 9 quite a bit. I'm a sucker for a great action movie with political undertones, so--
Oh I'm sorry, apparently Donny and Omar have a little something to say about a certain movie that introduced a creature known as the Bear Jew to the world:
Not to mention, Inglourious Basterds had the Jew Hunter:
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to Disneyland with my roommate, where I turned 26.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Baby, if I only knew.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Ooh, an excuse to post all those other camho pictures I never found an excuse for? I am honestly still so far from where I want to be in terms of personal style; I would really like to pull back a fair bit on the preppy and inject more of an offbeat appeal but I'm getting there.
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
34. What kept you sane?
Effexor XR FTW
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
We've already touched on Shia and Eli, but in something besides the "Jewish guys with a heavy brow" category, I really grew fond of Megan Fox after all those epic Jennifer's Body interviews.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The Stupak/Pitts/Nelson abortion funding bans.
37. Who did you miss?
Obama, in the health care debate?
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I dunno, anybody besides the giant douche.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Shoe liners!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
How could I play myself again?
Should just be my own best friend
Not fuck myself in the head with stupid men
There were additional uninteresting questions but I think I'll end on that upbeat note!