It's apparently easy being me

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 7,404 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

*sniff* and here I thought I was special.

Band Meme

Saw this making the rounds and thought I would try it.

1. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2. Go to Random quotations: http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3. Go to flickr's "explore the last seven days" http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

So, please welcome the newest hit band, Karura, playing songs from their debut album "Is it's own punishment".

Alphabet Your Life

Comment and I'll give you a letter.
You have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter.
Afterward, post this in your journal.

somebodystrange assigned me the letter "D."

1. Donuts
2. Desserts (especially Coldstone)
3. December 25th (I'm such a juvenile)
4. daughter and son
5. dogs
6. Dick Van Dyke (b/c I had to get a dick reference in)
7. Diving into the ocean
8. Dogma (fine Kevin Smith movie)
9. Dungeons and Dragons
10. One more eh ... let's see ... well ... I guess I'll say Debbie then since I can't think of anything else.

Like I need a Quiz to tell me this

Meme Time

This meme was gakked from somebodystrange:

1. Can you cook? What?
2. What was your dream growing up?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favorite place?
5. Favorite actor?
6. What was the last book you read more than once?
7. What zodiac sign are you?
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
9. Worst Habit?
10. Favorite snack?
11. What is your favorite sport?
12. Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14. Best thing to ever happen to you?
15. Tell me one weird fact about you.
16. Do you have any pets?
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena?
18. What time is it where you are now?
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21. Would you be my partner in crime or my conscience?
22. What color eyes do you have?
23. Ever been arrested?
24. Bottle or Draft?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
27. What's your favorite bar to hang at?
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30. Do you swear a lot?
31. Biggest pet peeve?
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33. In one word, how would you describe me?
34. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

Answers to Stacey's Interview

Interview Meme Rules are as follows: You comment on this entry requesting an interview. I respond with five questions. The questions will theoretically be tailored to you based on what I know of you (or want to know). You copy and paste those questions into your own journal, and write the answers, along with these rules. Anyone wanting an interview from you continues the game by requesting an interview from you.

1. Do you remember how/when we first met, like the specific moment? If so, do tell.
Honestly I don’t. I have a vague recollection of meeting you when you came into Julie’s room while I was talking with her and Christi. But as for specifics, I don’t have much.

2. What year in your life would you live over again and why?
1976: I feel I really wasted my talents around this time.

3. If you were a woman, which Ghostbuster (Egon, Ray, Peter or Winston) would you be most attracted to and why?
Each has their own pros and cons. Egon is the intellectual so he would probably be great in bed. Ray is the soft, sensitive type who would make a great companion (if a bit wimpy). Peter is the quintessential jerk who says “But I love you baby” which for some reason tends to work. Winston has that stereotype thing going in his favor (I’ll let you fill in the rest). So, in order of how I would “do” the Ghostbusters:

1. Ray: Because he won’t finish until I do.
2. Egon: He’s a nerd. Watch Revenge of the Nerds and you will understand this.
3. Winston: Duh!
4. Peter: I imagine this being a wham-bam-thank-you ma’am session that leaves me reaching for the vibrator as he gets up to leave.

4. What do you miss most about your life pre-kid(s)?
I thought a lot about this one. My first instinct was to say something like going out without having to move every time; sleeping late on the weekend; taking a bath without having to worry about prying eyes; etc. Given all of that, the one thing I absolutely miss the most is the ability to go to the bathroom without having to use code words so a little someone doesn’t follow me in.

5. What's the best dream you've ever had? (I mean an actual dream versus a dream like an aspriational goal--this would be like the time in high school when I had a tantalizingly short dream in which I was kissing Dylan from 90210...and then my alarm went off.)

I can’t say for sure, but I have a sense it involves myself, 2 women, a mechanical bull, 3 cans of whip cream, and stirrups.

Interview Questions for somebodystrange

Interview Meme Rules are as follows: You comment on this entry requesting an interview. I respond with five questions. The questions will theoretically be tailored to you based on what I know of you (or want to know). You copy and paste those questions into your own journal, and write the answers, along with these rules. Anyone wanting an interview from you continues the game by requesting an interview from you.

1. One sci-fi notion is for every decision you make in your life, every option is taken in parallel universes. If you could visit one of these parallel universes, what decision would have created that universe?
   
2. To what station is your car radio currently tuned? If there are any CDs in your car, what are they?
   
3. You are a villain in a James Bond movie, what is your diabolical plan to take over the world? What color are the uniforms of your henchman?
   
4. Having turned 30, what one thing do you most wish you could have accomplished already but haven’t?
   
5. Kirk or Picard?

Interview questions for redsox_becky

Interview Meme Rules are as follows: You comment on this entry requesting an interview. I respond with five questions. The questions will theoretically be tailored to you based on what I know of you (or want to know). You copy and paste those questions into your own journal, and write the answers, along with these rules. Anyone wanting an interview from you continues the game by requesting an interview from you.

1. To quote from a very off the wall question you posed to me once, which way does Clint dress?
   
2. You recently had sex with Superman and absorbed one of his powers, which one?
   
3. You are kidnapped and forced to watch one of the 24 hour news channels. Which one would you pick and why?
   
4. Name one vice you most wish you could get rid of.
   
5. Name one virtue you possess that gives you the most pride.

Interview Questions for writer_grrl

Interview Meme Rules are as follows: You comment on this entry requesting an interview. I respond with five questions. The questions will theoretically be tailored to you based on what I know of you (or want to know). You copy and paste those questions into your own journal, and write the answers, along with these rules. Anyone wanting an interview from you continues the game by requesting an interview from you.

1. You awake to find yourself in a science fiction novel/movie/tv show. What does the universe look like (popular TV show or a made up one) and who are you (yourself, some known character, some random red shirt schmuck)?
   
2. When the Silver Spoon is made into a movie, who would you want to play the main characters?
   
3. What songs on your iPOD do you wish you had never loaded?
   
4. First to have a child: You or Susan?
   
5. Are you a god?

My Interview Meme

Interview Meme Rules are as follows: You comment on this entry requesting an interview. I respond with five questions. The questions will theoretically be tailored to you based on what I know of you (or want to know). You copy and paste those questions into your own journal, and write the answers, along with these rules. Anyone wanting an interview from you continues the game by requesting an interview from you.

Questions courtesy of the fabulous Mrs. Tora Pines:

1. Have you found yourself saying certain things to your daughter that you recognize from your own parents?
Actually, this disease began even before Lauren was born. For example, if someone were to ask me if today is Friday, my knee jerk response is "All day!" ala dad. I do expect some of my dad's more famous phrases to come into use. Things like "What were you thinking?!?! Don't you know you could have been hurt?!?! *smack*". That was one of my favorites.

2. What movie should I watch that I would never think of watching?
I would be a lot better at this question if I had seen more than 2 movies in the past 26 months. One movie does come to mind that is rather obscure. The movie is called Last of the Dogmen starring Tom Berenger and Barbara Hershey. My father-in-law introduced me to the movie and I absolutely loved it.

3. What would it take to lure you to visit us the next time you are visiting your East Coast family?
Funny you should mention this. Right now, we have plans for a 2 week vacation in August that may include a stop by the Pines household. As you may know, we go to Ocean City every year in August. This year, the trip will be August 11th-19th. The Saturday before, Debbie has a friend getting married in South Carolina. Rather than fly to and from SC on one weekend, than fly to Baltimore the next, we figured this might be an opportune time to visit some friends in North Carolina. However, I subscribe to the Ben Franklin rule of visiting: Guests, like fish, begin to smell after 3 days. :) So, we would hit Baltimore early this year (either Wednesday or Thursday). This leaves enough time for a side trip to DC and a nice respite at the Pines Household for a day (or more). Seem like a plan?

4. Can you name a prank you pulled (or helped pull) sometime in your life for which you never got blame (or credit)?
When it comes to pranks, I'm a bit of a wuss. Most of the ones I pull are benign enough and tend to leave my fingerprints all over it. I've done things like tape a penny to the ear piece of a telephone. There's also the tape a penny to the bottom of an optical mouse (my pranks tend to involve currency for some reason, go figure). I will instead, relay the best prank ever pulled on me. Freshman year at Valpo, our floor at Lankenau was very close. So close, that I rarely locked the door. When some floormates saw this, they decided to use this opportunity to move everything in our room from one side to the other. It was such a beautiful prank that, upon entering the room, my first reaction was to make sure I was in the right room. When I realized it was the right room, it took me a while to figure out what had happened. That was, by far, the best prank I had ever seen (this was prior to the Internet posting stuff like this almost everyday).

5. What's something I don't know about you that would completely surprise me?
My mind is a dark, strange place where few have the temerity to tread (that's not a surprise, I know). When I was young, I read a book whose name escapes me, but I think it was called Starwolf. After reading this book, most of my doodles in high school took on a military theme with elaborate drawings of fight scenes between foot soldiers, armor, rocket ships, and a combination of these. From this I developed in my mind this intricate secret society of warriors where, like fielding a football team, high schools had to form armies to fight one another for supremacy. There were a lot of rules about hierarchy, command structure, engagement, etc. Naturally, in this dream scape, I was a superb soldier and commander who conquers most of the high schools east of the Mississippi before graduating (did I mention I daydream a lot). This elaborate and complicated day dream extended itself to my college days and so forth. I won't spend much time on this, but these thoughts still pop up in my head today. I know. I am deeply disturbed individual.
I have written this second paragraph about 3 times trying to give a surprising insight into my high school years. I actually have several, but I think I am going to go with this one: During my entire 4 years of high school, I never used the rest rooms there for fear of getting caught in the classic bully-nerd situation. Keep in mind, I was never threatened by anyone or made fun of in a demeaning way. I just feared the possibility so much, I never wanted to put myself in a situation where it might happen.