I found this great blog today and wanted to share. This gal really is feisty, in a good way!
Foxy Pink Cheetah: Feminism
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Friday, December 25, 2009
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Krista Tagged Me!
1. Where is your cell phone? In my purse? No! On the kitchen table. . .
2. Where is your significant other? At home? In his office? One of the two places. . .
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? At home
5. Your father? At home
6. Your favorite thing? Sleeping. . .spending time with my sweetheart
7. Your dream last night? I don't remember my dreams from last night.
8. Your dream/goal? Find a way to work part-time and have enough money to buy a nice house in a good neighborhood, travel two months out of the year, and have enough left over to put away for my future family.
9. The room your in? The living room
10. Your hobby? Running, reading, watching movies
11. Your fear? Of being a complete failure
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? I want to have my master's done, and have enough saved for a downpayment on a house.
13. Where were you last night? At home
14. What you're not? Superwoman. I have to keep reminding myself of that.
15. One of your wish-list items? Peace of mind.
16. Where you grew up? Ontario, CA or Cedar City, UT, depending on how you look at it.
17. The last thing you ate? I'm eating green bean casserole right now.
18. What are you wearing? pink velour thermal pjs. . . .
19. Your tv? A consolation prize from when my last boyfriend dumped me. I'm fixing to throw it out the window when I move.
20. Your pet? Does a lucky bamboo plant count?
21. Your computer? Asus lappy
22. Your mood? Moody and cranky
23. Missing someone? My sweetheart.
24. Your car? Toyota Yaris. One of these days I'll blog an ode to the Yaris. :)
25. Something your not wearing? Shoes
26. Favorite store? Barnes & Noble. Or Victoria's Secret. Take your pick. I haven't really frequented either one in months.
27. Your summer? Summer's over? Aw. :(
28. Love someone? Yes.
29. Your favorite color? Dark green.
30. When is the last time you laughed? Possibly today at something I read online.
31. Last time you cried? Tonight after I got out of the shower.
I'm supposed to tag someone, huh? I suppose if you read this, have a blog, and want to fill this out, I tag you. :)
I'm supposed to tag someone, huh? I suppose if you read this, have a blog, and want to fill this out, I tag you. :)
Friday, September 05, 2008
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Tag Tagged
Wow. I've survived until now I suppose.
4 Places I Visit Over and Over:
24 Hour Fitness on Century, my Chiropractor's office, Sprouts, the Chinese herbal store in Gardena
People who call/text/e-mail me regularly:
Don, Armen, Tom, and Sean (wow, all guys! You'd think my love life would reflect this! ;) )
Favorite Foods:
Strawberries, dark chocolate, ginger milk tea, tuna sashimi
Places I'd Rather Be:
Home (in bed, asleep), a museum (art or natural history), a rose garden (with roses that smell), a study filled with old books and leather couches
Movies I'd Watch Over and Over:
The English Patient, Under the Tuscan Sun, Batman Begins (until The Dark Knight releases on DVD), Hot Fuzz
Bands/Groups I Love To Listen To (I cheated and incorporated any musically talented person):
Michael Buble, Bobby Darin, Christina Aguilera, Jerry Goldsmith
I tag: Don, Dan, Time Traveller
4 Places I Visit Over and Over:
24 Hour Fitness on Century, my Chiropractor's office, Sprouts, the Chinese herbal store in Gardena
People who call/text/e-mail me regularly:
Don, Armen, Tom, and Sean (wow, all guys! You'd think my love life would reflect this! ;) )
Favorite Foods:
Strawberries, dark chocolate, ginger milk tea, tuna sashimi
Places I'd Rather Be:
Home (in bed, asleep), a museum (art or natural history), a rose garden (with roses that smell), a study filled with old books and leather couches
Movies I'd Watch Over and Over:
The English Patient, Under the Tuscan Sun, Batman Begins (until The Dark Knight releases on DVD), Hot Fuzz
Bands/Groups I Love To Listen To (I cheated and incorporated any musically talented person):
Michael Buble, Bobby Darin, Christina Aguilera, Jerry Goldsmith
I tag: Don, Dan, Time Traveller
Monday, May 19, 2008
Movie Review - The Good German
This is my 500th post.
I rented The Good German this weekend. I was expecting it to be kind of a letdown, because I read the book when the film was in theaters and the film is nothing like the book. You can just look at the trailer and tell a lot of the story is altered. Some of the same themes are there but the title character is different and the plot is all jumbled up.
Even if you haven't read the book the plot is still somewhat muddied, and you feel like the pacing is a bit too fast for the film. I suspect key scenes have ended up on the cutting room floor, because by the time everything unravels at the end you kind of wonder what just happened and why. Maybe I need to watch the film again.
I was really disappointed with Tobey Maguire's acting in this. It really seemed to me he was playing a version of Peter Parker in some black & white version of Spiderman 3. The character isn't the same, but the acting is. It's just such a blot on this noir homage.
I really loved Cate Blanchett's character in this film. She just plays the sort of tough, sensitive survivor that I think all women can really identify with. She steals every scene she's in.
I was somewhat unhappy with the ending because I felt George Clooney's character should have done something else. He doesn't because it conflicts with his moral compass, but you really have to question that.
In the sort of extreme situation that was Germany in WWII, anything you did that was not in line with the 3rd Reich would have you shot. So I think people chose to survive. When you choose between survival and getting shot or worse, sent to a concentration camp, what would you choose? Seriously?
Call me a bad person, but I think I would choose to survive. Not that I would be the first to jump on the "let's do evil" bandwagon, and not that I wouldn't have my ghosts that haunt me (because I would), but that I value life.
Or maybe I'm just not a person of integrity.
I rented The Good German this weekend. I was expecting it to be kind of a letdown, because I read the book when the film was in theaters and the film is nothing like the book. You can just look at the trailer and tell a lot of the story is altered. Some of the same themes are there but the title character is different and the plot is all jumbled up.
Even if you haven't read the book the plot is still somewhat muddied, and you feel like the pacing is a bit too fast for the film. I suspect key scenes have ended up on the cutting room floor, because by the time everything unravels at the end you kind of wonder what just happened and why. Maybe I need to watch the film again.
I was really disappointed with Tobey Maguire's acting in this. It really seemed to me he was playing a version of Peter Parker in some black & white version of Spiderman 3. The character isn't the same, but the acting is. It's just such a blot on this noir homage.
I really loved Cate Blanchett's character in this film. She just plays the sort of tough, sensitive survivor that I think all women can really identify with. She steals every scene she's in.
I was somewhat unhappy with the ending because I felt George Clooney's character should have done something else. He doesn't because it conflicts with his moral compass, but you really have to question that.
In the sort of extreme situation that was Germany in WWII, anything you did that was not in line with the 3rd Reich would have you shot. So I think people chose to survive. When you choose between survival and getting shot or worse, sent to a concentration camp, what would you choose? Seriously?
Call me a bad person, but I think I would choose to survive. Not that I would be the first to jump on the "let's do evil" bandwagon, and not that I wouldn't have my ghosts that haunt me (because I would), but that I value life.
Or maybe I'm just not a person of integrity.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
New Blog Link
I normally don't post new additions to my sidebar, but one of my dear friends from high school just moved to New York City and started a blog: utahgirlinnyc. So go check it out.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
New Sidebar Link - Eating Single
One of my friends from high school has started a new blog on eating solo. I've added a link to it on my side bar.
It's called Eating Single. Go check it out.
It's called Eating Single. Go check it out.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Moving Out, Moving On
I've moved my blog. I suspected an ex-boyfriend was cyberstalking me, and I decided that it would be best to move my blog and excise any/all mention of him from its text. If you happen to be the bastard who I'm referring to, please leave me alone. I don't want you in my life and the next step for me is to quit blogging permanently.
I'm not a fan of deleting or altering writing after the fact. Editing something that is active is one thing; it's a much different thing to edit the past. I'm not proud of myself for doing so, but I think it's in my best interest.
In reviewing older posts, I've really come a long way. I'm no longer religious. There are aspects of me that really like belonging to a church. But I would have to conclude that most churches would ask me to sacrifice too much of myself, to be someone I don't want to be, and I can't do that in good conscience.
I've dealt with a lot of jerks, creeps, and assholes in my dating life and in life in general. I'm really tired of that. It's easy to take advantage of me. I haven't learned how to protect myself from that yet.
I've been here for almost a year. Wow. It seems like a short time and yet also an eternity. There's so much I love about living in L.A.'s South Bay. Mostly the restaurants. I have yet to review FuRaiBo, my favorite Japanese place, or my favorite sushi place. Mmm. Sushi. It's been so long since I've had a decent California roll.
I think I've become a better author over the years; some of the early stuff I wrote was some real shit.
Blogging has even gained myself new friends. It's so hard to make friends these days and I cherish the ones I have. I miss hanging out with my friends from college, mostly Dan and Ben. They watched me go through some difficult times and helped me pick up the pieces. Thanks guys! I miss Theresa a lot too. I don't miss Butte though.
I'm not sure where this is going but my heart is sad right now. I'm confused and sorrow-filled and there's nothing I can do to change this particular situation right now. Am I a bad roommate? Am I a freak of nature? Why do I feel I suck at relationships? Am I a bad person or do I keep strange habits?
I don't want to get angry and act selfishly because in the end I'll lose what I want most. But to feel this way, makes me feel like I must be a masochist. I don't want to be a masochist, not really. I joke about it sometimes but I really do want to be happy. I don't want to be in pain or suffer needlessly. I don't want my heart or my head to hurt anymore. I don't want to be an insomniac.
Maybe I'm just weak now. I used to be so tough. Maybe I was never tough and just deluding myself and the self that I am now is the self I've always been.
Wow. I need to get some sleep. Or open up another bottle.
But I don't want to drink alone. I guess it's the bed for me.
I'm not a fan of deleting or altering writing after the fact. Editing something that is active is one thing; it's a much different thing to edit the past. I'm not proud of myself for doing so, but I think it's in my best interest.
In reviewing older posts, I've really come a long way. I'm no longer religious. There are aspects of me that really like belonging to a church. But I would have to conclude that most churches would ask me to sacrifice too much of myself, to be someone I don't want to be, and I can't do that in good conscience.
I've dealt with a lot of jerks, creeps, and assholes in my dating life and in life in general. I'm really tired of that. It's easy to take advantage of me. I haven't learned how to protect myself from that yet.
I've been here for almost a year. Wow. It seems like a short time and yet also an eternity. There's so much I love about living in L.A.'s South Bay. Mostly the restaurants. I have yet to review FuRaiBo, my favorite Japanese place, or my favorite sushi place. Mmm. Sushi. It's been so long since I've had a decent California roll.
I think I've become a better author over the years; some of the early stuff I wrote was some real shit.
Blogging has even gained myself new friends. It's so hard to make friends these days and I cherish the ones I have. I miss hanging out with my friends from college, mostly Dan and Ben. They watched me go through some difficult times and helped me pick up the pieces. Thanks guys! I miss Theresa a lot too. I don't miss Butte though.
I'm not sure where this is going but my heart is sad right now. I'm confused and sorrow-filled and there's nothing I can do to change this particular situation right now. Am I a bad roommate? Am I a freak of nature? Why do I feel I suck at relationships? Am I a bad person or do I keep strange habits?
I don't want to get angry and act selfishly because in the end I'll lose what I want most. But to feel this way, makes me feel like I must be a masochist. I don't want to be a masochist, not really. I joke about it sometimes but I really do want to be happy. I don't want to be in pain or suffer needlessly. I don't want my heart or my head to hurt anymore. I don't want to be an insomniac.
Maybe I'm just weak now. I used to be so tough. Maybe I was never tough and just deluding myself and the self that I am now is the self I've always been.
Wow. I need to get some sleep. Or open up another bottle.
But I don't want to drink alone. I guess it's the bed for me.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The Blogofractal
The Blogofractal
My favorites:
Snakes on a I don't even care anymore
Hey guys what if Google is evil?!?
MAKE blog: DIY baby
Watch this toddler get owned by a squirrel!
My favorites:
Snakes on a I don't even care anymore
Hey guys what if Google is evil?!?
MAKE blog: DIY baby
Watch this toddler get owned by a squirrel!
Friday, October 13, 2006
Blog Addiction
It's relatively easy to get addicted to reading others' blogs.
While most blogs are sappy, not intellectually nutritional, and/or unreadable, there are still lots of good blogs out there.
One of my new friends is an Iraq War veteran, and I was looking into what the World of Blogs had in store by way of people in Iraq.
This is what I came up with.
Today In Iraq
Baghdad Burning
Sgt Hook
Boots In Baghdad
A Day In Iraq
There's lots of other good stuff out there, too, but this is what I found on short notice and appeared to be worthwhile to read.
Now I want to pick up a copy of Blog of War.
While most blogs are sappy, not intellectually nutritional, and/or unreadable, there are still lots of good blogs out there.
One of my new friends is an Iraq War veteran, and I was looking into what the World of Blogs had in store by way of people in Iraq.
This is what I came up with.
Today In Iraq
Baghdad Burning
Sgt Hook
Boots In Baghdad
A Day In Iraq
There's lots of other good stuff out there, too, but this is what I found on short notice and appeared to be worthwhile to read.
Now I want to pick up a copy of Blog of War.
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