From Sunday Stealing
Nerd Alert Meme
1. Favorite childhood book?
A. Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery, tied with Miss Osborne the Mop, by Wilson Gage.
2. What are you reading right now?
A. Factory Man, by Beth Macy. It's nonfiction, and written by a local writer.
3. What books do you have on request at the library?
A. None at the moment.
4. Bad book habit?
A. Eating while I read.
5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
A. A Stephanie Plum book, a Fannie Flagg book, a Stuart Woods book, and an Anita Shreve book.
6. Do you have an e-reader?
A. Yes, I have both a Nook and a Kindle.
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
A. I prefer one at a time, though I always have an audiobook on in the car, so generally I have at least two going at once.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
A. No.
9. Least favourite book you read this year (so far)?
A. Runaway, by Alice Munro
10. Favorite book you’ve read this year?
A. The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd
11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
A. You mean, like every time I pick up the newspaper? Or reading horror or true crime when I don't really care for them? I read the newspaper every day and find some of that quite uncomfortable.
12. What is your reading comfort zone?
A. I'm not sure I understand these questions, but I like fantasy, mysteries, etc., so long as they don't get overly gruesome or pornographic.
13. Can you read on the bus?
A. I used to when I was younger. I doubt I could now.
14. Favorite place to read?
A. In my green chair.
15. What is your policy on book lending?
A. If it is a book that I have read or one that I don't care about having in my personal library, I lend them. I never lend out a book and expect to actually get it back.
16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
A. I have at times. Mostly I use book marks, though.
17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
A. Very seldom.
18. Not even with text books?
A. Not even with text books.
19. A book you didn’t expect to like but did?
A. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce.
20. What makes you love a book?
A. Good writing. Good characters, interesting plot, nice descriptions, and a little something to think about.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Saturday 9: Moon River
Saturday 9: Moon River (1962)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is featured in a Dove candy bar commercial. What's your favorite way to enjoy chocolate (cookie, candy bar, ice cream, hot cocoa, etc.)?
A. I like chocolate any way I can get it. I suppose I prefer a candy bar, though. And no coconut.
2) It was originally written for the movie, Breakfast at Tiffany's. Where's the best place to eat breakfast in your neighborhood?
A. Cracker Barrel.
3) Were you able to see the moon last night?
A. I don't know. I didn't look.
4) When Andy Williams' show was first telecast in color, viewers commented on how very blue his eyes were. What's the first thing you notice about a person?
A. How they are standing and whether or not they invade personal space. Ominous-looking people scare me.
5) The Andy Williams Show gave the Osmond Brothers their first national exposure. When younger sister Marie joined the act, she made her debut on his show, as well. Let's say you have just been bumped up to first-class for a three hour flight. Which Osmond would you prefer as your seatmate, Donny or Marie?
A. Marie.
6) Even though Andy was a millionaire many times over, he was still careful with money, once saying he would never pay more than $50 for a haircut. This leaves Sam shaking her head, because she spares no expense when it comes to her hair. What's something you splurge on?
A. I used to get a massage every six weeks or so.
7) Andy's Moon River Theater still draws tourists to Branson, MO. Have you ever been to the Ozarks?
A. I think I may have been through there but I am not certain.
8) Andy had a discerning eye for Native American art. His collection of Navajo rugs was sold at auction for nearly $1,000,000. Have you ever bid on an auction?
A. Yes, I have. Many times. I've bought tools, glassware, and books at auctions.
9) Andy told an interviewer that his earliest memory was hiding from a storm in the cellar of his family's Iowa home. What's your earliest memory?
A. I remember running into the house to tell my mother there was something horrible wrapped around the tree in the front yard. I was so scared I couldn't speak, but finally she understood that it was a snake. I had been playing right at it for a long time before I saw it.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is featured in a Dove candy bar commercial. What's your favorite way to enjoy chocolate (cookie, candy bar, ice cream, hot cocoa, etc.)?
A. I like chocolate any way I can get it. I suppose I prefer a candy bar, though. And no coconut.
2) It was originally written for the movie, Breakfast at Tiffany's. Where's the best place to eat breakfast in your neighborhood?
A. Cracker Barrel.
3) Were you able to see the moon last night?
A. I don't know. I didn't look.
4) When Andy Williams' show was first telecast in color, viewers commented on how very blue his eyes were. What's the first thing you notice about a person?
A. How they are standing and whether or not they invade personal space. Ominous-looking people scare me.
5) The Andy Williams Show gave the Osmond Brothers their first national exposure. When younger sister Marie joined the act, she made her debut on his show, as well. Let's say you have just been bumped up to first-class for a three hour flight. Which Osmond would you prefer as your seatmate, Donny or Marie?
A. Marie.
6) Even though Andy was a millionaire many times over, he was still careful with money, once saying he would never pay more than $50 for a haircut. This leaves Sam shaking her head, because she spares no expense when it comes to her hair. What's something you splurge on?
A. I used to get a massage every six weeks or so.
7) Andy's Moon River Theater still draws tourists to Branson, MO. Have you ever been to the Ozarks?
A. I think I may have been through there but I am not certain.
8) Andy had a discerning eye for Native American art. His collection of Navajo rugs was sold at auction for nearly $1,000,000. Have you ever bid on an auction?
A. Yes, I have. Many times. I've bought tools, glassware, and books at auctions.
9) Andy told an interviewer that his earliest memory was hiding from a storm in the cellar of his family's Iowa home. What's your earliest memory?
A. I remember running into the house to tell my mother there was something horrible wrapped around the tree in the front yard. I was so scared I couldn't speak, but finally she understood that it was a snake. I had been playing right at it for a long time before I saw it.
Friday, October 24, 2014
I Could Spit and Hit
This little buck is in my front yard, just outside my office window. I swear I could open the window and spit on him, he's that close!
Clouds, Not Eclipse
I really wanted to see the partial solar eclipse yesterday, but when the time came, alas, there were clouds.
I even had my pin-point paper and all set up to see the thing, but there was nothing but cloud.
And while it made for pretty sunset shots, it did not make for a good eclipse.
And it wasn't long before the sun was behind Tinker Mountain and I couldn't see it anyway.
I even had my pin-point paper and all set up to see the thing, but there was nothing but cloud.
And while it made for pretty sunset shots, it did not make for a good eclipse.
And it wasn't long before the sun was behind Tinker Mountain and I couldn't see it anyway.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Thursday Thirteen
1. Today is National Mole Day. Apparently this is not to celebrate either the growths on the body or the little things that plow burrows in the yard, but instead is a celebration of some kind of math equation. Go figure.
2. I read frequently about habitat and how the loss of it is greatly upsetting our ecosystem. The migration of monarch butterflies is one example. The collapse of honey bee hives is another. At one point there was a lot of talk about frogs being a barometer of things gone awry. I've noticed it in some migration patterns. For example, late this spring we had a flock of white pelicans on the pond. It was a first in anybody's memory. We have more Canadian geese in the fall. We also have stink bugs now, which up until about five years ago were things I'd never even heard of.
3. Hunting season has returned to Virginia. I was reminded of this earlier this week when I went trucking through the house without a stitch on, seeking out the clothing I wanted in the laundry room, only to emit a quick screech and slink back into the other part of the house for my robe when I realized there were strange vehicles in the driveway, and hunters standing around in camo. Fortunately, they all had their backs to the house as they were watching the woods. They were my husband's friends, but still. You don't want to give people a heart attack.
4. I have 19 items on my to-do list at the moment. If I get the top three done I will consider it a good day. My suspicion is that I won't, though I may knock a few things off the list.
5. CNN says China is going to the moon. I was disheartened when we began defunding NASA and it saddens me to see our space program in the toilet. I watched every space launch that I could, including the one in 1969 when a human being first stepped on the moon. I have cried when shuttles exploded and lives were lost, but the space program offered us hope as a nation and gave us a common ground for national pride, something we seem to be lacking these days. That is, unless you want to be proud of being first in the world in the number of people per capita you incarcerate, or first in the world in military spending, which I do not and am not.
6. Speaking of space stuff, there is a partial eclipse of the sun late this afternoon, visible in the US. Apparently it begins around 5:50 p.m., close to sunset. Don't look directly at the sun as it can damage your eyes. And looking at through a digital camera is not something I recommend, either.
7. I've been seeing a lot of posts about health care insurance costs. Most of these blame the Affordable Care Act (I refuse to call it by its misnomer, though the media does it), but our health insurance has been rising steadily since the 1990s, and even with an employer picking up the tab for one of us, we pay out more than $9,000 a year just to insure the other one on the same policy. The insurance company was constantly bullying us about medications and doctor visits pre-ACA. I don't think the ACA was a good deal - I think it was a gift to private insurance companies - but I also think the insurance companies have looked for and found every loophole they can to increase premiums and deny claims. I'm grateful we have health insurance - we'd be bankrupt if we didn't, given my poor health and my husband's accident this summer - but yes, it is expensive. It is not, however, as expensive as the $100,000+ it would have cost us out-of-pocket to save my husband's arm. So I guess in the long run, you need to ask yourself if you're worth it or not. Maybe you can do without an arm.
8. In the meantime, we need real health care reform, and for me that means a national single payer system. Yes, Medicare for all. Of course it would not be perfect, but then absolutely nothing dreamed up in the human brain is. I would, however, like for everyone to have the opportunity to keep their limbs should they have an unfortunate accident.
9. I am who I am. I don't need anyone's permission to be me. Nor do I need anyone's permission to dream, big or small, or to do much of anything else for that matter. Unless I am invading someone's personal space, they really don't have much of a say over what I do. But when I am invading personal space - whether with words, too close in body contact, with cigarette smoke, perfume or whatever - then yeah, they - and I - have the right to say something. It's called boundaries. Like Baby said in Dirty Dancing, "This is your dance space, this is my dance space. Spaghetti arms!" Or something to that effect.
10. Some days coming up with 13 somethings is tough. Today is one of them. Can you tell?
11. This is my horoscope for today from tarot.com: "It's not too late to improve your daily routine, even if it's an upgrade you should have made much sooner. Today's Scorpio Solar Eclipse plants the seeds in your 6th House of Habits, indicating sudden changes that can set a series of profound consequences into motion. The potential is greater than you realize, so make every action count as much as possible while you have the planetary magic on your side."
12. Psalm 121: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. Levavi Oculos in Latin. It's the motto of Hollins University, my alma mater. I've been putting it in my blog header for about two years and not once has anyone asked me about it. But that would be the answer to the question.
13. And speaking of Hollins, I just received a notice in my email that it's Tinker Day. Tinker Day is a day off from classes given each October; only the president of the university knows the date. The students find out about 7 a.m. that classes are cancelled. They dress up, perform skits, and climb to the top of Tinker Mountain, where they are served up fried chicken and Tinker cake trucked up by the college staff. The tradition dates back to the 1880s. Enjoy your day, young ladies. You are our best hope for tomorrow.
Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here. I've been playing for a while and this is my 366th time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday.
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| Pelicans on the farm pond |
3. Hunting season has returned to Virginia. I was reminded of this earlier this week when I went trucking through the house without a stitch on, seeking out the clothing I wanted in the laundry room, only to emit a quick screech and slink back into the other part of the house for my robe when I realized there were strange vehicles in the driveway, and hunters standing around in camo. Fortunately, they all had their backs to the house as they were watching the woods. They were my husband's friends, but still. You don't want to give people a heart attack.
4. I have 19 items on my to-do list at the moment. If I get the top three done I will consider it a good day. My suspicion is that I won't, though I may knock a few things off the list.
5. CNN says China is going to the moon. I was disheartened when we began defunding NASA and it saddens me to see our space program in the toilet. I watched every space launch that I could, including the one in 1969 when a human being first stepped on the moon. I have cried when shuttles exploded and lives were lost, but the space program offered us hope as a nation and gave us a common ground for national pride, something we seem to be lacking these days. That is, unless you want to be proud of being first in the world in the number of people per capita you incarcerate, or first in the world in military spending, which I do not and am not.
6. Speaking of space stuff, there is a partial eclipse of the sun late this afternoon, visible in the US. Apparently it begins around 5:50 p.m., close to sunset. Don't look directly at the sun as it can damage your eyes. And looking at through a digital camera is not something I recommend, either.
7. I've been seeing a lot of posts about health care insurance costs. Most of these blame the Affordable Care Act (I refuse to call it by its misnomer, though the media does it), but our health insurance has been rising steadily since the 1990s, and even with an employer picking up the tab for one of us, we pay out more than $9,000 a year just to insure the other one on the same policy. The insurance company was constantly bullying us about medications and doctor visits pre-ACA. I don't think the ACA was a good deal - I think it was a gift to private insurance companies - but I also think the insurance companies have looked for and found every loophole they can to increase premiums and deny claims. I'm grateful we have health insurance - we'd be bankrupt if we didn't, given my poor health and my husband's accident this summer - but yes, it is expensive. It is not, however, as expensive as the $100,000+ it would have cost us out-of-pocket to save my husband's arm. So I guess in the long run, you need to ask yourself if you're worth it or not. Maybe you can do without an arm.
8. In the meantime, we need real health care reform, and for me that means a national single payer system. Yes, Medicare for all. Of course it would not be perfect, but then absolutely nothing dreamed up in the human brain is. I would, however, like for everyone to have the opportunity to keep their limbs should they have an unfortunate accident.
9. I am who I am. I don't need anyone's permission to be me. Nor do I need anyone's permission to dream, big or small, or to do much of anything else for that matter. Unless I am invading someone's personal space, they really don't have much of a say over what I do. But when I am invading personal space - whether with words, too close in body contact, with cigarette smoke, perfume or whatever - then yeah, they - and I - have the right to say something. It's called boundaries. Like Baby said in Dirty Dancing, "This is your dance space, this is my dance space. Spaghetti arms!" Or something to that effect.
10. Some days coming up with 13 somethings is tough. Today is one of them. Can you tell?
11. This is my horoscope for today from tarot.com: "It's not too late to improve your daily routine, even if it's an upgrade you should have made much sooner. Today's Scorpio Solar Eclipse plants the seeds in your 6th House of Habits, indicating sudden changes that can set a series of profound consequences into motion. The potential is greater than you realize, so make every action count as much as possible while you have the planetary magic on your side."
12. Psalm 121: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. Levavi Oculos in Latin. It's the motto of Hollins University, my alma mater. I've been putting it in my blog header for about two years and not once has anyone asked me about it. But that would be the answer to the question.
13. And speaking of Hollins, I just received a notice in my email that it's Tinker Day. Tinker Day is a day off from classes given each October; only the president of the university knows the date. The students find out about 7 a.m. that classes are cancelled. They dress up, perform skits, and climb to the top of Tinker Mountain, where they are served up fried chicken and Tinker cake trucked up by the college staff. The tradition dates back to the 1880s. Enjoy your day, young ladies. You are our best hope for tomorrow.
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| Tinker Mountain in the background |
Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here. I've been playing for a while and this is my 366th time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
More Purty Pictures
This is looking back at the farm from the Botetourt Sports Complex.
This is Uncle Bill's house, nestled in the trees.
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I am doing better compared to when I was at my worst, but I am still nowhere close to where I was pre-gallbladder surgery in June 2013. I still can't believe that such a "simple" surgery has completely changed my life, and not for the better. My activity level has been reduced significantly, and my pain level remains high. It is tough to walk around with a level 5 pain in your belly all the time. It is especially difficult when it shoots on up there to an 8 and bends you double.
On top of that, scar tissue and adhesions have pulled my hip out of alignment and created a problem in my gait, which has caused severe and chronic tendonitis in my foot. The pain in my ankle feels like someone is hammering hot spikes up my foot and into my calf. I have been using a cane off and on now for nearly a year. I have good days when I don't need it around the house, but I don't dare do something like venture into Walmart without it.
My husband is doing very well following his horrific accident with the hay baler. He still has some mobility issues in his hand, and I am concerned about the cold weather. I fear it will bother him and cause him some pain this winter. However, he is back to work and mostly doing everything he was before, with some modifications. I am so thankful he is recovering well, and grateful his injury was not worse.
The last two years have certainly not turned out like I had hoped. But I guess that is how life happens: when you least expect it, a beer truck comes crashing through your house. Not that this has happened, but it kind of feels like it.
Anyway, I hope that you, dear reader, are well and spending your days feeling loved and comforted, and in good health. Thank you as always for taking a look at my little corner of the world. I am grateful that you take the time to share it.
CountryDew aka Anita
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Watching the Weight
It's no secret that I am overweight. I've mentioned it here before and anyone who looks at me can see that I could stand to starve for a few days and it wouldn't kill me.
Dieting is harder for some than others. My weight issues began around the same time I started having trouble with endometriosis. Doctors put me on drugs that they now admit causes terrible hormone imbalances and weight gain. Twenty-five years ago, though, I was told that the medicines had nothing to do with weight gain, even though I put on about 30 pounds in six weeks without changing a thing in my diet.
Drugs change you, and change you forever. I seriously doubt I could ever get back to the weight I was when I married simply because my hormones are so screwy.
Of course, I have picked up some bad eating habits along the way. I also don't care for cooking, which makes convenience foods attractive. And then there are those hours when I grow bored and a perhaps a little lonely, and my friend Mr. Chocolate Bar saves the day.
I used to tell myself that I wasn't *that* overweight - I wasn't one of those women whose body fat droops over the edge of the chair, the ones with bellies hanging out of shirts or whatever. The ones driving around on the little cart in Walmart because they can't haul their own body weight around. And I am not that large, but I am at an unhealthy weight.
Serving sizes are a constant challenge. This morning, for example, I chose to eat a fat-free Pop Tart. I've gone back on Weight Watchers and so that's 5 points gone for today, and I only have 29 points all day long. But there are two Pop Tarts in a baggy in the box. If a serving is one single Pop Tart, why don't they put them in separate baggies? Because of course the other one is going to go stale before I get back around to wanting another 5-point Pop Tart. I don't eat them that often. A box of those will last me a month.
Nobody I know actually eats 1/2 cup of cereal, or drinks a half bottle of pop, or eats just 1/3 of a can of Vienna Sausages. They eat a bowl full of cereal, which is at least a cup if not more, and they drink the whole bottle of soda, and they eat all the little Vienna Sausages in a can.
While I take full responsibility for the state of my health, it would be nice if the food industry would also look over the corn stalks and take responsibility for its role in America's obesity epidemic. They don't have to supersize it, and shouldn't a serving of Pop Tarts, when there are two to a baggy, be listed as two of the darned things?
Virginia has a reported obesity rate of 25-30 percent of the population. Right next door, West Virginia has an obesity rate above 35 percent! Nationwide, about 34 percent (78 million) of Americans are obese. Not just overweight, but obese. If you count the folks who are just a little overweight but not yet obese, at least half of the nation is in need of a diet.
I have lost weight on Weight Watchers before. I manage to make it about 3 months before something happens - a holiday comes up, or I simply tire out, or I become ill and then can't get back on track with the diet. I've had so many new health issues pop up in the last 14 months that dieting has been the least of my concerns, but I need to worry about it now.
People who don't have weight issues have no idea how much of a struggle it is to deal with eating problems. It's not like being an alcoholic - you don't have to drink bourbon in order to live. But you have to eat.
The thing I most dislike about Weight Watchers is that I don't think it teaches you how to eat well or how to eat healthily. If you look at some of the foods they recommend - mostly their own brands of snack foods - they are full of stuff I don't want in my body. Aspartame or sucralose, carrageen - all sorts of things that aren't good for you. So Weight Watchers is really all about the money, like most things in the USA, and not about making people healthy. Weight Watchers does help with portion controls and if you stick to the points and simply stop eating when you hit your daily allowance, it works.
However, I want to learn how to eat well and live a healthy lifestyle. My head knows how to do this, sort of, but there is some disconnect between my brain and the rest of me. I've read enough books on the topic to know to eat fresh veggies and as little processed foods as possible, but that not-liking-to-cook thing gets me every time.
Also, at present I can't exercise much because of pain issues. Whatever is wrong with me simply isn't going away.
If you've been successful at dieting and have any tips, I am open to them.
Dieting is harder for some than others. My weight issues began around the same time I started having trouble with endometriosis. Doctors put me on drugs that they now admit causes terrible hormone imbalances and weight gain. Twenty-five years ago, though, I was told that the medicines had nothing to do with weight gain, even though I put on about 30 pounds in six weeks without changing a thing in my diet.
Drugs change you, and change you forever. I seriously doubt I could ever get back to the weight I was when I married simply because my hormones are so screwy.
Of course, I have picked up some bad eating habits along the way. I also don't care for cooking, which makes convenience foods attractive. And then there are those hours when I grow bored and a perhaps a little lonely, and my friend Mr. Chocolate Bar saves the day.
I used to tell myself that I wasn't *that* overweight - I wasn't one of those women whose body fat droops over the edge of the chair, the ones with bellies hanging out of shirts or whatever. The ones driving around on the little cart in Walmart because they can't haul their own body weight around. And I am not that large, but I am at an unhealthy weight.
Serving sizes are a constant challenge. This morning, for example, I chose to eat a fat-free Pop Tart. I've gone back on Weight Watchers and so that's 5 points gone for today, and I only have 29 points all day long. But there are two Pop Tarts in a baggy in the box. If a serving is one single Pop Tart, why don't they put them in separate baggies? Because of course the other one is going to go stale before I get back around to wanting another 5-point Pop Tart. I don't eat them that often. A box of those will last me a month.
Nobody I know actually eats 1/2 cup of cereal, or drinks a half bottle of pop, or eats just 1/3 of a can of Vienna Sausages. They eat a bowl full of cereal, which is at least a cup if not more, and they drink the whole bottle of soda, and they eat all the little Vienna Sausages in a can.
While I take full responsibility for the state of my health, it would be nice if the food industry would also look over the corn stalks and take responsibility for its role in America's obesity epidemic. They don't have to supersize it, and shouldn't a serving of Pop Tarts, when there are two to a baggy, be listed as two of the darned things?
Virginia has a reported obesity rate of 25-30 percent of the population. Right next door, West Virginia has an obesity rate above 35 percent! Nationwide, about 34 percent (78 million) of Americans are obese. Not just overweight, but obese. If you count the folks who are just a little overweight but not yet obese, at least half of the nation is in need of a diet.
I have lost weight on Weight Watchers before. I manage to make it about 3 months before something happens - a holiday comes up, or I simply tire out, or I become ill and then can't get back on track with the diet. I've had so many new health issues pop up in the last 14 months that dieting has been the least of my concerns, but I need to worry about it now.
People who don't have weight issues have no idea how much of a struggle it is to deal with eating problems. It's not like being an alcoholic - you don't have to drink bourbon in order to live. But you have to eat.
The thing I most dislike about Weight Watchers is that I don't think it teaches you how to eat well or how to eat healthily. If you look at some of the foods they recommend - mostly their own brands of snack foods - they are full of stuff I don't want in my body. Aspartame or sucralose, carrageen - all sorts of things that aren't good for you. So Weight Watchers is really all about the money, like most things in the USA, and not about making people healthy. Weight Watchers does help with portion controls and if you stick to the points and simply stop eating when you hit your daily allowance, it works.
However, I want to learn how to eat well and live a healthy lifestyle. My head knows how to do this, sort of, but there is some disconnect between my brain and the rest of me. I've read enough books on the topic to know to eat fresh veggies and as little processed foods as possible, but that not-liking-to-cook thing gets me every time.
Also, at present I can't exercise much because of pain issues. Whatever is wrong with me simply isn't going away.
If you've been successful at dieting and have any tips, I am open to them.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Sunday Stealing: Let's Talk Travel
From Sunday Stealing
Let's Talk Travel Meme
01. Ok let’s talk travel, do you like to travel?
A. I used to, but the older I get the more I just want to stay home.
02. Where have you been?
A. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Spain, and France. I may be missing some states in there.
03. Next place you want to go?
A. I would love to visit England, Scotland, and Ireland. I would also like to take my husband to see the Grand Canyon.
04. What is something you MUST take with you when you travel?
A. My medication.
05. How do you like to travel? (mode of transportation)
A. Car. That will make going to Europe a little difficult, won't it.
06. With someone, or alone?
A. With someone.
07. Do you dance in your car when there are other people with you?
A. Um. I can't stand up in my car. But if you mean, do you sing aloud and move about when a good song comes on, then yes.
08. If you're quiet what does it mean?
A. It means I am thinking, I have nothing to say, or I am tired.
09. Favorite scent?
A. Chocolate chip cookies baking.
10. Favorite store?
A. Any bookstore will do.
11. Say you wanted coffee ... what kind is your favorite?
A. I do not drink coffee.
12. Favorite kind of pizza?
A. The round kind.
13. Do you get embarrassed easily?
A. Yes. This question has my face flaming red.
14. Do you mind people asking you personal questions?
A. Apparently not, since I do these meme things every week.
15. You have a tank of gas, $50, and the day off . . . what do you do?
A. Go home and read a book.
16. Favorite TV show?
A. I have recently enjoyed Masters of Sex, and I am looking forward to the final season of The Newsroom. I also like The Big Bang Theory, Bill Maher, and Survivor, which I have watched from its inception and have no idea why I still turn it on.
17. Song you turn the volume up all the way to listen to?
A. Band on the Run, by McCartney and the Wings. Or anything by the Eagles. Actually, I do that for most songs that were performed in the 1970s.
18. Something you keep in your car?
A. A box of tissues.
19. Highlight of your day?
A. Hugging my husband.
20. Something you do everyday that you wish you didn’t have to do?
A. Household chores of any kind.
21. Do you mind if people just show up at your house unannounced?
A. They generally don't, but I don't mind if they do. I might cringe if the living room is a wreck but you can't worry about stuff like that forever.
22. What do you do when you disagree with someone?
A. Shut up and change the subject.
23. Do you enjoy rain?
A. I like it for a while, but not every day.
24. Who’s your favorite person in the whole world . . . besides me?
A. My husband. He's the best.
Let's Talk Travel Meme
01. Ok let’s talk travel, do you like to travel?
A. I used to, but the older I get the more I just want to stay home.
02. Where have you been?
A. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Spain, and France. I may be missing some states in there.
03. Next place you want to go?
A. I would love to visit England, Scotland, and Ireland. I would also like to take my husband to see the Grand Canyon.
04. What is something you MUST take with you when you travel?
A. My medication.
05. How do you like to travel? (mode of transportation)
A. Car. That will make going to Europe a little difficult, won't it.
06. With someone, or alone?
A. With someone.
07. Do you dance in your car when there are other people with you?
A. Um. I can't stand up in my car. But if you mean, do you sing aloud and move about when a good song comes on, then yes.
08. If you're quiet what does it mean?
A. It means I am thinking, I have nothing to say, or I am tired.
09. Favorite scent?
A. Chocolate chip cookies baking.
10. Favorite store?
A. Any bookstore will do.
11. Say you wanted coffee ... what kind is your favorite?
A. I do not drink coffee.
12. Favorite kind of pizza?
A. The round kind.
13. Do you get embarrassed easily?
A. Yes. This question has my face flaming red.
14. Do you mind people asking you personal questions?
A. Apparently not, since I do these meme things every week.
15. You have a tank of gas, $50, and the day off . . . what do you do?
A. Go home and read a book.
16. Favorite TV show?
A. I have recently enjoyed Masters of Sex, and I am looking forward to the final season of The Newsroom. I also like The Big Bang Theory, Bill Maher, and Survivor, which I have watched from its inception and have no idea why I still turn it on.
17. Song you turn the volume up all the way to listen to?
A. Band on the Run, by McCartney and the Wings. Or anything by the Eagles. Actually, I do that for most songs that were performed in the 1970s.
18. Something you keep in your car?
A. A box of tissues.
19. Highlight of your day?
A. Hugging my husband.
20. Something you do everyday that you wish you didn’t have to do?
A. Household chores of any kind.
21. Do you mind if people just show up at your house unannounced?
A. They generally don't, but I don't mind if they do. I might cringe if the living room is a wreck but you can't worry about stuff like that forever.
22. What do you do when you disagree with someone?
A. Shut up and change the subject.
23. Do you enjoy rain?
A. I like it for a while, but not every day.
24. Who’s your favorite person in the whole world . . . besides me?
A. My husband. He's the best.
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Saturday 9: The Power of Love
Saturday 9: The Power of Love (1985)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) In this song, Huey explains that you don't need a credit card to find love. What's the last thing you charged?
A. Groceries. I have a great card that gives cash back for everything you buy, and I put the groceries on it and pay it off once a month.
2) This song was written for Back to the Future. At the beginning of the movie, hero Marty McFly traveled around town on his skateboard. Are you good on a skateboard?
A. I broke my foot on a skateboard when I was young, so I would say no.
3) Huey sings lead and his backup group is The News. Was the most recent news you heard bad or good?
A. There's that Ebola stuff in the news. One guy dies from an illness and the nation panics; nearly 10,000 people have been killed by guns since the Newtown shootings, and we can't even talk about it. In state news, the Republican candidate for Virginia senator seems to have run out of cash. Locally, the Town of Fincastle is getting ready to switch over to one-way streets!
4) Huey's mother, Maria, was born in Poland. Who is the first member of your family to be born in the US of A?
A. I am not sure. I've been where I am for at least 8 generations, with relatives who fought in the American Revolution, so it would be one of my many-greats grandparents.
5) Brainy Huey got a perfect score on the math portion of the SAT. Did you take the SAT? How did you do?
A. I did take the SAT. I don't remember the score (it was about 33 years ago!) but I do remember it wasn't as good as it should have been, given that I was an A student who graduated 5th in my class. I didn't test well.
6) This song also hit #1 in Australia, where anzac biscuits are popular. To make them (the recipe is here) you need coconut. Do you have any coconut in your home right now?
A. I despise coconut.
7) Thinking of dessert, would you rather have cookies, cake, pie, ice cream or frozen yogurt?
A. Chocolate cake.
8) We're definitely into autumn now. What will you remember most about Summer 2014?
A. My husband getting his hand caught in a hay baler will definitely be one for the books. He is doing very well now. He still has some mobility issues but the doctor has told him to do whatever he wanted.
9) Tell us your superhero name, as determined by the color of your shirt and an item directly to your right. For example, Sam fights crime as The Gold Kleenex Box!
A. CountryDew fights crime as the Blue Calculator.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) In this song, Huey explains that you don't need a credit card to find love. What's the last thing you charged?
A. Groceries. I have a great card that gives cash back for everything you buy, and I put the groceries on it and pay it off once a month.
2) This song was written for Back to the Future. At the beginning of the movie, hero Marty McFly traveled around town on his skateboard. Are you good on a skateboard?
A. I broke my foot on a skateboard when I was young, so I would say no.
3) Huey sings lead and his backup group is The News. Was the most recent news you heard bad or good?
A. There's that Ebola stuff in the news. One guy dies from an illness and the nation panics; nearly 10,000 people have been killed by guns since the Newtown shootings, and we can't even talk about it. In state news, the Republican candidate for Virginia senator seems to have run out of cash. Locally, the Town of Fincastle is getting ready to switch over to one-way streets!
4) Huey's mother, Maria, was born in Poland. Who is the first member of your family to be born in the US of A?
A. I am not sure. I've been where I am for at least 8 generations, with relatives who fought in the American Revolution, so it would be one of my many-greats grandparents.
5) Brainy Huey got a perfect score on the math portion of the SAT. Did you take the SAT? How did you do?
A. I did take the SAT. I don't remember the score (it was about 33 years ago!) but I do remember it wasn't as good as it should have been, given that I was an A student who graduated 5th in my class. I didn't test well.
6) This song also hit #1 in Australia, where anzac biscuits are popular. To make them (the recipe is here) you need coconut. Do you have any coconut in your home right now?
A. I despise coconut.
7) Thinking of dessert, would you rather have cookies, cake, pie, ice cream or frozen yogurt?
A. Chocolate cake.
8) We're definitely into autumn now. What will you remember most about Summer 2014?
A. My husband getting his hand caught in a hay baler will definitely be one for the books. He is doing very well now. He still has some mobility issues but the doctor has told him to do whatever he wanted.
9) Tell us your superhero name, as determined by the color of your shirt and an item directly to your right. For example, Sam fights crime as The Gold Kleenex Box!
A. CountryDew fights crime as the Blue Calculator.
Friday, October 17, 2014
How I Met My Husband
This is the week of the anniversary of the day I met my husband.
The day was much like this one - Autumn in full bloom, the trees bursting with color. It was a Friday and I was a year out of high school, still trying to find myself. It was October 15, 1982. Ronald Reagan was president, nobody knew what a cell phone was, and the Internet wasn't on anybody's mind. People actually carried on conversations in person and did not text, if you can believe it.
A friend suggested we go to the annual Lord Botetourt/James River school football game. The two in-county high schools had a keen rivalry, and there was sure to be folks there we knew.
My husband-to-be was standing under the goal posts in the end zone (I don't think they let you do that anymore), hanging out with his buddies. Somehow or another (prearranged by friends, I think), we ended up standing together.
Conversation was slow. I asked questions about the game even though I knew football and didn't need the answers.
Finally, he asked me if I'd go out with him the next night. I told him I couldn't, as I had plans to celebrate my parents' anniversary.
After the game, I went to Mike's Market, located in what is now Bellacino's. He showed up there, too. My friend suddenly told me she had a ride home, and I should go dancing with this new fellow.
And so I did. We went to the dance hall at the Ramada Inn, which is no longer there (though the hotel still stands at the Hollins exit, and I can't remember what it is now).
We sat and listened to the band, and danced some, but not much (he is not much on dancing) and had our first kiss.
The next day he called me and asked me what I was doing Sunday afternoon. I told him I was taking the Sunday school class to Walden Park off Plantation Road.
He asked if he could come with me. I agreed, and this he did. He didn't complain or anything when one of the kids threw up in the back seat of my mother's car.
And that was how I stopped being single. We were married a year and a month later, when I was 20. He proposed in July 1983 and we married that November.
(Though to be truthful, this was not the first time we'd met. We had ridden the same school bus for a while as children. I remembered him but he did not remember me, which is natural as I was four years younger. Also, he had shown up at our house a few months earlier with the volunteer fire department to help put out a brush fire that started when my father was burning a pile of debris. When I met him that day I was hot and sweaty from trying to help Dad put out the blaze. I don't think he noticed me then, either.)
The day was much like this one - Autumn in full bloom, the trees bursting with color. It was a Friday and I was a year out of high school, still trying to find myself. It was October 15, 1982. Ronald Reagan was president, nobody knew what a cell phone was, and the Internet wasn't on anybody's mind. People actually carried on conversations in person and did not text, if you can believe it.
A friend suggested we go to the annual Lord Botetourt/James River school football game. The two in-county high schools had a keen rivalry, and there was sure to be folks there we knew.
My husband-to-be was standing under the goal posts in the end zone (I don't think they let you do that anymore), hanging out with his buddies. Somehow or another (prearranged by friends, I think), we ended up standing together.
Conversation was slow. I asked questions about the game even though I knew football and didn't need the answers.
Finally, he asked me if I'd go out with him the next night. I told him I couldn't, as I had plans to celebrate my parents' anniversary.
After the game, I went to Mike's Market, located in what is now Bellacino's. He showed up there, too. My friend suddenly told me she had a ride home, and I should go dancing with this new fellow.
And so I did. We went to the dance hall at the Ramada Inn, which is no longer there (though the hotel still stands at the Hollins exit, and I can't remember what it is now).
We sat and listened to the band, and danced some, but not much (he is not much on dancing) and had our first kiss.
The next day he called me and asked me what I was doing Sunday afternoon. I told him I was taking the Sunday school class to Walden Park off Plantation Road.
He asked if he could come with me. I agreed, and this he did. He didn't complain or anything when one of the kids threw up in the back seat of my mother's car.
And that was how I stopped being single. We were married a year and a month later, when I was 20. He proposed in July 1983 and we married that November.
(Though to be truthful, this was not the first time we'd met. We had ridden the same school bus for a while as children. I remembered him but he did not remember me, which is natural as I was four years younger. Also, he had shown up at our house a few months earlier with the volunteer fire department to help put out a brush fire that started when my father was burning a pile of debris. When I met him that day I was hot and sweaty from trying to help Dad put out the blaze. I don't think he noticed me then, either.)
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Thursday Thirteen #365
These are some photos I took yesterday afternoon when I went after the mail. They are shots taken from various locations around the farm.
1. This is from the front yard; it's the view out my office window. The silo off in the distance belongs to my husband's cousins' family.
2. This is the "big hay field" looking back to the west towards our house. The road going up the hill is our driveway.
3. This is part of the farm; the hillside is used for pasture. As you can see, the farm on that side is bifurcated by power lines. And then the road cuts the entire place in half yet again.
4. A closer look at the hillside with a little Autumn color.
5. This is the other part of the hillside, more to the south.
6. The mountain in the background is called Tinker Mountain.
7. Another shot of the woods and our driveway. You can't beat the Blue Ridge Mountains for beauty, regardless of the time of year.
8. A look towards what I believe is North Mountain; that division there where the mountain slopes on the right is called Stone Coal Gap. The next mountain is called Caldwell Mountain. I hope I have that right.
9. This is my father's house, which is about six miles away by car, from the top of one of our fields. Oddly, after 27 years, I just realized that we are actually facing one another on opposing hills; there is vegetation between us that keeps me from seeing the house, plus I think my place is just a bit lower in elevation.
10. The neighbor's barn and cattle as seen from the hayfield. That tiny little house in the far back is where my husband and I first set up housekeeping 31 years ago. Tiny little four-room place, colder than icicles during the winter.
11. A little different angle at the hill where my house is. My house is to the left in the picture.
12. Nice overview shot showing the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west, looking toward Bedford County. That tall mountain in the clouds on the left is the Peaks of Otter. You can see the roof of my house in the woods on the right.
13. A closer shot of the trees.
And an extra picture just because.
Beautiful, isn't it?
Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here. I've been playing for a while and this is my 365th time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday.
1. This is from the front yard; it's the view out my office window. The silo off in the distance belongs to my husband's cousins' family.
2. This is the "big hay field" looking back to the west towards our house. The road going up the hill is our driveway.
3. This is part of the farm; the hillside is used for pasture. As you can see, the farm on that side is bifurcated by power lines. And then the road cuts the entire place in half yet again.
5. This is the other part of the hillside, more to the south.
6. The mountain in the background is called Tinker Mountain.
7. Another shot of the woods and our driveway. You can't beat the Blue Ridge Mountains for beauty, regardless of the time of year.
8. A look towards what I believe is North Mountain; that division there where the mountain slopes on the right is called Stone Coal Gap. The next mountain is called Caldwell Mountain. I hope I have that right.
9. This is my father's house, which is about six miles away by car, from the top of one of our fields. Oddly, after 27 years, I just realized that we are actually facing one another on opposing hills; there is vegetation between us that keeps me from seeing the house, plus I think my place is just a bit lower in elevation.
10. The neighbor's barn and cattle as seen from the hayfield. That tiny little house in the far back is where my husband and I first set up housekeeping 31 years ago. Tiny little four-room place, colder than icicles during the winter.
11. A little different angle at the hill where my house is. My house is to the left in the picture.
12. Nice overview shot showing the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west, looking toward Bedford County. That tall mountain in the clouds on the left is the Peaks of Otter. You can see the roof of my house in the woods on the right.
13. A closer shot of the trees.
And an extra picture just because.
Beautiful, isn't it?
Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here. I've been playing for a while and this is my 365th time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The Fat Groundhog
We have an acorn tree near our shed, and the groundhog likes acorns.
It also lives under the shed. Nothing I put in the hole or around it makes it leave. I once poured mothballs down the hole and later found them in a pile a few feet away from the opening.
I worry about the foundation of the outbuilding.
When we had a dog, which was 15 years ago, we didn't have trouble with things like groundhogs, but this one moved in a few years after the dog died, and it, or its offspring, has been there ever since.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
More Game Camera Pics
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The first one of these photos in this batch is my favorite because it has a raccoon in it. I think the other animal to the rear is a deer.
I always enjoy seeing the different critters. Most of the photos are deer. After you sift through a couple hundred of these shots, the unique ones stand out.
The other interesting thing about game cameras is perspective. These photos always look somewhat surreal to me. The difference between these photos and a photo I might take from the bedroom window (which could be as close, the way the animals look in the window) is that ones I take seem to have personality, while these are more flat.
The difference has to be whatever goes on in my brain and the lack of a brain in the game cameras. Or at least that is what I tell myself. I could be giving my brain too much credit. Maybe they don't look that different to anyone else.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Do Not Go Gentle
Botetourt is fortunate to have its very own local theater, the D. Geraldine Lawson Performing Arts Center.
The community acting crew is known as Attic Productions. They put on five or six plays annually.
Saturday night, my husband and I ventured out to see Do Not Go Gentle, a play by Susan L. Zeder. The Roanoke Times reviewed it here.
Director was Katerina Yancey. I was not familiar with any of the cast this go-round. I thought they did a good job. It is, after all, community theater and I don't expect acting on par with Sandra Bullock or Tom Hanks.
The RT review is rather negative, and I do not agree with it. I greatly enjoyed the play. I think it is a woman's play, and therefore the reviewer was unable to relate to what was going on.
He wasn't able to get the messages. Or rather, the reviewer called the messages "old hat" and dismissed them.
Those messages were that war is bad, killing is bad, violence is bad. That actions of others have consequences that reverberate in places never even considered by those undertaking them. That love endures, despite differences. That pain and suffering are part of life, but so is healing. That art and words matter - that everyone's voice, whatever that voice may be and however those words come out - matters and can and does make a difference, even if that difference goes unnoticed or commented upon.
These are messages that we need to hear time and again, because we certainly, as a society, don't live like that. We live as if lives are small and of no consequence, that only money matters. We live as if human beings are but another commodity to be bought and sold.
This play, at its heart, exploded that. So of course it's not the kind of show that certain folks around here might enjoy. They might actually have to think, and we can't have that.
However, I was teary towards the end, and the messages of this play came through loud and clear to me.
In the show, Lillian is an 84-year-old woman who dies. Her son comes home from Germany with his daughter to attend the funeral. He meets his cousin and they go into the house for an estate sale. The walls have been covered with dramatic and sometimes scary paintings, of planes in battle, children shooting one another, and other visions. We don't see these, but the director rightly allows our imagination to fill in these blanks. The family rifts and secrets come out, and Lillian's fears about the upcoming war (the play is set on the brink of the 1991 Gulf War) are discovered. The play covers a lot of ground in two hours.
The show continues on October 16, 17, and 18. For $12, it's a good way to spend some time, and who knows, you might feel a sting in your heart of hearts, like I did.
The community acting crew is known as Attic Productions. They put on five or six plays annually.
Saturday night, my husband and I ventured out to see Do Not Go Gentle, a play by Susan L. Zeder. The Roanoke Times reviewed it here.
Director was Katerina Yancey. I was not familiar with any of the cast this go-round. I thought they did a good job. It is, after all, community theater and I don't expect acting on par with Sandra Bullock or Tom Hanks.
The RT review is rather negative, and I do not agree with it. I greatly enjoyed the play. I think it is a woman's play, and therefore the reviewer was unable to relate to what was going on.
He wasn't able to get the messages. Or rather, the reviewer called the messages "old hat" and dismissed them.
Those messages were that war is bad, killing is bad, violence is bad. That actions of others have consequences that reverberate in places never even considered by those undertaking them. That love endures, despite differences. That pain and suffering are part of life, but so is healing. That art and words matter - that everyone's voice, whatever that voice may be and however those words come out - matters and can and does make a difference, even if that difference goes unnoticed or commented upon.
These are messages that we need to hear time and again, because we certainly, as a society, don't live like that. We live as if lives are small and of no consequence, that only money matters. We live as if human beings are but another commodity to be bought and sold.
This play, at its heart, exploded that. So of course it's not the kind of show that certain folks around here might enjoy. They might actually have to think, and we can't have that.
However, I was teary towards the end, and the messages of this play came through loud and clear to me.
In the show, Lillian is an 84-year-old woman who dies. Her son comes home from Germany with his daughter to attend the funeral. He meets his cousin and they go into the house for an estate sale. The walls have been covered with dramatic and sometimes scary paintings, of planes in battle, children shooting one another, and other visions. We don't see these, but the director rightly allows our imagination to fill in these blanks. The family rifts and secrets come out, and Lillian's fears about the upcoming war (the play is set on the brink of the 1991 Gulf War) are discovered. The play covers a lot of ground in two hours.
The show continues on October 16, 17, and 18. For $12, it's a good way to spend some time, and who knows, you might feel a sting in your heart of hearts, like I did.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Bear on the Trail Camera
I was incredibly excited when we downloaded the photos off the trail cam yesterday and these pictures of a bear were on there. This is a fairly big bear, too.
When the trail cams pick up animals other than deer, I am always happy. My husband is only interested in bucks, but I find most of the pictures interesting.
Sunday Stealing: Random
From Sunday Stealing
Random Questions
01. Who were you with yesterday?
A. My husband.
02. What woke you up this morning?
A. The clock radio.
03. Where are you?
A. Physically, I am at my desk at home. Mentally I am all over the place.
04. Is tomorrow going to be a good day?
A. I hope so.
05. What’s on your mind RIGHT NOW?
A. Game camera photos, a troubling disagreement with a health care provider, and the pain in my stomach that just will not go away.
06. Do you listen to music every day?
A. Most days I do.
07. Are you a fast typer?
A. I'm a fast typist.
08. What's your favorite type of soda?
A. Root beer.
09. Have you ever won an award?
A. I have won a number of Virginia Press Association awards for my news writing, as well as couple of poetry and short story contests.
10. Are you listening to music right now?
A. Yes. I am listening to Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
11. How long until your birthday?
A. It's next year, now.
12. Do you use ebay to buy or sell?
A. Only infrequently.
13. Who makes you mad?
A. Sometimes everybody on the planet pisses me off.
14. What do you do when you're mad?
A. Sometimes I yell. Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I shut up and steam comes out of my ears.
15. Do certain songs make you cry?
A. Some do, yes.
16. Are you usually a happy person?
A. I don't think so.
17. What makes you the happiest?
A. That's a hard question. Being with people I love and yet still having space to do what I want whilst being supported by those who love me makes me happy.
18. Do you believe in yourself?
A. Not really, no. I'm not sure anyone else does, either.
Random Questions
01. Who were you with yesterday?
A. My husband.
02. What woke you up this morning?
A. The clock radio.
03. Where are you?
A. Physically, I am at my desk at home. Mentally I am all over the place.
04. Is tomorrow going to be a good day?
A. I hope so.
05. What’s on your mind RIGHT NOW?
A. Game camera photos, a troubling disagreement with a health care provider, and the pain in my stomach that just will not go away.
06. Do you listen to music every day?
A. Most days I do.
07. Are you a fast typer?
A. I'm a fast typist.
08. What's your favorite type of soda?
A. Root beer.
09. Have you ever won an award?
A. I have won a number of Virginia Press Association awards for my news writing, as well as couple of poetry and short story contests.
10. Are you listening to music right now?
A. Yes. I am listening to Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
11. How long until your birthday?
A. It's next year, now.
12. Do you use ebay to buy or sell?
A. Only infrequently.
13. Who makes you mad?
A. Sometimes everybody on the planet pisses me off.
14. What do you do when you're mad?
A. Sometimes I yell. Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I shut up and steam comes out of my ears.
15. Do certain songs make you cry?
A. Some do, yes.
16. Are you usually a happy person?
A. I don't think so.
17. What makes you the happiest?
A. That's a hard question. Being with people I love and yet still having space to do what I want whilst being supported by those who love me makes me happy.
18. Do you believe in yourself?
A. Not really, no. I'm not sure anyone else does, either.
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