oooh, my storybook lover, you have underesimated my power, as you shortly will discover

[primroseburrows]

• Mom update:
  
  It looks like my mom is going to be discharged tomorrow. They did find the source of the bleeding when they did an endoscopy and they've already fixed it (I think they do something like cauterizing). She says she's feeling a lot better, her cardiologist says she's doing fine cardiac-wise, so all seems good right now. I'll be going home with her and either spending one or two nights.
  
  
• 
  dragonflymuse sent me this in e-mail. Consider it a meme:
  
  1. What time did you get up this morning?
  Would you believe 12:45? And I went to bed at 11:30 pm last night. Woah.
  
  2. Diamonds or pearls?
  
  Malachite.
  
  3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
  
  Inland Empire. Am I the only one in the world who hated it?
  
  4. What is your favourite TV show?
  
  Slings & Arrows.
  
  5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
  
  Nothing, which is bad, and you shouldn't do it, kids.
  
  7. What is your middle name?
  
  Eileen.
  
  8. What food do you dislike?
  
  Lima Beans.
  
  9. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
  
  Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. I even wrote a review! My current obsession, however, is pretty much everything Stan Rogers ever wrote.
  
  10. What kind of car do you drive?
  
  Ellen, my temperamental diva of a 2000 VW Jetta.
  
  11, 12, and 13 apparently don't exist.
  
  14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
  
  Right now? Washington, DC or Ottawa. I'm having a political meltdown, or something. And Cape Breton, of course, but I've rambled enough about that.
  
  15. What colour is your bathroom?
  
  Blue and black. It's going to be painted soon.
  
  16. Favourite brand of clothing?
  
  Brand? What is this "brand" of which you speak? Whatever fits me from Sally Ann, mostly. I'm a thrift shop girl.
  
  17. Where would you retire to?
  
  Atlanta, Western Mass, or Cape Breton.
  
  18. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
  
  The one when I was born.
  
  19. Favourite sport to watch?
  
  Baseball.
  
  20. Furthest place you are sending this?
  
  Since I'm posting on LJ, hmm. Probably Oz.
  
  21. Who do you least expect to send this back to you post this in their LJ?
  
  i_am_a_hannah because she never reads or post in her LJ.
  
  22. Person you expect to send it back post it first?
  
  peacey, maybe.
  
  23. Favourite saying?
  
  "Well, well, well, three holes in the ground".
  
  24. When is your birthday?
  
  June 5.
  
  25. Are you a morning person or a night person?
  
  Night, definitely.
  
  26. What is your shoe size?
  8 1/2-ish.
  
  27. Pets?
  
  Three cats. I want a dog, but I can't have one secondary to shift work.
  
  28. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?
  
  I may be going to Washington, DC! *geeks out*
  
  29. What did you want to be when you were little?
  
  A mommy. No, really.
  
  30. How are you today?
  
  Not too bad, thanks.
  
  31. What is your favourite candy?
  
  Dark Chocolate anything, and Coffee Crisp.
  
  32. What is your favourite flower?
  
  Old-fashioned purple lilacs.
  
  33. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
  
  Somewhere around Oct. 17, when tapped_trish's baby is due.
  
  34. What church do you attend?
  
  None ATM, but I'm looking at this one.
  
  33. What is your full name?
  
  Should I give my full name on LJ? Most people know it, anyway.
  
  34. What are you listening to right now?
  
  Paul Simon.
  
  35. What was the last thing you ate?
  
  Tuna wrap.
  
  36. Do you wish on stars?
  
  Of course!
  
  37. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
  
  Emerald green.
  
  38. How's the weather?
  
  Improving.
  
  39. Who's the last person you spoke with on the phone?
  
  My mother.
  
  40. Do you like them?
  
  Of course!
  
  41. Favourite Soft Drink?
  
  Diet Coke.
  
  42. Favourite Restaurant?
  
  Crazy Burger.
  
  43. Hair Colour?
  
  Reddish.
  
  44. Siblings?
  
  songdog.
  
  45. Favourite Day of the Year?
  
  I don't think I have one.
  
  46. Favourite toy as a child?
  
  Spirograph!
  
  47. Summer or winter?
  
  Summer.
  
  48. Hugs or kisses?
  
  Yes.
  
  49. Chocolate or Vanilla?
  
  Chocolate, jeez.
  
  50. Do you want your friends to email you back?
  
  I'm not doing this through email.
  
  51. When was the last time you cried?
  
  I don't remember.
  
  52. What is under your bed?
  
  My box spring is directly on the floor.
  
  53. Who is the friend you have had the longest?
  
  Linda.
  
  55. Favourite smell?
  
  songdog's Oatmeal, Milk and Honey soap.
  
  56. What are you afraid of?
  
  Death.
  
  57. Plain, buttered, or salted popcorn?
  
  Kettle corn!
  
  58. How many keys on your key ring?
  
  Key ring?
  
  59. How many years at your current job?
  
  Going on three and a half.
  
  60. Favourite day of the week?
  
  Depends on the week.
  
  61. How many towns have you lived in?
  
  Five.
  
  62. Do you make friends easily?
  
  No.
  
  63. How many people will you be sending this to?
  
  Again, not sending, posting.
  
  
• Jim Flaherty speaking French is kind of like what that sound that happens when you try to start the car while it's already running.
  
  
• h20_wtf is the best comm ever. Geeking out is not only allowed, it's encouraged. *wins*

Comments

[melpemone.livejournal.com]

I've joined h20_wtf (and thanks for inadvertently reminding me to do that), but I think I'm going to have to watch H20 yet again before I feel qualified to comment. What a hardship. *g* Political geekery ftw!

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm definitely going to have to watch it again. I've made a few comments on the comm, and none of them have have much to do with the actual program.

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

Jim Flaherty speaking French is kind of like what that sound that happens when you try to start the car while it's already running.

Was going to add an LOL here, until I realized...YOU WATCHED THE FEDERAL BUDGET SPEECH!?! Holy crap. That is a higher level of geekdom than I can ever hope to attain. ;P

OTOH I watched the Plame hearing, so maybe we should trade places? *g*

I joined h20 because of the geeking out, but I suppose it'd be better if I'd seen the movie. Must check it out.

I need a good geek icon.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

OTOH I watched the Plame hearing, so maybe we should trade places? *g*

I would have watched the Plame hearing if I could have found it online. Such is life without television reception. I mostly watched the budget speech because I wanted to see if there actually might be an election coming from it. I wasn't really surprised that there isn't. Wasn't? I can't do grammar first thing in the morning. :)

I wish the US had a Parliamentary government, because Dubya would have been out of office a long time ago if we did. There have been more opportunities for no-confidence votes than I can count. *counts days until Nov. 2008*

H₂0 is one of the most convoluted movies I've ever seen. It also pushes pretty much all of my geek buttons, because I don't understand a lot of it, and I want to. It's like the Canadian All the President's Men, only not.

So far the comm's exactly like I hope it keeps on being, which is a lot of geekery and a minimum of fangirling. I mean, if I want pretty, I can just watch Men With Brooms and not have work nearly as hard. Well, except that I don't pretend to understand curling, either. Gimme a good baseball movie, any day.

Re: I need a good geek icon.

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the amazing visual - Dubya at Question Period. He wouldn't last the afternoon. He'd say "is our children learning" and they'd be jeering him, howling with laughter and pelting him with spitballs. OK, not the spitballs. But they really do go for the jugular. It helps to have some rudimentary language skills, at least.

Besides, we don't have a Fox News here yet, so the press might even ASK HIM DIFFICULT QUESTIONS! *gulp*

;)

*tries to imagine what a geek icon would look like*

I'm going to find you one.

Re: I need a good geek icon.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the amazing visual - Dubya at Question Period.

I love Question Period, from what I've seen of it. Congress is much more sedate, it's not even funny. And even if it were, nobody would laugh much.

Today there was actual applause when Senator Barbara Boxer told Senator James Inhofe basically to shut up, he's not chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee anymore. I was shocked.

Another visual is what Rick Mercer would say about Dubya at Question Period, and which OMG, seriously wants to become a political!crackfic plot bunny, and I don't really know how I feel about that.

[sam80853.livejournal.com]

- Great to hear that your Mom is better - \o/.

- Do never ever tell anybody your full name! Wizards can do nasty things with such kind of information.

- h2o_wtf - it's greatness, isn't it? Paul would so love it ::grins::. I picture him reading our comments, scratching his head because he himself doesn't even know what's going on.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

-Thanks, lovey. :)

-YOU know my full name. Should I be worried?

-If the comm stays as cerebral as it has so far, he'd like it. Not that it's not fine to descend into fangirldom once in a while, but so far, I like the way it's going.

[sam80853.livejournal.com]

YOU know my full name. Should I be worried?
Yes, I do. But I'm not practising my talents. Yet ::grins:.

[mickeymvt.livejournal.com]

Great news on your Mom.

Number 19- Of course, it's a great game. Is there any other? A little over 11 days to go!!!

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[on-a-hill.livejournal.com]

Oh, so good to hear about your mama..............we're going through some similar yuck with my FIL, no fun. I'm glad to hear she's ok.

Malachite............YES!

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Malachite is the awesomest ever. How could anyone resist all the emerald swirliness?

I hope your FIL gets well soon.

[alexisyael.livejournal.com]

YAY for your mom being discharged! Awesomeness!

fun meme :D

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Someday I'm going to make up my own meme with questions nobody has asked before, like, "Paper or Plastic?"

[alexisyael.livejournal.com]

my own bag, of course :D

Making up your own meme sounds fun!

Fish eyeballs or monkey brains?

[dragonflymuse.livejournal.com]

Yay for your mom coming home! I am glad they found the problem and fixed it!

I joined the comm, but I haven't watched the dvd yet. I want to try and understand it as I watch it, though apparently it's impossible to do :)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I've only seen it once, and I have the computer file :/ I ordered the DVD today, since it was only six-ish bucks. That way I can do a group thing without the whole not-full-screen thing.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

Oooh, malachite. I *adore* it. And I'm so glad things are looking up for your mom!

[peacey.livejournal.com]

*hugs* So glad Mum is on the mend. I've been keeping her (and you!) in my prayers.

In other news, OMG, SPIROGRAPH!!! *loves pretty, circly pictures*

In still more news, weird, mystical happenstances can go straight to hell. :)