One and only FB survey - Things about me...

Here's one of those silly surveys that people do on networking sites - completed exactly a year ago tomorrow. It's interesting how most of the answers are still the case. The phlebotomy pursuit is not happening so much but I still can get into the cause and effect side of medicine.

I'll even include the random picture I put in at the end. I like it because it was from the Slice and Dice hall at the 2009 SoCo Fair. I love the expressions on the people in the crowd.

Feel free to copy the questions and fill in your own answers on your chosen method of communication via the internets. Be sure to include your own random snap shot at the end. That's kind of the fun part.




1. What time did you get up this morning? - 7:30 am
2. How do you like your steak? – grilled and naked
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? - Star Trek. Thanks, Hammerhead.
4. What is your favorite TV show? – Little House
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? - down a county lane, on a mountain by a lake
6. What did you have for breakfast? – Coke Zero, Ry-Krisp, 1/2 candy bar, turkey slices
7. What is your favorite cuisine? - Mexicano
8. What foods do you dislike? – things with fur, except I can tolerate kiwis
9. Favorite Place to Eat? - outside
10. Favorite dressing? – blue cheese
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? – a jellybean
12. What are your favorite clothes? – clean ones
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? –Hawaii, Australia, Costa Rica, the desert
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? – depends what's in it
15. Where would you want to retire? – lake oroville
16. Favorite time of day? – before sunset
17. Where were you born? – castro valley
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? – giants baseball
22. Bird watcher? - only if they are far away
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? - depends how sleepy I am and how many other people are around
24. Do you have any pets? – not now. I borrow my mom's dog.
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? – I like to draw blood - medical things appeal to me - I may get over my aversion to vomit yet.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? - astronut/cartographer - AN ASTROGRAPHER
27. What is your best childhood memory? – listening to my mom read little house books to me, playing outside and on the lake, going on adventures, church
29. Are you married? - not at the moment
30. Always wear your seat belt? - YES, YES, YES!!!!
31. Been in a car accident? - YES, YES, YES!!!
32. Any pet peeves? - the mail-in subscription cards in magazines
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? - sausage, onion, pineapple
34. Favorite Flower? – iris, gerbers
35. Favorite ice cream? – Dublin Mudslide, baby!
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? - jack in the crack
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? – zero
38. From whom did you get your last email? - publisher's clearing house
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? – Amazon.com
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? – washed dishes
41. Like your job? - no, but I still do it to the best of my ability - and that's why I am taking phlebotomy
42. Broccoli? - que bueno
43. What was your favorite vacation? - Pajaro Dunes, 1990 - Costa Rica, 1994?
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? - my mom
45. What are you listening to right now? - Rosanne on tv
46. What is your favorite color? - trees
47. How many tattoos do you have? - 3, it's one too many - naw, I'm just kidding
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? - just following directions, ma'am
49. What time did you finish this quiz? – 10:10 pm
50. Coffee Drinker? - oui, si'l vous plait

Please Don't Make Me Cry

There are some movies I pretty much won't watch with other people because I KNOW I will end up crying when I watch them.  I'll watch something it if it makes me cry only some, if I know no one will see me (Fried Green Tomatoes, Hope Floats, Steel Magnolias or The Color Purple) or if it's about baseball (Field of Dreams). It's mostly ones with horses or animals dying in an accident or shootout or fire or some such sillyness. Also, I don't really like ones with super graphic stuff about Jesus or little kids crying, like really, really crying. Sometimes, I won't even watch them with myself.

10. My Girl
9. The Incredible Journey
8. Father of the Bride
7. Schindler's List
6. The Horse Whisperer
5. Bambi
4. Old Yeller
3. Seabiscuit
2. The Black Stallion
1. The Passion of the Christ

Animated Life - I Want To Get Away

Well, it's no secret that I like certain things in an animated version. Unless you didn't know until now. In which case... Surprise! It's what you learned today! (Right, sis? LOL) Today's list includes animated movies, web series and television. I am not opposed to the graphic novel, I just have never really browsed through one more than a time or two. If I can think of any other media forms, I'll include those.

I don't read comics online and since I don't read an actual paper anymore, I pretty much don't read comics anywhere else either. It's kind of sad. I love the extensive use of puns and two dimensional sight gags. The only paper I might pick up once in a while is the local free one and they just have super political things there so I skip them. The ones I remember liking are BC, Family Circle, For Better or Worse and such. They remind me of a simpler time.

I did a google search just to prompt some brainstorming. It came up with a lot of "favorite anime" items. I'm not opposed to anime and/or manga specifically. I just never went beyond watching Voltron after school.

10. Ren and Stimpy
9. Bug's Life - I am a beautiful butterfly!
8.The Simpsons
7. The World of Dr. Seuss
6. The works of Lane Smith
5. Finding Nemo - Just keep swimming...
4. Shrek
3. King of the Hill -  Yes, I have, while watching this show, caught my self saying, "Oh we used to do that when I was a kid!" Like trying to make a "pool" in the back of a pick-up truck.
2. Toy Story - It changed things.
1. Homestar Runner - Totally hilarious and stupid/smart and doesn't make any sense. My very favorite brain break! Now, I just need a tall cool glass of melonade...

There are some other lists that this one made me think of trying. Children's books, cartoon characters, live-action Disney movies and, well, you'll just have to see what pops up. To steal a line from a famous book lover/space engineer...  I'll see ya next time! :)

Christmas At The Movies...

So the Christmas movie season is upon us. I just watched Elf for the umpteenth time. I was watching it with some friends and one had not seen it at all before. I often found myself holding my tongue because I realized that I now know almost all the lines from the movie. I almost spilled the beans more than once. It's almost as much as the amount of lines I know for Top Gun, which, based on the last time I watched it, may also be distracting to others in the room.

So here's the list for my favorite all time movies for the holidays:

10. Nat'l Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
9. Miracle on 34th Street
8. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
7. Die Hard
6. Nightmare Before Christmas
5. A Muppet Christmas Carol
4. A Christmas Story
3. Scrooged
2. White Christmas
1. Elf

I also remember watching and laughing at Ernest Saves Christmas. But that was a long time ago. I haven't seen it lately. I normally don't like Lampoon or Ernest movies too much but these were fine. One through five on the list are a pretty done deal. The last five could negotiate for rank.