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Hi, friends. I never update, but I am reading and commenting still. Winter break was great, school is great, I was on a jury, Kristy visited, today Fiyero and I jumped a Christmas tree, we have a new ferret named Mom, Mom is always pooping in the literbox, James has an interview with Northwest next week, but even if he doesn't get it he's next on the list to upgrade to captain at his company, we are farm-hunting most weekends.

today is our last day in amsterdam. internet has been really spotty, so i've mainly been using it to let the other girls email their families to say everything is ok, but it seems to be working pretty well right now. we've been having a great time, last night sarah and i went to this little tiny bar where a guy was buying all the drinks for everyone who was there (about 6 people) for the whole time we were there--1-3 or so. the bartender let us pick all the songs on the jukebox.





One in Four Americans Read No Books Last Year.

I am mostly too busy these days to have real posts, I'd rather spend my lj time reading and responding to you guys! However I need a break from cleaning, so I thought I'd let you know what I've been up to.



Last week was exam week. I had exams in all my classes this semester! I got 4 Bs and a C. The C was an A brought down by absences! Oops. Soon I will be done, and then never absent again!

Thursday I took my last exam, and then Jeanne and I took Fiyero to the vet to get his hocks injected (basically to lubricate his joints). He was good during it, though he tried to push through the sedation, and he freaked when I stepped away from him. Aw. I finished up some Christmas shopping that night too. A productive day!

Friday, James and I got up early and headed for Orlando for his sister's graduation. We missed our first flight, but the second one got us there just in time to pick up James' mom and stepdad and go to graduation. Being winter, the whole thing wasn't too long, and the speaker was funny. We met up with Caroline fairly easily after, and then the 5 of us went to dinner at the wine bar where she's a manager. The food was good, as was the wine. We spent the rest of the night at Caroline's house hanging out with her and her roomates, and Trevor! Unfortunately I was wiped from my crazy week, and I passed out before Doug got there. What a turd I am!

Saturday morning I felt like crap, but figured it was just a hangover. I taught Caroline how to use her new macbook, and she was a great student! Then Doug called, so James and I packed up and met him at Chipotle. I hadn't seen him in 7 or 8 years!! We talked for an hour or so, and then James and I had to head to St. Augustine for Dani and Dave's wedding. I was SEVERELY, dehabilitatingly, carsick the whole drive. I thought I might be having a stroke, I was so dizzy and sick and my vision was all screwed up. The worst part was that I never threw up, no matter how many times I gagged in a bag. This wasn't the first time I've felt sick in a car, but it was the first time I'd ever say that I actually was carsick. We got there at 3h30, and had ~25 minutes to shower and dress, as the invitation said 4. Of course, that meant 4h30, and we were early at 4. Dan and Joanna drove us over there. Lisa was the officiant. I was the sick person, still. I was fine during the ceremony and food, but when the music started I realized I felt too shitty to stay in there. I got the keys from Dan and slept/tossed and turned in the car until the last song. I guess it wasn't carsickness or a hangover! I felt a lot better after that, and was able to hang out with everyone at the bar, Umpa and Vicki joined us there. There was PhotoHunt and pinball and Tetris and a couple other things. I drank a yummy Shirley Temple, and was amused by everyone's drunkeness. We closed the bar, Vicki and Umpa went to their hotel, and Shooks and a Foolipek came to hang out in our room.

The next morning at 7, James and I drove to JAX to fly home. I was able to sleep in the car intead of heave into a bag!! We got first class, they didn't even take our upgrade (we pay $20 for first, but sometimes they forget to take the voucher), and we slept the whole ride. We came home, napped on and off, and then James started a trip.

Yesterday I had a lesson in the morning. Suffice it to say that Fiyero is feeling a lot better after his vet visit. I got a couple things done, and accidently went to sleep at 6h30 pm. I'd been living on borrowed time too long!!! I woke up this morning at 9h30. My goodness! I cleaned a little, picked up Mia, and took her and Wilbur to Jeanne's to play with all her dogs. We put them in the dog field with the others, and went to Waxhaw, where Jeanne has another riding student. Her horse was very similar to Fiyero, so it was fun to watch her. I think my face got sunburned a little though! It was so sunny that I was in a tank top, even though it was fortysomething. On the way home we went to a tack shop. I played with the horses (they like tug of war) while Jeanne stripped stalls. P.U. WTF does that stand for?? Anyway. I took Mia back to the Cavanaghs, and I stole their leftovers... mmm. I've spent the rest of the night Cleaning. With a capital see.

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Have you ever played a sport with a home plate?

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Does this look ok to you? If you were in the market for a door mat in the shape of home plate, would your search end here?

This episode of Weeds! The second one of the second season. When she pukes on the lawn. holy shit! That's exactly what would have happened to me.

OMG the third. the wedding!




This show makes me look forward to my 30s and 40s, which is nice because they approach, always. Until they recede.

So, most of my friends know this about me, and I think I've mentioned it in my journal before, but I have a severe problem with geography. I cannot label all the states on a map, even if you give me the capitals. I grew up in the North East, but my mental conception of the area is skewed--I imagine Connecticut (Which I absolutely can't spell, no matter what. I can't even picture the word on a page) as being north of Massachusetts. Today I was thinking about if Charleston or Savannah was closer--I completely forgot that Georgia is not between here and South Carolinal.



I was talking about those two lovely cities with my Aunt Joan. I told her what I was thinking, and she didn't know which would be closer either, so I looked it up online. I started laughing when I saw the map, because I have no problem reading maps or navigating by foot or car. The problem is mental conceptions of maps. I explained my geographical dyslexia to Aunt Joan. Every time I've told Aunt Joan I couldn't do something, she's said that she doesn't believe me (she is lovely). This time she laughed and said 'Well I'm not surprized*, I have the same problem.' I couldn't believe it!!!!! It makes me feel so much better about it! I love when crazy things like that are genetic. It's clearly not environmental, because LORD I have tried to learn geography. In general, I don't study. I don't read the material for a test until the day before it. If I say I'm studying, what I mean is that I'm doing the assigned class readings because I'm about to have a test. Even in an easy class, I would have to study very hard for the map portion. Usually I would redraw the map myself several times , and then once immediately before the test. Then I would do the map portion first. Then, I would completely forget the map. I would have to study it again for the final. I had to label Latin America 3 times last year (labeling different types of things on each test), and I had to releard the countries each time.



It's so funny! I can't wait for Thanksgiving so we can share study tips.




Relatedly, I hate Glenn Close with a firey passion. She freaks me the fuck out. I can hardly bear to watch anything with her in it, but I've had to for school (Think Hamlet or Sarah, Plain and Tall, not Fatal Attraction) and I've survived, cringing. The reson she freaks me out is that I see her as a nightmare version of Aunt Joan. Like if Aunt Joan were a huge creepo, a bizarro!joan. I can't explain it. But right now, I'm watching 101 Dalmations. I'm watching it as a horror movie. This is not only because of GC, but because something being pregnant with 100 puppies is the most disgusting thing I can possibly imagine. Oh my god.




*this is how I spell that word, it's an affectation.

This is the last post of this.

1) Does eating spinach make your teeth feel dry or otherwise weird?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- yes!
[info]doraphilia -- yes
[info]mip -- no
[info]marciamarcia -- yes, squeaky--sort of
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- i've never eaten spinach.
[info]thespunmonkey -- weird, yes. but i SO love it, anyway
[info]sandwhichestime -- raw spinach does
[info]jeney -- i can't remember
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- Nope.
[info]msanborn -- I don't think so
[info]dryad271 -- Squeaky!
[info]introducingyael -- yes
[info]girlreinvented -- No. (And, not that it's relevant, but I LOVE spinach, though I only eat it steamed, as I've read it's not good for thyroids raw (and I already have bad thyroids).
[info]tikifreak -- YES!
[info]literfairy -- No, not that I've noticed, but I will pay attention next time.
[info]joannarain -- yes, but it doesn't stop me!
[info]beagle1 -- no
[info]oreofuchi -- no
[info]golfshirt6 -- No
[info]_recoil -- Gritty
[info]alwaysregal -- I don't eat it enough to know.

2) How do you pronounce 'crayons'?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- cray-ons
[info]doraphilia -- CRAY ons.
[info]mip -- creigh ons.
[info]marciamarcia -- CRAY-ens
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- cray- ONs
[info]thespunmonkey -- cray-ONS
[info]sandwhichestime -- cray-ons
[info]jeney -- cra - ons
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- Creigh-ons
[info]msanborn -- CRAY - ONS
[info]dryad271 -- Correctly! CRAY ONS. Don't tell me you say it like Dooce!
[info]introducingyael -- cray-yons
[info]girlreinvented -- CRAYons
[info]tikifreak -- Cray-yawns
[info]literfairy -- crans (with the a drawn out a little)
[info]joannarain -- cray (like spray) ons (like the opposite of offs)
[info]beagle1 -- cray-ons
[info]oreofuchi -- CRAY ons
[info]golfshirt6 -- Cray (like pray) Ons (the opposite of offs)
[info]_recoil -- cray ons
[info]alwaysregal -- cray-ons.

3) What did you give out on Halloween, or what would you have given?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- Everything! Four kinds of chocolate bars, Twizzlers, lollipops...
[info]doraphilia -- sound advice
[info]mip -- blow jobs
[info]marciamarcia -- If any of the little fuckers had actually shown up, they would have found a bounty of Take 5s, Butterfingers, Peanut Butter M & Ms, and Heath bars. But no. We had to eat all that ourselves.
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- little chocolate nugget bars
[info]thespunmonkey -- we live on a freaky country highway, so no trick-or-treaters, but i guess i would probably give out lollipops. i love lollipops.
[info]sandwhichestime -- no one will come to my house even if I blanket the yard in candy and have every light on. boo.
[info]jeney -- fun size candy bars - i'm not lame!
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- Assorted kitkats, peanut butter cups, skittles, and starburst. However, there were no trick-or-treaters.
[info]msanborn -- Lots of mini candy bars
[info]dryad271 -- candy!
[info]introducingyael -- nuthin
[info]girlreinvented -- Nothing and nothing. (I'm such an ogre.)
[info]tikifreak -- The Good Stuff -- M&Ms, Rolos, Twizzlers, Take 5, Reese's, Twix
[info]literfairy -- anything with dark chocolate
[info]joannarain -- to my students, i gave out halloween pretzels, vampire teeth, witch fingers and a halloween word search warm up completed as a race to "eye of the tiger." they all wore their vampire teeth while they raced. no kids came to us at night :-(
[info]beagle1 -- sweet tarts, dum dum suckers, air heads, scooby doo suckers
[info]oreofuchi -- nothing
[info]golfshirt6 -- Reese's peanute butter cups, Kit cats and snickers, reeses crunch - let the kids pick what they want.
[info]_recoil -- n/a for devils.
[info]alwaysregal -- Haven't in years - I live in a restricted access building and had class that night. In years past I've always been at the barn.

4) A pickup truck... If you were to call it by one word, would you just say 'truck' or would you just say 'pickup'?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- pickup
[info]doraphilia -- truck
[info]mip -- truck
[info]marciamarcia -- In my childhood, I'd have said "pickup". Now I'd say "truck".
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- pickup
[info]thespunmonkey -- i say truck, although that may change, as my toddler has been correcting me on my vehicle terminology lately.
[info]sandwhichestime -- truck
[info]jeney -- truck
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- truck
[info]msanborn -- Truck
[info]dryad271 -- Truck, usually.
[info]introducingyael -- pickup
[info]girlreinvented -- Truck.
[info]tikifreak -- truck
[info]literfairy -- truck
[info]joannarain -- truck
[info]beagle1 -- truck
[info]oreofuchi -- i can barely remember what a pickup truck is and how it differs from a truck. so truck.
[info]golfshirt6 -- Truck
[info]_recoil -- truck
[info]alwaysregal -- truck. that's what we call it at the farm.

5) Do you own anything that has a frog on it (not counting an illustration in a book, unless it's the cover)?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- not personally; I'm sure O does
[info]doraphilia -- I want one of those frog-shaped humidifiers from target.
[info]mip -- yes
[info]marciamarcia -- No
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- no.
[info]thespunmonkey -- no. there are lots of dinosaurs in this house.
[info]sandwhichestime -- I probably have one of those frogs holding a marble necklaces that every one had in high school somewhere.
[info]jeney -- no
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- hmmm. i don't think so.
[info]msanborn -- My body!
[info]dryad271 -- Yes.
[info]introducingyael -- Yes. I have a little green glass frog
[info]girlreinvented -- No.
[info]tikifreak -- No ma'am
[info]literfairy -- YES
[info]joannarain -- wow, no.
[info]beagle1 -- yes - i have a frog made out of coper tubes and colored stones, i also have a frog paper weight
[info]oreofuchi -- no
[info]golfshirt6 -- Not at all.
[info]_recoil -- no
[info]alwaysregal -- I don't think so.

6) James thinks yogurt is guaranteed to make your nails and hair nice. I think that glue and spit have very similar properties. Both of these are true, to an extent. What are your folk beliefs? Do you knock on wood, do you prefer to pet animals with your left hand, do you sniff a certain scent while studying? I want to know something you hold dear, even though you know it's not all that true, real, or useful.
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- I knock wood, say 'rabbit rabbit rabbit' on the 1st of the month...
[info]doraphilia -- blessing the car when I run a yellow light (kissing my hand and tapping the ceiling)
[info]mip -- if you relish in anything, it will be taken away.
[info]marciamarcia -- I touch the roof of my car when going through yellow lights. Sometimes, I also say "zoom".
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- wishing at 11:11?
[info]thespunmonkey -- spit is very useful. yogurt IS a superfood. my son and i must start our day with a 'good morning sun dance' (sun salutation) or all hell breaks loose.
[info]sandwhichestime -- I take a deep breath and blow it out my mouth veeeeeery slowly when I'm stressed. that's about it.
[info]jeney -- n/a
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- Hmmmm... I put saliva (my own) on cuts (my own). I think it has antibacterial qualities.
[info]msanborn -- I still believen in love; does that count?
[info]dryad271 -- I knock on wood sometimes. And I hex cars for safety on long or grueling commutes.
[info]introducingyael -- I have a ton of Jewish ones, like I say "kinehura" whenever I talk about Moo and Chas V'Shalom whenever I hear anything remotely bad, even if it's dumb. Like Hubby - "What if professor chaos really did flood the world?" Me "Chas VShalom!"
[info]girlreinvented -- I believe only in raw milk, fish oil and unflavored gelatin. Knocking on wood has gotten me nowhere. Petting animals has gotten me nowhere. I do like to burn essential oils, but they've gotten me nowhere, either.
[info]tikifreak -- I wash my hair with warm water and rinse it with cold water.
[info]literfairy -- I like to count out my steps in sets of 4 or 8 (thanks to 10 years of dance)
[info]joannarain -- if i have to go back inside after leaving a place (like if i forget something and have to go back in for it), i usually pay a visit, which means sitting down in a chair, and if i am at my parents' house, saying something resembling a conversation.
[info]beagle1 -- who ever opens the pocket knife has to be the one to close it or it is bad luck
[info]oreofuchi -- astrology
[info]golfshirt6 -- I always leave a bite of food on my plate for the holy ghost. It's not religious, its just superstisous.
[info]_recoil -- i fart in your cereal when you're not looking.
[info]alwaysregal -- I had yogurt :-P left shoe on first, left foot steps in first. and I wish on 11:11s and railroad tracks and kiss my hand/hold it to the ceiling when I haul ass through a yellow light

I LOVE this Onion article

1) Does eating spinach make your teeth feel dry or otherwise weird?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- yes!
[info]doraphilia -- yes
[info]mip -- no
[info]marciamarcia -- yes, squeaky--sort of
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- i've never eaten spinach.
[info]thespunmonkey -- weird, yes. but i SO love it, anyway
[info]sandwhichestime -- raw spinach does
[info]jeney -- i can't remember
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- Nope.
[info]msanborn -- I don't think so
[info]dryad271 -- Squeaky!

2) How do you pronounce 'crayons'?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- cray-ons
[info]doraphilia -- CRAY ons.
[info]mip -- creigh ons.
[info]marciamarcia -- CRAY-ens
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- cray- ONs
[info]thespunmonkey -- cray-ONS
[info]sandwhichestime -- cray-ons
[info]jeney -- cra - ons
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- Creigh-ons
[info]msanborn -- CRAY - ONS
[info]dryad271 -- Correctly! CRAY ONS. Don't tell me you say it like Dooce!

3) What did you give out on Halloween, or what would you have given?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- Everything! Four kinds of chocolate bars, Twizzlers, lollipops...
[info]doraphilia -- sound advice
[info]mip -- blow jobs
[info]marciamarcia -- If any of the little fuckers had actually shown up, they would have found a bounty of Take 5s, Butterfingers, Peanut Butter M & Ms, and Heath bars. But no. We had to eat all that ourselves.
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- little chocolate nugget bars
[info]thespunmonkey -- we live on a freaky country highway, so no trick-or-treaters, but i guess i would probably give out lollipops. i love lollipops.
[info]sandwhichestime -- no one will come to my house even if I blanket the yard in candy and have every light on. boo.
[info]jeney -- fun size candy bars - i'm not lame!
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- Assorted kitkats, peanut butter cups, skittles, and starburst. However, there were no trick-or-treaters.
[info]msanborn -- Lots of mini candy bars
[info]dryad271 -- candy!

4) A pickup truck... If you were to call it by one word, would you just say 'truck' or would you just say 'pickup'?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- pickup
[info]doraphilia -- truck
[info]mip -- truck
[info]marciamarcia -- In my childhood, I'd have said "pickup". Now I'd say "truck".
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- pickup
[info]thespunmonkey -- i say truck, although that may change, as my toddler has been correcting me on my vehicle terminology lately.
[info]sandwhichestime -- truck
[info]jeney -- truck
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- truck
[info]msanborn -- Truck
[info]dryad271 -- Truck, usually.

5) Do you own anything that has a frog on it (not counting an illustration in a book, unless it's the cover)?
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- not personally; I'm sure O does
[info]doraphilia -- I want one of those frog-shaped humidifiers from target.
[info]mip -- yes
[info]marciamarcia -- No
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- no.
[info]thespunmonkey -- no. there are lots of dinosaurs in this house.
[info]sandwhichestime -- I probably have one of those frogs holding a marble necklaces that every one had in high school somewhere.
[info]jeney -- no
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- hmmm. i don't think so.
[info]msanborn -- My body!
[info]dryad271 -- Yes.

6) James thinks yogurt is guaranteed to make your nails and hair nice. I think that glue and spit have very similar properties. Both of these are true, to an extent. What are your folk beliefs? Do you knock on wood, do you prefer to pet animals with your left hand, do you sniff a certain scent while studying? I want to know something you hold dear, even though you know it's not all that true, real, or useful.
[info]eutheria -- ...
[info]banshee -- I knock wood, say 'rabbit rabbit rabbit' on the 1st of the month...
[info]doraphilia -- blessing the car when I run a yellow light (kissing my hand and tapping the ceiling)
[info]mip -- if you relish in anything, it will be taken away.
[info]marciamarcia -- I touch the roof of my car when going through yellow lights. Sometimes, I also say "zoom".
[info]burn_in_heaven_ -- wishing at 11:11?
[info]thespunmonkey -- spit is very useful. yogurt IS a superfood. my son and i must start our day with a 'good morning sun dance' (sun salutation) or all hell breaks loose.
[info]sandwhichestime -- I take a deep breath and blow it out my mouth veeeeeery slowly when I'm stressed. that's about it.
[info]jeney -- n/a
[info]onlyifyousnoop -- Hmmmm... I put saliva (my own) on cuts (my own). I think it has antibacterial qualities.
[info]msanborn -- I still believen in love; does that count?
[info]dryad271 -- I knock on wood sometimes. And I hex cars for safety on long or grueling commutes.

Poll #1083977 We all make mistakes.
Open to: All, results viewable to: None

1) Does eating spinach make your teeth feel dry or otherwise weird?

2) How do you pronounce 'crayons'?

3) What did you give out on Halloween, or what would you have given?

4) A pickup truck... If you were to call it by one word, would you just say 'truck' or would you just say 'pickup'?

5) Do you own anything that has a frog on it (not counting an illustration in a book, unless it's the cover)?

6) James thinks yogurt is guaranteed to make your nails and hair nice. I think that glue and spit have very similar properties. Both of these are true, to an extent. What are your folk beliefs? Do you knock on wood, do you prefer to pet animals with your left hand, do you sniff a certain scent while studying? I want to know something you hold dear, even though you know it's not all that true, real, or useful.

P.S. I WILL MAKE YOUR ANSWERS PUBILC.

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