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[Sep. 17th, 2008|05:06 pm] |
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Figured it was time I actually answered this....
A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs & replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.
I was tagged by: </a>![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) aya_blue
1. What are your nicknames?
Don't have a ton of them... I was called Andy Pandy Poo when I was little. (probably should keep that to myself...)
2. What do you do before bedtime?
watch tv
3. What fandom(s) are you most into at the moment?
Not a whole lot at the moment, really need to get caught up on Bleach.
4. What is your favorite scent?
On me? Axe - Phoenix is what I wear usually. In general I like the smell of onions, garlic and ginger cooking in a pan. On others I seem to like Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom quite a bit. ^_~
5. What videogames are you playing at the moment?
None. But I'm seriously considering getting an Xbox 360. (good answer!)
6. What is your theme song?
I would love to think it was something cool, but it's probably some sappy rock ballad from the 80's.
7. Do you trust easily?
Yes, for the most part.
8. Do you generally think before you act, or act before you think?
A bit of both... I am a very gut-feeling kind of person though.
9. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
I wish my power was on!!!!
10. Do you have a good body-image?
For the most part, need to start working out again though.
11. Is being tagged fun?
Sure, it gets me to actually post things!
12. What websites do you visit daily?
LJ, MySpace, Facebook, ESPN.com, Fourwindtowers and Yahoo Fantasy Football
13. What have you been seriously addicted to lately?
Fantasy Football... I mean, my girlfriend. ^_~
14. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
Well, let's see... she's a truly wonderful girlfriend. ^^
15. What’s the last song that got stuck in your head?
"I try to discover... A little something to make me sweeter..."
16. Name one thing that you would love to do in the future, but might be to farfetched to actually fufil.
Own my own nightclub
17. Do you think Rice Crispies are yummy?
Totally!
18. What would you do if you saw $100 lying on the ground?
Put it in my pocket and walk quickly away.
19. What items could you not go without during the day?
Internet access
20. What should you be doing right now?
Working... |
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| Power... |
[Sep. 16th, 2008|05:04 pm] |
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| | Roisin Murphy | ] |
For those of you who don’t know… Cincinnati was hit with a violent wind storm on Sunday, compliments of Hurricane Ike. Thanks to the 75mph winds, 90% of the population in Cinci lost power for some length of time. Some 500,000+ have been without power since Sunday. I am one of those people. My sister who lives less than half a mile from me still has power and never lost it. Needless to say, I hate her right now. Now, I will say that I am one of the lucky ones. My hot water heater, stove and oven are all gas powered. So, I can still shower and cook. Let’s just say I’m better off than some of my co-workers… The main thing that has jumped out to me over the last few days is how nice people have been when it comes to traffic. Even driving to work today, there are still quite a few traffic signals that are out. These are to be treated as 4-way stops… and the shocking part is that everyone is actually following the rules. People wait their turn, are courteous to other drivers, and even motion to other cars across when it’s the other car’s turn… I’m seriously stunned at how well it’s been working. Some things haven’t been working quite as well as evidenced by the gas stations around town being empty because they are out of gas and grocery stores being out of bags of ice. Seriously?!? I can’t find a single bag of ice to keep my milk cold in a cooler? And you have to love the people who are using gas powered generators so they can watch TV. I’m so jealous… The creepiest/coolest moment so far was Sunday night when I was getting home from Amanda’s. I live on a very busy road, there is a traffic light 3 houses down from me and the two street lights directly across from my front door are usually so bright I never need to turn on my outside lights. I get home at midnight on Sunday and there are no other cars on the road, all the houses around me are dark, the traffic light and street lights aren’t working, the only light is from the moon overhead and when I close my trunk the sound echoes down the empty and silent street... I have never felt so utterly alone. I swear to God, I could have seen zombies at that moment and not been surprised! Anyway, it looks like it will be a few more days before I have power. Pray for me... |
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| Mission accomplished |
[Sep. 4th, 2007|01:04 am] |
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It took most of Friday night and all day Saturday, but my sister is officially moved into her new apartment in Cincinnati!
I have about 18 to 20 bruises all over my body and I think I would pay about $2000 for a good foot rub right about now. I still don't know how my uncle magically made the couch shrink the inch or two that was required to get it into the door, around the corner and up the stairs in order to get it into the apartment. But, all in all it was a good couple of days and my sister is nicely settled in. Of course it also helps when you have a really cool apartment in a cool neighborhood. ;-)
She has 2 full weeks before you internship starts, so she should be able to get fully unpacked and acclimated by then. I'm heading back home tomorrow and I'm really not looking forward to saying goodbye, it still hasn't sunk in that she'll be 2 hours away now. But, I'm not going to worry about that until tomorrow. |
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| One of the craziest things I've ever seen... |
[Aug. 4th, 2007|10:56 pm] |
For anyone who don't think X-gamers are the craziest people on the planet. This guy loses control of his board and falls 40+ feet to the ramp.
It's important to note that the guy got up and walked away and is okay now. (okay meaning that he was only in the hospital for one day and has a bruised kidney and a broken wrist)
Note two things 1) his shoes when he lands and 2) how he twists around right before he lands. It's the only reason he's alive.
Wait until the end to see the close up shot. Absolutely crazy. |
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| LARPs |
[Aug. 2nd, 2007|12:18 am] |
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| | Imagine Me and You (the movie) | ] |
I was working on characters for the LARP for this years Gen Con (in two weeks!) and a funny thought occurred to me. I was getting aggravated cause I can't seem to think of new ideas anymore, every character I make is a knock-off of one I made last year or a slightly tweaked version of one I made 3 years ago and then it dawned on me... counting 11 Gen Cons, 5 or 6 Origins, 3 MarCons, 2 Total Cons, an Inconjunction, countless small-scale invite only LARPs, I have probably made roughly 1000 characters over the years. No wonder I can't think of anything new. ;-)
Reminds me of this fantastic quote by William Goldman:
“Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before. And although you are physically by yourself, the haunting Demon never leaves you, that Demon being the knowledge of your own terrible limitations, your hopeless inadequacy, the impossibility of ever getting it right. No matter how diamond-bright your ideas are dancing in your brain, on paper they are earthbound.”
Maybe that's why I hate making characters so much. ;-)
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| new LP CD |
[Jul. 26th, 2007|12:23 pm] |
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| | Linkin Park - Minute to Midnight | ] |
So, I'm listening to the new Linkin Park CD and all I can say is... someone got dumped.
There are 4 to 5 songs on here that can only be described as ballads. The songs are titled stuff like "Given Up", "Shadow of the Day", "Valentine's Day" and "In Pieces". Even their rocking song from the radio is a song about a guy realizing that he has to live with what he's done and the mistakes he's made.
Sounds like someone cheated or did something stupid and got dumped because of it. And we get a crappy half-assed album because of it. Great.
It's not completely terrible (hell, if anyone can appreciate a good ballad, it's me) but it's just not what you'd expect from them.
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| Guess who's back... |
[Jul. 21st, 2007|10:06 pm] |
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| | Keane - Hopes and Fears | ] |
So, I guess it's been a little while since I posted anything here. ~^
Let's see, what happened recently that would make me want to try posting things again... well, for starters, I turned 30 about 2 weeks ago. Now, this isn't your usual "dear god, I'm getting old" rant. Having a birthday that's almost in the dead center of the year gives me a very natural break to sort of take stock of things. So much so, that in the past few years I've started making 6-month resolutions instead of the traditional new years resolutions. This way, in the middle of the year, I can evaluate where I'm at with the things I wanted to work on and refocus my energies where needed.
So, with my annual b-day evaluation, I realized a couple of things that were somewhat disturbing. The first, and main one, is just how disconnected I've become. I think it's a rather standard defense mechanism to turn inward when things get difficult or stressful. Unfortunately, I seem to have been in that mode for several years now and it's getting to the point where I'm almost finding it difficult to meet new people, simply because I am unable to express whatever the hell it is I'm feeling inside and therefore feel like I have "nothing" to offer a new friendship. Basically, I've retreated so far inside that I am unable to articulate what I feel/think anymore.
So, it's time to stop that. There are some fairly simple things I can do to remedy this situation. The first is to start listening to good music again. There are times when we get so busy, stressed or scattered that we forget about the little things that keep us going. Music is one of those things for me. The second is to start reading again. I've been so busy and stressed at work for the past few years, that I've formed some bad habits. Reading helps keep me sane and triggers a lot of my creative energy.
And lastly, I just need to work on getting my thoughts/ideas/random notions/tidbits out into the world. So, instead of boring my friends with them, I'm going to try and put some of them here. ^^ We'll see how it goes.
The late, great Jim Valvano (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8neQJlTvMSs&mode=related&search=) said that we should strive to do three things every day: we should laugh, we should think and we should have our emotions move us to tears. I think that's pretty good advice. |
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| Woohoo! |
[Mar. 14th, 2006|10:44 pm] |
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Gina Torres is guest starring on The Shield this season! |
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| Rambles |
[Mar. 13th, 2006|11:25 pm] |
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| | tired and contemplative | ] |
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| | James Blunt | ] |
So, another weekend has come and gone and I wasn't able to get rested up nor was I able to get all the things done around the house that I wanted to. It wasn't for a lack of trying though. Problem is, I've been so overwhelmed and overworked lately, that when I finally do get free time, I make a list of 18 things to get done. When a weekend goes by, like this past one, and I manage to get 5 or 6 things done, I feel like I didn't accomplish anything, even though I actually got a lot done. Oh well, such is life.
I watched an interesting program on tv last night. It's called "Black. White." One of the producers is Ice Cube. It's a show where a white family and a black family live together to learn about race relations in our country. The really interesting part is that they bring in Hollywood type make-up artists and the black family is made to look white and vice versa, so the families can go out in the world and experience what it's like to be the other race. (they do a really good job with this and each family easily passes for the other)
It's a very interesting concept, but unfortunately I found a lot of stuff on the show pissed me off. Like the black man explaining to the white guy the proper way to walk ("you've got to roll it a bit") or how to do the hand clasp/chest bump/back slap move, or how to sit ("don't sit up straight, be relaxed and lean to one side"), etc. Because apparently every black guy walks and talks the same way. Or how the white guy kept trying to explain to the black family that the "n" word didn't need to be such a big deal and by getting upset about it they were simply empowering the people using it. Like he has any idea what that word means to the African American community.
But then I got thinking about it... maybe that was the point of the show. We were supposed to be pissed off, we were supposed to analyze our own views after watching these incredibly naive people make fools of themselves. At the very least, it got people thinking. And perhaps that is a good thing. All I know is I'm curious to see where they go with it.
-Andy |
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| Here goes nothing.... |
[Mar. 12th, 2006|01:30 pm] |
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| | My first post! | ] |
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| | Jack's Mannequin | ] |
Okay, so this is my first LJ post! Mostly this is a place to put my random thoughts, a place to deconstruct my feelings and a way to keep in better touch with friends. (yes, I finally gave in) So, more to come later, just wanted to get the first one out of the way.
-Andy |
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