random quiz

A. Age: Old enough to be your mother if you were 8 or younger.

B. Bed size: Queen, cause there's no such thing as a princess size. I went with the next best option.

C. Chore that you hate: Washing dishes. I don't know why, because when I'm doing them I don't mind... it's the thought of needing to do them that gets me.

D. Dogs: We had a Jack Russell named Zada. <-Don't ask, didn't name her. But she died a couple months ago. :(

E. Essential start to your day: Facebook. Yeah, I'm an addict.

F. Favorite Color: Blue and yellow.

G. Gold or Silver? Silver. I can't stand gold.

H. Height: Honestly, I have no idea. Every doctor I go to tells me I'm a different height. All I can say for sure is that I'm somewhere between 5'3 and 5'6.

I. Instruments you play: Over the course of my life I have played the trumpet, flute, guitar, piano, saxophone, clarinet, drums.... and probably many others. I really only stuck with the trumpet and piano though.

J. Job title: Student.

K. Kids: I have none currently.

L. Live: Yes. I do live. It's a good alternative.

M. Mother's name: Diane.

N. Nicknames: Well, it used to be Cinderella... but people shortened it to Cindy over time.

O. Overnight hospital stays: Never. I mean, unless you count when I was born.

P. Pet peeves: Fingernails on a chalkboard.

Q. Quote from a movie: There are far too many, but here's a few. I love that part in 27 Dresses where the girl finds out mr. cynic is her favorite wedding columnist and she goes, "I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich." Or the part in Pride and Prejudice where Darcy tells Elizabeth that he loves her, "Most ardently."  Or even the part in Amazing Grace where William Wilberforce is trying to abolish slavery and says, "Having heard all of this you may choose to look the other way but you can never again say that you did not know."

R. Right or left handed: both.

S. Siblings: I have several. My brother who is 17 and my sister who is 15. I grew up with them, then a couple years ago I found out that I have more siblings that are technically my siblings even though I never knew them. Out of those I have a brother 23, a sister 24, a sister 22, and a brother 20.

T. Time you wake up: depends.

U. Underwear: Yes. I love underwear, never leave home without them.

V. Vegetable you hate: Uh, lima beans.

W. What makes you run late: Not much. Traffic perhaps.

X. X-rays you've had: Just my teeth.

Y. Yummy food that you make: Cheesecake... and that's about the extent of my cooking skills.

Z. Zoo animal: oh goodness, I love zoos. I like monkeys and elephants and lions and penguins and..... all of them. Basically.

Commas are Friends, and they Sometimes Save People from Being Given Away in Radio Contests.

Grammar Lessons from Radio Stations, episode one:

The other day, a local radio station sent out an e-mail advertising their Christmas contest. They said, and I quote, "fill this out and you could win Deena!"

. . . I'm fairly certain I didn't sign up to be a contest prize, so they should really add a comma to that to avoid any further confusion.


Incorrect: "you could win Deena!"
You can't sell/give away people without their permission. Even with their permission it's generally frowned upon in society.

Correct: "you could win, Deena!"
yay! I can win prizes because my name is Deena and clearly they are talking to me!


Now that we all understand the importance of grammar, let's move on.

So really I actually wanted to ask if any of you have ever noticed little kids geeking out about Santa and how he's going to come and leave presents for them but when they see him in the mall they run in screaming terror.

At the mall, Santa was there and all the little kids wanted to go sit on his lap.
That's probably not entirely true...
by the sounds of it, it was more like the parents had dragged their poor, Santaphobic children to the mall for pictures.

These children were horrified. And I don't even know why. Santa looked quite jolly and red enough. What is so scary about a fat, happy man that gives you free presents? Two words for you, children, FREE. PRESENTS.

Apparently something about him is scary though, because this one little boy was screaming so loud, I actually felt bad for him. Before I had time to feel too bad though, the kid up and took off across the mall like Santa was going to murder him.

I'm not even kidding, this kid ran. He booked it like the gingerbread man.

Why are kids afraid of Santa? Someone explain this to me, I would google it, but I got some inappropriate ones the other day so I'm currently afraid of google results.

anyways, goodbye.