Also from my facebook notes:
Twenty books you've read that will always stick with you. First twenty you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. (I cheated a little: I didn't think Harold and the Purple Crayon, or How High Is Up?, belonged here?)
1. everything Middleearth (Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion), Tolkien
2. Pied Piper, Nevil Shute
3. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
4. The Hero and The Crown, Robin McKinley
5. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
6. The Bible
7. The Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard
8. Letters and Papers from Prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
9. Who is Man?, Abraham Heschel
10. Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
11. Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
12. Lilith, George MacDonald
13. Unpopular Opinions, Dorothy Sayers
14. The Man Born to be King, Dorothy Sayers
15. Renovation of the Heart, Dallas Willard
16. An Inspector Calls, J.B. Priestley
17. Life of the Beloved, Henri Nouwen
18. The Sabbath, Abraham Heschel
19. Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv
20. Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Random answers
From my facebook notes, as i toy with the idea of deleting my profile: originally written July 23, 2009, with #1, 6, 44, & 45 updated for today. The rest haven't changed much.
I deleted the boring questions (Who won’t tag you back?) blah blah blah.
1. What time did you get up this morning? About 6:30 i woke up. Loud neighbors. :( I went back to sleep until 10:23.
2. How do you like your steak? Medium rare
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? WALL-E
4. What is your favorite TV show? none
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Mmmm, wherever I can be near a museum, a symphony, a big body of water, desert, and mountains all at once. Hey! I'm here!
6. What did you have for breakfast? Trader Joe's O's and a glass of apple juice.
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Fusion
8. What foods do you dislike? Lima beans, cilantro, and most tomatoes
9. Favorite Place to Eat? Zelo’s Pizza in Monrovia, and Alicia’s in Brea. Rutabagorz in Fullerton is pretty good too. Um, and Claro's Italian Deli in La Habra & Arcadia.
10. Favorite dressing? Homemade vinaigrette
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? ’97 VW Jetta
12. What are your favorite clothes? Jeans and a fitted T, or a skirt and a fitted T. And flip flops, if I can get away with them.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Thailand, Australia, Iceland, Sweden, Spain, and Patagonia...don't get me started!
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? That depends on the day…maybe on the hour?
15. Where would you want to retire? Somewhere where I can have a big yard and garden.
16. Favorite time of day? Early morning, on the rare occasions I get up then; around dusk other times. High noon if i can take a nap.
17. Where were you born? Pennsylvania
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Um, soccer? But it’s hardly a favorite.
22. Bird watcher? YUP!
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night. Well, mostly a night person. Give me 30 minutes and food, and you won’t know that I’m not a morning person.
24. Do you have any pets? Kind of—a parrot. He lives with my parents though.
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Nope.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? I don’t remember.
27. What is your best childhood memory? This may sound silly, but dyeing Queen Anne's lace was pretty fun, as was learning to make a quilt with my mom, and rescuing earth worms from drowning when it rained in Cameroon. We took them out of the road/gullies and put them in the garden.
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Neither. Both.
29. Are you married? Nope.
30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes.
31. Been in a car accident? Little ones. My favorite was a rock flying through the van windshield in Cameroon.
32. Any pet peeves? Yup. Chewing with mouth open, noisy neighbors at dark hours of the day, and people who knock incessantly. If they heard you, they’re coming; and if they aren’t home, no amount of knocking at 6 a.m. is going to open that door.
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Mushrooms and black olives.
34. Favorite Flower? Lisianthus, epiphyllums, mallows, and a certain pink rose. I like blue-eyed grass and forsythia a lot too.
35. Favorite ice cream? Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake, although Chocolate Sorbet (via Trader Joe’s) is pretty yummy too.
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? In n Out? And Subway.
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I didn’t. But I practiced for two years.
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Um, I wouldn’t?
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Spent the night on a friend’s couch after working late. It was so nice to be asleep by the time I’d have gotten to my apartment, and to be closer to work the next morning! That isn't terribly adventurous, I know...I *am* fighting the urge to cross an ocean, though.
41. Like your job? Most definitely, even though sometimes it makes me cry with frustration.
42. Broccoli? Yes, I even crave it sometimes.
43. What was your favorite vacation? A week in England, wandering around half by myself and half meeting up with friends.
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? My friend Cara, after a nap, after we were in another friend's wedding. I didn't have the energy to do anything except sit and have a server bring food to the table.
45. What are you listening to right now? The dryer at my parent’s house, my parrot clicking at me, and my hard-drive as the daily virus-scan turns on.
46. What is your favorite color? Blue, green, and yellow.
47. How many tattoos do you have? None, and never will. For one thing, I don’t like needles AT ALL.
50. Coffee Drinker? Sometimes, as with cheesecake, but always decaf. My heart doesn’t like the leaded stuff.
I deleted the boring questions (Who won’t tag you back?) blah blah blah.
1. What time did you get up this morning? About 6:30 i woke up. Loud neighbors. :( I went back to sleep until 10:23.
2. How do you like your steak? Medium rare
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? WALL-E
4. What is your favorite TV show? none
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Mmmm, wherever I can be near a museum, a symphony, a big body of water, desert, and mountains all at once. Hey! I'm here!
6. What did you have for breakfast? Trader Joe's O's and a glass of apple juice.
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Fusion
8. What foods do you dislike? Lima beans, cilantro, and most tomatoes
9. Favorite Place to Eat? Zelo’s Pizza in Monrovia, and Alicia’s in Brea. Rutabagorz in Fullerton is pretty good too. Um, and Claro's Italian Deli in La Habra & Arcadia.
10. Favorite dressing? Homemade vinaigrette
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? ’97 VW Jetta
12. What are your favorite clothes? Jeans and a fitted T, or a skirt and a fitted T. And flip flops, if I can get away with them.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Thailand, Australia, Iceland, Sweden, Spain, and Patagonia...don't get me started!
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? That depends on the day…maybe on the hour?
15. Where would you want to retire? Somewhere where I can have a big yard and garden.
16. Favorite time of day? Early morning, on the rare occasions I get up then; around dusk other times. High noon if i can take a nap.
17. Where were you born? Pennsylvania
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Um, soccer? But it’s hardly a favorite.
22. Bird watcher? YUP!
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night. Well, mostly a night person. Give me 30 minutes and food, and you won’t know that I’m not a morning person.
24. Do you have any pets? Kind of—a parrot. He lives with my parents though.
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Nope.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? I don’t remember.
27. What is your best childhood memory? This may sound silly, but dyeing Queen Anne's lace was pretty fun, as was learning to make a quilt with my mom, and rescuing earth worms from drowning when it rained in Cameroon. We took them out of the road/gullies and put them in the garden.
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Neither. Both.
29. Are you married? Nope.
30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes.
31. Been in a car accident? Little ones. My favorite was a rock flying through the van windshield in Cameroon.
32. Any pet peeves? Yup. Chewing with mouth open, noisy neighbors at dark hours of the day, and people who knock incessantly. If they heard you, they’re coming; and if they aren’t home, no amount of knocking at 6 a.m. is going to open that door.
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Mushrooms and black olives.
34. Favorite Flower? Lisianthus, epiphyllums, mallows, and a certain pink rose. I like blue-eyed grass and forsythia a lot too.
35. Favorite ice cream? Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake, although Chocolate Sorbet (via Trader Joe’s) is pretty yummy too.
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? In n Out? And Subway.
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I didn’t. But I practiced for two years.
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Um, I wouldn’t?
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Spent the night on a friend’s couch after working late. It was so nice to be asleep by the time I’d have gotten to my apartment, and to be closer to work the next morning! That isn't terribly adventurous, I know...I *am* fighting the urge to cross an ocean, though.
41. Like your job? Most definitely, even though sometimes it makes me cry with frustration.
42. Broccoli? Yes, I even crave it sometimes.
43. What was your favorite vacation? A week in England, wandering around half by myself and half meeting up with friends.
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? My friend Cara, after a nap, after we were in another friend's wedding. I didn't have the energy to do anything except sit and have a server bring food to the table.
45. What are you listening to right now? The dryer at my parent’s house, my parrot clicking at me, and my hard-drive as the daily virus-scan turns on.
46. What is your favorite color? Blue, green, and yellow.
47. How many tattoos do you have? None, and never will. For one thing, I don’t like needles AT ALL.
50. Coffee Drinker? Sometimes, as with cheesecake, but always decaf. My heart doesn’t like the leaded stuff.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Silver linings
My pilot brother has a quote on one of his pilot t-shirts that the silver lining in the could may be another plane coming toward you. ;-)
That said, things are better. I don't have a job offer, but i feel more at peace.
That said, things are better. I don't have a job offer, but i feel more at peace.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Dirt
I am processing shock; and while hoping for vindication, also praying that i live a life that doesn't cause someone to cry out for vindication against me.
Last night, i thought that i see a point to feeling better after sitting on the ground and pouring ashes or dust on my head. I really do. And keening.
But after that's all done, the fact remains that the situation is unchanged. Or rather, the situation is unchanged but i'm now covered in dust and ashes, with nothing but dirt in my hands.
Maybe dirt can become soil. Maybe something good (better even) will come out of this--of course that could be. And really, I'm really not that bad off. I'm not sitting in dirt and ashes. It's an answer to a question i've been asking for months and months, although not the delivery i hoped for. And it's that--it's the sense of being wronged that stings vehemently, and that whispers lies about value and worth that i'm fighting to ignore.
And so: may i live a life that doesn't cause someone to cry out for vindication against me. May i welcome the crisis, because "there is no crisis that comes to us without a gift in its hands".
Last night, i thought that i see a point to feeling better after sitting on the ground and pouring ashes or dust on my head. I really do. And keening.
But after that's all done, the fact remains that the situation is unchanged. Or rather, the situation is unchanged but i'm now covered in dust and ashes, with nothing but dirt in my hands.
Maybe dirt can become soil. Maybe something good (better even) will come out of this--of course that could be. And really, I'm really not that bad off. I'm not sitting in dirt and ashes. It's an answer to a question i've been asking for months and months, although not the delivery i hoped for. And it's that--it's the sense of being wronged that stings vehemently, and that whispers lies about value and worth that i'm fighting to ignore.
And so: may i live a life that doesn't cause someone to cry out for vindication against me. May i welcome the crisis, because "there is no crisis that comes to us without a gift in its hands".
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