Taggy goodness.

Music is my #3 favorite thing ever, so of course I'm excited about this taggy-post from the lovely and stupendous Tiffany. So, I'm supposed to list the Top 10 Songs in my iTunes library...

Okay, so I don't use iTunes and will probably never use iTunes. I don't even know what's so great about it (or care). My excuse for a long time was that I don't have a Mac (yet), but now I know you can use iTunes whether you have a Mac or PC, so that excuse is out the window.

My new excuse: I don't like music organizers. I make the rules, damnit.

Anyway, so I'm gonna bring up one of my all-time-greatest-songs mixes in WinAmp (yeah, that's right, WinAmp. How can you use anything else?) and list the top Songs from that instead.

Tiffany posted her top 25 though, so I think I'll post 25 too. Mostly because it's super hard for me to narrow it down to my favorites.

I'm also supposed to list them in Song - Artist - Album format, which is going to be hard because, uhm, I have to Google most of these to find that out. (yeah yeah I know if I used iTunes it would do all that crap for me. shut it.)

And, because I'm a visual person, I thought I'd add some pics that I googled. Then I felt extremely old because some of the bands I listen to look 5-10 years younger than me. And I'm only 23.

1. Done Wrong - Ani DiFranco - Dilate
2. All Hail the Heartbreaker - The Spill Canvas - Sunsets and Car Crashes
3. Take Me Anywhere - Tegan and Sara - So Jealous
4. It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends - Bright Eyes - Transmission One: Tea at the Palaz of Hoon
5. Combat Baby - Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
6. Probably - Kevin Devine - Split the Country, Split the Street
7. Spanish Doll - Poe - Haunted
8. Waste of Paint - Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground - [see above photo]
   
9. I Wasn't Prepared - Eisley - Room Noises
10. Ever So Sweet - The Early November - The Room's Too Cold
11. I Don't Miss You Anymore - Lisa Ekdahl - Sings Salvadore Poe (Bonus track)
12. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
13. Winter - Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
14. Calling You - Blue October - History for Sale
15. Brightest - Copeland - Beneath the Medicine Tree
16. Here I Am - Tegan and Sara - Unreleased/Live - [see above photo]
17. Forget December - Something Corporate - Songs for Silent Movies
18. Anything - Plain White T's - All That We Needed
19. Riot Nrrrd - 2 Skinnee J's - Super Marcado
20. TKO - Le Tigre - This Island
21. Broken - Lucky Boys Confusion - Commitment
22. Not Tonight - Tegan and Sara - If It Was You - [see above photo]
23. Are You Sad? - Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
24. The Absence of God - Rilo Kiley - Execution of All Things
25. Spawn - Silverchair - Neon Ballroom

Whoa, that's way too many photos. Good luck loading this page.

If you don't know any of these bands, you are severely depriving yourself of some really great music. You're probably too busy listening to crap on the radio that you've forgotten there are real bands out there in this world.

(And yes, I'm a music snob. but I'm a closet music snob, which means I pretend I'm not a snob most of the time and when it's completely appropriate I break out with a "WHAT IS THAT CRAP YOU'RE LISTENING TO?" and also I never admit my music guilty pleasures... you would be a bit suprised, I think.)

That's it. I'm done with the music taggy post. I tag... uhm. Everyone who reads my blog has already been tagged by Tiffany. So, I tag everyone else. That's right, that means you Missy. :)

Question and answer time.

Found a little quizzy-question-thinker-thing that I kind of like. All the questions can be kinda lame in spots, but I have interesting-ish stories/explanations to help non-lame them. Actually, some of my answers are just Too Much Information. (As usual.)

Describe your very FIRST...

Memory? I really do remember as a barely-walking toddler waking up and getting out of my crib to pull the nightlight out of the wall. Then I started screaming because it was dark. Then I took my diaper off. Then I screamed some more because I was cold. I don't remember anything else, though I'm sure my parents came in shortly thereafter to shut me up, fix my problems, and strap me down again in my crib. (Not literally, people. Jeez. And take Child Protective Services off your speed dial already. It's scaring your friends and neighbors.)

Word(s)? I said "doggie" first... Who knew I'd become an animal lover!? :) After that I said "daddy" and then some time later (and I will never hear the end of this from her) I said "mommy".

Crush? I remember I was totally obsessed with Bejan Pourteymor (I have no idea how to spell it, so I spelled it phonetically. It was a middle-eastern name, I believe) in early grade school. (This was the start of a lifetime obsession with foreign guys.) I vaguely remember my mom taking me to his apartment complex where he lived with his mom, for whatever reason, and he answered the door wearing those footy-pajamas with Transformers on them (this was like 3rd or 4th grade, so he really should have been too old for those YEARS ago). But I still liked him. He was so funny! You know, for a gradeschooler.

Pet? The first dog that was actually mine was a Cocker Spaniel named Daisy (her name was actually much much longer than that, but I'm too embarrassed to share the whole thing), that my dad bought for me as a puppy when I was 5. She lived a spoiled, fat and happy life for 15 years solid (which is a long time for that breed) and passed away almost 3 years ago.

Girl/boyfriend? My first "boyfriend" was in my freshman year of highschool. One of my friends set me up with her cousin so we could double date to some stupid dance. (Yes, I'm so cool.) I "dated" him for a week and dumped him the day after the dance. He was really boring.

Kiss? I was 17, I think. He was a jerk. Seriously, if I saw him today I might throw up in his eye. We met online, which wasn't the issue, but obviously the issue was that I had no idea who he really was until it was too late. And my judge-of-character was completely Non-Working at the time (which should have been apparent from my group of friends at that time). We made out a bit after we met, but then when it came down to talking about 'us', he said that I "wasn't beautiful" like he thought I was. He said from my photos he was expecting a "beautiful, sexy, little gpth girl" and I wasn't what I had portrayed. Hello, asshole, I am 17... I don't even know what I am yet!! Every normal 12-17 year old girl is slightly-goth and takes Emo-esque photographs of themselves. WTF did he expect? Anyway, if I "wasn't beautiful" enough for him, then why did he make out with me, and lead me on? Oh yeah, that's right, he's an effing bastard.

Because of this colassal jerkoff, I developed a strict policy to never kiss a guy I wasn't entirely interested in. Thus, I have done my fair share of backing away from guys trying to go in for a kiss. I just refuse to lead a guy on in any possible way... I know what it's like and it sucks. (Sorry, guys... I wasn't just "being shy" or "playing hard-to-get". I just didn't like you. That's usually what it means when a girl backs away from a kiss. If she likes you, she won't do that. Usually. Guess what, it doesn't hurt to ask beforehand. Then you'll know for sure and avoid feeling confused when she runs away from your affections.)

Rejection from a guy/girl you liked? Oh, there have been so many. (Both given and received.) Well, the first time I was rejected by a guy that I clearly remember was in 7th grade. I liked this guy, (who was a TOTAL dork, by the way) and he and I became pretty close friends. Well, I was all excited about it and telling all my friends that I thought maybe he liked me like that. He pulled me aside one day at lunchtime, saying he wanted to ask me something. All my friends were going "ooooh, he's gonna ask you out!" but when he got me alone he asked me if I could help set him up with my best friend (skinny, pretty, personality-less best friend)... I was so mortified. The worst part... she wasn't even remotely interested in him because he was a freakin dork and she was too good for him!! So, I had to let him down for her nicely and then consoled him like the good friend I was. But he just never stopped talking about her!! Surprisingly, I didn't have the need to be friends with him any longer after a short while of that.

Car? 91' Ford Escort LX, fully loaded. My baby! From my parents when I turned 16 (slightly spoiled, I know).

Puppy love? I thought I was in love with Air Force Guy when I was 19 years old and he was 21. We never even held a conversation longer than 5 minutes. Ugh, and it took me forever to get over him! WHY!?

Cell phone? I had a pay-as-you-go phone and no-contract service that I bought almost 3 years ago so that Nadine could call me when she was having her daughter. Before that I was really anti-cell phones and always claimed that I would never get one. I found out that I really liked having a cell phone... I used up WAY too many minutes way too fast with that pay-as-you-go phone, so I bought an unlimited-minute, no-contract plan from Cricket about a year ago and have been really happy with the service ever since I got it.

True love? Well... I don't want to jinx it! You're not supposed to say it out loud, right? That's what jinxes it... but, uh, yeah. You know what I'm saying. I think.

Real job? Well, I'm assuming that by 'real' you don't mean babysitting, so... Gosh, it's really hard to remember when I even started working a real job. I think it wasn't until I was out of highschool... though I guess I can't remember for sure. But I do remember my parents told me after I dropped out of hellschool, I mean highschool, to "get a job or get out" so I got a job working retail at Nobbies, a party supply store. It was slightly fun, for a retail gig.

"Intimate" encounter? (You know what I mean) Okay, this is the part of the quizzy-thing I think goes too far. I mean, this is kinda personal, even for a crappy little blog like mine that only 4 people read. But uhh okay I'll just be vague, but still answer, so as not to seem like a prude. It was not even a year ago. (Yeah, that's right. I waited until I was ready and I met someone I really cared about so that I wouldn't regret it. Make your jokes.) And it was fairly romantic and good and all that crap. I'm not with the guy anymore, for good reasons... we weren't good together when it came right down to it. And though I did care about him, it only took me 4 days to get over him. Lol. So, it probably wasn't love.

Then I started this blog right after!

Wow, sharing time is OVER.

This wasn't really a taggy-post, but I will tag you all anyway (Mikala, Tiffany, Missy, insert your name here and you know who you are, etc!). Because, damnit, I feel awkward and exposed and you all should share in the over-sharing.

Tis the season, right? Yeah.

So, Happy Holidays, my lovelies!

Please drive safely (see: not like me) and make sure you have a designated driver for New Year's, or just stay where you are, drunkie mcdrunkerson.

Alas, my friends, I won't be going out OR drinking this year. (But I'm okay with it.) And although I know you'll miss hearing a new story like the one from last year, I really want to ring in the New Year with my New Guy.

Catching up on taggy-posts.

I know this is my 4th post in one day, but I had a lot of catching up to do. Plus, they're all fairly short-and-sweet posts, so shut your face. :D

I got tagged a couple times in a row by Mikala! Like, a week ago. So, I need to catch up.

6 Weird Things About Me!

1. I don't like oranges or any orange-flavored things.
   
2. I have monkey toes, even though they are deceivingly short and fat little toes. I can spread all my toes apart, pick up almost anything with them, and also control most of my toes individually. (This sounds creepier than it actually is. My toes are quite cute, it's just they are very bendy or something.)
   
3. In the past 10 years I have attained an unhealthy collection of panda and panda-related merchandise.
   
4. I decided to become a vegetarian while eating beef jerky and listening to Silverchair's "Spawn" (a song about animal liberation).
5. I love foreign foods (Indian, Persian, Thai, Japanese, Italian, Mexican) and I love foreign films (Amelie, Grave of the Fireflies, Run Lola Run, La Cage aux Folles, Life is Beautiful, etc) and am very interested in foreign cultures... but when it comes down to it, I don't have much interest in visiting foreign countries.
6. I'm agnostic, which means I don't believe in or follow any one particular religion (though I don't disbelieve in them either), and I'm perfectly happy with it.
   

5 Favorite Christmas Songs

According to Mikala, I'm supposed to name my top 5 favorite christmas songs for this taggy-post. (I love her word for it, "taggle".) Here's my list:

1. Silent Night
2. The First Noel
3. Winter Wonderland (I know I know, this isn't technically a Christmas song, but so what.)
4. Do You Hear What I Hear?
5. White Christmas

Okay! I am all caught up on my tags now! Thanks again to Mikala, who was kind enough to tag me! :) I'm supposed to tag a bunch of people, so uhhh you've been tagged. Also, do the purse thing, it's fun and you can really clean that bitch out while you're at it. (Though I didn't...)

Tag #6: Book excerpt tag thing

I know, it's my second post of the day and you're all "damn Jen you always post twice when you have the least to say". Well, quit yer bitchin!! You chose to come here, you should know better. Now just listen up.

I was tagged by Mairin, of Tales from the Trenches, a little while ago and I kinda forgot about it until just now. It's a cute, unique taggy-post (meme) too.

Here are the rules:

1. Grab the nearest book. If you are currently reading something, that'll be fine too.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your Blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag 5 people.

And here's what I have:

Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-Bye!
by Cynthia Heimel


It's true that people grow older, more sophisticated, but nobody ever matures past age eighteen. The same feelings persist. The way we acted then is the way we act now, even though our braces no longer lock when we kiss.

Okay, so what does a teenaged girl do when she's crazy for a guy?

Okay that's it. Short and sweet. And by the way, Cynthia Heimel is hilarious. Her books are a necessity for every chick on earth. She's most known for her 80's book on sex advice for girls, which I haven't read. Here's some of her other books that I like/own:

Ha ha ha, bitchy sarcasm as its best! Oh, I went off on a tangent and forgot that I'm supposed to tag 5 people... I still don't think I know 5 people to tag. I still only know 3, maybe 4 people that I wouldn't be too shy to tag. Yes, too shy to tag. I'm neurotic, even on blogger. So, I vaguely tag whoever is reading something good right now. Do it.

Another reminder that I don't do anything.

My 5th tag.

Taggy-thing from Tiffany.

You're supposed to bold the things that you have done... check it out: I have done 39 out of 150. Which is slightly more than I thought I would have marked off on this list. Yay, I surprise myself.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink ... I would but I'm usually broke by the time I get drunk enough to want to do this.
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain ... not technically, unless you count a car ride up a mountain.
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise ... just once, after my Junior prom.
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game (and survived the crush afterwards) ... I don't even know what this means.
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables ... used to grow tomatos and parsley.
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars ... my house is underneath the stars though.
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne ... It was nasty-ass pink champagne too. And I have done this TWICE. Apparently I didn't learn the first time.
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster ... just recently.
35. Hit a home run ... does kickball count?! Cuz I rocked the kickball at recess!
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking ... I have to be drinking a lot to do this though.
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends ... I still do.
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country ... how about "danced with a stranger FROM a foreign country". Or Walleye.
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign ... not a sign, but an orange construction cone.
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero ... when I was little. Not recently, unless you count Awesome Girl.
58. Sung karaoke ... On St Patrick's Day after multiple shots, I sang Madonna's "Like a Virgin" with a complete stranger.
59. Lounged around in bed all day ... I have had my fill of this from my surgery recovery crap (well over 2 years ago).
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken ... this can be easy for me. It depends on the guy/situation.
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage ... my worst fear ever.
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark ... no, but I ate squid jerky my uncle brought back from Korea when I was 8 or 9 (pre-vegetarian). It was still perfectly in it's normal squid-shape and everything.
88. Kissed on the first date ... I prefer to if I like the guy.
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently ... took French for 5 years and learned practically nothing.
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking ... every single day.
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart ... it's a part of life.
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol ... yes, fired a hunting rifle or something at targets in Outdoor Education class in 6th grade. It was in this class that I was first reunited with Nadine too! (I did not shoot her.)
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild ... best. mushrooms. ever.
118. Ridden a horse ... once in Outdoor Education class in 6th grade, and again at a friend's farm in 10th grade.
119. Had major surgery ... yay! back surgery!
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours ... I've been really really close.
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about ... only in the sense that some of my friends and family no longer think that I'm completely insane about not eating meat. I'm not sure if that counts.
130. Gone back to school ... after dropping out of highschool and getting a GED (long story), I finally went back to school to get a college degree. Because I was very scared I would be working retail or fast food my whole life without one. Annnnnd my parents made me.
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey ... this was the ONLY book assigned in school that I actually read.
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read ... Maya Angelou
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions ... I haven't done this... YET.
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language ... yeah, customers and/or a few of my coworkers. It's Omaha, this is almost a daily occurance.
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident ... I lightly scraped bumpers with a lady because I didn't yield to her like I should have. It was literally my FIRST DAY driving my new car without an adult at age 16. I was all by myself, driving home from a guitar lesson. She was going straight at the light and I was turning left in front of her. She had the right away, but because she wasn't moving forward at all at first, I (stupidly) assumed she was waiting to turn without her turn-signal or that she had a red light. I started to turn left in front of her, and got most of the way in the lane when she started to go forward towards me. We both stopped completely and I realized that if I didn't finish going left I would be completely in her way anyway. But she was still creeping forward too, and I thought I had enough room to get by her (I have lame depth perception and also I was panicking), but instead I very slowly scraped our bumpers together as I finished my left turn. She got out and was screaming at me in another language and the only words she said in English weren't nice either... I was sobbing after a while of this, and she wouldn't even let me use her cell phone to call my mom. When the officer came to the scene he examined the "damage" to my teeny Ford Escort and to her gianormous SUV (there was some dirt/dust, and completely miniscule scratches) and he asked the lady to just let things go because there was not enough damage to warrant any kind of follow-up at all, but she insisted that I get a ticket for something. That was my one-and-only accident caused by me. Okay, I had to tell that story... moving on...
150. Saved someone’s life ... I helped save my dad's life around March 2006 by promptly calling an ambulance and keeping him from passing out by patting his face and talking to him. He had 2 blood clots that had travelled to his lungs (we found out later), and he could have died if we hadn't reacted so quickly. I only played that small part though, thank god, because the paramedics and firemen arrived within 3-4 minutes of my phone call (although it feels like an excruciatingly long time when someone you love is having an out-of-the-blue, unidentified attack right in front of your eyes). The firemen and paramedics took over from there and did an absolutely excellent job.

jen: i thought maybe i would have to postpone that on you tonight, but our study group is going to be next Monday now

nadine: STUDY GROUP?
nadine: YOU AREN'T IN A STUDY GROUP9:49 AM jen: yeah, he and I are going to go to this new study group on Monday nights.

9:50 AM jen: it's like a reading/discussion/meditating thing, and who knows what else we'll do. it should be fun, I want to check it out at least.

nadine: IM NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS NEW JENNY WHO GETS UP FROM HER COMPUTER CHAIR AND GOES PLACES, WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE SHE DOESN'T KNOW

jen: I'M NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOUR FACE, NADINE

Guess what tag #4 means?

Being tagged means I don't have to think of things to say!

Yay!!

Ok, seriously folks, I have been really blank lately in case you can't tell. I need ideas/inspiration I guess. Until then... I'm okay with being passively tagged by Mikala (and whoever else). These questions are pretty cool actually.


1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up? Hm. This must be a trick question, because I don't see the "there is no way it can be traced back to you" statement in there. This question is trying to get me in jail for homicide. Thanks a lot. Uhm, okay assuming I wouldn't get caught I would blow up Paris Hilton. Just because I am sick of hearing about her skinny ass, and seeing the high-priced pets she carries around with her like props, while she pretends to be an animal-right activist for 3 seconds. And it also appears that, just like all her friends/boyfriends/movies/money, her dogs are just her playtoys like everything else in her life.

2. You can flip a switch that will wipe any band or musical artist out of existence. Which one will it be? Oh god, there are so many to choose from. I guess I'd say Yanni, because really, who's gonna miss him?

3. Who would you really like to just punch in the face? Oh man, another tough one. Okay, I'd really like to punch my high school counselor in the face. That's right, I said it. She was a total bee-yotch.

4. What is your favorite cheese? Brie!

5. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your immediate disposal. What kind will you make? Uhm, wow, all ingredients huh? Okay, well I'm not good at making up something original, so I want a Gourmet Veggie Club from Jimmie John's. Double provolone cheese, avocado spread, cucumbers, sprouts, lettuce, tomato, and mayo. FREAKIN YUM.

6. You have the opportunity to sleep with the movie celebrity of your choice. We are talking no-strings-attached sex and it can only happen once. Who is the lucky celebrity of your choice? Jake Gyllenhaal. Hell yes.

7. You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who do you pick? Omg, I have a list and everything. I will go with Raine Maida, Gavin Rossdale, Chris Carrabba, Daniel Johns, Adam Levine, Billy Joe Armstrong, Chris Cornell, Dave Navarro, Jack Johnson, Bryce Avary, Maynard James Keenan, Eddie Vedder, Rivers Cuomo, Conor Oberst, and I would temporarily become bisexual for Ani DiFranco. I know the question says pick one, but SERIOUSLY I CANNOT PICK ONE.

8. Now that you’ve slept with two different people in a row, you seem to be having an excellent day because you just came across a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk. Holy cow, a hundred bucks! How are you gonna spend it? Okay, actually if I slept with all those it would be 16 people in a row... But hey, who's counting? Well, I think I should buy some kind of non-slut potion or 'STD-B-GONE' because DAMN I JUST SLEPT WITH 16 PEOPLE. Actually, I'd use the hundred to buy more clothes.

9. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? Wow, I guess I'd go to Japan since the ride is totally free. I hope there was a return flight with this ticket. Anyway, they have an awesome, completely unique culture and they are home to Nintendo, Hello Kitty, and anime that doesn't suck!

10. Upon arrival to the aforementioned location, you get off the plane and discover another hundred-dollar bill. Now that you are in the new location, what are you gonna do? Buy some sweet Japanese clothes and a bonsai tree, a pair of Japanese Geta shoes because they are insane, a cup of sake or two, and also a ton of souveniers for friends.

11. A demon rises out of Hell and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. It is…? Oh Demon from Hell, I love you...thanks for bringing me Cap'n Morgan for my rum-and-coke. Demons are so nice... Oh, you want my soul? Yeah okay, pour me a drink first though.

12. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. What time are you traveling to and what are you going to do when you get there? Ruuuufus!! Okay, I would totally go to the 60's or 70's and hang out with hippies. Hippies are funny. I'd hate to go too far back, because seriously, I don't wanna show up in a time when toilet paper didn't exist or something. No pine cones for me, thank you very much.

13. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? No eating animals. If you don't like it, you don't have to live there.

14. You have been given the opportunity to create the half-hour TV show of your own design. What is it called and what’s the premise? "Dahhhrrrr: the Jenny and Nadine Show", wherein we hire someone to follow us around with a camera 24/7, and I will edit the hilarious parts together to make a weekly half-hour show. You would watch it, trust me.

15. What is your favorite curse word? Hell.

16. One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything; they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do? Uhm seriously WTF... I would scream bloody murder.

17. Your house is on fire! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the item? My computer, which has all my photos and most of my LIFE in it.

18. The Angel of Death has descended upon you. Fortunately, the Angel of Death is pretty cool and in a good mood, and it offers you a half-hour to do whatever you want before you bite it. What do you do? Eat loads of ice cream, come up with a cure for all known diseases in order to become an instant legend, and say goodbye to my family and friends. It's a really busy half hour.

19. You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What’s it gonna be? I knew that vegetables would one day make me a superhero. I just knew it. I choose the power to become invisible whenever I choose.

20. You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again? The half-hour after my dad gave me my dog Daisy when I was 4 years old.

21. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be? Well, I'd say my entire highschool experience.

22. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool stuff… you can move to anywhere else in the world! What country are you going to live in now? Crap. I knew Jake Gyllenhaal would open his big fat mouth. Damn him for spreading completely true rumors. Ok, I'd move to Vancouver, Canada.

23. This question still counts, even for those of you who are under age. Check it out. You have been eternally banned from every single bar in the world except for ONE. Which one is it gonna be? Eli's!!! But wait, if I've been kicked out of the US, how can I go there? This question needs to go before the last one. You taggy-post writers sure don't think very hard about these things.

24. Hopefully you didn’t mention this in the super-powers question…. If you did, then we’ll just expand on that. Check it out… Suddenly, you have gained the ability to FLOAT!!! Whose house are you going to float to first, and be like “Dude, check it out… I can FLOAT!” Nadine's house!!! She would be the most excited too. She would be all like, "DUDE!!" and then try and see if she could do it too.

25. The constant absorption of magical moonbeams mixed with the radioactive vegetables you consumed earlier has given you the ability to resurrect the dead famous-person of your choice. So which celebrity will you bring back to life? Martin Luther King Jr, because seriously he never even got to finish doing all the good things that he was going to do. I am all about the non-violent crap (despite obvious tendencies towards clawing people with my nails for revenge).

26. The Gates of Hell have opened, and Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person, etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back? My Grandpa, my mom's dad.

27. What’s your theme song? Wow, super hard question. I could literally come up with an entire soundtrack. It used to be "Done Wrong" by Ani DiFranco, when I was younger and pretty angsty. It's still my #1 favorite song, but not necessarily my theme song. I guess right now I would choose "32 Flavors" by Ani DiFranco or "Not a Pretty Girl" by Ani DiFranco.Yeah I worship Ani, she writes/sings what I think.

28. Who do you tag? Whoever doesn't wanna make a real post like me. :)

The 3rd tagging: For $10 million.

I was vaguely tagged by Stephanie from Cars & Boston Cremes... (I could have just ignored it I guess, but hey I like being included.)

For ten million dollars, would you run over a dog with your car?
No, I wouldn't for any amount of money.

For ten million dollars, would you cheat on your sweetheart with his / her best friend?
Errrr like Stephanie said, it depends on if they both knew and were ok with it. But even though, I dunno, it may turn out like Indecent Proposal kinda and that would suck. So, no.

For ten million dollars, would you allow someone to amputate both your legs?
Hmm, how much do I really use my legs? No, I wouldn't do this either.

For ten million dollars, would you frame someone you already dislike for a heinous crime?
How much do I already dislike them? Because I don't see a downside to this one. Okay, I guess I would feel kinda guilty... So I give a reluctant no.

For ten million dollars, would you give up sex for life?
No way in hell. Omg, no.

For ten million dollars, would you spike everyone's drink with LSD at Thanksgiving?
I don't know very much about drugs and their effects, but isn't LSD the one that can mess you up forever? Maybe that's just a rumor. Even so, this question is pretty evil, especially considering that my GRANDMA would be one of these people. I say no, obviously.

For ten million dollars, would you eat three big bowls of live spiders?
GOD NO. I almost had a seizure just thinking about it.

For ten million dollars, would you say really racist things in public, every day, for the rest of your life?
No. Oh my god, that's pretty awful.

Steph, you're grounded from tagging for 2 weeks because this taggy-post's questions are just insane. I wanna meet the bloggers that say "yes" to some of these questions. It scares me. But I'm grounded too because I'm too lazy to think up anything better, except:

For ten million dollars, would you answer a bunch of questions on your blog?
YES, WHERE'S MY MONEY?! (I really just want the money people.)

Okay, so you're all vaguely tagged now because you read this. That's right, you and you and you. Don't ignore me damnit.

My 2nd tagging: "Four Things"

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
1. Retail/customer service at Nobbies Party Supply.
2. Telemarketer at Dial-America.
3. Freelance/contract designer for small marketing/design firm.
4. Graphic artist for a tent & awning co.

FOUR JOBS YOU WISH YOU'D HAD:
1. Singer/musician in a band.
2. Fiction writer/author.
3. Book cover designer.
4. 3d modeller for video games.

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN:
1. Spaceballs.
2. The Last Unicorn.
3. Run Lola Run.
4. Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind.

FOUR CITIES YOU'VE LIVED IN:
1. Omaha.
2. Omaha, NE.
3. Omaha, Nebraska.
4. OMAHA. Jeez, stop asking me!!

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:
1. Lost.
2. The Shield.
3. My Name is Earl.
4. The Office.

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION/TRAVELED TO:
1. Denver, Colorado. (and all around there, to see Royal Gorge, Pike's Peak, etc.)
2. Kansas City, Missouri. (to go to Worlds of Fun with Echo!)
3. Halsey, Nebraska. (to go off-roading with my uncle.)
4. Minneapolis, Minnesota. (to visit the Mall of America and get into trouble with my old friend Sev.)

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
1. The Show with Ze Frank. (for: my daily comedy/news)
2. Google / Gmail / Blogger. (for: searching, email, & blogging, respectively.)
3. SiteMeter / Statcounter / Google Analytics. (for: being told that people like me.)
4. The Superficial / Gofugyourself. (for: celebrity bashing & celebrity fashion critique.)

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS:
1. Bengan Bearta... an Indian dish of roasted eggplant sauteed with ginger, garlic spices, and potatos and PURE YUMMY.
2. Potato & Peas Polo... my all-time favorite dish from my favorite restaurant, Ahmad's Persian Cuisine.
3. "Cheesy Chips"... an invention I made because I'm lazy. Sprinkle your favorite shredded cheese onto your favorite chips and microwave until melty and good. My favorite: Some chedder shreds and some mozzerella shreds over Black Pepperjack Doritos. Adding salsa/ranch/sour cream/guacamole is optional and probably even more hazerdous to your health.
4. My easy-to-make vegetarian breakfast sammich: Microwaved chikin-patty (soy 'chicken' by Morningstar Farms) with an over-hard egg (a fried egg works the same) and 1-2 melted slice(s) of american cheese, all on a Lender's egg or onion bagel. OMG heaven.

FOUR THINGS YOU WON'T EAT:
1. Meat/animals.
2. Oranges or orange-flavored things.
3. Milk chocolate (Dark chocolate rocks).
4. Jalepenos and other really really really hot mexican foods.

FOUR THINGS YOU WISH YOU COULD EAT OR DRINK RIGHT NOW:
1. A Subway salad WITH spinach (they still don't have it back yet at the one I go to).
2. Rum and coke sounds good right about now (it would make work more tolerable).
3. White cranberry/apple tea by Arizona (I can't seem to find this anymore!!!).
4. A bit of peanut butter fudge ice cream from Goodrich.

FOUR THINGS IN YOUR BEDROOM:
1. HORDES OF SHOES.
2. My tv, computer, and stereo.
3. My dog's bed.
4. Pandas.

FOUR THINGS YOU WISH YOU HAD IN YOUR BEDROOM:
1. Space.
2. More bookshelves.
3. Less pandas.
4. Bigger closet for clothes/shoes.

FOUR THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Brand new faded black jeans with very cool embroidery on the bum. (that's right, ASS EMBROIDERY.)
2. Black v-neck sweater with 3/4 sleeves. (I loooove this sweater.)
3. My 3 silver rings that I always wear. (I literally have permanent markings on my fingers from wearing these rings. They only come off my hands once a day while I'm in the shower.)
4. My comfy-but-falling-apart black & pink skate shoes. (It's really hard to find cute, cheap vegetarian sneakers/tennis shoes/skate shoes. My boss is like 2 days away from telling me to go buy new shoes.)

FOUR PLACES I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1. Vancouver, Canada or the beach in Oregon.
2. The zoo.
3. Shopping.
4. At home, not at work.

FOUR PEOPLE YOU'’D REALLY LOVE TO HAVE DINNER WITH:
1. Cheri Huber. (To tell her that her books taught me so much and I'd love to have her give me real-life meditation guidance/sessions.)
2. Tegan & Sara! (We'll pretend they are one person since they're twins. Uhm... okay that was highly offensive. If they read this they may hate me forever. And I mean two individual, completely unique hatreds.)
3. Kevin Devine. (I really just wanna see him in concert and get his autograph and ask him about his songwriting and maybe follow him out to his tour bus and...)
4. Ani DiFranco!! (Actually I would consider stalking her before anyone else on the list. Oh wait, wasn't this supposed to be about dinner? Somehow I turn everything into an excuse to stalk musicians.)

FOUR THINGS YOU ARE THINKING RIGHT NOW:
1. I am gonna have the coolest halloween costume EVER.
2. I hate my job... I must get a better one.
3. I wonder if my dog is sleeping right now.
4. Omg, he is SO awesome.

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE THINGS:
1. Animals, especially my dog Molly.
2. Buying new crap. Like, shoes, clothes, gadgets, etc.
3. Hanging out with one of my best friends: Nadine, Echo, or Ashley.
4. Spending 12.5 hours with him.

Hey, what gives? I thought you only had to tag 3 people minimum. I get that this thing is called "four things" but seriously people, I don't know if I know 4 people. I barely knew 3 from the last time I got tagged. I really like being tagged (makes me feel special), but having to tag other people is kind of a sucky job. But yeah... so here's the victims this time:

FOUR PEOPLE YOU TAG:
1. Mikala, who loves the Cards and Yada yada yada. (I tagged you last time, I know.)
2. Tiffany, who happens to be Queen of the World. (I tagged you last time too!!)
3. Nate, who is convinced that he is a Blog. (I am just tagging you for sweet sweet revenge. Plus, I'm sure you would make this into a really funny post.)
4. Steph, who appears to like Cars & Boston Cremes. (Aha!)

So, these "tagging" things really only serve to prove to everyone that I haven't made any new friends since the last time I did one of these... lol. Oh well.

Once again, my passive tagging rules apply, so you can choose to ignore this if you want to. :)

11 books.

My 1st tagging.
I've been tagged by Nate of "Nate is a Blog".

I guess this is like a blog chain letter. Will I die in 7 days if I don't write this entry and make 1 other person watch the video tape?

I'm supposed to tag 3 people. I'm still rather new to Blogger, so I barely even know 3 people. And apparently I can't tag Nate because there are no "tag-backs". I am tagging Mikala of "Yada yada yada", Tiffany of "If I Were Queen of the World", and Missy of "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch". But you don't really have to do it... unless you want me to have bad luck for the next 5 years. (I'm a very passive-aggressive tagger.)

11 Books:

1. ONE BOOK THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE?
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937/1954/1954/1955)
My dad actually read the entire series to me when I was 5 or 6. I really think I'd be less of a geek if he hadn't exposed me to so much nerdiness so early on. I could have been a cheerleader if not for these books. (OK, not likely.)

2. ONE BOOK YOU HAVE READ MORE THAN ONCE?
(ok, do you know how hard it is for me to pick just one!?)
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1962)
OR
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)

3. ONE BOOK YOU WOULD WANT ON A DESERT ISLAND?
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1969)
Best book ever.

4. ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU LAUGH?
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (1987)
I'd say this was the best "detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic" I've ever read. And don't forget the quantum physics!

5. ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY?
Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse (1994)
My friend Ashley told me to read this book when we were in 6th grade. It would still make me cry to this day.

6. ONE BOOK YOU WISH YOU HAD WRITTEN?
The Depression Book by Cheri Huber (1999)
I could totally have written this book... well, if I were a Zen teacher like her.

7. ONE BOOK YOU WISH HAD NEVER BEEN WRITTEN?
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews (1979)
A friend recommended this book, telling me it was "a love story", when I was about 14 and I had no idea it was about freakin incest. What's worse is that there is an entire series. (Shudder.) I am not friends with that girl anymore.

8. ONE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING?
The Misadventures of the New Satan by Anton Tammsaare (1939)
Well, I'm reading it again for the 4th time.

9. ONE BOOK YOU HAVE BEEN MEANING TO READ?
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)
Okay, I got to the 2nd chapter this last time I tried, but then... I'm not sure what happened. Suddenly I was reading something else entirely.

10. ONE BOOK YOU'RE GLAD YOU OWN?
Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher, Ph.D. (1994)
Somehow this book got my mom and I through my turbulent adolescence.

11. ONE BOOK THAT MUST BE READ ALOUD?
Fox In Socks by Dr. Suess (1965)
I made my parents read it to me 20 times a day when I was around 3 or 4 years old. And then when I could read it myself I realized how evil it was.


This reminds me that I have this thing for book covers. Even if I don't like the book, I will read it because it's pretty. Talk about judging a book by its cover, I know. I'm book-shallow at times, okay? I really think that if I don't become a supermodel/astronaut/video game 3d modeller/talk show host/singer/animal rights activist/human cannonball/painter then I would really love to design book covers.