Friday, December 26, 2008

I have been knitting almost non-stop for the past few days... sort of. But it has been totally awesome! I taught my sister how to knit, which is fun and her newest thing is making little scarves for the stuffed animals. Wedge wants one. And I've started my first sock. Let's see how that goes and maybe you'll get pictures up later if you're good.

But right now, life is good. And it will stay that way until I have to go back to school in a little over a week. Bleh. There's no way I'm looking forward to this upcoming term.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

I'm bored. And I'm still working on Christmas gifts. Yay. So not fun... but at least I'm writing.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

80 Question Meme

Stole another facebook survey from my sister...

1. Is there a special name that you have for yourself that no one else knows?
Probably not...

2. What fandom were you obsessed with?
LotR. Narnia....

3. How many friends do you have on Facebook?
Uhm... I'm not sure.

4. Name 3 of your favorite sports to play.
Swimming, Karate, Chess. Okay, well you don't really "play" swimming or karate and chess isn't really a "sport"...

5. Do you often comment on other people's walls, pictures, and statuses?
Maybe. Not very often.

6. Do you participate in random surveys on Facebook?
No.

7. What's your favorite class at school?
Oddly enough, probably physics.

8. What are your favorite TV shows?
Jeopardy!

9. What are the things you wish you could draw better?
Physics. Writing. Calligraphy. Especially physics.

10. Summer or winter?
Just on the cusp of winter.

11. Rain or Sun?
Just when it's about to rain, but not quite.

12. What's your favorite type of music?
Classical, soundtrack, musical theater, Christian

13. PC or Mac?
I can use both, but I usually use a PC.

14. Favorite movies?
LotR, Narnia, Count of Monte Cristo, Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth), Dead Poets Society, Star Trek...

15. Coke or Pepsi?
I'm more used to drinking Pepsi, but I don't particularly like either...

16. Read or TV?
Depends. I can knit and watch TV at the same time, but I can read while I'm in the car.

17. How many hours a day do you spend on Facebook?
Almost none.

18. Name a hidden talent.
Hidden from me or from other people? Something that other people don't know is that I'm ambidextrous, meaning I can do almost anything and everything equally well with both hands.

19. Where do you like to hang out?
At our school science center in the dungeons...

20. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
Probably Panda Express, as it's just about the only decent Asian food I can get here...

21. What are top 3 favorite books?
Nota Bene: I'm only counting fictional books here.
That's really hard... fine. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (yes, it was originally supposed to be one book, six parts and NOT a trilogy). Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. And for the third spot, it's kind of a tie between almost any of CS Lewis' works and The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

22. Wii or Playstation?
Eww...

23. Name 3 of your favorite bands
Mark Schultz, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Williams (the latter two are soundtrack composers)

24. Are you a fast, slow, or medium typist?
Probably medium, but I type way more with one hand than the other.

25. Do you like Denny's?
I don't know if I've ever been there.

26. What is your favorite emoticon?
^_^ and :/

27. What is your favorite type of pie?
Lemon meringue

28. Have you ever stayed up for 24 hours?
Yes. I think I stayed up for about 50 while working on a certain physics project in high school.

29. Do you go on YouTube a lot?
Not very often...

30. Are you a member on any other sites besides Facebook?
Yeah.

31. Do you like school?
I like about half my classes at any given point in time...

32. Fruits or sweets?
I prefer fruits, but I tend to eat more sweets. Fascinating.

33. Name 4 people you admire
My sister, the wonderful Jedi master of Isengard (don't ask...), Sylis... and Samu! Okay... there's lots of people for different reasons.

34. Buttered, plain, or salted popcorn?
Eww... I don't like popcorn...

35. Have you skipped school?
Yes, but I was kind of sick.

36. Have you been on a plane?
Yeah.

37. Have you swum in an ocean?
Yes...

38. Have you been ice-skating?
Yes!

39. Favorite vacation spot
Not here...

40. Ever been on TV?
Only in the video projects we used to do for Spanish projects...

41. Favorite salad dressing?
Don’t have one.

42. What do you do to relax?
Write, knit, watch movies, daydream...

43. What is the last film you saw in the theaters?
Truly, I don't remember. I think it may have been Night at the Museum...

44. Favorite Sandwich
Not French Dip.

45. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Home!!!

46. Favorite time of the day?
Very early in the morning or late at night.

47. What did you want to be when you were little?
A teacher or an artist, I think. I can't remember exactly.

48. What do you want to be now?
Either a forensic scientist or someone who writes science articles and translates them into English that people can actually read and understand. I've been told I'm good at doing that.

49. If you could eat one person, who would it be?
Eww.... o.O

50. What character would you hate to be stuck in a room with?
From another author's published books: Sauron or the Witch King from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
From my stories: Aislynn Celeste. One of us would probably end up dead.

51. When is your birthday?
I'm not telling, but I don't share it with any of my fictional characters.

52. Favorite type of ice cream?
Eww...

53. Last book you read?
I've been reading part of a physical chemistry textbook for class... does that count? I'm not sure what the last book I read for fun was.

54. Which store would you max out a credit card at?
Not sure.

55. Do you buy / sell / both on eBay?
Nope... I only watch the Potter Puppet Pals eBay movie.

56. What is the most annoying thing people ask you?
Well, right now you're beginning to annoy me...

57. Favorite all time TV show?
Jeopardy with Alex Trebek!

58. What was your favorite show as a kid?
Bill Nye the Science Guy was amongst them...

59. What are you listening to right now?
Home by Spin. I'm listening to the radio.

60. What is the last thing you ate?
Don't remember, but I'm drinking tea.

61. If you were a crayon what color would you be?
Dark purple or green.

62. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Voice. It's the first thing I notice about people in general as soon as they start talking.

63. Favorite sport to play?
Don't know.

64. Favorite Day of the Year?
Don't really have one.

65. Hugs or Kisses?
Neither.

66. Chocolate or vanilla?
Chocolate.

67. Favorite Board Game?
I don't like board games.

68. Favorite smells
The smell of fresh books, cloves and coffee.

69. What inspires you?
Good books.

70. Do you have any piercings?
Nope.

71. How many siblings do you have?
Three. All younger.

72. Bacon Bits or croutons?
Eww...

73. Favorite Day of the Week?
This semester, it was Thursdays because I didn't have math. Next semester, we'll see...

74. Favorite phrase
Eh?

75. Favorite Restaurant?
Tong Soon!

76. Favorite animal?
Manta Rays, orcas, snakes, penguins, giant stuffed microbes...

77. Favorite thing to do outside?
Achieve orbit around my home planet... aka walk in circles around the science center.

78. Favorite thing to do when it's raining?
Stay inside, put on a good movie, drink tea and knit... or write.

79. Favorite Disney character
Mulan. I don't need to explain that past the idea that I also like Eowyn from Tolkien's LotR and I enjoy female characters who can take care of themselves for a change. Most of the Disney characters are rather one-dimensional, though...

80. Do you like coffee? If so, what is your favorite brand?
I actually really only like the smell and rarely actally drink coffee...

Saturday, December 6, 2008

100 Question Meme

I snitched this from Manwathiel because she posted this on facebook.

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Right now, it's open...

2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels?
Not usually.

3. Have you ever taken towels from a hotel?
No. I don't like towels.

4. Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
No. Why would I?

5. Do you like to use post-it notes?
Eww... I hate using post-it notes... >.<

6. Do you cut out or save coupons but then never use them?
Not typically.

7. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
I'd want to be attacked by Bear! ^_^

8. Should there be an 8th question?
Yes... isn't the point to this survey to have 100 questions?

9. Do you always smile for pictures?
No. I usually don't smile.

10. What is your biggest pet peeve?
Right now, it's the silly manta ray who won't get off my head.

11. Do you know anybody with 11 digits or toes?
Not that I'm aware of.

12. Do you ever count your steps when you walk?
Yeah... *innocent*

13. Have you ever peed in the woods?
I'm not sure...

14. Do you ever dance even if there's no music playing?
No.

15. Do you chew your pens and pencils?
No. I don't want to try and keep track of which ones have been in the lab and which ones haven't, so it's a very bad idea to chew on any of them... safety rule.

16. Have you ever tried an exotic food?
Chinese, Japanese, French, Thai, Indian... yeah.

17. Do you like popcorn from those big tins?
I actually don't care much for popcorn.

18. What is your "Song of the week"?
Lost in the Darkness from Dr. Jerkyll and Mr. Hyde. I've been listening to a lot of Musical Theater songs on the internet radio. Between that and Phantom of the Opera... ^_^

19. Is it okay for guys to wear pink?
Sure. Whatever. As long as I don't have to.

20. Do you still watch cartoons?
Depends what they are.

21. Whats your favorite scary movie?
I tend not to watch scary movies, though I do enjoy when regular movies have an occasional scary part, like LotR.

22. Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?
Who'd want to bury it?

23. What do you drink with dinner?
I didn't have dinner... I was trying to do physics. Trying and failing miserably, but that's okay. That's why I'm taking a break.

24. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
*gag*

25. What is your favorite food/cuisine?
Chinese! Spicy!

26. What movie could you watch over and over and still love?
Lord of the Rings or the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth).

27. Last person you hugged?
Probably Doug... I think.

28. Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
Nope.

29. Did you have fun in math class today?
Eww...

30. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?
A formal letter? Or a short one? I wrote a short one to a friend not that long ago, but it's been awhile since I've written something formal.

31. Can you change the oil on a car?
Nope.

32. Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
Nope, but I don't drive.

33. Ran out of gas?
Nope. See answer to the question above.

34. Favorite kind of sandwich?
Not French Dip.

35. Best thing to eat for breakfast?
Banana bread. ^_^

36. What is your usual bedtime?
Meh, it really depends on the day.

37. Are you lazy?
*raises both eyebrows*

38. When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?
Well, my sister and I randomly dressed up as princesses (not for Halloween) and my college roommate and I dressed up as Star Trek characters randomly during my freshman year. That was a lot of fun.

39. What are you looking forward to?
I'm getting to go home in a week and I'll get to see my family again! And Samu, et al!!!

40. How many languages can you speak?
English, fragments of Spanish and a little bit of Latin. I know a few phrases here and there in other languages and can understand more French (and Spanish!) than I can speak due to exposure.

41. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Nope.

42. Which are better legos or lincoln logs?
Legos...

43. Are you stubborn?
Me? *innocent grin*

44. Who is better...Leno or Letterman?
Don’t know.

45. Ever watch soap operas?
Nope.

46. Afraid of heights?
Yes, but not as badly as some people.

47. Sing in the car?
No. I try not to do that.

48. Dance in the shower?
Considering the fact that I really don't have great balance, that's probably not the best idea...

49. Dance in the car?
Uhm...

50. Ever used a gun?
I'm assuming water guns don't count?

51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?
The summer before my senior year of high school, I think.

52. Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Most of them aren't, unless they're the kind done by elementary school students. I love listening to musical theater songs!

53. Is Christmas stressful?
Yes.... *grr*

54. Ever eat a pierogi?
Yes, though it's an Asian pierogi...
Samu: Isn't that called a potsticker?
Spock: Yes.

55. Favorite type of fruit pie?
Does lemon meringue count? If not, then peach.

56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
Teacher, artist, doctor... now I want to be a forensic scientist or a scientific writer. I'm not sure which yet.

57. Do you believe in ghosts?
Only in the Ghost of Christmas That's a no.

58. If given the choice: plane, train or automobile?
Well, I don't like the car. I don't mind taking the city bus, actually. Trains are okay.

59. Take a vitamin daily?
Nope

60. Wear slippers?
Ugh. I hate slippers.

61. Wear a bath robe?
Not if I can avoid it.

62. What do you wear to bed?
T-shirt, shorts, underwear. Generally not my glasses unless I forget to take them off.

63. First concert?
Michael W. Smith/Avalon one that was held at Great America some years ago. I don't think I've been to one since.

64. Wal-Mart, Target or K-Mart?
Target! Except for yarn shopping... because unfortunately, Target doesn't have yarn.

65. Nike or Adidas?
I usually get whatever cheap shoes I can find that fit and are comfortable.

66.Cheetos Or Fritos?
Fritos, but chips are disguisting.

67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?
Peanuts.

68. Ever hear of, "gorp"?
*arches eyebrow*

69. Ever take dance lessons?
No thanks.

70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?
Hopefully not the exact same thing I'm doing, but I really haven't thought much about it. I've kind of pictured myself married to someone who is either computer science or mathmatics (haha... nerdy children!) or business oriented as far as course of studying goes (versus someone else in the sciences).

71. Can you curl your tongue?
Yes.

72. Ever won a spelling bee?
Yeah... in elementary school.

73. Ever cried cause you were so happy?
I don't think so...

74. Own any record albums?
No.

75. Own a record player?
No.

76. Regularly burn incense?
No...

77. Ever been in love?
No. I've written fictional characters who have been in love, though. In love and out of love. Sometimes they fall hard and it's kind of sad.

78. Who would you like to see in concert?
Mark Schultz!, Rich Mullins (if he was still alive), Michael W. Smith

79. What was your last concert you saw?
The last one that I saw was the first one...

80. Hot tea or cold tea?
Hot. Definitely.

81. Tea or coffee?
Tea, though I really love the smell of coffee... what I can smell of it because sadly my sense of smell is oddly desensitized.

82. Favorite kind of cookie?
Gingersnaps!!!

83. Can you swim well?
Fairly well, I'd say. I used to be able to swim better when I was in better shape for the water. I used to be on a competitive swim team up through high school and then I quit.

84. Can you hold your breath w/o manually holding your nose?
Yes... can people really not do that?

85. Are you patient?
Heh heh...

86. DJ or band, at a wedding?
Probably a band, but something classical.

87. Ever won a contest?
Minor things here and there, but nothing ever major.

88. Ever have plastic surgery?
No.

89. Which are better black or green olives?
Eww... >.<

90. Can you knit or crochet?
Yes. I can do both, to some extent. I'm better at knitting, but I can wield a crochet hook well enough to do the basic stitches.

91. Best room for a fireplace?
In a house, the living room. In a dormitory, the common room lounge.

92. Do you want to get married?
Maybe. I haven't decided.

93. If married, how long have you been married?
I'm not married.

94. Who was/is your HS crush?
Like I'd tell anyone.

95. Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?
Heh heh...

96. Do you have kids?
No.

97. Do you want kids?
Probably not.

98. What are your favorite colors?
Black, green, purple, grey.

99. Do you miss anyone right now?
Yes, I miss my family and friends from back home.

100. Were you answering this to procrastinate?
Perhaps. I'm sort of trying to work on physics right now and it's not working... I've done too much physics over the past few days, but unfortunately, it hasn't been working on this paper; it's been studying for an exam and working on a lab report.

Introductory Post

This journal is hereby dedicated to everything random that doesn't either fit in my writing journal or my calligraphy journal. I guess this also includes comments about stuff I've been knitting/crocheting.

And Spock is sitting on top of my head. He can't wait to see his little sister again.

Dear Samu,
I hope you've saved chocolate for Rhino. He does like eating it and we will be home next week. I can't wait to see you and Wedge when we get home.
-Spock


I can't believe the manta ray actually wrote that... >.<