Tuesday, January 15, 2008

everything should taste like bacon


dream machine

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Something old is new again...

This is a MEME I filled out in August 2000. I found it looking through some old folders here on my work inbox. I have left my old answers on it and have filled out my current answers with the ** and in italics.

It was a weird trip down memory lane.

It's also uber long, so yah...

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DO YOU ENJOY YOUR JOB?


trick question... i do like what i do, i enjoy the research and the challenges it gives me, however, i know accounting isn't something that i am going to pursue for the rest of my life... albeit the money is tempting... LOL... i am of a more artistic mind and would like to pursue my interests on a more full-time basis in the nearing future... :)


**I am no longer an accountant although I work for the same company. I bounced from being a Joint Venture Accountant to a Production Accountant and I am now a Data Integrity Analyst. I LOVE MY JOB!!! I love the fact that I have “no deadlines”, that my job pretty much involved entirely researching and finding critical data errors, helping to fix persisting problems and overall ensuring accuracy of data. I deal with all branches of the company and the industry. As for artistic notions, I do still do my artistic stuff in my spare time like photography and painting and drawing… Hopefully one day that will be what I do, but we’ll see… I do know one thing: We are in charge of our own destinies.


IF YOU COULD BE SOMEONE ELSE FOR A DAY, WHO WOULD IT BE?


this is a hard question, not for the fact that i want to be someone else, b/c i love ME, but i to choose someone that i admire and would want to spend one day as... i guess presently, i would choose many people (dead and alive) so i will just list them: Leonardo da Vinci, Sigmund Freud, Nietzsche, Emily Carr, Gertrude Stein... and as for "real people" hmmm, i guess i admire a lot of people that are in my life but to choose b/w who i could be for a day wouldn't be fair.. so, i would choose them all and for many reasons: most of my friends have extraordinary intelligence AND wisdom -each, within different capacities, and i truly believe that above any other trait (especially above physicality) intelligence is the most attractive, the most important and the least discriminatory... but i would choose to be all of them primarily so that i could have a better understanding of who they are and who i am...


**I still stand by this answer. To add to the list of these people I would say: Terry Pratchett, the cow that lives on my PC’s tower and stalks me every day... :P


GOLD OR SILVER?


Silver


**Still silver.


WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA?


oh horrible day... it was "Hollow Man" and it was ever so hollow, man!


**I’m still embarrassed by this, but I blame Melissa entirely: National Treasure (the second one). I mean, it was better than I anticipated all things considered. The first film really surprised me and I was rather entertained until the final scene of the film. Blah. This one was also entertaining but above anything else it was completely and utterly AMERICAN. ie) Breaking into the Queen’s office in Buckingham Palace is rather a simple task but going into the Oval Office *gasp horror shock* MY GOD that’s IMPOSSIBLE!... Ugh. Anyway. Sue me.


FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTER?


Daria


** Daria and her lovely cynical ways still amuse me to no end. I also simply love Cartman.


WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST?


when i get a chance to eat breakfast, and if i FEEL like breakfast, i like blueberry anything... yoghurt, scones, muffins, biscuits... hmmm, but i like bananas or cornflakes... most time though only a glass of juice...


**Breakfast consists of the “Fuel of Champions”: Coffee. And I do try to stick in something fiber-filled. Bran muffins are good; either raisin-bran or blueberry-bran. I also grab another jumbo coffee mid-morning, but this one is decaf. If the second cup is caffeinated I have a difficult time sleeping.


WHO WOULD YOU HATE TO BE LEFT IN A ROOM WITH?


people that i have not shared good experiences with, that i have had dramatic confrontation with... i would just rather NOT be around them than waste my energy breathing the same air as they are...


** Again, I have to agree with myself. Ha. But I also hasten to add I would not like to be left in the same room as myself. I think I would completely irritate myself to no end. Someone once said to me, after attempting to argue a point with me, in a fit of exasperation: “Just ONCE I’d like to see you locked in a room with yourself and see how you liked it!” My response was short, “Well, at least it would be a formidable opponent.”


CAN YOU TOUCH YOUR NOSE WITH YOUR TONGUE?


Yup


**Aye, still can and now I perform this trick for parties at a very reasonable rate.


WHO INSPIRES YOU?


__this is the long one!!!__ my friend gwen (to push yourself to achieve more), my friend shawn (to seek wisdom), mark (to hold on to conviction and to have endurance), my father (to believe in myself), jess (to love with action) john and verna (to believe in love), cheri (to believe in family), chrisy (to believe in keeping a hold of my childhood), kevin (to strive for perfection), elise (to be bold), deana (to keep confidences and know when to keep quiet), annie (to love children and maintain motivation), samantha (to reveal emotion), cheryl (to be loyal), nicole (to be honest and remember my past), jocey (to be joyous and friendly), richard (to be whimsical and thought-ful), karen (to persevere), marge (to strive for my goals and thirst for new things), andrea (to be adventurous), etc... you ALL inspire me in some fashion... i have to say that each person in my life inspires me to some extent... there are REASONS people are in my life and each one means something special to me...


**Wow, that was a list… (I actually had to edit some b/c it was just wayyyy too long). These people are still in my life to some extent. Some I have lost contact with over the years, but the truths of what I said still ring through the years and distance. I can add more… way more, but I am a pretty private person. Most of you don’t know who these people are so why do you care… but what I have learned over the years from the new people and the old people in my life, through the qualities I admire in them certainly INSPIRE me to push beyond the mould I have created of myself. Life is not about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself.


BEACH OR CITY?


oh le beach!!!


**Definitely a beach over a city ANY day. I can clarify this a bit further. Deserted beach. And neither tropical nor rocky. The white-sand beach of where I grew up is actually perfect for me. The further north along the shore you go the more rugged and feral it is. I love the tall grasses growing out of the dunes b/w the water and the birch trees. It is usually so quiet and lonely there. A great place for reflection; to lay on the sand watching the sunset and starting a fire to keep warm as the moon rises, the stars shimmer and the northern lights come out to dance on the dark blanket of night.


SUMMER OR WINTER?


Fall.


**I can go with either Winter or Fall. Winter, for the snow and the cold and the crisp feeling of the air and the smell of winter winds. Or the fall for the cooling days and relief of summer and the changing leaves.


BUTTERED, PLAIN OR SALTED POPCORN?


REAL butter... just like "The Rex Theatre" in my home-town


**Indeed. Real butter. However I do use extra light virgin olive oil as well. Popcorn made in a big stewing pot cooked in oil on the stove is THE BEST you can have.


WORST MEMORY?


the day i found out i had been betrayed by someone I thought i could trust...


**The day I was told I was “sick”. Having a “disease” makes you feel completely vulnerable, lost, victimized and totally human. Until you experience how fragile the human body we never truly ever feel like we’re “going to die” or “you are going to die FROM THIS…


BEST MEMORY?


it's a tie... realizing my independence: MY first vacation (road trip to california) or falling irrevocably in love...


**Bah. My first steps onto a new continent.


FAVORITE SANDWICH FILLING?


at the moment roast beef, but it must be an iron deficiency b/c i usually like turkey (preferrably REAL turkey)... cheese...mayo... oh hell, the whole sandwich! ;)


**Still love turkey and roast beast. I do tend to LOVE tomatoes. Toasted tomato sandwich positively rules. Tuna, of course. Duh. And wow, I have discovered the delights of cucumbers in sandwiches! Who knew? Why didn’t they tell me?


HAVE YOU ANY PETS?


yes... mother to Moxie le Wonder Cat!


**Moxie is still kicking around being the Wonder Cat of the World. And her world consists of two royal canine subjects: Pheebs (Red Heeler X) and Zozo (Pitbull X).


WHAT CHARACTERISTICS DO YOU DESPISE?


ignorance, superficiality, people that focus too much on physical appearance and not enough on character, people that complain about something but do not take action to “fix" whatever it is they are complaining about, conformity, lack of originality.


**Hmmm. Indeed. People ™. Heh. Seriously, I have an aversion to stupidity. As I get older I find there is absolutely no excuse for not having basic common sense. “I am only eight years old” is no excuse! I really abhor “charmers”, the slimy kind that think they can get you to do crap for them b/c they use more hair product than you do and call you “sweetie” and toss you a wink. They make my skin crawl. I also vehemently despise people who wallow in self-pity.


FAVORITE FLOWER?


Daisies


**Aye. Daisies.


IF YOU HAD A BIG WIN ON THE LOTTERY HOW LONG WOULD YOU LEAVE IT BEFORE YOU TOLD PEOPLE?


i would start calling the people that are closest to me as soon as i regained consciousness...


**Yeh, I don’t know if I would tell anyone, really. I mean, of course I would do the above, but I would prefer for the whole “BLAH BLAH WON THE LOTTERY” thing to remain out of the media. There are a helluva lot of crazies in the world, ya know? I also have too many “cousins of cousins” that would demand $100K or they’ll shoot themselves in the head…


WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHROOM?


navy blue and cream


**Chocolate brown and mushroom.


HOW MANY KEYS ARE ON YOUR KEY RING?


my key ring is my memory-box... The one thing that i collect are keys... i have sentiment attached to each key that is on my key ring... so needless to say, i do have MANY keys... :)


**My keyring has retired (got really heavy). My current keyring has my car key on one side with the remote starter with it and on the other side (it’s the split-apart keychain so you can leave the keys in your ignition and take the other half with you to do whatever) has my house key and the mailbox key and my gym membership swipe-thingy. So yah. Three! On this I have improved! (I still have the old keyring).


WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE?


some place close to a lake...


**Agreed. A lake somewhere. Isolated. NO TRAFFIC FTW!


CAN YOU JUGGLE?


figuratively, yes


**Augh. Still have not learned to do this. I will add this to my Croak List.


WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF EXERCISE?


Swimming


**Yes. Swimming is great fun. Walking also has many bonuses ... Sex is good too.


RED OR WHITE WINE?


white zinfandel


**Hmmm, I do like a white wine on occasion. I don’t like it dry but rather closer to the sweet side of things.


WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY?


friends came over had dinner and cake and also had a karaoke party


**Went to dinner. Had some friends over.


WHERE DO YOU FOOD SHOP?


Safeway


**This has not changed for the “big shop”. If I need something for the week, though, I just go to the Sobey’s close to my house and pick up stuff for the week/weekend.


DO YOU CARRY A DONOR CARD?


Yes


**It is no longer filled out. Due to the sickness thing.


So yah… Reading through this 8 years later, it seems weird how some things just HAVE NOT changed and in what ways they have changed. Even if it is a matter of perspective or emphasis, it just goes to show how we certainly are one sort of person through a lot of our lives