And The Survey Says...

· DO YOU SNORE? No.

· ARE YOU A LOVER OR A FIGHTER? A fighter when I’m mad and a lover when I’m loving.

· WHAT’S YOUR WORST FEAR? That the sun will go out. I think about movie ideas all the time and the one that freaked me out the most was the fall out if the sun was dying. I don't like being cold and it would get freakin' cold. My fear would be how people would behave in order to survive.

· AS A KID, WERE YOU A LEGO MANIAC? No, but my Barbie was totally pimped out. Barbie Olympics, Barbie corvette, Barbie Country Camper with plastic fire and camping stools, clothes and enough footwear to choke Skipper. Tinker toys were fun too. I am Lego challenged; I think it’s a girl – spatial thing.

· WHAT DO YOU THINK OF “REALITY” TV? It stresses me out – usually people are portrayed very poorly, it makes me uncomfortable to watch it. Generally what I've seen is people's real emotions being exploited for ratings - it sickens me. Survivor and the Amazing Race do not stress me out. Are they considered reality tv? I don't get to watch much tv.

· DO YOU CHEW ON YOUR STRAWS? No. But I like the bendy coloured ones. Happiness IS.

· WERE YOU A CUTE BABY? Inexplicably hideous. When I get my scanner, I’ll post the picture. “Angry Eskimo”. It speaks volumes. Some babies are obviously beautiful, cute etc. My beauty was, well, I think it was more of a discovery adventure kind of cute. Where you need to go looking for it ;).

· IS THE SINGLE LIFE FOR YOU? *LOOKS AROUND THE ROOM* Seems to be the way it is…I’d prefer to have someone to put my cold feet on at night.

· WHAT COLOR IS YOUR KEYBOARD? Black.

· DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER? Sometimes.

· HAVE YOU EVER BUNGEE JUMPED? No and no desire to do so.

· ANY SECRET TALENTS? What would constitute a secret talent? If I had a secret talent, I’d tell everyone! Secret talent? Like something involving ping-pong balls? Yeah, NO. No secret talents.

· WHAT’S YOUR IDEAL VACATION SPOT? I’d pick somewhere warm, tropical, clean, secluded, safe, with great snorkeling, no phones…I’m thinking Belize for some reason. On the lake at my family's place can be pretty ideal.

· CAN YOU SWIM? Yes. But not in a straight line.

· HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOVIE DONNIE DARKO? Never. There are a bazillion movies I have never seen. I’m a good person to rent a flick with.

· DO YOU GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE OZONE? Very much so.

· HOW MANY LICKS DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO THE CENTER OF A TOOTSIE POP? A combination of sucking and licking get to the center of a tootsie pop. I don’t know how to count sucks. Maybe forty licks? I usually need to bite it before I get to the final layers. It's not an impulse control problem, it's just really satisfying when the shards of candy get implanted into the tootsie portions, the crush, mashing candy into my molars ~ it's all good. I could go for a tootsie pop right now.

· CAN YOU SING THE ALPHABET BACKWARDS? Not yet. My grandmother was excellent at it.

· DO YOU PREFER ELECTRIC OR MANUAL PENCIL SHARPENER? I feel quite strongly about this. Electric. Electric pencil sharpeners rule the world.

· WHAT’S YOUR STAND ON HUNTING? I don’t hunt. My father does. I eat meat, so I don't feel that I should really have an opinion on hunting. Although I do torment my dad about killing Bambi.

· IS MARRIAGE IN YOUR FUTURE? Apparently not.

· DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes. I like my signature and receiving hand written letters by mail.

· WHAT ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO? Shorthaired animals make me itchy. (like Cashew, whom I’m kissing in the pic above and Jasmine, Canada’s lovely Dalmatian).

· WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAID, “I LOVE YOU” ? This morning when I dropped Omar off at daycare.

· DO YOU CRY AT WEDDINGS? No.

· HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS? Over medium or scrambled with goodies tossed in. Not the licorice kind of goodies, that would be gross. Ham, cheese, green pepper, onion, maybe some tomato, but not sun-dried tomatoes, I tried that - it's NOT good…Those kind of goodies.

· ARE BLONDES DUMB? No. I think not being happy is dumb. I think being without options is dumb.

· WHERE DOES THE OTHER SOCK END UP? Behind the dryer.

· WHAT TIME IS IT? 8:29pm.

· DO YOU HAVE A NICKNAME? Decibel, Cybil, Cybilonia, Lonnie, Lawn Dart and Bunzie are commonly used nicknames from my past.

· IS MCDONALD’S DISGUSTING? Some things at McDonalds gross me out. Their egg McMuffins taste “wrong”. Their chicken burritos can become nauseating. What's REALLY disgusting lately is Oatmeal - like eating a bowl of snot. Not that I'm a conniseur of snot, Omar did give me a snot flavoured Harry Potter jelly bean though, it was sweet and salty just like oatmeal*BBbbbllllech*. McDonald fries ROCK, not the least bit snotty only a little salty.

· WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN A CAR? About 15mins ago.

· DO YOU PREFER BATHS OR SHOWERS? I love being in or under warm water, just typing this makes me want to take a shower. Which reminds me, Canada, how’s your dad’s dream bathroom coming along and when will it be ready, afterall, I'm part of the family now.

· IS SANTA CLAUS REAL? As real as the jolly gal typing this.

· DO YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR NECK KISSED? By all means, by someone I’m fond of.

· ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? Sometimes.

· WHAT ARE YOU ADDICTED TO? How good my bed feels.

· CRUNCHY OR CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER? Peanut Butter comes in Smooth or Chunchy doesn’t it? I like smooth the best.

· CAN YOU CRACK YOUR NECK? Yes.

· HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN IN AN AMBULANCE? No.

· IS DRUG FREE THE WAY TO BE? Each to their own.

· ARE YOU A HEAVY SLEEPER? Generally speaking, yes.

· WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR EYES? Primarily blue on the grey side. I’ve been told they look green or mauve. I guess it depends on the light and what I’m wearing or the person I'm with? I think they are a nice shade of blue.

· DO YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE? I wouldn’t trade places with anyone else.

· ARE YOU PSYCHIC? I have predicted two earth quakes and had a dream about dolphins dying on the bottom of the ocean floor before the Tsunami hit. Oh, I almost forgot, a girl in our area went missing, I had a premonition where they'd find her. Sadly, I was right. Call me Kreskin.

· HAVE YOU READ CATCHER IN THE RYE? Maybe in high school. I don’t recall, I’m so embarrassed I don't remember! Yikes, a confession. I find people more interesting than books.

· DO YOU PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS? Play, mmm, no, torture, yes. I play on my guitar and my drum, without any tolerable results. I need lessons.

· HAVE YOU EVER STOLEN MONEY? Never.

· CAN YOU SNOWBOARD? No.

· DO YOU LIKE CAMPING? Yes!! I’d like to get a camper or RV, attach the bikes on the back and kick it somewhere.

· DO YOU SNORT WHEN YOU LAUGH? No.

· DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? I wish I did. Not anymore.

· ARE DOGS A MAN’S BEST FRIEND? Umm...I don't know. I think a converter might be a man's best friend.

· YOU BELIEVE IN DIVORCE? I wouldn’t want to be divorced. I’ve never been married, but I would like to be married, which opens up the possibility then of divorce, unless of course I marry my best friend. My best friend wouldn’t divorce me. I haven’t met my best friend yet.

· CAN YOU DO THE MOONWALK? I can…I won’t, but I can.

· DO YOU MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES? I do my best.

· IS IT COLD OUTSIDE TODAY? Yes.

· WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? A whistle dog from A&W out of a foil bag.

"Why we put our Whistle Dogs in foil bags:

Back in our drive in days, we used to bring our Whistle Dogs right to our customers' cars. We found tht foil bags kept the hot dogs hot and fresh every time. Which is why we still serve them like that today.

A&W. It's all in the details."

It's true, it worked, it was hot and fresh!

· DO YOU WEAR NAIL POLISH? Yes. Colour on my toe nails, clear on my finger nails. I keep my nails relatively short, I don't think colour looks great on short nails. I do like to look down on my toes and see colour. I think my feet look good.

· HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU LIKE RIGHT NOW? Hundreds with the numbers likely rising the more I think about it.

· WHAT’S THE MOST ANNOYING TV COMMERCIAL? I’d have to watch more TV to comment on that. That squeeze-rub-scrub one was pretty bad.

· DO YOU SHOP AT AMERICAN EAGLE? I’ve bought a few things there.

· FAVORITE SONG AT THE MOMENT? Give It Away.

*Meme picked up from Dave , who picked it up from Kentucky Gurl.

She Says Sneakers

Quirks?

It wasn’t bamboo shoots driven under my fingernails; it was just listening to Supertramp(shudders) . Perfect for Sunday morning, Breakfast in America, but a no-no for working.

Brad Paisley. Well, I like Brad Paisley. I’ll let him live.

Nina, well, there’s never a wrong time for Nina (or the Squirrel Nut Zippers).

Willy and I seem to get along almost all of the time. After all cowboys are hard to love and it is ALL YOUR FAULT….. ;-)

Right now I’m listening to Tim and Faith – “I Need You”. Pretty song. So is Dwight Yoakam’s “Try Not to Look So Pretty”…Happy songs.

Complaint.

I’ll admit I have naïve side, I’ll also admit that I can be polite/nice to a fault often putting other people’s feelings ahead of my own. However, when I have experienced men grabbing, giving what I will politely describe as “unwanted touch”, well, this is another story. The last time this happened was Thanksgiving when some fucktard friend of my brothers grabbed me and tried to throw me over his shoulder. He’s a jackass like this. This cat normally lands on her feet, but if he tries it again he’s gonna lose a ball.

Then there’s the “hugger”. How do you dodge the hugger? I work with a hugger I’ve known for years, for me his hugs feel like the equivalent of having a dog hump your leg (notice I said “your” leg, I don’t even want to imagine this in the context of “my”). OK, here’s how to avoid the “where’s my hug” guy: You load your arms with every available object, this works equally as well with the hand shaker. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have an aversion to touch, or hand shaking in general. But there are some people I don’t want to touch in any way shape or form.

Where the fuck do guys get off touching? Boo – if you’re reading, remember the back- rubber from the stag? WTF? What are guys thinking?! I’ve never met this person before in my entire life and his approach with me is to feel me up?! I’m buying a flame thrower.




I’ll use it on people who breath to close to me as well and especially on people with ass breath.

Sans Sister.

I am void of sister. I have always wanted, hoped and prayed for a sister. The kind who loves you like a best friend, shares in your triumphs, cries when you cry, has a hug when things get rough, will phone up the creep who treats me like dirt and tells him just what a scum bag he is….Plan Christmas with….You know all that good stuff.

My friends who have really good sisters are so lucky. Some spoiled with sister love really. Makes me so jealous!!! Probably don’t even know how lucky they are. What do I have? A brother. Yeah, yeah he loves me an all, but brother’s aren’t so good at the nurturing thing, not like sisters. Sisters cook for you, bring you things, drop in for visits.

My brother is 4 years older than I am. We so love each other very much and he does his brotherly minimal minimum. It really freaks me out when I think of my mom dying and not having a sister around to ride out life with.

I wish I had a sister. Or two. I REALLY wish I had a sister. My life would be better with a sister. Unless I had a sister who was a twit. If I had a stupid sister, or a slutty sister, I’d go mental and probably plot her death. Or-0r, if I had a sister who was some cold feminist nazi bitch - I'd hate her. I'd want a soft, warm, happy, fun, supportive sister - kinda just another me! My brother's girlfriend is a nice warm fuzzy kinda girl - I like her. If she had a Harley, that would be good. Maybe someday I’ll get a sister-in-law. I’d wish she was older than me. Yup. Welcome to my little dream world of previously unspoken wants.

For my friends, Canada, Boo, Lou-Lou in Lousiana, Banana, ML, all the gals in my life are my sisters. I cooked some kick ass Thai tonight, maybe I ought to feed some of them soon….


Work

My territory is spread wider than…. well..let’s just say it’s vast.

Here’s how it looks:

HULL, QC
GATINEAU, QC
LAVAL, QC
WAKEFIELD, QC
BUCKINGHAM, QC
AYLMER, QC
ALMONTE, ON
KARP, ON
CLARENCE CREEK, ON
OSGOODE, ON
RICHMOND, ON
ALFRED, ON
ALEXANDRIA, ON
MORRISBURG, ON
ISIDORE, ON
IROQUOIS, ON
PRESCOTT, ON
GLENBURNIE, ON
OTTAWA, ON
GLOUCESTER, ON
NEPEAN, ON
KANATA, ON
STITTSVILLE, ON
CUMBERLAND, ON
NAVAN, ON
ROCKLAND, ON
RUSSELL, ON
CORNWALL, ON
BROCKVILLE, ON
ARNPRIOR, ON
PEMBROKE, ON
BURLINGTON, ON

Where the hell is Glenburnie!?

The last time I spent this much time in my car was when I was in graphic design and commuting two hours every day to get to College.

Living Alone.

After sewing the neckars for the kids Beaver colony the ironing board and sewing machine have taken permanent residence in my kitchen/living room area. I’m reveling in my singlehood this way. It’s liberating being a woman and having woman type stuff about. Especially my grandmother’s sewing box. Silly, weird the things that bring me comfort. My grampa and gramma were farmers and when I'd come to visit, gramma would always make Apple Crisp just for me cause she new I didn't like seeds in berries.

(BTW : Canada, that sewing, ironing night is not to be spoken of ever-EVER again, just grab a shovel and pitch in ;-)).

Omar.

My dear boy. Has requested baking soda to dip his toothbrush into to brush with. I used to do the same thing when I was a kid.

*blech!*