36 Things About You

IF YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 36 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, if you're more of a lurker, or if we already know everything about each other.

BE HONEST! Answer the questions in a comment, then repost on your own journal!

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship? No
2) What was your dream growing up? Always wanted to be a teacher. lol
3) What talent do you wish you had? Sing so I could be a rock star(seriously)
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be? Depending on time of day – white wine or coffee
5) Favorite vegetable? Any
6) What was the last book you read? Honeymoon by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
7) What zodiac sign are you? Sagittarius
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Three piercings - ears
9) Worst Habit? I like siestas
10) If you saw me walking down the street, would you offer me a ride? Why not, especially if you were carrying lots of bags.
11) What is your favorite sport? To watch: figure skating; to play: armchair ball
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude? How about in between the two?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? I have claustrophobia so it wouldn’t matter who else was with me, because I’d be screaming.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you? Loss of a loved one
15) Tell me one weird fact about you. I have lots of toilet paper
16) Do you have any pets? Dog
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly? I’m used to people ringing on my doorbell so no problem
18) What was your first impression of me? I hope the same as yours of me – nice person
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary? Neither unless in a Stephen King or Dean Koontz novel – then definitely scary.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? Could I be a model? Okay would like to be tall
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? Depends on the crime. If it’s playing Robin Hood yes – killing someone no.
22) What color eyes do you have? Blue
23) Ever been arrested? No
24) Bottle or can soda? Neither
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it? Probably pay off some bills and put the rest in the bank
27) What's your favorite place to hang at? Any place with friends or at home
28) Do you believe in ghosts? I’m from Kentucky. That’s your answer. lol
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time? Read, always has been
30) Do you swear a lot? Perhaps in Spanish sometimes yes
31) Biggest pet peeve? People who spit in the street
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself? Polite
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance? Why not?
35) Do you believe in God? Yes
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you? Yes

 

 

Good Start to a New Week

I just had to copy this postcard from one of my favourite sites - Post Secret. The message is simple and, best of all, easy to do, and I dedicate it to my dear friend Kath (angelcakes). She was nice to everyone.

Guess Who's in Town

May in Madrid is certainly a busy month -  what with two important holidays, bullfights every day, and now a herd of sheep crossing the city as I write this. I’ve found an interesting take on this event from Fox News. If you don’t have time to read the whole article, at least have a glance at the accompanying photo. You know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words. To get back to the sheep, this is a tradition that permits the use of Spanish paths during seasonal migration of the herds and Madrid lies right in the middle of two such routes, and it’s also to protest the loss of pasture land. The above photo was taken by a news agency (Juanjo Martín, efe) and shows the herd and the famous ‘Gate of Alcalá’. I’m going to leave the sheep to find greener pastures and head over to Post Secret. Have a good day.  

 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,228922,00.html

Internet Day, May 17th

Here are my contributions for Internet Day. If you haven’t seen this page, do so. I promise that you won’t be disappointed.

http://www.zamoraa.com/search/label/Albert%20Einstein

 
And how about this quote from the then chairman of IBM, Thomas Watson, in 1943:

           “There’ll only be a world market for about five computers.”

Long live the WWW!

 

Holiday Today

San Isidro is the male Patron Saint of Madrid. His feast day is celebrated on the 15^th of May with typical popular gatherings such as romerías (local festive pilgrimages), verbenas (fairs) and bullfights. The most important bullfights in Spain (and thus the world) take place in Madrid's Plaza de Las Ventas bullring at this time. Lasting more than 20 days, this series of fights held in Spain's premiere bullring attracts the best fighters and breeders, together with the most knowledgeable aficionados. If you want to see a bullfight, this is the time to go. Click here for more information about bullfights in Madrid. Copied from www.gomadrid.com (I corrected a couple of spelling mistakes).

 

Today is a holiday for us in Madrid – a day which traditionally brings rain, but for the last couple of years Saint Isidro hasn’t blessed us with rain. It’s partly cloudy today, however, rain isn’t in the forecast. What is in the forecast, of course, in the bullring near my house, is, I believe, the eighth of the San Isidro bullfights. I can hear the people outside who will be attending. Any moment now there will be a monumental traffic jam and our usually quiet neighbourhood will be filled with shouts and horns blaring. Then we’ll have quiet again for a while. Perhaps we’ll hear the occasional olé if the crowd is pleased, and afterwards noise again as the people come out filling the bars and streets. Me, I’m staying in at least until all the ‘bulls’ are in the ring.   

From Babe's Page

I found two spelling mistakes in this test! lol

You Have A Type B+ Personality

You're a pro at going with the flow You love to kick back and take in everything life has to offer A total joy to be around, people crave your stability. While you're totally laid back, you can have bouts of hyperactivity. Get into a project you love, and you won't stop until it's done You're passionate - just selective about your passions

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

If You're in Need of a Laugh

I've just been over to Y360 because I got an e-mail saying I had a message, which must have self-destructed since I couldn't find one or I couldn't find a recent one. Anyway, I did see that Matt Whatever-His-Name had written a blog entitled 'Update on 360 Transition and Timing', in which he mentions that the said transition will take place in the second half of 2008. Do you know one of my favourite sayings in English? It's: 'They couldn't arrange a piss-up * in a beer factory.' I'm presently using Yahoo as my junk mail address, but I'm seriously thinking of closing it. While I was there I read some of the comments (mostly negative) and this particular one caught my eye: 'I hope it works.'  Maybe it's my sense of humour, but those four words struck me as funny. I'm still chuckling!

* piss-up = vulgar expression for a heavy bout of drinking (dictionary.com)

Post Secret Sunday

Just had to post this. Today there are so many wonderful secrets that I had difficulty deciding which one to choose. In the end I chose two. One for now to put on here and the other for my personal file. There's one that was sent in by a nurse about the doctor she works for that had me ROTFL. Hope Post Secret wins the Webby Awards again. I left it until too late and voting has closed. Too bad because this page is some of the best medicine for lifting one's spirits and morale. I know at least one person out there who will agree, and I'm sure she's probably already seen this week's secrets too.

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.