We go and we find the beautiful things that fill the world, and return them, like dead rodents left by cats in the morning.
This.
(Via Kitten)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Firsts
(via loraxhvn)
These are my firsts. Copy and paste this note into your notes, delete my answers and fill yours in. Tag me back and anyone else whose "firsts" you want to know about...
1. Who was your FIRST prom date? I did not go to the prom.
2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? No. Though, as I measure true love, yes, because she's still my wife.
3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink? A sip of Guiness in Ireland in May of 2008...and it was horrible.
4. What was your FIRST job? Bag boy at a grocery store. Lasted approximately one month until I put one pie too many in to the bag upside down.
5. What was your FIRST car? The Volvo of Ultimate Doom.
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? I have thus far not been texted.
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? Jennifer, who always looks radiant in the morning.
8. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? Moving from Houston to Caspar, WY. Tiny airport.
9. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? Todd something or other. No. I was 5.
10. Where was your FIRST sleep over? Um....Houston, TX...I think?
11. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today? My wife.
12. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time? As in actually IN the wedding party? That would be Clint Albritton. As far as AT a wedding, that would be my brother Greg's wedding to Rachelle.
13. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Recanted my rather bizarre dream to Jennifer, particularly the cool part where I said, "Oh really? You think I can't get away? Watch this." I snapped my fingers and woke up.
14. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? Some small band at BYU. In terms of a 'big name' concert that would be a Don Henly concert.
15. FIRST tattoo? A smiley face with a magic marker on my right hand when I was 5.
16. FIRST piercing besides ears? zip.
17. FIRST foreign country you went to? Venezuela.
18. FIRST movie you remember seeing? Star Wars IV, a new hope.
19. When was your FIRST detention? I don't remember, but I did have one. Being late for something in the 5th grade I think.
20. Who was your FIRST roommate? My brother Greg. We were in the basement.
21. Did you marry the FIRST person who asked for your hand in marriage? No one has ever asked my hand in marriage.
22. What was the FIRST sport you were involved in? Soccer. It prevented me from playing D&D for 3 years. Fond memories there. (/sarcasm)
23. What were the FIRST lessons you ever took? Swimming, as taught by my father.
24. What is the FIRST thing you do when you get home? Take off my work pants and shoes and replace them with jeans.
These are my firsts. Copy and paste this note into your notes, delete my answers and fill yours in. Tag me back and anyone else whose "firsts" you want to know about...
1. Who was your FIRST prom date? I did not go to the prom.
2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? No. Though, as I measure true love, yes, because she's still my wife.
3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink? A sip of Guiness in Ireland in May of 2008...and it was horrible.
4. What was your FIRST job? Bag boy at a grocery store. Lasted approximately one month until I put one pie too many in to the bag upside down.
5. What was your FIRST car? The Volvo of Ultimate Doom.
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? I have thus far not been texted.
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? Jennifer, who always looks radiant in the morning.
8. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? Moving from Houston to Caspar, WY. Tiny airport.
9. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? Todd something or other. No. I was 5.
10. Where was your FIRST sleep over? Um....Houston, TX...I think?
11. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today? My wife.
12. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time? As in actually IN the wedding party? That would be Clint Albritton. As far as AT a wedding, that would be my brother Greg's wedding to Rachelle.
13. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Recanted my rather bizarre dream to Jennifer, particularly the cool part where I said, "Oh really? You think I can't get away? Watch this." I snapped my fingers and woke up.
14. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? Some small band at BYU. In terms of a 'big name' concert that would be a Don Henly concert.
15. FIRST tattoo? A smiley face with a magic marker on my right hand when I was 5.
16. FIRST piercing besides ears? zip.
17. FIRST foreign country you went to? Venezuela.
18. FIRST movie you remember seeing? Star Wars IV, a new hope.
19. When was your FIRST detention? I don't remember, but I did have one. Being late for something in the 5th grade I think.
20. Who was your FIRST roommate? My brother Greg. We were in the basement.
21. Did you marry the FIRST person who asked for your hand in marriage? No one has ever asked my hand in marriage.
22. What was the FIRST sport you were involved in? Soccer. It prevented me from playing D&D for 3 years. Fond memories there. (/sarcasm)
23. What were the FIRST lessons you ever took? Swimming, as taught by my father.
24. What is the FIRST thing you do when you get home? Take off my work pants and shoes and replace them with jeans.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
It is always wise to look in the mirror
And posit what one can become if one does not have ethical standards.
Your result for The Supervillain Archetype Test...
The Megalomaniac
Ambitious, Intelligent, Calculating
The Megalomaniac is the most prestigious of super-villain classes. If anyone is ever going to rule the world, it will probably be you.
Your main goal in life is power and domination, you have the tools to do it, and you know it. Megalomaniacs are intelligent and forceful, and they tend not to let their emotions cloud their judgment. Most of the time. They are usually found, or not found, working at the top of a huge structured organization, though many prefer to work by themselves.
The Megalomaniac has but one flaw, but its an invariably fatal one; arrogance. He knows that he can take over the world, and he isn't afraid to let you know, often elaborately and in great detail. They often do not foresee the fly in their ointment, because they do not want to admit that such a fly could exist.
Sample Megalomaniacs: Dr. Doom, Lex Luthor, Ras al'Ghul, Kang the Conqueror, Emperor Palpatine, Brain
Monday, July 20, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Retromeme: Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Of course, Chuck Norris isn't what he used to be, now that he's been shown to be a bit of a milktoast mentally speaking but otherwise this is still fun.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Not exactly what I thought
So it has been a moderately spartan week meme wise and I decided to dredge youtube typing in the words "Blender" and "Penguin".
Not exactly what I initially thought.
Not even close really.
Not exactly what I initially thought.
Not even close really.
Friday, July 3, 2009
When Sleep Fails
Literary Meme via Kitten Via Facebook
You have received this note because someone thinks you are a literary geek. Copy the questions into your own note, answer the questions, and tag any friends who would appreciate the quiz, including the person who sent you this. Don't bother trying to italicize your book titles. We know you want to. (Ok, I admit I wasn't tagged. Clay posted it and since I have been up for about 2 days.....)
1.What author do you own the most books by?
At the moment I think that is a three way tie between George R. R. Martin, Jim Butcher and Steven Brust.
2.What book do you own the most copies of?
Technically speaking...mine. I still have about 6 complimentary copies of d20 FBI lying around that I haven't figured out what to do with. Otherwise, I am a book minimalist in that I generally only own one copy of something. However I have OWNED about three different versions of Dragonlance Chronicles at one time or another. It took a while to get a decent hardback.
3.Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No it did not bother I.
4.What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Nika Lux, but I also have a bit of nostalgia for The necromanceress, Tri'yel, Emma Frost, and Amaranth.
5.What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
Magician Apprentice. Technically about five times. (Technically there is one other book but I'm trying to forget that one....)
6.What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
The Fellowship of the Ring.
7.What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
"A New World" by Michael Stackpole. Normally I like everything he writes, but I found myself utterly apathetic to anyone in it.
8.What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Anathem by Neal Stephsen.
9. If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
I'm deliberately not mentioning my first choice for personal reasons.
My second choice would be Increasing Your Financial I.Q. by Richard Kiyosaki. He doesn't get everything right, but broadly speaking if everyone read and incorporated a lot of the more basic things in that book our society would be better off as a whole.
10. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Besides one of mine? :) (And of those that would be Grenademan Vs. The Zombies....)
Hmm...Honestly? I'd have to say the Dresden Files, but done as mini series with a guaranteed contract to finish all of them.
11.What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel. Awesome book but even if you could film it, it still loose half of what makes it awesome.
12.Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Sadly? Too weird to explain but I can try. It involved altering the metaplot of our reality by altering the metaplot of this one. It involved a role playing game I was WAY WAY too invested in that took about 10 years in scope and then ended.
13.What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Sluggy Freelance.
14.What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Partial is The Republic by Plato. I need to go back to it.
Complete is Les Miserables by Victor Hugo but it was worth every page.
15. What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
As You Like It
16. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
French, primarily because I like Voltaire and Descarte. Russian philosophers haven't really advanced the cause of Democracy.
17. Roth or Updike?
Neither, alas I had not read or become familiar with either.
18.David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Ditto.
19. Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespear by a mile.
20. Austen or Eliot?
T.S. Eliot
21.What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Non christian scripture.
22.What is your favorite novel?
Ender's Game.
23. Play?
43 Plays for 43 Presidents
24. Poem?
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
25.Essay?
Discourse on the Method and Principles of Philosophy by Descarte
26.Work of nonfiction?
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
27.Who is your favorite writer?
Jim Butcher
28.Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Glenn Beck
29.What is your desert island book?
The Boy Scout Handbook
30.And... what are you reading right now?
Dragon Rider
Plain Honest Men
Ride a Dread Legion
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
You have received this note because someone thinks you are a literary geek. Copy the questions into your own note, answer the questions, and tag any friends who would appreciate the quiz, including the person who sent you this. Don't bother trying to italicize your book titles. We know you want to. (Ok, I admit I wasn't tagged. Clay posted it and since I have been up for about 2 days.....)
1.What author do you own the most books by?
At the moment I think that is a three way tie between George R. R. Martin, Jim Butcher and Steven Brust.
2.What book do you own the most copies of?
Technically speaking...mine. I still have about 6 complimentary copies of d20 FBI lying around that I haven't figured out what to do with. Otherwise, I am a book minimalist in that I generally only own one copy of something. However I have OWNED about three different versions of Dragonlance Chronicles at one time or another. It took a while to get a decent hardback.
3.Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No it did not bother I.
4.What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Nika Lux, but I also have a bit of nostalgia for The necromanceress, Tri'yel, Emma Frost, and Amaranth.
5.What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
Magician Apprentice. Technically about five times. (Technically there is one other book but I'm trying to forget that one....)
6.What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
The Fellowship of the Ring.
7.What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
"A New World" by Michael Stackpole. Normally I like everything he writes, but I found myself utterly apathetic to anyone in it.
8.What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Anathem by Neal Stephsen.
9. If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
I'm deliberately not mentioning my first choice for personal reasons.
My second choice would be Increasing Your Financial I.Q. by Richard Kiyosaki. He doesn't get everything right, but broadly speaking if everyone read and incorporated a lot of the more basic things in that book our society would be better off as a whole.
10. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Besides one of mine? :) (And of those that would be Grenademan Vs. The Zombies....)
Hmm...Honestly? I'd have to say the Dresden Files, but done as mini series with a guaranteed contract to finish all of them.
11.What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel. Awesome book but even if you could film it, it still loose half of what makes it awesome.
12.Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Sadly? Too weird to explain but I can try. It involved altering the metaplot of our reality by altering the metaplot of this one. It involved a role playing game I was WAY WAY too invested in that took about 10 years in scope and then ended.
13.What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Sluggy Freelance.
14.What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Partial is The Republic by Plato. I need to go back to it.
Complete is Les Miserables by Victor Hugo but it was worth every page.
15. What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
As You Like It
16. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
French, primarily because I like Voltaire and Descarte. Russian philosophers haven't really advanced the cause of Democracy.
17. Roth or Updike?
Neither, alas I had not read or become familiar with either.
18.David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Ditto.
19. Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespear by a mile.
20. Austen or Eliot?
T.S. Eliot
21.What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Non christian scripture.
22.What is your favorite novel?
Ender's Game.
23. Play?
43 Plays for 43 Presidents
24. Poem?
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
25.Essay?
Discourse on the Method and Principles of Philosophy by Descarte
26.Work of nonfiction?
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
27.Who is your favorite writer?
Jim Butcher
28.Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Glenn Beck
29.What is your desert island book?
The Boy Scout Handbook
30.And... what are you reading right now?
Dragon Rider
Plain Honest Men
Ride a Dread Legion
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Where Have I Been?
Better question is where have I not been?
State Meme via Bill Bridges Via Facebook
Put an X by the states you have been to. The average is 8; how do you match up?
Should you chose to play, here's what you do:
Copy my note. Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select "write a new note" in the top right corner. Paste the copy in the body of the note. Delete my Xs and add your own. Change the number at the top, and add your title. Once you've saved, don't forget to tag friends (including me) on the right. Tag the same # of people as the # of states you've been to (I think you're limited to 30!). Just for fun, put an O beside the states where you have lived.
Airports don't count!
Alabama - X
Alaska -
Arizona - X
Arkansas - X
California - XO
Colorado - XO
Connecticut -
Delaware -
Florida – X
Georgia - XO
Hawaii -
Idaho - XO
Illinois - X
Indiana - X
Iowa- X
Kansas - X
Kentucky - X
Louisiana - XO
Maine -
Maryland - X
Massachusetts – X
Michigan - X
Minnesota - X
Mississippi - X
Missouri - X
Montana - X
Nebraska - X
Nevada - X
New Hampshire -
New Jersey - X
New Mexico - X
New York - X
North Carolina - X
North Dakota - X
Ohio - X
Oklahoma - X
Oregon -
Pennsylvania - X
Rhode Island -
South Carolina - X
South Dakota - X
Tennessee - X
Texas - XO
Utah - XO
Vermont -
Virginia - X
West Virginia – X
Wisconsin - X
Wyoming - XO
Washington -
State Meme via Bill Bridges Via Facebook
Put an X by the states you have been to. The average is 8; how do you match up?
Should you chose to play, here's what you do:
Copy my note. Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select "write a new note" in the top right corner. Paste the copy in the body of the note. Delete my Xs and add your own. Change the number at the top, and add your title. Once you've saved, don't forget to tag friends (including me) on the right. Tag the same # of people as the # of states you've been to (I think you're limited to 30!). Just for fun, put an O beside the states where you have lived.
Airports don't count!
Alabama - X
Alaska -
Arizona - X
Arkansas - X
California - XO
Colorado - XO
Connecticut -
Delaware -
Florida – X
Georgia - XO
Hawaii -
Idaho - XO
Illinois - X
Indiana - X
Iowa- X
Kansas - X
Kentucky - X
Louisiana - XO
Maine -
Maryland - X
Massachusetts – X
Michigan - X
Minnesota - X
Mississippi - X
Missouri - X
Montana - X
Nebraska - X
Nevada - X
New Hampshire -
New Jersey - X
New Mexico - X
New York - X
North Carolina - X
North Dakota - X
Ohio - X
Oklahoma - X
Oregon -
Pennsylvania - X
Rhode Island -
South Carolina - X
South Dakota - X
Tennessee - X
Texas - XO
Utah - XO
Vermont -
Virginia - X
West Virginia – X
Wisconsin - X
Wyoming - XO
Washington -
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