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There are plenty of fish in the sea

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:24:29 GMT

courtsey of Dinosaur Comics:

Name That Show

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:36:03 GMT

The conversation started out innocently enough, Tom and I were discussing the new series on T.V. and he mentioned that he was recording Ordinary Family next week, a show about a family that acquires superpowers and that one of the actors in the show was from The Shield.
We were chatting via gChat and I wanted to respond that I never saw The Shield, but it came out a bit like this:

me: never say the shield
him: ok, the defensive piece of arm-worn armor.

At first I was very confused, then I read what I had actually written

me: LOL I mean, never SAW the shield
me: though... if you go around calling it that
me: have you seen The Defensive Piece of Arm-Worn Armour?

And then I got a brief flash of genuis

me: let's come up with names of shows
him: for today's shows?
me: yeah

So below is a list of alternate show titles that we came up with. Can you figure out the shows? Make some of your own ones up as well (NOTE::: answers at bottom of post).

1. The Ragged Edge of a Fabric
2. We Absolutely Do Not Know Where We Are Or Where We Are Going
3. Collective Parts That Make Up a Skeleton
4. Exclamation Of Scientific Achievement!
5. A Group of People Sharing a Common Interest
6. To Throw
7. Speak in Untruths to My Person
8. The Home of Royalty
9. Somewhat Less Than Three Male Individuals
10. Insane Males
11. Gotcha!
12. Young Lady Tells Stories Behind Other People's Backs
13. Uncolored Neck Wrapping
14. The United States has Individuals with Above Average Abilities
15. The Dwelling has Reached Capacity
16. A Day
17. Persons Distinguished By Exceptional Courage and Nobility and Strength
18. Extreme Happiness
19. Consciousnesses Intent On Breaking The Law
20. Feline City
21. Entrances into a Yard
22. Women Who Have Lost Hope in Taking Care of the Home
23. The Male Ruler of multiple Female Rulers (or Ruler's Wives)
24. Bloodsucker's Journal
25. A Quick Leap Towards the Front
26. The 22nd Letter of the Alphabet
27. Archie's Rich Girlfriend from the 4th Rock From the Sun
28. Unwanted Grass
29. Honest Fluid that Circulates the Heart
30. The Mother of Samuel in the 41st State
31. A Place of Dwelling
32. Older Male Sibling
33. A Black and White Structural Makeup of an Organism
34. The State of Rearing Children
35. A Notification of Fire Damage to Skin
36. A Singular Plant on an Elevated Land
37. The Occurrences that Led to My Getting to Know the One Who Gave Birth to You
38. One Who Works With A Craftsman For A Number of Years to Learn the Trade
39. A Beverly Hills Zipcode
40. A Hypothesis Regarding A Loud Sound
41. Performing Body Movements With Stellar Bodies
42. Siblings
43. A Male who is Dedicate to His Unit of Relations
44. The largest One of Which Has Not Found Something
45. A Place of Work
46. Evening on The Night Before Sunday Performed Without Time-Delay
47. One who Did Not Die
48. A Present Group of Individuals of Common Ancestry
49. Articles of Clothing Worn By Doctors
50. The Weather Is Always Lovely In The City of Brotherly Love

Answers:
1. Fringe ~ 2. Lost ~ 3. Bones ~ 4. Eureka ~ 5. Community ~ 6. Chuck ~ 7. Lie to Me ~ 8. Castle ~ 9. Two and a Half Men ~ 10. Mad Men ~ 11. Pscyh ~ 12. Gossip Girl ~ 13. White Collar ~ 14. America's Got Talent ~ 15. Full House ~ 16. 24 ~ 17. Heroes ~ 18. Glee ~ 19. Criminal Minds ~ 20. Cougar Town ~ 21. The Gates ~ 22. Desperate Housewives ~ 23. King of Queens ~ 24. Vampire Diaries ~ 25. FlashForward ~ 26. V ~ 27. Veronica Mars ~ 28. Weeds ~ 29. True Blood ~ 30. Hannah Montana ~ 31. House ~ 32. Big Brother ~ 33. Grey's Anatomy ~ 34. Parenthood ~ 35. Burn Notice ~ 36. One Tree Hill ~ 37. How I Met Your Mother ~ 38. The Apprentice ~ 39. 90120 ~ 40. Big Bang Theory ~ 41. Dancing with the Stars ~ 42. Brothers & Sisters ~ 43. Family Guy ~ 44. The Biggest Loser ~ 45. The Office ~ 46. Saturday Night Live ~ 47. Survivor ~ 48. Modern Family ~ 49. Scrubs ~ 50 Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Day Eight: Why are these questions so corny?

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:37:15 GMT

In an attempt to complete the exercise because I'm getting bored of the questions, I will wrap the last three days up today.

Day Eight: Three turn ons.
1, 2 AND 3) Just be you and accept me for me. Don't decide that you know me until you actually do get to know me (as it takes some time).

Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
At this very moment I'm a bit of
:)
and a bit of
:|
I'm somewhere in between the two.

Day Ten: One confession.
I confess that you will not get a confession out of me online. I confess that what I say on here are things I would say in public or anywhere. I confess that the things I do not share online are things I will only share with a limited few people. I confess that this is the end of BEDA (Blog Every Day August) and the end of these exercises and I'm just a little happy about that. Now I can return to my regular blogging schedule BOOABM, which stands for Blog Once On A Blue Moon.

Day Seven: Four turn offs.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:36:36 GMT

I'm guessing this means in general.

1) Pretending to be something you're not. Just be yourself ... we all have to learn to love each other just the way we are.

2) No initiation. This just means not initiating events and constantly depending on others, ALL the time, which kind of leads to the next one ...

3) No ambition. There has to be SOME goal ... even if it's small or obscure, you have to be working towards something!

4) Moving too slowly and rushing in too quickly. There is a balance in between the two that's a good and steady pace, either extremities can cause disinterest or else walls. I'm just sayin'.

Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:21:41 GMT

I'm tempted to opt out of this one ... but I found a loophole =)

1&2. Mom & Dad -- for their patience and prayers. For their example. For pointing me to my Saviour.

3 - 6. Lunch Crew -- through thick and thin these ladies have ALWAYS been there. Listening to me, hanging out with me, being with me as I experience my first snowboarding adventure, a variety of shows and also for the times when I just needed someone to talk to and they listened. <3

That's a total of 6 people! Woot! There are many people who mean a lot to me in different ways ... I don't want to sit and think of just 5. So, I'm rebelling against this exercise =)

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Day Five: Six things you wish you'd never done.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:48:00 GMT

Oh wow .. this one is a tough one as well. I don't think there is anything I wish I'd never completely done, but I do think that there are things I wish I had done a bit differently, so let's go with that.

I wish I had not ...

1) Taken the major I did in Uni. I am happy and satisfied being a comp sci major (it made me feel intelligent and I graduated with honors), however, I think if I had to do it over again I might do something along the lines of English. I also would have tried to study abroad, I think that would have been a good thing to do to expand my boundaries.

2) missed any opportunity for learning to swim. I would have figured out some way to learn to swim and not be afraid of the water. I really want to enjoy water sports!

3) Spent so much time worrying about what people think.

4) Been unforgiving for an entire year plus. I felt like it was a waste of a year and I developed a lot of bad habits which I had to take time to break. I should have been quicker to forget, let go and then move on with knowledge that I did the best I could and that the next person needs to do their best.

5) Decided to give certain folks 3rd or 4th chances. There are certain relationships that are not healthy and it's OK to not be involved in them. This does not involve cutting people out completely (though I'm sure there are times when this is necessary) however, it does involve limiting contact. I should have been smarter about that in the past.

6) Decided that I needed to keep it all inside. Maybe it's because as I was growing up there was no one that I felt close enough to trust with my "secrets", but as I get older, it gets harder and harder for me to share the things that are inside -- good or bad -- and it gets easier for me to just hold it all inside and not trust it to others.

a wall, a wall so tall. Erected to hide, but You see it all.

Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:49:42 GMT

1) What should I say? -- this crosses my mind a lot when all we do is small talk. I just don't know what to say so I don't say anything.

2) What song will flow well into this one?

3) Where are my keys?!

4) I really need to finish that book! -- any book really, I look up books a lot.

5) Hey God, Do you hear me?!

6) What time is it?

7) la la la la -- to whatever random song is stuck in my head that day.

Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:27:05 GMT

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Why does this have to be 8 things??? This is ridiculously HARD! It's probably harder than yesterday!!!!!!! Grrr ...

1) Talk to me. I don't start up conversations a lot, I try to be friendly to new folks because I was a new folk before, so I know that it's hard to break into groups sometimes. However, after that initial attempt I'm usually a quiet person. I can hold a conversation, but don't be afraid to talk to me.

2) Be honest. Speak up when something annoys you, or when something has pleased you. Share your thoughts and I would see that you are willing to do that and be open with you as well.

3) Define expectations. No one is a mind reader, and if you have certain expectations then define them so that I know that is what you are expecting. Never assume that I should know. It makes life so much easier!

4) Don't be a cheat! No one likes a person who thinks it's OK to cheat. Well, I shouldn't say that, maybe there are people out there who love people who cheat. I mean, con artists have significant others right? I don't like cheaters and people who think it's OK to take advantage of others and manipulate them.

5) Be kind. Being respectful to others, having a heart. You don't need to be Mother Theresa, you just need to have a heart.

6) Hang out with me. I tend to be a planner, but if you make decisions and initiate activities or ask me to go hang out, that makes me happy. I only plan because it somehow falls on me, sometimes I would prefer to take a backseat.

7) Be patient. Sometimes I just don't GET it. For example, you might be asking me out, but I might think you want other people along because you used the term "hang out". Just be clear, I'll get it.

8) Love the Lord. Hmm ... no one's perfect, but we're all working towards it. Just love God and do good.

Day Two: Nine things about yourself.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:02:14 GMT

I didn't want to take this exercise seriously. I wanted to stick to the surface. However, I think I'll go just one level below the surface and share a bit of the who I am hidden inside.

1) We could be talking, laughing, being loud and having an all around good time, but I still get tired of the small talk and socializing, so there are times when I go quiet. I'm still there, I'm still listening, but I'm mostly just resting from the conversation. This usually happens with large groups of people, especially when the introverted part of me begins to feel overwhelmed.

2) ok, seriously, I am introverted AND shy ... that's why I don't generally start up conversations, and if I do, then that has taken a lot out of me already. When I'm with people that I feel comfortable with, it's not so bad. I remember taking the bus to my primary school once, and I didn't notice that my teacher was in the bus. However, she noticed me because I was being silly and joking around with my friends. When we got out she said to me that she didn't realise that I could speak as much as I did, then in the classroom she tried to draw me out. But the way she tried to draw me out was to make me the center of attention which I DID NOT like. Once she even scolded me openly in front of the class (name on blackboard and everything) as though I was a rowdy kid who disrupted the class when I was probably the most quiet student in the room. I was EXTREMELY happy when that school year was over. Thinking back, I passed her class, but didn't get into the A1 class, I got into the A2 class, even though I got into A1s for every other year. Yeah, definitely did not like that class.

3) I like meeting new people because I like hearing their stories. We all come from such different walks of life that hearing how a person grew up, what influenced them to be the person that they are and just understanding how they look at the world is very fascinating to me. I especially love to hear about different cultural upbringing. I just don't like the small talk.

4) When I was younger, my dad stressed that I learned a lot of things on my own (like playing the piano or guitar). I didn't appreciate that type independent thinking, but now I do. It's good to know that I can pick up a book, look online, check out video tutorials and learn a new skill, that I don't necessary need to go to a classroom to learn. That I can research and make these materials my teacher instead of one person. Of course, it's always nice to have someone teach you, but overall, I've grown to appreciate the ability that I have to pick things up on my own. The only issue with this learning independence is that I don't usually ask someone to help me learn something, most times I prefer to ask for tips and figure it out on my own. Though I would never say no to a person giving a lesson, it's not the first thing I think to ask. Also, I'm going to learn to play the ukulele =)

5) It's a well known fact that I love gadgets. If I could be an early adapter for all the new tech gadgets out there, I would do it! Even though I like gadgets, I'm usually picky about what I get and when I get it. However, when it's in my head to get it and I have an convincing enough argument as to why I should get it, then I just go out and get it. Some people might see that as being impulsive, but they aren't aware of the thought process that goes into it before I even consider buying it.

6) I'm stubborn. Once I have made up my mind and there is a good amount of logic (or experience) behind it, it's pretty hard to convince me otherwise. However, if I realise that my logic is flawed, I'm pretty open to changing my mind. I do changed my mind about people a lot. I've come to understand that first impressions aren't always true and that you might know someone for a year and still not know them because they are private and keep the real them hidden from you.

7) I'm clumsy. I don't understand it, but a day doesn't go by where I don't trip over myself at least once or twice. I'm surprised I can walk in heels. Actually, I'm surprised I don't fall more often. This is one reason I stay away from sports. I might hurt myself, or worse, someone else.

8) From #7 you might think I don't like to play sports, the thing is, I LOVE playing different sports, I just have to be very careful that I don't trip so it slows me down. I'm always afraid I'd hit someone or something so I hold back and hesitate, therefore I'm not a great team member. However, I do like playing sports and watching it in arenas. I don't like watching sports on TV, unless it's with a bunch of people who are really into the game, then it's fun to watch the people as they watch the sport. Since I've moved here I've learned to snowboard, hit a golf ball, hit a soft ball, climb walls, I can even throw a football (sorta).

9) I don't like talking about myself or sharing private thoughts.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:27:05 GMT

1) I should not have put you on a pedestal. I'm sorry I didn't see past your mask in time.

2) Thank you. You may not know it, but you reaching out the way you did, it saved me.

3) I use to think that one day I'll figure it out, why our paths crossed the way it did. However, as time goes on, I find I don't really care.

4) I don't trust you with my secrets. I can't be sure that you won't tell them to the person(s) you want to impress at the time.

5) Get some help. Please ...

6) You've been a great friend, I appreciate you more each day.

7) I'm glad that I'm getting to know you better. I'm surprised it took so long.

8) You say I stress you out. What you don't know is that there is a pain in my shoulder for the past month, it has your name written all over it.

9) Please, can't you see that in the end, none of that matters? And that the one thing that matters you have rejected? Please see that before it's too late.

10) There are times when I wish we were friends. =)