a meme, cuz it's friday

Such a crazy hectic week, both in my personal life and work... and there are about 6 or 7 posts sitting in the back of my brain, waiting for the time to flesh them out... but until then, this is a Meme i stole from the loverly Red.

1. Last movie you saw in a theater? I'm pretty sure it was the new Harold and Kumar movie. It was pretty HIGH-larious, but probably would have been moreso had i actually been high. lol

2. What book are you reading? Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim - by David Sedaris

3. Favorite board game? Uhm, i'd have to say it's probably Cranium.

4. Favorite magazine? I'm not much of a magazine reader... but probably Penthouse Variations... ;)

5. Favorite smells? Rain, Freshly Cut Grass, Fresh Coffee

6. Favorite sounds? Purring, and love noises. YEOW!!

7. Worst feeling in the world? grief

8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up? Can i get dressed and make it to work in ten minutes??

9. Favorite fast food place? McDonalds. i know, i feel shame. But i love their French Fries!!

10. Future child’s name? It’s a secret.

11. Finish this statement. “If I had lot of money I’d….? never work again and spend my days reading, writing my someday novel, painting, singing.... anything that's not work related. Travel.

12. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? There's no room in the bed, there's barely room for me, B-rad, and my pregnancy body pillow... sometimes a cat or two find a spot on the bed.

13. Storms - cool or scary? Rain storms are COOL... Snow storms are NOT!

14. Favorite juice? Veggie+Plus Strawberry Banana Juice.

15. Finish this statement, “If I had the spare time I would….”? travel

16. Do you eat the stems on broccoli? mostly.

17. If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice? i always wanted to dye my hair blue or purple... but never did.

18. Name all the different cities/towns you’ve lived in? Too many, just trust me that i moved around a lot.

19. Favorite sports to watch? Is p0rn a sport?

20. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you? I stoled this from Red, but she's wicked cool and sexy sexy sexy pants.

21. What’s under your bed? The floor.

22. Would you like to be born as yourself again? i'd like to try something new... not that i don't love me.

23. Morning person, or night owl? Even before pregnancy i was ready for bed by about 10:30. I suppose that makes me a morning person, but i'd rather sleep in until 10...so...an afternoon person?

24. Over easy, or sunny side up? Over Medium-Almost-Hard. i hate it when the yolks are all runny

25. Favorite place to relax? My backyard

26. Favorite pie? i'm not really a fan of pie, but i'll make an exception for Pumpkin...

27. Favorite ice cream flavor? Regular old boring chocolate.

28. Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first? I'm not going to tag this go-round... but if you wanna steal it, please do

166 - x365 Roger M

I hated working in that small office with you. Some cultral differences made us natural enemies. Your wife was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly before i moved away, i felt badly for you and your 2 girls. But when i came home to visit, i found that 3 months after your wife's funeral you had already gone back to the Phillipines and found a new woman to marry. When i saw you this February, she was pregnant with your baby.

165 - x365 Stella S

You knew me as the 19 year old summer student, and even when i came back to work for you 8 years later, you treated me like the summer student still. You are an odd duck, you. Your life's ambition is to be Carrie Bradshaw and end up marrying Big.

164 - x365 Kathy A

in many ways you are my lifeline to sanity on days when i want to pull my hair out. your creativity inspires me.

163 - x365 Tracy K

When i thought i had left the cliques of High School behind us, you showed me that even in University you can still feel on the outside looking in. Your charisma attracted people to you, the people i wanted to hang around. You made me simultaneously excited and depressed.

162 - x365 Mark O

awkward yet confident. You walked in with a 'flock of seagulls-esque' hair cut - and even though we hadn't seen each other in over 4 years, you wouldn't make eye contact the entire time we chatted.

My B-b-b-Birthday

Today marks my 28th year on this planet.

Woo! Happy birthday to me!
Here are 28 birthday facts about me:

• 1.) May 12th is the 132 day of the year.
  
• 2.) i was born on a Monday - Monday's Child is Fair of Face
  
• 3.) i was born at about 8:45 pm
  
• 4.) i was a week early
• 5.) i am a Taurus with a Capricorn Rising sign
  
• 6.) because my mom had such a long labour in the hospital with my older brother, she stayed home a lot longer before going in - and i was born almost as soon as they got there
• 7. ) i was born 6 days before Mount St. Helens errupted. Even way up north in Alberta, my mom says she remembers hanging out my baby clothes and diapers to dry on the line, and bringing them in all black from the soot that had carried way up into Canada.
  
• 8.) When i was little my mom used to bake me "barbie" cakes, and she'd put one of my barbies in an angel food cake and decorate it like a big beatiful dress
• 9.) I always thought being born in 1980 was so cool because it would be easy to tell how old i was by the year it was... if it was 1988 i was 8, if it was 1996 i was 16... if it was 2008 i was 28. I remember figuring that out and thinking i was sooo smart...i was probably 6 or 7
• 10.) My first co-ed birthday party that involved "boys that i liked" was in 1990 and we all piled into our old Chevy van and we went to see The Little Mermaid at the Drive In Theatre. Jason D was my *boyfriend* and we sat next to each other
• 11.) On my 13th birthday in 1993 - my grade 7 class was playing soft ball for phys ed, last period, and i was playing shortstop. I ended up catching a pop fly with my face - which resulted in a broken nose, and a lot of blood.
• 12.) i remember being simultaneously mortified and ecstatic that the super cute boy i'd been crushing on was playing 3rd base and was the first one there to see if i was okay, i wasn't - there was a river of blood gushing from my nose and spraying up on my shoes - i desperately afraid that some of my blood would get on HIS shoes.
  
• 13.) The day before my 14th birthday, something very special was taken from me.
  
• 14.) On my 15th birthday, i was the new-girl in school and for my birthday party we watched some movie, i think it was "Stargate", i can't really remember - B-rad and i spent the majority of it making out.
  
• 15.) At some point in my high school career, i had a big birthday party, and we spent the night around the firepit on our deck. It was a riot, especially when someone threw in a margarine container filled with motor oil. FOOM!
• 16.) When i was dating Dickface, he bought me an oversized stuffed dog for my birthday - i hated it... i didn't even really like dogs. For years it ended up being used much like a bean bag chair in my family's basement.
• 17.) I remember one year, Paige invited me over after school one day. (i can't remember, was that 10th grade?!?) and on the school bus to her farm. She rode the bus with our friend T, who was having our friend L over that same day. The four of us chatted all the way to Paige's bus stop, and we got off the bus... i didn't even realize until T and L hopped off the bus and yelled surprise that i had totally been had. It was a super fun party - i've never had a surprise party before. It was a totally fun girly night! (THANKS AGAIN PAIGE!!)
• 18.) I spent my 19th birthday - the age of legal drinking in The Skatch - drunk off wine that my Auntie had sent home with me after visiting her in Vancouver. I spent the day after my 19th birthday experiencing the joys of a Red Wine hangover.
• 19.) My 20th birthday was extremely memorable for me. B-rad and i were back packing in Europe and were in Vienna for a few days, scheduled to take the train to Amsterdam on my birthday. While we were site-seeing we decided to take in an Opera at the Vienna Operahouse to see Ben Hepner, a boy from The Skatch. While we were in line to get tickets, we saw that Carmen was playing in 2 days! So, we extended our stay in Vienna and i got to see Carmen, in the Vienna Opera House on my 20th birthday. It was beautiful warm weather, and as we walked home from the opera we stopped for Gelato and shared a sub from Subway. perfection.
• 20.) I share my birthday with Jason Biggs (The pie Fucker), Kim Fields (Tootie from the Facts of Life), Stephen Baldwin (one of those Baldwins that isn't Alec), Tony Hawk (Skateboarder Extraordinaire), Emilio Estevez (EMILIO!!!), Vign Rhames (that dude with the bandaid on the back of his head from Pulp Fiction), George Carlin (hilarious Standup, and also Rufus from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure), Burt Bacharach (what the world needs now...), Yogi Berra (The ball player, not the loveable grizzily bear), Katherine Hepburn (Classy dame), Florence Nightingale (Educating Nurses), Gabriel Faure (French Composer), Farley Mowat (Canadian Writer), and Paul D'Amour (the original bass player for TOOL)
  
• 21.) I always sing Cartmen's Birthday song to myself on my birthday.... (My B-b-b-biiirthday)
• 22.) Many times in my childhood, i've had to share Mother's day with my birthday. It only just dawned on my yesterday that for the REST of my life, Mother's Day and my birthday will be rolled into one gift or card. Sigh.
  
• 23.) as of today i am 10,226 days old.
• 24.) 28 years can be converted into: 883,699,200 seconds, or 14,728,320 minutes, or 245,472 hours, or roughly 1461 weeks.
• 25.) i will be 1,000,000,o00 seconds old on Thursday, January 19th - 2012 at 10:31:40 pm (give or take)
• 26.) last year for my birthday - i hosted a "Dress as a Movie Character" birthday party - i went as Ted from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and B-rad was Lil' Alex from A Clockwork Orange
• 27.) for the past 4 or 5 years my mother has given me a Harry Potter book for my birthday. Now that the series is over, she wants to know what i want...
• 28.) i don't know what i want for my birthday.... i just like to be surprised.
  

There you have it... and now i will spend the rest of the day stuck in boring meetings. Boo.

161 - x365 B.J. D

You ended up being the Tenor to my Soprano in Music Theatre every year - and we ended up working at the same office over the summer. We bonded, and you cracked me up... one time i brought you a bagel that had been contaminated by sesame seeds - i forgot you were allergic, and when you swelled up like a balloon i felt awful for days. You were very forgiving, though.

160 - x365 Chris H

You were my friends' roommate while in college, and i only met you a few times. You seemed to be one of those guys that anyone could be friends with, and everyone was. You made me laugh, and when we walked down the aisle together for their wedding, we considered tying our hands and feet together and doing cartwheels. you were cool like that. Canada misses you.

159 - x365 Tomas T

A friend of a friend, we got along just fine. Never what you'd call 'close', but we had our moments. I got high in your cabin's loft and your cat peed on my sweater. i wore it for 2 hours before i realized.