January 21st, 2008 -- Posted in Ramblings |
Taking part in Manic Monday again. Found it here.
If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
I’m going to have to go with none on this. There are only a few states that you could use as a name. Virgina, Georgia, Montana, Mary(land), Washington, Indiana…now there are cities you could use, but that wasn’t the question.
Where do you go for advice?
Google. If I need a more personal answer it has to be Djembe, the wonderful husband.
What is the sickest you’ve ever been?
Oh my. It’s a toss up. Both occurred during grad school. The first was my first semester. I had respiratory infections for weeks. It just would not get better. Eventually I also had to deal with pleurisy which felt like I was breaking a rib with every breath. PAINFUL. Trying to get through the last weeks of that first grad semester was horrible. The second time was also due to the weakened body because of grad school stress. It was the summer before my last semester. I had a sinus infection and a soaring fever. Turns out I also had a spider bite or something that exacerbated the problem. During my three day grad class marathon I took as much over the counter ibuprofen as a prescription would allow and as frequent as I could without exceeding the daily allowance. When I got home I felt horrible. Jem, being the magnificent individual that he is, let me sleep. When I could barely keep my head up and had knots behind my ears it was time to let a doc take a shot at making it better. Several thousand mg of antibiotics later and I was as good as new.
TMI? Well, that was the question.
January 14th, 2008 -- Posted in Meme |
Yes, this is another meme to keep me posting. Yeah, yeah…I know what I posted about routine on my Saturday saying. I found Manic Monday, shockingly enough, at the Manic Monday blog site when I was looking for an image for my own manic Monday image. This was before I knew there was a meme. Soooo… will it become routine? Don’t know, but it gives me something to type about when my brain feels like mush.
So here are the questions:
Which sex do you think has it easier in our culture? Have you ever wished you were the opposite sex?
Men. No doubt. Not that I think our culture hasn’t come a long way in the whole equality of the sexes, but gender roles are still present. Not that we actually observe all gender roles either. Let’s face it, there are some men who are better at the cooking and such. For instance, Jem cooks some amazing meals. He made lasagna tonight and it was awesome. I think that a lot of the difficulty that women face with regard to ease in culture is self imposed. Those who have a career outside of the home also feel the desire to meet all the gender specific roles inside the home. Now some of us are able to get over that hurdle. 
I’m also going to play the uterus card here. Guys, get back to me after you’ve had a baby.
When I was little I was a tom-boy and so wished I could be a boy so that they would let me play all their cool games. Finally, they let me play anyway and I beat them. *sigh* It was then cool to be a powerful girl.
What books from your childhood would you like to share with your children?
Actually pass on to them or just have them read? I had a Mother Goose book that was part of a children’s encyclopedia set. I would love to have that to give to them. My favorite series was The Boxcar Children. In the third grade I fell in love with that series. I also enjoyed Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden mysteries. I had several very old copies of Nancy Drew books. The covers were worn, the pages were brown and brittle. It would be great to have those on my shelf today.
What is one talent or skill you don’t possess but always wanted?
To play the piano. Gymnastics would be cool too.
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Relaxing to the sounds of: Aerosmith - I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
via FoxyTunes
Taking part in Manic Monday again. Found it here.