I live in my own little world...

I'm a half hour late, but ah well.

Happy New Year! :D

Hope everyone had fun celebrating. :D

2008 was decent for me. There were some really good times and some really bad times. I had the pleasure of meeting some new friends here and getting to know some a lot better.

Have a good 2009, all. ♥

I don't normally dream a lot, and when I do, I don't usually remember much about them. Just some vague impressions and images. Rarely do I recall full details.

So many people on my flist have been having dreams about Michael Rosenbaum. Me... nada, zip, zero, zilch. When I first started rewatching Highlander on Spike a few years ago, I was constantly haunted by dreams of Peter Wingfield or Methos. Bad thing was... All I could remember was that he was in them. NO details at all. That went on for almost a month. And caused me to start my second attempt at fanfic (first was a Seven Days fic that died a rather horrible death :P). But I started the fic, the dreams stopped. Good? Bad? Dunno... but I hate having dreams and only knowing someone was in them but nothing else.

So, I've spent years watching Michael on SV with absolutely no dreams. I spend one week watching season 1 of House... I'm dreaming that I'm kissing Jesse Spencer (Chase) in the woods! ArGHHH!!!! Not that I don't think Jesse is good looking. And I love his accent (I'm a sucker for Aussie's hehe), but he's still not MICHAEL!!!!! I want a Michael dream. *pouts*

Ok...  ferdalumptagged me like ages ago for this and for some reason... I just kept forgetting about it.  *begs for  ferdalump's forgiveness*

1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.
3. At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people. 

I already did the 5 quirks meme (twice) here and here, so I'm going to try and come up with some more weird things about me. lol

1 - Until I was in 8th or 9th grade, my hair was past my ass.  I always wanted to let it grow really long, to the floor, like Crystal Gayle's.  I just got so tired of it and started getting it cut.  Now, it's VERY short, so short, the back is usually cut with clippers.

2 - I'm VERY picky about my cds being in alphabetical order, a few artists must remain in release order too.

3 - I've never been without at least one pet my whole life.  We always had at least one cat or one dog.  At one time, we had a cat, dog, 2 chameleons, 1 gecko, 12 hermit crabs, 2 green tree frogs, 5 birds, and TONS of fish.  Now, we just have a cat and a dog.

4 - I did not have my own bedroom until I was 29.  Having 7 kids (5 girls and 2 boys) in a small 3 bedroom house doesn't allow for much personal space.

5 - I love doing various crafts, but usually only do them for a short period of time before switching to something else.  Working on one type of craft for too long bores me.

6 - I became an aunt for the first time when I was 5.  I have 9 nephews and only 1 niece, and 1 niece-in-law since the oldest nephew got married this past Saturday. :D

7 - I will eat peanut butter on sandwiches with a lot of different (some say odd) things - jam/jelly, bananas, bologna, plain potato chips, popcorn, various cereals, plain pasta, and once... pepperoni (long story but actually wasn't too bad lol).

8 - Before I fell in love with Michael Rosenbaum, my favorite actors were always at least 10 years older than me, but usually closer to 15 or 20 (or more).

That's all.  (Geesh... that was tough. lol)  And I'm gonna be nice and not tag anyone.

Thank you everyone for all the lovely Birthday wishes. It really made my day. :D

Thank you morganichele for the cupcake and jans_intentions for the carnation. :D My profile look yummy and pretty. :) hehe

And thank you to my big sis, qafmaniac for my totally awesome and giddiness inducing video to Pat Monahan's Ooh My My and Savage Garden's Truly Madly Deeply, two of my favorite songs! Even if you're not a Queer as Folk fan, I recommend checking the vid out. It's above and beyond awesome and can be found here: http://qafmaniac.insanejournal.com/60209.html.

As for my day... It went so much better than last year. Those who were around last year, you probably remember my kitty, Moose, was sick and I had to leave him at the vets. A year later makes a huge difference. He had his check up this past Saturday and he's doing great. He can even come off the prescription cat food as long as he stays on a brand name urinary tract cat food.

My family doesn't really do anything for birthdays, but my one sis did give me some money (yay! Money is never bad. lol) She's also taking me to lunch tomorrow at Red Lobster. :) And my one nephew is taking me to dinner next Thursday and we're going to see Indiana Jones, too. :D *does happy dance* My boss/brother-in-law surprised me this afternoon. He went to the grocery store next to our office and got a cake. I think it was because he was hungry for cake and used me as an excuse to buy it. lol But it was very sweet of him.

That's all. :D *hugs my flist*

tasabian asked me:  What song ALWAYS has the power to lift your spirits & make you dance around?


I  had to really think about this one.  I don't really have just one specific song, but more like songs by certain groups/singers.  Especially anything by Train, Bryan Adams, Queen, and Queensryche.

But if I had to pick a song or songs, definitely either "Get to Me" or "Save the Day" by Train.  Both have just the goofiest lyrics and great beats to them.  I will ALWAYS sing and dance to them.

The other day roxymissrose shared some pictures of her Superman collection and I promised pictures of my own... of whatever I collect. lol Which is anything that grabs my attention. So... here you go. :D

( clicky for piccies )

qafmaniac tagged me for more quirks.  And I just can't say no to her! ;)

No including my quirks she already knows - fear of centepedes and love of Brian Kinney's/Gale Harold's tongue (see icon, plz, kthnx) ;)....

1.  I have always wanted a pet T-Rex. *grins*  I'd have it trained very well though so it'd only eat people that piss me off.   *evil grins*

2.  I have always gotten along better with people at least 10 years or more older than me, than people my own age.  Even today, my best friend is old enough to be my mom (she's about 26-27 years older than me).  That even includes people on line.

3.  According to my nephew, I'm obsessed with the Eiffel Tower, even though I have never seen and probably never will see it.  Just because I have posters, calendars, models, 3-D puzzles, knives, and jewelry of it... that doesn't make me obsessed, does it? *grins*

4.  My two dream vacations will probably never happen because I have a huge fear of flying and the ocean.  One is to visit Australia.  The other is to travel all over Europe, visiting as many castles as possible.

5.  If I could eliminate any animal at all, it would be sharks.  I have never seen one in person, but I hate them with a passion.

I was tagged by fortuna_phoenix.

So here goes:

1.  I have a pen obsession.  It doesn’t matter how many I have, if I see a pretty colored or odd pen, I have to have it.  I think I inherited this fixation from my dad.  lol

 

2.  I have an odd fascination with heavy machinery… especially backhoes and excavators.  I love watching shows about them.  The bigger the better. ;)  I made my mom stop at a construction site once so I could take pictures of the machines there.

 

3.  Even though I really have no more room for more, I refuse to stop buying stuffed animals. *grins*  I just refuse to grow up.  Most are named after athletes, actors or characters.

 

4.  I have a habit of liking underdogs/unknowns, in sports and movies/television.  My favorite sports team is the Chicago Cubs.  ‘Nuff said. hehehe  Most of my favorite actors are not popular/main stream/blockbuster actors.

 

5.  I hate to go to bed at night, but once I’m in bed, I don’t want to wake up in the morning.  If I have no reason to be up early, I can sleep until 1-2 pm with no problem.



I'm not tagging anyone because most people have already done it.

A few weeks ago, the PDA my nephew gave me to use started giving out. :P  The power button didn't always work until finally, it came almost all the way off.  So I started searching around ebay to see what I could see.  Considering that it's mainly going to be used for reading fanfic, I didn't want to spend a lot and had my heart broken 4 times before I finally won one last Monday. :D  (Gosh, that last minute of bidding is SUCH an adrenalin rush! *grins*)

It came yesterday!!! :D  After doing my little happy dance, I started playing around with it. :)  It's a Dell Axim X50v and so far works very well.  It's got wi-fi built in so I can use the internet in bed.  It's also got a 624 Mhz processor which means I can also watch fan vids on it! :D  And they play as clear and as smoothly as my PC.  I just have to carry headphones with me. *grins*

I'm going to be having so much fun now!!! :D