Sunday Stealing

1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone’s eyes when they are telling you how they feel.

~ Looking into someone’s eyes when they are telling me how they feel. If it's something I'm telling them from my heart, I totally mean it.

2.  Think of the last time you were REALLY angry.  WHY were you angry?  Do you still feel the same way?

~ Honestly? I was REALLY angry at my cell phone, which has my internet on it, about 5 minutes ago! I hate when it plugs up and slows down on me  I got my mind off of what I was trying to do at that moment by going into something else.

3.  You are on a flight from Honolulu to Chicago non-stop. There is a fire in the back of the plane.  You have enough time to make one phone call. Who do you call?  What do you tell them?

~ My sister, "I guess I'll be stopping in to see you any moment now! My plane's about to crash, I'll see ya from the other side!"

4.  You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live.  Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? What do you do with your remaining days? Would you be afraid?

~ I would probably tell my sister okay I will probably even put it on Facebook just to have something to write about I would probably live my last for maintaining days the same way I live my days now just chilled out in my living room alone I would ask my sister if I could have $100 so I could go out to eat to wherever I would like and see one last movie I would not be afraid I would be very very curious as to what

5.  You can have one of the following two things.  Which do you choose?  Why?  Love and Trust.

~  Trust, trust is very important. It takes a lot for me to trust someone completely. I tend to love people I've already come to trust, but there are times I find I can't trust people that I felt love for.

6.  You are walking down the street on your way to work.  There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street.  Your boss has told you that if you are late just one more time you are fired. Do you take the time to save the dog’s life?  Why? Why not?

~ Absolutely. The dog needs my help more than any boss could at this moment.

7.  Would you rather be hurt by the one you trust the most or the one you love the most?

~ Probably the one I trust the most because if the one I trust the most hurt me, it will leave me with the question, "Who can I turn to now???" They would have had to do a lot for me to totally trust them in the first place. I believe it's easier to gain my love then to gain my trust.

8.  Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship.  He/she is falling in love with you.  What do you (or did you) say?

~ I really don't have a best friend so it doesn't matter! I'm very much a loner in this lifetime.

9.  Think of the last person you know who died.  You have the chance to give them 1 hour more of life back, but you have to give up one year of yours.  Do you do it?  Why? Or Why not?

~ The last person I know who died was my wonderful Aunt Jeannie who passed away in August, 2011. I would give them one hour more of life back so that she could tell everyone that she loves them. She couldn't speak the last couple days of her life and I know she would have had a lot to say to her family and friends.

10.  Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?

~ I believe so, I'd love to have me as a friend!

11.  Does love = sex?

~ Absolutely Not!!!

12.  Your boss tells your co-worker that they have to let them go because of work shortage, and they are the newest employee.  You have been there much longer.  Your co-worker has a family to support and no other means of income.  Do you go to your boss and offer to leave the company?  Why or Why not.

~ No, because I am single, on my own, in major debt due to medical bills, and I currently know what it's like to live on very low disability pay with nothing to their name

13.  When was the last time you told someone HONESTLY how you felt regardless of how difficult it was for you to say?  What did you have to tell the person?

~ I told my favorite chef that his food ROCKS! And that was ABSOLUTELY HONESTLY said!

14.  What would be (or what was) harder for you to tell a member of the opposite/same sex – you love them or that you do not love them back.

~ That I don't love them back. I would only tell someone that I love them after we've spent a lot of time together, we've been friends for a long time, and we basically already show each other how we feel through our actions.

~ Sunday Stealing

Saturday 9:: The Love Club

                                                The Love Club (2013)
  
Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.

1) Lorde has said this song is about a time when she fell into "a bad crowd." Her high-maintenance new friends were all about their romantic dramas and it overwhelmed her. Have you ever had a friend who was just too much work?

~ Nope

2) She sings that she longs to be alone. Where do you go when you want peace and quiet?

~ I live alone! I just wish I could find a place to vey away from myself!

3) Lorde credits her mother for encouraging her verbal skills. "Mum" let her join a theater class when she was just 5 and was always giving her books. Tell us about an encouraging, understanding adult who assisted you when you were growing up.

~ When I was in grade school, I remember sitting in my dad's bedroom with him, reading to him from his books about carburators and car things. Often I didn't know what I was saying, but he was encouraging and happy I was working out the "tough words"!

4) Lorde is not the only celebrity from her class at Belmont School in Auckland, New Zealand. Olympian Eliza McCartney was a classmate who went on to win a bronze medal in Rio for the pole vault. Did you participate in any sports in high school?

~ Nope, nada, zilch!

***** Number 5 was sent off to see The Olympics!*****

6) Lorde wrote music for one of the Hunger Gamessoundtracks. Have you seen any of the Hunger Games movies, or read any of the books?

~ My niece lent me the book to read a couple years ago, I still haven't. I've seen bits and pieces of the first movie but definitely not the whole thing, and definitely none of the follow-ups, though the movies seem like they could be good and I''d would like them.

7) Her favorite candy is Peanut M&Ms. Do you prefer Milk Chocolate, Peanut, Almond, Mint or Cripsy M&Ms?

~  All Of Them!!!
...But, yes, I'd have to say that peanut M&Ms are my Very Favorite too!

8) When Lorde was on stage at Lollapalooza, a sudden storm interrupted her set. The music festival was evacuated and her performance was cancelled. Can you think of a time when the weather had a major impact on your plans?

~ When I was a child, I LOVED going to an amusement park island between Michigan and Canada called Bob-Lo Island. We always went once a year, every summer. Time went on, the kids in my family (5 of us) became teens, and we started to grow individually. We were planning on going together as a family one last time, it rained that day and my mom said we wouldn't be going. That upset me to no end. It really only rained earlier that day, the rest of the day was fine. That was years ago, almost 40, but I'll always wish we could have went one more time!

9) Random question: Please complete this sentence -- Before I leave the house, I always

~ Make sure I have my keys to come back in!

~ Saturday 9

Friday 5: Korea Guidance

1. What would be a better name for the color of goldenrod-colored paper?

~ The Yellow Pages

2. Where did you get your silverware?

~ My parents, and some store I've since lost the name of

3. It is a weird tradition in America (and possibly elsewhere) for parents to have their children’s baby shoes bronzed.  What artifact from this past week would you have bronzed as a keepsake and heirloom?

~ From this past week? Nothing I could think of!

4. What was the most recent ceremony you attended?

~ The most recent ceremony I attended, if I recall correctly, was my sister's wedding in August, 1999

5. What east Asian cuisine is good for your Seoul?

~ Do egg rolls and fortune cookies count?

~~ Friday 5

365 Questions, February 22: What Are Three Things You Need To Buy?

2018, Thursday:
1. My car fixed
2. A new toilet
3. Laundry washed (20 loads???)

Wednesday Hodgepodge #342

1. Where do you go when you need some inspiration?

~ To sleep, where I usually have good dreams. To my journal, where I can write, write, write until I can think clearly again. To the movies, where I can ponder life watching a movie and crunch on popcorn.

2. What's under your bed?

~ I really kinda don't have a bed any longer, I live alone and exist in my living room. God only knows what's under my sofa though!

3. Thursday, February 22nd is National Chili Day, National Margarita Day, and National Cook a Sweet Potato Day. Of the three which would you most like to celebrate? Is that likely?

~ National Chili Day! I love it! Frozen margaritas can be out drink at the celebration. I love those too (but only the frozen ones!)

4. What are you 'snowed under' with right now?

~ My own laziness and lack of drive, which is just as much of a life destroyer than inches upon inches of snow.

5. Tell us three to five things that make you feel balanced?

~ Eating once or twice a week at The Atrium. It's the only place I really eat any meals any more, usually during the week I pick up a muffin here, oatmeal there, but never a true meal.

~ Visiting the crew at The Atrium. The only places I get to during the week are dialysis and medical appointments (unless I find myself lucky enough to make it to a theater). I haven't driven for almost three years. I miss going places just for fun or to hang out. I love visiting the folks at The Atrium.

~ Going to see movies. I LOVE going to see movies and get my mind off my surroundings, and chomp on popcorn while doing so. I get Lyft cabs to drive me back and forth, but this is dishing out an extra  $20 for this girl, who is basically running on empty!

6. Insert your own random thought here.

~ I love seeing so much of the winter snow melt away today while this magical 60" weather has kicked in! I know it's only for a short time though, winter isn't done with Jack Frost yet!

~ Wednesday Hodgepodge

365 Questions, February 19: What Has Challenged Your Morals?

2018, Monday: My very messy condo.  It leads me to hate myself and actually hate God. I consider myself "God's Garbage".

Unconscious Mutterings #784

I say ... and you think ... ?

 
1. Foundation :: Before blush
2. Clues :: It Was Professor Plum, in the Library, with a Candlestick
3. Jump :: Jump, shout, knock yourself out, the Boogie Woogie beat is what I'm talking about
4. Matter :: What'sa matter me? What'sa matter you?
5. Happening :: What's happening dudes???
6. Addiction :: Gotta have to face it, you're addicted to love
7. Acronym :: Order of planets in solar system (MVEMJSUNP) My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas 
8. Falter :: But keep on trying
9. Concussion :: Ouch! 
10. Historic :: Dinosaurs

Unconscious Mutterings

Sunday Stealing: Tea and Q & A

This is from a questionnaire called "Tea and Q&A" that I found on SwapBot

1. What is your middle name and what is a middle name you'd rather have instead? Why?

~  My middle name is Margaret and I wouldn't want it to be anything else! I love the name Margaret, that was my grandmother's name, it is also my Goddaughter's middle name.

2. How would you spend $1MM (you have to spend every penny!)

~ If given $1,000,000 to spend, I would use it by traveling to places around the world that I always wanted to see, I would buy a new car, I would move into a new condo, I would donate funds to the Michigan Humane Society, I would take classes in all sorts of assorted subjects, I would dine at Sublimation, the list goes on...

3. Yellow light - speed up or slow down??

~ Depends on where I'm heading, how I'm feeling at the time, where I'm at. If I'm about to head in front of a barbecue restaurant, I'll definitely slow down

4. What was the last movie you saw and what did you like/dislike about it?

~ The latest movie I've seen has been Winchester. It was OK, but I was really looking forward to it and hoping it would have been much better. It is a movie based on the mysterious Winchester Mansion, a location that interests me very much. If there was more information about the true background of Winchester and not just a movie based on it, I would have enjoyed it much more.

5. If a movie was made about you, who would portray you in that movie?

~ Helena Bonham Carter

6. What is the strangest thing you've eaten and what did it taste like?

~ The strangest thing I've ever eaten has been duck blood soup. It tasted exactly like beet soup, which was basically what it was. I've also been to a restaurant where I got peanut butter soup, it was OK, just very very very very very creamy.

7. What color is your bathroom?

~ Off-white

8. If you could vacation anywhere in the world RIGHT NOW, where would it be and why?

~ If I could go anywhere in the world right now, and had the $2000 for a dinner, I would go to the island of Ibiza, Spain, where I could have a dining experience at Sublimotion.

9. What is your least favorite thing to cook?

~ Spaghetti with mushrooms

10. What is the dish you make that your family rolls their eyes at?

~ I live alone, I don't  have a family to cook for. I never see my family that I grew up with anymore (well, maybe once a year or so), so I never cook for them

11. What are three things on your bucket list?

1. Spend an entire weekend just riding all the roller coasters at Cedar Point over and over
2. Own another car someday
3. Be able to drive my car, a convertible PT Cruiser, again. I haven't been able to drive it for 3 years and it sits outside my condo.

12. How many skeins of yarn do you think you are currently hoarding?

~ 0,  and this I know for sure!

13. Today is my birthday. What virtual gift are you going to give me?

~ In your name, I am going to learn and donate 1000 pieces of rice on Free Rice

14. What is your favorite candy?

~ My favorite candy are Big Kat bars, and anything with toffee

15. What is your favorite time of the day and why?

~  Night time, I love sleeping and I usually have a really good dream

16. If you could call in sick for a day, what would you do with the time?

~ I don't work, I'm on disibility.

17. How much did your last crafting run cost you?

~  That was a long long long time ago, probably in the '90s I really can't remember.

18. Can you play a musical instrument and if so, which one?

~ Nope

19. What is your least favorite craft that you still do? Why?

~  I don't do any crafts anymore, I realized I enjoyed starting too many things but I never got around to completing them

20. If you could have any job for just one day, what would it be and what would you do?

~  I would be a ghost investigator, I would go to haunted locations to seek out information and try to connect with the spirits that are there

~ Sunday Stealing

365 Questions, February 18: My Biggest Hope Is________.

2018, Sunday: To get my car, my cute little convertible PT Cruiser, out on the roads and driving again, after not being able to for three years. To get out and see the world in it, go places I enjoy going to. I miss driving, I love driving.

365 Questions, February 17: What Was The Last New Thing You Tried?

2018, Saturday: Mountain Dew's Ice, a new lemon lime drink they put out. It's OK, nothing special. I probably won't try it again. The original Mountain Dew, which I thought was lemon lime, is still best to me.

Saturday 9: Baby Love

Saturday 9: Baby Love (1964)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) When this song was popular, the Supremes were known for their elaborate hairstyles, make up and full-length gowns. When was the last time you got dressed up?

~ Wow, dressed up... probably not since my sister's wedding way back in 1999!

2) "The girls," as they were known to the engineers and executives at Motown Records, were Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross. They began singing together when they were high school classmates. Are you still in touch with any friends from your high school days?

~ I'm still in touch with many people I knew in high school, thanks to Facebook!

3) Mary Wilson was born in Mississippi and her family moved a great deal before settling in Detroit, where she fatefully met Florence and Diana. Were you uprooted often when you were a child? Or did you spend your school years in the same neighborhood?

~ I spent my school years in the same neighborhood, same block, same house, all the way up to my forties!

4) The Supremes began as a quartet called the Primettes. In addition to Mary, Flo and Diana, there was Betty McGlown. In 1960, Betty left the group to get married and was replaced by Barbara Martin. In 1962, Barbara left the group to have a baby. They quit trying to replace the fourth voice, soldiered on as a trio, and made pop history. Have you ever found yourself in a position similar to Betty's or Barbara's, where you had to make a difficult decision and choose between your personal life and your career?

~ Nope

5) Thinking of babies and "baby love," is anyone in your life expecting a baby in 2018?

~ Nope

6) With twelve #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, The Supremes remain America's most commercially successfully recording group, and this song (along with "Stop! In the Name of Love") is one of the most popular karaoke songs. If we handed you the mic this morning and absolutely insisted you perform, what song would you choose (any song, any genre)?

~ My Life by Billy Joel, Help! by The Beatles, or Can't Stop Falling In Love With You by Elvis

7) Original group member Florence Ballard left the group in 1967. She died of cardiac arrest in 1976 at the age of 32. Since February is National Heart Month, it seems appropriate to ask: Is anyone in your life battling heart disease?

~ Nope, unless they hide it from everybody

8) Florence Ballard's brother, Hank, wrote Chubby Checker's famous dance song, "The Twist." When did you last dance?

~ Wow, danced... probably not since my sister's wedding way back in 1999!

9) Random question: Close your eyes and visualize the most beautiful place you've ever been. Now describe it to us.

~ The most beautiful place I've ever been is Myrtle Beach, because I love the ocean. I live in Michigan myself. One night I was sitting on our room's 14th-story balcony overlooking the ocean. Far in the distance I saw something sailing up on the ocean, full of lights, such a magical contrast to the dark night air. When it came closer I noticed that it was a floating advertisement. It was set with amusement park rides, a roller coaster, a Tilt-A-Whirl, a Scrambler, a ferris wheel all lit up, but it was just an advertisement! It was so pretty though, so surreal.

~ Saturday 9

365 Questions, February 16: What Mood Were You In Today?

2018, Friday: Satisfied, I had a great lunch at Atrium, had a great conversation with my counselor, sent a text to Sara in Spanish congratulating her on making her school's  Spanish Honor Society, staying at Cruz Clinic until 4:15 without a driver going antsy on me