"Member on the Spotlight!"....MAY 19-25 2008... RubSluts'Mommy

Hello! I have one question for you What was the happiest moment in your life?

Originally Posted by CoolCat

The topic of today going to be Movies!

1.- Wich one is your favourite Genre of Movies?
2.- Do you collect DVD´s or VHS??,….How many do you have?

3.- Wich one is your favourite Actor Male?
4.- Wich one is your favourite Actor Female?
5.- Have you ever to participated in some Special Event of your favourite artist?
6.- Have you ever to saw in live to some artist? ( I mean is some restaurant, buying at mall or in some resort?)

7.- Do you like to watch the Oscar Awards?

8.- Have you ever to participated in a role in a Theather representation? ( maybe just for fun or when you was on School?) …

9.- If you could to meet to some artist wich one would be and say us why!...

10.- Would you like to live next at some artist (? ( I mean for example your neighboor would be a TV anchor or else?)…

…

Cheers my friend…

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1. science fiction as well as fantasy.

2. DVD's. I'm surprised at my own number. I thought I was hovering around 100... nope. 145. I use software to catalog my collections. Scary, huh?

3. Kevin Anderson, John Corbett, George Clooney, too many to name... I even like Bruce Willis... he's gotten hotter as he's gotten older... (I can't believe i just said that...)

4. a toss-up between Sandra Bullock and Drew Barrymore.

5. maybe not of my favorite one... I do costumes... I'm one of those geeks who dress up and go to science fiction conventions... so I've met many actors. I got to see Rene Auberjonois in a live reading of Don Juan in Hell back in 1992. Just last week, I saw Viggo Mortensen do a reading, along with several other people, of some historical speeches here in Portland. Yes, I took pictures. It was amazing. He even sang, a capella, a Bob Dylan song.

6. I think I already answered that in #5... whoops I've met George Takei, Rene Auberjonois, Nichelle Nichols, Gil Gerard, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Nana Visitor, Armin Shimmerman, Kevin Anderson... to name a few. In a 'chance' meeting, though... hmmm... I met a rock drummer at a bus stop once... and an opera singer bought some CD's in my department when I worked at Virgin Megastore in San Francisco... I can't remember his name, but could look him up.

7. Sometimes, I'll watch for a while, but it kind of bores me... if I'm in htat mood to watch it, I will... especially if I'm really rooting for a certain movie or artist to win.

8. Yes. In 7th grade, I inadvertently got myself the role of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (I don't admit that to everyone, you're special, of course, now EVERYBODY knows... erg). I also kept auditioning for school plays, while in drama class in high school. In my senior year, I got a bit part in Send Me No Flowers. High squeaky voice, thick Bronx accent, red Shirley Temple curls, and wearing a pink satin night shirt. I was playing the dream sequence 'other woman' it was hilarious. the whole play was.

9. OOHHHH!!! Richard Armitage... British fellow... absolutely yummy as Guy of Gisbourne in the current BBC (playing on BBC America) run of Robin Hood. that man in black leathers...

10. I wouldn't mind someone famous next to me... but where I currently live, it would never happen. I know a local anchor/reporter lady... through an women's organization here...

Amanda

Originally Posted by Katz4Life

Hello!

I have one question for you

What was the happiest moment in your life?

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That's a hard one... I'm not a parent, and not married, so I don't have the usual type of answer... I guess i have two: mine has a story... we have to go back a while...

I wasn't expected to make it out of high school. No one, not certain members of my family, not my guidance counselor at school, even myself... I was generally expected to either drop out or take another, more dramatic, way out (i.e. not living, if you get the idea). Obviously, I'm still here. About a month before graduation, I was doing well in my senior year (for the first time in high school... I was a terrible student). There are factors that went into the change in my senior year... and would really make this post VERY long...

To make the story brief (too late), I was denied graduation with my peers... for no good reason. They chose me to make 'an example' out of... my cap and gown, which I'd purchased, went unused. I opted for the self-paced summer school, which i finished less than one month after the graduation date of my class. (my diploma says June 19th, I picked mine up July 17th.) By that teacher, and my guidance counselor, telling me 'No, you CAN'T do this' a small fire was lit in me. I wanted to show them I could do anything I set my mind to... and did. I got my Associate Degree, and then went on to my BA. I walked the stage both times. Now, I'm planning on going for my Master's and maybe even a PhD.

Although they didn't get the result they intended by denying me graduation, they did set in motion a chain of events that no one I knew then could have imagined. God only knows where I'd be today if it hadn't happened... I think what they did to students back then was wrong... but for me, it was just what this soul needed to start 'kicking butt and taking names'

So, my happiest moment was walking the stage for both degrees... and I'll be even happier when I walk it the next time... they can't stop me.

Amanda

Originally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy

So, my happiest moment was walking the stage for both degrees... and I'll be even happier when I walk it the next time... they can't stop me.

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Thank you for sharing that! Good for you That is awesome!

I just can say woaw....:woaw:... I mean I´m spechleess about your history of your graduation.... ...

great, answers my friend, great answers....

the afternoon tiny set!.. ....

1.- do you have a midle name? If you have it, do you like them?...where is came? I mean some relative has that midle name too?...
2.- do you use a cell phone?...
3.- wich one brand is it?..
4.- are you maniatic of the last gadgets on the market? I mean do you like to have the lastes electronic devices just for have it?...

5.- at this moments of the week have you been choosen at the next victim?

- Remember you should to ask a that person if want to participate on the game...

Questions from a neighbor

1) What is your favorite Portland thing to do?
2) Do you like going to the Portland Zoo (why re-name it anyway?)
3) Starbucks or ..... ?
4) Do you own an umbrella?
5) Elephant ears - with or without sugar?

Originally Posted by CoolCat

1.- do you have a midle name? If you have it, do you like them?...where is came? I mean some relative has that midle name too?...

2.- do you use a cell phone?...

3.- wich one brand is it?..

4.- are you maniatic of the last gadgets on the market?

I mean do you like to have the lastes electronic devices just for have it?...

5.- at this moments of the week have you been choosen at the next victim?

- Remember you should to ask a that person if want to participate on the game...

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Thank you for the comment about my graduation story... (sorry, I snipped it for length)

1. yes, Anne. So I'm Amanda Anne. I like it well enough... it's my first name I sometimes can't stand. I grew up being called Mandy... which is a vile, insidious name... so as an adult, I equate Mandy with being childish... it's a kids name, not for an adult. The only people on this planet allowed to call me that now are my best friends' kids... even the two teenage girls... they call me Auntie Mandie. That's what they've called me since they started talking...

2. Yes. I do not have a land line, so my cell is my only phone. I don't carry everywhere... most of the time it stays home. I hve found it's much easier for me, when the moving around I've done... I just switch the number, but keep the same phone (although I do upgrade every two years). it beats having to change companies and such when I move... not to mention waiting for the folks to connect the number... yeesh.

3. I have an LG phone, with Verizon. i've had Verizon since 2001, and I'm pretty darn happy with them...

4. Oh, God no... I don't make enough to do that. My CD changer is from 1995, I have two Amplifiers, but only because one has Dolby, so it's hooked up to the TV. the other is in the office with the CD changer. When it comes to computers, I tend to be a little more current... I have my beloved Mac... I don't necessarily have the most current... but I DO have a lot of it... three computers, two Amps, three sets of speakers (not counting the full surround sound set), two iPod Shuffles, etc... I do have to add though, that one of the computers is no longer in service... the motherboard is dying... so I pulled everything I needed off, put it on an external hard drive and plugged that into the Mac (the dead motherboard belongs to a PC). I think I'm a computer geek... what do you think??

Originally Posted by Bonnie1965

Questions from a neighbor

1) What is your favorite Portland thing to do?
2) Do you like going to the Portland Zoo (why re-name it anyway?)
3) Starbucks or ..... ?
4) Do you own an umbrella?
5) Elephant ears - with or without sugar?

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1. hmmmm... POWELLS!!!! Downtown location preferably... Man, bring a lunch and browse for hours... guess where I'll be on Saturday?

2. ummm... er.... I haven't been... yet. Maybe this vacation... dunno. Don't beat me up on that, though... I lived in Chicago for THREE years and never went to the zoo there... I've barely been here two years... I have one more year before you can make me feel guilty...

3. I love, when needed, Dutch Bros. You may think me clinically insane for what I'm about to admit: when I want a nice JOLT of caffeine, I order their ER 911 iced. If you've looked at their menu, you'd know that has 6 shots of espresso. Yes, six shots. In one cup. Although, Starbucks does do their blended Frappachino better than anyone else does a blended... it actually STAYS blended... I try them elsewhere and the ice separates.... I want blended... I want a coffee slushie the whole way... With that it's not so much the flavor... it's the technique. They have that down.

Although, for non-coffee stuff, Jim & Patty's has the BEST coffeecake... OMG... if you haven't, maybe we should try for a locals gathering there... the Marionberry Coffeecake is really good. But their coffee is mediocre, IMO.

4. HA! After living in Chicago? Are you kidding me? I bought one and two minutes after opening it, it popped... I gave up. And besides, umbrellas are for wimps who hate water... IT'S ONLY WATER, FOR CHRISSAKES! I've done the drowned rat look... back in Chicago... it wasn't bad... of course it was a summer shower, so the water was warm... but yes, I love rain... it's only water... so unless you're related to the Wicked Witch of the West, it ain't gonna kill ya.

5. I'm guessing that's one of those treats you find at one of our NUMEROUS waterfront festivals... man, there's way too many of them... I haven't had one... partly because recent food poisoning incidents have made me leery of festival food... but if you say I must try one... and considering I'm a sugar-holic... I'll go with sugar. If there's a festival this weekend, maybe I'll try one... I'm usually working weekends... I know they are setting one up down there...

Amanda

Hey Amanda, your Daily torment is here....

Originally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy

-... (sorry, I snipped it for length)
- I think I'm a computer geek... what do you think??

- hmmmm... POWELLS!!!! Downtown location preferably... Man, bring a lunch and browse for hours... guess where I'll be on Saturday?

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- ...you shouldn´t say that....every person has their own history and is complete fine you tell us,
- I bet that!.. ...
- Can you put a link of Powells?...I would like to have a clear Idea of the place... ...


Back at the bussiness,...The topic of today is of General stuffs around you life...

1.- Wich one is the most crazy thing that have you ever do it???? ( I mean for example, Jump in parachute, Take a Snake live, Jump in Bungee etc)
2.- Do you have indor plants at home?
3.- If you can travel in time and to meet to some historycal person WHO would be and Tell us why?...
4.- If you have the money power to move to some part of the world ( of course with your kittys) wich place would be and why.....
5.- What is the thing that really anoy you on the persons.......( for example: the hypocresy, the envy etc)
6.- Are you Religious?
7.- Favourite Salad?
8.- favourite pop soda?
9.- Choose one would you prefer to watch Sunrise or Sunset and tell us why......
10.- Do you have a car? wich type is it?....

Have a nice day my friend!....

Originally Posted by CoolCat

Hey Amanda, your Daily torment is here....

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...you shouldn´t say that....every person has their own history and is complete fine you tell us,

- I bet that!..

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- Can you put a link of Powells?...I would like to have a clear Idea of the place...

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Oh, Powells... on their sign is the clue: City of Books. It's a full city block, four stories high, all books. Each room is color coded... they have other branches, but they don't have the same 'creaky floor, unearthing treasures' feel... www.powells.com/

And here's the description page for the main store, on Burnside: www.powells.com/info/places/burnsideinfo.html

Back at the bussiness,...The topic of today is of General stuffs around you life...

1.- Wich one is the most crazy thing that have you ever do it???? ( I mean for example, Jump in parachute, Take a Snake live, Jump in Bungee etc)
2.- Do you have indor plants at home?
3.- If you can travel in time and to meet to some historycal person WHO would be and Tell us why?...

4.- If you have the money power to move to some part of the world ( of course with your kittys) wich place would be and why.....
5.- What is the thing that really anoy you on the persons.......( for example: the hypocresy, the envy etc)

6.- Are you Religious?

7.- Favourite Salad?

8.- favourite pop soda?

9.- Choose one would you prefer to watch Sunrise

or Sunset and tell us why......
10.- Do you have a car? wich type is it?....

Have a nice day my friend!....

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1. I can't scratch parachuting off my list... I haven't done it ... yet. I want to, though. Most of my friends think I'm nuts for picking up and moving without knowing anyone in the new city, or having a job waiting for me... Not to mention my solo road trips. I did a day hike once with a complete stranger... yes, I was watching my back... i had a knife and cell phone... but he never tried anything... I had gone to a small park up in the Sierra's called The Devil's Postpile... for an earth nut, it was fascinating... I climbed the steep stairs to the top of the postpile, and took more pictures (on film, not digital, I'd have to find them), and we started chatting... he told me about a waterfall at the other end of the park... I hiked the trail with him... of course, I learned one important little thing that day: don't wear combat boots (they're from my costuming stuff) for hiking....... oh Holy .... my feet were in SOOOOOOO much pain that night... I guess I've done other crazy things... but not so much of the adrenaline-pumping stuff most people think of as crazy.

2. I have four... I want more, though. I've given up on plants on my patio... they die very quickly... I'm not a gardener... OOPS! Count that five indoor... I forgot my little 'money plant' ... it's not sitting with the others. I want some larger plants. One of my plans this week while cleaning is to make spaces for some larger plants...

3. So many people.... I think musically, I'd go back and meet Ella Fitzgerald. She was such an amazing singer... but maybe going back and meeting Leonardo da Vinci. I mentioned him earlier this week... he wasn't just a painter... he had so many things going, such creativity and passion... I'd love to meet him and find out what drives him...

4. Inside the US: back to Chicago... have a nice loft with lots of natural light in downtown... but then have a cabin within a couple hours' drive out of town. There's a place in Indiana, about an hour from Chicago... it's an old farm with some unfarmable land... the family who owns it decided to build homes working WITH the land... for example: if it's in the forested area of the land, they find a natural clearing instead of tearing down trees... they make setting-appropriate homes... I'd love to have a getaway there... or vice-versa... live there and make the loft the getaway when I want civilization...

Outside the US... probably Switzerland or the British Isles somewhere... I'm 1/4 Swiss (the other 3/4 are a mix), and would love to immerse myself in the language and life there....

5. The rudeness and entitlement of people here in the US. Both of my jobs are in public service (retail and a library) and I see rudeness in both... at the library, people don't push in chairs (lazy, would you leave your own dining chairs out like that? no), they leave magazines sprawled all over the place... they let their kids run around and scream in the LIBRARY. They get rude and indignant if they have late fees... it's their own fault for not turning materials in on time and with all their contents... take responsibility for your own actions... people around here feel they can do whatever they want and don't care about the consequences... can you tell this is a big issue with me? At the store, we get rudeness at the registers and cutting table (fabric store)... sometimes delays are out of our control... we get shoplifters (yes, in a fabric store)... and these people don't understand there are consequences... I could go on... but next question!

6. No. I have faith, but not religion. I am technically a born again Christian... from the time i was 15. but after several years in a few different churches, I grew disillusioned with the power-happy people there... are all churches this way? No. But I haven't found one yet where there isn't something negative going on. My friends and I were judged at one church because we admitted we didn't have perfect little "Christian" lives... I'm not perfect... God didn't make me to BE perfect... he made me human... Perfection is not a trait human beings can achieve... we can get close... but absolute perfection isn't something He wanted for us... I have faults... I make mistakes... Here's how I view my life (this could get long):

I am a child, on my first day of Kindergarten. We live on the hill overlooking the school and playground. I've been wanting to go down there since I could walk. Now, today, my father (who's a stay-at-home dad) walks me to school. He drops me off at my classroom, putting me in the care of my new teacher. He waves goodbye and runs back up the hill. He grabs his binoculars and a lawn chair and sits, covertly, near the back fence. He watches me as little Johnny pulls my pigtails, I get knocked down off the tricycle, but get right back up and deal with the situation, I play with fingerpaints, and learn my ABC's. He's made arrangements beforehand to have a neighbor pick me up... he gets cookies and milk ready for me as I burst through the door of our house. He puts me on his knee and asks how my day went. Why does he ask, you wonder, if he's already seen everything happen? He wants to know it all from MY perspective. He wants to hear how my day went in my own words. This is how I view my relationship with God and my life: My life is that first day of kindergarten. God is watching over me, watching everything happen in my life, all the scrapes and bruises, the good and the bad things. He loves me regardless of the fact that I shoved little Johnny down for yanking on my pigtails... When I leave this life (after a long and fruitful one), I'll head 'home' to Heaven and sit on my Father's knee and tell him how my life was... even though He's been watching the whole time. My life is one big classroom. I am here to learn... to make mistakes, to make successes... it is all part of life.

But you asked if I was religious... no. I do not attend church... I'm not what one considers a 'typical' Christian...

7. What I call a 'garbage' salad... lettuce and all the usual suspects, but chicken and bacon, and avocado, croutons, fruit, nuts, cheese, and anything else I feel like piling on... I've been known to dump small cans of mandarin oranges on my salads... I like a mix of flavors...
8. I don't drink much soda anymore... but when i do, I tend to get Dr. Pepper... I'm not a Coke/Pepsi fan... I mostly drink water, Chai, coffee, Jamba Juice smoothies, and juice.

9. Sunrise/Sunset. I love sunrises, even though I'm rarely every awake for them... to me, they stand for a rebirth... renewal... it's a new day with new experiences...

10. I drive a 2000 Ford Explorer... not the best on gas, but it's paid off and it runs. If you're around Portland, you'll be able to spot my vehicle by all the snarky bumper stickers covering the back... two of my favorites: "If you can't operate your turn signal, what makes you think you can operate the rest of your car?" and, "If I want to hear the pitter-patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on my cats."

OKay... I'm off to Jamba Juice now... was going to go earlier, but couldn't get my butt out of bed early enough... ugh.

Originally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy

1. hmmmm... POWELLS!!!! Downtown location preferably... Man, bring a lunch and browse for hours... guess where I'll be on Saturday?

2. ummm... er.... I haven't been... yet. Maybe this vacation... dunno. Don't beat me up on that, though... I lived in Chicago for THREE years and never went to the zoo there... I've barely been here two years... I have one more year before you can make me feel guilty...

3. I love, when needed, Dutch Bros. You may think me clinically insane for what I'm about to admit: when I want a nice JOLT of caffeine, I order their ER 911 iced. If you've looked at their menu, you'd know that has 6 shots of espresso. Yes, six shots. In one cup. Although, Starbucks does do their blended Frappachino better than anyone else does a blended... it actually STAYS blended... I try them elsewhere and the ice separates.... I want blended... I want a coffee slushie the whole way... With that it's not so much the flavor... it's the technique. They have that down.

Although, for non-coffee stuff, Jim & Patty's has the BEST coffeecake... OMG... if you haven't, maybe we should try for a locals gathering there... the Marionberry Coffeecake is really good. But their coffee is mediocre, IMO.

4. HA! After living in Chicago? Are you kidding me? I bought one and two minutes after opening it, it popped... I gave up. And besides, umbrellas are for wimps who hate water... IT'S ONLY WATER, FOR CHRISSAKES!

I've done the drowned rat look... back in Chicago... it wasn't bad... of course it was a summer shower, so the water was warm... but yes, I love rain... it's only water... so unless you're related to the Wicked Witch of the West, it ain't gonna kill ya.

5. I'm guessing that's one of those treats you find at one of our NUMEROUS waterfront festivals... man, there's way too many of them... I haven't had one... partly because recent food poisoning incidents have made me leery of festival food... but if you say I must try one... and considering I'm a sugar-holic... I'll go with sugar. If there's a festival this weekend, maybe I'll try one... I'm usually working weekends... I know they are setting one up down there...

Amanda

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LOVE Powell's! Have seen several authors there. Sherman Alexie was the most recent.

The zoo has $2 admission on the second Tuesday of each month. Of course, every child in the metro area will be there as well!

Elephant ears are large fried thin sweet crispy things. Most people like sugar but I've seen others use jam. They are messy and way too big for one person. Saturday Market has them each weekend

I agree about the umbrella. Each time I buy one, I end up leaving it on the bus so why bother? We don't usually get the huge downpours some places get.

Hadn't heard of Jim and Patty's - thanks!

Thanks for being a good sport

Originally Posted by Bonnie1965

LOVE Powell's! Have seen several authors there. Sherman Alexie was the most recent.

The zoo has $2 admission on the second Tuesday of each month. Of course, every child in the metro area will be there as well!

Elephant ears are large fried thin sweet crispy things. Most people like sugar but I've seen others use jam. They are messy and way too big for one person. Saturday Market has them each weekend

I agree about the umbrella. Each time I buy one, I end up leaving it on the bus so why bother? We don't usually get the huge downpours some places get.

Hadn't heard of Jim and Patty's - thanks!

Thanks for being a good sport

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In the Washington County libraries, we have Cultural passes... I'd hope that Multnomah has them as well... so you check out the pass for one day (must be turned in before opening the next day) and can get in to one of the places that library has passes for. OUr library has Children's Museum, the Zoo, a three others... I can't remember them all... as I'm not the one who takes reservations and deals with them all the time... but those two are THE most popular... you don't pay... so someone can take their kids free... any day of the week...

Jim & Patty's: on Fremont at 51st or so... they have the cream cheese coffeecake (or is it sour cream... I get them mixed up). These two are the ones who owned Coffee People before Starbucks bought them out... they moved to Texas... hated it, moved back. They opened one shop... and are a must if you love coffeecake. This ain't your mama's coffeecake!! a piece stands about three inches tall, crumbly top, fruit preserves in the middle (if you ordered one with fruit preserves), and the piece is about four by five inches... you certainly get your money's worth!

Any more questions?

Amanda

OMG - You liked Devils Pospile - you were in MY neck of the woods so have you ....
1. visited Death Valley??
2. gone to the Whitmore hot tubs (about 20 mi. south down U.S. 395 from DP)
3. Do you rock climb?
4. Do you prefer a city experience or a rural experience?
5. Do you like exploring the desert (via 4x4)?
6. Did you get a chance to see the White Mountains (across the Owens Valley from the Sierra)? If not, would you go there? (They have the Bristlecone Pines, the world's oldest living trees)
7. Have you ever tried Indian fry bread? Indian tacos? (I'm referring to Native American, not Curry Indian)
Susan

Originally Posted by catsknowme

OMG - You liked Devils Pospile - you were in MY neck of the woods

so have you ....
1. visited Death Valley??
2. gone to the Whitmore hot tubs (about 20 mi. south down U.S. 395 from DP)
3. Do you rock climb?
4. Do you prefer a city experience or a rural experience?
5. Do you like exploring the desert (via 4x4)?
6. Did you get a chance to see the White Mountains (across the Owens Valley from the Sierra)? If not, would you go there? (They have the Bristlecone Pines, the world's oldest living trees)
7. Have you ever tried Indian fry bread? Indian tacos? (I'm referring to Native American, not Curry Indian)
Susan

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Oh yes, and I have a love affair with Mono Lake. Man, I miss going up there...

1. nope... at least not that I was aware of... I may have passed by it at some point, though...

2. No... although they sound wonderful... DP was the furthest south on 395 I've been...

3. Alas, no... but as soon as I get the money, I'm going to take lessons at our Rock Wall Gym here in Portland... it's HUGE... and so cool. I don't know if I'll ever have the guts to do it out there on real rocks... but hey... ya never know...

4. Living: wow... both. I hate suburbs, though. I don't like the in-between thing... I like urban (lived in downtown Chicago) for the convenience of everything, and love the rural... but not necessarily farm-rural... mountains rural... earthy, back to the trees... I love passing through the Redwoods heading down to the Bay Area (I was born and raised there)... I love standing in the middle of a grove of really big trees and just listening to them... they have their own language... and it's a beautiful language indeed!

5. I've never been much of a desert person... my sister goes to Burning Man and my dad is convinced, by what she tells him, that I'd love it too... and I know that's in the desert....

6. No, I haven't... I didn't see too much of the area... mostly passing through... My route would take me into Yosemite for a day or three, and then stay in Lee Vining ... then head north to Reno, where my best friend and her family live...

7. No, I haven't... but I'm always willing to try new stuff...

BTW, know anyone who can translate something into Apache or any Native language? I have a poem that i read for my best friend's wedding and I swore I was going to have it translated... but it's already been four years.... it's just hard to find someone...

Amanda

Hey, Amanda,

1. How many pairs of shoes do you own? Purses?
2. Do you say "handbag, purse or pocketbook?"
3. Are you a white-linen tablecloth or a paper place mat restaurant?
4. Do you now or have you ever danced something other than modern dance?
5. Since the movie is about to come out, are you a Sex in the City Sexpert? Did you watch it regularly and, if so, who is your favorite character?
6. Do you like baseball? To play? To watch on TV or at the stadium? What is your favorite team?
7. Have you ever found a 4-leaf clover?

Originally Posted by butzie

Hey, Amanda,

1. How many pairs of shoes do you own? Purses?
2. Do you say "handbag, purse or pocketbook?"
3. Are you a white-linen tablecloth or a paper place mat restaurant?
4. Do you now or have you ever danced something other than modern dance?
5. Since the movie is about to come out, are you a Sex in the City Sexpert? Did you watch it regularly and, if so, who is your favorite character?
6. Do you like baseball? To play? To watch on TV or at the stadium? What is your favorite team?
7. Have you ever found a 4-leaf clover?

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1. I used to own roughly 70-80 pair of shoes... but I've pared down... I have six pair I rotate for work/seasonal... three pair of Chaco sandals (best arch support in a pair of sandals), one pair of Birkies (library work), one of Danskos (store work), and a pair of old Clark's (also, store work). I also have about eight pair of dressy shoes, one pair of combat boots (see below: costumes), two pair of hiking boots, and then there's the costume stuff... roughly seven or eight pair of high heel or platform boots/shoes... including two pair of silver-painted boots (one is in the go-go boots style), a pair of white painted flat boots (Princess Leia) ... well you get the idea...

2. for what hangs off my shoulder: purse. a pocketbook is what goes in the purse and holds my money and cards... to me, a handbag is something hand held... like with evening wear... but i digress...

3. If I had the money, white linen... but I usually end up with the white polyester!! Although, I've lately been more of a paper placemat person... there's a place here... OMG the best Teriyaki BBQ... I'm craving it right now... can ya tell?

4. I took a stripper aerobics class once... I sucked at it, though... I also did Jazz, along with Modern... but I started with Ballet, did a little Tap...

5. Considering it was on HBO, and I didn't have the pay channels... no, I didn't watch it regularly... I've watched some episodes... I think I like Carrie the best...

6. I might get hunted down if I mention the first team I liked... I used to hate baseball... I couldn't put it into historical terms(*) like i could with football, hockey and soccer.... well, basketball too... but I moved to Upstate NY and found watching the Yankees made the game interesting for me. It was lively enough so that I could finally understand the pitches and stuff... no matter how many boyfriends, etc, tried explaining it... it was still foreign to me. That said, having lived in Chicago, I actually prefer the White Sox now... I'll still watch the NYY, but only if they're not playing my other team.
* I compare Football and the other games listed to a medieval 'battle.' Let's say someone has invented gun powder in one kingdom (1st team's goalposts)... they make a weapon with it, make some ... ahem ... mistakes with it, and light the fuse while still in their own castle... whoops! So, they hurriedly cart it off to their rival kingdom, throw it over the wall and run like mad... the opposing kingdom has also been playing with this stuff, sees what has just dropped in their proverbial laps, goes "oh c***" and sends their forces back over to the first kingdom with the same lit weapon and returns the favor... and it keeps going, with the armies getting confused and outsmarted in both directions, until the fuse reaches the end and thus the end of the game... silly analogy, I know, but it helped me understand the game in the beginning...

But yes, I do like baseball (my train of thought derails rather often, can you tell?)

7. Nope... plenty of three leaf ones!

Man... I'm getting hungry now...

Amanda

Originally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy

I am here to learn... to make mistakes, to make successes... it is all part of life.

But you asked if I was religious... no. I do not attend church... I'm not what one considers a 'typical' Christian...

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respectable answer my friend.... ...


Great answer my friend! no comments for today I really enjoy all your answers...

have a nice night tonight!...

Originally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy

2. for what hangs off my shoulder: purse. a pocketbook is what goes in the purse and holds my money and cards... to me, a handbag is something hand held... like with evening wear... but i digress...

4. I took a stripper aerobics class once... I sucked at it, though... I also did Jazz, along with Modern... but I started with Ballet, did a little Tap...

...but I moved to Upstate NY and found watching the Yankees made the game interesting for me... That said, having lived in Chicago, I actually prefer the White Sox now... I'll still watch the NYY, but only if they're not playing my other team.

Amanda

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Syracuse, eh? Not as pretty to me as Ithaca where DH and I went to
Cornell and not like Elmira where our daughter is at Elmira College. BTW, said daughter thanks you for not liking the Red Sox! Go A's!

I'm surprised that you don't use a pocketbook. I'm a NewYawkr, and I keep my wallet in my pockabook but just some makeup and money in my evening purse.

Whoa! I never took a stripper aerobics class - my boobs would so not like that (although guys might) - but I have taken show girls classes where the more you touch yourself the better.

Originally Posted by butzie

Syracuse, eh? Not as pretty to me as Ithaca where DH and I went to
Cornell and not like Elmira where our daughter is at Elmira College. BTW, said daughter thanks you for not liking the Red Sox! Go A's!

I'm surprised that you don't use a pocketbook. I'm a NewYawkr, and I keep my wallet in my pockabook but just some makeup and money in my evening purse.

Whoa! I never took a stripper aerobics class - my boobs would so not like that (although guys might) - but I have taken show girls classes where the more you touch yourself the better.

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I'm originally from the SF Bay Area... never got into the A's or the Giants... but maybe being from there explains why I use 'purse' ... of course , the fact that my mom called it her purse, and she's from Oklahoma... so maybe it's a midwest thing... dunno...

So, I grew up in Hayward... best known for it's sprawl of houses... and the antique shops... maybe that's why I don't like suburbia... blech.

the stripper aerobics class was ... interesting. I only did it the once... no pole dancing...

Amanda

Thank you for answering my questions my friend, ....The topic of today would be Cats and also other stuffs...

1.- How many cats have you ever had in your enterely life?
2.- could you tell us the name of the list above?
3.- Do you have any preference about of Breeds of cats?
4.- Do you dream with cats when you sleeps?
5.- Have you ever to give catnip at your kittys to play?
6.- Wich brand do you prefer to give at your kitty in Wet and Dry food to eat?
7.- Would you like to work like a volunteer on a Cat shelter?
another stuffs...
8.- Wich one is your favourite colour to wear?
9.- Do you have some earrings with shape of cat?
10.- do you have some blouse with stamps of cats?
11.- do you collect or you have handcraft of kittys?
12.- In what colour do you have many purses ? (I mean your favourite colour to fit with you)

.....I hope not boring you with my questions my friend...

Cheers chick!...

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Thank you for answering my questions my friend,

....The topic of today would be Cats and also other stuffs...

1.- How many cats have you ever had in your enterely life?

2.- could you tell us the name of the list above?

3.- Do you have any preference about of Breeds of cats?

4.- Do you dream with cats when you sleeps?

5.- Have you ever to give catnip at your kittys to play?

6.- Wich brand do you prefer to give at your kitty in Wet and Dry food to eat?

7.- Would you like to work like a volunteer on a Cat shelter?

another stuffs...

8.- Wich one is your favourite colour to wear?
9.- Do you have some earrings with shape of cat?
10.- do you have some blouse with stamps of cats?
11.- do you collect or you have handcraft of kittys?
12.- In what colour do you have many purses ? (I mean your favourite colour to fit with you)

.....I hope not boring you with my questions my friend...

Cheers chick!...

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1. my own: four. Family: twelve that i can remember names of... I'm sure there were more here and there, but my parents believed in outdoor only pets... personally I think it was all on my mom... well mostly. My dad lets CoCo in on a nearly daily basis for pets now... she goes back out, but she does get some inside time, thanks to my dad... yeah, he's a softie.

2. I'll put an asterisk next to the ones that were mine.

Blackie(m), Prissy(f), Kitty(f), Smokey(f), Skunky(f)* and her three siblings(1f, 2m), Max(m), CoCo(f), Lucy(f) and Christy(f)*. With them getting fed outside, we've also fed numerous neighborhood cats... Skunky lived the longest, at 17 years... Blackie wasn't far behind, around 14 or 15. They were smart little buggers... CoCo is the only one of the family cats listed who's still alive. JoJo and Jack are my own... I adopted them in Syracuse, NY. My parents have never 'met' them...

3. Any old cat will do. I've grown to love Siamese, but have never been owned by one... someday, I will. But I've been the firm believer that you do not adopt the cat, the cat adopts you. When I adopted JoJo, I wanted an older, short hair cat... I got an 11 month old longhair... she adopted me... I just paid the fee...

4. Sometimes... if they aren't involved, the dream is usually a really odd one, and I'm wondering where they are...

5. HA! they have catnip toys, bins of catnip... I've discovered that some of the local grocery stores have these bulk herbs... and the catnip is REALLY cheap! The price on the bin looks high, but when you think about it... so, the bin price is 14.99 a pound... do you realize how much a POUND of catnip would be? that's HUGE! So, I fill up a little bag of theirs, and it ends up being about 40 cents... barely anything... and it's reasonable fresh... dried, but not ancient.

6. Wet is whatever i pick up, although they love Trader Joe's (the store) Tuna for Cats... Dry, I give them a mix of Wysong Uretic (because of Jack's urinary tract) and some other really high quality dry... they love the stuff... the Wysong kept him from getting a UTI for months... then I thought i could let my guard down... WRONG! I switch to regular foods and within two months, he had a full blown UTI. We're sticking with the Wysong from now on... I'm firm on that.

7. I already am! I volunteer one day a week (three hours, since it's one of my two days off) at the local county shelter... I've been doing it for a year and a half.

8. I like nearly all colors... although i don't like the super bright colors... like neon green, etc. I'm not partial to orange or yellow, and the green has to be a darker shade... but I love pretty much anything else. I usually pair black with something... but if i REALLY had to pick one color, it would probably be purple.

9. Yes, I do... at least two pair... one thanks to my Secret Santa from last year... the other pair I bought years ago.

10. I have a sweatshirt with a cat... I'm not huge on printed stuff, more solids... and ethnic stuff...

11. Oh, do I... I have several ceramic kitties... including a couple with wings... I'll have to take a picture sometime...

12. Most are black... but my favorite ones are wild... the current purse is black and red checkerboard... I also have an awesome purple rag-crocheted purse... as well as a cow-print purse... but most are black...

Not boring... nope, not at all...

Amanda