Tagged by MM

Instructions: Choose a band or artist and answer the questions using only titles of their songs.

Are you male or female? Honky Tonk Women

Describe yourself: Girl with the Faraway eyes

How do some people feel about you: She's So Cold

How do you feel about yourself: 19th Nervous Breakdown

Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: It's All Over Now

Describe your current significant other: Anybody Seen My Baby?

Describe where you want to be: Where the Boys Go

Describe how you live: Blinded by Rainbows

Describe how you love: Love in Vain

What would you ask for if you had just one wish? Gimme Shelter

Share a few words of wisdom: You Can't Always Get What You Want

Now say goodbye: It's All Over Now

I am tagging Zombie, MikkiD, and Boo.

Reading material

I read romance novels. I will read other things sometimes, but the majority of my pleasure reading is romance novels. None of the authors on my must-read list have anything new out (but one should be out in a day or two, I think), so I've been re-reading my older books. Sometimes when I read these books, I really wonder about the authors and what they consider to be "romantic". I was reading a couple of books by Claudia Dain (historical romance), and I had to put it down, because it was about to make me ill. The concept of these particular 2 books is that the woman is somehow damaged, and needs a man to fix her. She will never be complete otherwise. I'm sorry, excuse me while I *puke*.

Years ago, I read a lot of books by Cassie Edwards, until one day the underlying message of her books hit me, and then I was disgusted, and have never read any of her books since. C. Edwards writes the "Indian" love stories. Her heroines are always white, and the hero is always half Native American and the other half is white. Any male character in her books that are 100% Native American are always cruel and cold. It's as if the white heritage is what makes the hero capable of love, and worthy of being loved in return. When that finally hit me, I was repulsed by her books.

Now, I read a lot of paranormal romance. Vampires, werewolves, that kind of thing. I will occasionally pick up a "normal" romance, but not often. I do read other things, though. I read some fantasy (actually, some might argue that reading romance is the same as reading fantasy), some suspense/mystery, and occasionally, I will drift into just fiction. I also read cookbooks. I do get bored with the formula nature of the romances, but I find that a lot of mystery books suffer from that problem, too.

My favorite authors are Christine Feehan, Katie MacAlister, Sherrilyn Kenyon/Kinley MacGregor, Laurel K Hamilton and Carol O'Connell. Some of the new authors that I've started reading are Lynne Viehl, Mary Janice Davidson, Kim Harrison, and J.R. Ward. I really prefer the series type author, I think. I like being briefly introduced to a character in one book, and then getting their story later. I also like the ongoing relationship with a character.

So, who are you reading?

Question

How bad do you think a few ounces of wine will mess up a keyboard? I knocked my glass over last night, all over the keyboard. So pissed off. A few of the keys are kind of sticky to use, but so far, no problems that I can't deal with. *grin*

I had so much I was going to get done today, but I woke up with a killer headache, and just haven't been able to get moving very fast. Finally took some Advil, so I'm hoping it will kick the pain fairly soon. Which brings up another question - expiration dates - how closely do you pay attention to them?

Hips Don't Lie

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1. Hips Don'T Lie (Shakira)

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I love this song. I love this video. I wish I could move like Shakira.

You know, when I was 4 or 5, I wanted to be a belly dancer when I grew up. Seriously. That was my dream. I should find out if there are any classes around here that I could take. I think that is going to be my goal for this year - to take belly dance classes. I could pretend that I would be doing it for health reasons, and just for the exercise of it, but truth is? It would be fun, and, IMO, it is sooooo sexy.

The bitch is back

I have been in such a horrible temper lately. Other than a brief respite when I was in Texas, I have been pinging back and forth between feeling utterly defeated and thinking my life could not BE any worse, to just such anger and rage towards others.

I've not been comfortable in blogland recently. Hell, I've not felt comfortable anywhere recently, online or off. I feel like I can't trust my judgment in others. I've put my faith in people, and who I *thought* they were, and I think I was wrong. It hurts when you think you have a connection with someone, that the feelings are reciprocated, but then you start to feel as if it's all one-sided. I've got to quit letting others have so much power over me.

Update on the car situation: The police officer wrote up the report to reflect that all blame and fault was mine. I will have to have the car repaired at my own expense.

Trip to Texas: Meeting Frank and his wife was really great. I didn't take but maybe 3 pictures. I just didn't feel like fucking with the camera while I was there. My business meeting went very well. I had went down to go over Medicare, etc with the bookkeepers. I hope they all went away knowing something new.

Upcoming peep meet: I will be getting to meet Syren and CSTL at the end of this month. Woo Hoo!

Quiz time

Your Luck Quotient: 43%

You have an average luck quotient. There's been times when you've been extremely lucky... but also times when you've been very unlucky. You probably know that you can make your own luck in life, if you're open to it. So listen to your intuition as much as you can. It's right more often than you might expect.

How Lucky Are You?

You Are Teal Green

You are a one of a kind, original person. There's no one even close to being like you. Expressive and creative, you have a knack for making the impossible possible. While you are a bit offbeat, you don't scare people away with your quirks. Your warm personality nicely counteracts and strange habits you may have.

What Color Green Are You?

You Are Guinness

You know beer well, and you'll only drink the best beers in the world. Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them. When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know it all - especially about subjects you don't know well. But your friends tolerate your drunken ways, because you introduce them to the best beers around.

What's Your Beer Personality?

You're 25% Irish

You're not Irish. Not even a wee bit. Not even on St. Patrick's Day!

How Irish Are You?

Just a test

deleting the video, because I can't view my blog, and checking to see if this helps.

I give up

I abso-fucking-lutely give up. Apparently, I am not to have a car that isn't a piece of shit. I know life is not easy, it's not supposed to be easy, but does it have to be a total shitfest?

What's a weekend without a quiz or 2?

You Are 52% Open Minded

You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded. Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints. But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line. You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself.

How Open Minded Are You?

Your Values Profile

Loyalty: You value loyalty a fair amount. You're loyal to your friends... to a point. But if they cross you, you will reconsider your loyalties. Staying true to others is important to you, but you also stay true to yourself. Honesty: You value honesty a fair amount. You're honest when you can be, but you aren't a stickler for it. If a little white lie will make a situation more comfortable, you'll go for it. In the end, you mostly care about "situational integrity." Generosity: You value generosity a fair amount. You are all about giving, as long as there's some give and take. Supportive and kind, you don't mind helping out a friend in need. But you know when you've given too much. You have no problem saying "no"! Humility: You value humility highly. You have the self-confidence to be happy with who you are. And you don't need to seek praise to make yourself feel better. You're very modest, and you're keep the drama factor low. Tolerance: You value tolerance a fair amount. You are open to new cultures, beliefs, and ideas. You have very few prejudices that you're aware of. And while you are tolerant, you do stand true to what you believe.

The Five Factor Values Test

3/1/06

The city baseball club has started their spring practices. One of the baseball parks is in front of my subdivision. It really makes me miss arkieboy when I drive by it in the evenings on my way home from work, and see the kids out there playing. Arkieboy loved playing baseball, and played for 4 years before he moved back to Arkansas. He wasn't a star player, but oh! the passion he had for baseball. I don't know what happened to change that. It's as if he just woke up one morning, and wasn't interested any more. But it just seems strange not to be taking him to practice, and to the games. It's strange how certain things become so linked with your memories, when others don't. Walking past his bedroom each day doesn't affect me nearly as much as driving past the baseball fields.