I aspire to be that woman, but I'm afraid the reality this evening is I'm just a gal with a fondness for cappuccino, a deep-seeded hatred for that evil Exercise Bike O'Doom, and a fondness for taking random quizzes only because I'm trying to avoid devouring all the ice cream in the freezer because I just got off that d@mned bicycle a couple hours ago.
So anyway... I provided the link to each quiz, in case you'd like to take them too.
Just because you're practical, it doesn't mean you don't dream. You just like to put your dreams into action more than most people.
At first you dream big, but then you stop and think... Can your dream actually be achieved? You're willing to rethink and refine your dream until it is possible. And then you go act on it!
You are the type of person who always has to be creating something - whether it's something beautiful or something useful. You enjoy getting involved in huge projects. Your projects usually don't have a beginning or an ending.
You are always ready to mix things up a bit and do something different. You're constantly looking for inspiration. You are unique and special. And you have learned how to use your strengths well.
You tend to have your head in the clouds. You love to be drawn in to a whole other world. You are a sensitive person. You find it easy to be emotionally affected by books.
You are a person with a few deep interests. If you're drawn to something, you learn everything about it. You are a person who loves to acquire possessions. You can't resist a sale, and you own a lot of things.
People tend to look up to you, and it's a bit lonely at the top. Inside, you are not always self confident but you show great courage. Mature and organized, you are reliable in any situation. You tend to have an artistic or philosophical outlook on life. You are very choosy in love and take partnership seriously.
People find you cute because you truly shine from within. You are an optimistic and cheerful person. You have a lot of positive energy, and you're rarely stuck in a rut. You are also very creative.
At times, you have so much energy that you can become a bit high strung or anxious. It's hard to channel all of your drive. You sometimes take on too much and get overwhelmed, but even when your life is chaotic, you have a sense of humor about it.
You are a very visual and creative person. You couldn't stop making beautiful things, even if you tried. You are constantly inspired and driven to create. It would drive you crazy to follow too many rules at work.
You have to do things your own way. If you're given room to be yourself, you come up with amazing things. You never stop making art, so you might as well get paid for doing something you love!
You are a warm and friendly person. You have a compassionate heart, and it shows. You are naturally sweet and kind. Your spirit of generosity is far reaching.
You love to be cozy and comfortable. You are a natural homebody. And while you like to be at home, you're not a hermit. You love it when your friends make themselves at home at your place.
The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents, beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.
The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love.
Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time she can, in anger withhold; as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.
I never got around to sharing my grandmother's blog of poems. Click HERE to read.
I think I love her children's and witty poems the best. They really are treasures and have a lot of personality.
To name a couple of my personal favorites: I Wonder... Old Man Will... Fickle Woman... My Darlin' Husband... Grandma Froze... Grandma Got Drunk... Memories... The Tree... Chanting... Preacher's Wife... The Still...
Okay, so maybe that's more than a couple.
Grandma doesn't know I'm pimpin' her artsy, writerly-self so feel free to browse her poems and leave a comment(s) if you wish. I'm sure she would be delighted to read them.
- Guess who will be having her birthday soon. That's right, Abby our sweet and adorable middle child! We're gonna have to give her and the girls some Frosty Paws ice cream in order to celebrate.
I wish like mad that I knew her exact birth date, but her papers don't say when that is. My brother says her birthday is sometime this coming week, but I read on one of her papers that on August 15, 2011 she was 5 years and 11 months old. I can't believe she's almost 7 years old! That makes me sad.
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- Anyone else ever seen this movie? It's one of my favorite 60's flicks, starring Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet and Maurice Chevalier.
I am so glad I taped this off tv years ago, because as far as I know the only way to watch it these days is on YouTube. The quality of the YT videos are even poorer than my own copy, but it's better than nothing I guess. The only sections in the movie that I skip over are when Andy Williams sings two songs.
This is the movie I watch when I can't sleep or need a quick pick-me-up. It's just fun to watch, and I love Robert Goulet and Maurice Chevalier in this.
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- Another rare classic that I stumbled upon by accident several years ago is "She Couldn't Say No" with Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons.
Unfortunately, all I could find of the movie is the video above.
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- I just had possibly one of the strangest dreams of my life. I wrote about it on my dreams blog HERE.
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- Anyone have a 3-year old I can borrow? This one telemarketer is calling this house so much! They called 4 or 5 times the other day, so now I answer the phone and just set it down on a table for a minute or two.
And... I guess I'll go now. I've added to this post a couple times - not wanting to bore people with new posts - and Blogger keeps acting up.
These quizzes can be so addictive at times! I took these a while back, took them again and received the same results. Sometimes they're just a lot of FUN to take.
Or maybe I'm just as easily amused as my cat.
Hopefully, it'll rain more this weekend (which we do need) so I have a feeling I'll be indoors taking even more of these.
Kristin got The Beast
- He is a rough and tough man. However, under it all he is a sweetheart. He cleans up good, too.
- Your Prince is a big softy. Behind his rough exterior there is a tortured heart yearning for love. Sometimes, he has quite the temper, but you are that one person who can open up his heart. He will always be there to protect you.
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Kristin got Artist
You are very, very artistically inclined. You love to spend time alone in your own space and get inspired creatively. You like to create new things. When something you use has been made by you, it makes you feel better about yourself than if you bought the item you could have easily created at home. You aren't a huge material person. Love and family are more important to you than material objects. You see things in an artist's manner. You also can be somewhat cluttered and unorganized at times.
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Kristin got Otter
The otter represents joyfulness and lightness. People who have this spirit animal have mellow personalities, and are capable of remaining calm and collect in any given situation. Otters are often the ones who keep others grounded, in a sense.
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Kristin got White - The Peaceful Soul
Peace is the most important thing to you, and you are quietly independent. You need to feel good about yourself. You hate trouble, and being pushed around by others. You prefer suggestions to demands, and can't understand cruel people. You don't get mad easily, but when you do, people better watch out! Red souls irritate you. You open up easily to blue souls. Yellow souls interest you, but are unlikely to notice you. You get along well with other white souls.
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You are an ancient spirit
Your spirit is ancient. You are solid and strong like a mighty old oak. You have wisdom beyond your years on this earth. Sometimes you seem almost prophetic. People come to you to gain knowledge from your wisdom. If you are young in years people might consider you boring because you prefer solitude to the loudness of this world. It's because your spirit is ancient and enjoys the peace.
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(Your score: 26)
Powers: Foretelling future through dreams, dream-walking
Swans are idealistic, open-minded, and passionate. Your good nature often leads people to think they can take advantage of you, but they should be careful—beneath that serenity lies a fighting spirit. Your love is fierce and unconditional, fueled by the certainty that it should last forever.
Best matches: Wolves, Horses, Otters
Watch out for: Cougars, Foxes, Hawks
And even more quizzes! Why couldn't we have had quizzes like this in school? With these, I remembered to provide a link to each of them.
That last quiz made me laugh with it's results, considering how often I change the layout of this blog.
Your life may seem to be in a rut right now. Your wheels are turning, but you're not going anywhere. You feel like you could be getting so much more out of every day, but you don't know where to begin.
Tap into some red energy by starting small. Do one thing you love, and do it as much as you want to. Once you get a taste of what it's like to follow your passions, you'll be unstoppable!
You are creative and good with your hands. You are more of an artist than you know. You may not be politically conservative, but your behavior is conservative. You don't like to rock the boat.
You are truly caring. You're helpful and giving - eager to be a true friend. You are intelligent and skilled, but you're also modest. You don't like to boast or brag.
You can be a shy and quiet person, and sometimes doing things out in the world stresses you out. You need someone who will speak up for you and take care of you when times are tough.
You don't mind being with a partner who likes to be in control, as long as your sweetie isn't controlling. Above all, your soulmate is confident and competent. You could never be attracted to someone who was immature!
You are a very intellectual and logical person. You like to think, and a lot of your thinking is quite deep. You are both philosophical and idealistic. You think it's interesting to imagine how the world could be.
You enjoy spending a good deal of time alone. In fact, you tend to go sort of crazy if you don't get your space. While you may seem distant, you care very deeply for humanity. You're trying to figure out how to save the world.
You are a warm, friendly, and considerate person. You think it's important to treat others well. You work well in groups. You love to cooperate, and you are a true team player.
No one would ever accuse you of being selfish. You are sensitive to others' points of view. You notice other people's moods and take them into account. You try to make sure everyone is happy.
You are creative and vibrant. You are inspired by everything around you, and you don't have any one style. You like a mix of old and new. And you always have something unique to add to the equation as well.
You are informal, open-minded, and flexible. You love to play around with art and design. You tend to change things up a lot. Whether it's your own clothes or your home, you can't stay with one look for long!
I think this music feels perfect for my mood and this weather today. The first song is titled "Death is the Road to Awe" and the second is "Xibalba." Both are from the soundtrack to the Hugh Jackman movie, THE FOUNTAIN.
It took me a long time to give this movie a chance. I was always curious about it, asked my brother about it and he said he heard it was really bad.
Which I decoded as "Wow! I think I'm gonna love this movie!"
I looked up info about it on YouTube and was so surprised to see how popular this movie was with people. I really believed it would have been too cerebral for most people, including myself, to fully appreciate but that doesn't seem to be the case. I think it has more fans than one would expect.
So I broke down and watched it, keeping my fingers crossed that it wouldn't be too weird and out there. I'm a fan of deep thinking movies and all, but I'm not into those really huge eccentricities. (Example: Oscar Wilde was known to walk a lobster on a leash instead of a dog. Can you imagine the sight of that? If this really is true... his poor mother. It makes me glad I never reproduced and had children).
It turned out there was this one scene in particular - perhaps two - which was pretty darn unusual, but at the same time I understood what they were trying to show the audience. I think of this movie as two jigsaw puzzles in one (REALITY jigsaw puzzle versus the UNFINISHED NOVEL puzzle), and it's up to the viewer to decide which piece belongs where. In the end, there is no right or wrong answer. Oftentimes, I even change my conclusions after each viewing. A lot of people seem to think the book is also real, but a past life. Personally, at least for now, I think that part is just the book she was writing. I say this because there were waaay too many instances where the book imitated the circumstances in their current life.
I definitely see this movie as a brain candy flick, but my mother for one thinks it's too sad to watch. She's only seen parts of the movie, and for years I've been trying to talk her into watching the entire thing.
Someone once did a BEAUTIFUL video to the first song, but it's no longer on YouTube. Also, as much as I enjoyed Hugh Jackman's performance in this movie... Gerard Butler would have been even better. And I'm not just saying this because I'd marry the man tonight if I could. Cross my heart, I'm telling the truth when I say that Gerry would have had the audience sobbing uncontrollably. Grown men would have been crying like babies with colic. If there's anything Gerry is extremely gifted with, it's two things:
1). Conveying emotion with nothing but a look. No words necessary.
2). Tearing at the heartstrings and crying on screen.
It's gotta be that Scot's blood. For some reason, those Scottish men turn out the best crying performances ever on film. Ewan McGregor did it in Moulin Rouge, David Tennant in Doctor Who, and Gerry in all his dramas.
It rained earlier but, as always, not for very long. Still, after last summer's drought and wildfires I'll take ANY rain over none. I still don't take the wet stuff for granted. I even stood outside in it earlier.
Naturally, Maddie - my 'stormy-weather-phobic' dog - thought I had gone entirely bonkers but after I returned to the kitchen safe and sound she actually smiled and ceased cowering behind my legs while I continued cooking lunch.
Several hours later, I took a break from the Exercise Bike O'Hell and outside I saw a rainbow. The pictures I took weren't pretty, because of the pine tree in the way... but I'll just imagine a braw Highlander at some Highland Games holding the tree up at the bottom, only he's out of the picture frame... and because the lens kept fogging up from all the humidity. It was a huge rainbow, so I couldn't get it all in one frame. The colors didn't show up well in the photo either. But... if you use your imagination, I'm sure it'll look GREAT.
You know, even with a pretty rainbow outside I am so tired of this neighborhood. I wanna live in the country! I want to see some shade trees! (Okay, I do live minutes from The Woodlands area but my neighborhood is just a gated community filled with punks and skinny pines. I'm craving NATURE and not the neighbor's boyfriend's noisy motorbike and people popping fireworks at 3 am. Not to mention the electricity is always going off in this neighborhood, even on sunny days. It's rather frustrating and has been going on since we moved here almost 7 years ago. These eyes are craving to see some BEAUTY and not the same old cookie cutter houses crowded together like sardines. Do I particularly want to see one of our neighbor's standing inside his kitchen wearing nothing but his black bikini undies while he eats a sandwich? No, I don't think so... and this really has happened to me).
