Category: Memes

A meme I found on Amanda's Blog:

In 2007, I:

[ ] Became single
[X] got kissed
[ ] kissed someone new
[X] kissed in the snow
[X] kissed in the rain
[ ] kissed on the beach
[X] 'fell in love' (with my wife all over again)
[ ] 'fell in love' with a fool
[ ] had my heart broken
[ ] broke someone else's heart
[ ] had a stalker
[X] lost a friend
[X] had a good relationship with someone
[ ] came out of my closet
[ ] got married
[ ] had a divorce
[ ] kissed someone of the same sex
[X] dated someone that I will never forget (my wife, of course!)
[] did something I regret
[] lost faith in love
[ ] kissed under mistletoe
[X] got a promotion
[X] got a pay raise
[ ] changed jobs
[ ] quit my job
[ ] dated a co-worker
[ ] dated my boss
[ ] dated my boss's son/ daughter
[ ] got fired from my job
[ ] got straight A's
[X] met a teacher who I became friends with
[ ] met a teacher who I really hate
[ ] found the subject I love
[ ] failed a class
[ ] cut class
[ ] skipped school
[ ] got in a fight with a classmate
[X] did something I was proud of
[ ] discovered a new talent
[X] proved myself that I'm an idiot
[X] embarrassed myself in front of the class
[ ] fell in love with a teacher
[X] got the lead/minor lead role in the school play (Oscar in The Odd Couple)
[ ] made a team
[X] was involved in something that I will never forget
[ ] painted a picture
[ ] wrote a poem
[ ] ran a mile
[X] listened to music I couldn't stand
[X] double dipped
[ ] went to a sleepover
[X] went to camp
[ ] threw a surprise party
[X] laughed till I cried
[X] flirted shamelessly (with my wife. Sounding familiar?)
[ ] visited a foreign country
[X] visited a state (and a district!)
[X] cooked a disastrous meal
[ ] lost something important to me
[X] got a gift I love
[X] realized something new about myself
[ ] went on a diet
[ ] tried to gain weight
[ ] dyed my hair
[ ] came close to losing my life
[ ] someone/thing close to me died
[ ] got arrested
[X] read a great book
[X] saw a great movie
[ ] saw a movie so scary that it made me cry
[ ] saw a favorite band live
[X] did something that I wanted to tell everyone
[X] experienced something new
[X] made new friends
[X] found out who my real friends are
[ ] lied to my parents
[ ] snuck out
[ ] got in trouble with the po-po
[ ] kissed in a pool
[X] kissed under the stars
[X] had the time of my life
[X] danced
[ ] fell out of love
[ ] had a crush on someone
[X] swam in a pool
[ ] made a snowman
[ ] went snowboarding
[ ] went sledding
[ ] slept in past 2pm
[X] held someone’s hand that I care about (fine. I'll stop saying it... but YOU KNOW)
[ ] got wasted in a public place
[X] told someone I like them as more than a friend
[X] went on vacation
[X] went on vacation with a friend
[X] drove a car
[ ] danced in the rain
[ ] got in a car accident
[X] saw someone get in a car accident
[ ] got in a fist fight
[X] laughed until I couldn't breathe
[X] missed someone
[ ] sent someone to the hospital
[ ] got a new pet

A YEAR-END SURVEY

1.) Who was your best friend at the beginning of this year? The end?

Susan, and Susan, of course

2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?

Happily married, of course.

3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?

Yes, but TEACHING classes, not taking them.

4.) How did you earn your keep?

I'm a software engineer.

5.) Did you ever have to go to the hospital?

Nope.

6.) Have you encountered the police this year?

Nope.

7.) Where did you go on vacation?

We went to the Black Hills in South Dakota.

8.) What did you purchase that was over $500?

A basement for a heckuvalot more than $500.

9.) Did you know anybody who got married?

Yes.

10.) Did you know anybody who passed away?

Yes

11.) How many times did you go on facebook/myspace?

Not once.

12.) Did you move anywhere?

Nope.

13.) What sporting events did you go to?

I can't remember any.

14.) What concerts did you go to?

I went to my son's orchestra concerts.

15) Are you registered to vote?

Yes

16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 6?

No. I was away from home on Nov. 6, so I mailed in an absentee ballot before I left.

17.) Where do you live now?

Pleasant Grove, Utah.

18.) Describe your birthday.

It's that day at the end of August when I realize that I'm another year older.

19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2007?

I started teaching developmental math.

20.) What is one thing you regretted this year?

I didn't get into "Lucky Stiff."

21.) What's something you learned about yourself?

I learned that I probably shouldn't count on teaching math fulltime. It doesn't pay well.

22.) Any new additions to your family?

Nope

23.) What was your best month?

June, when I went on vacation

24.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (crappy) to 10 (amazing)?

8-9. Life is good and just keeps getting better!

1. I've never been on a cruise and I probably never will go. My wife doesn't like the idea of going on a cruise at all, and it would be total dullsville to go one without her, so cruising is not in my future vacation plans.

2. I teach clarinet lessons. I only have one student, but she is making marked improvement. Maybe I'll try to take on another student or two.

3. My parents spelled my name with an apostrophe when I was younger (and often still do): De'Shawn. When I realized that the apostrophe wasn't on my birth certificate, I dropped it since I never really liked it.

4. When I started college, I was planning on medical school. I even certified as an EMT and rode ambulance for a while. But two things got in my way: Chemistry and Empathetic Emesis. The second was a bigger problem than the first. With some stick-to-it-ive-ness, I could have done much better in chemistry, but nothing (including such wacky attempts as hypnosis and aversion therapy) cured me of the second.

5. I'm pretty good at needle work. I used to cross stitch a lot and I continue to work off and on (more off than on) on a plastic canvas Christmas village where each building in the village has a wind-up music box that plays a different Christmas song. I'm currently making a plastic canvas train that does a Christmas countdown. It won't be done in time for counting down this year.

6. The taste of cantaloupe makes my tongue want to crawl out of my mouth and run away. I've WANTED to like it. It just isn't likable for me. I don't know how many times people have told me "but this is a really GOOOOOOOOD cantaloupe." So I try it, and it still tastes... like cantaloupe. *shudder*

7. Although I'm a very social person, I have relatively few real friends, but those friendships are deep and real, not fluffy and superficial.

I tag Laylabean, Russ, and Julie.

Take the test and you'll find out.

Consider yourself meme tagged.

Find your peculiar aristocratic title here.

Mine is:

Milord Sir Lord Mister the Larger of Much Moulding upon Carpet

Consider yourself meme-tagged and tell me what yours is.

Laylabean emailed me something called a "meme."

A what??

A meme.

What's a meme?

meme n (mëm): A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. From the Greek mimëma, something imitated, from mimeisthai, to imitate.

I know. Not much help to me either.

Well, in blog terms, a meme is something that is shared and passed from blogger to blogger. Maybe a set of questions that someone poses and multiple bloggers answer the set of questions.

So for my first meme, I'm supposed to put my iPod on shuffle and then post the list of songs it plays as the answers to the list of questions I've been given. It's a musical mad libs of sorts.

So here goes.

1. How does the world see you?
Up On the Roof (The Nylons)
Hmmm... That could be interpreted in many ways. Does the world look up to me or do they see me as snobbish, looking down on them?

2. Will I have a happy life?
Escape From Snyder (Newsies soundtrack)
Apparently, I'll escape from the demons that beset me and I WILL have a happy life!

3. What do my friends really think of me?
No One Mourns the Wicked (Wicked Soundtrack)
Thanks, my dear friends. I love you all too!

4. Do people secretly lust after me?
Forever (Kenny Loggins)
Well, no WONDER I'm up on the roof! I've got to stay away from these hordes of people that secretly are lusting after wicked, wicked me!

5. How can I make myself happy?
Making Christmas (Danny Elfman, Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack)
Mmmmm... Christmas...

6. What should I do with my life?
Believe (The Scarlet Pimpernel soundtrack)
Ok, now this is getting SPOOOOOOOOOKY. And I don't just mean the fact that I have way too many soundtracks in my iPod.

7. Will I ever have children?
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (The Amazing Pink Things, Live at the Hilton)
Now that is just silly. Of COURSE I'll have children. I have two already. Although this is even spookier, considering that I WANTED more children, but it just wasn't something that was possible. Now I'm beginning to think that my iPod is possessed.

8. What is some good advice for me?
This Is a Life? (Bugs Bunny on Broadway)
Oh... Introspection. I'm supposed to look at my life and see if it's what I want it to be. Ok, maybe that's some good advice.

9. How will I be remembered?
King of Pain (The Police)
Ouch. I hope that has something to do with broken hearts of all of those people that are supposedly secretly lusting after me. Because if that's not it, then... Ouch.

10. What is my signature song?
Sue Me (Guys & Dolls soundtrack)
A song about a guy professing his undying love to his sweetheart? That's not bad!

11. What do I think my current theme song is?
Prayer (Scarlet Pimpernel soundtrack yet again)
Surprising, but that's not bad either!

12. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
The Steward of Gondor (Lord of the Rings Return of the King soundtrack)
Woohoo! I'm a GOOD guy! I'm a GOOD guy!

13. What song will play at my funeral?
Almost Paradise (Loverboy & Ann Wilson)
For some reason, I can't picture this playing in an LDS chapel. But what does it mean? Does it mean that my Wicked-ness from question 3 will keep me from making it to where I want to be after this life?

14. What type of men/women do I like?
St. Elmo's Fire, Man in Motion (St. Elmo's Fire soundtrack)
Apparently, I like passionate people.

15. What is my day going to be like?
Wipeout (The Surfaris)
Maybe I should just go back to bed right now.

Ok, so that was fun, actually. And what have you learned about me?

That I have way WAY too many soundtracks on my iPod.