Sunday Stealing: the 40 Meme

Ahh, for a little break from my studying, I found this Sunday Stealing meme via The Night Life from a Nurse's Point of View blog.

1. My uncle once : took me to the airport...and brought me back when I returned several months later. Granny was superstitious about that stuff.

2. Never in my life : have I been to Idaho.

3. When I was seventeen : I was plotting and planning what I would do in college.

4. High School was : fun, especially when I was goofing off outside of classes. It was even fun goofing off in class.

5. I will never forget : high school graduation. It was hot and steamy, with no AC. Thankfully, I was tall enough to sit in the back row by the fans.

6. I once met : Chuck Berry in Reagan National Airport.

7. There’s this girl I know who : meets celebrities all the time. She works at several local concert venues.

8. Once, at a bar : I saw a flaming drink (I forget what it was, though).

9. By noon, I’m usually : working somewhere.

10. Last night : I watched a movie.

11. If only I had : an iPhone. I could send e-mail from anywhere.

12. Next time I go to gym/church : I'll bring my husband. (He was out doing stuff today, so he went at a different time.)

13. Susan Boyle : sounds pretty good. Just watched the YouTube video today. Loved Simon's face while she sang.

14. What worries me most : being unprepared for anything.

15. When I turn my head left, I see : a lamp.

16. When I turn my head right, I see : a lamp.

17. You know I’m lying when : I say, "Okay." and look incredulously at you.

18. What I miss most about the eighties : my giraffe print Chuck Taylors. I'd be so in right about now!

19. If I was a character in Shakespeare, I’d be : Ophelia...or Juliet.

20. By this time next year : I hope to get my family out somewhere on vacation (and not to anywhere in IL).

21. A better name for me would be : I like my name just fine, thanks.

22. I have a hard time understanding : calculus and Wittgensteinian logic. I forced myself in college and very little ever stuck.

23. If I ever go back to school, I’ll :get a master's degree this time.

24. You know I like you if : we go out for coffee.

25. If I ever won an award, the first person I’d thank would be : My parents, without whom, said award would be impossible.

26. When I compare 80’s rock to 90’s rock : I don't usually. I have my favorites among both decades.

27. Take my advice, never : go to the hospital alone, and get out as fast as you possibly can.

28. My ideal breakfast is : slow and unhurried with lots of coffee.

29. A song I love, but do not own is : Vacation by the Go-Gos (80s and reflecting what I'm thinking about right now!)

30. If you visit my hometown, I suggest :seeing the sites and letting me take you to a few obscure ones, based on your interests.

31. My favorite Beatle is : Paul.

32. Why won’t people : use turn signals.

33. If you spend the night at my house : it will be quiet until 6AM when the dog gets up.

34. I’d stop my wedding for : my in-laws. (Actually did that--they got lost on the way. The bride CAN be late, remember?)

35. The world could do without : global warming.

36. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than : ugh! I hate roaches! The only good roach is a dead one.

37. My favorite blonde is : my son.

38: Paper clips are more useful than : binder clips in many instances.

39. If I do anything well, it’s : manage my life under the varying circumstances. I've had some doozies!

40. And by the way : I make a mean pound cake. Just ask this guy about Mrs. Nelson's Imperial Pound Cake from St. Louis.

Another Sunday Stealing classic - meme on blogs

The Meme About Memes & Blogging

How do you feel about being tagged for memes?
Personally, it doesn't bother me in the least.

Do you participate in any regular weekly memes? Which ones?
No. I would if I had the time. Sometimes blogging weekly is difficult. I have two other blogs I write for besides this one (see the sidebar), and lately it's been challenging.

Have you found any bloggers that you began to read regularly after participating in a meme with them?
No, not exactly, but I have read blogs I wouldn't normally read because of some memes.

Do you know of any readers who found you through a meme and became regular readers?
No.

Did you find any favorite blogs through comments or blogrolls on others’ blogs?
Yes, I do all the time. I love reading comments and then checking a blog. It's fascinating stuff.

Did you find any favorite blogs from someone else’s recommendation?
Yes, I have.

If you comment on someone’s blog, do you expect a response? If so, do you prefer that response to come through an e-mail, a comment from them on the same post, or a a comment on your blog?
No. Sometimes I subscribe to comments, but most often, I do not. I'll check the posts out later if I go back at a future date.

Do you ever struggle with your blogging “voice”?
Yes, I started this blog on a lark, when "blog" really was a foreign word, even for someone in an internet-oriented job like mine. I developed it further when I was looking for a specific internet job. I didn't get it (I was one of the finalists), so I only blogged sporadically.

Then 2006 rolled around after I had successfully launched and run http://www.stbonifaceonline.com/ once the parish had closed. I started that blog and posted daily for a little over a year. Traffic picked up and I developed the very popular Ultimate Fish Fry Compendium. I then realized I needed to come back to this blog and have fun bouncing stuff around, since it had been a while since I was managing any sort of real web content of my own that was fun and fluffy.

By May of 2006, I was in nursing school and this was just the diversion I needed when I wasn't ripping my hair out in between class, clinicals, studying and chasing a little kid around the house.

Since graduation in 2007, I've been busy working, but I love messing around here. It is a lot of fun. I started my own tech-oriented nursing blog, IT RN because I couldn't find anything like it anywhere else.

Are there certain types of blogs that attract you?
I read all sorts of stuff, related to my current and former jobs, as well as all sorts of general things.

I read and get the idea of a blog usually in the first page and from the About section. A really good About section gets me to come back, because it gives me some background on the blog to understand it.

Are there certain types of blogs that repel you?
Not really. I'll read anything once. I don't appreciate the texter (r u 2 gr8) spelling stuff. I appreciate authentic American English standard grammar for the most part. (I say American, so those non-American English speakers don't give me trouble...I love English in whatever localization I get it!)

What time of day do you usually blog?
Whenever I have a free moment at home. I follow the rule of never blogging at work. I've got enough to do there...that's why they call it work!

Do your family and friends know about your blog? Do they read it? Do they mind if you mention them? Do they suggest posts for it?
Yes, they know about it. Some read it, some don't.

No one has accused me of revealing any family secrets (yet!), nor have they objected to me mentioning them. I use pseudonyms whenever I can. Occasionally, I get a post suggestion, but not too often.

Meme-o-rama at Sunday Stealing

I found this one via Driven to Distraction, so if you're a meme fan, check it out.

Have you ever…

1. gone on a blind date?
Of course! Why not? I'd have never gotten out of the house if I hadn't.
NOTE: you really must trust your friends (and make them come along) for this to work.

2. skipped school?
Yes, on Senior Skip Day in high school. I had too much fun with my friends in my free time in high school to want to skip.

3. watched someone die?
No, but I've been close (within minutes) on a number of occasions, and these all occurred before I became a nurse.

4. been on a plane?
Yep. Europe, US and Canada.

5. been on the opposite side of your country?
Yes, to California to visit my friend Marilyn.

6. swam in the ocean?
Waded, yes, in the Atlantic in Florida. Swim, no, sorry.

7. had your booze taken away by the cops?
Never.

8. lettered in high school sport?
Nope. The basketball coach's reputation as a tyrant dissuaded me from trying out (and the lack of transportation didn't help, either).

9. cried yourself to sleep?
Once or twice.

10. played cops and robbers?
Yes. My brother and I were pretty imaginative.

11. sung karaoke?
Of course! Grab your friends and make them come with you. (I did this for a few years at a local bar with a bunch of friends on Friday nights and we had a blast. No one pays attention after a while.)

12. paid for a meal with coins only?
Usually at fast food joints only. Great way to get rid of change.

13. done something you told yourself you wouldn’t?
Yes, rock climbing, and I lived to tell about it.

14. cheated on an exam?
Nope...thought about it. Crime doesn't pay.

15. made prank phone calls?
Of course. Is your refrigerator running? Thank God they didn't have CallerID in those days...boy, am I dating myself!

16. laughed until some sort of beverage came out of your nose?
A few times. The carbonated ones are killers!

17. caught a snowflake on your tongue?
Yes! One of life's pleasures!

18. written a letter to Santa Claus?
Of course, and my mom even kept one when I was five and asked Santa for the Barbie Beach Bus. (I got a bus, but I think it was a different Barbie bus...she had a whole fleet!)

19. watched the sunrise with someone you care about?
Once or twice. Prefer sunset...it's more romantic. ;->

20. been kissed under the misteltoe?
Not because I wanted to.

21. ever been arrested?
Never!

22. gone ice skating?
Yes. I'm not the most elegant, but I can do it after a warmup period of about an hour. I got better once I bought Rollerblades.

23. been skinny dipping outdoors?
Not in many years.

24. had a nickname?
Yes. My relatives loved calling everyone some sort of pet name. I answer to whatever as long as you call me for dinner, as I tell people.

25. been on TV?
Yes. Snippets here and there and I was on Italian TV (RAI1) during the 1992 presidential campaign when my friend Becky and I spotted their crew in front of the St. Louis public library downtown. They wanted a "college student" perspective and we had just graduated in May.