Nothing, yet Everything

What traditional board or card game is your favorite? Tell us a favorite story about playing the game with friends or family.

I adore all kinds of board games.  I have many fond memories Monopoly, but my favorite board game would have to be Candyland!
I am not sure what it is about the game, but it is sooo much fun.  It is extremely simple.  Lots of color and a simple game of chance.  One of my happiest memories of the game is when my husband and I were dating, we would play but after awhile, the games would get a little violent!  During one game, the little gingerbread pieces ended up under the couch!  What would happen would be that we got competitive and if we landed on the same square as the other player, there would be a little battle!  Sometimes we would make our own rules to make it go faster or come up with stupid stories about the characters:)
I have 3 seperate boards and tons of Candyland paraphanelia.  One of my favorite things was a shirt that said Candyland and had 3 of the gingerbread men pieces on it.  It was a favorite until a strip joint opened in the area and was called Candyland's.  I happen to be well endowed in the chest area and people would ask if I worked there.  I stopped wearing the shirt in public:(
I am cautiously optimistic about the movie that is in the works that Adam Sandler is writing the script for:)

Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)

Since I will NOT sing them here...I will just tell you...
1)  You and Me by Tiffany from the Jetsons Movie
    It was a few years since I saw this movie, but as soon as I heard the song, I remembered all the words!:)
2)  Finest Hour by Valentine Leone from the movie Teen Witch
    Pretty much the same thing as #1
3)  Here's To Us by Halestorm
    I first heard this song on Glee's last episode and was hooked!  I downloaded the band's cd...and really like it...kinda Evanescence-y
4)  Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi
    Seriously, I ADORE Bon Jovi!!!!
5)  Auld Lang Syne by Lea Michele from the movie New Year's Eve
    I never knew all the words to this song so I have decided to learn them.  I am not doing so bad so far...if I do say so myself.

Keep in mind, I know the words to many songs, but for some reason it seems that I can't recall them until the music starts:)

Cats or dogs-- which do you prefer, and why?

Not really a hard one to answer...dogs!  I have 3 of the little beasts!
While I have nothing against cats...I like to have something that is happy that I am home at the end of the day.  It doesn't seem to matter how long I am gone, they seem sooo happy that I am home.  It is just a nice feeling that something has missed you and is truly happy to see you.
I do adore my friends' cats...one actually comes and greets me at the door when I visit, but for the most part, cats seem indifferent to me.  They are very self sufficient and don't seem to care all that much for humans unless they need food or water.
I have no desire to have children, but I consider my dogs like my children.  They are quite a bit of work.  It is enjoyable to see their different personalities.  I just adore my dogs!!!

What is the most timeless article of clothing or fashion accessory?
In my opinion...pearls.  They are classy and go with everything from a t-shirt to a dress.  I have several pieces of pearl jewelry...even some from my grandmother.

Last night’s finale of White Collar season 3 was awesome!!!  I just can’t say enough about how wonderful it was!  I CANNOT wait for summer so season 4 will start!!!

( Spoilers about episode... )

For the last 2 months I have been helping a visiting scholar from Puerto Rico, who has been going to school in Madrid, practice her English.  She has an accent but is not hard to understand.  She is a wonderful person…kind and funny.

Until I started helping her, I never realized how difficult the English language truly is!  Just today, I was trying to explain the difference between much and many.  The other day, we discussed the difference between in, on and at.

I know some Spanish, but thanks to Google’s translator, we have a fun time with our learning sessions.

She is extremely intelligent and comes up with some difficult questions that make me stop and think on how to explain properly.  It is not as easy as you would think.  A word that was giving us problems today was “like”.  So many meanings!!!

People’s Choice

Who is your favorite celebrity right now?

Right now...Jared Padalecki!!!  I have recently discovered the wonderousness that is Supernatural and am in love with Jared Padalecki!
I have always had a thing for tall guys...my husband is more than a foot taller than I am!:)
Anywho...thanks to the wonder that is Netflix, I have seen most of the things Jared Padalecki has been in.  I saw all the seasons of Gilmore Girls.  The various horror movies he was in were ok, but not my favorites...especially House of Wax.  I will admit that I even went so far as to see him in the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movie, New York Minute, and I even kinda liked the movie!  I recall watching Flight of the Phoenix years ago and not loving it, but after rewatching it, I liked it a little bit!:)
I can't wait to see what is going to happen to Sam Winchester in the rest of season 7 of Supernatural!!!
From what I have read about Jared Padalecki, he seems like a wonderful human being.  He and his wife have asked that gifts that would have originally be sent to them for their baby instead to given to charity!  While I have never been to a convention, I have heard he is kind to his fans.  Definitely a plus in my book!

Career paths

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?

Since everytime I try to answer the posting prompt on the homepage the answer never shows up, I am copying the question here to answer...
I actually love my job and am very happy being a librarian.  If I could change career paths though, I would love to be a famous trashy romance writer.  You know, the kind with men in kilts and they always have a happy ending.  I would love to be able to sell my books and others in my own bookstore.  Not a big, chain store, but a small store with a little cafe and big comfy chairs. 

I love that my friends know me soooo well!  My really great friend got me a really neat cup...here are come pics of it:)
Before:

After adding warm liquid...

There was an incident at my library the other day.  Tempers are easily set off since it is finals here and two students were yelling obsenities at each other.  I had to notify the campus cops before punches were thrown.  I called and told the officer who answered that we needed them to come to the library as 2 students were about to "come to blows".  The response I got was a shocked and dismayed, "WHAT?!"  I had to pause for a moment...very perplexed, I responded "punches, fighting".  I was told later by someone that the officer probably thought "coming to blows" meant something sexual.  Am I that out of touch with popular lingo that I didn't even think that people wouldn't know what I was talking about?!  After everything was resolved, I thought about what happened and have come to a conclusion, if something similar were to happen again, I am soooo using the term "fisticuffs".




*I apologise for any misspellings...Livejournal seems to erase everything I type when I hit the spell check button*

There are many things that keep me up at night.  Mostly it is my job...I work 2nd shift and don't get done until midnight.  By the time I get home, I am wide awake and don't easily fall asleep.  Because I work 2nd shift, I don't get to watch prime time television.  I get home and usually watch whatever my DVR recorded for me.  I do lots of laundry and house cleaning in the wee hours of the morning.
One of the unhappy things that keeps me up at night though are storms.  I have a strong hatred for thunderstorms.  They can wake me up from a deep sleep and keep me up for hours!
Lately, the thing that has been keeping me up is Supernatural.  Within the last 3 weeks, I have watched 4 1/2 seasons!  I am addicted!  I adore Sam and Dean's smartass remarks just kill me!  It is such a wonderful show and I have NO idea why I haven't been watching it!!!

So, long time no post!  Sorry about that!  This semester has been more hectic than usual.  I don't seem to have as much time on lj:(  Anywho...I made time tonight!:)

I must get the happiness out of the way first.  YEAH!!!  Haven got renewed for a 3rd season!  I am so pleased!  I really enjoy that show and would have been so disappointed if we didn't get closure!!!
Also on the happiness front, I saw today that they are going to make a Die Hard 5.  Silly, I know, but I can't help it!  I adore John McClane (Bruce Willis)!

Now, on to the What Is Wrong With Me?!  I needed another tv show to watch like I needed another hole in my head.  I plan on posting next week about all the shows from this Fall Season that I have been watching. 
In my not so free time, I have managed to watch all of Fringe from the beginning.  Love, love, love that show!  My friend has been trying to talk me into watching it and I finally gave in and I am so happy I did.  Granted, the end of the 3rd season, I was wondering WTF, but I still must watch!!!
I go to my friends' house every Friday night for dinner and to hang out.  They watch Supernatural and Fringe.  I felt bad that they wouldn't watch Fringe when I was there because I hadn't seen the show.  We would watch Supernatural instead and I was kinda confused, but understood most of what was going on during the last half of the 6th season.  I have tried in the past to watch the show from the beginning, but just couldn't.  I decided last Friday that I had to watch it.  I have to know the back story.  Needless to say, I finished the 1st season this morning and had to run to my friends' house to get the next season!  You can't leave me hanging like that!!!  I <3 Sammy!:)
On top of all of this, I am still watching Star Trek Voyager from Netflix.  I am trying to watch all of Star Trek.  I have seen all of TOS, TNG, Enterprise and the first season of DS9.  I have also seen all the movies.
And I am watching Charmed (just started the 2nd season) on Watch Instantly at work during my breaks. 
As I am sure you can assume,  I don't sleep all that much.  How do I find time for a full time job?!

I have been re-watching Haven from the beginning and have
some questions that I can’t seem to find an answer for. If anyone has an opinion…please share your
thoughts!:) Haven is one of my favorite tv shows lately.

 

( Haven questions... )

 

I find it hard to choose my favorite!  I love the Iron Man movies, but I also adore all of the Batman movies (I loved Michael Keaton's Batman).  The X-Men movies are also ones that I enjoyed.  I know I am not a fan of the Spiderman or Superman movies.  I kinda liked the Daredevil movie, but did not like Elektra.  I enjoyed the Thor movie this summer.  I tried to like the Fantastic Four movies, but they were more silly than I was hoping for.
I think this is more comic than comic book, I really, really love the Shadow movie!!!

I find it hard to choose my favorite!  I love the Iron Man movies, but I also adore all of the Batman movies (I loved Michael Keaton's Batman).  The X-Men movies are also ones that I enjoyed.  I know I am not a fan of the Spiderman or Superman movies.  I kinda liked the Daredevil movie, but did not like Elektra.  I enjoyed the Thor movie this summer.  I tried to like the Fantastic Four movies, but they were more silly than I was hoping for.
I think this is more comic than comic book, I really, really love the Shadow movie!!!

I curse you and love you all at the same time!!!  There is soooo much stuff out there to discover and itunes seems to have most of it!  I have spent a small fortune downloading stuff lately.
Granted I did download 14 episodes of Hawaii 5-O, but in my defense, I didn't realize I was going to enjoy it as much as I did while I was watching it during the season and didn't keep the episodes on my DVR and it is a long time until the DVDs finally come out!  I can't live without my "carguments"!  They are just too wonderful!  I know they are being re-aired during the week, but they are not in order and there are certain episodes I wanted to watch again.  Yeah for itunes!!!
I also discovered a band that I didn't realize I liked, but now own 2 of their CDs!:)  Loving the music of Skillet!  Heard them on the Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon soundtrack and decided that I needed more of their music!
I also came across Sara Groves while searching for a version of When the Saints Go Marchin' In that I heard on Memphis Beat last week.  I discovered that Mark Arnell actually does the singing for Jason Lee.  There isn't a version out to buy yet, but I came across one by Sara Groves and can't stop listening to it!!!  I also found a single for Mark Arnell who doesn't have a full CD out yet.
I was also thrilled to see that Skylar Grey finally has a single out!  She has made songs with P. Diddy and Eminem, but this is just her.  Her voice is amazing!!!  You might recognize her as the person who was singing in the beginning of episode 21 of Hawaii 5-O, the episode with P. Diddy.  She was sing the song Coming Home.
I just saw tonight that Evanescence is finally coming out with a new CD in October!  Yeah!!!
While I didn't buy this on itunes, I did also get the Book of Mormon Soundtrack on Amazon for $1.99.  It is hysterical!!!  I soooo want to see the play now!

Off to see what other jems I can discover!

Over the last couple of weeks, the huge pond behind my house has been the home to millions of tadpoles...no really, millions!  Perhaps even more...I didn't count them.  The edges of our pond looked burned because of the little critters.  Now when you go for a walk, you have to be careful that you don't step on any of them.  Some still only have 2 legs and don't get out of the water, but most have all 4 legs and are EVERYWHERE...here are some pics...


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I just thought I would share some pics of my desk at work. I got a few new additions to it and thought I would take a few pics...ENJOY!:)

My current favorite line is "The hardest part of ending is starting again."  It is from Linkin Park's song Waiting for the End.  It is just so true...and I really like that song!:)