Tag
I sorta stood still for a sec and let Logo catch up with me, now I am it. I needed something short and easy for Monday and thought a little tag somewhere would fit the bill...until I started. Fortunately she gave me the letter "M" this time. Last time she threw "Q" right into my face! (check May 17th 2006 in my archives!)
Power through, Penguin ... power through!
10 likes and dislikes a la Minka:
1) Marshmallows, preferably chocolate covered :)
2)"March of the Penguins" duh!
3) medium, no not the glass-ball peeking sort, just the balanced middle sorta
thing.
4) mollusk, as in "the world is your mollusk!"
5) metre; as opposed to inches and feet, the whole metric system is symbolic
enough as it is, without confusing me further. Change it!
6) masculine, yummy!
7) markets, nothing like walking through one on a Saturday morning when the air
is filled with spices, sounds and colours.
8) Mary Poppins, I mean supercallifragilisticexpialidocious? Brilliant!
9) music, eclectically so. Except opera. Freaks me out. Somebody might burst!
10) Mahogany, my eyes and preferred wooden surface.
1) mint, apart from peppermint tea ... mint makes my taste buds cringe. No After-eight for me,
thank you!
2) mamba, or any type of snake for that matter. But the black mamba sure scares the living
daylights outa me!
3) mink, as in fur coats
4) milk, especially when it´s hot and has formed some sorta skin on top. *shivers*
5) math, I let it be until 4th grade or so, after that it is just a modern device for torture.
6)migrenes, I never have had any, but I hear they are pretty bad and they make my friend grumpy!
7)mistakes, people tend to remind you of them at the most in-opportune moments
8)marathon, why?
9)matches, I like the smell when you blow them out, but it is so easy to burn your fingers on
them. Can I have a wand and some magic, please?!
1o)milisohicaryptogolgy, ok...I made that up, but it could happen and it wouldn´t be pretty!
now here is where you come in. Thought you´d have a day off, right?! Think again...even Mondays need attention! Think of a word starting with "M" that YOU think describes me. If you say something really mean, consider yourself tagged! ;)
Power through, Penguin ... power through!
10 likes and dislikes a la Minka:
1) Marshmallows, preferably chocolate covered :)
2)"March of the Penguins" duh!
3) medium, no not the glass-ball peeking sort, just the balanced middle sorta
thing.
4) mollusk, as in "the world is your mollusk!"
5) metre; as opposed to inches and feet, the whole metric system is symbolic
enough as it is, without confusing me further. Change it!
6) masculine, yummy!
7) markets, nothing like walking through one on a Saturday morning when the air
is filled with spices, sounds and colours.
8) Mary Poppins, I mean supercallifragilisticexpialidocious? Brilliant!
9) music, eclectically so. Except opera. Freaks me out. Somebody might burst!
10) Mahogany, my eyes and preferred wooden surface.
1) mint, apart from peppermint tea ... mint makes my taste buds cringe. No After-eight for me,
thank you!
2) mamba, or any type of snake for that matter. But the black mamba sure scares the living
daylights outa me!
3) mink, as in fur coats
4) milk, especially when it´s hot and has formed some sorta skin on top. *shivers*
5) math, I let it be until 4th grade or so, after that it is just a modern device for torture.
7)mistakes, people tend to remind you of them at the most in-opportune moments
8)marathon, why?
9)matches, I like the smell when you blow them out, but it is so easy to burn your fingers on
them. Can I have a wand and some magic, please?!
1o)milisohicaryptogolgy, ok...I made that up, but it could happen and it wouldn´t be pretty!
now here is where you come in. Thought you´d have a day off, right?! Think again...even Mondays need attention! Think of a word starting with "M" that YOU think describes me. If you say something really mean, consider yourself tagged! ;)
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
lots of stuff......
...tagged myself. Nobody wanted to play with me so like a dog on its own I chased my own tail. Saw this over at Quilly´s and decided to bite into it! Woof!
1. If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be? Anywhere next to some trees. Nothing shows the seasons quite like a tree :)
2. What’s your favorite article of clothing? *grins* Ok, family friendly....my t-shirts. I have a thing for cool t-shirts and they do cover most :)
3. Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex? This is so lame, but I do focus on eyes first and hands next. A girl needs to have her priorities sorted!
4. What’s the last CD that you bought? German Christmas songs. Don´t do it!
5. Where’s your favorite place to be? Outside, alone on horseback.
6. Where is your least favorite place to be? Downtown Reykjavik on a Saturday night. I don´t like human meat markets!
7. What’s your favorite place to be massaged? Feet and midsection of my back.
8. Strong in mind or strong in body? Since we can´t have our cake and eat it too, I´d have to say strong in mind.
9. What time do you wake up in the morning? Dependng on my shifts, around 9 and then I have an extra ten minutes of a nap for breakfast. I am not a morning person! The nights are my territory.
10. What is your favorite kitchen appliance? Coffee machine and the nutcracker, just because!
11. What makes you really angry? People intentionally hurting people I love.
12. If you could play any instrument, what would it be? I can sorta play almost two. And that is way beyond my musical ability.
13. Favorite colour? Blue.
14. Which do you prefer…sports car or SUV? Otto Dumbledore. I have to be loyal, ´cause he is!
15. Do you believe in an afterlife? No. I only get one chance, so I better make the best of it!
16. Favorite children’s book? The BFG by Roald Dahl.
17. What is your favorite season? Spring, nothing like the promise of new life.
18. Your least favorite household chore? Drying the dishes. Hate it with a passion! I am lucky that I have a tendency to break stuff, so I usually donæt get asked :)
19. If you could have one super power, what would it be? The sense to realize that a body-tight suit is just so last century!
20. If you have a tattoo, what is it? I don´t have one, I´d love one though. A tiny one on my ankle, but I hate needles. Maybe for a reason ;)
21. Can you juggle? I really am not the person to be entrusted with more than one thing to carry at a time.
22. The one person from your past that you wish you could go back and talk to? That little dude that used to tease me in first grade, I bet I could kick his a** now!
23. What’s your favorite day? Monday, somebody ought to!
24. What’s in the trunk of your car? A sleeping bag, car cleaning stuff and my Christmas tree. Don´t ask!
25. Which do you prefer, sushi or hamburger? can I have steak instead?
...Iceland beat Slovenia 32/31 today in the World Championship of Handball. We made it to the Quarter Finals. WE!!!Needless to say I was wearing my Viking hat while watching the game with dad and my brother. Dad kept kicking my elbow whenever we scored and I did show him a yellow card and polstered myself with mom´s knitting wool! I´ll be injured for teh game tomorrow against Germany...but we will show those Germans a thing or two about island folks!
...Last but not least. My teenage love has returned and I thought that would never happen. Here is Take That with their newest hit. What was I thinking? But that Gary Barlow sure owned my heart!
1. If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be? Anywhere next to some trees. Nothing shows the seasons quite like a tree :)
2. What’s your favorite article of clothing? *grins* Ok, family friendly....my t-shirts. I have a thing for cool t-shirts and they do cover most :)
3. Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex? This is so lame, but I do focus on eyes first and hands next. A girl needs to have her priorities sorted!
4. What’s the last CD that you bought? German Christmas songs. Don´t do it!
5. Where’s your favorite place to be? Outside, alone on horseback.
6. Where is your least favorite place to be? Downtown Reykjavik on a Saturday night. I don´t like human meat markets!
7. What’s your favorite place to be massaged? Feet and midsection of my back.
8. Strong in mind or strong in body? Since we can´t have our cake and eat it too, I´d have to say strong in mind.
9. What time do you wake up in the morning? Dependng on my shifts, around 9 and then I have an extra ten minutes of a nap for breakfast. I am not a morning person! The nights are my territory.
10. What is your favorite kitchen appliance? Coffee machine and the nutcracker, just because!
11. What makes you really angry? People intentionally hurting people I love.
12. If you could play any instrument, what would it be? I can sorta play almost two. And that is way beyond my musical ability.
13. Favorite colour? Blue.
14. Which do you prefer…sports car or SUV? Otto Dumbledore. I have to be loyal, ´cause he is!
15. Do you believe in an afterlife? No. I only get one chance, so I better make the best of it!
16. Favorite children’s book? The BFG by Roald Dahl.
17. What is your favorite season? Spring, nothing like the promise of new life.
18. Your least favorite household chore? Drying the dishes. Hate it with a passion! I am lucky that I have a tendency to break stuff, so I usually donæt get asked :)
19. If you could have one super power, what would it be? The sense to realize that a body-tight suit is just so last century!
20. If you have a tattoo, what is it? I don´t have one, I´d love one though. A tiny one on my ankle, but I hate needles. Maybe for a reason ;)
21. Can you juggle? I really am not the person to be entrusted with more than one thing to carry at a time.
22. The one person from your past that you wish you could go back and talk to? That little dude that used to tease me in first grade, I bet I could kick his a** now!
23. What’s your favorite day? Monday, somebody ought to!
24. What’s in the trunk of your car? A sleeping bag, car cleaning stuff and my Christmas tree. Don´t ask!
25. Which do you prefer, sushi or hamburger? can I have steak instead?
...Iceland beat Slovenia 32/31 today in the World Championship of Handball. We made it to the Quarter Finals. WE!!!Needless to say I was wearing my Viking hat while watching the game with dad and my brother. Dad kept kicking my elbow whenever we scored and I did show him a yellow card and polstered myself with mom´s knitting wool! I´ll be injured for teh game tomorrow against Germany...but we will show those Germans a thing or two about island folks!
...Last but not least. My teenage love has returned and I thought that would never happen. Here is Take That with their newest hit. What was I thinking? But that Gary Barlow sure owned my heart!
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
Five Questions for Minka from LOGO!
1. You have two weeks to travel to anywhere in the world, expense is no object, tell us your itinerary?
Tell me what itinerary means, and I´ll get going! Just kidding, I know how to google. Would you have asked me a month ago, I would have answered...Barcelona, Venice and Ljubljana. But since you waited patiently until now, it has to be the USA. I went once to THE BIG APPLE with a guy...hated almost every minute of it. But in hindsight, I believe it was the guy´s fault more than New York´s. But lately I have a craving to go travel the USA...there is so much stuff I wanna see there, and some people too. But I would need more time than two weeks. So my answer is: Barcelona, Venice and Ljubljana :)
2. What is your favorite and least favorite thing about living in Iceland?
Favourite: The Space of it all!
Least favourite: It takes ages to get somewhere :)
3. What parts of using English do you like and dislike?
parts of English? Well, I have always felt that the negation-blocking, when raising adverbs to sentence final position, is somewhat of a downer. Other than that I love the English language. I speak it daily -I do speak it better than I type it- and often find myself thinking in English rather than say, German. However, I was born in Germany and have to concentrate when saying words that involve such horrible sounds as "th". I mean what other than spitting can be the result of such a sound?!
4. How many hours have you clocked watching the World Cup?
I don´t clock on principle. I find that keeping track of time, makes the future seem less far off.
But to give you an idea: This conversation happened at some point this week.
Minka-Dad and Minka have been watching football all day. Minka-Mom walks in:
Mom (looks furiously at two lying figures on the lazy-boys in the living room)
Dad (proudly) "We did clean the entire kitchen during half-times!"
Minka (even prouder) "Mom, we´ve been watching all three games today!"
Mom: "Congratulations, that is quite a waste of time!"
You know what the best part is? It has just started! In 5 days I´ll be in Germany and in the middle of all that crazy soccer addiction. I can´t wait to go all hooligan :) If you watch the news and the camera should point...I´ll wave! I am the thing in the black/red/gold colours...laughing hysterically screaming things the world better never hears.
5. How long IS a piece of string?
Well, I am glad you asked! A piece of string, defined by... What´s the matter with you?!
In case you are trying to knit something though and are really just hanging on by a thread... "double the length from one side to the middle!".
1. You have two weeks to travel to anywhere in the world, expense is no object, tell us your itinerary?
Tell me what itinerary means, and I´ll get going! Just kidding, I know how to google. Would you have asked me a month ago, I would have answered...Barcelona, Venice and Ljubljana. But since you waited patiently until now, it has to be the USA. I went once to THE BIG APPLE with a guy...hated almost every minute of it. But in hindsight, I believe it was the guy´s fault more than New York´s. But lately I have a craving to go travel the USA...there is so much stuff I wanna see there, and some people too. But I would need more time than two weeks. So my answer is: Barcelona, Venice and Ljubljana :)
2. What is your favorite and least favorite thing about living in Iceland?
Favourite: The Space of it all!
Least favourite: It takes ages to get somewhere :)
3. What parts of using English do you like and dislike?
parts of English? Well, I have always felt that the negation-blocking, when raising adverbs to sentence final position, is somewhat of a downer. Other than that I love the English language. I speak it daily -I do speak it better than I type it- and often find myself thinking in English rather than say, German. However, I was born in Germany and have to concentrate when saying words that involve such horrible sounds as "th". I mean what other than spitting can be the result of such a sound?!
4. How many hours have you clocked watching the World Cup?
I don´t clock on principle. I find that keeping track of time, makes the future seem less far off.
But to give you an idea: This conversation happened at some point this week.
Minka-Dad and Minka have been watching football all day. Minka-Mom walks in:
Mom (looks furiously at two lying figures on the lazy-boys in the living room)
Dad (proudly) "We did clean the entire kitchen during half-times!"
Minka (even prouder) "Mom, we´ve been watching all three games today!"
Mom: "Congratulations, that is quite a waste of time!"
You know what the best part is? It has just started! In 5 days I´ll be in Germany and in the middle of all that crazy soccer addiction. I can´t wait to go all hooligan :) If you watch the news and the camera should point...I´ll wave! I am the thing in the black/red/gold colours...laughing hysterically screaming things the world better never hears.
5. How long IS a piece of string?
Well, I am glad you asked! A piece of string, defined by... What´s the matter with you?!
In case you are trying to knit something though and are really just hanging on by a thread... "double the length from one side to the middle!".
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Tag-Wednesday
I volunteered to do a tag from Logo. Sweetnatured as she is, she assigned me the letter Q. Cheers!
"This is how it works:
If you comment on this entry and beg for a letter, I will give you one.
Thou shalt write ten words beginning with that letter in your journal, including an explanation of what the word means to you and why, and then pass out letters to those who want to play along.
Of course, if you want to comment but not be assigned a letter, that's an option too.
I'll only design to assign letters to those who specifically ask for them if they pass the credit check and promise to take very good care of the letter."
here it goes:
Queen: Not surprising I would assume. There are many types of Queens. One happens to be a successful British pop group formed in 1971. When I think of them I have to think of Miz B. because the first time I came upon her page, which back then was called Bohemain Rhapsody, a Queen song from 1975. There is also the Queen of England and the Queen of Hearts. Most importantly, here is the Ice Queen, yours truly!
Question: Now why would such a lovely lady as Logo, punish one adorable Queen with the letter "Q". In all fairness, she tried to back out of it and mentioned I could also take "M", but I am not going for those hand-outs, young lady!
Queer: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy! Nothing quite like it. It reminds me that I am always associated with weird taste when it comes to men. Several friends can attest to that! I love TED in that show and whenever I see him cooking in a kitchen, I just wish I could be there and he would feed me grapes. Sadly, he drives his car on the other side of the road. No, he is not British!
Quilt: I love that sorta stuff. I knit and stitch and sow and one day I´ll make one of those thingies. With mom´s guidance of course!
Quit: Talking about Mom...she quit smoking three days ago and the withdrawl symptoms are kicking in quite frequently now. Momentarily she is a walking volcano on the first day of its period. But I am so proud of her. I love you and I know you can do this.
Quaker: I remember that word mentioned in English classes and I blurted out: Quaker-Shaker. The entire class laughed. It was funny! I forget why now...maybe you had to be there!
Qantas: Just becuase it is the only word with "Q" that I could think of, that wasn´t followed by a "u". I know! Anyways, I used to watch the Australian soap "Neighbours" quite religiously and at the end of each show there was a commercial for this Australian airline.
Q-Tip: Everybody knows I love the show "Friends". I am simple like that! Anyhoo...once Chandler said this joke to Joey who had said something stupid. To this day I don´t get it!
"You have to stop the Q-tip when there´s resistance!"
Besides, why q-tip? This thingy could be called anything from ear-pencil to cotton-rod. But NO!
Quaksalver: I always thought this was the chemical that was used in a thermometer. That silver stuff that my mom said, I shouldn´t put into my mouth. Once I broke a thermometer just to check out and the fluid collected into small silver balls and was moving so quickly that I couldn´t catch it and I had to call Mom for help. I remember a lengthy lecture and a day´s house-arrest for disobedience.
But I digress. This word apparently means a quack doctor or a charlatan. Good to know!
Quadrivium: (revised) Just because I felt I had to open the dictioanry for at least one word. This is it! Anybody? No? Ok then... "In medieval educational theory, the quadrivium consisted of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. These followed the preparatory work of the trivium, made up of grammar, logic (or dialectic) and rhetoric. In turn, the quadrivium was considered preparatory work for the serious study of philosophy and theology." Wikipedia knows its stuff!
And now I´ll move on with the rest of my life!
"This is how it works:
If you comment on this entry and beg for a letter, I will give you one.
Thou shalt write ten words beginning with that letter in your journal, including an explanation of what the word means to you and why, and then pass out letters to those who want to play along.
Of course, if you want to comment but not be assigned a letter, that's an option too.
I'll only design to assign letters to those who specifically ask for them if they pass the credit check and promise to take very good care of the letter."
here it goes:
Queen: Not surprising I would assume. There are many types of Queens. One happens to be a successful British pop group formed in 1971. When I think of them I have to think of Miz B. because the first time I came upon her page, which back then was called Bohemain Rhapsody, a Queen song from 1975. There is also the Queen of England and the Queen of Hearts. Most importantly, here is the Ice Queen, yours truly!
Question: Now why would such a lovely lady as Logo, punish one adorable Queen with the letter "Q". In all fairness, she tried to back out of it and mentioned I could also take "M", but I am not going for those hand-outs, young lady!
Queer: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy! Nothing quite like it. It reminds me that I am always associated with weird taste when it comes to men. Several friends can attest to that! I love TED in that show and whenever I see him cooking in a kitchen, I just wish I could be there and he would feed me grapes. Sadly, he drives his car on the other side of the road. No, he is not British!
Quilt: I love that sorta stuff. I knit and stitch and sow and one day I´ll make one of those thingies. With mom´s guidance of course!
Quit: Talking about Mom...she quit smoking three days ago and the withdrawl symptoms are kicking in quite frequently now. Momentarily she is a walking volcano on the first day of its period. But I am so proud of her. I love you and I know you can do this.
Quaker: I remember that word mentioned in English classes and I blurted out: Quaker-Shaker. The entire class laughed. It was funny! I forget why now...maybe you had to be there!
Qantas: Just becuase it is the only word with "Q" that I could think of, that wasn´t followed by a "u". I know! Anyways, I used to watch the Australian soap "Neighbours" quite religiously and at the end of each show there was a commercial for this Australian airline.
Q-Tip: Everybody knows I love the show "Friends". I am simple like that! Anyhoo...once Chandler said this joke to Joey who had said something stupid. To this day I don´t get it!
"You have to stop the Q-tip when there´s resistance!"
Besides, why q-tip? This thingy could be called anything from ear-pencil to cotton-rod. But NO!
Quaksalver: I always thought this was the chemical that was used in a thermometer. That silver stuff that my mom said, I shouldn´t put into my mouth. Once I broke a thermometer just to check out and the fluid collected into small silver balls and was moving so quickly that I couldn´t catch it and I had to call Mom for help. I remember a lengthy lecture and a day´s house-arrest for disobedience.
But I digress. This word apparently means a quack doctor or a charlatan. Good to know!
Quadrivium: (revised) Just because I felt I had to open the dictioanry for at least one word. This is it! Anybody? No? Ok then... "In medieval educational theory, the quadrivium consisted of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. These followed the preparatory work of the trivium, made up of grammar, logic (or dialectic) and rhetoric. In turn, the quadrivium was considered preparatory work for the serious study of philosophy and theology." Wikipedia knows its stuff!
And now I´ll move on with the rest of my life!
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