They say you can tell a lot about a girl from her books. Okay, so I don't actually know a single one of those people who has ever said that. I couldn't sleep so I inventoried my library. I still can't sleep so I am posting my inventory online.
Maybe you have a few of these as well?
Addams, Douglas
"The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Aidenhoff, Elsie V.
"The Garden"
Alarcon, Daniel
"War by Candlelight"
Albom, Mitch
"The Five People You Meet in Heaven"
"For One More Day"
Andahazi, Federico
"The Merciful Women"
Alighieri, Dante
"The Divine Comedy"
Apocrypha
- King James Version
Asbury, Herbert
"The Gangs of New York"
Avery, Ellis
"The Teahouse Fire"
Baum, L. Frank
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
Beard, Philip
"Dear, Zoe"
"Lost in the Garden"
Benioff, David
"The 25th Hour"
"When the Nines Roll Over"
Bottoms, Greg
"Sentimental, Heart-Broken, Rednecks"
Boyle, T. Coraghessan
"Descent of Man"
Brodsky, Danielle
"Fear of Driving"
Bronte, Emily
"Wuthering Heights"
Brown, Dan
"The Da Vinci Code"
Brundage, Elizabeth
"The Doctor's Wife"
Callen, Barry L.
"Authentic Spirituality"
Carlson, Ron
"Five Skies"
Carter, Steven
"Famous Writer's School"
Carter, David Allan
"X Out of Wonderland"
Chambers, Oswald
"My Utmost for his Highest"
Chase, Clifford
"Winkie"
Clancy, Tom
"SSN"
Clason, George S.
"The Richest Man in Babylon"
Cohen, Leah Hagar
"Heart, You Bully, You Punk"
Cook, Claire
"Multiple Choice"
Correa, Raul
"I Don't Know but I've Been Told"
Crawford, John
"The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell"
Creech, Sharon
"Replay"
Crichton, Michael
"Prey"
Darling, Julia
"Crocodile Soup"
Defoe, Daniel
"Robinson Crusoe"
Dickens, Charles
"David Copperfield"
"Great Expectations"
Dixon, F.W.
"The Twisted Claw"
"The Wailing Siren Mystery"
Dostoevsky, Feodor
"Crime and Punishment"
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
"The Complete Sherlock Holmes"
Doyle, Roddy
"Oh, Play That Thing"
"Paula Spencer"
Drummond, Laurie Lynn
"Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You"
Dubois, Andre
"House of Sand and Fog"
Dunmore, Helen
"Ice Cream"
Durrant, Sabine
"The Great Indoors"
Duval, John C.
"The Adventures of Bigfoot Wallace"
Engel, Mary Potter
"Strangers and Sojourners"
Esquivel, Laura
"Malinche"
Farah, Naruddin
"Links"
Fforde, Jasper
"The Fourth Bear"
Findley, Timothy
"Pilgrim"
Fischer, Louis
"The Life of Mahatma Gandhi"
Friedman, Kinky
"Cowboy Logic"
Gardiner, John Rolfe
"The Magellan House"
Garland, Alex
"The Coma"
Garrett, Michael
"Walking on the Wind"
Gavalda, Anna
"Je L'Aimais"
Giardini, Anne
"The Sad Truth About Happiness"
Gifford, Barry
"American Falls"
Gilb, Dagoberto
"Woodcuts of Women"
Gilbert, Elizabeth
"Pilgrims"
Gogol, Nikolai - The Collected Tales of
Goldmark, Kathi Kamen
"And, My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back to You"
Grisham, John
"A Painted House"
Gruen, Sara
"Water for Elephants"
Hahn, Mary Dawning
"Time for Andrew"
Handler, Daniel
"Adverbs"
Harris, Joanne
"Chocolat"
"Five Quarters of the Orange"
Harrison, Jim
"The Beast God Forgot to Invent"
Hawking, Stephen
"A Brief History of Time"
Hegi, Usela
"Hotel of the Saints"
Hemingway, Ernest
"A Farewell to Arms"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"The Sun Also Rises"
Hemmings, Kaui Hart
"House of Thieves"
Hensel, Jana
"Zonenkinder"
Henson, Heather
"Making the Run"
Herrera, Juan Felipe
"Cinnamon Girl"
Holy Bible
- King James Version
- New American Standard Version
- New International Version
- New Revised Standard Version
Homer
"The Iliad"
"The Odyssey"
Hosseini, Khaled
"A Thousand Splendid Suns"
"The Kite Runner"
Huxley, Aldous
"Brave New World"
Jordan, Niel
"Night in Tunisia"
"Shade"
Joyce, James
"Dubliners"
Kanehara, Hitomi
"Hebi ni Piasu"
Kaplow, Robert
"Me and Orson Welles"
Kaufman, Alan
"The Outlaw Bible of American Essays"
Kerouac, Jack
"Old Angel Midnight"
Kipling, Rudyard
"The Jungle Book"
Kirwan, Larry
"Green Suede Shoes"
Kunzru, Hari
"Transmission"
Larkin, Emma
"Finding George Orwell in Burma"
Lawrence, Michael
"Small Eternities"
Lehane, Dennis
"Coronado"
"Shutter Island"
LeHaye, Tim
"Mind Siege"
Lewis, C.S. - The Collected Letters of
Lewis, William Henry
"I got Somebody in Staunton"
Llewelyn, Morgan
"1921"
London, Jack
"The Call of the Wild"
"The Sea-Wolf"
"White Fang"
Lunstrum, Kirsten Sundberg
"This Life She's Chosen"
Manguel, Alberto
"Stevenson Under the Palm Tree"
Marshall, Paule
"The Fisher King"
Martin, Steve
"The Pleasure of My Company"
"Shopgirl"
Martinez, Tomas Eloy
"The Tango Singer"
McCafferty, Kate
"Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl"
McCourt, Frank
"Angela and the Baby Jesus"
"Teacher Man"
"'Tis"
McCourt, Malachy
"A Monk Swimming"
"Singing My Him Song"
McGowan, Heather
"Duchess of Nothing"
Melville, Herman
"Moby-Dick"
Miller, Rebecca
"Personal Velocity"
Milton, John - The Complete Works of
Mullins, Meg
"The Rug Merchant"
Murakami, Ryu
"In the Miso Soup"
Murray, John
"A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies"
Newman, Christopher
"The Devil's Own"
Noebel, David
"The Battle for Truth"
O'Brien, Patrick
"The Hundred Days"
Ogura, Toyofumi
"Zetsugo no Kiroku"
O'Keefe, Patrick
"The Hill Road"
Olds, Jennifer
"Good Night, Henry"
Page, Jeremy
"Salt"
Palmer, Parker J.
"Let Your Life Speak"
Pascoe, Judy
"Our Father Who Art in a Tree"
Paulson, Gary
"Hatchet"
"The Haymeadow"
Pearson, T.R.
"Polar"
Pedersen, Elsa
"The Mystery of the Alaska Queen"
Pierre, D.B.C.
"Vernon God Little"
Poe, Edgar Allan - The Complete Works of
Quinn, Daniel
"Ishmael"
Raffel, Dawn
"Carrying the Body"
Ranulfo
"Joker"
"Nirvana's Children"
Rawls, Wilson
"Summer of the Monkeys"
Reed, Kit
"Thinner Than Thou"
Riley, Andy
"Return of the Bunny Suicides"
Robsinson, Patrick
"U.S.S Seawolf"
Rosenblatt, Roger
"Lapham Rising"
Rubenstein, Wade
"Gullboy"
Salter, John
"A Trout in the Sea of Cortez"
Sankaran, Lavanya
"The Red Carpet"
Saunders, George
"In Persuasion Nation"
Schogt, Philibert
"De Wilde Getallen"
Scliar, Moacyr
"Max e los Felinos"
Scott, Sir Walter
"Kenilsworth"
"The Talisman"
Shakespeare, William - The Complete Plays and Poems of
Sheehan, Aurelie
"The Anxiety of Everyday Objects"
Shelley, Mary
"Frankenstein"
Silverstein, Shell
"Runny Babbit"
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
"The Book of Mormon"
Solnit, Rebecca
"A Field Guide to Getting Lost"
Steinbeck, John
"East of Eden"
"The Grapes of Wrath"
"The Moon is Down"
"Travels with Charlie"
"The Winter of Our Discontent"
Stroebel, Lee
"The Case for Faith"
Swift, Jonathon
"Gulliver's Travels"
Stevenson, Robert Lewis
"Treasure Island"
Trumbo, Dalton
"Johnny Got His Gun"
Turnipseed, Joel
"Baghdad Express"
Twain, Mark
"A Connecticutt Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
"Huckleberry Finn"
"Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc"
"The American Claiment"
"Pudd'nhead Wilson"
"The Gilded Age"
"The Prince and the Pauper"
"Those Extraordinary Twins"
"Tom Sawyer"
Uris, Leon
"O'Hara's Choice"
"Trinity"
Velag, Diogenes
"Der Vorleser"
Verne, Jules
"Around the World in Eighty Days"
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
Visman, Janni
"Yellow"
Vreeland, Susan
"Life Studies"
Walsh, Caroline
"Dislocation"
Wener, Louise
"Goodnight, Steve McQueen"
"The Perfect Play"
Wells, H.G.
"The Time Machine"
Wilde, Oscar - Selected Poems of
"The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Williams, Margery
"The Velveteen Rabbit"
Wood, Monica
"Ernie's Ark"
"My Only Story"
Young, Christine Ellen
"A Bitter Brew"
Yunque, Edgardo Vega
"Blood Fugues"
So what does that tell you about me?
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Politco Rantings
I promised myself I would not get political on this blog, but I am breaking that promise to myself here. There are some things that need to be outlined about the two campaigns.
Joe Biden is experienced enough to warrant a VP position, however, I don't believe he would be a very good VP. He is an excellent debater and well versed in the inner workings of Washington D.C., but at the same time I don't see his past record as something that would verify that he would work adamantly to ensure progress as the Vice President.
Sarah Palin is certainly able to be a Vice President though I can't help but feel that he needs a little more experience as a Governor or in some other public office before stepping into the White House.
Barack Obama's health care plan would give us the system that is so disliked in Britain and other European Countries. Yes it would be more affordable to lower class individuals like myself, but I would much rather pay for my own health insurance and get better quality from it than to have all the Doctors who are good enough to go elsewhere leave this country and leave us with shitty health care.
His middle name "Hussein" should not sway votes. Hussein is a popular name throughout the world, and it gives him no ties to Saddam. Let us also not forget the King Hussein of Jordan was one of the good guys. If Barack Obama wanted to use his name to win votes he would have changed it to John Adams Obama or Franklin Delano Obama.
Barack Obama does have ties to BILL AYERS, and that should concern you.
John McCain is old. So? he has spent his entire adult life in service to this country, in the Navy and then in Public Office sense. When he says he knows how to get things done he isn't fibbing. It is true that John McCain has not always made the right decisions but at least the man does things. What has Obama done in the Senate?
John McCain's economic plan creates jobs. Obama's doesn't. Small businesses do not make more money by having more employees - they make more money by having more customers so next time you go out shop at an independent book store instead of Barnes and Noble.
Barack Obama does want to raise taxes. If taxes are raised I will not be able to pay rent. He says that the taxes will be raised on only those over a certain amount salary a year but we all know that a tax raise is a tax raise. Remember it was the Democratic congress that raised gas taxes.
It is true that under Bush's Administration we have experienced the worst economic crises since the great depression but if you would please note the worst of this happened when congress became Democrat. I am not a republican but I think it is fair to say that the legislative branch since 2006 has severely let the American people down.
We are at War people. We cannot up and pull out of Iraq. If we do that we will be breeding more soldiers hell bent on terrorism. We must stay to rebuild Iraq and to make sure that Iraq can and will thrive so that we may have a new ally. Iraq isn't our enemy. Iraq can be our friend. General David Petraeus is a very intelligent and skilled leader. Generals have a history of telling the truth. If General Petraeus is telling us he surge is working then it is working. No one hates sending American sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles into combat where lives will be lost more than A General and the President. George H.W. Bush doodled a picture of himself crying when the report of the first American being killed in the Gulf War came to him. These are the people who have to make these decisions and live with them. They hate making these decisions but they do what has to be done for the American People. Didn't Oliver North warn us about Osama Bin Laden? And congress didn't listen. Who cost us more lives then? Oliver North who wanted to go after Bin Laden? Or Congress who scoffed at the idea? Considering that since that time the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed, the WTC was bombed, and the USS Cole was bombed (a direct insufferable act of war that went unanswered) and then the WTC was obliterated and thousands of lives lost, and the pentagon wrecked as well.
If you want a president who will make the hard decisions and work for this country and for the safety of this country the n John McCain is your president.
Watching the debate last night Barack Obama stalled and stumbled on every question. He looked lost. Un-confident. If McCain spoke first Obama did nothing more than repeat McCain's statements. He seemed insincere.
McCain was calm, presidential, he seemed honest and open. He was respectful. And, he got his points across fairly clearly whereas I'm still not sure Obama actually said anything on some questions.
It is true that both candidates continuously went over time. Obama did this more often than McCain did, to the point where he incited a lecture from the very professional Tom Brokaw who kept his cool even as Barack Obama tried to talk over him.
and lastly, the most important thing i have to say:
THE MEDIA IS BIASED!
Watching the debate I felt it was clear that McCain won. He was presidential, sincere, his points were well lined out, he was respectful. Obama looked lost, often searching for words, he looked insincere. I cannot look at his eyes and trust him. I feel that he is a man who just wants to become president and will say and do anything to get there. With John McCain I feel like this is a man who has done his job for the American people and has done it well.
Yet, all the newspapers, online articles, and t.v. news anchors are reporting that Barack Obama won!?!?
ALL JOURNALISM PROFESSIONALS NEED TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. This journalistic bias has been going on all campaign long. There have been a few journalists who have kept their professionalism about them but many have not. Read through the LINES! Watch the debates, hell, call the campaigns and have them outline the platform and ticket for you so you know where the candidates stand. Look at their records in public office. It should not matter that McCain has more years in office than Obama but What ha Obama really done.
If your going to vote how the New York Times reports things also bother to listen to Rush (hopefully his ego won't turn you away) If you going to listen to Colmes listen to Hannity. If you're going to read or watch or listen to any news report make it Bill O'Reilly, THEN FIGURE OUT THE TRUTH FOR YOURSELVES!
The country can only work through the muck if our leaders are working together. Obama is not the man to get those Washington fat belts to work together John McCain is.
Joe Biden is experienced enough to warrant a VP position, however, I don't believe he would be a very good VP. He is an excellent debater and well versed in the inner workings of Washington D.C., but at the same time I don't see his past record as something that would verify that he would work adamantly to ensure progress as the Vice President.
Sarah Palin is certainly able to be a Vice President though I can't help but feel that he needs a little more experience as a Governor or in some other public office before stepping into the White House.
Barack Obama's health care plan would give us the system that is so disliked in Britain and other European Countries. Yes it would be more affordable to lower class individuals like myself, but I would much rather pay for my own health insurance and get better quality from it than to have all the Doctors who are good enough to go elsewhere leave this country and leave us with shitty health care.
His middle name "Hussein" should not sway votes. Hussein is a popular name throughout the world, and it gives him no ties to Saddam. Let us also not forget the King Hussein of Jordan was one of the good guys. If Barack Obama wanted to use his name to win votes he would have changed it to John Adams Obama or Franklin Delano Obama.
Barack Obama does have ties to BILL AYERS, and that should concern you.
John McCain is old. So? he has spent his entire adult life in service to this country, in the Navy and then in Public Office sense. When he says he knows how to get things done he isn't fibbing. It is true that John McCain has not always made the right decisions but at least the man does things. What has Obama done in the Senate?
John McCain's economic plan creates jobs. Obama's doesn't. Small businesses do not make more money by having more employees - they make more money by having more customers so next time you go out shop at an independent book store instead of Barnes and Noble.
Barack Obama does want to raise taxes. If taxes are raised I will not be able to pay rent. He says that the taxes will be raised on only those over a certain amount salary a year but we all know that a tax raise is a tax raise. Remember it was the Democratic congress that raised gas taxes.
It is true that under Bush's Administration we have experienced the worst economic crises since the great depression but if you would please note the worst of this happened when congress became Democrat. I am not a republican but I think it is fair to say that the legislative branch since 2006 has severely let the American people down.
We are at War people. We cannot up and pull out of Iraq. If we do that we will be breeding more soldiers hell bent on terrorism. We must stay to rebuild Iraq and to make sure that Iraq can and will thrive so that we may have a new ally. Iraq isn't our enemy. Iraq can be our friend. General David Petraeus is a very intelligent and skilled leader. Generals have a history of telling the truth. If General Petraeus is telling us he surge is working then it is working. No one hates sending American sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles into combat where lives will be lost more than A General and the President. George H.W. Bush doodled a picture of himself crying when the report of the first American being killed in the Gulf War came to him. These are the people who have to make these decisions and live with them. They hate making these decisions but they do what has to be done for the American People. Didn't Oliver North warn us about Osama Bin Laden? And congress didn't listen. Who cost us more lives then? Oliver North who wanted to go after Bin Laden? Or Congress who scoffed at the idea? Considering that since that time the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed, the WTC was bombed, and the USS Cole was bombed (a direct insufferable act of war that went unanswered) and then the WTC was obliterated and thousands of lives lost, and the pentagon wrecked as well.
If you want a president who will make the hard decisions and work for this country and for the safety of this country the n John McCain is your president.
Watching the debate last night Barack Obama stalled and stumbled on every question. He looked lost. Un-confident. If McCain spoke first Obama did nothing more than repeat McCain's statements. He seemed insincere.
McCain was calm, presidential, he seemed honest and open. He was respectful. And, he got his points across fairly clearly whereas I'm still not sure Obama actually said anything on some questions.
It is true that both candidates continuously went over time. Obama did this more often than McCain did, to the point where he incited a lecture from the very professional Tom Brokaw who kept his cool even as Barack Obama tried to talk over him.
and lastly, the most important thing i have to say:
THE MEDIA IS BIASED!
Watching the debate I felt it was clear that McCain won. He was presidential, sincere, his points were well lined out, he was respectful. Obama looked lost, often searching for words, he looked insincere. I cannot look at his eyes and trust him. I feel that he is a man who just wants to become president and will say and do anything to get there. With John McCain I feel like this is a man who has done his job for the American people and has done it well.
Yet, all the newspapers, online articles, and t.v. news anchors are reporting that Barack Obama won!?!?
ALL JOURNALISM PROFESSIONALS NEED TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. This journalistic bias has been going on all campaign long. There have been a few journalists who have kept their professionalism about them but many have not. Read through the LINES! Watch the debates, hell, call the campaigns and have them outline the platform and ticket for you so you know where the candidates stand. Look at their records in public office. It should not matter that McCain has more years in office than Obama but What ha Obama really done.
If your going to vote how the New York Times reports things also bother to listen to Rush (hopefully his ego won't turn you away) If you going to listen to Colmes listen to Hannity. If you're going to read or watch or listen to any news report make it Bill O'Reilly, THEN FIGURE OUT THE TRUTH FOR YOURSELVES!
The country can only work through the muck if our leaders are working together. Obama is not the man to get those Washington fat belts to work together John McCain is.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Insomnia Strikes Again Answers
Insomnia Strikes Again Answers (and brief explanations):
Translate these following statements (some gibberish) to determine the title of the song and the band/performer who sang it. To be fair I tried to stick to well known songs.
1.)
"A score(20) plus the Roman V(5) alternatively(or) one 111Th of the devils number (one 111th of 666 is 6) moving toward (to) a golfer's exclamation(FORE!, it is a homonym for four)" by a Windy Midwestern Metropolis (The Windy City Chicago
"25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago
2.)
"Greetings (Hello) Amorous Youths (Young Lovers)" by DeNiro(Robert DeNiro, Bobby is a nickname for Robert) Silverman (Jason Bigg's Character in Saving Silverman is Darren Silverman)
"Hello Young Lovers" by Bobby Darin
3.)
"Cry (Lamentation) of a foreigner in service to the French(French Foreign Legion, a Legionnaire) " by Those who believe in the twelfth month (The 12th Month is December, the suffix ists implies a belief)
"The Legionnaire's Lament" by The Decemberists
4.)
"Advance toward (come) non-copy (original) " by The Year Maximus recommenced the persecution of Christians (He recommenced the persecution on the year 311 a.d.)
"Come Original" by 311
5.)
"Doris (Doris Day) Preceding (Before) the Hostilities (fight or war)" by Untamed (Wild) Awards Show (Oscars)
"Day Before the War" by The Wilde Oscars
6.)
"Refrain (don't) from Second Guessing (thinking twice) Okay as is (it's alright) " by Up and Down (bob) Poet Thomas (Dylan Thomas
"Don't think Twice, It's Alright" by Bob Dylan
7.)
"Intoxicant(alcohol)" by Slender Wire Nail (brad) Soft woolen fabric (paisley)
"Alcohol" by Brad Paisley
8.)
"Male Oxen (Bulls) about (on) Ceremony (Parade) " by sever anger(Rage) opposing (Against) automatous (machine)
"Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine
9.)
"Heavenly Beings (Angels) amidst (among) We Objectively (Us) " by The Yellowhammer State (Alabama)
"Angels Among Us" by Alabama
10.)
"Simian (Monkey) upon (on) rear of mine (my back) " by aircraft (Aero is the prefix for having to do with aeronautics naturally) maker (Smith, the name means maker or crafter)
"Monkey on my Back" by Aerosmith
11.)
"Scurry (run) panoramic (around)" by Navy Sky and Royal (all are shades of Blue) tourist (traveler)
"Run-Around" by Blues Traveler
12.)
"The Golden State (California) imagination of sleep (Dreaming)" by the parentals (Mothers and Fathers)
"California Dreamin" by The Mamas and the Papas
13.)
"Red birthstone (Ruby) Infant (Baby)" by those who go with the flow (Drifters)
"Ruby Baby" by The Drifters
14.)
"Beautiful (Pretty) Insect(fly) pro (for) singular (a) alabaster (white) dude(guy)" by those who came from the parentals (offspring)
"Pretty Fly [for a white guy]" by The Offspring
15.)
"Make incision (cut across) vertically challenged one (shorty)" by shower curtain holder (rod) Yukon River (Stewart River)
"Cut Across, Shorty!" by Rod Stewart
16.)
"Taking a stroll (walking) upon (on) our gassy giant (the sun) " by Crush to smithereens (smash) pie hole (mouth)
"Walkin' on the Sun" by Smash Mouth
17.)
"Mark Twain Protagonist (Tom Sawyer) " by Hurry (Rush)
"Tom Sawyer" by Rush
18.)
"Harry Potter's (Magic) Rug (carpet) cruise (ride) " by Hermann Hesse Novel (Steppenwolf)
"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf
19.)
"Lemon Characteristic (Sour) Young Woman (Girl) " by Rock (Stone) Holy Place (temple) drivers of riverboat (pilots)
"Sour Girl" by Stone Temple Pilots
20.)
"All (every) Break of Day (morning) " by Sweet (sugar) sunbeam (ray)
"Every Mornin" by Sugar Ray
21.)
"at no time(never) release ye(let you go)" by Triclops only able to use two eyes (the triclop's third eye is blind)
"Never Let You Go" by Third Eye Blind
22.)
"FIBBER! (liar)" by Tres (three en francais) Canine (dog) Eve night)
23.)
"Liar" by Three Dog Night
24.)
"et sequens (follow) I (me)" by Aunt's Spouse (Uncle) goes well with cheese (cracker)
"Follow Me" by Uncle Kracker
25.)
"My Most Adversary of Self (My Own Worst Enemy) " by inebriated (lit)
"My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit
26.)
"Caribbean Ballroom Dance (Mambo) Pound sign (# also means number) after four (Five)" by Instead of (In lieu of, Lou) begal without the L (Bega)
"Mambo No. Five" by Lou Bega
27.)
"Blinding (bright) Illuminators (lights) " by firelighter (match) container (box) score (twenty)
"Bright Lights" by Matchbox Twenty
28.)
"Padre (Father) belonging to me (of mine) " by Invisible intoxicant (everclear)
"Father of Mine" by Everclear
29.)
"Christian Sabbath (Sunday), insufferable (Bloody is a slang term for something so insufferable), Christian Sabbath (Sunday)" by You As Well (You too, or U2)
"Sunday, Bloody Sunday" by U2
30)
"Solitary (One) Arbor (Tree) Mound of Dirt (hill) " by Spy Plane (The U2 Spy plane)
"One Tree Hill" by U2
31.)
"Banner (flag) stick (pole) squatter (sitter)" by Battle-worthy (Harvey means battle worthy) Warning (Danger!)
"Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger
32.)
"Leaf drink (tea) with sugar (sweet) " by Desiring (Craving) fruit of gourd family (melon)
"Sweet Tea" by Cravin' Melon
33.)
"Superman's Weakness (Kryptonite) " by Not here or the Neighbors but next to the Neighbor's neighbor (Three Doors Down)
(Kryptonite" by Three Doors Down)
34.)
"Belonging to me (Mine or My), exasperation (Oh!) , belonging to me (mine or mine)" by Those who cause crash (wreckers)
"My, Oh, My" by The Wreckers
35.)
"Minuscule (Little) noir (French for Black) carried on the shoulder (backpack)" by Caress (stroke)German No (Nein! homonym for Nine)
"Little Black Backpack" by Stroke 9
36.)
"Town (ville) of Tequila and Lime (Margarita) " by President Carter (Jimmy) All You Can Eat (Buffet is so close to buffett)
"Maragritaville" by Jimmy Buffett
37.)
"Friend (Buddy) spiky Christmas leaf (holly) " by the asthmatic one (Asthmatics wheeze.)
"Buddy Holly" by Weezer
38.)
"Without Air (Breathless)" by Multiple centers (Cores)
"Breathless" by The Corrs
39.)
"Above here (higher)" by belief outline (creed)
"Higher" by Creed
40)
"Don't Go (stay) devastating (wasting) measurement of clock(time)" by Hal's Pal (2001 'Hello Dave'), Possessive tax collecting apostle (Matthew's) , ring (band)
"Stay [Wasting Time]" by Dave Matthews Band
41.)
"Irish Thug (Johnny) second letter of alphabet (B) Excellent (Good)" by throw (Chuck) small round fruit (berry)
"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry
42.)
"One more (another) clay rectangle (brick) amongst (in) the barrier (wall) " by light red (pink) pretty boy bank robber (Pretty Boy Floyd)
"Another Brick in the Wall) by Pink Floyd
43.)
"The Good Thief at the Crucifixion (Saint Dismas or San Dimas) secondary place of education (high school) round (ball) end of leg (foot) guidelines (rules)" by the original gaming units (Atari)
"San Dimas High School Football Rules" by The Ataris
44.)
"Maiden (Girl) with Dusky (Brown) Opticals (Eyes)" by Multiple Passenger vehicle (Van) Author Toni (Toni Morrison)
"Brown-Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison
45.)
"Wild American Horse (Mustang) Charge (Sally as in Sally Forth)" by President Woodrow (Woodrow Wilson) type of line or fence (Picket fence or picket line)
"Mustang Sally" by Wilson Picket
46.)
"Singular (one) Cranium (head) glower (light) " by Nonparticipating party goers (wallflowers)
"One Headlight" by The Wallflowers
47.)
"Quote (saying or says) of twilled cotton cloth (jane)" by Small coin of Genoa's (also a jane) incapacitating need (addiction)
"Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction
48.)
"remain or stay in place longer than usual (linger)" by specific solid form of juice great for heart (Cranberry juice is great for your heart!)
"Linger" by The Cranberries
49.)
"Aflame (On Fire) Circle (Ring) " by Race Car driver Rutherford (Johnny Rutherford) Money (Cash)
"Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash
50.)
"Indigo or Violet (Purples) cloud (Haze)" by Tang Dynasty Administration System (The Tang Dynasty used the Jimi System of Administration) Oklahoma zip code 74741 (Hendrix, OK 74741)
"Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix
51.)
"Falling Water from Sky (rain) encasement (box) " by the pleased (grateful) to be deceased (dead)
"Box of Rain" by The Grateful Dead
52.)
"Bienvenue (Welcome) en (to) Eden (Paradise)" grass color (green) seven in a week (there are seven days in a week)
"Welcome to Paradise" by Green Day
53.)
"As a whole (All) former lovers (Exes) of me (my) are lone star(Texas) residents (live in) " by three presidents (George Washington, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush) not curved (Strait)
"All my Exes Live in Texas" by George Strait
54.)
"Singular (one) Seven day period (week) " by Women(ladies) without clothings (naked)
"One Week" by The Bare-Naked Ladies
Translate these following statements (some gibberish) to determine the title of the song and the band/performer who sang it. To be fair I tried to stick to well known songs.
1.)
"A score(20) plus the Roman V(5) alternatively(or) one 111Th of the devils number (one 111th of 666 is 6) moving toward (to) a golfer's exclamation(FORE!, it is a homonym for four)" by a Windy Midwestern Metropolis (The Windy City Chicago
"25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago
2.)
"Greetings (Hello) Amorous Youths (Young Lovers)" by DeNiro(Robert DeNiro, Bobby is a nickname for Robert) Silverman (Jason Bigg's Character in Saving Silverman is Darren Silverman)
"Hello Young Lovers" by Bobby Darin
3.)
"Cry (Lamentation) of a foreigner in service to the French(French Foreign Legion, a Legionnaire) " by Those who believe in the twelfth month (The 12th Month is December, the suffix ists implies a belief)
"The Legionnaire's Lament" by The Decemberists
4.)
"Advance toward (come) non-copy (original) " by The Year Maximus recommenced the persecution of Christians (He recommenced the persecution on the year 311 a.d.)
"Come Original" by 311
5.)
"Doris (Doris Day) Preceding (Before) the Hostilities (fight or war)" by Untamed (Wild) Awards Show (Oscars)
"Day Before the War" by The Wilde Oscars
6.)
"Refrain (don't) from Second Guessing (thinking twice) Okay as is (it's alright) " by Up and Down (bob) Poet Thomas (Dylan Thomas
"Don't think Twice, It's Alright" by Bob Dylan
7.)
"Intoxicant(alcohol)" by Slender Wire Nail (brad) Soft woolen fabric (paisley)
"Alcohol" by Brad Paisley
8.)
"Male Oxen (Bulls) about (on) Ceremony (Parade) " by sever anger(Rage) opposing (Against) automatous (machine)
"Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine
9.)
"Heavenly Beings (Angels) amidst (among) We Objectively (Us) " by The Yellowhammer State (Alabama)
"Angels Among Us" by Alabama
10.)
"Simian (Monkey) upon (on) rear of mine (my back) " by aircraft (Aero is the prefix for having to do with aeronautics naturally) maker (Smith, the name means maker or crafter)
"Monkey on my Back" by Aerosmith
11.)
"Scurry (run) panoramic (around)" by Navy Sky and Royal (all are shades of Blue) tourist (traveler)
"Run-Around" by Blues Traveler
12.)
"The Golden State (California) imagination of sleep (Dreaming)" by the parentals (Mothers and Fathers)
"California Dreamin" by The Mamas and the Papas
13.)
"Red birthstone (Ruby) Infant (Baby)" by those who go with the flow (Drifters)
"Ruby Baby" by The Drifters
14.)
"Beautiful (Pretty) Insect(fly) pro (for) singular (a) alabaster (white) dude(guy)" by those who came from the parentals (offspring)
"Pretty Fly [for a white guy]" by The Offspring
15.)
"Make incision (cut across) vertically challenged one (shorty)" by shower curtain holder (rod) Yukon River (Stewart River)
"Cut Across, Shorty!" by Rod Stewart
16.)
"Taking a stroll (walking) upon (on) our gassy giant (the sun) " by Crush to smithereens (smash) pie hole (mouth)
"Walkin' on the Sun" by Smash Mouth
17.)
"Mark Twain Protagonist (Tom Sawyer) " by Hurry (Rush)
"Tom Sawyer" by Rush
18.)
"Harry Potter's (Magic) Rug (carpet) cruise (ride) " by Hermann Hesse Novel (Steppenwolf)
"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf
19.)
"Lemon Characteristic (Sour) Young Woman (Girl) " by Rock (Stone) Holy Place (temple) drivers of riverboat (pilots)
"Sour Girl" by Stone Temple Pilots
20.)
"All (every) Break of Day (morning) " by Sweet (sugar) sunbeam (ray)
"Every Mornin" by Sugar Ray
21.)
"at no time(never) release ye(let you go)" by Triclops only able to use two eyes (the triclop's third eye is blind)
"Never Let You Go" by Third Eye Blind
22.)
"FIBBER! (liar)" by Tres (three en francais) Canine (dog) Eve night)
23.)
"Liar" by Three Dog Night
24.)
"et sequens (follow) I (me)" by Aunt's Spouse (Uncle) goes well with cheese (cracker)
"Follow Me" by Uncle Kracker
25.)
"My Most Adversary of Self (My Own Worst Enemy) " by inebriated (lit)
"My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit
26.)
"Caribbean Ballroom Dance (Mambo) Pound sign (# also means number) after four (Five)" by Instead of (In lieu of, Lou) begal without the L (Bega)
"Mambo No. Five" by Lou Bega
27.)
"Blinding (bright) Illuminators (lights) " by firelighter (match) container (box) score (twenty)
"Bright Lights" by Matchbox Twenty
28.)
"Padre (Father) belonging to me (of mine) " by Invisible intoxicant (everclear)
"Father of Mine" by Everclear
29.)
"Christian Sabbath (Sunday), insufferable (Bloody is a slang term for something so insufferable), Christian Sabbath (Sunday)" by You As Well (You too, or U2)
"Sunday, Bloody Sunday" by U2
30)
"Solitary (One) Arbor (Tree) Mound of Dirt (hill) " by Spy Plane (The U2 Spy plane)
"One Tree Hill" by U2
31.)
"Banner (flag) stick (pole) squatter (sitter)" by Battle-worthy (Harvey means battle worthy) Warning (Danger!)
"Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger
32.)
"Leaf drink (tea) with sugar (sweet) " by Desiring (Craving) fruit of gourd family (melon)
"Sweet Tea" by Cravin' Melon
33.)
"Superman's Weakness (Kryptonite) " by Not here or the Neighbors but next to the Neighbor's neighbor (Three Doors Down)
(Kryptonite" by Three Doors Down)
34.)
"Belonging to me (Mine or My), exasperation (Oh!) , belonging to me (mine or mine)" by Those who cause crash (wreckers)
"My, Oh, My" by The Wreckers
35.)
"Minuscule (Little) noir (French for Black) carried on the shoulder (backpack)" by Caress (stroke)German No (Nein! homonym for Nine)
"Little Black Backpack" by Stroke 9
36.)
"Town (ville) of Tequila and Lime (Margarita) " by President Carter (Jimmy) All You Can Eat (Buffet is so close to buffett)
"Maragritaville" by Jimmy Buffett
37.)
"Friend (Buddy) spiky Christmas leaf (holly) " by the asthmatic one (Asthmatics wheeze.)
"Buddy Holly" by Weezer
38.)
"Without Air (Breathless)" by Multiple centers (Cores)
"Breathless" by The Corrs
39.)
"Above here (higher)" by belief outline (creed)
"Higher" by Creed
40)
"Don't Go (stay) devastating (wasting) measurement of clock(time)" by Hal's Pal (2001 'Hello Dave'), Possessive tax collecting apostle (Matthew's) , ring (band)
"Stay [Wasting Time]" by Dave Matthews Band
41.)
"Irish Thug (Johnny) second letter of alphabet (B) Excellent (Good)" by throw (Chuck) small round fruit (berry)
"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry
42.)
"One more (another) clay rectangle (brick) amongst (in) the barrier (wall) " by light red (pink) pretty boy bank robber (Pretty Boy Floyd)
"Another Brick in the Wall) by Pink Floyd
43.)
"The Good Thief at the Crucifixion (Saint Dismas or San Dimas) secondary place of education (high school) round (ball) end of leg (foot) guidelines (rules)" by the original gaming units (Atari)
"San Dimas High School Football Rules" by The Ataris
44.)
"Maiden (Girl) with Dusky (Brown) Opticals (Eyes)" by Multiple Passenger vehicle (Van) Author Toni (Toni Morrison)
"Brown-Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison
45.)
"Wild American Horse (Mustang) Charge (Sally as in Sally Forth)" by President Woodrow (Woodrow Wilson) type of line or fence (Picket fence or picket line)
"Mustang Sally" by Wilson Picket
46.)
"Singular (one) Cranium (head) glower (light) " by Nonparticipating party goers (wallflowers)
"One Headlight" by The Wallflowers
47.)
"Quote (saying or says) of twilled cotton cloth (jane)" by Small coin of Genoa's (also a jane) incapacitating need (addiction)
"Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction
48.)
"remain or stay in place longer than usual (linger)" by specific solid form of juice great for heart (Cranberry juice is great for your heart!)
"Linger" by The Cranberries
49.)
"Aflame (On Fire) Circle (Ring) " by Race Car driver Rutherford (Johnny Rutherford) Money (Cash)
"Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash
50.)
"Indigo or Violet (Purples) cloud (Haze)" by Tang Dynasty Administration System (The Tang Dynasty used the Jimi System of Administration) Oklahoma zip code 74741 (Hendrix, OK 74741)
"Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix
51.)
"Falling Water from Sky (rain) encasement (box) " by the pleased (grateful) to be deceased (dead)
"Box of Rain" by The Grateful Dead
52.)
"Bienvenue (Welcome) en (to) Eden (Paradise)" grass color (green) seven in a week (there are seven days in a week)
"Welcome to Paradise" by Green Day
53.)
"As a whole (All) former lovers (Exes) of me (my) are lone star(Texas) residents (live in) " by three presidents (George Washington, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush) not curved (Strait)
"All my Exes Live in Texas" by George Strait
54.)
"Singular (one) Seven day period (week) " by Women(ladies) without clothings (naked)
"One Week" by The Bare-Naked Ladies
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Insomnia Strikes Again
Insomnia Strikes Again. Or perhaps it's a blogging addiction...
Either way I bring to you a rather long brain teaser
Today's Brain Teaser:
Translate these following statements (some gibberish) to determine the title of the song and the band/performer who sang it. To be fair I tried to stick to well known songs.
"A score plus the Roman V alternatively one 111Th of the devils number moving toward a golfer's exclamation" by a Windy Midwestern Metropolis
"Greetings Amorous Youths" by DeNiro Silverman
"Cry of a foreigner in service to the French" by Those who believe in the twelfth month
"Advance toward non-copy" by The Year Maximus recommenced the persecution of Christians
"Doris Preceding the Hostilities" by Untamed Awards Show
"Refrain from Second Guessing Okay as is" by Up and Down Poet Thomas
"Intoxicant" by Slender Wire Nail Soft woolen fabric
"Male Oxen about Ceremony" by sever anger opposing automatous
"Heavenly Beings amidst We Objectively" by The Yellowhammer State
"Simian upon rear of mine" by aircraft maker
"Scurry panoramic" by Navy Sky and Royal tourist
"The Golden State imagination of sleep" by the parentals
"Red birthstone Infant" by those who go with the flow
"Beautiful Insect (pro singular alabaster dude)" by those who came from the parentals
"Make incision vertically challenged one" by shower curtain holder Yukon River
"Taking a stroll upon our gassy giant" by Crush to smithereens pie hole
"Mark Twain Protagonist" by Hurry
"Harry Potter's Rug cruise" by Hermann Hesse Novel
"Lemon Characteristic Young Woman" by Rock Holy Place driver of riverboat
"All Break of Day" by Sweet sunbeam
"at no time release ye" by Triclops only able to use two eyes
"FIBBER!" by Tres Canine Eve
"et sequens I" by Aunt's Spouse goes well with cheese
"My Most Adversary of Self" by inebriated
"Caribbean Ballroom Dance Pound sign after four" by Instead of begal without the L
"Blinding Illuminators" by firelighter container score
"Padre belonging to me" by Invisible intoxicant
"Christian Sabbath, insufferable, Christian Sabbath" by You As Well
"Solitary Arbor Mound of Dirt" by Spy Plane
"Banner stick squatter" by Battle-worthy Warning
"Leaf drink with sugar" by Desiring fruit of gourd family
"Superman's Weakness" by Not here or the Neighbors but next to the Neighbor's neighbor
"Belonging to me, exasperation, belonging to me" by Those who cause crash
"Minuscule noir carried on the shoulder" by Caress German No
"Town of Tequila and Lime" by President Carter All You Can Eat
"Friend spiky Christmas leaf" by the asthmatic one
"Without Air" by Multiple centers
"Above here" by belief outline
"Don't Go (devastating measurement of clock)" by Hal's Pal, Possessive tax collecting apostle, ring
"Irish Thug second letter of alphabet Excellent" by throw small round fruit
"One more clay rectangle amongst the barrier" by light red pretty boy bank robber
"The Good Thief at the Crucifixion secondary place of education round end of leg guidelines" by the original gaming units
"Maiden with Dusky Opticals" by Multiple Passenger vehicle Author Toni
"Wild American Horse Charge" by President Woodrow type of line or fence
"Singular Cranium glower" by Nonparticipating party goers
"Quote of twilled cotton cloth" by Small coin of Genoa's incapacitating need
"remain or stay in place longer than usual" by specific solid form of juice great for heart
"Aflame Circle" by Race Car driver Rutherford Money
"Indigo or Violet cloud" by Tang Dynasty Administration System Oklahoma zip code 74741
"Falling Water from Sky encasement" by the pleased to be deceased
"Bienvenue en Eden" grass color seven in a week
"As a whole former lovers of me are lone star residents" by three presidents not curved
"Singular Seven day period" by Women without clothings
"Baylor Lost, and I'm still a Bear" brain teaser answer
George Washington 1789 - 1797
John Adams 1797 - 1801
Thomas Jefferson 1801 - 1809
James Madison 1809 - 1817
James Monroe 1817 - 1825
John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829
Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837
Martin Van Buren 1837 - 1841
William Henry Harrison 1841
John Tyler 1841 - 1845
James K. Polk 1845 - 1849
Zachary Taylor 1849 - 1850
Millard Fillmore 1850 - 1853
Franklin Pierce 1853 - 1857
James Buchanan 1857 - 1861
Abraham Lincoln 1861 - 1865
Andrew Johnson 1865 - 1869
Ulysses S. Grant 1869 - 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 - 1881
James Garfield 1881
Chester A. Arthur 1881 - 1885
Grover Cleveland 1885 - 1889
Benjamin Harrison 1889 - 1893
Grover Cleveland 1893 - 1897
William McKinley 1897 - 1901
Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1909
William Howard Taft 1909 - 1913
Woodrow Wilson 1913 - 1921
Warren G. Harding 1921 - 1923
Calvin Coolidge 1923 - 1929
Herbert Hoover 1929 - 1933
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933 - 1945
Harry S Truman 1945 - 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961
John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963
Lyndon D Johnson 1963 - 1969
Richard M. Nixon 1969 - 1974
Gerald Ford 1974 - 1977
Jimmy Carter 1977 - 1981
Ronald Reagan 1981 - 1989
George Bush 1989 - 1993
Bill Clinton 1993 - 2001
George W. Bush 2001 - 2009
Either way I bring to you a rather long brain teaser
Today's Brain Teaser:
Translate these following statements (some gibberish) to determine the title of the song and the band/performer who sang it. To be fair I tried to stick to well known songs.
"A score plus the Roman V alternatively one 111Th of the devils number moving toward a golfer's exclamation" by a Windy Midwestern Metropolis
"Greetings Amorous Youths" by DeNiro Silverman
"Cry of a foreigner in service to the French" by Those who believe in the twelfth month
"Advance toward non-copy" by The Year Maximus recommenced the persecution of Christians
"Doris Preceding the Hostilities" by Untamed Awards Show
"Refrain from Second Guessing Okay as is" by Up and Down Poet Thomas
"Intoxicant" by Slender Wire Nail Soft woolen fabric
"Male Oxen about Ceremony" by sever anger opposing automatous
"Heavenly Beings amidst We Objectively" by The Yellowhammer State
"Simian upon rear of mine" by aircraft maker
"Scurry panoramic" by Navy Sky and Royal tourist
"The Golden State imagination of sleep" by the parentals
"Red birthstone Infant" by those who go with the flow
"Beautiful Insect (pro singular alabaster dude)" by those who came from the parentals
"Make incision vertically challenged one" by shower curtain holder Yukon River
"Taking a stroll upon our gassy giant" by Crush to smithereens pie hole
"Mark Twain Protagonist" by Hurry
"Harry Potter's Rug cruise" by Hermann Hesse Novel
"Lemon Characteristic Young Woman" by Rock Holy Place driver of riverboat
"All Break of Day" by Sweet sunbeam
"at no time release ye" by Triclops only able to use two eyes
"FIBBER!" by Tres Canine Eve
"et sequens I" by Aunt's Spouse goes well with cheese
"My Most Adversary of Self" by inebriated
"Caribbean Ballroom Dance Pound sign after four" by Instead of begal without the L
"Blinding Illuminators" by firelighter container score
"Padre belonging to me" by Invisible intoxicant
"Christian Sabbath, insufferable, Christian Sabbath" by You As Well
"Solitary Arbor Mound of Dirt" by Spy Plane
"Banner stick squatter" by Battle-worthy Warning
"Leaf drink with sugar" by Desiring fruit of gourd family
"Superman's Weakness" by Not here or the Neighbors but next to the Neighbor's neighbor
"Belonging to me, exasperation, belonging to me" by Those who cause crash
"Minuscule noir carried on the shoulder" by Caress German No
"Town of Tequila and Lime" by President Carter All You Can Eat
"Friend spiky Christmas leaf" by the asthmatic one
"Without Air" by Multiple centers
"Above here" by belief outline
"Don't Go (devastating measurement of clock)" by Hal's Pal, Possessive tax collecting apostle, ring
"Irish Thug second letter of alphabet Excellent" by throw small round fruit
"One more clay rectangle amongst the barrier" by light red pretty boy bank robber
"The Good Thief at the Crucifixion secondary place of education round end of leg guidelines" by the original gaming units
"Maiden with Dusky Opticals" by Multiple Passenger vehicle Author Toni
"Wild American Horse Charge" by President Woodrow type of line or fence
"Singular Cranium glower" by Nonparticipating party goers
"Quote of twilled cotton cloth" by Small coin of Genoa's incapacitating need
"remain or stay in place longer than usual" by specific solid form of juice great for heart
"Aflame Circle" by Race Car driver Rutherford Money
"Indigo or Violet cloud" by Tang Dynasty Administration System Oklahoma zip code 74741
"Falling Water from Sky encasement" by the pleased to be deceased
"Bienvenue en Eden" grass color seven in a week
"As a whole former lovers of me are lone star residents" by three presidents not curved
"Singular Seven day period" by Women without clothings
"Baylor Lost, and I'm still a Bear" brain teaser answer
George Washington 1789 - 1797
John Adams 1797 - 1801
Thomas Jefferson 1801 - 1809
James Madison 1809 - 1817
James Monroe 1817 - 1825
John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829
Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837
Martin Van Buren 1837 - 1841
William Henry Harrison 1841
John Tyler 1841 - 1845
James K. Polk 1845 - 1849
Zachary Taylor 1849 - 1850
Millard Fillmore 1850 - 1853
Franklin Pierce 1853 - 1857
James Buchanan 1857 - 1861
Abraham Lincoln 1861 - 1865
Andrew Johnson 1865 - 1869
Ulysses S. Grant 1869 - 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 - 1881
James Garfield 1881
Chester A. Arthur 1881 - 1885
Grover Cleveland 1885 - 1889
Benjamin Harrison 1889 - 1893
Grover Cleveland 1893 - 1897
William McKinley 1897 - 1901
Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1909
William Howard Taft 1909 - 1913
Woodrow Wilson 1913 - 1921
Warren G. Harding 1921 - 1923
Calvin Coolidge 1923 - 1929
Herbert Hoover 1929 - 1933
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933 - 1945
Harry S Truman 1945 - 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961
John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963
Lyndon D Johnson 1963 - 1969
Richard M. Nixon 1969 - 1974
Gerald Ford 1974 - 1977
Jimmy Carter 1977 - 1981
Ronald Reagan 1981 - 1989
George Bush 1989 - 1993
Bill Clinton 1993 - 2001
George W. Bush 2001 - 2009
Baylor Lost, and I'm still a Bear
Baylor Lost.
Figures.
I'm still wearing my Baylor Jersey though.
The newspaper said "Oklahoma crushed Baylor". That's B.S. pure and simply. Yes Oklahoma won 49-17, but for the #1 Sooners to only beat the #30 Bears 49 to 17, the word "crushed" is not put to good use there. Crushed means a shut-out. Crushed would mean the Sooners came on the field and didn't allow the Bears a point.
It's true that Baylor is not the Big 12 Dynasty it used to be. It's true that Guy Morris isn't the world's most winning coach, but Baylor is coming out of a slump. It takes time to build a team back up, and I think Baylor held their own on Saturday.
Of course I may just be harping on my hopes to someday not to be the only person with a Baylor shirt on in South Carolina. C'mon Bears, do it for us wayward Baylorites.
Currently Listening to: "Beverly Hills" by Weezer as my own personal tribute to the Baylor Bears football team who plays their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium (which is actually in Beverly Hills, Texas and not Waco even though the school is in Waco)
Currently Reading: International Herald Tribune Sports Page
"Sic 'Em Bears" Brain Teaser Answers:
They're all mountains!
Group One: Asia
Group Two: South America
Group Three: Africa
Group Four: Europe
Group Five: Antarctica
Group Six: North America
Group Seven: Australia
Group Eight: Middle East
Today's Brain Teaser:
These are all 42 of the American Presidents from George Washington to George Walker Bush. They are in alphabetical order. Place them in Chronological order, please.
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Arthur, Chester Alan
Buchanan, James
Bush, George Herbert Walker
Bush, George Walker
Carter, Jimmy
Cleveland, Grover
Clinton, William Jefferson
Coolidge, Calvin
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Fillmore, Millard
Ford, Gerald Rudolph
Garfield, James Abram
Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Hardin, Warren Gamaliel
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, William Henry
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard
Hoover, Herbert Clark
Jackson, Andrew
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
Lincoln, Abraham
Madison, James
McKinley, William
Monroe, James
Nixon, Richard Millhous
Pierce, Franklin
Polk, James Knox
Reagan, Ronald Wilson
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Theodore
Taft, William Howard
Taylor, Zachary
Truman, Harry S
Tyler, John
Van Buren, Martin
Washington, George
Wilson, Woodrow
Figures.
I'm still wearing my Baylor Jersey though.
The newspaper said "Oklahoma crushed Baylor". That's B.S. pure and simply. Yes Oklahoma won 49-17, but for the #1 Sooners to only beat the #30 Bears 49 to 17, the word "crushed" is not put to good use there. Crushed means a shut-out. Crushed would mean the Sooners came on the field and didn't allow the Bears a point.
It's true that Baylor is not the Big 12 Dynasty it used to be. It's true that Guy Morris isn't the world's most winning coach, but Baylor is coming out of a slump. It takes time to build a team back up, and I think Baylor held their own on Saturday.
Of course I may just be harping on my hopes to someday not to be the only person with a Baylor shirt on in South Carolina. C'mon Bears, do it for us wayward Baylorites.
Currently Listening to: "Beverly Hills" by Weezer as my own personal tribute to the Baylor Bears football team who plays their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium (which is actually in Beverly Hills, Texas and not Waco even though the school is in Waco)
Currently Reading: International Herald Tribune Sports Page
"Sic 'Em Bears" Brain Teaser Answers:
They're all mountains!
Group One: Asia
Group Two: South America
Group Three: Africa
Group Four: Europe
Group Five: Antarctica
Group Six: North America
Group Seven: Australia
Group Eight: Middle East
Today's Brain Teaser:
These are all 42 of the American Presidents from George Washington to George Walker Bush. They are in alphabetical order. Place them in Chronological order, please.
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Arthur, Chester Alan
Buchanan, James
Bush, George Herbert Walker
Bush, George Walker
Carter, Jimmy
Cleveland, Grover
Clinton, William Jefferson
Coolidge, Calvin
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Fillmore, Millard
Ford, Gerald Rudolph
Garfield, James Abram
Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Hardin, Warren Gamaliel
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, William Henry
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard
Hoover, Herbert Clark
Jackson, Andrew
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
Lincoln, Abraham
Madison, James
McKinley, William
Monroe, James
Nixon, Richard Millhous
Pierce, Franklin
Polk, James Knox
Reagan, Ronald Wilson
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Theodore
Taft, William Howard
Taylor, Zachary
Truman, Harry S
Tyler, John
Van Buren, Martin
Washington, George
Wilson, Woodrow
Sic 'em Bears
Not much to type about really today. Nothing at all has happened... at all. Except - these shoes make my feet look clunky. these pants are too small and I take on the role of the Plumber's Daughter whenever I bend or sit, but fortunately Baylor is playing Oklahoma State tonight and I am wearing my Baylor Jersey which hides my rear, and the fact that my rear is flagging.
I do Hope Baylor Upsets Oklahoma...
though I doubt it.
SIC 'EM BEARS!
Currently Listening To: An Electronic Humm
Currently Reading: "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell" by John Crawford
"I'm a Slacker" brain teaser answers:
ORGANization
CELLOphane
canunDRUM
raVIOLi
BASSinet
Today's Brain Teaser:
Place these groups where they belong:
Group One: Everest, Godwin-Austen, Kanchenjunga
Group Two: Aconcagua, Ojos de Salado, Tupungato
Group Three: Kilimanjaro, Kenya, Margherita
Group Four: El'brus, Shkara, Dykhtau, Blanc, Matterhorn
Group Five: Vinson Massif, Erebus, Omega Shinn
Group Six: McKinley, Logan, Citlatapec, Whitney, Elbert
Group Seven: Kosciusko, Bogong, Bimberi
Group Eight: Communism, Ararat, Zard Kuh
I do Hope Baylor Upsets Oklahoma...
though I doubt it.
SIC 'EM BEARS!
Currently Listening To: An Electronic Humm
Currently Reading: "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell" by John Crawford
"I'm a Slacker" brain teaser answers:
ORGANization
CELLOphane
canunDRUM
raVIOLi
BASSinet
Today's Brain Teaser:
Place these groups where they belong:
Group One: Everest, Godwin-Austen, Kanchenjunga
Group Two: Aconcagua, Ojos de Salado, Tupungato
Group Three: Kilimanjaro, Kenya, Margherita
Group Four: El'brus, Shkara, Dykhtau, Blanc, Matterhorn
Group Five: Vinson Massif, Erebus, Omega Shinn
Group Six: McKinley, Logan, Citlatapec, Whitney, Elbert
Group Seven: Kosciusko, Bogong, Bimberi
Group Eight: Communism, Ararat, Zard Kuh
Friday, October 3, 2008
I'm a slacker
So it's sad but it's true. I am a slacker.
I could defend my unforgivable absence from blogging by saying, "the fact that I have no readers makes me feel unappreciated in the world of blog literature", but that's not the point of a blog - especially one entitled "Maddie's Mind." The point of the blog is to put my mind on some server somewhere - and if someone should so choose to subscribe to and read my blog that is their prerogative - and, God help them.
I could say that my life is boring and I just don't have anything to blog about, and whereas the nothing-to-blog-about part is true I definitely cannot get away with saying that my life is boring. In the midst of working, trying to start a small local publishing company, wondering where the hell my voter registration went, applying to go back to school - dealing with FAFSA, and then the everyday occurrences that happen - it's not boring.
The truth is I have not made myself to set aside time to blog.
I hate FAFSA, by the way.
Currently Listening to : Silence, Music's Original Alternative
Curently Reading : "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell" by John Crawford
Oh, I will be starting a new thing in my blog! Brain teasers. At the end of each blog I will put a brain teaser. Just in case I do get a reader. And the answer to the previous brain teaser - along with a new one - will appear at the end of the next blog.
BRAIN TEASER:
Place the name of a musical instrument in the blanks to form a word in the English language (though not all the words originated in the English Language.) It is a different musical instrument each time.
_ _ _ _ _ ization
_ _ _ _ _ phane
conun_ _ _ _
ra_ _ _ _ i
_ _ _ _ inet
I could defend my unforgivable absence from blogging by saying, "the fact that I have no readers makes me feel unappreciated in the world of blog literature", but that's not the point of a blog - especially one entitled "Maddie's Mind." The point of the blog is to put my mind on some server somewhere - and if someone should so choose to subscribe to and read my blog that is their prerogative - and, God help them.
I could say that my life is boring and I just don't have anything to blog about, and whereas the nothing-to-blog-about part is true I definitely cannot get away with saying that my life is boring. In the midst of working, trying to start a small local publishing company, wondering where the hell my voter registration went, applying to go back to school - dealing with FAFSA, and then the everyday occurrences that happen - it's not boring.
The truth is I have not made myself to set aside time to blog.
I hate FAFSA, by the way.
Currently Listening to : Silence, Music's Original Alternative
Curently Reading : "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell" by John Crawford
Oh, I will be starting a new thing in my blog! Brain teasers. At the end of each blog I will put a brain teaser. Just in case I do get a reader. And the answer to the previous brain teaser - along with a new one - will appear at the end of the next blog.
BRAIN TEASER:
Place the name of a musical instrument in the blanks to form a word in the English language (though not all the words originated in the English Language.) It is a different musical instrument each time.
_ _ _ _ _ ization
_ _ _ _ _ phane
conun_ _ _ _
ra_ _ _ _ i
_ _ _ _ inet
Sunday, August 24, 2008
To All Local Writers!
Dear Local Writers,
If you feel confident in your work but have not taken the opportunity to seek publication your chance is now!
We ae an up-and-coming small company looking for contributing writers, payment will be through royalties of course, and you will be protected in a contract that will not limit or hinder you creatively or professionally.
We are looking for Short Story writers.
Novella and Novel writers.
Poets.
Essayist.
Even comic writers and artist.
Please keep in mind that the work you submit should not have been reviously published by another company.
Current Projects include:
Red Clay Poets, a collection of poetry from writers in the red clay region of the south. This is anywhere from Eastern Tennessee, Northern Georgia, Western
North Carolina, and the Upstate of South Carolina.
We are also looking for essays and musings on Life in Greenville (S.C.) be it about the past or present.
If you have work that might not pertain to our current projects please feel free to submit it soon as other projects will be forthcoming, and who knows you might inspire a project idea. Even if you or your work is not "Local" to this region we would still be happy to accept your submissions for possible future projects.
Please send a short sample of your submission to Madeline_Elizabeth_OHara@yahoo.com
Please, one submission per e-mail.
Please include "Writing Opportunity" in the subject line along with the title of the submission.
I look forward to looking over your work, and I promise to give feedback even if we pass over your submission unlike some companies who just say "No Thanks"
Thank You!
If you feel confident in your work but have not taken the opportunity to seek publication your chance is now!
We ae an up-and-coming small company looking for contributing writers, payment will be through royalties of course, and you will be protected in a contract that will not limit or hinder you creatively or professionally.
We are looking for Short Story writers.
Novella and Novel writers.
Poets.
Essayist.
Even comic writers and artist.
Please keep in mind that the work you submit should not have been reviously published by another company.
Current Projects include:
Red Clay Poets, a collection of poetry from writers in the red clay region of the south. This is anywhere from Eastern Tennessee, Northern Georgia, Western
North Carolina, and the Upstate of South Carolina.
We are also looking for essays and musings on Life in Greenville (S.C.) be it about the past or present.
If you have work that might not pertain to our current projects please feel free to submit it soon as other projects will be forthcoming, and who knows you might inspire a project idea. Even if you or your work is not "Local" to this region we would still be happy to accept your submissions for possible future projects.
Please send a short sample of your submission to Madeline_Elizabeth_OHara@yahoo.com
Please, one submission per e-mail.
Please include "Writing Opportunity" in the subject line along with the title of the submission.
I look forward to looking over your work, and I promise to give feedback even if we pass over your submission unlike some companies who just say "No Thanks"
Thank You!
Friday, August 15, 2008
When nothing to say
Captains Log:
Friday, August the 15th, year of our Lord 2008 a.d. Whatever p.m.
My current mood is bluegh.
Don't ask me to define that.
Disgruntling conditions at work prevent me from contemplating anything else, and I really don't want to be the type to plaster the workplace troubles all over for the world to see. Mostly because Thumper the Wise once said, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."
My head hurts.
Need to lose weight.
Currently listening to Tegan and Sara
Currently Reading Kate McCafferty's "Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl"
Friday, August the 15th, year of our Lord 2008 a.d. Whatever p.m.
My current mood is bluegh.
Don't ask me to define that.
Disgruntling conditions at work prevent me from contemplating anything else, and I really don't want to be the type to plaster the workplace troubles all over for the world to see. Mostly because Thumper the Wise once said, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."
My head hurts.
Need to lose weight.
Currently listening to Tegan and Sara
Currently Reading Kate McCafferty's "Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl"
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Center of the Universe
Recently I have been thinking that the Universe revolves around the State of South Carolina. How silly is that - no one knows where the actual center of the universe is, but the odds of South Carolina being the center of the universe would be inconceivable. However, in the event that South Carolina is indeed the center of the universe then that would mean nothing could happen if it weren't for South Carolina.
Why on earth do I think South Carolina is the center of the universe? I had no idea and then I started thinking about it - of course I think South Carolina is the center of the Universe since I've been reading books like Mary Potter Engel's "Strangers and Sojourners", stories from the Low Country, and watching movies like "Bastard out of Carolina" and the Patriot - and of course listening to a lot of Hootie and the Blowfish, Edwin McCain, and Jump Little Children would make anyone believe that the Universe really does revolve around South Carolina. This of course is a preposterous theory so I set out to prove my theory wrong. I looked at American History and South Carolina kept coming up (No Duh! It was one of the more influential colonies and then states in the early years of this country) Then I decided Texas would prove the theory wrong since Texas seem to believe that the world revolves around Texas... Guess where all those famous Texans are from? Stephen F. Austen, Sam Houston, William Travis, and the like were born in South Carolina or born from South Carolinians.
I was still certain that this theory is entirely without grounds so I continued my quest to prove it wrong - I have not heard back from Stephen Hawking yet... I wonder if he got my letter.
I told myself that since reading, watching, and hearing so many things about South Carolina made me think it i the center of the Universe then I decided to read a book that takes place somewhere else do make my theory disappear.
I went to work, and came home with the first book I picked up at the store that takes places elsewhere, Monica Wood's "Ernie's Ark" which revolves around the small town of Abbott Falls, Maine. Certainly this book has nothing to do with South Carolina! I mean come on what re the odds? Right...? I had almost made it through the whole book when in the eighth of nine parts of "Ernie's Ark" called 'Solidarity is Not a Floor' one of the characters is writing a report on Jesse Jackson and she muses and daydreams about his Greenville childhood, even imagining the number of broken streetlights on Haney St. (The Greenville of Jesse Jackson's childhood is Greenville, S.C.)
I was still telling myself that this theory of the universe being centered at South Carolina was ridiculous so I searched and searched the bookstore for my next book - I chose another book about Maine because there's no way that two books in a row, both about Maine will reference South Carolina! Right? I chose Christine Ellen Young's "A Bitter Brew" a true crime novel about the Arsenic poisoning in Gustaf Adolf Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Sweden, Maine.
Please let me call your attention to the second paragraph on page 163 of "A Bitter Brew" by Christine Ellen Young.
"The first time Pastor Scottie delivered a sermon, it was received with open-mouthed astonishment. Traditionally GA (Gustaf Adolf) pastors had stood in the pulpit, delivering the sermons in somber, measured tones. A South Carolina native, Pastor Scottie was a dyed-in-the-wool Southern boy, and his lively evangelism was an embarrassing spectacle to this taciturn Yankee flock."
Oh geez...
It's official.
South Carolina truly is the center of the Universe.
The Ashley and Cooper Rivers do indeed come together to form the Atlantic Ocean.
Caesar's Head is really God's Throne.
The Poinsette Bridge really is the Gate to the Garden of Eden.
Columbia really is responsible for Solar Flares
Georgetown causes Hurricanes.
Saint Helena Island really is Heaven.
The Savannah River really is made of Angel Tears.
Elvis ain't dead, he just moved to Aiken.
Why on earth do I think South Carolina is the center of the universe? I had no idea and then I started thinking about it - of course I think South Carolina is the center of the Universe since I've been reading books like Mary Potter Engel's "Strangers and Sojourners", stories from the Low Country, and watching movies like "Bastard out of Carolina" and the Patriot - and of course listening to a lot of Hootie and the Blowfish, Edwin McCain, and Jump Little Children would make anyone believe that the Universe really does revolve around South Carolina. This of course is a preposterous theory so I set out to prove my theory wrong. I looked at American History and South Carolina kept coming up (No Duh! It was one of the more influential colonies and then states in the early years of this country) Then I decided Texas would prove the theory wrong since Texas seem to believe that the world revolves around Texas... Guess where all those famous Texans are from? Stephen F. Austen, Sam Houston, William Travis, and the like were born in South Carolina or born from South Carolinians.
I was still certain that this theory is entirely without grounds so I continued my quest to prove it wrong - I have not heard back from Stephen Hawking yet... I wonder if he got my letter.
I told myself that since reading, watching, and hearing so many things about South Carolina made me think it i the center of the Universe then I decided to read a book that takes place somewhere else do make my theory disappear.
I went to work, and came home with the first book I picked up at the store that takes places elsewhere, Monica Wood's "Ernie's Ark" which revolves around the small town of Abbott Falls, Maine. Certainly this book has nothing to do with South Carolina! I mean come on what re the odds? Right...? I had almost made it through the whole book when in the eighth of nine parts of "Ernie's Ark" called 'Solidarity is Not a Floor' one of the characters is writing a report on Jesse Jackson and she muses and daydreams about his Greenville childhood, even imagining the number of broken streetlights on Haney St. (The Greenville of Jesse Jackson's childhood is Greenville, S.C.)
I was still telling myself that this theory of the universe being centered at South Carolina was ridiculous so I searched and searched the bookstore for my next book - I chose another book about Maine because there's no way that two books in a row, both about Maine will reference South Carolina! Right? I chose Christine Ellen Young's "A Bitter Brew" a true crime novel about the Arsenic poisoning in Gustaf Adolf Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Sweden, Maine.
Please let me call your attention to the second paragraph on page 163 of "A Bitter Brew" by Christine Ellen Young.
"The first time Pastor Scottie delivered a sermon, it was received with open-mouthed astonishment. Traditionally GA (Gustaf Adolf) pastors had stood in the pulpit, delivering the sermons in somber, measured tones. A South Carolina native, Pastor Scottie was a dyed-in-the-wool Southern boy, and his lively evangelism was an embarrassing spectacle to this taciturn Yankee flock."
Oh geez...
It's official.
South Carolina truly is the center of the Universe.
The Ashley and Cooper Rivers do indeed come together to form the Atlantic Ocean.
Caesar's Head is really God's Throne.
The Poinsette Bridge really is the Gate to the Garden of Eden.
Columbia really is responsible for Solar Flares
Georgetown causes Hurricanes.
Saint Helena Island really is Heaven.
The Savannah River really is made of Angel Tears.
Elvis ain't dead, he just moved to Aiken.
BAM pop
Friday Afternoon.
I had torn my pants on Saturday night at work, thankfully we had closed the store by the time this happened and a co-worker Lindsey was the only one there - It was embarrassing but since it was just Lindsey it was a little less embarrassing, also they tore from simple wear and tare not from anything else - if they had torn from my booty being too big I wouldn't be blogging about it. I guess that's the beauty of a blog - there's no reason not to say something so telling people you tore your pants doesn't really come with the hot-cheeked red-face. Anyway I had torn my pants at work on Saturday night so Friday evening I was headed to the Goodwill Clearance Center on Haywood Road to hopefully find some new pants.
I had turned onto Haywood from Pelham and had been breaking since I turned (and I know my break lights worked). I had nearly came to a complete stop when BAM I get rear-ended. Rear-ended hard enough to be knocked into the car in front of me POP. The Greenville Police did not take long to respond though the shitty thing was that the first cop there wasn't the one who processed the accident. Cop One moved us all to the Chuck-E-Cheese parking lot and had us wait for Cop Two to process the accident. Waiting for Cop Two seemed to take an hour...
The girl in the tan car who plowed into me is pregnant, and the couple in the black car that I was knocked into had their baby daughter in the back seat. The only people being nice to me were the Greenville County Sheriff's Deputies. Ain't that somethin'? The couple I was knocked into kept giving me these dirty looks, so did the woman who had hit me! I felt a little targeted, and I wasn't even found at fault here. For those of you who know Haywood, it's a fairly good distance from Haywood to the next light, and I had my brakes on the whole time - anyone behind me had plenty of time to notice that I was stopping.
Previous accidents. About two years ago an f-350 ran a red light and plowed into my rear passenger side, spun me around that my rear drivers side hit the guardrail and sent my tailgate flying into the Brazos River. When my tire hit, and then went up on the curb it broke my axle. The guy's insurance only paid for replacing the axle so the tail end of my tiny little Sanoma has been chewed up since - my insurance sent a some guy out to look at the truck and determined that the frame was still intact. The state of Texas - which has strict rules about road worthy vehicles (won't allow any truck missing a tailgate to pass inspection) passed my truck once I replaced the tailgate with one of those cheap cloth ones. Most importantly there was NO FRAME DAMAGE. I was especially impressed by this fact, If my little GMC Sanoma can take that kind of beating from a Ford F-350 and not receive anything more than body damage, a missing tailgate, and a broken axle (which was really from being knocked up onto the curb) then it truly does prove that General Motors is way better than Ford. Suck on that Henry.
The cop asked me about the damage to my truck and we both looked at it. There was nothing I noticed at the time - even though I should have. The rear bumper was now bent down. I suppose I was still dazed from the accident and wasn't thinking strait and I remember telling the cop that there was nothing I could see at the moment that was new. He put in his report that there was no new visible damage at the scene of the accident. I guess it's my fault then... When I got home and was thinking more clearly I began to think, I never stop right behind a car... there was at least half a car length between me and the black car... she hit me hard enough to knock me into them... she never braked at all... if she hit me hard enough to knock me into the black car, and to daze me long enough for me to not be able to stop from hitting the black car then... she hit me pretty hard... right? And, if she hit me pretty hard there had to be some damage to the truck...
I looked the whole truck over. She Bent My Frame!
Shit.
So now I have to let my insurance company know that I found more severe damage once I got home. I am going to call the Deputy who processed the accident to let him know and to see what I should do. I should have done that on Saturday but the thing was...
Despite the accident, despite the fact that I woke up with a terrible pain in my back, a splitting headache, and whiplash neck pain I still opened the store Saturday morning and worked all my hours, and haven't had a day off since... The whiplash is gone now and the headache's gone - my back still hurts, but that's more of the accident rekindling old injuries and will take a lot longer to recover than the headache or whiplash. I need a chiropractor. Know an free ones?
I had torn my pants on Saturday night at work, thankfully we had closed the store by the time this happened and a co-worker Lindsey was the only one there - It was embarrassing but since it was just Lindsey it was a little less embarrassing, also they tore from simple wear and tare not from anything else - if they had torn from my booty being too big I wouldn't be blogging about it. I guess that's the beauty of a blog - there's no reason not to say something so telling people you tore your pants doesn't really come with the hot-cheeked red-face. Anyway I had torn my pants at work on Saturday night so Friday evening I was headed to the Goodwill Clearance Center on Haywood Road to hopefully find some new pants.
I had turned onto Haywood from Pelham and had been breaking since I turned (and I know my break lights worked). I had nearly came to a complete stop when BAM I get rear-ended. Rear-ended hard enough to be knocked into the car in front of me POP. The Greenville Police did not take long to respond though the shitty thing was that the first cop there wasn't the one who processed the accident. Cop One moved us all to the Chuck-E-Cheese parking lot and had us wait for Cop Two to process the accident. Waiting for Cop Two seemed to take an hour...
The girl in the tan car who plowed into me is pregnant, and the couple in the black car that I was knocked into had their baby daughter in the back seat. The only people being nice to me were the Greenville County Sheriff's Deputies. Ain't that somethin'? The couple I was knocked into kept giving me these dirty looks, so did the woman who had hit me! I felt a little targeted, and I wasn't even found at fault here. For those of you who know Haywood, it's a fairly good distance from Haywood to the next light, and I had my brakes on the whole time - anyone behind me had plenty of time to notice that I was stopping.
Previous accidents. About two years ago an f-350 ran a red light and plowed into my rear passenger side, spun me around that my rear drivers side hit the guardrail and sent my tailgate flying into the Brazos River. When my tire hit, and then went up on the curb it broke my axle. The guy's insurance only paid for replacing the axle so the tail end of my tiny little Sanoma has been chewed up since - my insurance sent a some guy out to look at the truck and determined that the frame was still intact. The state of Texas - which has strict rules about road worthy vehicles (won't allow any truck missing a tailgate to pass inspection) passed my truck once I replaced the tailgate with one of those cheap cloth ones. Most importantly there was NO FRAME DAMAGE. I was especially impressed by this fact, If my little GMC Sanoma can take that kind of beating from a Ford F-350 and not receive anything more than body damage, a missing tailgate, and a broken axle (which was really from being knocked up onto the curb) then it truly does prove that General Motors is way better than Ford. Suck on that Henry.
The cop asked me about the damage to my truck and we both looked at it. There was nothing I noticed at the time - even though I should have. The rear bumper was now bent down. I suppose I was still dazed from the accident and wasn't thinking strait and I remember telling the cop that there was nothing I could see at the moment that was new. He put in his report that there was no new visible damage at the scene of the accident. I guess it's my fault then... When I got home and was thinking more clearly I began to think, I never stop right behind a car... there was at least half a car length between me and the black car... she hit me hard enough to knock me into them... she never braked at all... if she hit me hard enough to knock me into the black car, and to daze me long enough for me to not be able to stop from hitting the black car then... she hit me pretty hard... right? And, if she hit me pretty hard there had to be some damage to the truck...
I looked the whole truck over. She Bent My Frame!
Shit.
So now I have to let my insurance company know that I found more severe damage once I got home. I am going to call the Deputy who processed the accident to let him know and to see what I should do. I should have done that on Saturday but the thing was...
Despite the accident, despite the fact that I woke up with a terrible pain in my back, a splitting headache, and whiplash neck pain I still opened the store Saturday morning and worked all my hours, and haven't had a day off since... The whiplash is gone now and the headache's gone - my back still hurts, but that's more of the accident rekindling old injuries and will take a lot longer to recover than the headache or whiplash. I need a chiropractor. Know an free ones?
Monday, August 11, 2008
A Little About Me
My name is Maddie. I am 22. Single. Insomniac. I am terrible at spelling.
I work part time in a bookstore for minimum wage, for some reason I have yet to find another job. It could be the economic slump, could be 'tis not the season for hirings, or it could be that I am just not trying hard enough. Working in a bookstore seems to fit me though I can't imagine working in a Barnes and Noble (mostly because of the polos). The only benefit to my job is the fact that I like to read. The most disheartening parts of the job is that the store will be moving to a new city at the end of December and will not be taking me with it. Unless of course we make $7,000.00 a week until than - in that case the store will move to a new location in Greenville. (So come buy some books please!)
I like to cook, and I like to eat. Unfortunately the fact that I like to cook is nixed by the fact that I can't afford to cook (When you can't afford to pay car insurance spending money on cooking supplies seems a little superfluous don't ya' think?) I am currently limited to Ramen Noodles and buy one get ones, and the generosity of friends to feed myself. My friends are too generous, they made me gain weight. Not that I mind that much since I actually have curves now. But, when a meal is free you certainly don't complain about the calories or fat content. When I cook I try to make dishes that are healthy and still chock full of great taste, take out and Burger King... aren't exactly my style.
I like to read and write, which is why my roommate suggested I start blogging - to get those creative juices flowing, to just free write and let my mind speak (you poor souls - this mind is... well it's a mind that likes to send me postcards from Albuquerque that say "Having a Great Time! Don't miss ya' much!"). It's a mind that leaves me absent at times, but will occasionally step up to the plate when a problem needs to be solved or sarcasm is called for. It's simple really - imagine my mind is The Sultan of Swat. My mind, Babe Ruth, steps up to the plate, strikes out often, but occasionally knocks one out of the park.
I have a roommate, Tara, she's an angel - seriously... I keep expecting to see wings and a halo start sprouting! I've had my share of roommates in the past and none of them even come close to her. Tara is named after the plantation in Gone with the Wind - it's funny because my last name is O'Hara - though I promise you I am a far cry from Scarlet. I tell her it is okay to be named after the plantation in Gone with the Wind since my parents song is "For Your Eyes Only" - for those of you who don't get that right off - I have seen every James Bond movie there ever was - I can tell you the plot to each one - and I can tell you who played Bond in each one - I can do these things because of my parents. If You still don't get it "For Your Eyes Only" was the Bond Flick in 1981. Tara and I also share a birthday (Nov. 5th) and a height (6' - I know - way tall). I also have two cats, Bayou and Gatorbait - we'll get into them at another time.
Recently I've been at odds with life. Ever sense the big bad Baylor Bear took me by the britches and heaved me onto my ass in the street I've been a little lost, drifting from Texas to Colorado then all the way back home to South Carolina. I've not been able to find a job better than the bookstore. I worked construction when I first got to S.C. and that paid better than the bookstore but then I hurt my back and instead of taking workman's comp or disability I decided it was time to find something I actually liked.
Currently Reading : "Joker" by Ranulfo
Currently Hearing : "Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel
I work part time in a bookstore for minimum wage, for some reason I have yet to find another job. It could be the economic slump, could be 'tis not the season for hirings, or it could be that I am just not trying hard enough. Working in a bookstore seems to fit me though I can't imagine working in a Barnes and Noble (mostly because of the polos). The only benefit to my job is the fact that I like to read. The most disheartening parts of the job is that the store will be moving to a new city at the end of December and will not be taking me with it. Unless of course we make $7,000.00 a week until than - in that case the store will move to a new location in Greenville. (So come buy some books please!)
I like to cook, and I like to eat. Unfortunately the fact that I like to cook is nixed by the fact that I can't afford to cook (When you can't afford to pay car insurance spending money on cooking supplies seems a little superfluous don't ya' think?) I am currently limited to Ramen Noodles and buy one get ones, and the generosity of friends to feed myself. My friends are too generous, they made me gain weight. Not that I mind that much since I actually have curves now. But, when a meal is free you certainly don't complain about the calories or fat content. When I cook I try to make dishes that are healthy and still chock full of great taste, take out and Burger King... aren't exactly my style.
I like to read and write, which is why my roommate suggested I start blogging - to get those creative juices flowing, to just free write and let my mind speak (you poor souls - this mind is... well it's a mind that likes to send me postcards from Albuquerque that say "Having a Great Time! Don't miss ya' much!"). It's a mind that leaves me absent at times, but will occasionally step up to the plate when a problem needs to be solved or sarcasm is called for. It's simple really - imagine my mind is The Sultan of Swat. My mind, Babe Ruth, steps up to the plate, strikes out often, but occasionally knocks one out of the park.
I have a roommate, Tara, she's an angel - seriously... I keep expecting to see wings and a halo start sprouting! I've had my share of roommates in the past and none of them even come close to her. Tara is named after the plantation in Gone with the Wind - it's funny because my last name is O'Hara - though I promise you I am a far cry from Scarlet. I tell her it is okay to be named after the plantation in Gone with the Wind since my parents song is "For Your Eyes Only" - for those of you who don't get that right off - I have seen every James Bond movie there ever was - I can tell you the plot to each one - and I can tell you who played Bond in each one - I can do these things because of my parents. If You still don't get it "For Your Eyes Only" was the Bond Flick in 1981. Tara and I also share a birthday (Nov. 5th) and a height (6' - I know - way tall). I also have two cats, Bayou and Gatorbait - we'll get into them at another time.
Recently I've been at odds with life. Ever sense the big bad Baylor Bear took me by the britches and heaved me onto my ass in the street I've been a little lost, drifting from Texas to Colorado then all the way back home to South Carolina. I've not been able to find a job better than the bookstore. I worked construction when I first got to S.C. and that paid better than the bookstore but then I hurt my back and instead of taking workman's comp or disability I decided it was time to find something I actually liked.
Currently Reading : "Joker" by Ranulfo
Currently Hearing : "Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel
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