The test is over! I have no idea how I did. I remember guessing a lot on the listening part, and feeling okay about the analyzing bit. Oh well. I'll forget the test completely now... Aaahh..
Days like yesterday remind me why I love spring so much.
1) Teriyaki kebobs: Chicken, shrimp, pineapple, red peppers all barbequed to perfection.
2) Wearing a t-shirt without a longsleeved t-shirt, sweater, coat, and scarf over it.
3) Adequate vitamin D
4) Tulips, daffodils, almond blossoms, grape hyacinths.
5) Quality friend time and post-quality-friend-time phone conversations.
6) I already mentioned sunshine, but it gets 2.
7) So does warmth. Our house got up to 71 degrees the other day! (it's usually 64), and it was like 80 outside.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Friday, April 28, 2006
nerves
Ok, so I definitely have to take a standardized examen en español tomorrow morning. At 7:30 am. Generalmente, no me preocupo de los examenes así. I'm generally a pretty good test-taker. However, there is one slight problema. I have totally forgotten how to hablo español. I had Grand Plans to study up for this test, but the day just snuck up on me. I mean, it's TOMORROW. And I only studied one day this week. And I studied by watching the Spanish channel on tv for an hour. I'm gonna die.
I need David Bisbal to the rescue
I need David Bisbal to the rescue
Thursday, April 27, 2006
why not?
true to style, i'm jumping on this meme bandwagon after everyone else has forgotten its existence...
Accent: a veritable cornucopia of accents from around the world. i have this habit of picking up patterns of speech from all the people i listen to every day. so i'm mostly a neutral washington accent, with a little chicago, wisconsin, valley girl, alabama, and high brow brit.
Booze: i'm not a big drinker, but i do love a good glass of wine. especially rioja (spanish red wine). i also like guinness, even though i'm told that makes me not actually a girl.
Chore I hate: taking out garbage. and cleaning other people's bacon grease.
Dog or cat: dogs! i'll take loyalty and joy over selfish love any day.
Essential electronics: i have a cell phone addiction.
Favorite cologne(s): none. i'm pretty picky about smells. the smell of clean laundry is great. as far as my own personal perfume taste, i prefer a french perfume called miranda by fraggonard. it is delightfully vanilla-ey and smells edible. expensive? yes. i hope that just means i have good taste.
Gold or silver: indifferent. i only wore silver for a while, but i think i'm pretty ambi-metal now. not that i wear jewelry ever.
Hometown: lynnwood, wa
Insomnia: hardly ever. sleeping is my spiritual gift.
Job title: photo archivist, therapeutic aide, and student as of june 13.
Kids: yes! not now or tomorrow, though.
Living arrangements: super cute house, three amazing roommates, one fish named Nudie, some bugs.
Most admirable trait: i can usually make people laugh.
Number of sexual partners: zeeeeeeeeerooooooooo
Overnight hospital stays: i had my appendix out when i was nine. best two days ever. the nurses fawned over me (i was still in my cute stage), i watched movies and ate popsicles.
Phobias: fire, explosions
Quote: "he who hesitates is lost" - i don't know who originally said it, but my dad used to quote it at us all the time in a silly voice. i really like asinine aphorisms.
Religion: christian
Siblings: one baby brother (by baby, i mean 19)
Time I wake up: usually 7:08 am
Unusual talent or skill: i can clap with one hand.
Vegetable I refuse to eat: do i have to pick one? i'm pretty picky. i don't like raw tomatoes, onions in any form that i have to chew, mushrooms, olives. yes, i am a texture-eater.
Worst habit: self-deprication.
X-rays: both arms (both broken), teeth (normal), chest (check for tb)
Yummy foods I make: banana bread, italian spinach & chicken, oatmeal bread
Zodiac sign: pisces? maybe? did i even spell it right?
Accent: a veritable cornucopia of accents from around the world. i have this habit of picking up patterns of speech from all the people i listen to every day. so i'm mostly a neutral washington accent, with a little chicago, wisconsin, valley girl, alabama, and high brow brit.
Booze: i'm not a big drinker, but i do love a good glass of wine. especially rioja (spanish red wine). i also like guinness, even though i'm told that makes me not actually a girl.
Chore I hate: taking out garbage. and cleaning other people's bacon grease.
Dog or cat: dogs! i'll take loyalty and joy over selfish love any day.
Essential electronics: i have a cell phone addiction.
Favorite cologne(s): none. i'm pretty picky about smells. the smell of clean laundry is great. as far as my own personal perfume taste, i prefer a french perfume called miranda by fraggonard. it is delightfully vanilla-ey and smells edible. expensive? yes. i hope that just means i have good taste.
Gold or silver: indifferent. i only wore silver for a while, but i think i'm pretty ambi-metal now. not that i wear jewelry ever.
Hometown: lynnwood, wa
Insomnia: hardly ever. sleeping is my spiritual gift.
Job title: photo archivist, therapeutic aide, and student as of june 13.
Kids: yes! not now or tomorrow, though.
Living arrangements: super cute house, three amazing roommates, one fish named Nudie, some bugs.
Most admirable trait: i can usually make people laugh.
Number of sexual partners: zeeeeeeeeerooooooooo
Overnight hospital stays: i had my appendix out when i was nine. best two days ever. the nurses fawned over me (i was still in my cute stage), i watched movies and ate popsicles.
Phobias: fire, explosions
Quote: "he who hesitates is lost" - i don't know who originally said it, but my dad used to quote it at us all the time in a silly voice. i really like asinine aphorisms.
Religion: christian
Siblings: one baby brother (by baby, i mean 19)
Time I wake up: usually 7:08 am
Unusual talent or skill: i can clap with one hand.
Vegetable I refuse to eat: do i have to pick one? i'm pretty picky. i don't like raw tomatoes, onions in any form that i have to chew, mushrooms, olives. yes, i am a texture-eater.
Worst habit: self-deprication.
X-rays: both arms (both broken), teeth (normal), chest (check for tb)
Yummy foods I make: banana bread, italian spinach & chicken, oatmeal bread
Zodiac sign: pisces? maybe? did i even spell it right?
Monday, April 24, 2006
sick
If anyone wants to drill a hole in my face to relieve the pressure in my sinuses, I'll bake you a cake.
Or else you could bring me a popsicle.
In other news, it's a beautiful day. I'm wondering how difficult it would be to convince my kid that we should sit on a blanket in a park somewhere for my entire shift... hmmm... She generally hates being outside, but maybe if I don't actually make her be active...
Or else you could bring me a popsicle.
In other news, it's a beautiful day. I'm wondering how difficult it would be to convince my kid that we should sit on a blanket in a park somewhere for my entire shift... hmmm... She generally hates being outside, but maybe if I don't actually make her be active...
Friday, April 21, 2006
update
First of all, sorry for being a Sad Excuse for a Blogger. I'll try to do better. I have no grand stories to tell this week, but I'll try to catch y'all up on some highlights of the week so far.
Easter is hands down my very favorite holiday. I love it. I love setting aside a day of praise and joy to my God who is alive and who loves me enough to make me alive too. For the last 8 years or so, it has been a time of hope and confidence in my faith. Alleluia. He is risen.
Ellyn and I were lucky enough to be invited to spend Easter brunch with one of our favorite families ever. It was almost entirely fabulous. The one awkward moment came when our beloved pastor tried to set us up (either one... doesn't matter... we're pretty interchangeable) with some guy in our church. We've never met him. I'd never heard of him. We were like, uhh... thanks? but we'll pass?
THEN we got to go to Oklahoma (the musical, not the state), which was super fun. SUPER FUN. I grew up listening to the Oklahoma sound track (on a record album, of course), and it was a battle not to sing along to Ado Annie.
The weather was so beautiful yesterday that I got to bask outside in the sunshine while eating the Most Amazing Sandwich Ever (grilled chicken, avocado, bacon... mmm).
2 men in the last 2 months or so have mistakenly spelled my name wrong. Not my last name, which happens occasionally, but my first. I got an email that began: Dear Marry, blah blah blah. I don't really remember what the email was about because I was so distracted by my not-name. Then, the guy who changed my tires a while ago said, "Oh, like M-a-r-r-y?" No, just one R. It's not the verb, it's just my name. Draw whatever conclusions you want.
Tonight after work I am hopefully headed to Seattle! Wahoo! I'm going to a wedding party!
Easter is hands down my very favorite holiday. I love it. I love setting aside a day of praise and joy to my God who is alive and who loves me enough to make me alive too. For the last 8 years or so, it has been a time of hope and confidence in my faith. Alleluia. He is risen.
Ellyn and I were lucky enough to be invited to spend Easter brunch with one of our favorite families ever. It was almost entirely fabulous. The one awkward moment came when our beloved pastor tried to set us up (either one... doesn't matter... we're pretty interchangeable) with some guy in our church. We've never met him. I'd never heard of him. We were like, uhh... thanks? but we'll pass?
THEN we got to go to Oklahoma (the musical, not the state), which was super fun. SUPER FUN. I grew up listening to the Oklahoma sound track (on a record album, of course), and it was a battle not to sing along to Ado Annie.
The weather was so beautiful yesterday that I got to bask outside in the sunshine while eating the Most Amazing Sandwich Ever (grilled chicken, avocado, bacon... mmm).
2 men in the last 2 months or so have mistakenly spelled my name wrong. Not my last name, which happens occasionally, but my first. I got an email that began: Dear Marry, blah blah blah. I don't really remember what the email was about because I was so distracted by my not-name. Then, the guy who changed my tires a while ago said, "Oh, like M-a-r-r-y?" No, just one R. It's not the verb, it's just my name. Draw whatever conclusions you want.
Tonight after work I am hopefully headed to Seattle! Wahoo! I'm going to a wedding party!
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